#74 March/April 2005
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FREE THOUGHTS

What is the Washington Free Press?
by Doug Collins

READER MAIL

Polish jokes not funny; Truth can be comforting; Keep vigilant for women's rights; Monkey on the donkey's back

NORTHWEST & BEYOND compiled by Sharlynn Cobaugh

Building industry battles labor council; Prison water and food contaminated with feces; Port of Olympia militarized; Coalition keeps neo-nazis out of Portland; National ID cards coming; Columbians resist war; Tort reform may protect drug manufacturers; Top-ten worst corporations of 2004

Who the heck reads this paper?
by Doug Collins

Overheard
by Styx Mundstock

CONTACTS

NORTHWEST NEIGHBORS
contact list for progressives

DO SOMETHING! CALENDAR
Northwest activist events

ENVIRONMENT

Underground Lab Threatens Icicle Valley and Alpine Lakes
by Sharlynn Cobaugh

IMPROVE YOUR HEALTH BY IMPROVING YOUR HOME ENVIRONMENT
by David Abbot

US Fish and Wild Lies Service
by Rodger Herbst

POLITICS

FIRST WORD by Steven Hill and Rob Richie
Cries for Electoral Standards Mount

The Challenge of Another Term with the Bush Empire
by Ramzy Baroud

MEDIA

Gay-Inclusive Church Ads Nixed by Networks
from Bethany UCC

MEDIA BEAT by Norman Solomon
Iraq Media Coverage: Too Much Stenography, Not Enough Curiosity

BOOKS

"What's the Matter with Kansas?"
review by Brian King

BOOK NOTICES
"Children of NAFTA";"People and Nature Before Profits"

WORKPLACE

THE DEATH OF HADI SALEH
by David Bacon

WORKPLACE SHORTS by Doug Collins
WILDCAT STRIKE AT OLYMPIA PIZZA TIME; Seattle Times Biased Against Labor?

MONEY

A Working Stiff's Tax Reform Proposal
by Laurie Kimberling

Low-Income Credit Union exceeds expectations
from TULIP

ENERGY

TRASH TALK by Dave and Lillian Brummet
Saving Energy in the Kitchen; Reuse in the Workshop

Be Your Own Power Company
by Joel Hanson

HEALTH

A User-Friendly Vaccination Schedule part 2 (conclusion)
by Donald W Miller, Jr, MD

A homeopathic nurse argues that vaccine reform is not the answer
by Sheri Nakken, RN

VACCINE BIBLIOGRAPHY
compiled by Doug Collins

CULTURE

One Box Isn't Enough
from the MAVIN Foundation

Social Security Reform Part of Fear Campaign
cartoon and text by Dan Merica

Corporate Causation
by Jesse Lancaster

LAW

Rumsfeld Sued Over Torture
from the ACLU

Taser Use Violates International Law
by Kenneth Wayne Yarbrough

Speak English--or Else!
by Domenico Maceri

BOB'S RANDOM LEGAL WISDOM by Bob Anderton
Thou Shalt Not Lie...if you want insurance coverage;Lawyer joke

BOOK NOTICES

The Children of NAFTA:
Labor Wars on the US/Mexico Border,
by David Bacon
UC Press

"David Bacon has put a human face on the devastating impact of NAFTA on workers here and abroad. Our economic future as a nation depends on the knowledge contained in this book. A must read! Si Se Puede!"

Dolores Huerta

"David Bacon represents the fine old tradition of American working class journalism at its best. He's gone everywhere--from tiny Mexican villages to the baking hot fields of California agribusiness--to get the real lowdown on NAFTA's effects on the blue collar people who hardly ever get a hearing in the mainstream press. "The Children of NAFTA" should be high on the reading list of anyone interested in globalization and trade issues."

Barbara Ehrenreich

People and Nature Before Profits!:
Toward a Sustainable Society

Choices we make in our private daily lives make a huge cumulative impact on the environment. Do we re-use and recycle items at home? Do we drive to work alone, carpool, or take a bus? How do we manage pesticides, waste oil, and other harmful substances? All these choices and many more impact environmental health.

Yet, if we are to be good stewards of this island Earth, we cannot ignore what goes on in society, beyond our immediate personal lives. To be effective in the struggle to safeguard, restore, and enhance a healthy environment, we must take a balanced approach and work on two fronts: the personal and the political.

People and Nature Before Profits isn't another one of those "50 Things You Can Do to Save the Earth" pamphlets. The emphasis here is on the other factors in the equation: the "big-picture" questions such as pollution, racism, and social, economic, and environmental issues and how they relate to each other. it's about the choices we have to make on the societal level if we are to protect what's left of our planet's life-support system.

This pamphlet is the Communist Party USA's new environmental program, and is intended for environmentalists and union and community activists who want to be more effective in their work, and all concerned citizens who want to understand environmental problems, their causes and solutions, and how they connect at a deep, systemic level.

For a copy of the pamphlet People and Nature Before Profits, send $4 to Chelsea Fund for Education, c/o CP of WA State, PO Box 24806, Seattle WA 98124.


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