By Doug Porter
(substituting for Brent Beltrán, who is recovering from Light Saber wounds.)
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: progressive activism in 2015, the meaning of Trump, books for stocking stuffers, toons by Junco, the end of prohibition in Chula Vista, insight into Friendship Park, a mission to Mission Valley, different takes on the holiday season, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
San Diego Free Press Columns:
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Progressive Activism in 2015: No Justice, No Peace for People of Color
Progressive Activism in 2015: Addressing Climate Change in Many Different Ways
Barrera Out at Labor Council, SDPD Shooting Video Released, and Other News Ladled Out on Tuesday
Progressive Activism in 2015: Fighting for $15 and/or Anything Else They Can Get
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Three Progressive Literary Stocking Stuffers for 2015
Junco’s Jabs by Junco Canché
Junco’s Letter to Santa
Mexico’s Answer to Krampus
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
A Chicken Carol
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Winter in La Jolla
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Dec 13-19
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Monsanto Polluted San Diego with PCBs and GMOs
By John Lawrence
When Liquor Flowed in Chula Vista
By Steve Schoenherr / South Bay Compass
Once Upon a Christmas Day
A ‘Good Old Days’ Day
By Ernie McCray
Fear and Shopping in San Diego
By Anna Daniels
Wild and Crazy Guys
By Bob Dorn
Friendship Park in 2015
By Jill Holsin
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
FDA’s New Stance on Blood Donations Still Treats Gay Men as Less Than Equal
By Deirdre Fulton/ Common Dreams
Error 451: A New Dystopian Internet Code With a Very Important Meaning
By Nadia Prupis / Common Dreams
SeaWorld Supporters Take on OB Rag and Frank Gormlie
OB Rag Staff / OB Rag
The 17 Best Moments In Political Comedy This Year
By Kali Holloway / Alternet