Jim McMahan

Seattle school bus drivers strike

Four hundred school bus drivers held a one-day strike Nov. 29 against First Student, the big national contractor. The strike…

December 8, 2017

Calling out lies on the minimum wage

Seattle workers won a boost in the minimum wage three years ago, from $9.47 to $15 an hour for most…

October 12, 2017

Immigrant prisoners demand minimum wage

After years of immigrant prisoners’ protests and hunger strikes, Washington state is finally demanding that the Geo Group, operator of…

September 29, 2017

In Seattle: Stop ICE raids and prisons

A hundred people rallied against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids at ICE headquarters in downtown Seattle on Sept. 12. This…

September 24, 2017

Farmworkers protest corporate murder, exploitation

Mexican farmworkers in northern Washington state struck Sarbanand Farms on Aug. 4 to protest the death of Honesto Silva Ibarra,…

August 24, 2017

Seattle: Cops, Klan — hand in hand

Followers of Trump had planned an Aug. 13 “anti- communist” rally in downtown Seattle. This was to be a “Patriot…

August 24, 2017

Friends and family protest Seattle cops’ killing of mother of three

Two days after the June 16 acquittal of the cop who murdered Philando Castile in Minnesota, Seattle cops murdered a…

June 28, 2017

Manifestantes contra oleoducto cierran bancos

19 de mayo de 2017 Decenas de activistas de 350Seattle cerraron 13 bancos Chase en Seattle el 8 de mayo…

May 24, 2017

Anti-pipeline occupiers shut down banks

Scores of activists from 350Seattle shut down 13 Chase banks in Seattle on May 8 in alliance with Indigenous people.…

May 19, 2017

Immigrant prisoners strike

Tacoma, Washington — Some 750 immigrant prisoners held a united hunger strike against inhumane conditions at the Tacoma Northwest Detention…

April 21, 2017