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2005 Issues

December 2005

- Olympia delegates in Rafah describe the effects of Israeli occupation - - Vegetarian Between Meals: This war can't be stopped by a loyal opposition - - The US and UN Subject of Human Rights Petitions - - Hungry for Peace -- Governor Gregoire: Bring home the Washington State National Guard - - How should the peace movement deal with the media? - - Solidarity in the peace movement: We must respect a variety of tactics - - The Illegality of Guantanamo Bay - - Mar de Plata: Fighting the FTAA and Bush in Argentina - - Saving Rosa Parks from American Hypocrisy - - Save Stanley Tookie Williams - - We should de-couple health care from employment - - "Bringing it Home:" Local Action to Stop the Iraq Occupation

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November 2005

- There's a new soldier in town - - Arlington NW Memorial - - The Drug Induced Fog of War - - A Call to Action: Rachel's Words Live - Elect Phyllis Booth to the Olympia City Council - - NO on I-330! - - Book review: Emancipation Betrayed by Paul Ortiz - - Letter #2 to WIP From Mayor Foutch - - Who Pays The Most Taxes?

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October 2005

- 4 Years After 9/11: Local and Global Issues - - The Community Values Ordinance: Holding Wal-Mart Accountable to Community Values and Vision - - Advocates want homeless treated same as evacuees - - Stop the war! - - Letter to WIP From Mayor Foutch - - Reply to Mayor Foutch's Comments - - W Marks the Spot: Bait and Switch in the Bitterroot

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September 2005

September 2005 - The Olympia [Not So] Nuclear Free Zone - - 25 Years of Advocacy as Poverty on the Rise: Bread and Roses Asks Olympia to "Work-a-Day" - - An Opportunity to Build an Anti-War Movement and End the Iraq War - - Local high school students must act soon to avoid recruiters: OPT OUT of the lies - ReclaimDemocracy takes on corporate personhood - - The Smokescreen of the Gaza Disengagement: A fact sheet - - If we want police accountability . . . - - TJ Johnson's statement at the August 9, 2005 public hearing regarding the Olympia Nuclear Free Zone - - Imperialism in Haiti

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August 2005

August 2005 - Long Hair David: A generation of his influence offers thanks - - Update on Olympia Downtown Association - - If Only the Full Scope of the Settler's Deeds Had Been Told: They Broke the Public's Heart - - What May Come After the Evacuation of Jewish Settlers from the Gaza Strip: A Warning from Israel - - Venezuela: The next oil war? - - The Old Bait-and-Switch in Iraqi Jurisprudence: Muzzling Saddam - - Ramada workers in Olympia laid off and sourced out! Sandra Miller attempts to bust union - - No Justice, No Pizza - - Mr. Rove and the Access of Evil - - Nuclear Free Olympia - - A real crisis -- health care -- is ignored as the Social Security non-crisis roars on - - Beyond Hiroshima: Reflection and Action for a Nuclear-Free World - - What can be done to bring Police Accountability to Olympia? - - Cartoon: Sacrifice

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July 2005

- Resist the BIDding of the Olympia Downtown Association - - A business association in neighborhood clothing? An inquiry into the Olympia Downtown Association - - More letters from Baghdad - - The State of the Port: One Year of Militarization and Resistance - Is OPD surveilling local activists? - - Is the US Naval Vessel Pililaau responsible for the rise in fecal coliform levels at Fiddlehead Marina? - - Freedom and democracy: We're not here to fight for an abstraction - - Impeach Bush Now: A Quick Way to End the Insurgency - - Keeping Americans ignorant about Iran will make it easier to launch the missiles - - An ode to Lenny (Leonard C. Walden) - - Olympia Police TASER use dropped dramatically in February, March and April of 2005 - - Two Plowshares Nuns Home from Federal Prison, One to go! - WROC Report Card on DSHS: TANF and Workfirst caseworkers still have room for improvement

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June 2005

June 2005 - Wal-Mart's Trojan Horse? - - Letters from Baghdad - - We must not let our loyalties to groups, leaders, or friends pre-determine our conclusions - - Open Letter to the Olympia City Council - - Social Security and Democratic Cowardice: Bush Has Grasped the Third Rail, Now Turn on the Juice - - Olympia Police Accountability System under Review by City Council - - Marla Ruzicka, Rachel Corrie and "Credibility" - - Nasrallah Family to Visit Olympia - - "Opting Out" - - Know All You Can Know: Seeking to create alternatives to the "power over" mode - - Buy Your Gas at Citgo: Join the BUY-cott! - - New Strategy Needed: "Bringing It Home: Local Organizing Against the War" - - Venezuelan President Says He Will Not Return to U.S. Until Americans "liberate" Their Nation - - May 1st Nuclear Disarmament Actions and Mayors for Peace in New York City

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May 2005

May 2005 WIP's Fifteen Year Anniversary! - - Is iran the next target in the administration's sights? - - Low Income Groups Protest State Budget - - Burning Professors: Resurrection of a Witchhunt - - People the world over call on Caterpillar to stop the sale of their bulldozers to the Israeli military - - Northwest tribe clashes with pro-development officials in battle to preserve Native history - - Coming Sooner Than You Think: The Economic Tsunami

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April 2005

April 2005 - We must hold Caterpillar responsible for its complicity in war crimes - Update From the Pizza Time Lockout - - The Right and Left of the Right to Die - - Notes on the 2005 Global Women's Strike: End Poverty and War -- Invest in Caring Not Killing! - - Report from the United for Peace and Justice National Assembly - - To End the War, Listen to Soldiers' War Stories - - Why and how should WE support soldiers upon their return to our community? - - Worthy American Values: Justice and Peace - - The First Problem is the Republicans, the Second is the Democrats: The World Waits for an Answer - - The Struggle for Sovereignty in Brazil - - The Green Party of South Puget Sound takes a stand against the militarization of Olympia's port - - Olympia Police Department: September 2004 Use of Force

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March 2005

- April 13: Join the International Day of Action Against Caterpillar - - Wildcat Strike at Pizza Time - - Pizza Time Strike Update - - Free Radio Olympia Changes Frequency to 98.5 FM on March 1 - - Torture Nation - - Ward Churchill has rights, and he's right - - Lessons on Community, Security and Privilege; Protesting the Inauguration in Washington D.C. - - Photo: Local citizens support eastside women's health clinic

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February 2005

February 2005 - The Militarization of the Port of Olympia and "Humanitarian Aid" From the Port - - Unfit for Military Service - The local struggle AGAINST empire, FOR justice and peace, carries on . . . (WIP Photo Essay) - - "White Man's Burden" and the Iraq War - - A Smokescreen to Slash Benefits: Bush's Social Security Con Job - - Outraged at Nature; Oblivious to Cluster Bombs: Colin Powell's Selective Sense of Horror

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