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Seattle teachers resist standardized testing
Teachers at Seattle’s Garfield High School have recently chosen to resist administering a standardized test used for student and teacher evaluation. Ballard High School teachers followed soon after, declaring that they also would resist the test. This is making big waves locally … Continue reading
Posted in Education struggles, Labor, Race, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, Class struggle, Labor, people of color, race, reproductive labor, Seattle, Youth
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Struggles on the Waterfront
There are major struggles heating up around US ports – on the West Coast, the Gulf Coast and the East Coast. Here we will summarize and analyze the key struggles. Then we will summarize some of the current debates among … Continue reading
Anti-Repression, Anti-Fascist Strategizing Suggestions
With the rise of the Golden Dawn fascist group in Greece, and their attempts to build a base here in the U.S. (link) , anti-fascist strategies are becoming more and more crucial. Also, I wouldn’t be surprised if the police continue … Continue reading
The Chicago Teachers’ Strike and Beyond: deepening struggles in the schools
“This aint about money! That’s far from the truth, they want better work conditions to teach the youth. Politicians, I don’t trust em, its all in the name the president, the mayor all want political gain. Theyd rather put the … Continue reading
Posted in Education struggles, Organizational Practice, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Youth
Tagged Austerity, Black liberation, Budget cuts, Class struggle, feminism, gender, Labor, people of color, race, reproductive labor, Union, women, Youth
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Between the Leninists and the Clowns: Avoiding recklessness and professionalism in revolutionary struggle
This piece reflects on the current strengths and weaknesses of the revolutionary networks that have emerged out of the Decolonize/ Occupy movement in Seattle. In particular, I critique some of the problems that arise because of lack of organization, and … Continue reading
Oakland to Seattle: Solidarity Against Police Brutality
This statement was written by participants in the Justice for Oscar Grant movement in Oakland, including the group Advance the Struggle. Please distribute widely, to help build for tonight’s demonstration against police brutality in Seattle. For more info about the … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, What's up in Seattle
Tagged gender, Oakland, police brutality, queer liberation, Seattle
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Meanwhile, the people who probably make those Nike clothes….
Are burning down their factories. That’s how I started a recent letter to a comrade about the wave of strikes, riots, and factory sabotage in the Bangladeshi garment industry. He published it on his new blog, Diligent Dispatches and … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Gender, Labor, Race
Tagged Black Block, Class struggle, gender, Labor, people of color, women
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Poetry and Posters by Youth, in Memory of Trayvon Martin
The other day, a bunch of us went to a “thousand hoodie” rally in downtown Seattle to honor the memory of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old Black teenager murdered by George Zimmerman, part of the neighborhood watch in a … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, Colonialism, Race, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, people of color, Poetry, Trayvon Martin, Youth
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