REALCHANGE April 15 – 21, 2020 FREE PANDEMIC EDITION

APRIL 15–21, 2020 n VOLUME 27 NUMBER 16 n REALCHANGENEWS.ORG The city’s simple recipe for proper hygiene

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CIVIL UNREST: Until the pandemic, the world was engulfed in protests over economic inequality | p.4 SPIRITUAL DISTANCING: We celebrate our religious holidays in live-streaming confinement | p.6 REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 2 OPINION April 15 – 21, 2020 April 15 – 21, 2020 NEWS 3 Government surveillance has Hygiene facilities for Seattle’s unsheltered Real Change exists to provide opportunity and a voice for low-income and homeless people while taking action for economic, spread with the covid-19 pandemic have diminished along with plans for more REPORTER’S social and racial justice. NOTEBOOK Real Change offices By ASHLEY ARCHIBALD 219 First Ave. S., Suite 220 By UMBERTO BACCHI where infected people have been. under quarantine. Staff Reporter Bernie bows out Seattle, WA 98104 Guest Writer Identities were not published but the A QR code in the bracelets is meant en. Bernie Sanders announced 206.441.3247, www.realchangenews.org information that was enabled web devel- to pair with a smartphone app to iden- ane Doe starts her day at a food April 8 that he would suspend his he coronavirus pandemic has opers to build detailed maps tracking the tify those who break the 14-day isolation bank to eat. Usually, she’ll go from presidential campaign, making for- BOARD OF DIRECTORS S Yolanda Altamirano, Malou Chávez, pushed governments globally to movements of patients. period. J there to physical therapy or park in mer Vice President Joe Biden the presump- Shelly Cohen, Anitra L. Freeman, impose draconian lockdowns, a spot where she can use her computer tive nominee for the Democratic Party in Matthew Hayashi, Hannah Hunthausen, T Pamela Kliment, Jim Lauinger (President), travel bans and tighter border controls in INDIA THAILAND for schoolwork. On Fridays, after therapy, the November general election. Maria Elena Ramirez, Teresa Reeves, a bid to stem the spread of the contagious People suspected of having the coro- Thailand has rolled out a mobile she heads up to Everett, bringing boxes of While Sanders started strong, more or Mary Riski, Chukundi Salisbury virus. navirus in India have received hand app that anyone arriving at an airport food to a household in need. less tying in the Iowa caucuses and winning EDITORIAL STAFF From China to Russia, containment stamps and are being tracked using their must download to help monitor where “I try to be as useful as possible,” Doe in New Hampshire, Vermont and Nevada, the Staff Reporter Ashley Archibald measures have often come with height- mobile phones and personal data to help they have been in the event that they test said. Real Change agreed to keep Doe tides turned when Biden won South Carolina Editor Lee Nacozy Features Reporter Kamna Shastri ened surveillance, as authorities use enforce quarantines. positive for the virus. anonymous because she is a victim of with considerable support from Black voters. Art Director Jon Williams artificial intelligence (AI) and big data to Government officials are also pulling domestic violence. Biden solidified his lead on Super Tuesday keep tabs on the population, alarming hu- out citizen and reservation data from air- TAIWAN But Doe, a vehicle resident, doesn’t after moderate candidates Pete Buttigieg REAL CHANGE STAFF man rights activists and privacy experts. lines and the railways to track suspected Taiwan is using location data from have a place to do basic things, like take and Sen. Amy Klobuchar simultaneously Circulation Specialist Wes Browning Organizer Evelyn Chow Here is a list of countries’ technology to infections. smartphones to ensure that people who a shower or use the restroom. Compound- dropped out and endorsed him. Volunteer Manager Katie Comboy track and contain the outbreak. are quarantined stay in their homes. The ing the problem, she spends much of her Biden also took Washington state and Managing Director Shelley Dooley SINGAPORE Communications and Development system alerts police when people move time in a wheelchair, rendering it impos- King County by a small margin the week Associate Alexis Estrada CHINA Singapore, which has been using po- away from their address or turn off their sible to use some of the public restrooms before Super Tuesday, further hurting Founding Director Timothy Harris Authorities across China have rolled lice investigators and security cameras phones. in the city. Most of the restrooms built to Sanders’ chances — he had won the state Field Organizer Neal Lampi Vendor Program Manager Rebecca Marriott out “big data” measures, adding to a host to help track suspect carriers, launched Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Photo by Mark White in 2016, before Washington ditched its cau- Lead Organizer Tiffani McCoy of monitoring tools already being used, a contact-tracing smartphone app to al- RUSSIA standards are not open since public build- “It is still safer for me to use Seattle streets as a toilet. I won’t get anyone else’s germs,” wrote cuses, where Sanders excelled. That year, Vendor Case Manager Ainsley Meyer such as facial recognition and phone data low authorities to identify those who have Police in Moscow have used facial ings are closed due to covid-19. Jane Doe. City Auditor found that Seattle needed 224 additional public restrooms to serve Hillary Clinton won the primary election Operations Associate Ari Shirazi Development Director Camilla Walter tracking. been exposed to people infected with recognition technology to catch more than It’s left her with few options. its population. Now there are six open around the clock. but lost the caucus, which was how the These include apps monitoring the coronavirus. 200 people who violated the terms of their “I simply use the streets as my toilet. state allocated delegates. VOLUNTEERS daily temperature of students preparing Records of the encounters will be self-isolation or quarantine. If no one cares about people like me, why Caucuses are notoriously less repre- Editorial Committee Susan Storer Clark, Laura Ditsch, Willie Jones, James Jenkins, Dagmar to return to school or assigning people stored locally on each phone and the should I care about my city anymore?” sentative than primaries because they Matheny, Paige Owens, Tiron Rowe color codes based on their travels, time data will be encrypted. The app will not IRELAND Doe said. responsibility to meet the hygiene needs Some handwashing stations require require people to physically go to a cau-

Contributing Writers Rabbi Olivier BenHaim, spent in outbreak hotspots and exposure access other information, such as a user’s Irish health authorities said the gov- Doe is far from alone. of people experiencing homelessness,” foot pumps to dispense water, which some cus site and line up for their preferred Hanna Brooks Olsen, Wes Browning, to potential carriers of the virus. location, and its functionality will be sus- ernment is to roll out a voluntary phone- With public buildings, private busi- Council President Lorena Gonzalez said. people with disabilities can’t operate. In a candidate. This primary season, Nevada John Helmiere, Michelle Galluzzo, Dave Gamrath, Kelly Knickerbocker, Joe Martin, Patrick “Mac” pended after the epidemic subsides. tracking app to alert users if someone nesses and some homeless shelters shut, “Before covid, our strategy in this space letter to public officials, Doe threatened tried a hybrid model, allowing people to McIntyre, Jill Mullins, Oscar Rosales Castaneda, SOUTH KOREA they have been in contact with develops people experiencing homelessness have was unsatisfactory. The covid emergency to file an ADA complaint. caucus in person as well as indicate their Susan Storer Clark, Megan Wildhood, Mike Wold In South Korea, private software de- HONG KONG even fewer places to use the restroom has made it even more unsatisfactory.” “As a disabled person sleeping in my support remotely. velopers have set up websites and apps to Hong Kong has been handing elec- and shower, leaving a growing mess on That point was underscored by tes- van, I deserve a restroom that is acces- Sanders informed supporters of his Photographers and Artists Alex Bergstrom, See SURVEIL Continued on Page 11 Matthew S. Browning, Sam Day, Natalie Dupille, help people track cases and shun places tronic wristbands to overseas arrivals put the streets of Seattle and a further public timony from outreach workers Jessica sible and meets safety standards. I don’t decision in a live-streamed speech from Jeffrey Few, Valerie Franc, Susan Fried, Seth Goodkind, Derek Gundy, Lisa Hagen Glynn, Lara health hazard that threatens people living Kwon and Dawn Whitson, who work on deserve men walking in on me. I deserve his home in Vermont. He made it clear Kaminoff, Ted Mase, Dave Parish, Joseph Romain, outside. the front lines of the homelessness to be able to wash my hands when I am that while he was exiting the fight for Wes Sauer, Katie Wheeler At a meeting of the City Council’s response and, now, the coronavirus re- done using the bathrooms,” Doe wrote in the nomination, he would stay on future Copy Editors Pamela Bradburn, Mason Duke, DIRECTOR’S CORNER | Timothy Harris, founding director Select Committee on Homelessness & sponse. the letter. “It is still safer for me to use Se- ballots to amass delegates and attempt Merry Nye, Morgan Wegner Housing, service providers and outreach Whitson spoke of a client she found attle streets as a toilet, I won’t get anyone to influence the party platform for the Real Change vendors are resilient Real Change Volunteers Yolanda Altamirano, lief Fund and and St. John’s United Lutheran Church, workers expressed frustration as they who was covered in menstrual blood, else’s germs.” Democratic National Convention. Cathie Andersen, Carla Blaschka, Maridee and grateful for your help Venmo sales the coronavirus has changed everything. told councilmembers of the unsanitary unable to use a restroom or even access The City Council approved $1.3 Although he could not secure the Bonadea, Pamela Bradburn, Chris Burnside, Cathy Clemens, Jim Freier, Candace Gallerani, have made a “People come in one at a time and conditions facing people with no option water to clean herself off. Whitson gave million in its November budget for five nomination this time, Sanders showed Michelle Galluzzo, Anne Jaworski, Carlo Jones, t’s been a rough month at Real big difference, get handed a meal to take away. We’re to go inside and use facilities. the woman a spare pair of her own clean “mobile pitstops” — restroom facilities that ideas he supports, such as Medicare Kevin Jones, Ron Kaplan, Jesse Kleinman, Pamela Kliment, Daniel Kramer, Joe Martin, Change. While electronic paper sales Donald wor- in masks and gloves, and socially dis- The result is that Pioneer Square, sweatpants from her car, because Good- equipped with handwashing stations, For All and the Green New Deal, are ex- Dagmar Matheny, John Maynard, Patrick McIntyre, through Venmo have shot up and gifts ries about the tanced,” Susan said. “They want to talk, the location of many services for people will wasn’t open to get her more clothing. sharps containers and even pet waste tremely popular, especially among young Juan Montes, Carl Nakajima, Eileen Nicol, I Deb Otto, Maria Elena Ramirez, Merri Jo Seil, to our Vendor Relief Fund have helped future if stay but I have to exercise the protocol and experiencing homelessness, is spotted Another client who had recently had disposal areas. There was a stakeholder voters. He used his address to warn the Lawrence Soriano, Susan Storer Clark, Jeremy people cover the basics, our vendors are at home ex- keep the line moving. It’s breaking my with human excrement, said Colleen brain surgery and was missing a quarter meeting in February, before the extent Democratic Party: Pay attention to young Tarpey, Moriah Vazquez, Jed Walsh, Mike Wold desperately awaiting the day they can t e n d s mu c h heart.” Echohawk, the executive director of of his skull had a thick layer of grime on of the coronavirus outbreak was known, voters’ leftward shift or risk losing the next

The Real Change Homeless Empowerment Project is a return to work. longer. Susan and her helpers are taking food Chief Seattle Club, an organization that top of his sutures. in which Real Change Advocacy partici- generation of potential Democratic voters. 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Real Change is a member “It feels like a paid vacation,” says Lisa “I’ve been bank meals to people on the street after provides services to Native people expe- “I could have cut it with a butter knife,” pated — it was Real Change that fought of the North American Street Newspaper Association and the International Network of Street Papers. Sawyer, “except I’m not getting paid.” Af- off the streets thanks to Real Change work. “Everyone here is going above and riencing homelessness. She found out for Whitson said. for and won the money for the hygiene (Don’t) tax the rich ter getting back into housing last spring, for seven years,” he said. “I don’t think beyond,” she said. “I remember eating out herself when she stepped in a bit on her Outreach workers don’t even have facilities. REAL CHANGE ON SOCIAL MEDIA she worries about how long she can hang I could handle going back again. I just of the garbage and know how important way back to her car. hand sanitizer to offer to their clients, But they weren’t purchased in time. he Washington State Supreme on, even with Seattle’s moratorium on don’t have the emotional capacity for this is. Chief Seattle Club is still open and Whitson said. “We are not giving them Staff still needed to be told what the Court refused to take up a case evictions. that.” “I’m lucky. I still have my job. It’s hard offering its restrooms to clients, but staff anything to protect themselves.” mobile pitstops were, despite the fact T about Seattle’s tax on high-in- @RealChangeNews “Last month, I was two days late on Darrell Wrenn, a top-selling vendor to make my bills and I’m at risk, but the has had to limit the number of people in When people experiencing homeless- that they had been deployed in other come individuals, dooming the measure rent and my landlord waived the late fees, in Issaquah, misses his customers at the hardest part is the loneliness, and not the building to protect both staff and the ness suffer such indignities, the housed areas, City Councilmember Lisa Herbold for the time being. so I’m good for now,” said Lisa. “But I’m PCC. The store manager tells him that they being able to connect to people who need people they serve. At all times, only four are affected. said. That left Seattle far behind cities in The city’s attorneys lost at the appeals LETTERS TO THE EDITOR worried about May. Everything I’m able to miss him too. that so much. — two men and two women — are allowed A businessperson in the Chinatown California that rushed to get additional court level and asked the state Supreme Have something to say? Real Change accepts letters scrounge is going to food and rent. We’re “I’m doing fine,” he said. “Not selling “I’m really hurting from the loss of inside to use the restroom. International District told Kwon that it hygiene facilities in the field. Court to take another look in an effort to to the editor. Send them to editor@realchangenews. org or visit realchangenews.org and click all just trying to make it.” papers puts a big dent in my income, but community. The hugs that Real Change There is a desperate need for bath- was up to him to clean up the human Los Angeles and San Francisco have keep the legislation alive. However, the “Write the Editor.” Donald Morehead, a longtime Ballard I’m OK for now. I’m hoping to ride this brings feed my soul. I cry myself to sleep rooms and showers in the area, one that feces around his business, lest it frighten large homeless populations, but even the justices declined to review it. vendor, is also struggling. Like many Real thing out.” at night missing everyone.” the Human Services Department plans to clients off. college town of Berkeley, with only a few City Councilmember Kshama Sawant Change sellers, Donald is on a fixed Social While Darrell is hopeful for himself, While Susan has received some very ameliorate by setting up a hygiene trailer The city has said it is deploying hand- hundred unsheltered homeless people, derided the decision in an April 10 press Security income and can’t make ends meet he worries about others who are more generous support through Venmo, she there. Still, the area — and the city — washing stations and has ordered hygiene had done more. release, calling it a “total abdication of without paper sales. “on the edge” and the “catastrophic” encourages her customers to help all the needs more. trailers to help lessen the crisis. With “Berkeley, with 318 people, has placed responsibility.” “I’ve always appreciated the help,” he economic impact of continued high un- vendors by giving to the Real Change “We need to have a multi-pronged solu- other West Coast cities facing similar double what we have in Seattle, with 5,200 “It is an example of how the establish- said, “and now that I’ve learned I can’t do employment. Vendor Relief Fund. “What we’re doing for tion right now,” Echohawk said. “We have concerns about homelessness and the unsheltered,” Herbold said. ment and the institutions under capitalism without, I appreciate it even more.” Susan Russell, another longtime Real the vendors is just so important. We’re all to do other things.” coronavirus on their streets, Seattle is With both a coronavirus outbreak and primarily protect the greed of the wealthy, Life for Donald has been pared back Change vendor who sells at Ken’s Market going to help each other get through this The lack of public restrooms in Seattle a victim of supply and demand. The 14 a Hepatitis A outbreak in the community, who have profited spectacularly at the to the bare essentials. “I don’t drive in Greenwood, sees that impact at her together.” is not new. In 2018, the city auditor found facilities will cost nearly half a million handwashing facilities and bathrooms are expense of the vast majority of working because I really can’t afford the gas. I’m Phinney Ridge food bank job. For both You can contribute to your favorite that Seattle needed 224 additional public each month to operate, Deputy Mayor more essential than ever. people,” Sawant said. ON THE COVER cutting back on my own food so I can herself and others, the isolation and lone- vendor through Venmo while street sales restrooms to serve its population. Right Casey Sixkiller said. “There is nothing like a pandemic to The measure would have levied a 2.25 Just wash your hands. It’s a simple request to feed my service dogs the way they’re liness of life under quarantine has taken are suspended. now, there are only six facilities open “We’re trying not to let cost be a driver remind people that the health of all of us percent tax on individuals making more help stop the spread of a deadly coronavirus. used to. There’s a lot that I’m paying a big toll. Instructions and a list of vendors by around the clock, and existing maps delin- here — because it shouldn’t — but that is is bound up in the health of all of us,” said than $250,000 and couples making more But if you’re experiencing homelessness in Seattle, where can you do that? The city was attention to now that I didn’t have to While the Phinney Neighborhood As- location are at tinyurl/VenmoVendor. eating where restrooms can be accessed our situation,” Sixkiller said. Alison Eisinger, the executive director than $500,000. n supposed to create more opportunities for proper hygiene — it hasn’t. Ashley Archibald’s report is before.” sociation Hot Meals Program continues to Contributions to the Vendor Relief at certain hours are inaccurate. Even as new facilities come online, of the Seattle King County Coalition on on page 3, illustrated here by Seth Goodkind. While payments from the Vendor Re- operate out of Greenwood Senior Center Fund may be made at bit.ly/VendorRelief. n “We are falling short on our moral they do not work for all people. Homelessness. n — Ashley Archibald REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 4 REALCHANGEApril 15ANALYSIS – 21, 2020 April 15 – 21, 2020April 15 –21, 2020 5 THE DUTY OF DISOBEDIENCE violates the law in order to bring about ence do not question the legitimacy of When we look By MARIA PAPADODIMITRAKIS | Street News Service a change in law or in government government itself but that they have back at the policies.” specific purpose.” In other words, n Chile, the motive was a rise in the cost of the metro fare. In Lebanon, it was a tax appli- past year and the purpose of civil disobedience in cable to calls made through WhatsApp. In Hong Kong, it was legislation that would allow Awakened consciousness modern democracies is not anarchy reflect on the Despite its flaws, the above defi- or the abolition of the regime, but the I the extradition of criminal fugitives in Hong Kong to mainland China. In France, the “yel- nition contains some of the elements attempt to awaken the awareness of high incidence low vests” protested against the rise in fuel prices, the stagnation of salaries, the high cost of that differentiate an act of civil diso- society with regard to a certain issue of protest bedience from any other violation of or demand. “What the dissenters want living and economic inequality. Then there is Extinction Rebellion (XR), the movement born in law. First of all, civil disobedience is is for us to be persuaded; to make us around the the United Kingdom that has now spread around the world. XR members have peacefully blocked not secret, but public and open. “Since act,” is lawyer Dimitris Zotos’s under- the beginning of our action, we have standing of the motives behind acts of world, we five bridges on the River Thames, planted trees in parliament square and glued themselves to the made sure to inform the police of civil disobedience. might be our plans, to cultivate between us a Taking into consideration all of gates of Buckingham Palace while protesting about the climate crisis. If there is something that climate of confidence and, in fact, we the above, it is not surprising that tempted to characterizes the year that has just passed, it is surely the mass demonstrations and people’s see it is working. We believe that we in many discussions about civil can gain more if we cooperate,” said disobedience, the names of Martin label it the political movements that have sprung up around the world. Howard Rees from Great Britain’s Luther King, the leader and spokes- year of civil XR movement said. Second, civil dis- person of the Civil Rights Movement, Just like that, civil disobedience obedience is peaceful and civilized. and Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of disobedience. has resurfaced in modern societies Above all, that is the meaning of the the national movement for Indian and discussions around this issue word “civil.” Other key features are independence from the British, are But the act have burst forth again. Civil disobe- that those who participate are fully often the first to be mentioned. King of citizens dience is no longer something that aware of what they are doing and will- himself defined his actions as civil we read about in the pages of history ing to accept any legal consequences disobedience and believed that they protesting books or something linked to key that may arise. “By doing so, they were a superior form of faith in the moments in world history. When prove their general faith to the law law: They aimed to bring the positive against thinking about the recent past, we and the sincerity of their intentions,” law — the human law —closer to the injustice is might think of the return of millions Koukouzelis explained. “‘One who vio- natural — the divine law. King wrote of conscription cards to recruitment lates a law that his consciousness tells that “there are fair laws and unfair. an ancient offices in the United States as people him is injustice and willingly accepts Everyone has both a legal and moral in wider society engaged in an act of the punishment, by staying in prison obligation to obey fair laws and, vice one that has resistance against the war in Vietnam. in order to raise the consciousness versa, everyone has a moral obligation brought about Or, we might think about the “Can’t of the community against injustice, to disobey unfair laws. An unfair law pay! Won’t pay!” campaign in Britain expresses, in reality, the greatest is not a law.” Gandhi may never have societal that made it impossible for the govern- respect for the law,’ writes Martin defined himself as engaging in acts ment to collect the poll tax imposed Luther King in his famous letter from of civil disobedience; however, the change by Thatcher’s government and that Birmingham’s prison.” Finally, the peaceful course of action that he fol- throughout culminated in it being abolished. And element of civil disobedience that lowed, which he defined as satyagra- what about Nelson Mandela’s fight Photo by Lachlan Macnish seems to be particularly powerful is ha — determined and nonviolent the ages and against apartheid in South Africa? Extinction Rebellion protesters are chained together in Melbourne in October. that its motive is noble, not humble. resistance to evil — could be likened When we trace the history of civil “The purpose of civil disobedience to a form of civil disobedience. “The was part disobedience back to its origins, the is to overturn a law or a practice that disobedience of citizens is a sacred of the common starting point is Ancient individual consciousness and political University of Crete. “Thoreau was trespasses on fundamental rights duty when power becomes unlawful Greece. Texts such as Plato’s So- obligation. not anti-taxation; he believed that — for example, the ones defined by and corrupted,” Gandhi argued. philosophical cratic dialogues and “Antigone” by through paying these taxes, he would the European Convention of Human The practice of civil disobedience Sophocles show individuals engag- Individual resistance be contributing to the injustices of his Rights — rather than peoples’ person- is often not without problems. Spe- discourse ing in reflection on the relationship “The basis for the doctrine of civil government. ‘In a regime that impris- al, everyday interests,” said Giorgos cialists in this area draw our attention in Ancient between law and morality in a time disobedience was put in place by the ons unjustly, the position of a moral Balias, who is a lawyer and assistant to three points: Firstly, civil disobedi- before the concept of civil disobe- American Henry David Thoreau, both man is also in prison,’ he wrote.” professor at Charokopio University. ence can prove divisive in a society; Greece. dience was formed. These texts are in his essay ‘Civil Disobedience’ and The interesting thing about Tho- Beyond its classic definition, how- secondly, as a result, citizens may often presented as providing models in his refusal to pay taxes as a means reau’s attitude is that he himself had ever, many theorists argue that civil resort to civil disobedience in order The act of of disobedience against an unjust of complaining about the war of his never been wronged; he was reacting disobedience should be a collective to achieve any change; and, thirdly, its protesting power and exploring the conflict government against Mexico, an act to the injustice being experienced by action or that it should be the ultimate systematic practice carries the risk of between the unwritten law (natural for which he was imprisoned,” said other people. “Through the examples means of protest and be chosen when disorder as it could encourage more against civil law) and the law of people (positive Kostas Koukouzelis, assistant pro- in his writing, he shows us about we have exhausted all other legiti- generalized disobedience against the law) that limits the space between fessor of political philosophy at the individual resistance and makes it mate means of defence. There are also institutional bodies of the state. And injustice might clear that he has autonomy as a citi- those who disagree with the central it goes without saying that the pun- be against zen and thus the right to fight against idea of non-violence within the doc- ishment of those engaging in acts of injustice,” Alexandros Sakellariou, a trine of civil disobedience; they feel civil disobedience can be detrimental the law, but is doctor of sociology and member of that the principle of proportionality to their future efforts. the board of directors of the Greek should be applied in certain situations Inevitably, the debate over civil the greatest Human Rights Association, explained. and that the disadvantages associated disobedience goes beyond whether means that “Thoreau’s actions are based on his with a violent act do not outweigh its such a course of action is right or not. personal morals. He places the indi- advantages. It is part of a wider conversation about citizens have vidual’s consciousness in a central respect for justice, democracy and the position.” Social awakening principle of majority. when it comes Although Thoreau is considered Andrei Marmor, professor of phi- In relation to the first question, the to protecting the father of civil disobedience, no- losophy of law at Cornell University, answer is simple: Civil disobedience is where in his work does he define it or clarifies the fact that in acts of “civil not a recognized right. “It is, however, ethics and speak of collective action. The person disobedience, there is not necessarily an ethical political principle that helps who tried to define and systematize a link between the violated law and interpret laws,” Balias clarified. The justice. civil disobedience was John Rawls, the law to be changed. The people fact that civil disobedience is not re- who was perhaps the greatest polit- who close roads to protest are not ferred to in legal texts does not mean ical philosopher of the 20th century. usually protesting against road traffic that society and representatives of Photo by Norbu Gyachung Photo by Norbu Gyachung According to its classic definition, codes. They use this act as a means of the legal system do not differentiate Thousands of Yellow Vest protesters in Paris in February 2019 marched for lower fuel taxes, reintroducing the solidarity tax on wealth, a “civil disobedience is a public, non-vi- promoting awareness of their goals.” minimum wage increase and Emmanuel Macron’s resignation as the president of France. A fire burns in a Paris street as Yellow Vests protest for lower fuel taxes. olent, conscious political act which He adds that “acts of civil disobedi- CIVIL Continued on Page 12 REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 6 REALCHANGEApril 15 FEATURE– 21, 2020 April 15 – 21, 2020April 15 – 21, 2020 7 “As much as we have been struggling and are frustrated by constraints in place from social distancing, in many ways it has opened up another level and dynamic of community.”

— Rabbi Daniel Weiner

Photos by Jon Williams, Ashley Archibald and Lee Nacozy SIGNS OF THE TIMES Religious holidays during a pandemic: a live-stream of prayer and faith

on March 23 threw their processes into Easter came and went on Sunday, April grab-and-go meals and financial help for day than they had the previous week, said also looking for translators to make their “You start to think about all of the By ASHLEY ARCHIBALD | Staff Reporter overdrive. Now it wasn’t just services that 12, with unusual silence. Under normal cir- people tight on funds for life essentials Aneelah Afzali, the executive director of request forms accessible for people who people who are hungry that do not have the one could find through the Zoom online cumstances, Christians come to churches like medications and housing. Religious maps-amen, the American Muslim Empow- speak Spanish, Somali and other languages. choice to fast. In this sense, we tend to give emple De Hirsch Sinai is a striking, white building set in Capitol meeting platform or streaming on Face- for Maundy Thursday, which commemo- organizations such as Catholic Community erment Network. In Seattle, the Islamic Circle of North more and help more, because it’s waking book Live. Spiritual classes and community rates the Last Supper before Jesus Christ’s Services are coming up with creative ways “We have been seeing this exponential America (ICNA) has been holding meals us up,” he said. Hill, a major gathering space for the Jewish community that once building shifted to the virtual space as well. execution; Good Friday, the day he died; throughout the county to maximize shelter, growth,” she said. “The same way the virus every Saturday at the fountain near the thrived in the area due to historical marginalization. Normally, The temple set up a special Facebook and Easter Sunday, when God raised him meal provision and social distancing for has been growing exponentially, we’ve seen Pioneer Square light rail station for people A defining era T page, separate from its main page, so that from the dead. people experiencing homelessness who are that growth in demand.” experiencing homelessness and works with Each faith community derives lessons congregants gather there for prayers and community, particularly now in congregants could hang out together, pass- Easter Sunday is one of two days in sheltering under their roofs. Muslim-led organizations throughout local grocery stores to package and deliver and meanings from the disaster that the the holy time of Passover, the celebration of the liberation of the Jewish ing messages and entertaining one another. the church calendar, alongside Christmas, No one is spared from the impact of the community and the nation are similarly boxes of necessities to people who can’t coronavirus represents. Some see it as a “There was a challah bake-off (a ritual where pews are packed with families. the coronavirus, whether they lose a loved stepping up. Homegrown networks are pop- make it to the store or can’t afford grocer- challenge, a test of faith and right action people from oppressive Egyptian rule. bread bake-off). Maybe a matzo-throw- Children run about in their pastel finery, one, become ill themselves or suffer from ping up next to larger, institutional actors, ies due to limited income or job loss. That that will leave the world better than when down,” Senior Rabbi Daniel Weiner said. searching for Easter eggs filled with candy, the loneliness, Ramos said. Finding ways mobilizing many congregants who want to work has started to become more difficult it started. But these are not normal times. their most important celebrations and re- “People are coming up with all kinds of a coin or another small treat. to overcome the pain of separation is part help one another. — finding basics like flour and sugar during The moment is bound up in the Passover Rather than come together in song and membrances of the year during this time: crazy stuff. They’re generating new expres- None of this is possible under social dis- of keeping the faith. Dina Al-Bassyiouni isn’t used to sitting self-isolation is challenging, at best. message, said Rabbi Weiner. The Hebrew prayer, worshipers sat at home, watching marking the freedom of the Jewish people, sions of community.” tancing — there are few better vectors for “That is, in itself, a heroic and faithful around with free time. She found herself Giving back to the community is an word for Egypt is close to another that sig- a livestream of Rabbi Callie Schulman and the resurrection and ascension of Jesus The temple organized call lists so germs than sitting side-by-side in pews or act to support one another by maintaining saddled with a lot of it when the University integral part of the Islamic faith. There is nifies “that which constrains us.” The virus musician Chava Mirel as the pair guided Christ and the gift of the Quran from God that people could check in on their fellow having small children putting their grubby physical distance and connecting with one of Washington shut down the dental clinic nothing more important than the preserva- is a very real constraint on community as them through Friday evening services. to the Prophet Mohammed. worshipers, bringing people together who little fingers all over plastic eggs. another virtually in new ways and main- where she trains. A friend stumbled across tion of life, said Farid Sulayman, outreach well as individual freedoms and desires. At one point, Schulman reaches over to The threat of the deadly coronavirus might otherwise not have interacted even taining the link that binds us together as a a Seattle-area mutual aid network, and they coordinator with ICNA in Seattle. “It inspires and empowers us to find light the Shabbat candle. has disrupted these celebrations, forcing when they sang and contemplated the Religious rally community,” Ramos said. “Not just as a faith decided to set one up for the East Side. “If you kill one life, it’s like killing all of new ways to operate that provide new av- “I’m in the romper room, so we have our people to stay apart, to break with com- lessons of the Torah alongside one other. “From my vantage point, it’s at the community, but a wider community that is “We started off receiving maybe one or humanity. If you save one life, you save all of enues for freedom and connection,” he said. electric version tonight,” Schulman says, munity in order to preserve it. A pause in Members who feel secure going to the congregational level where the rubber going through this together.” two request a day at max,” Al-Bassyiouni humanity. This is what the Quran teaches us,” Faith can assure that “this too shall turning the device over to flip a switch on the religious gatherings does not mean a ces- grocery store gather supplies for those in meets the road,” said Michael Ramos, the For the Muslim Association of Puget said. “Three weeks in, we had 30 to 40 Sulayman said. “Helping our neighbors, fami- pass.” Someday, the virus will be con- bottom. A small lightbulb flickers into life. sation of worship, however. greater danger of the disease. executive director of the Church Council Sound (maps), the coronavirus meant shut- requests a day.” lies and friends — this is what pleases God.” trolled, and then gone, as humanity has Faith communities are innovating, find- “As much as we have been struggling of Greater Seattle. “Religious leaders and ting down Friday prayers and a wider need Roughly 170 people have signed up to In just a few weeks, the holy month of defeated so many diseases in the past. That Brought together ing new ways to congregate and provide and are frustrated by constraints in place clergy are providing different means of for the organization’s charitable work. volunteer, helping people across a vast Ramadan will begin, during which time sentiment fits good times as well as bad. Springtime is a crucial holiday for the spiritual succor as they ramp up efforts to from social distancing, in many ways it has spiritual support, worship and coming As the realization of the severity of the swath of the East Side. People may not be Muslims fast while the sun is up, refusing “When we are celebrating wonderful three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christi- provide material support to people in need. opened up another level and dynamic of together virtually. Hundreds of clergy are virus hit, maps launched a comprehensive able to do deliveries, but there is a use for food and water until the evening. Ramadan times together, they are also transient, anity and Islam. Between Passover, Easter Temple De Hirsch Sinai already community,” Weiner said. doing the same thing. It’s not just one place, response. The first week, they received each person’s talents. Some are rustling is the time that people in the Islamic com- fleeting,” Weiner said. “We have to double and the holy month of Ramadan, each of streamed its services online, but the “stay Christian churches are finding similar but literally hundreds.” a large response. The next week, they up donations, others writing grants to munity step up even more, give back even down on the blessings and gifts that we take the three faith communities has some of at home” order delivered by Gov. Jay Inslee joinders. Congregations are putting together received more requests for assistance in a institutions to fund their work. They’re more, Sulayman said. for granted, because those also pass.” n REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 8 ARTS April 15 – 21, 2020 April 15 – 21, 2020 OPINION 9

BOOK REVIEW: ‘We Lived Here: Stories from Seattle’s Central Area’ THE MIDDLE GROUND | By Sam Day Intersectional Interviews by Madeline Crowley | 2019 | Chin Music Press | 215 pages | $17.95 Idealism

People who grew up in Seattle’s first Jill Mullins diverse neighborhood remember Fighting to make sense THE CENTRAL DISTRICT’S in a senseless moment

t is a challenging thing to decide ORIGINAL what to write about in the middle of I this pandemic. How do I add to the thoughtful conversation already published by Real Change and in so many other out- LANDSCAPE lets? The best I can do is amplify the voices of smarter and more eloquent people. Review by MIKE WOLD | Contributing Writer Kimberlé Crenshaw, the critical race 5 feminist scholar who coined the term “in- eattle’s historically diverse Central Area (also called tersectional feminism,” has had the where- Gas Works 520 the Central District or the CD) is being transformed Park withal to host vital conversations exploring S by development and an influx of wealthier people — the inequalities this pandemic highlights: predominantly white people. Appropriately, there’s increas- “Under the Blacklight: The Intersectional ing effort to document what is being lost in our city, both Vulnerabilities that covid Lays Bare.” in terms of history and community. “We Lived Here” is one In discussing the reality that people of those efforts. It is mostly a straightforward collection of color, particularly Black people, are of interviews of longtime CD residents, including Blacks, dying at higher rates from covid-19 (per whites and Asian Americans, many of whom grew up there, Mother Jones in Chicago, Black people some as long ago as the 1930s or 1940s. The list includes are 32 percent of the population, and 69 well-known Seattleites, including Elmer and Aaron Dixon, Volunteer percent of the people who have died from Bob Santos, DeCharlene Williams, Judge Richard Jones and Park the illness), Dorothy Roberts made the Cecile Hanson. profound and yet obvious point: In the memories of the oldest residents, the CD was 99 “There is a common ideology in science, remarkably multi-ethnic. There were people with Japanese, in general, that race and gender and its Chinese and Filipino ancestry, as well as a large Jewish combination are risk factors. No, it’s racism community and the African Americans who would become and patriarchy that are the risk factors that the majority by the late 1960s. There was a reason for this, Black women disproportionately experi- of course — many parts of the city excluded people of color, ence. It’s not that we are the risk factors.” especially Black people, who in any case only started ar- Our curve is inconveniently lopsided This crisis is playing out unequally on so riving in large numbers in Seattle in the 1940s; in addition, many levels. The people we pay low wages, 5 property values were low in the neighborhood, and it was E. Pine St. marking them as expendable, are being possible for people of color to buy their houses, aided by a Madrona and telling. Plus, I hate statistics defined as essential. Our societal structure local credit union in the 1940s and the Black-owned Liberty means these people are drafted more than Bank established in 1960. This in turn provided an unusual lattening the curve! Flattening in bombers. The very fact you succeeded volunteering to be our heroes. They do not stability to the community. CENTRAL DISTRICT the curve! in getting a Gaussian distribution means have the wealth to choose whether to come A common thread in many interviews is the positive ex- SEATTLE F We shall come rejoicing, flat- you can’t see what, if anything, the students in to work, but must in order to survive, even perience children had in the 1940s and 1950s growing up in a tening the curve! learned from your teaching. For all you know, if it ends up making them sick. relatively integrated neighborhood. As former Black Panther Our whole country is playing limbo Adventures the scores are randomized because your stu- Elderly people, people with disabilities Elliott Bay Lake leader Aaron Dixon puts it, “we had friends of all ethnici- 23rd Ave. Washington with hospital capacity as the bar. in Irony dents came to you with random knowledge and people with underlying conditions or ties ... It was like a cocoon. We were almost protected from I do love a curve. One of my earliest of the course material, and all you’re seeing morbidities are the people, in the crisis of E Yesler Way what was going on in the outside world.” Some interview- memories was seeing Koko Head Moun- Dr. Wes Browning is their demographic randomness. equipment, who are thought of as the most ees recall their sadness as Japanese families around them Leschi tain in Oahu, Hawaii, from the coast. I had a math teacher in middle school expendable. However, it is against the law were rounded up during World War II and sent to detention To your left the mountain rises steeply at planes returning from raids and see who taught nothing whatsoever. He as- to discriminate in providing treatment, camps. Several of those interviewed said the formation of toward a summit, just like the curves of where all the bullet holes were, thinking, signed homework, collected previous but it is so prevalent right now that the friendships across racial lines contributed to a reduced level infected numbers observed in a pandemic, “We’ll add armor only where the planes assignments and spent the remaining U.S. Department of Health and Human of racial tension and repression in Seattle in the 1960s, as such as ours. are getting hit.” class time, 45 minutes, talking about im- Services had to issue a reminder. compared with most large U.S. cities. 4th Ave. S At the summit it flattens off, reaching Sure enough, there was a clear pattern provements he was making to his Mercer Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, There was racism, of course. Police still harassed young a highest point. After that, it drops off to the bullet holes. The Germans couldn’t Island house. He was so proud of the nice non-binary and people all over the queer

Black men and the neighborhoods closest to Lake Washing- 14th Ave. S 90 just like it rose up, and the whole curve seem to hit the nose of a plane. Mostly, bell curves he got on his tests. He was spectrum have long been discriminated ton — generally east of 34th Avenue, in people’s memories — looks like the familiar bell curve we’ve they punctured the wings. So, they added oblivious to the fact that his test results against in medical treatment and in health were all-white. They were kept that way by racial covenants. seen so often. armor to the undersides of the wings. were a test of his teaching; the fact that insurance. Yet, some Christian fundamen- And while Black kids may have played with white kids on the I just lied. No, it doesn’t drop off the The punchline: A mathematician he always got such nice bell curves consis- talist groups would rather not serve any- street, they weren’t necessarily welcome in white homes, as way it rose up. The curve isn’t symmetric stepped up and pointed out that, since tently demonstrated his failure to teach. one in this pandemic than have to provide Mona Lake Jones discovered one day when her white friend about the peak. What you actually see is a they were only seeing the planes that All my life I’ve had people say to me, services to the LGBTQ community. Karen brought her home to her mother: “‘Is this Mona? Is 99 slower descent than the rise. You see what returned, their sampling was incomplete. “Hey, you’re good at math, right? Help me We are seeing a continuation of the this whose house you’ve been playing at every day?’ And she appears to be a gently sloping plateau. Planes were getting hit those other places, win at gambling.” They want tips on beat- threats to our democracy. Instead of extend- jerked her [Karen] through the door and slammed the door.” 5 Which, if you’ve paid attention to and not coming back. ing the odds. ing the deadline for mail-in ballots to be As the movement for civil rights grew in the 1960s, there what various experts have said regarding That story illustrates a great pitfall of Usually, I say to bet on horses, the returned, even though many ballots had not was a major change in the makeup of the Central Area — the spread of the novel coronavirus, is statistical reasoning. Statistics is about stock market or elections, where you even been sent to voters, Wisconsin’s Repub- first, because the Fair Housing Act made it possible for just the sort of curve they predict. Their measuring what you don’t know. Get too can get an edge up on others by knowing lican legislature insisted on an April 7 dead- middle-class Black people to buy houses and move outside Panther leadership as children — and, for those who did these are memories, and memories can sometimes be statistical models show a steep rise to a good at it and you can easily forget to keep things. line. A decision upheld by four members of the area and, second, because perceived racial tension also not support them, there was still a level of understanding. inaccurate. peak, followed by a slow descent as more looking for new knowledge. But, really, the best approach is to U.S. Supreme Court. Voters had to choose caused many Asian American and white families to move Many Japanese Americans contributed to the group, and It’s also clear that Crowley was not a dispassionate and more people survive the disease with Take “grading on the curve.” Above, start your own casino or insurance com- between their health and democracy. to other neighborhoods. The movement of Black people Bob Santos, a Filipino American, gave them space to meet interviewer. Judging from her questions, she led the some immunity, and their presence in the I alluded to the bell curve, aka, the trun- pany, or become a bookie or stock broker Naomi Klein argues that in moments of across red-lining boundaries was not without resistance; at a Catholic community center. The people interviewed also interviews in various ways — often, for example, citing population gradually reduces the rate of cated Gaussian distribution. — those profit most from gambling profit crisis, the ideas that are available rise to one progressive white homeowner on the east side of 34th spoke of the positive programs the Panthers put together in another interviewee’s opinions about topics that inter- spread of new cases. Teachers love tests that result in on other people’s risk-taking. be policies. Corporations are at the ready Avenue recalls his neighbors urging each other to “hold the Seattle, one even saying that the group had “shamed” the ested her before asking a question. The number of stories I love math but can’t stand statistics. scores that fall along a bell curve. It’s a Not everything is random. We learned to weaken environmental and worker line” by not selling to Black people. Fordie Ross, a lay leader government into providing more social services. also seems to fall off after the 1960s, though there is a I hate statistical modeling. cinch to grade such tests. Grade by per- last week that up to four times as many protections. She also points out that we in the Presbyterian Church, recalls that when his Madrona Crowley’s 19 interviews, even edited, give a feel for notable interview with a hip-hop artist who grew up in My favorite statistics story: In World centiles. Let the top 10 percent get A’s, Black Americans as white Americans who are in a better place now than the 2008 congregation was merged with a nearby white one, almost the unvarnished opinions of Central Area residents. the neighborhood in the 1990s. War II, the Royal Air Force became the bottom 10 percent fail, the next high- tested positive for the coronavirus have died recession. We have a $15/hour minimum all the white parishioners went elsewhere. This lends a feeling of authenticity. Still, the book could Altogether, this is an interesting collection. It’s a series alarmed at how many of their planes were est and lowest 20 percent get B’s and D’s from it. I’m betting that’s not random. n wage movement. We have health care as Still, ties across ethnic and racial lines meant that even benefit from a summary historical narrative and a time- of snapshots from people’s memories — intriguing, but also getting shot down by the Germans. They respectively and the remaining 40 percent a human right movement. We have an op- radical groups like the Black Panthers had supporters in line of major events to compare against the interviews. raising questions about what else was happening during that thought maybe the planes needed more clustered in the middle get the C’s. Sound off to Dr. Wes: portunity to create the world we want to other ethnic communities, including with a few people in Also, knowing the ages of the interviewees would help time. It will likely spark readers to look for more information armor. But too much armor, and the planes The problem with all this is analogous [email protected] see on the other side of this life-changing government. Many of the interviewees recall knowing the in placing their stories in time. Crowley cautions that about this unique neighborhood. n couldn’t fly. Someone got the idea to look to the problem with counting bullet holes pandemic, but we have no time to waste. n REALCHANGE REALCHANGE 10 CROSSWORD April 15 – 21, 2020 April 15 – 21, 2020 FEATURE 11

Whaaatever! 80° 60° SURVEIL Continued from Page 2 Puzzle by Patrick “Mac” McIntyre pany is sharing with authorities results

40° from an application using data to map the ACROSS COVID-19. movements of groups of people. 1 ____ M a r y p a s s 20° DOWN Originally developed to study traf- 5 Bug on the windshield sound 1 “Siddhartha” author Hermann ____ Equator GEORGIA fic congestion and people flows around 10 All ____ (What a G rating means) 2 Had a home-cooked meal (2 wds.) (3,2) The Georgian government said it busy tourist sites, the tool is now in use 14 Sicilian erupter 3 Like some gases 20° 15 Call from a stall 4 Like winter wear and most tall cakes was using drones to monitor a strict to assess the effectiveness of lockdowns 16 Back of the neck 5 NBC skit/parody/music show that 40° lockdown it imposed over two southern and other social distancing measures to 17 “Ciao!” (3 wds.) (3,2,5) produced Jimmy Fallon and Seth 60° regions after a woman who attended a fight the virus. 19 One that might throw shade on you? Meyers (Abbr.) 80° wake there tested positive for the virus. 20 Fathered 6 Pinnacle ISRAEL 21 Numbers game 7 Dietary, in ads BULGARIA The Israeli government deployed cell- 22 Emulated Pinocchio 8 List of discussion/decision items The Bulgarian parliament has granted phone-monitoring technology enabling 23 Trick someone into committing a 9 Intentionally lose, as a competitive NO SALES ON THE crime so as to justify their prosecution match the army the right to help curb movement the Shin Bet security service to tap into (PARENT anagram) 10 Common sight on hunting lodge walls STREET: A TIMELINE of people in large groups and allowed the cellular data to retrace the movements of 25 Dork (RENTALS anagram) authorities to use mobile operators’ traffic the infected. 27 Printer’s list of typos and other errors 11 19th-century Italian patriot of note Swiss street paper Surprise compiled a timeline of when members of the Inter- data to track those put under quarantine. The data, customarily used for anti- 30 What Astroturf aspires to be 12 Duel tool terrorism, will be used by the Health Min- 33 Happy national Association of Street Papers decided whether to ask vendors to stop 13 Gardener’s spring purchase FRANCE istry to locate and alert those who have 36 “How adorable!” 18 Sixth Jewish month selling the newspapers directly. Vendors of a handful of publications continue 37 Some bridal paths? Police in the French Riviera city of been in their vicinity, the government said. 24 Says grace, e.g. to sell on city streets, while some are still printing physical copies that are sold 38 Car makers’ labor org. (Abbr.) 26 Auspices: (Var.) Nice are using a drone to blare health 39 Something many people do before 28 Shock’s partner in bookstores and supermarkets. The majority have turned to online and digital warnings to residents walking the streets. BRAZIL Easter Sunday (2 wds.) (3,4) 29 Pipsqueak editions, including Real Change. Armed with a loudspeaker, the drone Brazilian wireless carrier TIM Partici- 41 Patriotic women’s org. (Abbr.) 31 Chair whirs above some of the city’s most pacoes SA said it has partnered with Rio 42 Equilibrium 32 Cold War entities until 1991 (Abbr.) By SARA WINTER SAYILIR March 20 popular locations, reminding citizens of de Janeiro’s City Hall for data analysis that 44 Pi follower 33 Burst of wind Surprise • Hempels, Kiel, Germany the government’s order to stay indoors will help authorities track displacement 45 Takes a 31-Down 34 Plaster base • Megaphone, Vancouver, Canada except to buy food, go to work or seek and concentration of people in areas af- 46 Pulsate 35 What an absent-minded person lacks 47 “Guest of honor” at a seance 37 Ancient Greek marketplace February 28 • Streetvibes, Cincinnati, Ohio medical help. fected by the outbreak. 49 Art supporter? 39 First claim, in slang • Scarp de’ tenis, Italy • Ocas”, Sau Paulo, Brazil This should allow the city to identify 51 Battery terminals 40 Phone dial trio ITALY mobility trends across neighborhoods and SOLUTION 55 Quaker leader William 43 Politer form of “SOB” (2-3-2) March 10 March 23 In Italy, mobile carriers have offered ultimately assess whether the population 57 Copenhagen resident 45 Rat, in old gangster movie lingo • zebra., South Tyrol, Italy • Kippe, Leipzig, Germany authorities anonymous and aggregated is respecting social isolation measures 60 Hanna-Barbera creations, for short All in it 47 TV’s Buffy, for one • Hecho en Bs. As., Buenos Aires, • Straatnieuws, Den Haag/Rotterdam, data to monitor people’s movements, taken to contain the disease. Together 61 Was in debt 48 The I in IBM (Abbr.) 62 Facial expression often seen by parents Argentina Netherlands while respecting Europe’s privacy laws. April 8 Issue 50 Swelling of teens...with a literal demonstration 52 “Nothing ___!” (“Forget it!” alternative) • Big Issue North, Manchester, U.K. The hard-hit Lombardy region is us- UNITED STATES Donate an old car to in 17- and 39-Across (3-7) 53 Film composer Morricone March 12 • The Big Issue, U.K. ing the data to see how many people are Google sister company Verily launched Solutions to 6 4 ____ i s m o r e 54 Army E-6s (Abbr.) • Homeward Street Journal, • Street Sheet, San Francisco, California observing a strict lockdown. a website inviting adults in northern Cali- this week’s 65 Ease into a traffic lane 55 Game on horseback Sacramento, California • One Step Away, Philadelphia, fornia to answer questions about their re- REAL CHANGE 66 “What’s ___ for me?” (2 wds.) (2,2) puzzle 56 Pitcher • Asfalt, Stavanger, Norway Pennsylvania GERMANY cent health and travel that could result in 67 Estimator’s phrase (2 wds.) (2,2) will appear 58 Dork Germany, like Italy, is using aggre- their getting a free coronavirus test. 1.877.537.5277 68 Zeal 59 Thus (Lat.) in the March 13 March 24 gated data donated by Deutsche Telekom Verily said people’s responses would realchangenews.org/index.php/site/giving 69 Prima donna problems 63 Contraction missing a “v” next issue. • =Oslo, Norway • Mi Valedor, Mexico City, Mexico to get insights into whether people are be kept in an encrypted database and • Sorgenfri, Trondheim, Norway • Spare Change News, Cambridge, complying with curbs on movements. shared with health care authorities. n • Kupfermuckn, Linz, Austria Massachusetts • Street Roots, Portland, Oregon • Ireland’s Big Issue, Dublin, Ireland AUSTRIA Courtesy of Reuters / Thomson Reuters Streaming to stay sane • 20er, Innsbruck, Austria • The Big Edition, Kamloops, Canada Austria’s largest mobile phone com- Foundation / INSP.ngo March 14 March 25 Almost all King County events are canceled, so we’re listing streaming events for optimal physical distancing • Kralji Ulice, Ljubljana, Slovenia • Iso Numero, Finland • StreetZine, Dallas, Texas • Liceulice, Belgrade, Serbia pick up the Syrian Pomegranate Dip — lentil loaf will be the star, so push your coming musicians and add something • Real Change, Seattle, Washington April 20-May 13 it will change your life; feel free to let banana loaf (which truly has been get- new to your routine — and it’s a fun March 16 the Board of Trustees know that when ting way too much lockdown attention) date night idea! Sofar Sounds reminds • Shedia, Greece March 26 OPEN DOORS you catch them on Zoom! aside and get ready to try something us that things that brought us together Youth in Focus: Spring Core Classes • bodo, Bochum/Dortmund, Germany • Street Sense Media, Washington D.C. new. Cooking with dried goods doesn’t before all of this can still bring us to- Check website for class times. $25 sug- have to be daunting or intimidating! gether during. Happy listening! • BISS, Munich, Germany LGBTQ NOW MOVING ONLINE! gested donation, ages 13-19 Get ready to have fun. • Strassenkreuzer, Nuremberg, Ger- March 27 Email [email protected] for the Zoom tinyurl.com/ucnhc9n Friday, April 24 many • The Big Issue, Australia JOB FAIR link, or check LGBTQ Allyship's Youth in Focus is committed to creativ- The Works: Seattle • Asphalt, Hanover, Germany • The Big Issue South Africa ity and community through pho- Cinema Queerantine Various Dates Go to link for info; varying prices • Lice v Lice, Skopje, North Macedonia Facebook page tography. The current three classes Fridays, 1-1:30 p.m., Facebook Live tinyurl.com/r9rzroq • Apropos, Salzburg, Austria April 1 focus on stop motion, loneliness and Presentations from Seattle employers photography, and storytelling through tinyurl.com/tmamlg6 Jet City Improv The Works is a space that used to • Abseits, Osnabrück, Germany • marie, Vorarlberg, Austria photography, and all you need is a Every Friday, Mocha James Herrup Varying dates, donations encouraged, Face- bring people together in a little studio • Zeitschrift der Strasse, Bremen, • CAIS, Lisbon, Portugal Preparedness workshops at 2 and 4pm smartphone camera. The classes are will host a show in real time on Face- book Live to learn new skills. It was part sum- Germany mer camp, part informative and all all pay-what-you-can and suitable for book Live, talking all things cinema. jetcityimprov.org • Peatón, Puira, Peru April 6 anyone who is age 13-19. If you know It might be an understatement to say very lovely. The bad news, which you Presentation on disability rights at 3pm by we’ve all been watching a lot of movies Jet City has been making Seattle laugh already know, is that we can’t just head • StreetWise, Chicago, Illinois someone who fits the bill and is inter- since 1992, and the enduring theater ested in photography or simply looking lately, so check out this show to keep over now to their studio for a lesson on March 17 Kimberly Meck from the Alliance for People with your cinema know-how fresh. This is working to keep up the laughter something awesome. The good news, • Denver Voice, Colorado April 8 for a creative outlet, Youth in Focus through all of this, too. You can catch classes are a wonderful resource. week, Mocha James will be joined by however, is that you can head to the • The Curbside Chronicle, Oklahoma • Nota Bene, Bratislava, Slovakia disAbilities their timeless and new improv shows site linked above and choose between a surprise guest from Translations: City, Oklahoma Transgender Film Festival. Three Dol- on Facebook Live, dubbing over movies live classes or on-demand classes to lar Cinema strengthens, connects and or answering Q&As in very unconven- take whenever the feeling arises! At • Surprise, Switzerland Still available on the street: Thursday, April 23 reflects diverse communities through tional ways. A little laugh never hurt this exact moment, you can learn how • Drobs, Dresden, Germany • Augustin, Vienna, Austria (stopped queer film and media, and it’s an orga- anybody, so check out their schedule to pickle things, make mochi and even • The Springs Echo, Colorado Springs, for five days, then restarted) at the link above and get ready to PCC Community Markets: Board Meet & nization that makes Seattle cool, so be start a garden. It’s like a lockdown Colorado • The Big Issue Japan chuckle. hobby heaven! Greet, 4:30-5:30 p.m., RSVP mandatory, sure to support if you can! • Megaphon, Graz, Austria • The Big Issue Korea Zoom link provided • The Big Issue Taiwan tinyurl.com/wpn3kmy Cooking Online: A Lentil Loaf! Sofar Sounds: Online Listening Room March 18 • The Contributor, Nashville, Tennessee If you’re a member of PCC Community 5 p.m., register on Zoom at link Every day, free • L’Itinéraire, Montréal, Québec, • Draussenseiter, Cologne, Germany Markets, or would like to be, head to tinyurl.com/qmleo8b sofarsounds.com Canada • Faktum, Gothenburg, Sweden this link to RSVP to a meet and greet If there has ever been a time for dried Good music will always be relevant. • Straatnieuws, Utrecht, Netherlands • Fiftyfifty, Dusseldorf, Germany with the Board of Trustees and man- legumes, this is definitely it. While Even though we can’t make it out to agement team. Grocery stores and mar- • The Bridge, Memphis, Tennessee • Hus Forbi, Denmark some of you may be whipping up beans live shows, we can support and come This is compiled by Michelle Galluzzo. Got • Situation Sthlm, Stockholm, Sweden kets have become even more integral and lentils galore, it might be a bit more together over stellar live music. With to our communities during these wild challenging for others of us. Amanda Sofar Sounds, musicians from around something we should know about? Email March 19 • Trott-war, Stuttgart, Germany times, and we have a feeling it could Strombom — the president of Vegetar- the world perform daily, bringing it to [email protected]. The • Toledo Streets, Ohio • Z!, Amsterdam, Netherlands be interesting to hear what this group ians of Washington — will be hosting amazing music from their place to ours. deadline for calendar submissions is nine • Hinz&Kunzt, Hamburg, Germany has to say. Also, as an aside, if you’re a few cooking classes on how to cook The Sofar online listening tool is a days prior to the date of publication. Courtesy of Surprise / INSP.ngo headed to a PCC in the near future, with lentils and beans. This Friday, a really cool way to learn about up-and- This list was updated at press time. REALCHANGE 12 ANALYSIS April 15 – 21, 2020

CIVIL Continued from Page 5 is a duty of citizens to reflect on the con- ditions within society and to take action it or cannot find ways of tolerating and where appropriate. “The social political accepting it. Democracy is receptive to contract says that the citizens are giving moral reasons — or at least it can be. away part of their freedom to the state, in Why, though, is civil disobedience not return for it to provide them with roads, considered a right? The strength of the schools, transport and care,” he said. “We legal system is linked closely to the obli- have to assess if the state uses or abuses gation to obey its requirements. It would, the freedom that it is given.” therefore, be contradictory for the legal Some might feel that there is an uncom- system to provide for the possibility of fortable relationship between civil disobe- resistance to it. The law must protect its dience and the fact that the decisions of authority. Otherwise, what would happen the majority are binding in a democracy, if each of us decided to act in accordance as it may seem like the non-institutional- with our own ethics and self-interest? ized pressure that a minority exercises In addition, without the element of in- is in conflict with the principles of the fringement, civil disobedience would be majority. However, in the case of civil contained within the limits set by the par- disobedience, there is no rejection of the liamentary majority. This would result in majority; rather, civil disobedience is the civil disobedience losing the spontaneous attempt to convince the majority to change aspect of its character in terms of person- their minds. We must always remember al, political and social actions. Photo by Jon Williams that the majority is not invincible and if For Indigenous Peoples Day in Seattle in October, Indigenous people from Ecuador protest we assume that they are the sole guardian Mechanism of change longstanding societal oppressions. of the legal system, then there is the risk “History has shown us that the acts of that the minority will remain unprotected civil disobedience lead to a re-assessment in the face of a possible “tyranny” that is of society’s ethical considerations and is neither apparent nor obvious that it segments of the population are systemat- inflicted by the many. “In a democracy, the that they have proved to be an important will disintegrate if it only tolerates some ically deprived of equal participation and principle of the majority does not solve mechanism for social change. Nowadays, disobedience.” equal access in political power,” Marmor moral problems,” Koukouzelis said, in a no one seems to be regretting the events According to Rawls, within a democ- explained. “When that happens, this part concluding comment that we would do of social disobedience that have marked racy, civil disobedience takes the form of the population has a right to engage well to reflect on. “It solves the problem of the course of American history,” Sakel- of a corrective intervention within the in acts of civil disobedience, at least to taking decisions, which are not necessarily lariou said. According to Howard Zinn, legislative process. The legal system is the extent that it offsets the systematic resolved in the best way possible. The laws a historical political activist and writer, incomplete, and a court decision does not inequality in political participation.” Kou- that contributed to the establishment of “obedience to bad laws is a way of instilling definitively solve a fundamental problem. kouzelis views civil disobedience as being racial segregation or that forbade women some abstract obedience to the state of “Fair laws are static,” Giorgos Balias said. a powerful tool against injustice when all to vote were, after all, taken by majorities justice; all it can do is encourage citizens “The dynamic is driven by legal political other avenues have been exhausted: “Civil within democratic regimes.” n to submit to the power of the authorities.” principles. An open society must allow disobedience is a last resort. It highlights Ronald Dworkin, a leading philosopher of new elements to enter.” the reformative and reflective aspects of Translated from Greek by Maria-Sofia law and ethical and political philosopher, We must also accept that democracy democracy; it allows her to evolve. We Mantonaki; courtesy of Shedia / INSP. claimed that while a “society cannot cope is not a perfect system. “Often, even in need to be vigilant. It is a great responsi- ngo.Text refers to Martin Luther King when it tolerates every disobedience, it the most advanced democracies, certain bility to be a citizen.” Zotos agrees that it Jr.’s Letter From a Birmingham Jail