August 2008

by Billie Burlock

From anticipating port shipments to preventing the naked gentrification of our downtown, activists in Olympia have a lot on their plates right now. An important project, however, is drawing a number of Olympia activists away from home during the summer months.

I-69 is an existing route that, if fully expanded, will stretch 2000 miles from Canada to the Atlantic Corridor Highway of the Plan Pueblo Panama in Mexico, completing the ominous pan-American NAFTA superhighway: a vital piece of the free trade infrastructure that would further exploit workers and land for the primary . . .

August 2008

By Andrew Robbins, Hudson Munoz, and Ashley Harrison

Over 4.4 million Iraqis have been displaced by the occupation of Iraq by the United States military. Those who leave Iraq are forced to rearrange their lives with little support and resources; the lives of those who stay are broken by violence, diminished access to natural resources, and a debilitated community. While the United States government works to extend its reach in Iraq, a group of students and community members in Olympia, Washington have responded to the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II.