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 …
Category: Wealth Disparity
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 …
Nov 22 2015
GLOBAL CLIMATE MARCH FOR PARIS
FRIENDS! It is time to bring back the days when Bellingham streets were full of people marching for the good of the planet and the people on the planet. THIS IS THAT TIME AGAIN! JOIN US this coming SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29 at 10:00 in MARITIME PARK for a march through town to the SALISH SANCTUARY …
Nov 10 2015
LARSEN TOWN HALL ON TPP
Yes, That’s right – Congressman Rick Larsen wants to meet with us and hear what we have to say for or against the TPP (Trans Pacific Partnership) He will be in Bellingham on Friday, November 13 at the City of Bellingham Council Chambers at 5:30 – 7 pm OCCUPY WALL STREET BELLINGHAM will have a rally …
Jun 19 2015
ACT OUT! INTERVIEW with Kshama and others
May 13 2015
FOLLOW THE MONEY
Professors Martin Gilens (Princeton University) and Benjamin I. Page (Northwestern University) looked at more than 20 years worth of data to answer a simple question: Does the government represent the people? Their study took data from nearly 2000 public opinion surveys and compared it to the policies that ended up becoming law. In other words, …
Feb 20 2015
FAST TRACK PROTEST REPORT
OCCUPY BELLINGHAM has been very busy this past week. On Tuesday we participated in a rally to oppose FAST TRACK for TPP. We carpooled to Mt. Vernon and rallied at Representative DelBene’s office. OCCUPY BELLINGHAM brought all our TPP banners. Debbie made a third banner about FAST TRACK that got the most exposure (behind the speakers). …
Nov 20 2014
“FREE” TRADE IS NOT FAIR TRADE
Stop the Trans-Pacific Partnership or TPP. It is up to all of us to learn about this latest deal and call our Washington DC representatives to STOP FAST TRACK. Our national legislators hope to ram this through during the lame duck session of congress. The FAST TRACK web site is here. From this site you …
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 …
