Common Action

Saturday, July 11

7pm-9pm

Cascade People's Center
309 Pontius Ave. North
Seattle, WA 98109

From unpaid day labor to detention centers, the signs of borders and an unjust economy are everywhere in the Pacific Northwest. Join us for a discussion of how the movement for migrant justice is rooted in our struggles against capitalism, state control, and in support of all struggles for liberation and self-determination.

A presentation by No One Is Illegal, a grassroots anti-colonial migrant justice campaign from Vancouver, BC.

For more information on No One is Illegal,
visit http://noii-van.resist.ca/.

Hosted by Common Action, CASA Latina Comite de Defensa del Trabajador, and Seattle Solidarity Network.

Bus Routes: 8, 25, 70-73, 74, 77, 79, 304, 317, 355, 377.

Cascade People's Center is wheelchair accessible.

Spanish translation will be available.

For other translation, or for more information, please e-mail us at mariannemork@gmail.com or call 206-948-8782.

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Common Action announces the fourth issue of our quarterly newsletter Intersections. The informal theme of this issue is an anarchist perspective on "security." From police to the supervision of children, the very things we assume are keeping us safe are often part of the problem. And when we are in trouble, who should we call?

This issue's contents include:

• The Most Dangerous Gang
  by Josh Neuhouser
• Who You Gonna Call? One Another
  Direct Action Tactics in Trying Times
  by Andrew Hedden
• No Child Left Outside
  by Rachel Skeen
• Happy Birthday, Common Action!

Intersections is available as a PDF for reading and single page printing, and 11" x 17" printing. To get a hard copy, or to let us know what you think, hit us up at nwcommonaction@gmail.com

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This June, the regional anarchist organization Common Action turns one year old. We held our founding conference on June 7th, 2008, with the goal of building a non-hierarchical organization with long-term strategy and strong connections to the general community. We have spent the first year building our community, designing our political structures, educating ourselves, deciding on political activities, and producing the Intersections newsletter.

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Thursday, June 4

5:30-7pm

Timberland Library
313 8th Ave SE
Downtown Olympia, WA

Join us in a discussion free and open to the public about the tradition of anarchism that Common Action is rooted in: The Spanish Revolution, the Makhnovschina anarchist struggle in Ukraine, the Chicago Idea/Haymarket Synthesis, southern Mexico, Zabalaza in South Africa and Love and Rage.

• What is the relevance of these struggles to our situation and our struggle today?
• What can we learn from the anarchist expressions of struggle such as especifismo in Uruguay, platformism from Ukraine and Russia and zapatismo from Chiapas, Mexico?
• How can we create a relevant and effective broad-based anarchist movement nationally and locally?

Brought to you by the Olympia branch of Common Action

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