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Real Change Newspaper
Table of Contents
May 17, 2006, Vol. 13, No. 21
Headlines:
- Ante Up. The city needs to keep police accountability on the table in meeting the Officers Guild. Page 2
- Cruiser Control. The Civil Streets Initiative a local pilot program plans to pair law enforcement with social services. Page 3
- Black and Green. Watch Sen. Cantwell: the Green Party has nominated former Black Panther Aaron Dixon, Page 4
- Major Impact. Big Easy resident Barbara Major works to ensure reconstruction efforts take care of the people. Page 5
- Con Job. “Immersion” journalist Sasha Abramsky shows how Bush benefits when ex-cons lose voting rights. Page 8
Table of Contents:
Fox News. Locals see ulterior motive in Mexican presidential visit. By Cydney Gillis, Pages 1, 12 [RE: Vicente Fox, Gov. Christine Gregoire, Felipe Calderon, Hugo Chavez, Juan Bocanegra, Every Worker’s Movement, Carlos Jimenez, Grupo Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Roberto Maestas, El Centro de la Raza, Daniel Anguiano, CASA Latina, Oscar Perez]
Squeaky, clean. Protestors tell P-I its contracted janitors need affordable health care by Rosette Royale, Pages 1, 12
Bullish on Iraq. Page 1
- Picture: Janna Pekaar was one of about 35 people who visited a Central District Army/Navy recruiting station on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2006, to condemn the military’s marketing to youth of color and the Iraq War. Helen Read recited pioneering feminist Julia Ward Howe’s 1870 Mother’s Day Proclamation: “Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn / All that we have bee able to teach them of charity, mercy, and patience.”
- Photo by Elliot Stoller
Editorial: Know When to Hold ‘Em. Police accountability is not a chip to be gambled away by Dorry Elias-Garcia, Gyasi Ross, and Lisa Dugaard, Page 2
Change Agent: Liahann Bannerman by Justin Ellis, Page 3
- Picture: Liahann Bannerman
- Photo by …
On the Beat. Civil Streets cop-and-caseworker pilot project starts. By J. Jacob Edel, Page 3
| Quote by Jim McGinnis, DOC
Just Heard…, Page 3
- The Center cannot fold by Cydney Gillis [RE: KeyArena, SuperSonics, Bill Block]
- A win for public voice by Cydney Gillis [RE: SCAN, Seattle Cable Access Network, Comcast]
- Yes time by Adam Hyla [RE: No More Victims, Marsha Mullins]
The Green Light. Third-party convention nominates Seattle activist Aaron Dixon. By Laura Peach, Page 4 [RE: Mike Gillis]
Short Takes, Page 4
- Taking input on input by Cydney Gillis [RE: Mayor Greg Nickels, Parks Board of Commissioners, Ken Bounds, Dewey Potter, Denise Derr]
- TC4: a benign move by Lydia DePillis [RE: Tent City 4, Steve Roberts]
- A Fete for the threat
- Picture: North Seattle neighborhood activist Jan Brucker toasts the Sonics’ talk of leaving town at a May 11, 2006 going-away party for the team. Brucker and a dozen activists gathered in front of City Hall with cake, sparkling juice, and a giant farewell card for delivery to Mayor Greg Nickels in an ironic sign that there are better ways to spend $220 million than on building the team a new luxury stadium.
- Photo by Ginny Banks
Poetry, Page 5
- Burial at Sea by Larry Crist
- See-Yahtlh: The Forgotten Spirit by Julia
Interview: Bringing Back the Big Easy. New Orleanian Barbara Major wants to keep the reconstruction accountable to those who’ve fled. Interview by Dena Burke, Pages 6, 7
- Picture: New Orleans native Barbara Major is part of the Bring New Orleans Back commission.
- Photo by Terry Divyak
Opening Up, Beyond Anger and Shame. Book: Conned: How Millions Went to Prison, Lost the Vote, and Helped Send George W. Bush to the White House by Sasha Abramsky, Review by Silja J.A. Talvi, Page 8
Lost Perdidos. Film: The Lost City. Directed by Andy Garcia. Review by Lester Gray, Page 8
- Picture: Fico Fellove (Andy Garcia) “looking after” his brother’s widow (Ines Sastre)
Adventures in Irony: Forget the NSA. What about CILP? by Dr. Wes Browning, Page 9
Bus Chick, Transit Authority. Can I ask You Something? by Carla Saulter, Page 9
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 9
Letter to the Editor, Page 10
- Goodwill toward Craig by Ian Gray
Classified Ads, Page 10
Calendar, Page 11
- Event: Internationally renowned Japanese-American artist Roger Shimomura speaks on his pop-style work, which exposes the racial and ethnic stereotypes that have infected the historic diversity of our culture. His series An American Diary is based on his grandmother’s journals that she kept while interned in Camp Minidoka, Idaho, during World War II. Friday, May 19, 2006, 7 p.m., Seattle Asian Art Museum, Stimson Auditorium, 1400 E Prospect St.
Director’s Corner by Timothy Harris, Page 11
First things First. Get Involved. Take Action., Page 11
Speak Up on Spying
- Issue: On May 11, 2006, USA Today reported that the National Security Administration has been secretly collecting records of phone calls from tens of millions of Americans. Most people for whom information is being collected are not suspected of committing any crime.
Copy of issue was obtained from microfiche in the University of Washington Suzzallo Library.