#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

Who the heck reads this paper?

Well, we don't really know, because we've never done any demographic marketing surveys. You see, most papers and magazines do marketing surveys of their readers in order to help sell ads for their "target market." They know that their average reader has 2.3 kids and 0.8 dogs, for example.

We at the WA Free Press don't try to wheedle personal information from you because we do not owe our existence to advertisers. We don't try to sell ads because 1) we don't want to flood the earth with more useless products, and 2) selling ads is a truly awful soul-destroying job (from first-hand experience, I wouldn't wish it on anybody!).

Sure we print some ads, but the small number we print are from progressive-oriented advertisers who have contacted us and who like to help the paper.

So what do we do at the WA Free Press? We simply print articles that writers like to write and that subscribers like to read. That's what true journalism should be. Instead of being financed by corporate ads hawking consumer items, we are financed almost entirely by subscriptions from readers like you.

And if you've read this far, I'd guess--without even doing a marketing survey--that you are someone who is not satisfied with our government or our environment, and that you are interested in helping to create positive changes. So are we!

So if you haven't already, please do your part to keep the WA Free Press active and strong by subscribing below. I subscribe myself. I think of it as yearly dues for a better world.

Doug Collins


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