Who Will Replace McDermott?
As yet another Congressional election approaches, many Seattle-area voters may once again be asking a question that’s likely been asked among local politicos many times in recent years: Who will
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November 24, 1885: Anna Louise Strong
An undeniable icon in Seattle’s radical history, as well as that of the nation, Anna Louise Strong was born on the date in focus here in the uncannily-named
Election 2012: Big Bird’s Revenge
Welcome to the Eat The State! endorsements for the November 6 general election. This is our 17th year of picking endorsements for Seattle’s liberal,
October 11, 1972: El Nacimiento del Centro de la Raza
Seattle’s autumn of 1972 was reportedly one of the coldest in then-recent memory, which made the direct action described below all the more memorable.
Faster, Pussy Riot! Foment! Foment!
August 2012. In Russia, a band of anarchist woman pranksters has provoked a global conversation about the true meaning of the word “feminism.”
August 13, 1936: The Seattle Post-Intelligencer Strike
Seattle’s reputation as a pro-labor town has mostly been founded on the memory of the General Strike of 1919 and the WTO protests of 1999. But many
July 29, 1968: About That Typewriter…
In the heavy political weather of the summer of 1968, a war between the Seattle Police Department and the Seattle chapter of the Black Panther Party was
July 1, 1963: Seattle’s First Civil Rights Sit-In
The “Seattle Way” is nothing new. In fact, our city government’s infamous penchant for processing potential legislation towards a slow,
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