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Sicko


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Below the fold is info on the Seattle premier of the movie On June 14 with SPECIAL GUEST MICHAEL MOORE TO ATTEND.
And here is a sample song called these days from the punk group Sicko (not connected with the movie).
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SiCKO
Thursday, June 14
7:00 PM
AMC Pacific Place
600 Pine St., 4th [...]

New WA state Prescription Drug Discount Program


For those individuals not covered by a prescription drug insurance plan, there is a new discount prescription program available free to any Washington state resident through the Washington State Health Care Authority.
For more information go here and the faq is here. There is also a PDF enrollment form here or you can enroll online [...]

Side Effects - Prog Movie night


[ May 11, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ]

Friday, May 11th at 7 PM at MSUUF, 4505 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA map

Runtime: 90 minutes

In May, Progressive Movies is showing Side Effects – a comedy about the pharmaceutical industry written by a former industry representative. Katherine Heigl, from Grey’s Anatomy, stars in this professional production. The film raises important questions [...]

Big Bucks, Big Pharma - Prog Movie


[ March 9, 2007; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Big Bucks, Big Pharma (click for Google video trailer)
Friday, March 9, 7 PM at MSUUF

New Film Release: “Big Bucks, Big Pharma: Marketing Disease & Pushing Drugs”

Big Bucks, Big Pharma pulls back the curtain on the multi-billion dollar pharmaceutical industry to expose the insidious ways that illness is used, manipulated, and in some instances created, [...]

Sam Harris - Stem Cells and Morality


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So who is assaulting democracy, Ms. Rice?



Vancouver: Get on the Bus for Reproductive Health, Rights, and Justice Lobby Day!


[ February 12, 2007; ] Reproductive Health, Rights & Justice Lobby Day Feb. 12th

Join hundreds of pro-choice & pro-family supporters in Olympia to Lobby for Reproductive Justice on Feb. 12th. With a pro-choice majority in the House & Senate, it is time to pass comprehensive sex education and fully fund reproductive health care in Washington State! Your help [...]

34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade


Hello! My name is Laura Ellsworth, and I am the Public Affairs Coordinator for Planned Parenthood in Clark County. January 22nd, 2007 is the 34th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade and the 6th Anniversary of Bush reinstating the Global Gag Rule on Family Planning.
Planned Parenthood of the Columbia Willamette is sponsoring a Film [...]

Enough of the D.C. Dems


I’d add “outlaw paperless electronic voting” to the “three issues” Molly thinks the Dems should make happen right away. But I’m sure they’ll find a way to continue to misrepresent or ignore their constituencies and make it look like they are actually doing something.
Enough of the D.C. Dems
By Molly Ivins
March 2006 Issue
Mah fellow progressives, [...]

It is time to act, not placate, ONCE AGAIN!


Robert Shetterly asks us, When is a Crime so Great it Shouldn’t be Acknowledged? It’s like everyone is still in denial regarding the verbal and physical abuse of the last six years… Please, stop enabling the criminals!
Massive crimes have been committed. Our administration has ridden roughshod on our Constitution as though it were [...]