Tacoma

NW Book Tour: John Duda, "The IWW and the Spokane Free Speech Fight"

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 15:15
01/12/2010 - 14:12
America/Los Angeles

*please forward*

January 12-16, 2010

Published to coincide with the 100th Anniversary of the Spokane Free
Speech Fight, which began in November of 1909, Wanted: Men to Fill the
Jails of Spokane! tells the story of one of the first of the Industrial
Workers of the World's famous "free speech fights." Through newspaper
articles, dispatches from the scene of the fight, and personal
recollections, the voices of the men (and women!) who filled the
prisons of Spokane, Washington in the name of free speech and the One
Big Union are brought back into print.

Admission is free at all events.

* Tacoma

Tuesday, January 12, to be announced

* Olympia

Wednesday, January 13, 6pm

Civil rights trial of port protesters begins

Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 11/05/2009 - 12:28

 

Court: Olympia accused of violating Constitution

Olympian Nov. 5, 2009

TACOMA - The first civil trial stemming from the Port of Olympia protests two years ago began Wednesday with differing accounts of the encounters between the two plaintiffs and police officers.

William Hamilton and Larry Mosqueda, both of Olympia, have sued the city of Olympia and several of its police officers for allegedly violating their civil rights through the use of excessive force during separate incidents Nov. 10 and Nov. 11, 2007.

Tacoma PMR Antiwar Protest

Submitted by pirate on Mon, 10/19/2009 - 14:25
10/21/2009 - 17:00
America/Los Angeles

author: apatheticfool posted to Seattle Indymedia
 Oct 18, 2009

When: Wednesday, October 21 @ 5:00 PM
Where: Wapato Park (South 72nd between Alaska and Sheridan Streets) Tacoma with march to Tacoma Mall Recruiting Center

Help build the anti-war movement and put a stop to the U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan!
5:00 rally at Wapato Park and march to the Tacoma Mall Recruiting Center at 5:30 PM. Bring family, friends, banners and signs.

Derrick Jensen in Tacoma Oct 15

Submitted by pirate on Wed, 10/14/2009 - 23:23
10/15/2009 - 07:30
America/Los Angeles

info from Olyblog.net

Derrick Jensen will be giving his "Civilization and Resistance" talk October 15, 2009 at the University of Puget Sound. The talk will be at Schneebeck Concert Hall at 7:30 PM. The event is cosponsored by Fertile Ground. Cost is $5 students/$10 general public. Tickets will be available at the door and available for purchase at the Info Desk in Wheelock Student Center on the UPS campus beginning around October 1. For more information, email mdjones@pugetsound.edu.

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