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…
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, 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
Surfers Surfed While San Diego Burned — Can We Learn Anything From the Wildfires of the Past?
Frank Gormlie November 6, 2007 7 Comments on Surfers Surfed While San Diego Burned — Can We Learn Anything From the Wildfires of the Past?
I’m as much a fan of social historian Mike Davis as any other lefty who has attempted to figure out…
Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”
Frank Gormlie November 2, 2007 1 Comment on Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”
By the time we arrived at Mike Davis’ talk at the City Heights Rec Center on Landis Street, it was…
Posted in: Media, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico
Is There a Media Black-Out of Anti-War Protests?
On Sunday, October 28th, the day after the “National Day of Action” — where thousands of Americans took to the…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Thousands Demonstrate In Major Cities Against Iraq War & Occupation
Frank Gormlie October 28, 2007 1 Comment on Thousands Demonstrate In Major Cities Against Iraq War & Occupation
On Saturday, October 27, 2007, thousands demonstrated in major cities across the country against the U.S. war and occupation in…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Despite Fires, Blackwater and Its Opponents Still Face-Off in Potrero
Frank Gormlie October 27, 2007 1 Comment on Despite Fires, Blackwater and Its Opponents Still Face-Off in Potrero
The Harris Ranch fire swept west out of Potrero this week, and in doing so, it isolated nearly 300 people…
Posted in: Organizing
TRICK OR TREAT ! Bush & the American People Want to Bomb Iran
Frank Gormlie October 27, 2007 0 Comments on TRICK OR TREAT ! Bush & the American People Want to Bomb Iran
Halloween 2007 is scarier than you think! Bush, Cheney, the neo-cons, Fox News, all want the U.S. Military to bomb…
Posted in: Media, War and Peace
We Have to Keep Asking: Why Did It Take So Long for the Military Aircraft to Get Up in the Air and Fight the Fires?
Frank Gormlie October 27, 2007 2 Comments on We Have to Keep Asking: Why Did It Take So Long for the Military Aircraft to Get Up in the Air and Fight the Fires?
It was before sunrise on Tuesday morning, the 23rd of October, the third day of the fires. Patty and I…
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