The Great Peace Movement Debate
Since late 2007, the OB Rag has sponsored a seasoned and reasoned debate about the current state and future direction…
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A Constitutional Conundrum
News: The House Judiciary Committee has taken its contempt of Congress fight to civil court, setting the stage for a…
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Historians Rate Bush’s Presidency As “the worst ever”
61% of Historians Rate Bush As the Worst President In American History In early April, the same week a Pew…
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2,000 Students Protest Budget Cuts In Sacramento
More than 2,000 students from all three segments of the state’s higher education system – CSU, UC and community colleges…
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1,000 More Pink Slips to Be Sent Out
SAN DIEGO, CA. The San Diego School Board voted tonight to issue more than 1,000 pink slips to non-teacher staff….
Posted in: Education, 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…
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Party Like It’s 1932: The Obama Option
by Norman Solomon Seventy-six years ago, to many ears on the left, Franklin D. Roosevelt sounded way too much like…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing
The Left Has Lost Its Nerve and Its Direction
by Chris Hedges / April 21, 2008 by the Philadelphia Inquirer The failure of the American left is a failure…
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U.S. deserters seek Canadian residency
TORONTO, April 20 (UPI) — About 200 U.S. military deserters in Canada are awaiting a decision as to whether they…
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San Diego County Teachers & Supporters Rally to Protest Education Cuts
Frank Gormlie April 19, 2008 10 Comments on San Diego County Teachers & Supporters Rally to Protest Education Cuts
SAN DIEGO, CA. Teachers, students and their supporters gathered this morning in Balboa Park and marched to the California State…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: budget, rally
War and opinions collide at Palm Springs peace vigil
[Ed.: The nation-wide antiwar demonstrations held on March 19th also included Palm Springs, where the following report says 100 antiwar…
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Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney On SEIU-CNA Dispute
On Developments in the SEIU-CNA Dispute April 15, 2008 For several weeks I have been working to bring the Service…
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