AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama
Very powerful indeed. Thanks dougbob for pointing it out. Posted by cameo9876 on YouTube
Author: Patty Jones
Affectionately known as the "tech desk" in the virtual OB Rag office, Patty likes to tinker with things, mechanical, geekery.... anything she can hope to take apart and put back together!
In Solidarity! Uppity Women!
Posted in: Economy, Election, Labor
Tagged: Barack Obama, racism
Hey, Can I Call You Joe?
So we sat down to watch the VP debate last night, in my case more for the anticipated entertainment more…
Posted in: Election, Satire
Tagged: Sarah Palin
Palin Will Never be America’s ‘EveryWoman’
In what the AKMuckracker from the Mudflats blog called “the biggest political rally ever, in the history of the state,”…
Posted in: Election, Organizing
Tagged: protest, Sarah Palin
Stories from the citizens of the former “Golden State”
We want to tell you about an interesting website we were referred to today. It’s called My California Story –…
Posted in: California, Economy, Health, San Diego
Tagged: budget
It’s not just Coke that Coca-Cola makes
There has been a lot of interest regarding the striking Coca-Cola Enterprise workers in Southern California. It got me to…
Posted in: Labor, Organizing
Tagged: boycott
Hey Roberto’s, where’s the BEEF!
On the way home from grocery shopping, being the gluttons for punishment and rolled tacos that we are, we ventured…
Posted in: OB Shop Talk, Ocean Beach
Reader Rant of the Week
We’ve gotten some pretty great letters and comments from our readers over the course of the last seven months (man,…
Posted in: Reader Rant
Mother’s Day and “Herstory”
Mother’s Day was originally started after the Civil War, as a protest to the carnage of that war, by women…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Ocean Beach, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
Tagged: activism
Caravan to Rally Against Education Budget Cuts
The Association of Raza Educators along with other teacher organizations have planned a state-wide Caravan to rally against the Education…
Posted in: Education, Organizing
Tagged: protest, rally, San Francisco
Rally and March to Reverse Budget Cuts to Education
Teachers and staff in San Diego schools are trying to get the word out to the general public, the government,…
Beyond Despair–The Young People Are Our Hope
By Jeri Reed Originally posted at Fire on the Mountain I stood out on the street Monday night with about…
Posted in: Organizing, Peace Movement
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