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April 2021 No Works in Progress Advocating for social justice since 1990 Vol 31 April 2021 No. 8 Coming soon Washingtonians collected funds to purchase a silver service for the officers of that ship, a tradition recognizing the naming of a ship How will Olympians view a memorial after a city. The silver set, which celebrates the Battle of Manila, is now displayed in the dining room to nuclear sub USS Olympia? of the Governor’s Mansion. There is no reflection of the war it started—a Helen Wheatley war that carried American racism across the Pacific, cost hundreds On March 15, Commissioners at the of thousands of lives and fatefully Port of Olympia heard from Olympia shaped Filipino history. officials about what the City hopes will be a shared initiative to me- What’s in a name morialize the “maritime history” of In 1977, the US Navy commissioned Olympia. Councilmember Jim Coo- a “Los Angeles class” nuclear attack per and Deputy City Manager Keith submarine and gave it the historic Stahley asked if the Port would help name, USS Olympia. This nuclear with handling and storing the anchor warhead-capable class of submarine and 38,000-lb rudder of the nuclear carries the Tomahawk cruise mis- attack submarine USS Olympia. sile. The USS Olympia was deployed to the Iraq war. Much of the sub- Olympia Mayor Cheryl Selby had marine’s work during the Cold War requested the artifacts on behalf of was “silent service” unknown to the the City, with the idea of placing the public. This made it an apt prop for parts as monuments on the shore- the film, The Hunt for Red October. line. The submarine’s tall conning Photo of USS Olympia by Thomas Shugart tower may be included after it has Local promoters saw an opportunity to time, in the words of Cooper, to “sit Is the USS Olympia part of our President McKinley announced revive the city’s namesake connection in dock and cool off.” “maritime history?” America’s God-given mission to the with the ship and liven up local tour- ism. The Chamber of Commerce had Reflecting a familiar “decide, an- America’s Great White Fleet sailed Philippines: “There was nothing left to the Philippines to usurp Spain’s for us to do but to take them all, and brought the silver service to Olympia nounce, defend” approach to plan- when the original Great White Fleet ning, Stahley asserted that bringing place in the Pacific in 1898. The USS to educate the Filipinos, and uplift Olympia’s main claim to historic and civilize and Christianize them.” cruiser was decommissioned. In 1984 the objects to Olympia to await it established the “USS Olympia Com- disposition would lead to creation of significance was spearheading the Elected president Emilio Aguinaldo, vicious Philippine-American war. who continued to lead the struggle mittee” and laid out the welcome mat a community advisory committee for the submarine. Secretary of State over the next few years. Admiral Dewey stood on the bridge for freedom, called it “government of the ship to command the fleet by consent in America, government Ralph Munro boasted that “there were Commissioner McGregor linked the against Spain in Manila Bay. by force in the Philippine Islands.” 4Submarine, continued on page 12 City’s request to ongoing debates over the potential role of the Port in handling military cargo. He suggest- ed a quid pro quo: if the Port took What happened during...and after? the nuclear items, could the City support military cargo at the Marine Terminal? Stahley responded by The incident at the Red Lion Inn stating, “This is a good opportunity shoes which she’d left under her bed. for the City and the Port to engage ment called police, and later col- Daniel Mootz and Miguel Louis Seven people were arrested. in conversations about what the Port laborated with the Olympia Police means in our community,” including In December 2020, a group named Department (OPD) on spinning a Five of those involved were charged “types and amounts of shipment.” Oly Housing Now (OHN) formed to story that people were held hostage with burglary in the first degree, organize an action at the Red Lion by the housing activists. including two unhoused people. A The City expects the rudder and an- at the end of January. Days before, black homeless veteran with PTSD chor to come to Olympia in less than President Biden had signed an execu- was tasered twice, entered into a sei- a month. Port Commissioner Zita tive order extending FEMA’s Public At 6:15 pm, as the zure, and was severely injured for al- pointed out that an Interlocal Agree- Assistance Reimbursement policy to legedly obstructing the raid. His bail ment would require sufficient notice rain poured and the states that provide safe housing for was set at $40,000 and he spent over for the public to weigh in. Cooper people struggling as a result of the temperatures dropped, a month in jail, largely in solitary observed that the City may go ahead pandemic. confinement, confined to a wheel- without the Port, if Commissioners two Special Weapons chair. He has since been released don’t fast-track an Interlocal Agree- That night and the next morning And Tactics (SWAT) teams, but is left with restricted movement ment. On the night of Saturday, January Washington State Police, that requires him to use a cane. It’s more than a timing question 30, 33 homeless people, along with Thurston County Sheriff’s One of the homeless people in- some community organizers, went to Commissioner Zita pointed out that Office, and OPD arrived. volved, Tiger, had bail set at $50,000, the Red Lion Inn and Suites on Capi- based on prior charges and the the conning tower strongly resem- tol Way. They had booked 17 rooms bles an image that was the lowest- court system’s criminalization of online a few days before. The next houselessness. After being labeled rated aesthetic option in the public day, Sunday, approximately 40 activ- A ferocious response, arrests waterfront survey conducted by “ANTIFA” by Corrections Officers, he ists returned to the hotel just before and charges was forced to go into administrative the Port and Thomas Architecture noon checkout time. They issued Studio. At 6:15 pm, as the rain poured and segregation with Chris Guenzler, a statement insisting the homeless the temperatures dropped, two an “anti-antifascist”, the first Trump She also raised the issue of cultural guests be allowed to stay in the Inn Special Weapons And Tactics (SWAT) supporter who fired into a crowd of sensitivity and suggested talking to while the city searched for a more teams, Washington State Police, Leftists in December. the Squaxin Island Tribe: “We are tenable solution. Thurston County Sheriff’s Office, and giving lip service to diversity, equity OPD arrived. These forces, number- The three OHN activist supporters They then occupied the lobby and were jailed but with their bail set and inclusion, but do we take it attempted to speak with staff mem- ing over 100, stormed the hotel, de- seriously when we’re thinking about ploying flashbangs and pepper balls at $10,000 or less, they were soon bers about working with the City to released to await trial. bringing pieces of a military vessel house the folks already legally there. inside rooms. They forced everyone and displaying it on land that was They were first assaulted and then outside into the freezing rain, includ- historically native homeland?” completely ignored. The manage- ing one person without a jacket or 4Red Lion, continued on page 11 Works in Progress (WIP), is a community newspaper based Why we can’t have a $15 minimum in Olympia, WA, that has been published monthly since 1990. WIP’s mission is to contribute wage or a lot of other nice things to the struggle for justice across A warrior Republican President, ine what those $6.4 trillion dollars fellow employees testing positive economic, social, environmen- Dwight Eisenhower spoke clearly could have done, if invested in this for the COVID-19 virus, tight and tal and political realms, and to about the link between our military country, in us, instead of in those poorly-ventilated working areas expand participatory democracy spending (see the back page pie disastrous wars. and customers who refused to across classes, races, and genders. chart for details) and the reasons wear masks while shopping – at Editorial policy we choose to impoverish so many $2 extra in three paychecks — times berating cashiers when re- working people: quested to mask. Our priority is to focus on sto- just right This was the fleeting amount that ries that are ignored or misrep- “To amass military power without They asked for an ordinance man- cashiers in an Olympia grocery resented in the corporate media, regard to our economic capac- dating hazard pay through the end store got as a result of the highly especially those that relate ity would be to defend ourselves of the pandemic. Councilmembers publicized action by stores in directly to our mission. We seek against one kind of disaster by responded with the information the first, frightening days of the well-researched news stories, inviting another.” “Making one that they have begun to work with pandemic. Though less celebrated serious analyses of issues con- heavy bomber meant sacrificing elected officials in Tumwater and than nurses and paramedics, gro- fronting our communities and 30 modern schools or two fully Lacey to pursue the possibility. equipped hospitals, or two electric cery workers were then recognized account of personal experiences They pointed to the verified record power plants.
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