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Contents on this page were published in the September/October, 1996 edition of the Washington Free Press.
WFP, 1463 E. Republican #178, Seattle, WA -USA, 98112. -- WAfreepress@gmail.com
Copyright © 1996 WFP Collective, Inc.
Michael Moore to Target Corporate Welfare,Contact: Doug Collins, WAfreepress@gmail.com
Creator of the Emmy-winning series TV Nation, producer of the acclaimed documentary Roger & Me, and renowned corporate watchdog Michael Moore will visit Seattle on Tuesday, Oct. 22, (1996) as part of a national tour promoting his new book, Downsize This! Random Threats from an Unarmed American.
In addition to a speech and reception at UW's Kane Hall, Moore will lead a rally in protest of Seattle-area corporate-welfare recipients.
The rally, which will also feature several local political leaders and live music, will start at noon at Westlake Park. Moore will address the rally, and Suzanne Pardee of the Pacific Crest Biodiversity Project and John Fox of the Seattle Displacement Coalition will speak on the social and environmental destruction resulting from local corporate welfare.
The reception will be between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. in Kane Hall's Walker-Ames Room (second floor of Kane); admission is $15 and will benefit the Washington Free Press (a Seattle-based political newsmagazine) and the Seattle Independent Media Coalition (a collective of print, broadcast, video and Internet media makers). Snacks and drinks will be provided.
Moore's speech, at 7 p.m. in Kane Hall, is free and open to the public.
Moore, who also produced the recent film, Canadian Bacon, explores a variety of current political and social issues in Downsize This!, his first book project. In an interview published in the Sept.-Oct. issue of the Free Press, Moore spoke candidly about what he sees as the root causes of our nation's intensifying economic and social crises.
"Corporate America receives $170 billion of welfare each year and then lays off thousands of workers. That's wrong and should be stopped," Moore said. "I believe that perhaps the biggest problem we have in this country is that we have an economic system that is unfair, unjust and not democratic. Until it is, we're gonna continue to have this kind of disparity, and a lot of people living very miserable lives."
Who's largely to blame? According to Moore, "We have one political party is this country - the Republicrats, the evil of two lessors, the party of monied interests. As that's why the majority of people will not vote in this election. I think the people have had it."
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