• The Slog of Buying a Car

    The Slog of Buying a Car

    Well the thing about buying a new car is you go into it knowing who Trump’s number one foot soldier is. The people who own the dealerships. So you’re already down a step there. Then you look at Ford. Nazi. Benz. Nazi. Little cute Fiats. Fascist. Tesla. Definitely Nazi. There are very few makers that

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  • A dying fascist opposition: thoughts from the 2025 Seattle People’s March

    Enough of the meek digging of one’s own grave! There exist countless examples throughout history across the globe of oppositional movements that recapture the heart of the people. None of the oppositional structures and strategies we have now are working. We cannot wait any longer to raise an oppositional party prepared and equipped to do…

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  • It’s Time for Washington State and Peers to Prepare for a Tax Boycott

    “If a thousand men were not to pay their tax bills this year, that would not be a violent and bloody measure, as it would be to pay them, and enable the State to commit violence and shed innocent blood. This is, in fact, the definition of a peaceable revolution, if any such is possible.”― Henry

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  • I think more and more these days about what I might do, or what I might have to do. Or, also, what I might not do. I think on what my duty and honor will compel me to do. To be clear, it isn’t a fantasy. It’s a nightmare. A fear of shame that I

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  • On Gaining Italian Dual Citizenship Via Jure Sanguinis

    *UPDATE: As of March 28, Italy has dramatically changed its Jure Sanguinis law to limit eligibility. While it is likely to face constitutional challenges, much of the information below about eligibility (like the flow chart) is not currently accurate. Mi dispiace.* The winds are changing around us. People of all temperaments can feel it, though

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  • Hopes of Unity and Reactionary Fascism

    I know many people that are confounded by how fascism could rise up in an established, affluent, and healthy nation like America. I’ve bounced around a number of theories in my own head, but one recently came into clearer focus. I was gifted Christopher Duggan’s A Concise History of Italy for Christmas. In its early

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  • Identifying Locations for New Car Free Communities in Seattle

    In Arizona, Culdesac Tempe is a new car-free mixed-use development. Built along Phoenix’s streetcar line, it promises something that is rare across the United States. Even in America’s colonial era neighborhoods, cars are a fact of life. But in one of the country’s most sprawling metropolitan areas, someone is taking the chance that some would

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  • From Hotel Plaza to Bartell Drugs to Westlake Park at 4th and Pine

    Westlake Park is one of Downtown Seattle’s better civic spaces. With space for politics, chess games, art, community events, and seating, it has all of the makings of a quality public forum. In result, there is regularly a steady, diverse crowd enjoying the park. As Downtown Seattle becomes more resident focused and rebuilds its retail

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  • Church Bells Ringing from St. Louis to Seattle

    In Uptown, a Catholic church houses a recast bell from the Stuckstede Bell Foundry Co., connecting Seattle and St. Louis history.

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  • The Importance of Embedding Local History into US History Courses

    The refrain about the dullness of United States History is common enough. A large country spanning several centuries, US history feels distant to students both temporally and spatially. And across that distance, the importance of US history often dissipates before it reaches students. The remnants of those histories, by the time they arrive in the

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