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While utility pole posters, Facebook, and talk radio have focused on November 4th anti-Trump protests, including one slated for downtown Seattle, a more compelling group of activists will gather Saturday to discuss how best to defend their Cascadia movement from white supremacy.

After a slew of complaints and concerns from Cascadia Now members, the group is backing a Cascadia Anti-White Supremacy (CAWS) summit.

“It should be a lot of fun,” Cascadia Now founding director Brandon Letsinger said. “We want to get people jazzed up, educated and informed about Cascadia and what the white supremacist groups are, how we can all be working to combat these things.”

Cascadia Now wants to create an inclusionary space for the pacific northwest, defined by places surrounding the Cascade Mountains and associated fauna in British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, northern California, parts of Idaho and southern Alaska. They’re a nonprofit that sponsors groups, takes care of IRS reporting, and has a guiding collection of principles for a movement. It officially became a nonprofit three years ago. Throughout Seattle and Capitol Hill it isn’t uncommon to see “the doug flag” — a blue, white, and green flag with a Douglas Fir tree on it. Continue reading →