Stories by Geov Parrish
Geov Parrish is a Seattle-based columnist and reporter for Seattle Weekly, In These Times and Eat the State! He writes the Straight Shot column for WorkingForChange.
The National Parks Service is considering a proposal to allow private companies to own the genetic resources of plants and animals in our parks.
Posted on Nov 28, 2006
This summer, the Bush-appointed National Labor Relations Board may vote to destroy the union memberships of millions of Americans.
Posted on Jul 13, 2006
MLK Jr. is a legend not because he believed in diversity but because he took risks and spoke truth to power.
Posted on Jan 16, 2006
The acclaimed critic of U.S. foreign policy analyzes Bush's current political troubles, the war on Iraq, and what's really behind the global 'war on terror.'
Posted on Jan 14, 2006
The 10th annual list of the year's most overhyped and underreported stories.
Posted on Dec 27, 2005
It's a sordid tale of Washington corruption and crony capitalism at its worst. Here's a primer to help you understand this growing scandal.
Posted on Dec 20, 2005
Be it out of political expediency or sheer delusion, George Bush is stubbornly clinging to his head-in-the-sand vision of Iraq.
Posted on Sep 22, 2004
What is now widely viewed as a sentimental tribute to family -- Mother's Day -- was originally a call for women to wage a general strike to end war.
Posted on May 6, 2004
The reigning octogenarian queen of the D.C. press corps speaks her mind on the Bush White House and the media.
Posted on Mar 25, 2004
Were Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. alive today, he would be at risk for being imprisoned indefinitely, without charges or access to legal counsel, as an 'enemy combatant.'
Posted on Jan 19, 2004
They told us they'd lie to us. They were telling the truth. Witness our annual list of the year's most overhyped, underreported and misreported stories.
Posted on Jan 4, 2004
Despite rising conflict worldwide, peace is closer than you think; if we’re willing, much of the rest of the world is ready.
Posted on Dec 26, 2003
A federal appeals court ruling rejects the detention without charges of American citizen Jose Padilla as an 'enemy combatant.'
Posted on Dec 19, 2003
How to slow the planet's human-caused changes is an issue that transcend borders, domestic economies, and the stubbornness of one or another elected official.
Posted on Dec 8, 2003
The War On Drugs is a failure, irrational and has served as a pretext for a vast expansion of intrusive state powers.
Posted on Nov 24, 2003
Headlines only hint at problems and challenges facing American occupation of Iraq.
Posted on Nov 21, 2003
On the Democratic presidential hopefuls' plans -- or lack of them -- for Iraq
Posted on Nov 4, 2003
Like it or not, California has a solid record as a cultural trendsetter for the nation. That's why the recall vote is a matter of national importance.
Posted on Aug 26, 2003
A congressional study that shows low power stations pose little or no threat to existing radio broadcasters.
Posted on Jul 22, 2003
All current evidence suggests that the world is now being run by 7-year-olds -- the Bush bunch. They stay at home, watch TV and play army all day.
Posted on Jul 17, 2003
Michael Savage's departure from MSNBC is unlikely to dent his popularity or the power of hate radio.
Posted on Jul 10, 2003
The FCC vote lays the foundations for a monoculture of ignorance that offers unimaginable power to our leaders and corporations.
Posted on Jun 3, 2003
Jonathan Schell on nonviolent people power, Chris Hedges on war addiction and a collection documenting the American prison gulag would be welcome additions to any book bag.
Posted on May 12, 2003
A new report has evidence that children under 16 are being held at Guantanamo Bay.
Posted on May 5, 2003
SARS is providing a glimpse into our new century -- not just how epidemics will leap continents, but how no country's leaders, even China's, will be able to either control their economy or their people.
Posted on Apr 23, 2003
There is no more critical task in the coming months than to oust George W. Bush, and the lunatics surrounding him, from the White House.
Posted on Apr 9, 2003
The Pax Americana that Cheney, Wolfowitz, Perle, and their ilk envisioned for Iraq -- and eventually the whole region -- simply cannot be achieved through brute force alone.
Posted on Apr 1, 2003
Is the antiwar movement in danger of becoming marginalized by its own over-the-top rhetoric? It's time for activists to speak with the audience, not to each other.
Posted on Mar 28, 2003
Those struggling against this war are part of a long-term movement for change and we must retain hope and courage even when the political tides seemed to run against us.
Posted on Mar 19, 2003
It matters: Ongoing global protests may not stop the war on Iraq, but they continue to strongly challenge the imperial ambitions of the Bush gang.
Posted on Mar 14, 2003
A handy reference guide to some of the new linguistic developments introduced by the planned U.S. invasion of Iraq.
Posted on Mar 13, 2003
The popular outcry at a public hearing on ownership rules held in Seattle reflects the increasing strength of the media diversity movement.
Posted on Mar 13, 2003
Spokane Indian poet and filmmaker Sherman Alexie was front and center at a Seattle antiwar demonstration on Saturday.
Posted on Feb 14, 2003
Colin Powell's presentation contained compelling evidence of Iraqi deception, but it did not make the case for choosing war over inspections.
Posted on Feb 6, 2003
The president's new federal budget is the stuff from which shuttle crashes, social insecurity, and bloated federal deficits are made.
Posted on Feb 3, 2003
Tonight Bush delivers his long-awaited Comprehensive Case to the American People as to Why We Should Kick Saddam's Fanny.
Posted on Jan 28, 2003
Ever expanding "faith-based" initiatives are a threat to both church and state.
Posted on Jan 27, 2003
Bravo to Gov. George Ryan for stopping over 150 executions. What took him so long?
Posted on Jan 13, 2003
The most overhyped and underreported stories of the year served as disinformation and propaganda for the war on terrorism.
Posted on Jan 2, 2003
Can we please start paying attention to the despicable things powerful people do, rather than the despicable things they say?
Posted on Dec 18, 2002
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