New Orleans: Malik Speaks, Part 2
This is the second part of Malik Rahim’s talk on Saturday, January 12, at the Unitarian Church in New Orleans:…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
Media Punditry: The Beast Without a Brain
Why Horse Race Journalism Works for Journalists and Fails Us (This article is from TomDispatch.com Jan. 20th. Here is Tom…
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…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Organizing
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
Another Old OB Rag — March 1972 — Scanned!
See the Simmering Pages of the March 1972 Edition of the Original OB Rag! Yes, that’s right! See the issue…
Posted in: Media, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach
A Plutonium Paradise? A Critique of Nuclear Power
I just can’t believe the cheerful propaganda coming from the nuclear power industry and its boosters. They are telling us…
Posted in: Environment
In case you missed them … recent stories of note
In case you missed them, I’ve re-hatched a number of local, regional, national and international news stories of note. Here…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Environment, Ocean Beach, World News
“I Have a Dream”
Text of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Speech from Aug. 28, 1963
(transcribed directly from the video)
“I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves, who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity. But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacle of segregation and the chains of discrimination.
Posted in: Civil Rights
The Hippies Were Right!
Green homes? Organic food? Nature is good? Time To Give The Ol’ Tie-Dyers Some Respect by Mark Morford Go ahead,…
Posted in: Environment, War and Peace
Iraq vets call for Winter Soldier investigation
By Dee Knight – Published Jan 17, 2008 Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) has announced plans for “Winter Soldier:…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Peace Movement, War and Peace
The Corpse on the Gurney – The “Success” Mantra in Iraq
By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, posted Jan. 17, 2008 The other day, as we reached the first anniversary of the President’s…
Posted in: War and Peace
How to Rig an Election: Confessions of a Republican Operative
Allen Raymond, a former Republican National Committee operative, shares secrets from the GOP bunker. By Steven Rosenfeld, AlterNet. Posted January…
Posted in: Election
Huckabee: “… amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards ….”
Frank Gormlie January 16, 2008 4 Comments on Huckabee: “… amend the Constitution so it’s in God’s standards ….”
On the eve of the Michigan Republican primary, held Tuesday, January 15th, candidate Mike Huckabee finally showed his true colors….
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