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Looking Back at the Week, Dec 20-26

December 27, 2015 by Brent E. Beltrán

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light saberBy 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

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Brent E. Beltrán

Brent E. Beltrán is a third generation pocho and second generation San Diegan that lives next door to Chicano Park in Barrio Logan. He's married to his warrior healer wife Olympia and is the proud father of a youngling name Sandino. Brent is a member of the SDFP Editorial Board, occasionally writes the column Desde la Logan and posts Looking Back at the Week every Sunday morning. He can be contacted at desdelalogan@gmail.com and through his Twitter account @DesdeLaLogan.
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