1972 – This Day In Our Ocean Beach History: Paula Tharp Shot by Right-Wing Terrorists
January 6, 1972 — 36 years ago, a right-wing terrorist organization, the Secret Army Organization – an offshoot of the…
Posted in: Civil Rights, OB Time Machine, Ocean Beach, War and Peace
Peace Sign Atop “Peace Rock” Disappears From Sunset Cliffs – Vandals? Thieves? Conservatives?
Frank Gormlie January 5, 2008 22 Comments on Peace Sign Atop “Peace Rock” Disappears From Sunset Cliffs – Vandals? Thieves? Conservatives?
OCEAN BEACH – Sadly community members are discovering that someone has taken the peace sign from “Peace Rock” off Sunset…
Posted in: Environment, Ocean Beach, War and Peace
Tagged: sunset cliffs
Impeachment – 2007 : The Year of Evidence
Evidence By David Swanson – Sat, 2007-12-29 The past year has seen the public exposure of enough evidence of old,…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing
Who Do We Vote For This Time Around? A Letter From Michael Moore
Staff January 2, 2008 4 Comments on Who Do We Vote For This Time Around? A Letter From Michael Moore
January 2, 2008 Friends, A new year has begun. And before we’ve had a chance to break our New Year’s…
Posted in: Election
Stories from 2007 haven’t gone away
The stories that OB Rag has covered these last two months have not gone away in the new year. You…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Happy New Year! Where’s Our Next Poll?
Happy New Year everybody! We lived it up – actually stayed up past midnight with many friends and family. And…
Continuing Saga of New Orleans Public Housing – Feds Turn Up Heat On HUD Sec’y Alphonso Jackson
Michael Steinberg December 27, 2007 0 Comments on Continuing Saga of New Orleans Public Housing – Feds Turn Up Heat On HUD Sec’y Alphonso Jackson
A report today in the online publication Government Executive details mounting evidence from federal investigations linking HUD Secretary Alphonso Jackson…
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
More On the Future Direction of the Peace Movement
by Peter Bohmer I have found the discussion on the future direction of the antiwar/ peace movement very worthwhile. I…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Peace Movement, War and Peace
The World Is a Sadder Place Today – Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan
Frank Gormlie December 27, 2007 7 Comments on The World Is a Sadder Place Today – Benazir Bhutto Assassinated in Pakistan
I shed a tear this morning upon learning of the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Pakistan today – half a…
Tagged: Pakistan
“Police State” Poll Results
Here are the results from our most recent poll, with the question asked: Do you think we already live in…
Posted in: Civil Rights
Save New Orleans Affordable Housing Fact Sheet
Say No to wasting Katrina millions on demolition by Bill Quigley 1. New Orleans is in the worst affordable housing…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Environment
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
Back in New Orleans: Into the Pink
That December Saturday afternoon in New Orleans, we thought we’d go over to the Lower Ninth Ward. An unusual constellation…
Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
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