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Posted by Alan OldStudent September 5th, 2012 Mike Plaid, an SEIU union janitor, posted a letter on Facebook that someone named Jerry Kunz wrote.
Mr. Plaid and Mr. Kunz object to Pierce County Transit management plans to cut sanitation services in downtown Tacoma in half, taking that work away from full-time union workers with union wages and benefits, and subcontracting it [...]
Posted by DebOrah April 7th, 2012
OK For some reason my link isn’t showing up so you’ll have to cut and paste to read this one.
http://www.weeklyvolcano.com/mudroom/features/2012/04/Occupy-Tacoma-Where-are-they-now/
Posted by DebOrah January 21st, 2012
On Friday, January 20th 2012, Occupy Tacoma supporters withstood the cold and rain in front of the closed Federal Courthouse to protest the Supreme Court’s historic Citizen’s United decision on its 2nd anniversary.
Thursday morning, all of the carefully planned events that supporters and co-sponsors had organized were [...]
Posted by Occupy Tacoma November 12th, 2011 Adam Manley’s extraordinary talent as a documentarian, videographer, artist and ninety-nine-percenter is exampled in his series of video snapshots of the people of the Occupy movement.
“The Peacekeeper”
Delmar Bryant, a peacekeeper and participant in Occupy movements in Tacoma, Seattle and Olympia, talks about the movement and a government by and for the people. Part [...]
Posted by Occupy Tacoma November 12th, 2011 Adam Manley’s extraordinary talent as a documentarian, videographer, artist and ninety-nine-percenter is exampled in his series of video snapshots of the people of the Occupy movement.
Refusing to go backwards
Shaun Williams – occupying since Day Three – talks about what got her into Occupy Tacoma and what she sees in the future. Part of [...]
Posted by Occupy Tacoma November 12th, 2011 Adam Manley’s extraordinary talent as a documentarian, videographer, artist and ninety-nine-percenter is exampled in his series of video snapshots of the people of the Occupy movement.
“I’m beginning to like myself again”
Rob Way – occupying since Day One – talks about his experience with the Occupy movement and the benefits he sees in it, [...]
Posted by Mow_mow November 7th, 2011
This is my personality; take it or leave it.
I don’t agree with name calling. Or pointing fingers and saying “you suck.” The reason I am part of the 99% and am willing to spend my time down at “occupation Park” is simple: We shouldn’t have to work as hard as [...]
Posted by Occupy Tacoma November 7th, 2011
Kim White – Why I Occupy
In 1944 there was an American Dream. Now in 2011 that dream is dead. The Occupiers I talk to do not want everything given to them, despite what some may say. That includes me, I am an Occupier and I don’t want nor expect to be [...]
Posted by Alan OldStudent November 3rd, 2011 Acertain person George Ray, who calls himself Dr. Raya, wrote a lengthy comment attacking our movement in a response to one of the featured posts on our website. His ultra-conservative comment has attracted several counter-responses.
Consider that he titles his comment “Open [...]
Posted by CherylTheVeteran October 28th, 2011 I served in Iraq, with the Army, 2003-2004. When I was called up, the war had not even started yet — the invasion was officially launched while I was at an outpost in Kuwait. At that point, we still had no information on any WMD or anything — as far as we were [...]
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