Tim Wheeler
LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler
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Great grandfather who helped end slavery and save a nation remembered
May 7, 2014An unpublished manuscript "The Diary of Francis Marion Wheeler 1842-1899" has been gathering dust on a bookshelf in our house for many years. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down.
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GOP-Ryan budget slashes Medicare, college aid and stirs voter anger
April 29, 2014It would slash non-defense spending in the coming decade by $5 trillion, cutting to the bone every vital human needs program while increasing Pentagon spending by $500 billion.
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Starkovich loved unions, children, flowers….despised redbaiters, unionbusters!
March 14, 2014Nearly 200 people gathered at the Urban Horticulture Center to honor George Tony Starkovich for his lifelong work as a union organizer, an activist for jobs, peace, and equality. Starkovich died February 26 at age 91.
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Undaunted by rain, Tacoma marchers demand “$15 now!”
March 12, 2014It was International Women's Day, Mar. 8, and nearly 100 women and men marched in a steady downpour here to demand an increase in the minimumwage to $15 an hour.
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Black Panther Eddie Conway, free after 44 years, calls for release of all political prisoners
March 11, 2014Marshall Eddie Conway charged that many, like himself, were victims of frame-ups orchestrated under the infamous FBI Counter Intelligence Program (COINTELPRO).
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Labor stalwart Lonnie Nelson dies at 83
February 14, 2014She was 83 years old and was active in the people's movements and in her Communist Party club until stricken by a stroke a few days before her death, Feb. 12.
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Thousands in Seattle march on MLK Day for $15 wage
January 22, 2014More than 5,000 protesters marched through downtown Seattle on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day chanting, "Raise the minimum wage now!"
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Remembering Mandela’s visit to Washington
December 12, 2013Mandela was greeted by a standing ovation. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus erupted in cheers to welcome this great freedom fighter.
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