Here Come the Thought Police
[Editor’s note: we don’t ordinarily post articles written for other publications, but because of the importance of the following, we…
Category: Organizing
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing, War and Peace
The Poseidon Adventure: De-Salination and Why Environmental Groups Are So Reactive
Staff November 27, 2007 6 Comments on The Poseidon Adventure: De-Salination and Why Environmental Groups Are So Reactive
by J.E.C. San Diego Coastkeeper opposes desalination, sort of. Surfrider says they support desalination, in theory. Just not the plants…
Posted in: Environment, Organizing
New Writings Posted on First OB Rag & Early-1970s History of Ocean Beach
Staff November 23, 2007 0 Comments on New Writings Posted on First OB Rag & Early-1970s History of Ocean Beach
We are continuoulsy posting new material on the 1st OB Rag and the early seventies history of activists in Ocean…
Posted in: OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing, War and Peace
Reposted: 10 Days That Shook Olympia
Olympia Port Militarization Resistance, Olympia Movement for Justice and Peace Originally posted at ZNet by Peter Bohmer; November 15, 2007…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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
Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired
Staff November 13, 2007 2 Comments on Protest At Calexico Gets Ugly As Border Patrol Charges Peaceful Demonstrators — Batons Swing & Rubber Bullets Fired
We don’t have to go to Pakistan to see citizens beaten by law enforcement authorities. You just had to be…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing
Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico
U.S. Lawyers Condemn State Of Emergency In Pakistan
SAN DIEGO LAWYERS CALL FOR ASSEMBLY —-TUESDAY NOVEMBER 13 AT 1:00 PM —-AT THE FEDERAL BUILDING Lawyers’ groups throughout the…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Organizing, World News
Tagged: Pakistan
New Photos Added to History of First OB Rag
Staff November 11, 2007
We’ve added “new” photos and copies of Rag covers — scanned from the original Rags themselves — to our developing…
Posted in: Media, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, Organizing
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
Nov 5th: Global Day of Action Against Cluster Bombs
Cluster bombs are a grave humanitarian concern. Unexploded remnants (called “bomblets”) kill in horrible ways: Children play with bomblets thinking…
Posted in: Organizing, 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
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