Obama Needs a Protest Movement
By Frances Fox Piven: The astonishing election of 2008 is over. Whatever else the future holds, the unchallenged domination of…
Month: November 2008
Posted in: Election, Organizing, Peace Movement
Blackwater To Be Fined Amid Allegations Over Shrink-Wrapped Weapons
Staff November 13, 2008
Blackwater USA, the State Department’s largest personal security contractor in Iraq, is set to be hit with a multi-million dollar…
Posted in: War and Peace
Tagged: Blackwater
City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back
Frank Gormlie November 12, 2008 2 Comments on City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back
Ocean Beach Library & 6 Others Plus Rec Centers On Mayor Sander’s Chopping Block OCEAN BEACH, CA. Mayor Jerry Sanders…
Posted in: Economy
Reader Rant: There is no ‘temporary’ closing of a library
by Jon Christensen After a career in public finance I know how common it is for Libraries and Parks to…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy
Tagged: budget, library
Branch Closings and Budget Cuts Threaten Libraries Nationwide
American Libraries / November 7, 2008 – revised Nov. 10 City governments across the United States prepared in early November…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Media, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: budget, library, Mayor Jerry Sanders
Save the O.B. Library ! – Save ’em all !
Rally In Front of OB Library – Saturday Nov. 15th Being Planned OCEAN BEACH, CA. Opposition to the closure of…
Posted in: Economy, Education, Ocean Beach
Tagged: budget, Mayor Jerry Sanders, OB Library
Posted in: Civil Rights
Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures
Frank Gormlie November 7, 2008 6 Comments on Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures
SAN DIEGO, CA. Mayor Jerry Sander’s announcement on Wednesday, November 5th, that for budgetary reasons, he was set to close…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Peace Activists Welcome Obama, Will Push Him
by Aaron Glantz / OneWorld / November 6, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 6 – An organization that has made headlines…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Ocean Beach Library Slated to Be Closed, Says Mayor Sanders
Frank Gormlie November 6, 2008 13 Comments on Ocean Beach Library Slated to Be Closed, Says Mayor Sanders
SEE UPDATES – GO HERE AND HERE. OCEAN BEACH, CA. On Wednesday, November 5, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders announced…
Posted in: Economy, Ocean Beach, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: budget, library, Mayor Jerry Sanders
After US Airstrike Kills 23 Children, Afghanistan President Calls On Obama to Put an End to Civilian Casualties
Staff November 5, 2008 0 Comments on After US Airstrike Kills 23 Children, Afghanistan President Calls On Obama to Put an End to Civilian Casualties
Karzai says air strike in Afghanistan killed 40 msnbc.com news services / November 5, 2008 KABUL – Afghanistan’s President Hamid…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, War and Peace
Posted in: Election
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