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Mild in Manner – Bold in Matter

Jane Cutter is the Director of A.N.S.W.E.R. Seattle, a coalition of anti-war organizations with affiliates across the U.S. We first got to know Jane when she participated in our 2009 panel discussion during production of Palace of the End. Jane was going to speak during our November 5 panel “The Activist as Extremist”, but her work for the Seattle Occupy movement has understandably taken priority. She sent along the following remarks on the subject of Extremism. “Extremism in the defense […]

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M. As in Morrison, But Which Also Stands – For Emily

This poem was written by local actress/technician Stacy Sherlock when she heard about our poetry reading and vigil. We walked slowly, but with certain and steadily paced footing. Your heart beat faster than the steps required. It made me nervous I clung with a tightened grip small fingers wrapping round layers and layers and layers of fabric. we walked slowly. the air swept my lungs bringing warm scented meals from the streets around a nostalgia for a childhood serving of […]

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You’re Invited!

At 5:20 pm on November 2, 2011, please join us for a poetry reading and special guest talk in commemoration of Norman Morrison.  Norman Morrison was an American Quaker who sacrificed his life by self-immolation at 5:20 pm on November 2, 1965, in a act of protest over the Vietnam War.  As an act of witness that inspired and catalyzed a nation into protest, his life and death inspired poets across the world to attempt to capture his mysterious final […]

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