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, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Kersey ‘fixing’ San Diego, that audacious hater Trump, police reform, assholery in the Escondido School Board, saying no to hate and welcoming refugees, ‘those people’, making a killing, a moment of silence, the San Ysidro Blues, Dr. West’s visit, La Lupe, solar’s fake friend, the oldest refugee crisis 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
Kersey’s Blue Smoke and Mirrors Plan for ‘Fixing’ San Diego
Donald Trump’s Audacity of Hate
In San Diego and Elsewhere, Increasing Demands for Police Reform
Restraining Order Offers Glimpse into Escondido School Board Follies
San Diegans Say No To Hate, Refugees Welcome
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
March and Rally for Climate Justice, This Saturday!
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
“Those People”
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. Garcia
Local Terrorism
Making A Killing
My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
This Supersedes Everything
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes (Video Poems)
A Moment of Silence
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán (Week in Review)
Looking Back at the Week: Nov 29-Dec 5
Sunshine/Noir II by Francisco J. Bustos
San Ysidro Blues — 30 Years After the Massacre
North of the Fence by Barbara Zaragoza
North of the Fence: The Skybridge Opens and Wagon Man Dies
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
Dr. Cornel West Comes to San Diego
By Jess Jollett / Reclaim the Community
It’s Time for Quantitative Easing for People Instead of Banks
By John Lawrence
The Feast Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe
By Barbara Zaragoza
SDG&E: Solar’s Fake Friend
By Hutton Marshall / SanDiego350.org
Now Is The Time to Welcome Refugees, Not Shut Them Out
By Rebecca Paida
Pinyon-Juniper Forests: The Oldest Refugee Crisis
By Will Falk
San Diego Free Press Sourced Contributors:
Black Lives Matter Makes Powerful Connection With Racist Drug War
By Phillip Smith / Alternet
What to Do About Disloyal Corporations
By Robert Reich / RobertReich.Org
Brilliant! Apply Abortion Restrictions to Gun Buying
By gloriasb / Daily Kos
How America’s Insane Anti-Choice Crusaders Screw Over Women All Over the Globe
By Kali Holloway / AlterNet
The Number 1 Thing Rich People Get Dead Wrong About Poor People
By Paul Buchheit / AlterNet
The Invisible Disability Project
By Dr. Linda Williams / Invisible Disability Project
Donald Trump Is The Most Honest Man In Politics
By driftglass / driftglass
Class as Part of the American Freedom Struggle
By Erik Loomis / Lawyers, Guns & Money
Naomi Klein: Liberté is not just a Word
By Naomi Klein / Democracy Now