Jim McMahan

Seattle hospital workers strike: 7800 say “Patients before profits!”

For three days, from Jan. 28 to 30, 7,800 Seattle-area hospital workers struck the giant consortium Swedish at seven hospitals.…

February 5, 2020

Seattle: 10,000 march to honor Martin Luther King

Seattle  The 38th annual march celebrating the legacy of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 20 was…

January 29, 2020

Elderly and disabled people win victory against Veolia

Disabled and elderly paratransit riders in Seattle have won a victory over the corporate criminal, Veolia corporation, which for years…

November 22, 2019

Real estate barons’ attack on tenants spurs fightback

Landlord-in-chief President Donald Trump dispatched top federal officials to Los Angeles on Sept. 10 to organize a crackdown on homelessness,…

September 19, 2019

Racist rally routed in Portland

In August a fascist murdered 22 people in El Paso, Texas, and there were two other fascistic massacres in Dayton,…

August 21, 2019

Seattle protest hits ‘Homeland Security’ at Jeh Johnson speech

An angry demonstration denounced former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson's appearance in Seattle June 18 and voiced outrage at President…

June 30, 2019

Security workers win union at Amazon

Local 6 of the Service Employees Union (SEIU), after years of organizing at Amazon’s security contractor, Security Industry Specialists, has…

June 10, 2019

Anti-fascist crowd defends Rep. Ilhan Omar

When Rep. Ilhan Omar was invited to be the featured speaker at the Washington Council on American-Islamic Relations event in…

June 9, 2019

Farm workers win big over Darigold

The United Farm Workers union just scored a big victory over 500-farm dairy producer Darigold in the Pacific Northwest. For…

May 14, 2019

Did Boeing’s choices kill 346 airline passengers?

Boeing Airlines, which has been raking in profits, is scrambling after having two crashes of its 737 Max 8 passenger…

April 2, 2019