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A letter from Seattle to Hong Kong Protestors/ 从西雅图给香港战友写信
中文版正在翻译当中！ Fighting For Our Common Freedoms: A letter from Seattle to Hong Kong Protesters Dear Hong Kong protesters, We write to you as people who participated in the Occupy Wall Street movement and Decolonize/Occupy Seattle. We are writing to express … Continue reading
Posted in Asia, Group Statements, Strategy and Tactics, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Austerity, Capitalism, Class struggle, gender, Hong Kong, Occupy Seattle, Seattle
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Kshama Sawant and Capitalism’s Shock Absorbers
“While you waitin’ for the mention in the pages of ‘The Stranger’ You can find me in the basement makin’ heaters for later… we’ve been living in conditions we’re tired of Come on and rise up” – Blue Scholars, “North … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Ecology, Gender, Immigration, Labor, Media, Organizational Practice, popular culture, Race, Strategy and Tactics, Theory, What's up in Seattle
Tagged anarchism, Black Block, Budget cuts, Capitalism, Class struggle, Coal, communism, communization, Education, elections, electoral politics, gender, hegemony, Hip Hop Occupies, Indigenous struggle, Kshama Sawant, Labor, Marx, Oakland, Occupy Seattle, Organization, people of color, race, recognize and record, Revolution, Seattle, socialism, the Left, The Stranger, Union
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Event: More 4 Mann – Seattle Public Schools’ Board Meeting
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
Summer update: Youth Rally, Prison Strike Solidarity, Creativity Not Control
Folks in BOC have been busy recently, and we haven’t gotten a chance to update this blog for a while. I’m gonna post links to a few activities that some of us have been involved with or have been supporting here … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Education struggles, Immigration, Labor, Organizational Practice, Race, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Creativity Not Control, Education, hunger strike, ICE holds, people of color, prison strike, race, Seattle, strike, teachers, Trayvon Martin, Youth, Zimmerman
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Guest Post: Open Letter to All Comrades
This is a post by our friend Matthew Erickson, describing his experiences with incarceration. My name is Matthew; I’ve been a revolutionary active in Decolonize/ Occupy, and I’m a cofounder of Seattle Copwatch. I’ve been indicted for rioting charges for … Continue reading
Reading for Revolution (Parts 1 and 2)
This is a three- part series of short articles on collective learning and the struggle for a new society. The first two parts are included in this post, and the third will be published later. The first article is called … Continue reading
Posted in Communism, Education struggles, Gender, Labor, Organizational Practice, Race, Study Group, Theory, What's up in Seattle, Youth
Tagged Black liberation, Capitalism, Class struggle, Emancipation, gender, History, Labor, Occupy Seattle, Organization, race, recognize and record, reproductive labor, Revolution, Seattle, slavery, tendency-building, Youth
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Report back: Idle No More goes to the Port of Seattle
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
Posted in Asia, Colonialism, Ecology, Labor, Strategy and Tactics, What's up in Seattle
Tagged Capitalism, Class struggle, Coal, independent media, Indigenous struggle, Labor, Seattle
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Teacher organizing, unions, and lessons from the Decolonize/ Occupy Port Shutdown
A few weeks ago, I wrote a document called “In the wake of the testing boycott: a 10-point proposal for teacher self-organization” for the Creativity Not Control blog. Creativity Not Control is an embryonic organizing project that I’m helping build … Continue reading
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