Can we do this in Whatcom County? Well, we already are but we are siloed into our own working/affinity groups. Can we all come together into a cooperative group? I am calling it, for now, The Community Development Cooperative. The Public Market on Cornwall has space where we could come together and begin this work, …
Category: ALEC
Dec 03 2016
EUGENE DEBS 1917
Tim Robbins reading what got Eugene Debs into prison for 10 years. Tim Robbins performs Eugene V. Debs Canton, Ohio speech June 1918 Tim Robbins performed this excerpt of Eugene V. Debs' 1918 speech at a May 2009 performance at the 92Y in New York City, as part of a celebration of the …
Mar 17 2016
NEED YOUR HELP ON TPP
Watch this and send it out to your Facebook friends. Then call your Washington DC lawmakers (Larsen, DelBene, Murray and Cantwell) and demand that they OPPOSE the TPP. Patty Murray is running for reelection this year – maybe she can be convinced if we let her know we will not support her if she votes …
Feb 25 2016
STILL OPPOSING THE TPP – HELP US
Robert Reich is a person who can tell you about the TPP in a very short time. Local people have met with Rick Larsen in a town Hall and Suzan DelBene in 2 small meetings to voice our opposition to the TPP. Will it help? Time will tell. We held banners and yelled slogans in front …
Dec 16 2015
TPP FOR DUMMIES
KEEP LEARNING FOLKS AND CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES What does the TPP (TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL) mean for you.. Why you should care about the #TPP (TRANS PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP DEAL) and what it mean for your #sovereignty…TPP Wiki:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Pacific_PartnershipTPP Trade Deal Will Cost US 448,000 Jobs, Say Researchers:http://dailypresser.com/2016/01/tpp-trade-deal-will-cost-us-448000-jobs-say-researchers/WHAT IS THE TPP: How the TPP will impact youhttp://www.exposethetpp.org/TPPImpactsYou.htmlTPP …
Jan 23 2015
PROTEST CITIZENS UNITED- WE WERE THERE!
On the Fifth Anniversary of The 2010 Citizens United ruling by the Supreme Court OCCUPY BELLINGHAM staged an action. For starters we built the banners. We learned this at a Backbone Campaign summer workshop here in Bellingham summer of 2012. Then we took those banners to the freeway overpasses …
Nov 12 2014
THERE IS GOOD NEWS IN THIS ELECTION
Not only did many municipalities throughout the country pass legislation asking for an overturning of Citizens United and getting money out of politics but in Tallahassee, Florida another exciting vote occurred which you can read about below. On Nov. 4th, 2014, voters in Tallahassee, Florida made history by approving the first city Anti-Corruption Act in the …
Apr 21 2014
WHAT IS HAPPENING TO PUBLIC EDUCATION
Words from Marcia: “The privatization of public education has become an issue of high importance to me since the GED test was privatized and made into a test that very few of my students will be able to pass without extended study and without revamping the program. As would be expected by the for profit …
Nov 06 2013
FLUSH THE TPP – DAY OF ACTION NOVEMBER 12
OCCUPY BELLINGHAM will mobilize a Backbone Action Brigade for FLUSH the TPP! on Tuesday Nov. 12 Backbone Action Brigades and allies with banners, LED panels, and Light Projection tools are planning for a coordinated day of action Tuesday, November 12. Light Projections in Dallas, Spokane, Detroit, Olympia and Seattle are already planned – and we …