Category: Organizing

The Battle To Save New Orleans Public Housing

 Michael Steinberg  January 21, 2008  0 Comments on The Battle To Save New Orleans Public Housing

How a Determined Coalition Beat Back Demolition Plans At a press conference last December 18, 3007, at New Orleans’ City…

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Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas

 Staff  January 15, 2008  0 Comments on Revolution of the Snails – Encounters with the Zapatistas

By Rebecca Solnit of TomDispatch.com I grew up listening to vinyl records, dense spirals of information that we played at…

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Dispatch From New Orleans: Malik Speaks

 Michael Steinberg  January 13, 2008  4 Comments on Dispatch From New Orleans: Malik Speaks

Malik Speaks, Part 1 Malik Rahim, founder of Common Ground, spoke today about its past, present and future at the…

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Lessons from the 1970 Student Strike

 Staff  January 12, 2008  0 Comments on Lessons from the 1970 Student Strike

(Editor’s Note: This article appeared a year and a half ago, but as it is mainly a history lesson from…

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A Strategy for Rebuilding the Peace Movement

 Staff  January 11, 2008  0 Comments on A Strategy for Rebuilding the Peace Movement

After Iowa and New Hampshire By JONATHAN M. FELDMAN Presidential elections, and electoral politics more generally, are often a source…

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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…

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Int’l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo

 Patty Jones  January 8, 2008  1 Comment on Int’l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo

San Diego’s Observance of Int’l Day of Action to Shut Down Guantanamo Witness Against Torture Friday, January 11th NOON –…

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Impeachment – 2007 : The Year of Evidence

 Staff  January 3, 2008  2 Comments on Impeachment – 2007 : The Year of Evidence

Evidence By David Swanson – Sat, 2007-12-29 The past year has seen the public exposure of enough evidence of old,…

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The Greatest Generation? Not Who You Think

 Staff  December 23, 2007  5 Comments on The Greatest Generation? Not Who You Think

By Jim Smith They stopped a war, ended racial segregation, set off an explosion of creativity in arts and music,…

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