Port of Seattle

Two Ounces of Kafka: How a Little Oil Caused a Ton of Trouble

Paul Loeb | Posted 03.29.2012

Read More: Department of Homeland Security, Pete Knutson, Washington State, Seattle, Exxon, Fishermen's Terminal, Franz Kafka, Homeland Security, Environment, Port of Seattle, Oil Spill, Politics News
Paul Loeb

For years, Seattle salmon fisherman Pete Knutson has developed pioneering environmental alliances between commercial fishermen, Native American tribes...

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Occupy’s major message misfire

Arthur Bruzzone | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: Port of Oakland, San Francisco, Occupy Wall Street, Port of Los Angeles, Oakland, Port of Seattle, Occupy the Ports, San Francisco News
Arthur Bruzzone

The Occupy movement, or those who participated in effort to close down West Coast ports, violated several of Saul Alinksy's direct action rules: First, find a message and persist. Second, don't alienate your base...

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The Ports Challenge

James P. Hoffa | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Security, James Galbraith, Port of Long Beach, Port of Seattle, Pollution, Environmental Groups, Teamsters Union, Port of Los Angeles, Southern California, Low Wages, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Workers Compensation, Greenhouse Gases, Port of Newark, Port of Oakland, Medicare, American Trucking Associations, Los Angeles News
James P. Hoffa

I hate to think we've become a country that has lost the concept of public purpose, a country that allows corporations to poison the people who live nearby. But apparently they're too much for the trucking industry.

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