2006 Issues

December 2006

Wally Cuddeford - Selective enforcement keeps the Olympia homeless worrying about more than the yellow reign of patrons - T. J. Johnson - TJ Johnson's statement on Olympia Sidewalk Ordinance - Drew Hendricks - Update: Anti-social sidewalk ordinance amendments pass - Marco Rosaire Rossi - The Lacey example?! - T. Claw - Olympia Critical Mass bike parade met with resistance from OPD - Rochelle Gause - Weapons of Mass Determination: Amid silence from the US press, an Olympian reports on the people's struggle in Oaxaca - Jeff Berryhill - Of War and Politics: Closing the gap between the veteran and peace communities - Caitlin Esworthy - The Case of Spc. Suzanne Swift: A Gendered Approach to Organizing Against Rape in the Military - Ali Abunimah - No choice but to live together - Norman G. Finkelstein - Human Rights Watch must retract its shameful press release - Stephen Zunes - Falling in line on Israel - Molly Secours - From "Kramer" to the NYPD: Racism kills us - Jed Whittaker - Letter from Jed Whittaker - December 2006 Announcements

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November 2006

Pat Tassoni - Nothing says it's the holiday season like more laws to criminalize poverty - Olympia 22 win initial court battle: First Iraq War protest case to be allowed to argue "defense of necessity" - Jake Erwin - "Flag 3" arrests made sure the World Could Wait: When they came for the anarchists, The Stranger asked, "What's anarchy?" - Leela Yellesetty, Nick Hart - Dixon arrest keeps public safe from democracy - Marco Rosaire Rossi - How incarceration is causing crime - Drew Hendricks - Port protest video mysteriously disappears: Second Olympia amnesia case, as OPD detective can't remember anything - Rochelle Gause - To act as if we were free: the Oaxaca struggle explained - Bus shelter replaced: Now can we have our bench back? - Janet Jordan - Mason County: a chance to become a leader - Jonathan Cook - The worst of intentions: Israel should be judged by its actions, not by our faith - Vi vil føle savnet af jer! - Michael Abelman - Know your farmer, know your food - November 2006 Announcements

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October 2006

Austin Kelley - Whirled Vision at the Olympia Food Co-op: Salsa Not-So-Socially-Conscious - Janet Blanding - Keep boycotting Ralph's and Bayview: The national spotlight is shining on Olympia - Chris Allert - Freezing and wet bus riders = no litter? The case of the runaway bus shelter - Dave Jette - The Aaron Dixon Senate campaign: A direct challenge to the two-party system - Aaron Dixon - The So-called Spoiler Issue: Democrats have only themselves to blame if they lose votes to other parties - 37 arrested at Indian Island for "Declaring Peace": Munitions storage site draws 500 to protest Iraq Occupation - Marco Rosaire Rossi - US -- Israeli military monster: Birthing the new Middle Beast - Grace Cox - Co-op response regarding Salsa So Fresh: Product Selection at the Olympia Food Co-op - Andrew McLeod - Celebrate Co-op Month - Sandy Mayes - Let's keep WIPPING 'em out! - Early Works In Progress worker dies

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September 2006

Pat Tassoni - Port and County Prosecutor team up to perpetrate political farce and attempted extortion - Janet Blanding - Raising awareness of sexual assault in the military: Olympia activists support Suzanne Swift - Muhammad Ayub - Olympia Muslims reach out to the community: Building Bridges in a Global Village - Mike Ferner - Lt. Watada's Challenge: "Let Humanity's Mutiny Begin!" - Todd Chretien - Is the US anti-war movement willing to confront Israel? - Rochelle Gause - Facing down repression in Oaxaca: Change is coming to Mexico - Hey Olympia, let's impeach Bush/Cheney - Marco Rosaire Rossi - Successes and setbacks in felony enfranchisement: No money for lawyers and debts, then no vote for you - Mat Slobodkin - Standing up to foreign aggression and domestic repression: No compromise on justice - Janet Blanding - Until they stock Plan B: The boycott against Ralph's and Bayview continues - Jeff Cohen - The sick puppy ate my journalistic integrity

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July 2006

Janet Blanding - What are you paying for besides food when you shop at Ralph's? - Zoltan Grossman - A history of military resistance and peace movement support for resisters - Lt. Ehren Watada fulfills pledge to refuse illegal Iraq deployment; Under confinement without charge - Ehren Watada - Statement from Lt. Ehren Watada - Eric Seitz - Update from Lt. Watada's attorney - Eric Chase - War, protesters, and the Longshoremen: Can the labor and peace movements stem fascism? - Sidewalk Poem: Resist - Lindsay Adams - Stand-off at the Port of Olympia gate - Monica Peabody - Governor Gregoire's welfare policies questioned at Evergreen graduation - Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) - Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) Punish Palestinian Civilians in the Gaza Strip - Marco Rosaire Rossi - Critical Time For Mumia Abu-Jamal - Fair Trade makes a difference in people's lives: Multi-state effort for sweatshop-free public purchases - Marco Rosaire Rossi - Important Steps Made In Preventing Prison Rape - Craig Oare - Dear Friends

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June 2006

Marco Rosaire Rossi - A call for direct action against the war - Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace, Port Militarization Resistance - Port Militarization Resistance - Karen Pickett, Melissa Roberts - ALEC: Writing Legislation Paid for by Corporate America - Janet Blanding - Who gets to decide what form of birth control a woman uses? - Clint Burelson - Members of Congress Criticize Postal Service for Lack of Openness and Fairness in Consolidation Process - Annamarie Murano, Olympia CAT Campaign - Letter to local Caterpillar distributor - Karin Murphy, Monica Peabody, Shannon Blood - Governor Gregoire to cut children off Welfare - Kay Oss, Olympia Civil Liberties Resource - Update on the "Green Scare" and Defending Civil Liberties - Hundreds Mark Historic May Day in Olympia - Kevin J. Anderson - The battle against biotech foods begins in your stomach - Marco Rosaire Rossi - Why Iran? - Holly Gwinn Graham - Sister Jackie Hudson to Speak at Northwest Premier of Documentary About Plowshares Nuns

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May 2006

Melissa Roberts - Green Scare 2006: Who's Scaring Who? The monkeywrench as a weapon of mass destruction - Clint Burelson - United States Postal Service, Incorporated? Action is needed to save our mail service! - Peter Bohmer - Defeating the Nazis by building a movement for racial, economic and social justice and equality - Drew Hendricks - Long Hair David's case is finally settled - Judge declares mistrial for four Oly peace activists - Freedom Socialist Party, Radical Women - Stop the criminalization of immigrants! - Emma Hendrickson - Corporation running for governor in Oregon - Lailia El-Haddad - The earth is closing in on us - Norman Solomon - The lobby and the bulldozer: Mearsheimer, Walt and Rachel Corrie - Robert Weissman, Russell Mokhiber - Overthrow - Dave Lindorff - Bashing Hugo Chavez at the New York Times: Provocative Humanitarianism? - Sandy Mayes - How sweet it is! WIP's sixteen-year anniversary

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April 2006

Clint Burelson - Postal Service Forgoes Democracy: Consolidation plans will benefit big mailers at expense of citizens - Kevin Benderman - A matter of conscience - Jesse Hagopian - Aaron Dixon vs. the status quo: Seattle activist launches independent Senate campaign - Doug Nielson - Maria Cantwell vs. Her conscience: Demonstrators screw up ideal photo-op for pro-war Democrat on Iraq War anniversary - Ralph Nader - Bush and Cheney vs. reality: Making Iraq safe for miniature golf - Mark Jaffe - Olympia welcomes latest delegation from Thurston Santo Tomás - Patty Mosqueda - Two Weeks in El Salvador with CISPES: Olympians observe El Salvador elections - Jeremy Scahill - Rest Easy, Bill Clinton: Slobo can't talk any more - Joe Carr - Another Fallen Friend and Martyr: The death of Tom Fox and a true test of solidarity - Chris Stegman - When you see petitioners for clean energy . . . sign! - Erin Genia - Real Security = Human Rights for All - Want to know if the government is spying on you?

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March 2006

Tim Wise - Waving the Confederate Flag: Racism, Neo-Confederacy and the Raising of Historical Illiterates - Points to Remember When Responding to Hate Groups - Ron Jacobs - Re-creating God in the Image of the Powerful: Religion and Political Power - Drew Hendricks - Nonviolence Isn't Pacifism - Russell Feingold - Bush's Warrantless Wiretapping Program is Illegal and Unconstitutional - Peter Dale Scott - Homeland Security Contracts for Vast New Detention Camps - Drew Hendricks - www.olyblog.net - Abid Aslam - Bottled Water: Nectar of the Frauds?

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February 2006

Fast Rattler - Utah Phillips on the Catholic Worker, Polarization, and Songwriting - Annamarie Murano, Olympia CAT Campaign - Challenging Caterpillar, Inc: Moving the Frontlines of the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict - Peter Bohmer - Olympians Stand Up to Nazis - Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action - Seventeen people arrested honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at Trident submarine base at Bangor, WA - Cory Fischer-Hoffman, Greg Rosenthal - Cuba and Venezuela: A Bolivarian Partnership - Marco Rosaire Rossi - Our Time Honored Tradition Of Death - Drew Hendricks - Arrest Bush

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January 2006

Pat Tassoni - Poverty Action: A 21st Century Hunger March on the Capitol - Alice Zillah - Civil Disobedience at Bangor: Four Olympia activists are singled out for prosecution - Nichole Ketcherside - Local Documentary focuses on issues of youth homelessness and sexual violence - Marjorie Cohn - Big Brother Bush is listening - Marco Rosaire Rossi - Democracy, Evolution, and Intelligent Design - Rochelle Gause - Collective Punishment and Life in Gaza - Robert Jensen - Capitalism eviscerates the First Amendment and subverts democracy - Greg Rosenthal - Book Review: The Venezuela Reader: The Building Of A People’s Democracy - Erin Genia - Guantanamo Hunger Strike

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