By Kyle Murphy Why must I desire more? More shoes, more clothes, more electronics, more of everything? Does this desire not come from the perception of scarcity? As our goods are scarce, we are induced to consume or accumulate as much as possible to hedge against future scarcity. But what if we could eliminate that [...]
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Don’t Fuck With Private Property: SWAT Raids Cultural Center
On the evening of Friday December 2nd, the Occupy movement in Seattle catalyzed another status-quo-bending action. Seattle, along with LA, Oakland, NYC, and other occupy cities, have adapted their occupations from the original tent-city habitats, to empty homes, warehouses, and businesses, that lie in disuse. Last night Seattlites squatted their second shelter in the last month [...]
Economic Justice NOW! A Conversation with the 99%
Event Title & Host Economic Justice NOW! A Conversation with the 99%, hosted by the Learning Working Group at Decolonize/Occupy Seattle Website http://www.facebook.com/events/278730118837634/ When? December 3, 1-3pm Where? Elliott Bay Book Company, Basement Reading Room, 1521 10th Ave (Between Pine and Pike), Seattle Why? This conversation is a chance to learn about each other’s struggles [...]
The Open Veins of Washington’s Low-Income Communities
This is the second of a series of posts on tax reform and economic inequality in Washington State; the previous entry was “Initiative 1098: Triage for Inequality in Washington State.” This November, Washingtonians will vote on three tax reform initiatives. Anti-tax zealot Tim Eyman is sponsoring Initiative 1053, which would require a two-thirds majority of [...]
A Redefinition Takeover: poverty
According to the dictionary… pov·er·ty [pov-er-tee] –noun the state or condition of having little or no money, goods, or means of support; condition of being poor; indigence. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/poverty So… in·di·gence [in-di-juhns] –noun seriously impoverished condition; poverty. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/indigence And according to the etymological dictionary… indigence late 14c., from O.Fr. indigence (13c.), from L. indigentia, from indigentem [...]
The Living Building Challenge: Sustainability Without Compromise
In March 2010 The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that 5,000 buildings have become LEED certified with over 20,000 projects registered. LEED, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, began in 1998 as a system to rate the sustainability of new architecture. Since then, the system has become widely subjected to political manipulation resulting [...]
Arizona, Migration, and Human Rights
The recently affirmed immigration law in Arizona, SB 1070, has aroused complaints amongst the American political-left who fear the law will lead to severe racial profiling. The left’s concern over the new law is palpable, and notably not limited to the radical left; the city council of Los Angeles voted 13-1 to suspend $8 million [...]
The Unequal Streets
This is an excerpt from Nam Nguyen’s opinion piece on homelessness. If you would like to read the entire article, download it here. Every so often, but perhaps more minutely than we perceive, we are reminded of the state of homelessness in our communities. We may walk down the street and encounter a few people [...]
The Unequal Streets Zine
Download the Zine April 2010 Opinion-Editorial by Nam Nguyen …Every so often, but perhaps more minutely than we perceive, we are reminded of the state of homelessness in our communities. We may walk down the street and encounter a few people asking for money, we may watch the news and hear the latest string of [...]
