Posts Tagged: seattle
Struggle forces Seattle to tax big businesses to fund housing crisis relief
May 20, 2018
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The number of annual deaths due to homelessness is reaching a new record of 169, a count which has more than doubled in the past six years.
Seattle union workers hold day of action to protest New Seasons Market
May 12, 2018
“Generally, people stay at their hire rate,” said long-time employee Marty.
Seattle City Light provided undocumented customers’ information to ICE
May 08, 2018
In February this year, it was found that ICE has been pulling a similar stunt with the Washington State Department of Licensing.
Amazon tries to bully Seattle over tax to house homeless
May 05, 2018
Why is Amazon so unwilling to pay such a paltry sum (for them) towards alleviating the emergency of homelessness in Seattle?
“People’s Moratorium” blocks construction of new youth jail in Seattle
Apr 01, 2018
“We demand a moratorium on construction until the County repurposes the site for meeting the needs of youth and families..."
Solidarity stops deportation of disabled anti-war veteran
Mar 12, 2018
Eyewitness report from Immigration Court in Seattle.
No New Youth Jail! Seattle activists chain selves together in protest
Mar 09, 2018
In addition to demanding a halt to the construction of the youth jail, the protesters urge the government to stop focusing on the construction of pri...
Seattle school bus drivers demand affordable health coverage
Feb 20, 2018
Liberation News speaks with striking school bus drivers in Seattle.
Seattle anti-fascists say no to Patriot Prayer at UW
Feb 11, 2018
Eyewitness report by Liberation News staff from the counter demonstration against Patriot Prayer.
A birthday in handcuffs: Seattle students stand in solidarity with Ahed Tamimi
Feb 07, 2018
“On behalf of all the Palestinian children unjustly held in Israeli prisons, we loudly condemn the egregious human rights violations carried out by ...
New Book
Women Fight Back: The Centuries-Long Struggle for Liberation
(Liberation Media, 2017)
Tracing the historical evolution of a movement that has thoroughly transformed society, and is in need of militant revival today.