Quarterly Theme, Spring 2012: States & Government 1. Taxes & the Public Good? Explain who you think the general public is, and whether taxes exist to serve your definition of the general public. Login Now & Start Writing 2. Iran, Israel, the United States, & Democracy in the Middle East Given the recent developments with Iran, [...]
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An Activist’s Quick-Start Guide To Online Anonymity and Security
“You cannot have free speech if you can be punished for what you say.” Whether you are an activist, a whistle-blower, a warrior, or another information-seeking human being who believes in free expression, at some point you will feel the need to protect your privacy. Governments and businesses ARE watching you. You should assume that [...]
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Win Microsoft Goodies: Survey on Technology and Civic Engagement
The City of Seattle, Metrocenter YMCA and FUSE Labs Microsoft Research, are working together to get a better understanding of how people between the ages of 14 and 25 use technology for community or political activities with the goal of improving local community web sites such as Puget SoundOff. This questionnaire is completely voluntary. Responses [...]
Sponge
By Rita McArdle I am a sponge. I absorb, I consume, I engulf. Calm affection, trembling passion, heavy silence, words soaking pages and cracked strength and limited time in an infinite space, I absorb and consume and engulf until I am whoever and whatever I come in contact with. Uncontrollably I devour until my [...]
Scarcity
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 [...]
UW College Greens
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 [...]
The Trash Can
Part of our daily perception of reality is that [trash] disappears from our world. When you go to the toilet, shit disappears. You flush it, of course you know, rationally…it’s there, but at a certain level of your most elementary experience, it disappears from your world. But the problem is that trash doesn’t disappear. Slavoj [...]
Going Beyond Good Intentions: What your Toms say about you
By Sarah Priddy Living in Seattle, we as students have the incredible opportunity of being exposed to global issues on an almost daily basis. When we are not being bombarded with flyers and petitions on Red Square or reading articles via Facebook, we are attending rallies, buying “fair trade,” wearing Toms shoes, and giving our [...]
Think First: Critical Development, Gender & the West
By Orion Donovan-Smith* In the context of international aid and development work, the archetype of the Oppressed Third-World Woman is a common motif, frequently evoked in justifying interventions—humanitarian, military, and other—in the name of women’s rights. This attitude is generally premised on a depiction of women in the developing world as passive subjects oppressed by [...]
Those Windows were Broken in the Past
“Every society has the criminals it deserves” -Emma Goldman When I heard the first deep sigh of a slashed tire, and the first scream of breaking glass on May Day, I didn’t flinch. Property being the holy grail of our current society, one might expect a more visceral reaction. Furthermore, I was raised in a [...]
Suffering, Land Degradation & Disease: the CAFO Legacy
I am sharing this article here because it is related to the past research several youth ( carried out regarding Environmental Justice in Washington State. The author, Helen Reddout, helped OAG and the youth researchers understand the environmental injustice being committed in the Yakima Valley by the Dairy industry – and CAFOs in particular (Concentrated [...]
media for everyone, the revolution has begun!
A perception exists in American society, that College is just one more rung on the ladder — the rung after high school, and before our entry into the working world. This perception, in addition to being untenable in the current economic climate, doesn’t allow for nuanced self-expression or critical thought. Every day, we are bombarded [...]
Cinema Politica Seattle
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 [...]
Everyday -ism’s
A Writing Theme for You(th) inspired by the Pathways in Global Health Conference & Global 99 Spring panel How do we confront oppression in our every day life? How do we call out those small acts of racism, sexism, bigotry, prejudice, ableism, and stop them in their tracks? Login Now & Start Writing or leave [...]
One Million Bones and Students Rebuild
Event Title & Host One Million Bones and Students Rebuild (Contact: Lis Stevens, Email: Lis@studentsrebuild.org, Phone: 206.275.2048, ext. 117) Website http://www.studentsrebuild.org/apathforward When? Anytime up through February 2013 Where? Anywhere! Why? Make a bone to symbolize our shared human connection to people across the world. Make a bone to generate a donation to help them. Make [...]
