by Rochelle Gause

"We stand in the path of the bulldozers and are physically pushed with the shovels backwards. The bulldozers then proceeded on their course, demolishing one side of the houses with the protesters inside. The drivers sometimes drop a sound grenade out of the cab of the bulldozer, and continue to demolish the houses, at which point the activists are able to escape, amid gunfire from the tanks. We can only imagine what it is like for Palestinians living here, most of them once-or-twice refugees already, for whom this is not a nightmare, but a continuous reality from which . . .

by Melissa Roberts

All nine employees of the Pizza Time franchise in downtown Olympia went on strike February 12th, to protest the restaurant's hostile working environment under new ownership. The situation began on February 8, when workers were surpised with the sudden introduction of a new owner. With the new owner came a litany of arbitrary, discriminatory and unprofessional policies which included firings for unjust cause, racial slurs, health violations and procedures which ensured poor product quality. The new atmosphere has left an indelible mark on the workers---a group responsible for . . .

by dj megawatti

Free Radio Olympia is changing our frequency again. We are moving to 98.5 MHz on March 1, 2005. This is not the first time we have had to move, and it will probably not be the last. Current FCC licensing activity is poised to pack the cracks and crevices of Olympia's dial with translator signals, rebroadcasting other radio stations, often from out of town.

by Tom Wright

"If you want a vision of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever." --George Orwell

Nearly a year has passed since the lurid photographs of Abu Ghraib first surfaced, briefly capturing the attention of the nation. Even to a public saturated by every imaginable form of transgression, the bizarre images of "Hooded Man," the piles of naked bodies and sordid sexual domination stood out, whether because they seemed like demons lurching from the Puritan unconscious, or just because they were so baldly at variance with the fairy tales through which much of the nation . . .

Local citizens demonstrate support for the Eastside Women's Clinic after a fire in January which local and federal investigators have determined was set intentionally. No arrests have been made thus far. (Photo by Robert Torre)