Steve Francis meets with medical cannabis group
by Marc On Wednesday night Steve and Gayle Francis took time out of their busy schedule to speak with members…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election
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…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Election, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
A Constitutional Conundrum
News: The House Judiciary Committee has taken its contempt of Congress fight to civil court, setting the stage for a…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Media, Organizing
The Real Matrix: The Pentagon Invades Your Life
By Nick Turse Rick is a midlevel manager in a financial services company in New York City. Each day he…
Posted in: Civil Rights, War and Peace
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…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing
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…
Posted in: Organizing
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…
Posted in: Education, Organizing
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…
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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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Blackwater To Open Indoor Site In Otay Mesa
By Anne Krueger / UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER / April 22, 2008 Blackwater Worldwide is planning to open an indoor training…
Posted in: Peace Movement, War and Peace
The Man Who Would Be Bush
How do we explain voter support for McCain in light of the nation’s widespread, bipartisan rejection of the Bush administration?…
Posted in: Election, War and Peace
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