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September 2010

September 2010 - - PMR Necessity Defense voided by Tacoma jury
- - The Olympia Food Co-op: Politics, dialogue, and community
- - Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb supports the Olympia Food Co-op boycott
- August 12 Olympia Center forum on the Oly Food Co-op boycott
- - Who owns the Palestine-Israel conflict?
- - Comments from the Aug. 12 Olympia Center forum
- - An (actual) progressive's critique of the Oly Food Co-op boycott
- - Statement from anti-boycott Co-op member
- - The story behind It's Our Co-op's petition
- - Jewish Oppression in Olympia
- - Interview with the Barter Faire
- - Biomass opponents face off against industry in Florida
- - Statement on necessity defense trial
- IVAW blockades Ft. Hood deployment to Iraq
- - WIP reprint - City council rejects Olympia-Rafah sister city
- - Uncle Sam Corp needs YOU!
- - News Bits from a Small Blue Planet
- Midnight on the Mavi Marmara
- - Should videotaping the police really be a crime?
- - BDS Fun Page!
- Letters to WIP

August 2010

August 2010 - - Olympia Food Co-op removes Israeli products - Frequently asked questions about the boycott movement
- - Plan B access in jeopardy
- Biomass incinerators at Evergreen? - The debate continues
- - Statements from members of Olympia BDS
- Endorsements of Oly Food Co-op boycott
- - False accusations of anti-Semitism, and avoiding real anti-Semitism in the BSD Movement
- - Looking up to the Global South
- - Going nuclear in the American Power Act
- - Local news and stories
- Coffee Strong news
- - State Pharmacy Board backpedals on Plan B
- - The local fight for access to emergency contraception
- - Marriage of money, drugs, and Mexico
- The Vienna Declaration on the war on drugs
- - Statement in support of the Vienna Declaration
- Interview with Haneen Zoabi, censured member of Knesset
- - Witch-hunt begins in Israeli schools and colleges
- - El Salvadoran news and developments

July 2010

July 2010 - - Biomass incinerators planned for Shelton
- - News blackout from Olympians in Detroit and Toronto
- - Evergreen is considering biomass power generation
- Evergreen statement regarding participation in this discussion
- - Apocalypse now? BP oil gusher in the Gulf and the Atlantic...
- - SchNEWS report from New Orleans on the BP oil-spill disaster
- - Canadian state terrorism continues in Toronto due to G8/20 Summits
- - From drunken party girl to climate change activist
- - State of the states' budgets
- - Peace between Palestinians and Israelis: Breaking the silence
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- - A gathering of optimistic rebels
- - R.I.P. Mark Wedeven - 1980-2010

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June 2010

June 2010 - - Joe Hyer and Jeff Kingsbury: Pot, police, and plea bargains
- - The Gaza flotilla massacre - May 31, 2010
- - Report on Arizona - Indigenous solidarity with immigrant rights
- - Masked racism: Reflections on the prison-industrial complex
- - Racism, sexual assault, and the mainstream sports media
- - CollateralMurder.org and the future of war reporting - Part 2
- - Prosecutor Ed Holm and Sheriff Dan Kimball on arresting Joe Hyer
- - Flexing our muscle inside the house of labor: The power of political endorsement
- - Banks' failure to modify mortgages hurts Washington
- - Cheryl Crist for Congress
- - California's Proposition 187: Institutionalizing racism

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May 2010

May 2010 - - The Works In Progress 20 year retrospective
- - Say it ain't so, Joe! - Joe Hyer resigns from the Olympia City Council over marijuana bust
- - The Peoples' Movement Assembly
- - CollateralMurder.org and the future of war reporting
- - Seattle's "Flag 3" wins lawsuit against Seattle Police - Seattle cop taken off the street
- - County scientist reveals rain trends: "Not to scare you, but..."
- - Land crisis and repression in Aguan, Honduras
- Mobilization for Honduras: Viva la Resistencia Popular! Fuera Golpistas! Todos a la Consulta Popular!
- - Tax Day: Tea parties, espresso snobs, freedom and equality
- - News Bits
- - Coffee Strong welcomes Travis Bishop
- - Watch Olympia FOR's TV programs on the Internet

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April 2010

April 2010 - - Corrie family seeks justice in Israeli trial of Rachel's death
- - Israeli military admits failures in investigation
- - In opposition to renewed use of the Port of Olympia for military shipments
- - Understanding Congress' vote for "Health Care Reform"
- - The shared vision of PANZA and Camp Quixote
- - International law and Afghanistan
- - Travis Bishop freed!
- - The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
- - Local citizens group gives suggestions to city development plan
- - A brief interview with City of Olympia's Andy Haub
- - Poem #2

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