This year’s May Day saw faculty unions, professors, staff, and students across the Seattle Colleges standing in solidarity amidst a growing budget crisis and proposed furloughs backed by Governor Bob Ferguson. These proposals would require faculty to take unpaid leave in order for the state to save money. Unions like the American Federation of Teachers…
Staff, faculty, and students made three things clear at the walkout on Thursday, May 1, “f— the furloughs,” “tax the rich,” and “get ICE off campuses.” Furloughs are temporary layoffs, forced, unpaid “time off.” Currently, Governor Ferguson has suggested almost all state employees take one forced day off per month for two years, 12 unpaid…
Idaya Zyndra | The Seattle Collegian The Seattle People’s March is the successor to the Womxn’s March, which had over 100,000 participants in 2017. This year, the rally began at 9 a.m. in Cal Anderson Park. The march started shortly after 11 a.m. and ended at 12:30 p.m. at the International Fountain in Seattle Center—a two-mile march from Cal Anderson Park….
Idaya Gruenwald | The Seattle Collegian Protestors at the University of Washington’s United Front Liberated Zone prepared to defend their encampment from a Sunday, May 12 counter-protest, organized by The Pursuit NW, a local church with a location in the University District. The counter-protestors held a rally in Red Square called “United for Israel.” Though the protest grew heated with chants,…
Idaya Gruenwald | The Seattle Collegian To protest the University of Washington’s ties with Israel and Boeing, students from the university’s Progressive Student Union (PSU), led by Mathieu Chabaud, started an encampment on the quad that they’re calling the “United Front Liberation Zone.” On Monday, April 29, students began setting up tents, posting signs, and offering free access to food and…
Mo Dulitz | The Seattle Collegian The Seattle branch of Feminists for Jina, “a group of intersectional and internationalist feminists from Iran in diaspora and exile,” gathered at Westlake Park today, Mar. 4, 2023, for a rally. The “Woman, Life, Freedom” rally served to show “support of the ongoing feminist revolution in Iran, stand in solidarity with women, trans, non-binary, queer,…
Ana Bungag This week has proven to be a turbulent one. Catch up on the latest protest and other news through our recent articles here: SCC technical programs saved for 2022: SCA off the chopping block After the initial news that the culinary program was being put on the chopping block, faculty expressed their concern and aggravation…
Mo Dulitz | The Seattle Collegian Humans are destroying this planet. I don’t believe this is new information to the majority of us. We have all seen the increasing number of natural disasters, the waste being dumped on the land and in the sea, and even a change in local temperature. Any day you flip onto a news channel, you are likely to see at least one segment or statistic pointing towards climate change. And we are to blame. Our ceaseless desire for material possessions and financial gain is degrading our planet at an alarming rate.
Christian Wiediger via Unsplash Nowadays, the way you speak and the words you use can be used to identify which side of the political spectrum you are on. As a queer immigrant living in Seattle, I personally identify with many aspects of mainstream liberal politics and ideology. In 2020, during the wake of international unrest about systematic racial injustice…
Veronika Pshenytska | The Seattle Collegian Since the start of the Russian invasion of Ukraine last month, residents of Seattle have rallied in protest of the war. On March 19, protesters marched from Seattle City Hall to Seattle Center to show solidarity with Ukraine.