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October 2005
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Adapted from a talk in September by Prof. Therese Saliba at the Olympia Timberland Library
Reflecting back on the last 4 years since the tragic events of 9/11, I am reminded of an essay written by Bill Moyers entitled, "Which America will we be now?" In it, he described 9/11 as what educators call "a teachable moment," and argued that "what's at stake is democracy. Democracy wasn't canceled on Sept. 11," he writes," but democracy won't survive if citizens turn into lemmings."
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by Susan Bee
Many local people want a healthy local economy in which hard-working people, operating within a free market, can succeed. They want good jobs paying a living wage and providing health-care benefits. They do not want companies to violate environmental or labor laws or to infringe on employees' and customers' civil rights. Further, they like, and want to support, local and independent family-owned businesses. They believe in democracy: a system in which those affected by the rules make the rules. They believe in the right of self determination: a community's right to decide what it . . .
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by Pat Tassoni
Poverty is a form of violence. It is a result of inequality rather than a proof of inequality... The existence of poverty in the United States should not be accepted as a necessary evil or an insoluble problem, but should be considered a crisis requiring emergency measures. It is a matter of will and priorities, not a matter of resources.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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[The following is an edited version of a speech delivered by Peter Bohmer on 9/23/2005 at Latrati Park in Dupont. Bohmer, along with Nikki Miller, was a key organizer of the march from Olympia- and rally at the gates of Fort Lewis. The event was sponsored by the Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace.]
We are here to protest war and tell people around the world that we oppose this immoral and illegal war. We are part of a renewed growth of activism against this war and for economic and social justice at home.
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Yeah, the job of Mayor of Olympia has its highs and lows, but being lampooned on the cover of Works In Progress has to be the pinnacle of any local politician's career. I loved it. You might have noticed a run at one of your newsstands; my wife Janet saw it first and grabbed extras for friends and relatives. That cover was a true work of art; hats off to Pat Tassoni who has a real eye for both irony and technical layout. It's truly one for the scrapbook. Thanks!
Now for some of the issues raised by the cover story:
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by Carrie Lybecker
September 25, 2005
The mayor has not answered my questions:
Why did the city council meet in executive session? Why did the council accept behind closed doors the legal analysis it had previously requested publicly and knew it needed for 2 ½ months? Why wasn't that analysis discussed publicly? Why would it have been acceptable to receive the attorney's analysis publicly at any of the previous city council meetings, but not this one? Who threatened the city with, presumably, litigation, and what was the basis of that threat? How is it possible that the text of an . . .
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by Jeffrey St. Clair
Like Rumsfeld's Pentagon, the Forest Service under George W. Bush runs on pr, corporate cronyism, an obsession with secrecy and the rapid-fire deployment of fabricated justifications for cutting down old-growth forests.
In Bush's war on the wild, the trees themselves are portrayed as standing weapons of mass destruction, which must be leveled by chainsaws before they ignite into raging wildfires that threaten to incinerate the towns of the rural West. Such is the tale of the spin, any way.
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