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…
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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…
Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”
Frank Gormlie November 2, 2007 1 Comment on Mike Davis: the un-told story of how immigrants were affected is “the central human tragedy of the recent fires”
By the time we arrived at Mike Davis’ talk at the City Heights Rec Center on Landis Street, it was…
Posted in: Media, Organizing, San Diego
Tagged: Border Issues, Mexico
We’ve been up for a week — and we’d like you to give us some feedback – por favor!
Staff November 2, 2007 5 Comments on We’ve been up for a week — and we’d like you to give us some feedback – por favor!
We’ve now been up for a week — and we’d sure like some feedback from you, our readers, commenters, and fellow…
Qualcomm vs Superdome – Evacuees & Refugees
by Paul Harris (written as a letter to the U-T editor) During the nightmarish firestorms in Southern California many individuals…
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Tagged: Katrina, New Orleans
Is There a Media Black-Out of Anti-War Protests?
On Sunday, October 28th, the day after the “National Day of Action” — where thousands of Americans took to the…
Posted in: Civil Disobedience, Civil Rights, Media, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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