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November 24, 2004, Vol. 11, No. 25
Headlines:
- Canada
- WTO, Five Years Later and Still a Big Problem
- FareStart: A Program on the Move
- Michael Moore
Note: The paper goes from page 6 to page 11. The Mockingbird Times was inserted between.
Table of Contents
An Agenda of Plunder. Noted Author Frances Fox Piven on war, politics, and weathering four more years. Interview by Timothy Harris, Pages 1, 12, 13
- Picture: Guy in Bush mask
- Photo by Ken Dean
- Picture: Frances Fox Piven at the Statewide Poverty Action Network Conference.
- Photo by Timothy Harris
Mailbag, Page 2
- Silent no more by Lynn Mathews | Kirkland area
- Thanks from cyberspace by June Estelle Cash | Cle Elum
- Another Eastsider who's A-OK by Karen Alexander | Kirkland
- Pride by Wendy Smith | Seattle
Opinion: It Begins with You. Build fairness, opportunity, and community in Seattle. By Timothy Harris, Page 3
News You Can Use! Close to Home, Page 4
| Refusing the (Israeli) draft, fixing the budget, healing your home, eyeing Canada, mourning Fallujah
- Israel: refusing the draft by R.V. Murphy
- High-cost heat by Stacey Silliman
- Ending well, mostly by R.V. Murphy [Human Resources funding increased by $1.2 million]
- North country: fair? By Adam Hyla [RE: Moving to Canada]
- Mourning, marching.
- Picture: Seattle activists gathered downtown on Monday, Nov. 15, 2004 to mark the military assault on the Iraqi city of Fallujah. About 200,000 civilians had already fled their homes by the time U.S. forces attached the city; they will return to "a tableau of destroyed buildings, burned-out cars, battered mosques, and piles of rubble," in the words of the Los Angeles Times. The number of civilian casualties is unknown.
- Photo by Ken Dean
Supernova. Five years on, WTO protests still energize. By Adam Hyla, Page 5
| Assessing the legacy of the WTO
- Picture: "The Best of All Possible Worlds." Police pepper spray protesters.
- Photo by George Hickey
Adventures in Poetry: uselessness everywhere with ©Dr. Wes Browning, Page 6
Poetry, Page 6
- Snowing by Rick Ungrich
- Your Touch by Paul von Kempf, Jr.
- Angel by Elizabeth Romero
Too Many Chefs in the Kitchen. FareStart to make a big new home for job training. By Chantelle Lusebrink, Page 11
- Illustration of new building
Street Watch. Compiled by Emma Quinn, Page 13
Distinguished Service. Book: Will They Ever Trust Us Again? Letters from the War Zone by Michael Moore. Review by Artis, Page 14
| Michael Moore's war book
Calendar. Compiled by Sandra Enger and Regina Liszanckie, Page 15
Volunteers wanted, Page 16
Citizens Participation Project. Act Now! Page 16
Mayor, City Council Deserve Thanks
- Issue: After weeks of debate, two packed hearings, and many calls, emails, and letters, the Seattle City Council passed the 2005-2006 budget. They did a good job, even with a $25 million shortfall.
Mockingbird Times December 2004, Vol. IV, Issue 12, 4 pages