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
Let Me File This….
What a Motion looks like in Pakistan. A Pakistani lawyer throws a teargas canister back towards police
Posted in: World News
Tagged: Pakistan
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
Seven Good Reasons to Vote for Dennis Kucinich
Dennis Kucinich is my choice among the democratic candidates based upon his courageous and non-conformist stand on the issues. You…
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Lessons From Past Fires, part III: Who’s to blame for the fires? Immigrants? homeless? environmentalists? little boys? terrorists? arsonists? … nah, SDG&E Power Lines
Frank Gormlie November 11, 2007 0 Comments on Lessons From Past Fires, part III: Who’s to blame for the fires? Immigrants? homeless? environmentalists? little boys? terrorists? arsonists? … nah, SDG&E Power Lines
Continued from Part II Before the Wildfires of October 2007 were through burning, the blame game had begun. TV news…
Video of Nov. 8th Civil Disobedience at Olympia, Washington
Patty Jones November 11, 2007 1 Comment on Video of Nov. 8th Civil Disobedience at Olympia, Washington
Video of civil disobedience and other actions by Olympia, Washington, protesters, on November 8, 2007. Dozens attempt blockade of roadway…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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
Old Left, New Left, No Left left…
Let me start by telling you I’m not a writer, or some academician so if my grammar is off, or…
Posted in: Election
Lessons From Southern California Fires – part II – Surfers Surfed While Malibu Burned
Frank Gormlie November 10, 2007 0 Comments on Lessons From Southern California Fires – part II – Surfers Surfed While Malibu Burned
Continued from PART ONE The San Diego wildfires of 2007 have sparked many a discussion of many an issue. In…
One-Quarter of Homeless Are Vets — oh, by the way, happy Veterans Day
Frank Gormlie November 9, 2007 0 Comments on One-Quarter of Homeless Are Vets — oh, by the way, happy Veterans Day
Sunday, November 11th, is Veterans’ Day (although it’s observed on Monday the 12th). Happy Veterans Day and just remember, one-fourth…
Posted in: War and Peace
Surfers Surfed While San Diego Burned — Can We Learn Anything From the Wildfires of the Past?
Frank Gormlie November 6, 2007 7 Comments on Surfers Surfed While San Diego Burned — Can We Learn Anything From the Wildfires of the Past?
I’m as much a fan of social historian Mike Davis as any other lefty who has attempted to figure out…
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