Climate-Trade-Immigrant Justice NOW Westlake Plaza, south end of park, 12 – 5 12noon-1245: Cimate! Justice! Assembly Street Theater 1245-1pm: Jack Chernos, Singer, Songwriter 115-130: WA Fair Trade Coalition 130-2pm: Climate Justice speaker 2-230: People’s Assembly 230-250: Jim Page, Folk Troubadour 250-320: Street Theater 4pm-5pm WA Immigrant Rights Action Coalition Hear Eric Holt-Gimenez tonight at UW, [...]

After taking action during the day for climate justice, fair trade, and immigrant rights, take the evening to reflect and celebrate the WTO+10 throughout Seattle… 6 p.m. “Today We Have the Power” produced by Christopher Timm, at University of Washington, Johnson Hall. Click here for more information. 7 p.m. “Nov 30, 2009: Ten Years to [...]

The Seattle Times Editorial Board penned a piece promoting the same outdated, irresponsible, and damaging neoliberal trade model that was at the center of protests that shut down the WTO almost ten years ago.  Seattle responded!  See the original editorial, with several responses from CAGJ members and allies, below. Ratify Korea trade pact Seattle Times [...]

  Few questions, more praise, for Siddiqui at confirmation hearing Monday November 09 2009 Volume: 51 Issue: 36   Food Chemical News   No fewer than 80 chiefly environmental advocacy groups have issued a statement painting Islam Siddiqui as too pro-pesticide and biotech to be chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative. Regardless, most [...]

Click the link below to see an awesome video slideshow that highlights our two current projects, the Teach Out! site visits and Our Food, Our Right: Recipes for Food Justice – activist guide and recipe book. Great job to Molly Woodring and Laura Brady for working on this together!   Make sure you turn your [...]

November 7, 2009 – Green $ense Urban Farming This edition of Green $ense will focus on urban agriculture – from gardening to farming – as Robert Colangelo interviews guests that include non-profits, visionaries, and entrepreneurs that are reducing the carbon footprint by bringing food to the people. Tune your radio dial to 820 AM at [...]