OB Rag Retrospective: Fall 1972 – the Rag & Other OB Alternatives Going Full Blast
By Fall of 1972, it was the OB Rag’s second birthday – the beginning of its third year, and the…
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Posted in: Media, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing
The Anti-War Movement Needs This Debate: Why Is There Is No Mass in Our Mass Movement?
Frank Gormlie December 13, 2007 11 Comments on The Anti-War Movement Needs This Debate: Why Is There Is No Mass in Our Mass Movement?
Indebted is how I feel towards activists like Gregg Robinson and Rick Nadeau and Tom Hayden, for they all have…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Election, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
High Noon in New Orleans: Anti-Demolition Protesters Storm Federal Building
Michael Steinberg December 13, 2007 0 Comments on High Noon in New Orleans: Anti-Demolition Protesters Storm Federal Building
Today protesters fighting to save New Orleans public housing from demolition stormed the federal building. At high noon today, demonstrators…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
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…
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
Why No Mass Anti-War Movement: The Case of San Diego
Introduction The contradiction between the mass opposition to the war in Iraq expressed in polls and the minimal opposition in…
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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
Immigration Backlash: Violence Engulfs Latinos
by Brentin Mock Published by the Southern Poverty Law Center There’s no doubt that the tone of the raging national…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, World News
Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico
Blackwater in Potrero – Documentary
In late 2006, Blackwater USA, now known as Blackwater Worldwide, submitted a proposal to build a training facility called Blackwater…
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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…
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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 End of America — The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now
Staff November 30, 2007 2 Comments on The End of America — The Police State Is Right Here, Right Now
by Carolyn Baker – Sept 26, 2007 As nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both…
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