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&
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
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it’s time for the people of Oregon and Washington to consider a radical but rational solution to authoritarianism: separation from the United States.
Good morning! If you haven't read Eugene Weekly's interview with me about the Cascadia autonomy movement, take a few minutes to give it a read. They did a good job covering the start of CDA's campaign for independence for Oregon and Washington: "Andrew
Good morning! Just a reminder that I'll be attempting to read 24 books about Cascadia or by Cascadia authors this summer, and you're welcome to join me. My first is Rough Trade by Katrina Carrasco and it's a fabulous historical novel about a gang
Good morning! Well, I guess it's official: I'm more of an organizer and activist than a journalist. I was interviewed by Eugene Weekly about Cascadia Democratic Action, bioregionalism, and how we need to start working toward real autonomy for Oregon and Washington. Give it a read!
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Good morning! I'm back from a lovely backpacking trip near the Gray Wolf river on the Olympic peninsula – it was the perfect time to go, with Pacific rhododendron and fairly slippers in bloom. Highly recommended – it's good to take a step back from the world and
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Good morning! Summer is just around the corner, and that means it's time to grab some books to read on the beach, out on the porch, or in a campsite. Shamelessly stealing an idea from Seattle Public Library, Cascadia Journal and Cascadia Democratic Action are hosting a summer
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Good morning! Thanks to all who came out to the Cascadia Day Poetry Explosion in Seattle, and the Gathering Cascadia event in Portland. We had a packed house at Vermillion, and more than 100 people showed up at Taborspace in Portland to celebrate the resilience of our bioregion. Clearly, people
Good morning, friends! Last night's Cascadia Day celebration of poetry at Vermillion on Capitol Hill in Seattle was a fun, moving, and profoundly inspiring event. Thank you to Vermillion for hosting, and to poet and Cascadia Poetry Festival organizer Paul Nelson for bringing together such a talented group
Happy Cascadia Day! May 18 every year remembers the day that Loowit (aka Mount St. Helens) erupted in 1980. Though the eruption was a catastrophe it was also a reminder of the immense power of geology and natural forces here in the Cascadia bioregion. And it reminds us of the
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Protesters Jac Archer, Justice Forral and Bajun Mavalwalla II are being charged with felony conspiracy to use force, intimidation, or threats to prevent federal agents from doing their jobs.