Survey of Antiwar Protesters Yields Interesting Results – 1/4 Are New
A couple of English leftists have surveyed antiwar demonstrators at recent protests in London and another city. Their survey of…
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: Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
San Diego Holds Vigil: 4,000 American Deaths In Iraq Comes On the 5th Anniversary
Frank Gormlie March 24, 2008 1 Comment on San Diego Holds Vigil: 4,000 American Deaths In Iraq Comes On the 5th Anniversary
SAN DIEGO, CA. It had come to that day. The day when American military deaths in Iraq reached 4,000. Peace…
Posted in: Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Protests Continue as U.S. War Deaths Reach 4,000
4,000 US servicewomen and men. This number of deaths was reached Sunday, March 23rd. Protests against the Iraq war and…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Saturday Mar. 22nd Downtown San Diego: 100 Protesters Stage Die-In Against the War
Frank Gormlie March 22, 2008 5 Comments on Saturday Mar. 22nd Downtown San Diego: 100 Protesters Stage Die-In Against the War
Peaceful Protest Ends Week-Long Series of Antiwar Demonstrations SAN DIEGO, CA. They assembled in a downtown park at First and…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Media, Peace Movement, San Diego, War and Peace
Tagged: Iraq
We continue to post more reports of protests from across the country …
Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 1 Comment on We continue to post more reports of protests from across the country …
Antiwar Protests Spread to Smaller Cities – Rallies, Marches, Sit-Ins & Civil Disobedience COLUMBIA, S.C. — Holding up posters and…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Media
250 San Diegans Rally for Candle-Light Vigil in Balboa Park
Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 0 Comments on 250 San Diegans Rally for Candle-Light Vigil in Balboa Park
On-going Protests Are San Diego’s Response to Iraq War Anniversary; Die-In Planned for Sat. March 22 SAN DIEGO, CA. As…
Posted in: Organizing, Peace Movement, San Diego
Latest Poll: Bush Is Tanking – Only 31% Approve – A New Low
Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 3 Comments on Latest Poll: Bush Is Tanking – Only 313 Approve – A New Low
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Five years after he green-lighted the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, President Bush faced strikingly low approval ratings…
Posted in: Election, War and Peace
Protests in San Francisco Continue Into the Night
Here are latest reports of on-going demonstrations in San Francisco tonight – March 19th ContraCosta Times – Protest Diary 6:53…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement
Protests Around the Country … reports coming in …
TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. Protesters gathered at the steps of the state legislature. [Go here.] SYRACUSE, NEW YORK. 20 demonstrators were…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Media black-out of antiwar protests continues as demonstrators continue to protest 5th anniversary of Iraq war
Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 6 Comments on Media black-out of antiwar protests continues as demonstrators continue to protest 5th anniversary of Iraq war
ALERT: March 19th: We will be providing continuous updates of protests nation-wide today – click on home page above Activists…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Tagged: protests, San Francisco
Candlelight Vigil Tonight – Mar. 24 – to Honor the 4,000 US Military Dead
Frank Gormlie March 19, 2008 1 Comment on Candlelight Vigil Tonight – Mar. 24 – to Honor the 4,000 US Military Dead
Vigil at Corner of Park Blvd & President’s Way in Balboa Park —- Where’s The Rage? Where – Corner of…
Posted in: Peace Movement
600 Events Planned Across the Nation Today
From San Francisco to Berkeley to Washington, D.C., peace activists plan demonstrations across the nation today to mark the fifth…
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