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As Trump burns down the Forest Service, Cascadia should take control of our federal land
The Trump regime last week quietly killed the US Forest Service.
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Should Cascadia join the tax strike?
As the April 15 federal tax deadline approaches, it's worth taking a moment to consider how a tax strike could help Oregon and Washington assert fiscal independence and send a message to Congress that it needs to work harder to halt fascism in the US. To learn more
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Another reason for Cascadia to leave: Trump's war on voting
On Monday, the US Supreme Court heard arguments in a Mississippi case that could end the practice of counting ballots postmarked on election day but which arrive after that date. This would upend the long-established and popular system of vote-by-mail in Washington and Oregon. The authoritarian wing
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To fix transportation, Cascadia needs fiscal independence
Cascadia has critical transportation infrastructure needs. And the feds can no longer be relied on to help us.
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Cascadia should make standard time permanent
This will be the last year residents of British Columbia will have to move their clocks forward an hour – last week, the BC government announced it will adopt permanent daylight savings time. Premier David Eby sent a letter to his colleagues on the west coast of the US urging those
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Could a tribal lawsuit erode colonial borders?
The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation is a tribal nation located in north central Washington state composed of 12 Indigenous bands, including the ščəl'ámxəxʷ (Chelan), sx̌ʷýʔłpx (Colville), šntiyátkʷəxʷ (Entiat), sʔukʷnaʔqín (Okanogan), šnp̍əšqʷáw̉šəxʷ (Wenatchi) and
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The state of the Cascadia bioregion
The day after the US emperor gave his annual speech full of lies, I thought it might be good time to review the state of the Cascadia bioregion. The Cascadia bioregion is strong, but it is also under threat. The combined economic output of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia is
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Imagining Cascadia as a postnational nation
The idea of Cascadia has always been a bioregional concept rather than a nationalist project. But the current authoritarian and constitutional crisis is the United States has forced those of us who live in US states within the Cascadia bioregion to consider alternatives to remaining within the US framework. I
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Polyamory rights bills on the horizon in Olympia, Portland & Seattle💘
Cascadia has always been at the forefront of protecting the rights of individuals to live their sexuality authentically. Seattle was one of the first cities in the US to expand protections for employment discrimination to sexual orientation in 1973 and for housing discrimination in 1975. Washington state was one of
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What places are part of Cascadia?
One of the most common questions I'm asked when talking about Cascadia independence is: what exactly is included in Cascadia? I find there are two answers to that question. The first involves what we mean when we're talking about the Cascadia bioregion. This vast, interconnected web
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Which side are you on?
It's been another terrible week in the United States as ICE continued its assault – no milder term seems adequate – on the city of Minneapolis. There are glimmers of hope after a general strike shut down the Twin Cities, Trump demoted Greg Bovino, the cos-playing CBP fascist, and
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Oregon bill would hold back payments to feds
A bill pre-filed in the Oregon legislature would allow the governor to hold back money owed to the federal government if federal funds appropriated to Oregon are withheld by the US government in "contravention of a valid court order." The measure, whose primary sponsor is Rep Willy