Good morning! I'm in Portland today, having meetings with Cascadia activists and enjoying the train ride on the Amtrak Cascades. It's an essential connector between the cities of Cascadia, and the line recently reduced travel times from Seattle to Vancouver BC by ten minutes, after border
Good morning, friends. If you haven't yet read the New York Times piece that profiles the growing movement for Cascadia autonomy, please take a moment. "The revolution begins with a poetry reading," Anna Griffin said of our Cascadia Day event at Vermillion, and then went on
Good morning, friends. This past weekend, I returned home from a lovely backpacking trip to Snoqualmie Lake to learn the New York Times published its profile of Cascadia Democratic Action and our efforts to start the conversation on independence for Cascadia. The reporter, bureau chief for the Pacific Northwest, who&
Faced with several years of profit losses, REI co-op has started to act like a typical profit-hungry corporation.
it’s time for the people of Oregon and Washington to consider a radical but rational solution to authoritarianism: separation from the United States.
As Cascadia moves toward asserting its autonomy and independence, we should consider restoring the older, Indigenous names to the volcanoes of our bioregion.
A study released by Seattle Cruise Control estimates that each year, pollution generated by Seattle's cruise business is equal to about half of Seattle's entire annual greenhouse gas emissions.
The Trump regime last week quietly killed the US Forest Service.
As Washington and Oregon face numerous economic threats, including the real possibility of recession, disastrous flooding, continued wildfires, and massive cuts to the federal budget by the Trump administration, it's time to consider an idea that's been gaining traction in blue states hit hard by Trump&
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Good morning, friends! Just a reminder that you can find all of Cascadia Journal's features on our home page under the tab Cascadia features. You'll find pieces about a Portland city council candidate who supports the idea of Cascadia, returning Indigenous names to Cascadia's
In case you missed it, yesterday I wrote about Jeremy Beausoleil Smith's campaign for Portland city council: he's a Gen Z democratic socialist and project manager at Portland State University who's supportive of Cascadia autonomy: "Let's get the idea out there,
Smith spoke with Cascadia Journal about his campaign as a democratic socialist who's open to the idea of soft secession – and potentially, a Cascadia independence referendum.
Good morning! Interested in volunteering to help Oregon and Washington move forward on Cascadia autonomy? Sign up for email alerts from Cascadia Democratic Action, our partner organization and a grassroots organization leading the movement toward independence for the Cascadia bioregion. Seattle votes to ban data centers for one year The
Ferguson warns of cuts to WA budget Washington State Standard reports that Washington governor Bob Ferguson's budget director sent a memo to state agencies alerting them to plan for "significant shortfalls" in the upcoming biennial budget process and that projected revenue will "not provide sufficient
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Good morning, friends! This week I wrote about how the union of employees at REI, the Cascadia-based outdoor gear co-op, joined with more than 70,000 co-op members to stage a boycott of REI to protest its unfair labor contract and union-busting practices. North America'
Faced with several years of profit losses, REI co-op has started to act like a typical profit-hungry corporation.
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Good morning friends. If you haven't yet read the piece I wrote with Drew Alcoser, It's time for Cascadia Independence from the US, please take a moment. Those of us who believe it's time for Oregon and Washington to go their own way are
it’s time for the people of Oregon and Washington to consider a radical but rational solution to authoritarianism: separation from the United States.
