Recall Vote in Potrero: “Good-bye Blackwater”
At long last, the Potrero Planning Committee had its recall vote finalized Tuesday, December 11th, and all members of the…
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, Environment, Organizing, War and Peace
A Retrospective: College Campus Activism 1968-1970
1968-1970: COLLEGE CAMPUSES SIMMER, THEN EXPLODE From 1968 through the Spring of 1970, college campuses simmered and then exploded across…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, War and Peace
One Out of Every 31 Americans Is In The Criminal Justice System
Frank Gormlie December 7, 2007 1 Comment on One Out of Every 31 Americans Is In The Criminal Justice System
A report just released on December 5th by the Department of Justice states that one out of about every 31…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing
Ocean Beach-The Haight-Ashbury of San Diego
The first OB Rag, the O.B. People’s Rag, published its very first issue, edition no. 1, in September 1970. Published…
Posted in: OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Summer of 1970 – the Jetty Is Stopped by OB
The Jetty is Stopped There was definitely turmoil in OB the summer of 1970. For a number of weeks during…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Environment, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing
The Death of Progressive Talk Radio In San Diego Should Be Noted
Frank Gormlie November 25, 2007 9 Comments on The Death of Progressive Talk Radio In San Diego Should Be Noted
Somewhere between headlines about the crisis in Pakistan and lack of headlines about demonstrators being beaten by border patrol agents in…
Posted in: Media
Gentrification Moves Ahead at Entrance to O.B.
Two Craftsmen-Style Turn-of-Century Homes to be Demolished & Replaced With 3 Story, Seven Units Ocean Beach has never been safe…
Posted in: Ocean Beach
More Untold Stories From the Fires: MEXICO SAVED OUR ASS!!
Frank Gormlie November 15, 2007 5 Comments on More Untold Stories From the Fires: MEXICO SAVED OUR ASS!!
There’s another big story out there from the fires that hasn’t really been told: excuse the vernacular, BUT MEXICO SAVED…
Posted in: Media, San Diego
Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico
UPDATE FROM CALEXICO BORDER PATROL ‘RIOT’: Charges dropped on two, but third charged with felonies
Frank Gormlie November 14, 2007 12 Comments on UPDATE FROM CALEXICO BORDER PATROL ‘RIOT’: Charges dropped on two, but third charged with felonies
Here is an update from the Calexico “No Border” folks — this is in regards to the arrests and injuries…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing
Tagged: Border Issues
Lessons From Past Fires, part III: Who’s to blame for the fires? Immigrants? homeless? environmentalists? little boys? terrorists? arsonists? … nah, SDG&E Power Lines
Frank Gormlie November 11, 2007 0 Comments on Lessons From Past Fires, part III: Who’s to blame for the fires? Immigrants? homeless? environmentalists? little boys? terrorists? arsonists? … nah, SDG&E Power Lines
Continued from Part II Before the Wildfires of October 2007 were through burning, the blame game had begun. TV news…
Lessons From Southern California Fires – part II – Surfers Surfed While Malibu Burned
Frank Gormlie November 10, 2007 0 Comments on Lessons From Southern California Fires – part II – Surfers Surfed While Malibu Burned
Continued from PART ONE The San Diego wildfires of 2007 have sparked many a discussion of many an issue. In…
One-Quarter of Homeless Are Vets — oh, by the way, happy Veterans Day
Frank Gormlie November 9, 2007 0 Comments on One-Quarter of Homeless Are Vets — oh, by the way, happy Veterans Day
Sunday, November 11th, is Veterans’ Day (although it’s observed on Monday the 12th). Happy Veterans Day and just remember, one-fourth…
Posted in: War and Peace
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