By Brent E. Beltrán
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, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: changing SDPD, standing up to Trump, plastic bag polluters, SeaWorld ending Orca breeding, D9 candidate Sarah Saez, angry white men, Los Cazares, the SD Latino Film Festival, disobedience at Friendship Park, Bennie Holman remembered, Freep Maria E. Garcia’s introduction into Women’s HOF, and lots of other inspiring (and sometimes depressing), 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
It’s Time for Some Changes at the San Diego Police Department
Anti Choice Women’s Clinics Seek to Defy State Law in San Diego County and El Cajon
It’s Time to Stand Up to the Bully Trump
SeaWorld Calls It Quits on Orca Breeding, Promises to End Killer Whale Shows
Plastic Bag Industry Seeks the ‘Freedom’ to Pollute by Confusing California Voters
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Meet Sarah Saez: Candidate for San Diego City Council District 9 (Part One)
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Angry White Men on My Mind
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia (Editorial Cartoon)
Free Water in Michigan
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza (South Bay News)
Lorena Gonzalez Supports Bill to Nix Daylight Savings…
Latinos in San Diego by María E. García
Roger and Norma Cazares: Four Decades of Chicano Activism
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
Carnival Season
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San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Hugh Thompson, An American Hero
By Jack Doxey
Why Climate Change Action Cannot Succeed Without Social Equity
By Murtaza H. Baxamusa / San Diego UrbDeZine
San Diego Latino Film Festival: Excellent Offerings from Mexico and Beyond
By Mukul Khurana
Hedge Fund Billionaire Paul Singer Makes Argentina Cry For Itself
By John Lawrence
The March for People’s Park – Memorial Day 1969
From the San Diego Free Press 1969 / Transcribed by John Lawrence
Border Activists At Friendship Park: John Fanestil’s Christian Service Turns Into Civil Disobedience
By Barbara Zaragoza / South Bay Compass
What Has Influenced Your Feminist Perspective?
By Krizia Puig
Bernie Is Best to Trounce Trump
By Frank Thomas
San Diego Police and FBI Drove Local Black Panthers Underground
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag
Plaza De Panama – A Host of People-First Changes Make a Big Impact in Balboa Park
By John P. Anderson / John P. Anderson Blog
Maria Garcia Inducted into San Diego County Women’s Hall of Fame
By Anna Daniels
Benny Hollman : A Celebration of Life, 1940 – 2015
By Connie Zuñiga
San Diego Latino Film Festival Highlights from Nicaragua, Argentina and Spain
By Mukul Khurana
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
They Call Me ‘Battling Bella’
By Denise Oliver Velez / Daily Kos
Get Rid of Your Toxic Teflon
By Jill Richardson / Otherwords
We Let White Celeb Domestic Violence Offenders Off the Hook Far More Than Their Black Counterparts
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet
With Women’s Rights On the Line, Groups Demand Supreme Court #StoptheSham
By Lauren McCauley / Common Dreams
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