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Metropolis I: Introduction
3.30.2013. anarchistnews.org: “We must investigate, we must research, we must go search and above all share and propagate all the necessary information about the functioning of the capitalist machine. How is it fed by energy, information, arms and food? In … Continue reading
LA Times article: “Anarchist probe: Jailed activists say they won’t talk to feds”
LA Times. Oct 19: SEATTLE—The federal detention center near Seattle-Tacoma International Airport is usually home to suspected bank robbers and drug dealers awaiting trial, or perhaps illegal immigrants fighting deportation. These days, though, it’s taken on an air of political … Continue reading
Olympia: Benefit for Leah Plante [Oct 20]
PdxABC: This is October 2oth and will be in Olympia. While we only like to post free stuff on here, please note that this one isn’t: FREE THE GRAND JURY RESISTORS BENEFIT….. at the Voyeur, 404 4th Ave. E. Olympia, WA…..With: PRANK … Continue reading
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Snitch Alert for the Pacific Northwest: Zach Jensen
From Seattle Free Press. Oct 13: SNITCH ALERT: Known informant Zach Jenson has been spotted in Olympia, at a bar next door to a benefit for the grand jury resisters. Jenson helped put away his one time friend Eric McDavid, and … Continue reading
Seattle Stranger: “And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison”
Stranger. Oct 11: And Then There Were Three: Third Grand Jury Refuser Goes to Prison BY BRENDAN KILEY Last night, Portland resident Leah-Lynn Plante spent the first of what could be a year and half’s worth of nights in prison … Continue reading
Seattle: Occupy Westlake Oct 23
Facebook: Occupy Westlake camp & protest Tues, Oct 23 We will be converging with our friends and with other occupy’s for a protest and overnight camp @ Westlake on Oct 23. We are gonna throw a “sk8 black flag convergence … Continue reading
Seattle: PSKS Fundraiser Art Show [Oct12]
PSKS FB: PSKS (PEACE FOR THE STREETS BY KIDS FROM THE STREETS) PSKS Fundraiser Art Show [Oct12] Fri, Oct 12 @ 5 – 9pm Please help us continue to provide services at Peace for the Streets by Kids on the … Continue reading
Seattle: Black Coffee now open on Capitol Hill
Black Coffee. Oct 8: First Week of Black Coffee We’re open for coffee, and we’ve still got lots of work to do.. The space is still under construction – we’ve still got a whole laundry list of work to do. … Continue reading
Seattle: Device found outside Seattle FBI office was flashlight
Seattle Times. Oct 9: Device found outside Seattle FBI office was flashlight The suspicious device destroyed by an FBI bomb squad outside the downtown Seattle FBI building appeared to be a flashlight with a blinking red light. Spokeswoman Ayn Dietrich … Continue reading
Lakewood: Wildfire or arson at Fort Steilacoom
Just as the FBI shoot themselves at the US-Mexico border and blame it on not enough border protection, if dry grass burns Homeland Insecurity will treat themselves to insanity and paranoia. ### ### Komonews. Oct 5: 3 suspicious wildfires burn … Continue reading
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Seattle: Free University Fall 2012 Guide – Call for submissions
Seattle Free University: Free U Fall 2012 Guide – Call for submissions SEE DRAFT GUIDE HERE: http://freeuniverseity.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/guide-free-u-fall-2012.pdf Please send input, suggestions, critiques, hate mail, modifications, meetup locations, subjects, or whatever to FreeUniversEity@gmail.com Although this website has been mainly facilitating … Continue reading
Seattle: homeless shelters shut down in wake of end to free bus zones
Seattle Times. Sept 28: Seattle homeless shelters shut down in wake of bus changes Representatives of some 500 homeless people who stay in two tent cities and 16 shelters in the Seattle area — mostly churches — closed most of … Continue reading
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Seasol: Pegasus Pizza Pays Up
Seattle Solidarity. Oct 3: Pegasus Pizza Pays Up Luis and SeaSol have won our second fight against Pegasus Pizza. A few months after our last encounter, Luis was fired for being a few minutes late due to delays in his … Continue reading
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Say Nothing: Matt Duran – Grand Jury prisoner – moved to General Population
Say Nothing. Oct 3: Matt moved to general population from CAPR: We found out today that Matt has been moved from the Secure Communication Housing Unit (solitary) to general population. Now he will be able to socialize with other inmates, … Continue reading
Seattle: archives – Seattle Group Bulletins #1-60 (1965 – 1971) now online
A-Infos. Oct 1: (en) US, Seattle Group Bulletins #1-60 now online Date Mon, 01 Oct 2012 22:46:08 +0200 The Seattle Group Bulletins were published between 1965 & 1971 & all 60 are now online & fully searchable. —- The Seattle … Continue reading
Seattle: October Readings – Crack Capitalism Parts I & II
SeattleAnarchistStudyGroup. Oct 3: Hey Folks, This month we’re reading “Crack Capitalism” by John Holloway. Follow this link to access the first part for next week – and in the mean time get yourself a copy for the subsequent readings.
Seattle Stranger: “Seventeen Days and Counting…” — Matt Duran
Stranger. Sept 30: That’s how long Olympia resident Matt Duran has been held at the SeaTac Federal Detention Center for refusing to testify before a federal grand jury, ostensibly about political or social acquaintances who may have had something to do … Continue reading
KTeeO imprisoned for refusing to cooperate with grand jury
SayNothing.Info. Sept 27: Free KTeeO KTeeO was arrested at a grand jury session earlier today. She had been quiet about her intentions to resist the grand jury, but now that she has been incarcerated, a statement she wrote is forthcoming. … Continue reading
Northwest grain terminal managers prepare for epic showdown with longshoremen
Oregonian. Sept 25: Northwest grain terminal managers prepare for epic showdown with longshoremen With a contract expiring in five days, managers of Northwest grain terminals are preparing for a showdown with longshoremen that could far eclipse this summer’s turmoil at … Continue reading
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“Everyone will need to have a solidarity network” – a Seasol video
YouTube. Sept 28: A mutual support network, open to workers both employed and unemployed, active and retired. We use collective direct action to fight employers and landlords who are pocketing our wages, refusing repairs, stealing deposits, or otherwise cheating or … Continue reading
New Facebook page warns Tacoma residents to ‘stop snitching’
KomoNews. Sept 26: New Facebook page warns Tacoma residents to ‘stop snitching’ CLICK for video. TACOMA, Wash. — A new Facebook page dedicated to “outing snitches” is stirring controversy in Tacoma. Police are keeping tabs on the page in case … Continue reading
Free KteeO Olejnik: another grand jury resister jailed today
No Political Repression. Sept 28: Katherine “KteeO” Olejnik was taken into federal custody today for refusing to cooperate with the grand jury. She is the second subpeanut to be jailed for refusing to testify. Please write to KteeO!! She is … Continue reading
Seattle: Phone System Shutdown at Federal Courthouse in Solidarity with Grand Jury Resisters
Committee Against Political Repression. Sept 21: We cannot confirm this but we received this last email: “Grand Jury Resisters, Anonymous’ very own telecommunications division shut down the phone network at the Seattle US District attorney’s office. We will run this … Continue reading
Seattle: Attack on Bank of America in George Town
AnarchistNews.org. Sept 20: During the night of September 19th we attacked a Bank of America. One ATMs card slot was glued and screen smashed, and 3 windows of the bank smashed. This was done in solidarity with Matt Duran and … Continue reading
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Seattle: Benefit for the Seattle Solidarity Network {Oct.4}
Seattle Solidarity Network: Thurs, Oct. 4 @ 8pm Highline, 210 Broadway E.
Seattle: AgitProp Film Festival {Sept 29&30}
Black Orchid Collective: AgitProp Film Festival Alay ng Kultura (AK) presents a series of films and discussions to celebrate people’s arts and culture. Film Schedule Saturday, September 29 2 pm Black Power Mixtape http://tinyurl.com/3hwtkt5 5 pm Signed Lino Brocka http://tinyurl.com/985vwjh … Continue reading
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Tagged Agitation, AgitProp, Black Orchid, Films, Propaganda, Seattle
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Seattle: Northwest African American Museum Isn’t The Real Museum!
Wake Up God Dammit. Sept 18: Seattle’s Northwest African American Museum: It Isn’t The Real Museum! By Leith Kahl. September 13, 2012 (Note: This article assumes that the reader is aware of the African American holiday known as Juneteenth, … Continue reading
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Seattle: Decolonize the New World 2012: West Coast Anti-colonial, Anti-capitalist Solidarity Action
Facebook: CALL TO ACTION – Columbus Day marks the 520 year anniversary of the genocidal and ecocidal project of Empire building and colonial expansion that began with the conquistador invasion of this continent and continues to this day through the … Continue reading
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Metropolis: The George Jackson Brigade
Tides of Flame. Sept 16: George Jackson Brigade: Theory and Practice of Armed Struggle in the Northwest. Metropolis link.
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Everett: Snohomish County Jail Guards Tase Shoplifting Suspect to Death
SeattlePI. Sept 15: Man dies after getting Tased in jail EVERETT, Wash. — A 60-year-old man who had just been arrested was found dead inside the Snohomish County Jail Friday night. Everett officers were called to a gas station in the … Continue reading
Write to Matt in Jail
No Repression. Sept 14: Writing to prisoners is an easy and important way to help ease the isolation of imprisonment. Please write letters to Matt! Matthew Kyle Duran #42565-086 FDC SeaTac P.O. Box 13900 Seattle, WA 98191 Make sure that … Continue reading
PNW Resisters: Grand Jury Reportback
AnarchistNews.org. Sept 14: I arrived just before noon, and wrote down events and times as I saw them. I’m only going to report what I had written here and spare artistic license for when I can collect my thoughts. @~12:20pm … Continue reading
Victoria: Anarchist Noise Demo in Solidarity with Grand Jury Resistors at Victoria Bookfair
Vancouver Media Co-op. Sept 9: On Saturday August 8th, anarchists left the bookfair to take the streets in solidarity with comrades resisting the State and their grand jury lynch mobs. Handbills were strewn and handed to passerbys (mostly from the … Continue reading
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Seattle: Borracchini’s fight ends, as does long tradition of no breaks
Seasol. Sept 6: We are happy to announce that, after six months of protest, Borracchini’s has finally begun to allow all workers their 10-minute breaks. (Here’s more background on the fight.) Our many actions have included picketing, postering and even … Continue reading
Lakewood: How to run the banks
This isn’t the bank robbery blog, but this heist was pretty dope. KomoNews. Sept 6: Masked men storm Lakewood bank branch, flee with cash LAKEWOOD, Wash. – Three masked men stormed a US Bank branch Thursday in Lakewood in … Continue reading
Olympia: Ward Lake closes due to sewage
KomoNews. Sept 6: Raw sewage forces closure of popular Olympia swimming lake link: VIDEO OLYMPIA, Wash. — Olympia’s pristine Ward Lake has an emergency closure, and residents are finding disgusting evidence of raw sewage. “Well, just poop floating by,” said … Continue reading
Seattle: City set to approve sweeping remake of Yesler Terrace
Seattle Times. Aug 31: The Seattle City Council is poised to approve a bold — some say risky — plan to remake the city’s first public-housing project into a high-rise mixed-income community. Attention now turns to relocating more than 500 … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentrification, Seattle, Yesler Terrace, Youth Detention
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Seattle: Authoritative Organizers & State appeasement and collaboration within Occupy Seattle
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 30: This text is a small piece of an upcoming article titled “Authoritative Organizers & State appeasement and collaboration within Occupy Seattle” In part of this article we address statements made by Jennifer Fray regarding the D12 Seattle … Continue reading
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Kickstart This Film: Metropolis (2012), by Tides of Flame
Urban Film blog MIT. Aug 22: Kickstart This Film: Metropolis (2012), by Tides of Flame Most of the reviews on this site describe films that already exist, but from time to time we highlight stories on upcoming or proposed projects. … Continue reading
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Tagged Films, Metropolis, Seattle, Tides of Flame, Urban
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WA National Guard opens intelligence center
Seattle Times. Aug 29: The Washington National Guard is opening an intelligence analysis center at Camp Murray that it will operate with the Defense Intelligence Agency and other branches of the military. A guard spokesman, Capt. Keith Kosik (KAH’-sik), says … Continue reading
Seattle: Charges dropped against another May Day arrestee
Seattle Weekly. Aug 29: After reviewing YouTube video of the May Day riot, King County prosecutors dismissed all charges against a protestor accused of punching a bike cop. Maria Jannett Morales, 30, was charged with assault in the fourth degree, … Continue reading
Seattle: Public Libraries closed, but the People’s Library opens
communize everything ### ### ### ### KOMO4. Aug 27: People’s Library fills in for Seattle Public Libraries during closure SEATTLE — Seattle libraries are closed all week because of budget cuts, but a makeshift library in the Central District is … Continue reading
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Seattle: two trials for alleged May 1 assaults – Monday [Aug 27]
PugetSoundAnarchists.org: Come show solidarity with those arrested on Mayday. Both face felony charges. Sources inside the jail confirm Campiche was beaten while incarcerated by police, he will face a sentencing of 1-5 years in prison. Morales is being falsely charged … Continue reading
Seattle: Benefit for the Wildcat [tonight]
### ### ### ## This event will be a benefit for Seattle’s anti-authoritarian/anarchist space, The Wildcat. The show will also be in conjunction with Seattle’s fourth annual Anarchist Bookfair. Bands/Artist: Adelit@s (PDX anarcho-punk) http://adelitas.wordpress.com/ Kohosh (local melodic anarcho-punk) http://kohosh.bandcamp.com/ Addaura … Continue reading
Sending Seeds of Revolt Out On the Wind
Puget Sound Anarchists. Aug 25: My house was raided by the FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force last month. Like an anonymous comrade who is laying low to avoid a subpoena, I want to make it very clear that I … Continue reading
Seattle: Man smashed North Precinct lobby doors
pig’s mouth via PSA. Aug 24: A man smashed the glass panel doors at the North Precinct. On 8/23/12, at approximately 10:40 p.m., a citizen waiting in the north precinct parking lot for officers saw a male walk calmly into … Continue reading
The Stranger: “A Cat Knows…”
The Stranger. Aug 24: “A Cat Knows What Anarchy Is” So says legendary photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson: The French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson was a photojournalist for Life and other publications for over three decades. He is widely considered to be the … Continue reading
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Seattle’s million-dollar, CIA Trapwire camera network
Teh Stranger. Aug 23: Last Week in the Surveillance State: Seattle’s Million-Dollar, CIA-Affiliated Camera Network I was on vacation and off the grid last week, so I apologize if this has already been on Slog. But last week’s Guardian … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraxas, PTZ, Seattle, Stranger, Surveillance, Trapwire, Wikileaks
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August 30 – Remember John T
Indian Country News. Feb 21, 2011: The Shooting Death of John T. Williams John T. Williams, a 50-year-old seventh generation Nitinaht carver of the Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations, was shot four times by a Seattle police officer on August 30, 2010. … Continue reading
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Noam Chomsky on the grand juries & “We Will Not Cooperate” zine updated
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 21: We Will Not Cooperate Updated The zine that was released upon the world weeks ago entitled “We Will Not Cooperate” has been updated with a more comprehensive list of solidarity statements and attacks. Disseminate wildly. LINK: … Continue reading
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Seattle: CD News post about Autonomia-Encuentro social center
Central District News. Aug 20: Carnival of Liberation parade temporarily reoccupies Autonomia A group of activists took to the streets Sunday to protest a wide array of societal issues. The Carnival of Liberation, as it was dubbed, had close to … Continue reading
Seattle: El Encuentro – social center started – Call to Liberate Space
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 19: Carnival of Liberation Occupies Autonomia Social Center On August 19th, a group of people marched from the northern end of the Central District down 23rd Avenue to the old Autonomia social center. The bottom floor of … Continue reading
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Seattle Second Grand Jury Hearing on August 30
Rally at the Courthouse Support Grand Jury Resistors Thurs. August 30th 12 noon Fed Courthouse – 700 Stewart St Seattle, WA August 2nd was the first hearing of the Seattle grand jury that has been formed to investigate Northwest anarchists. … Continue reading
Seattle: “SeaSol and the Sanctity of Small Businesses”
Why We Win & Seattle Free Press. Aug 17: SeaSol and the Sanctity of Small Businesses By Walter Winslow: Small businesses in America are holy things, like motherhood and apple pie. Obama and Romney alike sing their praises on the campaign … Continue reading
Rose City Antifa: Hammerskins and Pacific Northwest Neo-Nazis
Rose City Antifascists. Aug 17: Wade Michael Page, The Hammerskin Nation, and Pacific Northwest Neo-Nazis On the morning of Sunday, August 5, Wade Michael Page arrived at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, WI and opened fire. Page … Continue reading
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Tagged AntiFa, Hammerkins, Idaho, Nazis, portland, puget sound, Seattle
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Seattle: Yesler Terrace redevelopment plan passes
Central District News. Aug 16: Council Committee passes Yesler Terrace redevelopment plans The Yesler Terrace Special Committee of the Seattle City Council voted to pass the Seattle Housing Authority’s Yesler Terrace redevelopment plan. The plan moves the full City Council … Continue reading
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Athens, Greece: Stencils and Painted Slogans in Solidarity with Marco Camenisch and PNW Grand Jury Resisters
PSA & Contra info. Aug 15: On Tuesday, August 7th, we painted slogans and stencils as part of the ten days of action against repression. We chose to highlight, as much as possible, two different cases and show our solidarity … Continue reading
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A Belated History of the Central District Squats
via Puget Sound Anarchists. Aug 14: Background At a recent communal BBQ in the Central District of Seattle, I ran into a young boy who had been coming around every week to get food and wander amongst the crowd of … Continue reading
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Metropolis: A Film (2012)
Tides of Flame. Aug 14: Metropolis: A Film (2012) Alright, friends, we have started another fundraising campaign. We are trying to raise 666 dollars for our film METROPOLIS. Please donate and spread this link around. There are two previews on … Continue reading
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Seattle: Here Comes Everybody Carnival of Liberation [Aug 18]
Facebook: Sunday, Aug 18 1:30 PM 23rd & Union, Central District, Seattle For the lovers of life and the defenders of freedom, this is a call to invade the streets and brighten the pavement. The grid of the city blocks … Continue reading
Seattle: Housing Commissioner resigns over Yesler Terrace Gentrification
KOMO News. August 9: Yesler Terrace residents and neighbors packed a city council meeting Wednesday night to express their concerns with the neighborhood redevelopment plan, which has caused so much controversy that one Seattle Housing Authority commissioner announced he was … Continue reading
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Tagged Gentrification, Housing Authority, Seattle, Yesler Terrace, Youth Detention
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Review and Critique of the EGT Contract in Longview
CounterPunch.org. Aug 10: The ILWU Longshore Struggle in Longview and Beyond by JACK HEYMAN Labor historian, Cal Winslow, imparts his “wisdom” from above in his CounterPunch article (7/25/12), “Victory in Longview, A Year On: And Some Lessons From Occupy, ”. His … Continue reading
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I Tell Em, Slow Down, You Know You Can’t Catch Me.
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 8: I would like to start by saying that I send nothing but love and unbreakable solidarity to my alleged subpoenaed non-cooperating comrades, especially Leah. Whether we called each other friends in the past or have never even … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta, Bloomington, FBI, Grand Jury, Minneapolis, Seattle, Solidarity, St. Louis
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Seattle: August @ the Wildcat
The Wildcat: Film: The Chicago Conspiracy – Saturday August 11th 6PM STORYLINE: The Chicago Conspiracy is a documentary three years in the making. The project was filmed in Chile, and the story extends into the Mapuche indigenous lands of Wallmapu. … Continue reading
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Tagged #OWS, Benefits, Chicago, Chile, CIA, Commune, L@s Quixotes, Milton Friedman, Montreal, Paris, Pinochet, Wildcat
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Seattle: Story of the Haymarket Eight at Vermillion Gallery [Aug 10]
From BH: FRI, Aug 10 – 6pm. SAT, Aug 11 – 7pm. Vermillion Art Gallery – 1508 11th Ave. 101 years since iconic anarchist visited Seattle on a lecture tour, we are bringing her back along with Adolph Fischer, one … Continue reading
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Tagged Adolph Fischer, Chicago, Emma Goldman, May Day, Seattle, Steampunk
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Political Convictions? – new Stranger article about Grand Juries and Anarchist Materials
From The Stranger. Aug 8: Political Convictions? Federal Prosecutors in Seattle Are Dragging Activists into Grand Juries, Citing Their Social Circles and Anarchist Reading Materials by BRENDAN KILEY On Thursday, August 2, at roughly 12:45 p.m., a small woman with … Continue reading
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Hunting Witches in the Pacific Northwest: On the Grand Jury Targeting Anarchists
Tides of Flame. Aug 7: On August 2nd, 2012, a large group of people converged on the Federal Courthouse on Stewart Street to support those who were summoned to appear before a Federal Grand Jury* recently convened in Seattle. In … Continue reading
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Financial Support for Grand Jury Resistors
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 7: The Quiet Coyote Cash Out: Support PNW Anarchist Grand Jury Resistors On August 2nd, comrades faced a grand jury and refused to feed into the investigation that is taking place by those who ultimately seek to imprison … Continue reading
Tacoma: Investigation report of TPD beating a deaf abuse victim
From KIRO7. Aug 5: Police use Taser on deaf crime victim DOCUMENTS: arrest report. dispatch log. TACOMA, Wash. — KIRO TV’s investigative unit has discovered Tacoma police used force to arrest and handcuff an innocent deaf woman after she called … Continue reading
Lenin Was a Clown: Organizations Are Obstacles to Organizing Ourselves
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 6: The following is a response to certain claims from a piece by The Black Orchid Cadre. There is much to be said response to their claims, but the arguments addressed here are the ones this author felt … Continue reading
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There is no “anti-vanguard” vanguard: an anarchist responds to BOC
AnarchistNews.org. Aug 5: The following is a comment from Black Orchid Collective, written in direct response to “Between the Leninists and the Clowns”I appreciate some of the criticism in this piece as well as the comments. I’ll also repeat Nate … Continue reading
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Call for replies to “Between the Leninists and the Clowns”
The clown / Lenin article caused much ado about nothing, and much of a lot of many things were left of the picture. The article is worth archiving, and posted below. Replies have been written or half-written already, and so … Continue reading
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Tagged Autonomy, Black Orchid, Clowns, D12-Blockades, Decolonize, GLITUR, Kasama, Lenin, Maoism, May Day, Occupy Seattle, Red Spark, Seattle, Sojourner Truth, WTO
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Seattle Globalist article against the plan for new juvenile hall
Seattle Globalist. Aug 3: Why King County doesn’t need a new juvenile hall You might have guessed from the green King County elections envelope sitting on your table that there’s an election coming up on Tuesday. In the midst of … Continue reading
Video of South Seattle cops pushing people in the street for information
Video: ### Seattle Times. Aug 3: Seattle police officer accused of excessive force, put on leave A veteran Seattle police officer has been put on leave after fellow officers reported him for alleged unprofessionalism and excessive use of force, Seattle … Continue reading
May Day 2012 (A new preview for METROPOLIS)
From PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 3: Here is a small segment about May Day from the feature length documentary METROPOLIS. This segment will appear later in the film after having other segments that will have explained the inner workings of the Seattle … Continue reading
Olympia: Grand Jury Resistance presentation at New Directions Fest [Aug 3 – 5]
From NoPoliticalRepression: Upcoming event: FBI Repression and Grand Jury Resistance presentation, Olympia This event is taking place in Olympia, WA as part of New Direction Fest. You do not have to have a NDF ticket to attend this presentation. On … Continue reading
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Kirkland, WA: Municipal Court Attacked in Solidarity with Grand Jury Witnesses
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 2: In the early hours of August 2nd, we attacked a municipal court building in Seattle’s bedroom community-Kirkland. In addition to multiple broken windows and doors, fliers were left inside the newly “opened” building indicating that our small … Continue reading
Seattle: trash bully strike, scabs, strolls of nature, contracts, etc.
KOIN6. July 27: #### via Komo4. Aug 1: Union, Waste Management reach tentative agreement to end strike SEATTLE — Officials from Waste Management say they’ve reached a tentative agreement with the Teamsters Local 117 to end the eight-day garbage and … Continue reading
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Seattle: Badass Grand Jury banner drop
PugetSoundAnarchists.org. Aug 1: Grand Jury Banner Drop Action Spotted Downtown Yesterday in downtown Seattle, I spotted what appeared to be a banner drop, flier throwing, and smoke bomb tossing action. The banner read, “Against State Repression (A) Grand Jurys are … Continue reading
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Seattle: Ground Noise & Static RNC/DNC film screening @ The Wildcat [Aug 2]
UPDATE: watch the film online on subMedia.tv, or: Facebook: Thursday, Aug 2 – 7pm @ The Wildcat “In November, one or the other of the corporate candidates will win, and then, as always, it will be what the people do, … Continue reading
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Seattle: Reportback from Anaheim Solidarity March
AnarchistNews.org. July 28: On Saturday, July 28th, a group of over 60 people met at Pratt Park in the Central District for a march against the police in solidarity with comrades in Anaheim. After smoking a little weed and talking … Continue reading
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