2,000 Teachers Rally Against “the pink slip”
Demonstrators Ask School Board to Rescind 900+ Pink Slips SAN DIEGO, CA. Hundreds of school teachers rallied this afternoon in…
Author: Frank Gormlie
A former lawyer and current grassroots activist, I have been editing the Rag since Patty Jones and I launched it in Oct 2007. Way back during the Dinosaurs in 1970, I founded the original Ocean Beach People’s Rag - OB’s famous underground newspaper -, and then later during the early Eighties, published The Whole Damn Pie Shop, a progressive alternative to the Reader.
Posted in: Education, Organizing
San Diego County Teachers & Supporters Rally to Protest Education Cuts
Frank Gormlie April 19, 2008 10 Comments on San Diego County Teachers & Supporters Rally to Protest Education Cuts
SAN DIEGO, CA. Teachers, students and their supporters gathered this morning in Balboa Park and marched to the California State…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: budget, rally
The Peace Movement Shows Its New Face and It’s Beautiful
Frank Gormlie April 10, 2008 12 Comments on The Peace Movement Shows Its New Face and It’s Beautiful
Recent antiwar “march madness” reflects a more decentralized, more youthful & more militant movement Wanting to provide a contemporaneous record…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
General Petraeus calls Iran-funded “special groups” the “biggest threat” to Iraqi democray
Frank Gormlie April 8, 2008 0 Comments on General Petraeus calls Iran-funded “special groups” the “biggest threat” to Iraqi democray
Iraq Commander Refuses To Set Any Date for U.S. Military Involvement; Senate Committee Ignores Iranian Contributions to the Current Cease-fire…
Posted in: Media, Peace Movement, War and Peace
There were 365 documented arrests during the “March Madness” of antiwar protests
Frank Gormlie April 7, 2008 2 Comments on There were 365 documented arrests during the “March Madness” of antiwar protests
OB Rag Continues its Documentation of Antiwar Protest Arrests Due to Lack of Mainstream Media Coverage From March 15, 2008,…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
BIG OIL – 4,000 Americans Died For Them
Top Oil Execs to Congress on Their Record $123 Billion Profits: ‘We feel your pain, but don’t blame us!’ Ten…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Environment, Media, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Tagged: BP, Congress, Iraq
New Total of Arrests for Antiwar Protests in March: 304 people taken into custody
Frank Gormlie April 3, 2008 0 Comments on New Total of Arrests for Antiwar Protests in March: 304 people taken into custody
[This post has been updated twice, so go here to the most recent, go here for the earlier update.] Between…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement
It’s Announced That Berkeley Marine Corps Recruiting Center to Leave Town — “April Fools!” says CodePink
Frank Gormlie April 1, 2008 0 Comments on It’s Announced That Berkeley Marine Corps Recruiting Center to Leave Town — “April Fools!” says CodePink
CodePink falsely claimed Marine recruitment center was leaving town CodePink gets the award for Best Movement Joke Played On Government…
Posted in: Military
More chonicling of March’s antiwar protests
Once again, we bring reports of last month’s antiwar protests, accounts that the mainstream media have no interest in publishing….
Posted in: Peace Movement
Iraq War Protest Arrest Update: 304 Americans taken into custody during March protests
Frank Gormlie April 1, 2008 2 Comments on Iraq War Protest Arrest Update: 304 Americans taken into custody during March protests
In a continuing effort to provide a fuller accounting of the protests, demonstrations, and arrests made of people against the…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing
Russia & Saudi Arabia Expect the U.S. to Attack Iran
by Paul Craig Roberts / OpEdNews.com 3/31/08 The US Congress, the US media, the American people, and the United Nations,…
Posted in: Peace Movement, War and Peace
… continuing reports of last week’s antiwar protests…
by Frank Gormlie Posted on March 25th, 2008 (I originally posted this during today, but due to a later technical…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Recent Comments