Donna Frye’s Plans …
Donna Frye told blogger Pat Flannery what her future political plans are when he ran into her at a recent…
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: Election, Organizing
Will US Stock Markets Crash On “Black Tuesday” – January 22, 2008?
Frank Gormlie January 21, 2008 2 Comments on Will US Stock Markets Crash On “Black Tuesday” – January 22, 2008?
Because US markets were closed Monday, January 21st in observance of Martin Luther King, Wall Street slept through the day…
Posted in: World News
In case you missed them … recent stories of note
In case you missed them, I’ve re-hatched a number of local, regional, national and international news stories of note. Here…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Environment, Ocean Beach, World News
Huckabee: “… amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards ….”
Frank Gormlie January 16, 2008 4 Comments on Huckabee: “… amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards ….”
On the eve of the Michigan Republican primary, held Tuesday, January 15th, candidate Mike Huckabee finally showed his true colors….
Posted in: Election
An American Tears for Baghdad Snow
I could not help it. Tears welled up in my eyes as I read and viewed stories and photos of…
A Retrospective: Interview with Lowell Bergman – Who Inspired the OB Rag
Frank Gormlie January 9, 2008 0 Comments on A Retrospective: Interview with Lowell Bergman – Who Inspired the OB Rag
Lowell Bergman: 60 Minutes Producer, Journalist, Writer for San Diego’s First Underground Newspaper, Anti-war Activist, Student of Herbert Marcuse and…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Media, Organizing
UPDATE on Disappearance of the Peace Sign Atop of “Peace Rock”
Frank Gormlie January 8, 2008 5 Comments on UPDATE on Disappearance of the Peace Sign Atop of “Peace Rock”
POINT LOMA / OCEAN BEACH – This is an update on the disappearance of the beautiful, stained-glass peace sign which…
Posted in: Ocean Beach, War and Peace
Peace Sign Atop “Peace Rock” Disappears From Sunset Cliffs – Vandals? Thieves? Conservatives?
Frank Gormlie January 5, 2008 22 Comments on Peace Sign Atop “Peace Rock” Disappears From Sunset Cliffs – Vandals? Thieves? Conservatives?
OCEAN BEACH – Sadly community members are discovering that someone has taken the peace sign from “Peace Rock” off Sunset…
Posted in: Environment, Ocean Beach, War and Peace
Tagged: sunset cliffs
Stories from 2007 haven’t gone away
The stories that OB Rag has covered these last two months have not gone away in the new year. You…
Posted in: Civil Rights
The World Is a Sadder Place Today – Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan
Frank Gormlie December 27, 2007 7 Comments on The World Is a Sadder Place Today – Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan
I shed a tear this morning upon learning of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan today – half a…
Tagged: Pakistan
OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast
Frank Gormlie December 15, 2007 1 Comment on OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast
By Fall of 1972, it was the OB Rag’s second birthday – the beginning of its third year, and the…
Posted in: Media, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing
The Anti-War Movement Needs This Debate: Why Is There Is No Mass in Our Mass Movement?
Frank Gormlie December 13, 2007 11 Comments on The Anti-War Movement Needs This Debate: Why Is There Is No Mass in Our Mass Movement?
Indebted is how I feel towards activists like Gregg Robinson and Rick Nadeau and Tom Hayden, for they all have…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Election, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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