Author Archives: amarant0

Event: Asia’s Unknown Uprisings Author, George Katsiaficas, in Seattle

Posted on August 14, 2013 by amarant0

This Friday, August 16th, George Katsiaficas author of The Subversion of Politics and The Imagination of the New Left, is coming to Seattle to read from the second volume of his work Asia’s Unknown Uprisings (first volume here on Korea). He will be … Continue reading →

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Event: More 4 Mann – Seattle Public Schools’ Board Meeting

Posted on August 14, 2013 by amarant0

We are reposting a call out for solidarity. Members of the Black community in Seattle have been holding space in the abandoned Horace Mann School building (owned by the Seattle Public Schools). Free classes for youth and childcare have been … Continue reading →

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Report back: Idle No More goes to the Port of Seattle

Posted on April 6, 2013 by amarant0

On March 21st, with high energy, dozens of handmade signs, and drums, 200-300 people rallied at Westlake in downtown Seattle and marched 3.8 miles to the port of Seattle and SSA Marine’s office in protest against the proposed coal terminals … Continue reading →

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Native and Environmental Movements Are Opposing Coal Export Terminals – A Call for Solidarity From Port Workers

Posted on March 17, 2013 by amarant0

The indigenous liberation movement Idle No More has called for three days of action this week: 1. Day of Ceremony and Resurgence, March 20th 2. Idle No More Day of Action, March 21st (it is also the  International Day for the … Continue reading →

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Idle No More goes to the Port of Seattle

Posted on March 14, 2013 by amarant0

  https://www.facebook.com/events/590401870987350/ This Thursday, March 21, 2013 @3PM (Westlake) there will be an Idle No More march on the Seattle port to protest SSA Marine’s attempt to build a coal export terminal on Lummi Nation Sacred Land. These terminals are further colonizing indigenous land and threatening the … Continue reading →

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Emi Koyama is coming to Seattle!

Posted on January 7, 2013 by amarant0

Emi Koyama will be speaking in Seattle on “War on Trafficking”? Resisting Criminalization as Solution to the ‘Modern Day Slavery.” The event will take place Thursday, January 10, 2013 @ 6PM @ HUB332, University of Washington. Emi is the author of … Continue reading →

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Resource Sharing

Posted on December 17, 2012 by amarant0

A friend here in Seattle scanned and uploaded a couple of texts that have been very influential on BOC. We are reading (re-reading for some) Caliban and the Witch currently and will post up our discussion questions and notes soon. … Continue reading →

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Guest Post: A Jail By Another Name Is Simply Jail Plus A Lie

Posted on December 17, 2012 by amarant0

This is a piece written by two comrades, Leith and Giday, regarding the local juvenile detention center. In August of 2012, a $210 million property-tax measure was passed by 53% to rebuild and expand the juvenile detention center in Seattle. We … Continue reading →

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