This year Marilyn Kimmerling of UFPPC is once again opening her home to an open house potluck every Sunday in January and February.  --  For more details about Soup Sunday, see below....

Jim Robbins, Tacoma's Haiku Master, was provoked by UFPPC's most recent statement to compose a five-haiku suite entitled "How to Sink a Ferry."[1]  --  NOTE: Full appreciation of both the statement and the poem requires perusal of the New York Times investigative report on the causes of the Apr. 16 Korean tragedy published on Jul. 26, 2014....

For several hours on Monday morning protesters blocked the entrance to Boeing's Defense, Space and Security facility on East Marginal Way in Tukwila, near Seattle, to call attention to the role Boeing and other U.S. defense contractors are playing in the conflict in Gaza, which has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians this month, mostly civilians.  --  The protesters represented Jewish Voice for Peace.  --  The protest garnered coverage by local TV stations; the fullest written account appeared on The Stranger's SLOG website.  --  "The protesters today say Boeing must stop supplying missile systems, F15 software, Apache helicopters, and Joint Direct Attack Munitions to Israel, because those weapons are being used to commit war crimes," Jen Graves reported.[1]  --  No arrests were made, as police and Boeing officials coordinated "to prevent cars from running over the protesters."  --  NOTE:  Some members of UFPPC participated in the protest, including Sallie Shawl...