Event Title & Host Cinema Politica Seattle Website http://www.cinemapolitica.org/screening/seattle/dive-living-americas-waste When? Wednesday May 2nd at 6pm Where? The Vera Project, Seattle Center Why? Check out a growing community of folks interested in documentary films and connecting art with action Description Hello Seattle! Welcome to the Cinema Politica Community. Thanks to those of you who made it [...]
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Don’t Dance, You Might Get Arrested
This is starting to make our policing institutions looks like a joke, yes?
US Hypocrisy: Comparing Rhetoric on Foreign & Domestic Civil Liberties
The hypocrisy of the United States may be its on undoing. Promising freedoms that don’t exist – such as the freedom of assembly – will only generate a disenchanted populous.
Resistance is Fertile: Video of Oakland General Strike
Physical resistance seems to have found roots in Oakland, more so than any other occupation. Head over to Crimethinc to watch a collection of footage, music, and thought. http://www.crimethinc.com/blog/2011/11/06/oakland-general-strike-footage/ Whether you cry, cringe, laugh, it doesn’t matter what form of emotion – let yourself feel it. Feel the solidarity of subversion, and listen to the [...]
Rappin’ retirees say: “Just Scrap the Cap!” [VIDEO]
Don’t think Social Security cuts will affect you? Think again. Because if Social Security is cut, your parents might be movin’ in… Here’s the deal: right now, everyone pays Social Security taxes on the first $106,800 they earn, which means most people pay Social Security taxes on their whole paycheck. But since $106,800 is the [...]
Occupy Seattle Update: Oakland Solidarity
I went down to Westlake Square, Seattle, again last night. We arrived to a dance party of hundreds after 8 pm; my friend and I found Food Not Bombs serving delicious, vegan potato soup. After the dancing ended at 9, more than a hundred of us marched through the streets of downtown and Capital Hill. [...]
OMG, the Reel Grrls are Badass!
Have you(th) heard of Real Grrls yet? Here’s an awesome story about how they became the first ever organization to: 1) make non profit work fundraising sound exciting 2) bad mouth their funder and ultimately end up with an even better fundraising program. ahh, that is truly glorious. Enjoy their story – and did I [...]
Democracy and Economies: A TED Talk
I love TED Talks, more than you know. This is a great one I got through Facebook from a friend who lives in China but is studying abroad at the UW. Hope you guys enjoy how it relates economic growth with government systems and actions. The “tl;dw” version of the video is that comparing India [...]
