In case of emergency, break glass

As the Trump regime continues to become more authoritarian, Cascadia needs to consider two bold resistance strategies: soft secession and a general strike.

Cascadia today: How to fix OR schools? + lizards invading Vancouver Island and a longtime video store buyer retires

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Cascadia today: BC lost 20K jobs + ICE gases Salem protesters + an anthology of writing about working Cascadia's land & sea

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! (And happy Thanksgiving to my readers in British Columbia.) In honor of the day, take a moment to read a feature at Underscore Native News about how Coast Salish people are growing and harvesting culturally important native plants at Seattle's Daybreak Star Indian

Cascadia today: Will OR put wealth tax on ballot? + Feds suspend visas for Microsoft + WA fails to protect mature forests to fund schools

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Cascadia today: ICE kidnappings surge in Portland area + Walla Walla resists Amazon data center + Seattle boosts public restrooms

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Cascadia today: Eby gambles on BC wealth tax + Cascadia high speed rail moves forward + making pow-wows accessible

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Cascadia today: Sick-out shuts down WA ferries + PDX looks to close schools + did port of Astoria help ICE?

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Cascadia today: BC premier pushes wealth tax + Siletz tribe regains coastal land + a conversation with Diana Le

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Cascadia today: WA pushes back on BC pipeline + First Nations want salmon in Skagit + longtime Vancouver punk figure Doug Proulx dies

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So, Cascadia. We need to talk about Alberta.

So how does a progressive movement for Cascadia independence respond to the Alberta separatist movement, which has put a non-binding secession measure up for a vote on Oct 19?

Cascadia today: Drug compassion club wins in BC court + 14K lose Medicaid in WA + how Portland became a hub for indie comics artists

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Cascadia today: What real reconciliation means + popular waterfall in OR protected + fund Seattle arts, not more cops

Good morning! It's definitely feeling like autumn – the air is crisp and cool, the leaves are rusty and golden, and it's time to turn on the heat, make some tea and grab a book. Are you a fan of poetry? If you're in Seattle,

Cascadia today: LNG exports to double from BC terminal + more data centers in OR + Rick Rizzs calls last game for Mariners

Good morning to everyone but ICE! Hey, do you appreciate this newsletter and also have some curiosity in the movement for Cascadia autonomy? Well, you're in luck, because Cascadia Journal and the grassroots organization Cascadia Democratic Action are working to become a single organization. Details aren't

Cascadia today: ICE abductions surge in WA + Spokane may get monster data centers + PDX's first Indigenous bookshop

ICE is surging around Seattle but media ignores it ICE is in the middle of what may be its largest surge in Seattle and King county, but local media seems to be ignoring the situation because it's happening quickly and quietly. According to the Free Washington Project, a

Cascadia today: Starbucks to close 250 stores + Eugene votes on clean energy fund + get ready for Portland Book Festival

Starbucks to close 250 stores According to the AP, Seattle-based coffee giant Starbucks will close 250 "underperforming" stores in North America. According to the article, Starbucks Workers United, which is attempting to unionize baristas, says that 20 coffee shops that have unionized are among those closing. Earlier

Our guide to the WA supreme court election

Good afternoon! Washington's mid-term elections are just around the corner (ballots will be mailed out mid-October and are due in a ballot box by 8 pm Nov 3). While there are plenty of high-profile races on the ballot, one that often requires a little assistance

Cascadia today: Feds won't get WA voter rolls + coyotes are moving to Seattle + Indigenous climbers on Tahoma

Court rules feds can't demand WA voter rolls KUOW reports that a federal judge in Seattle this week ruled against the Trump regime's demand that Washington state turn over voter information in advance of the November mid-term elections. It's the 25th loss for

Cascadia today: BC will have snap election + Seattle mayor's budget balancing act + a Seattle cinema finds a new home

Good afternoon to everyone except ICE and their masked goons. I've been doing some observing of ICE lately to help my community and I can tell you they're the most unprofessional, provocative, and childish group of armed individuals I've ever encountered. Abolish ICE. Support

Cascadia today: OR isn't fixing its roads + west changing wildfire funding + last woolly dog pelt on display in BC

Good morning, friends! Lots of newsworthy things happening this afternoon: Seattle mayor Katie Wilson reveals her proposed city budget, the Seattle city council will vote on whether or not to ban surveillance grocery pricing, and British Columbia premier David Eby is expected to announce whether his ruling New Democratic Party

Cascadia today: BC Conservatives in disarray + Seattle to ban surveillance pricing + group protects WA forest by buying timber rights

Leader of BC Conservatives calls it quits The Tyee reports that Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as leader of the BC Conservatives after more than a dozen MLAs left the party, which has remade itself into a MAGA-style social conservative party. The latest MLA rushing out the door was Linda

Cascadia today: What First Nations want from next Vancouver mayor + new Cascades trains! + a new queer bookshop in Seattle

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Cascadia today: OR data centers use one quarter of state power + Seattle passes polyam civil rights bill + Portland Book Festival ditches bank sponsor

OR data centers consume one quarter of state's power OPB writes about a new report from ECOnorthwest that finds that Oregon has 111 data centers, 32 new ones in the pipeline, and that the existing centers consume nearly 25% of all the state's electric power. The

Cascadia today: Seattle mayor's public safety plan unveiled + will a third party candidate impact OR gov race? + The story behind Sen̓áḵw

Seattle mayor's public safety plan focuses on prevention KUOW reports on Seattle mayor Katie Wilson's new plan to address gun violence and other crime by ramping up the city's Community Assisted Response and Engagement (CARE) program, an alternative to police response, as well as

Cascadia today: SCOTUS blocks fed election plot + Seattle cement plant burns car tires + a scrappy Seattle art gallery

US supreme court blocks fed election meddling for now The US supreme court yesterday blocked implementation of the Trump regime's plan to use the US postal service to impose restrictions on vote by mail and require states to hand over voter rolls to the feds. Washington attorney general