1 Handful of Salt Volume XXXVIIXXXVII,, Number 111 JanuaryJanuary----FebruaryFebruary 2013

From the drones and weapons kill children and adults in Director’s Pakistan, Gaza, Afghanistan, Yemen. Our bases surround Iran. Chair I want to pull at the threads that make this By Liz tapestry and identify them as carefully as Moore possible. This is just a start and I hope you'll join the conversation at our blog. pulling at One thread is our cultural and political the threads fetishization of weapons and of our 2nd of our Amendment. Arms now are hardly the same culture of thing at all as those around at the time the 2nd violence Amendment was written, which took a minute Like you, my thoughts, heart, and sorrow to manually load for every shot. Now, semi- have been with the families, children, automatic guns pump out rounds. No, the teachers, and entire community of Newtown, problem isn't JUST access to guns, but CT, in the wake of the devastating tragedy of certainly easy access to these massively 28 people, including 20 children, shot and destructive weapons is a tragic thread. killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School. I Another element of this thread is how we have felt the need not to engage with much show weaponry to children, and they clearly media coverage of this heartbreaking event, understand it as a pathway to power. Fig Tree but I do feel the need to share some reflection editor Mary Stamp shared seeing toy assault and thoughts with you here. weapons offered for Christmas gifts in local This horrible atrocity is part of a pattern of stores and suggests one action is to ask stores violence in our country. A timeline of most to choose not to sell them. deadly mass shootings from 1989 to the Fictional media glorifies tough guys and present (http://timelines.latimes.com/deadliest their weapons. This thread reinforces the myth -shooting-rampages/) is a shocking and of redemptive violence, telling us that we can saddening set of information, showing create justice or access power through increasing frequency in more recent years. violence and aggression, which is ok if it's And at the same time, our federal budget puts used for the right purposes. The creative 47% of our national budget into past and human mind can justify horrible deeds with current Pentagon spending, comprising 40% the "right" reasons. of the entire world's military spending. Our (Continued on page 8) Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane Affiliate of the Fellowship of Reconciliation 35 W. Main, Ste 120M, Spokane, WA 99201 · 509-838-7870 · www.pjals.org 2

The Handful of Salt is published six times a year by the Peace and Justice Action League of Spokane. Its name comes from Mohandas Gandhi’s salt tax protest in India, a successful, nonviolent, grassroots action that created significant social change against overwhelming resource advantages. Steering Committee David Brookbank, Megan Cuilla (Chair), Justin Ellenbecker, Linda Greene (Vice Chair), Garrett Havens, Rebecca Lamb (Secretary), Mike Nuess (Interim Treasurer), Suzy Vennard Halberstadt (Volunteer Office Manager and Volunteer Coordinator), Ken Isserlis (Advisor) Staff Liz Moore, Director; Shar Lichty, Organizer; EWU interns Justin Filla, Michelle Little, Josh Neil, Lucy Vazquez; Nancy Street, Volunteer Database Manager Volunteers

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What I wanted to and Beth Thew of the Labor Council, the odd say... couple doing the most to promote turning our rail corridor into China's coal chute. This It's exciting to watch shows the system is rigged in favor of the PJALS cram moneyed interest, beyond exposing the rest of meaningful meetings, us, already overmatched by full-page public events, and newspaper ads, to the whims of winter. activist opportunities Even if the fix is on, there was a back-up into your monthly schedule. It reminds me that, system, and I read my carefully-timed, two- halfway through our tenure at PJALS, Nancy and minute remarks to a stenographer taking oral I realized Spokane had undergone drastic changes comments, and dropped a written note into regarding things to do, places to be, and live and one of several boxes I hope will be examined interactive education and information. These before the poor panel members become days, of course, I have options. Sometimes, I feel completely unraveled. Perhaps I was heard, free to simply stay home or even be detached after all, but here's my main point: "Exporting about significant issues. But there are times I miss coal to Asia means we will be a Third World the action, being in the trenches or on the street. country. It's bad enough that we abuse our One week in December, there were two earth and our human resources by continuing opportunities I couldn't resist. Public comment to mine and burn this obsolete fuel, but to send was solicited on the proposed system for sending it to China, where we've sent so many coal through our front yard to Asia, and Liz manufacturing jobs and from whence its invited me to participate in a news conference to considerable pollution will add to our try to help Senator Murray understand the costs of ecological woes, defies fiscal and common war. I can hardly ever turn down a chance to sense. Letting corporations drag us down is a speak about issues I feel strongly about, but here very Third-World thing, and it means we still were two challenges to be brief and poignant. fail to admit that globalization is devastating Neither effort turned out as I planned, so I'm American health, jobs, and hope. If corporate taking a follow-up shot, here in my comfort zone. interests cared about 'creating' jobs in the U.S., Having divided an evening between the Sierra NAFTA and subsequent greased skids for Club workshop on the coal conspiracy and a death 'Made in the USA' would be dismantled, and penalty meeting, I wasn't fully briefed when I set Americans would be building solar and wind out for the Tuesday hearing at the fairgrounds. power components for global energy needs. Over 100 were in line to claim 75 spots for public No one seems to see the irony of multiplying testimony. Visiting with friends, including the use of domestic diesel fuel to haul our volunteer place-holders, I learned 35 green- unwanted coal away. U.S. consumers of diesel shirted place-holders, hired at a temp agency, had have already borne the brunt of gouging by arrived at 10 am to wait in the cold and damp energy companies because the fuel is in high behind four early birds and acquire credentials for demand beyond our borders. Instead of supporters of coal exports. We all were admitted turbocharging the waste of our pitiful rail to the spacious building shortly before the 3 pm (Continued on page 11) 4 Coalition Calls on Legislators to health, wealth, education or political Work for Racial & Economic Equity representation, wide gaps persist between by Lucia Vazquez communities of color and white communities. Our WA legislature These disparities are not merely vestiges of received a D for its historical inequality that will diminish over voting on racial equity time. On the contrary, many of the gaps are bills for the 2011 and widening, such as the wealth gap between 2012 sessions. The grade African Americans and whites that has came from Washington quadrupled since the mid-1980s. The report CAN!’s report Facing points out that racial inequities are largely a Race: 2012 Legislative result of policy decisions that are made every Report Card on Racial year by policymakers on issues such as Equity. The report education, housing, taxation, health care, civil assessed the Legislature's rights, and tribal sovereignty. performance during the 2011 and 2012 regular The report identified eight missed sessions on issues that affect racial and opportunities that would have targeted gaps in economic equity and was endorsed by 52 those areas: expanding Medicaid, organizations across the state, including implementing the Basic Health Option, the PJALS. The goal of this report was to educate Washington Voting Rights Act, prohibiting legislators mandatory e-verify, abolishing the death about the impact their decisions have on communities of color that make up about 30% of WA residents, but also to spread awareness of advancing From left: Marley Hochendoner, Darlene McCarty, Tia Griffin, Rev. Happy Wat- racial equity kins, Dr. Martin Meraz Garcia, Francisco Navarro in our state. The House of Representatives received a penalty, and bills that would protect worker grade of 66%, slightly higher than the Senate safety and stability, expand access to dental which earned a 61% making that a combined care and broaden access to early learning. grade of 63%. Some very low-graded And, to advance racial and economic equity, it legislators serve districts with over 30% is critical that the Legislature raise new constituents of color. The report also revenue and ensure that everyone pays their recognized seven legislators who did receive fair share. Raising new revenue from A’s--such as Spokane's Andy Billig. corporations and our state’s wealthiest On all measures of equity, whether it is (Continued on page 7) 5 Land, Freedom, Equality: A Palestinian Village's Nonviolent Struggle a visit with a leader of the nonviolent popular resistance in Palestine By Marianne Torres

On Friday, January 11, at 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 4340 West Fort George Wright Drive, PJALS will host Iyad Burnat, one of the leaders of the resistance in Bil’in, Palestine (). Mr. Burnat is in the midst of a speaking tour of the US. He and his wife were our hosts when our May 2012 Interfaith PeaceBuilders delegation to Palestine, that included PJALS member Myrta Ladich and me, stayed in Bil’in. Spokane will have a rare opportunity to meet a man who is deeply engaged in a life and death struggle to end 45 years of military Iyad Burnat and Jimmy Carter occupation of his land, his home, and hear first -hand how a town reacts to confiscation of their farmland and crops by force and without PJALS members attended our showing of compensation. “Cameras” in September and saw some of this Burnat is head of the Bil’in Popular struggle captured by Emad. It was a Committee and a leader in the village’s non- compelling and sometimes painful film, violent popular resistance movement. Since gripping, and very real. 2005 citizens of Bil’in have held weekly Iyad was born in Bil’in in September nonviolent demonstrations against the building of 1973, is married and has four children. He of the Israeli separation wall through the became involved in popular resistance as a community’s agricultural lands, and the steady teenager, and was arrested by the Israeli encroachment of illegal settlements. The military for the first time at age 17. He was demonstrators are joined by Israeli and accused of throwing stones, and imprisoned international peace activists, and have for two years. Since then he has been arrested maintained a commitment to non-violent and imprisoned by the Israeli military several methods of resistance in spite of armed, more times. military opposition that had resulted in many During his 2012-2013 American tour, injuries and some deaths. Iyad will tell the stories of Bil’in and life in These demonstrations are the subject the occupied West Bank, and talk about of the recent award-winning documentary film strategies for non-violent popular resistance “ ”, which was made by with a goal of peace and prosperity for all Iyad’s brother, , who also lives in people. His presentations are accompanied by Bil’in and is also part of the resistance to the photos and videos. military occupation of their land. Many 6 Freedom to Marry: Victory!!! crucial role in winning. by Shar Lichty Many of these conversations occurred during phone banks and canvasses. Local We made history on community members voiced their concerns Nov. 6th, becoming the early on about needing a strong campaign first state to defend the presence in Eastern Washington and our freedom to marry at the voices were heard. We had a local campaign ballot by 53.32% to office and dedicated campaign staff to work 46.68% . We were an with. Phone bank strategies changed as important part of a needed, opportunities increased as we historical night for LGBT approached election day, and volunteer rights and recognition recruitment intensified. Many of us were nationally. contacting voters on election day to remind None of this would have been possible them to vote. Later that evening, we came without a campaign dedicated to organizing in together with the community to watch the Eastern Washington. We had significant gains results come in. One by one, results came in in Eastern WA support from R71 to R74 with affirming we are on the right side of history. the three largest gains being: Garfield County, The cheers from the crowd with each result 5.89% increase; Whitman County, 5.14% was a great finale to eleven months of hard increase; and Spokane County, 4.48% work. increase. The City of Spokane also saw a Thank you for all you did to help us significant 4.37% increase with the larger defend the freedom to marry with your gains coming from the more conservative votes, conversations with friends and districts: District 1, 3.09% increase and family, and volunteer time. Those of us in District 3, 6.37% increase. Eastern Washington were the key to Spokane played another key role in Victory! I hope you are enjoying the benefits Approving R74 with 16 faith leaders publicly of all of our hard work, as I am, through the endorsing the freedom to marry. From their many beautiful stories of loving, committed moving testimony at City couples who are now able to marry. Hall, to the Rally for Love in response to Santorum's visit to Spokane, to the three billboards showing their support, many undecided voters were able to consider another faith perspective than the inaccurate, fear mongering ads the opposition dumped on the local airwaves. Every single message, story and conversation with voters played a Spokane couples celebrate their marriage licenses! Photo: INBA 7 Young Activist Leader reflection: "YALP is my can of spinach" By Alex Golikov, Lewis and Clark High Women, as well as other women’s issues, School, Northwest Alliance for Responsible specifically in education. I have not only been Media inspired by interacting with so many strong, learned, active female leaders, but I have also If I were a male of been inspired by every other member and their my age, I would just own visions and passions, as well as an punch a wall and appreciation for our many similarities and forget the issues that differences. make me an activist. Liz and Shar recently led a YALP Well, I tried, and it workshop focusing on privilege and didn’t work- so I oppression. I have never been so aware of how joined YALP. There is privileged I am as a student growing up in the a large difference states, and how we are not all, in fact, created between being aware, equal. Through team-building, collaborative and being aware with activities followed by active discussion, I was the knowledge of how re-inspired in my involvement in this group to act. YALP has not only provided me with a and new idea of what I was thankful for, just broader awareness of local, national, and in time for thanksgiving. global affairs through the diverse knowledge In just a couple short months, I have pool of our members, but an idea of how to learned more essential information than I have make change that becomes clearer with every in my 17 years combined. I am excited for the meeting. months ahead, and I am thankful for the As a young female and intern at the unique opportunity and great people I am NWARM (Northwest Alliance for having the chance to work with. If Pop-Eye Responsible Media), I have narrowed my were a 6’0’ tall, high-school female, then you, year’s focus on the media perception of YALP, are my can of spinach.

Facing Race, continued from page 4 residents will bring equity to the system and NW Fair Housing Alliance addressed housing; enable the state to maintain investments in Francisco Navarro, a student leader of health care, education and other programs that M.E.Ch.A of EWU, spoke on immigration; are proven to provide opportunity and create Darlene McCarty, a member of PJALS and prosperity for all. WA CAN, told her personal health care story; PJALS anchored the Spokane release of and Reverend Happy Watkins addressed Facing Race. The event was kicked off by Tia criminal justice. See the endorsing Griffin, Washington CAN member, who organizations, the executive summary, and the MC’d the press conference. Dr. Martin Meraz full report visit Washington CAN website at Garcia, Assistant Professor at EWU, spoke on http://washingtoncan.org/reports/ higher education; Marley Hochendoner from Facing_Race.pdf. 8 The Time Is Now: Safe & Just defendants (47% of the time) than white Alternatives to defendants (26% of the time) convicted of the the Death same offense. Race of the victim also plays a Penalty key role with prosecutors seeking the death by Shar Lichty penalty in 28% of cases with one white victim, PJALS' Inland but only 18% of cases with a victim of color. NW Death Penalty When there is a white defendant and a victim Abolition Group of color, the rate is less than 13%. (INDPAG)has been working toward ending As we move into the next legislative the death penalty for decades through raising session, INDPAG is working with SJA toward awareness among the public. The statewide eliminating the death penalty as a sentencing campaign Safe & Just Alternatives (SJA) option for aggravated first-degree murder. The could win legislation to end it soon! campaign is working to secure a hearing in the The death penalty is an unjust, unfair, and House Judiciary Committee and possibly one irrational punishment that does not deter in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Any crime. The death penalty costs tax-payers progress this year will be a success that we more than life imprisonment, with majority of will add to in the upcoming year. INDPAG these extra costs being incurred during the trial has generated over 200 postcards to legislators phase. The death penalty is arbitrary in small calling for repeal. We will be hosting a part due to geography, with smaller counties training on how to speak to legislators on unable to incur the cost, and in large part due Wed. Jan 2 at 5:30pm in the Community to race. Washington's death row currently Building and hope to send a small contingent houses 8 individuals, 4 of which are African to Olympia to participate in a Lobby Day and American males. From Facing Race: 2012 attend the hearing on January 28. For more Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity : In information on INDPAG, the training, or ways Washington, the state is more likely to impose that you can make a difference, please contact a death sentence on African American [email protected]. For more information on the campaign, visit sjawa.org.

Pulling at the Threads, cont from page 1 And these threads are tightly twisted with shootings and which nation feels entitled to our patriarchal cultural understanding of trumpet being "the greatest nation on earth," manhood and masculinity. The "be tough, like more worthy than others of supernatural a man" script has very specific expectations blessings and material control. for participating in violence and aggression, The horrible irony is that our fetishization including dominating others. These of violence makes us more vulnerable, not expectations of masculinity erase the reality of more secure. We provide so many motives for men as nurturing, full human beings, just as retaliation when we bomb wedding parties or much as patriarchal expectations of femininity attack responders to a drone strike. erase women's full humanity. Our fetish of individualism affects how Concepts of whiteness and who is entitled we care for people with developmental to power are thoroughly interwoven as well disorders, mental illness, or disabilities of any and show in the pattern of who commits mass (Continued on page 9) 9 Spokane’s Pax Christi Engages the International Center for Scholars in New National Strategic Narrative Washington D.C., the authors have travelled By Mike Nuess widely and spoken to a broad variety of audiences in an effort to stimulate a national Capt. Wayne Porter, USN, proposes that a dialog centered around rethinking American new world vision and strategies for strategic prosperity and security. security and prosperity that he presents in Mr. Pax Christi-Spokane is the local chapter of Y: A National Strategic Narrative (NSN) Pax Christi USA/International, a Catholic should replace those presented in George movement promoting non-violence, racial and Kennan’s 1946 document, Mr. X: The Sources economic justice, human rights and of Soviet Conduct (http:// environmental restoration through prayer, www.historyguide.org/europe/kennan.html) , spirituality, study and advocacy. which defined the U.S. government’s Cold With its recent conference and ongoing War vision, strategies and tactics still in place efforts, Pax Christi-Spokane has engaged today. Porter’s new NSN and is contributing to the Last April Pax Christi-Spokane and NSN’s effort to “Imagine a New Vision for Gonzaga University’s Departments of Political American Prosperity and Security.” We at Science and Religion hosted Capt. Porter in a PJALS support Pax Christi’s effort. Good one-day conference. See Mr. Y at http:// things will likely come from it. nationalstrategicnarrative.org/ Perhaps NSN will help wrest away the Porter explained the new vision in terms lingering bias about American exceptionalism of the need to respond to new threats requiring that keeps us from fully appreciating what new ways of thinking. For examples, we are humans in other nations and cultures can teach confronted by a global resource crisis where us. Perhaps this will infuse the new vision shortages of food supplies, water and the with the much-needed wisdom that impending demise of fossil fuels challenge us understands no one is safe in today’s world to think of sustainable solutions that bring until all are safe. May the new NSN support a security; we must understand and adapt to an rapidly achievable, sustainable energy extremely turbulent change in climate, which abundance for all nations through deployment will likely affect large populations around the of clean renewable energy technologies. And planet, further impacting strategic and may NSN help support only those sustainable economic security. soil and water practices, and those resource Since the NSN was published last spring and trade policies, that can lead quickly to under the auspices of the Woodrow Wilson abundance for all nations to the exclusion of none. Pulling at the Threads, cont from page 8 kind--or anyone who needs mental health condition that diminishes, dominates, or assistance. It makes us all more isolated and destroys ourselves or others." The "spiral of scared to reveal a need for help. retaliatory violence is often propelled by Violence is best defined as "any physical, social or personal scripts that are enacted in emotional, verbal, institutional, structural, or situations of conflict." spiritual behavior, attitude, policy, or (Continued on page 11) 10 PJALS Tells Senators Murray and percent of income taxes for 2013 will go to- Cantwell: “Money for People, wards Pentagon spending--spending that cre- Not for War!” ates fewer jobs than spending on education, by Josh Neil healthcare and other social services. The fight over the fis- Smedley Butler, former Major General in cal bluff continues to heat up. the Marine Corps, was an out- Members of PJALS, Veterans spoken opponent to war. Bart Haggin per- for Peace, the Progressive De- formed his famous “War is a Racket” speech mocrats, the EWU chapter of at the our rally. General Butler described a MEChA, and leaders in the racket: “A racket is best described, I believe, faith community came to- as something that is not what it seems to the gether to lift our collective majority of the people. Only a small ‘inside’ voice in order to tell Senators group knows what it is about. It is conducted Murray and Cantwell, “Money for People, Not for the benefit of the very few, at the expense for War!” of the very many. Out of war a few people make huge for- tunes.” I think this country has turned into a racket. It has turned from a passionate group of people, fighting towards the “American Dream,” to a coun- try of selfish, wasteful billion- aires and CEOs, set on filling their own pockets until they burst. We deliv- ered signatures from 1,123 com- munity members and 18 organiza- Our country has a choice to make: we can tions from the Spokane area who are urging either work towards prosperity for our work- Senators Murray and Cantwell to lead the way ing families and the middle class (who make in creating jobs for real people, to fight to en- up the majority of our population); or we can sure critical social service don’t lose funding, continue to pour money down the drain, into and to fight to reduce wasteful Pentagon the mouths of the millionaires and CEOs. I spending. “Bring our billions home! Money think the choice is crystal clear. Forty-seven for people, not for war!” 11 Rusty Nelson on Peace and War, continued herself as a champion of wounded and broken from page 3 veterans, but she has never responded to my system to encourage 19th Century pollution in suggestions for ending our habit of wounding China, we should be going to work to and breaking these men and women in the first streamline it, catching up with 21st Century place. transportation in Europe and Japan." Veterans for Peace of Spokane has begun On Wednesday, I hoped to represent a campaign to reveal Veterans for Peace by distilling some of the some of the collateral brilliant insights to which I've been exposed in damage of our the long years since I was a mercenary in the country's endless U.S. Army. I was allotted a generous amount investment in war. of time, considering there were several other We will help bring articulate spokespersons for sanity in federal the film Semper Fi to spending, and I hoped to take fewer than five the Magic Lantern and document military minutes to expand upon Einstein's declaration pollution in "the land of the free and the home that a nation cannot simultaneously prepare of the brave." Chapter #035 will be grateful for war and peace . Betrayed several times by for any information or sources you can share my computer and printer, I was armed with a with us, particularly regarding routine bizarre sample of the speeches I had written, practices at Fairchild Air Force Base which but I was sure I could wing it until I was degrade the elements of our environment. inspired by Liv Larson-Andrews and Todd Please give comments or information to Ekloff, who had preceded me. When I began to anyone in our group or contact us though tell how I was conned into going to war, I PJALS or our facebook page, where we knew I was in trouble, and I went twice as recently posted a Salon.com article which long, and said half as much, as I had planned. documents a few of the more outrageous What I wanted to say is that we can all do distortions and excesses of our military better, especially members of Congress. extravagance. Sensible alternatives to lavish military spending would make our country more secure than war or weaponry ever has. The American people could still benefit from the Peace Dividend, which was arrogantly discarded by Pulling at the Threads, cont from page 9 the first Bush administration, if only the Our discussion, nationally and in our own president and a few other leaders would risk communities, must name and examine all the consulting with peacemakers half as often as threads that make this tapestry of violence in they consult with the Military-Industrial our culture, in our politics, in our world Complex. When I say our country spends on domination, and in economic exploitation. war like a drunken sailor, I know what I'm I hope you will join us on Thursday talking about. I don't have a degree in February 7 for our panel and discussion of economics, but as the nephew and brother of a the culture of violence. couple of swabbies and former commander of (quotes from Engage’s Exploring a platoon of army boats, I'm definitely an Nonviolent Living) expert on drunken sailors. 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