NOW – Original OB Rags Available – far out, man!
We are so very proud to announce that copies of the original right-on OB Rag are now available through this…
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, Ocean Beach
“Sex In the City Schools” – 8 Teachers Arrested Over Last 3 Years For Sex With Local Students
Frank Gormlie May 20, 2008 5 Comments on “Sex In the City Schools” – 8 Teachers Arrested Over Last 3 Years For Sex With Local Students
SAN DIEGO, CA. Local TV news announced today that a teacher from Helix High School had been arrested on allegations…
More Voices Call Out: Nationalize the Oil Industry!
Since my May 9th rant to nationalize American oil companies as a solution to the ‘gas crisis’ and our other…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Environment, Organizing
Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies
Frank Gormlie May 9, 2008 10 Comments on Solution to the Gas Crisis: Nationalize American Oil Companies
EXXON just made record profits in the first quarter 2008 – $11 Billion, meanwhile we’re laying off teachers and can’t…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Education, Environment, Health
New feature on OB Rag – now you can check out the 20 most popular posts
Frank Gormlie May 2, 2008 0 Comments on New feature on OB Rag – now you can check out the 20 most popular posts
OB Rag has added a new feature to our navigation pages – “Top Posts” – so now you can see…
Posted in: Media
March 2008 Antiwar Arrests Reached 399
Okay, we were wrong, We had reported that there had been 365 arrests during the antiwar “march madness”. We have…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Truckers To Strike In NYC On May Day and Rally Off New Jersey Turnpike In Mass Action Against Fuel Prices
Frank Gormlie May 1, 2008 0 Comments on Truckers To Strike In NYC On May Day and Rally Off New Jersey Turnpike In Mass Action Against Fuel Prices
We have received a report – not verified – that truckers in New Jersey are taking a mass action in…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Labor, Organizing
Today Is 5th Anniversary of “Mission Accomplished” When Bush Appeared on a Carrier Deck With San Diego In the Background
Frank Gormlie May 1, 2008 0 Comments on Today Is 5th Anniversary of “Mission Accomplished” When Bush Appeared on a Carrier Deck With San Diego In the Background
SAN DIEGO, CA. Remember when? It was five years ago today, when President Bush stood on the deck of the…
Posted in: Military
West Coast Dock-Workers Shut Down 29 Ports
“There is no one here, the streets are dead,” says Oakland, CA trucker OAKLAND, CA. An initial ABC KGO NEWS…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Labor, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Homeland Security Plans “Terrorist” & Disaster Drills Beginning May First
Frank Gormlie April 30, 2008 1 Comment on Homeland Security Plans “Terrorist” & Disaster Drills Beginning May First
Beginning May 1, and continuing for the rest of that week, the Department of Homeland Security is planning to undertake…
Posted in: War and Peace
There Are 18.6 Million Empty Homes In America
Today Reuters reported that due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis and the dramatic rise in foreclosures of owner-occupied housing, America…
Posted in: Organizing
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…
Posted in: Education, Organizing
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