An interview with Peter Bohmer, conducted in late March, 2018 Matt: What are your thoughts about Trump’s selection of Mike Pompeo, John R. Bolton, and Gina Haspel for his cabinet? Peter: Going back to January 2017, I’ve been concerned about the Trump administration going to war with Iran and/or North…
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Interview with Franz Carroll What is Olympia Assembly? Olympia assembly is an organization that has several different projects. There are the neighborhood action councils (NAC), which create a space where people come together and talk about issues facing their communities and how to address those issues through direct action and…
Matt Lester recently asked Savvina Chowdhury to talk about gender inequality in the US economy, especially considering the alt-Right claim that it doesn’t exist in any meaningful way. Chowdhury teaches feminist economics at The Evergreen State College. ML–Instead of wading into the debate over the best method to challenge white…
Matt Lester sat down recently with a Precinct 213 Bernie delegate to the 2016 Thurston County Democratic Convention. Antoine Federici (pseudonym) is a fellow traveler of social movements and first time delegate. Reflecting on his experience, Federici discussed the opportunities and pitfalls of the delegate process, and how to funnel…