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 locally sourced writers on Antifa boogeymen, Pillars of the Community, La Vuelta, Umbra, mayor’s secret police chief panel, library privatization in Esco, displaying patriotism, solar power to the people, 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
Fear Mongering 101: Antifa as the New ACORN
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Higher Education and the American Political Imagination
From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Pillars of the Community: Seekers of Unity in a Climate of White Supremacy
We Can Display Our Patriotism In Many Ways
Desde la Logan by Brent E. Beltrán
La Vuelta Car Cruise End of Summer Cultural Festival to Highlight El Barrio
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Umbra
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: August 13-19
Video Worth Watching by SDFP Staff
Music for a Transit of Mercury
Solar Eclipse Day in San Diego!
Dick Gregory, In Memoriam
White Supremacy – Our Culture and Heritage?
San Diego Housing Crisis Facing a ‘Perfect Storm’
Still Think Those Confederate Monuments Are All About Heritage?
Blast From the Past: Susan B. Anthony Grave Draws a Crowd on Election Day
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
False Narratives Drive Charter School Advocacy in UT Op-Ed
By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
Trump’s Suspension of Obama’s Desegregation Policy Impacts San Diego Housing Vouchers
By Parisa Ijadi-Maghsoodi / UrbDeZine
Readers Write: Oppose San Diego Border Wall and Divest
By Kilian Colin, Member of the Committee for Better Banks
Power to the People (Solar Power, That Is)
By Mark Hughes
Community Groups to Oppose Mayor’s Secret Police Chief Panel
By Edward Sifuentes / ACLU San Diego
As Escondido Mayor Dismisses Community Sentiment, Council Moves to Privatize Library
By Escondido Indivisible