freelansing in Seattle

political praxis & catalytic communications

  • The war on accountability

    The war on accountability

    One of the biggest throughlines of the new administration is to destroy all mechanisms of accountability. The felon-in-chief is famous for avoiding accountability himself. In a just world, he would now be in prison for inciting insurrection, stealing US classified documents, and trying to overturn a national election by various devious means. Instead, because he Read more

  • Legalized bigotry

    Legalized bigotry

    And so it begins. Just because gut-punches are expected doesn’t make them less painful. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. “Drill, baby, drill” will be the new national energy policy. Asylum seekers in desperate need will be turned away. People doing nothing wrong will be deported. Ending birthright citizenship (this won’t likely hold up legally, Read more

  • Thoughts about political action in 2025

    Thoughts about political action in 2025

    Here are some thoughts about responding the MAGA assault to come this year. Your thoughts? Please post in comments. Respond to specific injustices as they arise. Of course. Remember how people shut down airports when the Muslim travel ban was announced last time? A rapid, forceful response that could not be ignored. We’ll need to Read more

  • WTO+25

    WTO+25

    On this 25th anniversary week of WTO protests, I’ll reshare this thing I wrote 5 years ago. A truly transformative time. ********* As we approach the 20th anniversary of the WTO protests in Seattle, I think about how there must be thousands of first-hand accounts of those historic days. So many stories from so many Read more

  • Life choices

    Life choices

    I don’t usually post about my personal life on this blog, but this thing I wrote elsewhere seems somehow relevant. Maybe relevant to a lot of aging activists in similar circumstances. Some Thanksgiving conversations with family got me thinking about my life choices and life trajectory. How do I concisely explain my current predicament of Read more

  • Song of Cascadia

    Song of Cascadia

    At a time when we’re getting a far-right authoritarian federal government, cities, states, and regions that oppose that agenda need to find ways to exert our independence. Cascadia (especially that portion west of the Cascades) is not like the rest of the country. Here’s a song for Cascadians. I wrote it years ago. (Sound file Read more