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Table of Contents
May 13, 2004, Vol. 11, No. 11
Headlines:
- Art and Politics
- Tent City: movin’ on out
- Boom for Whom? The ‘90s in perspective
- Downtown Seattle’s class war
- Adventures in Poetry: Rummy splits hairs
- Our brand-new Volunteers Wanted section
- The Rocking Chair: Mom, Dad, and 32 years of being a junkie
Note: The issue jumps from page 6 to 11, Mockingbird Times was inserted between.
Table of Contents:
Creative Righting. Art and politics intersect in Seattle May 14-16, 2004. By Kaye Allard, Pages 1, 12
| Art of Resistance conference May 14-16
- Graphic: Detail from the Beehive Collective’s Free Trade Area of the Americas Graphics Campaign, a group-drawn depiction of life under corporate-friendly economic agreements.
- Picture: Seattle artist Deborah F. Lawrence arranges magazine clippings and mounts them on old tin trays. She presents “Agitprop Collage: Attacking with Scissors and Glue” at the conference on May 16, 2004.
- Photo by Adam Holdorf
Mailbag, Pages 2, 12
| of tent cities and taxes
- Tent City: the homeless deserve better by Steven Pyeatt
- Not my fault by R. Williams | Bothell, WA (Editor Replies)
- Fuzzy math by Steve Dunnington (Polly Keary replies)
Opinion: Boom for Whom? Most economic indicators wouldn’t show it, but poverty increased in the Northwest even in the 1990s. By Eric de Place, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
| hashing out a new Families and Education Levy, child care workers march, GA-U, Mayday for gay rights
- Worthy work, worthy wage by Diem Huynh
- Another one for the kids by R.V. Murphy and Adam Holdorf
- Medical care: preserved by Adam Holdorf
- Body language
- Picture: Signs outside the May 1, 2004 “Mayday for Marriage” rally at Safeco Field. An estimated 20,000 Christian fundamentalists attended the rally to promote a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage; hundreds gathered outside to support gay rights
Movin’ On Out. Like it or not, the ‘burbs are getting a Tent City. By Kaye Allard, Page 5
North American Newsbriefs from www.streetnewsservice.org. Compiled by Patty Lane, Page 5.
Adventures in Poetry: Rumsfeld’s take on torture with © Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Pages 6, 12
- The Next Day by Elizabeth Romero
- The Past Always Gets Blamed for the Mess Now Makes by Roger Stukey
- Dim Music by Rick Ungrich
- The Quiet Man by Liz Smith
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 11
Downtown’s Class War. Securing the Spectacular City: The Politics of Revitalization and Homelessness in Downtown Seattle by Timothy A. Gibson. Review by Joe Martin, Page 13
- Graphic by Craig Updegrove
Volunteers Wanted, Page 14
Essay: The Rocking Chair by Marc D. Goldfinger, Page 14
| Mom and Dad after a long time gone
Calendar, compiled by Sandra Enger, Page 15
Citizens Participation Project. Act Now!, Page 16
Support the new Tent City
- Issue: Eight thousand people in King County are homeless. Be part of an effort to ensure that those left outside have shelter
Mockingbird Times May 2004, Vol. 1, Issue 1, 4 pages (Special Edition)