Artwork for your next solidarity protest
Palestine will be Free!
Print and share this incredible artwork for Palestine solidarity actions:
Artists from throughout the world have contributed to the collection. See it all and find the artists in this Instagram post:
If you’re looking for a good print shop, I recommend The Copy Spot, at 4547 Rainier Ave S. If you would like to get looped into more protests, I recommend following https://www.instagram.com/falastiniyat/.
Let’s Learn About ShotSpotter
What is ShotSpotter and why is Mayor Harrell fighting to get funding for it next year? Tune in at 5:30 pm on Wednesday, Nov. 8th to learn why Seattle Solidarity Budget is fighting this addition to the city’s budget.
The webinar will be live streamed on the Solidarity Budget’s Facebook event page and YouTube channel.
For more background on this racist and ineffective surveillance technology, read this excellent Op-ed in the Stranger by BJ Last and Camille Baldwin-Bonney.
Save the date
You can give public comment and express your opposition to ShotSpotter on November 13 at 5pm at City Hall.
Did we eliminate the Ghost Cops?
This year’s No Ghost Cops halloween event was a wild success. We had over 30 people dancing and protesting in City Hall.
Does that mean the ghost cops are gone? No, we need you to send our city council members an email demanding that they abrogate all ghost cops and transfer the $31M dollars associated with those positions back to the City’s general fund.
Here is some suggested text you can copy and paste:
A brief list of better ways this money could be spent:
Guaranteed basic income
Participatory budgeting
Safe injection sites
Vision zero
ADA compliance
Raises for human services providers
HOUSING
Renaissance captured and created this great video of the event:
Some of my favorite photos from the Oct 31 protest:
Stay safe everyone.
-Peter Condit