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Thursday, March 4, 2010
4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
King County Courthouse Lawn
3rd Avenue and Yesler
Seattle, WA
On March 2, 1995, Susana Remerata Blackwell, Phoebe Dizon, Veronica Laureta, and Baby Kristine, Ms. Blackwell's unborn child, were murdered by Susana's estranged husband in the King County Courthouse. It is important to remember these women and others, as we work diligently to educate and prevent the creation of more violence. On March 4, 2010 the 15th Annual Candlelight Vigil will be held for this purpose.
Since this tragic event, The Asian & Pacific Islander Women & Family Safety Center has been committed to holding an annual vigil to remember these women and others whose lives were destroyed by violence before and since this event. APIWFSC believes that community education and outreach can help end domestic violence and all forms of violence in our communities.
Endorsed by Common Action - Seattle
The following joint statement from Miami Autonomy and Solidarity and the Batay Ouvriye Haiti Solidarity Network was released January 14th, 2010. Please stay tuned for updates.
"A natural disaster has descended upon Haiti whose scope we only are seeing the surface of at this time. The Haitian people will be struggling to rebuild their lives and their home possibly for decades in light of unprecedented collapse, both physical and social. Yet despite the unpredictability of earthquakes, this disaster is unnatural, a monstrosity of our time. The extent of the damage of the earthquake is part of the cost of unrestrained exploitation which at every step put profit above the health, safety, and well being of the Haitian people."
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Tour Stops:
Admission is free at all events
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Tacoma
Tuesday, January 12, to be announced
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Olympia
Wednesday, January 13, 6pm
Orca Books,
509 E. 4th Ave, Olympia, WA 98502
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Seattle
Thursday, January 14
3:30pm-5:00pm
University Bookstore,
4326 University Way N.E., Seattle, WA 98105
7pm-9pm
Cascade People's Center,
309 Pontius Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98109-5421
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Spokane
Saturday, January 16, 3pm
Downtown Spokane Public Library, Room A
906 West Main Avenue, Spokane, WA 99201 (corner Lincoln St. and Main Ave.)
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.
About the editor: John Duda is a founding member of Red Emma's Bookstore Coffeehouse, a Baltimore worker's collective affiliated with the IWW, and an activist-scholar of social movements and self-organization.
For more info contact:
nwcommonaction@gmail.com
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Common Action announces the latest issue of our quarterly newsletter Intersections. Take a look for an alternative view on the raging national health care debate, the upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver B.C., cuts to local transit, and a review of Michael Moore's latest film.
This issue's contents include:
Intersections is available as a PDF for reading and single page printing, and 11" x 17" printing. To get a hard copy, or to let us know what you think, hit us up at nwcommonaction@gmail.com
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Wednesday, December 2nd
7:00pm
The Charleston
333 N. Callow Ave.
Bremerton, WA
In 2001, the entire economy of Argentina collapsed. As the United States faces economic crisis, what can we learn from Argentina?
The Take is a peak into what Argentine workers have been doing to survive under their own economic collapse. The film tells the story of workers in Buenos Aires, Argentina who reclaim control of a closed Forja auto plant where they once worked and turn it into a worker cooperative.
For more information, call 360-850-2313.
