Category: shorts
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Stop Cop City, defend the Atlanta forest
The conflict between forest defenders and agents of state violence in Atlanta is a microcosm of the interconnected battles we face against rising American fascism. Cop City is a proposed 90-million dollar police training facility to be built in the Weelaunee forest in Atlanta. Since 2021, it has been a site of contestation between activist…
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Local Seattle Action: I-135 Passes!
The Seattle social housing initiative that House Our Neighbors worked to get on the February 2023 ballot has officially passed. The city of Seattle is now required to set up a social housing authority with the mandate to create and maintain social housing in the city. As described in an earlier post, social housing is…
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Ethical consumption and Hogwarts Legacy
Preface: don’t buy the wizard game; don’t play the wizard game; don’t stream the wizard game. JK Rowling is a transphobic bigot and as long as she owns the Harry Potter IP, consuming it is a tacit endorsement of her worldview. Source. Choosing not to consume the game is a basic statement of solidarity with…
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Local Seattle Action: Vote Yes on I-135
If you live in Seattle, this year’s February special election includes a ballot measure of note: I-135, which provides for the creation of a social housing authority to administer the development of mixed income affordable social housing in the city. If you live in Seattle you probably also know that we’re desperately in need of more…