September 2007

Port Militarization Resistance

July 23, 2007—Olympia Port Militarization Resistance achieved a significant victory this weekend in the city’s refusal to host naval warships at the port for Lakefair.

In prearation for their annual event in downtown Olympia, organizers for Lakefair committed the mistake of inviting naval warships: the USS Ingraham and the Canadian vessels HCMS Saskatoon and HCMS Whitehorse. It was the intent of people like Lakefair president Teri Chmielewski to bring the warships to our port to honor our military. But in accordance with our stated intentions to keep the military . . .

April 2007

[Fifteen people climbed over a police barrier at the Port of Tacoma on March 11 in order to deliver this document to law enforcement and military personnel overseeing the loading of the USNS Soderman with 300 Strykers and other equipment.]

Whereas, the invasion and occupation of Iraq is contrary to the rule of law inasmuch as it defies agreements that expressly prohibit the belligerent and aggressive invasion of a sovereign nation, and

March 2007

by Molly Gibbs

Having recently returned from Washington DC, and listening to House and Senate hearings on c-span, I believe our Federal government has failed. Both the Congress and the office of the Presidency are dysfunctional to the degree that the corporate system on which their power is based must be challenged.

The only people who can do that are you and I.

March 2007

Olympia Port Militarization Resistance (PMR), a local grassroots organization, has launched a campaign to end the community's participation in the illegal and immoral occupation of Iraq. PMR seeks to prevent the US military from using the Port of Olympia to ship equipment to Iraq as part of President Bush's escalation of the conflict.

Since the US invasion in 2003, the US Army has shipped equipment bound for Iraq through the Port of Olympia. The shipments to Iraq mark the first time in over fifteen years that the Port of Olympia has accepted military cargo.