Keith Olbermann to Join Al Gore’s Cable Channel
By Brian Stelter / New York Times / February 8, 2011 Keith Olbermann, the former MSNBC anchor and liberal firebrand,…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture, Media
5 Million American Workers Have Disappeared
by Lila Shapiro / HuffingtonPost / Originally published Feb. 4, 2011 Over the last three years, nearly 5 million U.S….
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture, Economy, Labor
Plastic trash make up largest items in beach cleanups
Coastkeeper, Surfrider groups report jump in collected debris, and volunteers, since ’07 By Mike Lee / SignOnSanDiego / February 7, 2011…
Posted in: Culture, Environment, Ocean Beach, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: Surfrider Foundation
The Latest in the Ocean Beach VFW Controversy
Last Friday, Feb. 4th, a meeting was held in Councilmember Kevin Faulconer’s office to deal with the controversy of the…
Posted in: Culture, Economy, Ocean Beach, Organizing, Veterans
Santa Monica Avenue Gets “Honorable Mention” In San Diego Street Repair Scandal
Frank Gormlie February 7, 2011 1 Comment on Santa Monica Avenue Gets “Honorable Mention” In San Diego Street Repair Scandal
Channel 10News has uncovered a scandal involving millions of dollars in street repairs with the City of San Diego, and…
Posted in: Economy, Environment, Labor, Ocean Beach, San Diego
Free-for-All Speech at California State University San Marcos
By Kit-Bacon Gressitt The Koala, a tabloid launched last month by some California State University San Marcos (CSUSM) students, has…
It Ain’t no Fun Watching the Super Bowl Alone!
I have been a football fan for as long as I can remember. As a child I used to watch…
Posted in: Sports, The Widder Curry
“Egypt, Egypt – Will Be Free!”
Late in the afternoon on Friday, February 4th, approximately 200 people gathered to show solidarity with the people of Egypt, and stood before the Federal Building in downtown San Diego.
One of the main chants: “Egypt, Egypt – will be free!”
Posted in: American Empire, Civil Rights, Organizing, Peace Movement, San Diego, World News
Reagan Day? More than 60% of Americans Just Say No
by Erica Holloway / San Diego Rostra / February 4, 2011
SAN DIEGO, Calif. — Happy Dutch Day? Nope, most Americans say they’d rather work.
More than 60 percent of Americans reject the idea of denoting 40th President Ronald Reagan’s birthday, February 6, as a federal public holiday.
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture, History, Labor
Tagged: Ronald Reagan
Wal-Mart Buys San Diego
By Al Norman/ Huffington Post/ February 4, 2011
It’s clear now who is running San Diego.
Wal-Mart needed only 8 weeks and maybe thirty thousand dollars to scare the daylights out of the City Council in San Diego. One local official in San Diego, California called it a “dark day for democracy.”
Posted in: American Empire, Economy, Labor, San Diego
Rosa, Rosa, Rosa – A Little Something for Black History Month
Ernie McCray February 4, 2011 14 Comments on Rosa, Rosa, Rosa – A Little Something for Black History Month
Forever etched in my mind and soul is an image of Rosa Parks sitting softly, as she had in that…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Culture, From the Soul, History
The City of San Diego Is So Dysfunctional, It Can’t Even Build a Public Restroom at the Beach
Frank Gormlie February 3, 2011 64 Comments on The City of San Diego Is So Dysfunctional, It Can’t Even Build a Public Restroom at the Beach
Brighton Restroom Won’t Be Constructed Until September and Will Cost $200,000 More The news last night (Feb 2nd) was not…
Posted in: Economy, Environment, Ocean Beach, Popular
Tagged: OB Planning Board
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