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pnw·Pacific Northwest - OR,WA,BCbyCombatWombat

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 about this rapidly-growing civil disobedience movement in which people refuse to pay federal income taxes to protest and defund US authoritarianism, I spoke with Christina Thompson, who lives in Maryland and is coordinator of the National Tax Strike.

Should Cascadia join the tax strike?https://www.cascadia-journal.com/should-cascadia-join-the-tax-strike/Open linkView original on feddit.online
pnw·Pacific Northwest - OR,WA,BCbyCombatWombat

Tukwila Becomes Latest Puget Sound City to Impede ICE Expansion

The unanimous vote follows a similar moratorium in SeaTac, with Burien, Renton, and Seattle expected to follow suit. As an epicenter of ICE activity in Puget Sound, Tukwila had unique reason to believe a detention center could be coming to their city.

Tukwila Becomes Latest Puget Sound City to Impede ICE Expansionhttps://www.theurbanist.org/2026/02/25/tukwila-becomes-latest-puget-sound-city-to-impede-ice-expansion/Open linkView original on feddit.online