Event Title & Host UW College Greens Website https://www.facebook.com/events/282490471838981/ When? Thursday, May 10th, 5:30pm Where? Savery 260, UW Seattle Campus Why? To discuss social activism in Seattle and on the UW campus. Description The UW College Greens, a campus RSO committed to environmental and social justice, is holding a screening of This Is What [...]
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May Day at University of Washington Planning Meeting
Event Title & Host May Day at University of Washington Planning Meeting Website http://www.facebook.com/events/256213721139196/ When? Thursday, April 5th – 3:30PM Where? University of Washington – Savery Hall room 137 Why? Anyone who wants to organize around May Day at UW, let’s start! Description This open meeting will help start the discussion of a possible rally [...]
Private Property, Government & Anarchy
By Thaddeus Achilles Griffin The origins of the corporate phenomenon are, contrary to what people will have you believe, are far more remote in our human history than one would like to think. Its very existence is merely another chapter in the growth and development of human civilization since its origins approximately 10,000 years ago. [...]
Letter Delivery to UW President Mike Young
Event Title & Host Letter Delivery to UW President Mike Young When? Tuesday, March 13, 12:30 PM Where? Meet in Red Square in front of Gerberding Why? A cross-sector group of UW workers, students, and community members will deliver a letter to president Mike Young demanding the immediate reinstatement of maintenance worker Rodney White. Description [...]
May 1st Nationwide General Strike
Occupy! Strike! Take Over! May 1st, 2012, is a global general strike. Every year millions of people around the world celebrate May 1st as a dignified day of revolt against this system. May Day is an international holiday that commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre, when Chicago police defending, as always, the interests of the ruling [...]
Occupy May Day Community Meeting
Event Title & Host Occupy May Day Community Meeting Website https://www.facebook.com/events/126119367513582/ When? Saturday, March 10, 2012 – 5:00pm Where? WA State Convention Center Why? Make May Day the biggest success Description Occupy Seattle GA has passed a proposal to participate in May Day actions in solidarity with occupies all over the country. Now what? Come [...]
Black Coffee’s 1st Public Meeting / Dinner
Event Title & Host Black Coffee’s 1st Public Meeting / Dinner Website http://blackcoffeecoop.com When? Monday, 3/5, 6-8 pm Where? 933 23rd Ave So., Central District of Seattle Why? get this party started Description If you are interested in becoming a partner in Black Coffee before it opens, this meeting is the place for you.We also [...]
WHY I Support the Port Truckers Strike
This post can also be found at workingwa.org For more than a week, hundreds of truck drivers at our seaport have stopped working to protest unfair treatment, unsafe work conditions and their lack of workplace rights. They are putting their livelihoods on the line because they know that fighting together is the best way to [...]
Support the Seattle Port Trucker Strike!
Event Title & Host Rally for Seattle Port Trucker Strike! Website https://www.facebook.com/events/251667024907923/ When? Monday, 2/13, 9am-12pm Where? E. Marginal Way and Hanford, under the viaduct Why? Longshore workers asked us to support them at a strike rally they’ll hold on Monday. Description Over the last two weeks non-unionized short-haul truckers at the port have refused [...]
