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 Mayor K’s Katrina, Milo dropping bait, disaster in Puerto Rico, Russian social media bots, resisting Trump’s shock politics, the new Muslim ban, SANDAG reform bill, 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:
Progressive Activist Calendar by Doug Porter
Kevin’s Katrina – The ‘Good News’ Flows As the Homeless Crisis Grows – Progressive Activist Calendar September 29-October 9, 2017
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Will San Diego State Take Provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ Bait?
A Caribbean Disaster, Ripe for Exploitation
Proposal Pairing Convention Center Expansion and Homeless Funding Gets a Thumbs Down From PANA
Twitter, Facebook and the Russian Quest to Crush Liberal Democracy
Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Lessons from Naomi Klein: Learning How to Resist Trump’s Shock Politics – Part Two
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Paper Cranes
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: September 17-23
Video Worth Watching by SDFP Staff
The Addams Family Dancing Blitzkrieg Bop by the Ramones
What you need to know about the GOP’s Graham-Cassidy health care bill
Corporate Consolidation: Are Small Businesses Really the Backbone of Our Economy?
Puerto Rico Doesn’t Need to Send a Memo, It Needs Direct Action
Violent Buddhists? Sad, But True. And the Rohingya are the Victims
The Federalist Society—Conservative Pipeline to the Supreme Court
Beyoncé Sings for Disaster Relief – ‘Mi Gente’
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:
When Racism Lurks In the Heart Of a Death Penalty Juror
By Stephen Cooper
Why Does the Colorado River Need to Sue For Rights?
By Will Falk
President’s Third Attempt at a Muslim Ban Condemned
By Partnership for the Advancement of New Americans (PANA)
Review: Martyna Majok’s ‘Ironbound’ Encapsulates Struggle of a Polish Immigrant Woman
By Yuko Kurahashi
Scheme Using Homeless Crisis to Expand Convention Center Rebuked
By Alliance San Diego
SANDAG Reform Bill Now on Governor’s Desk
By David Harris / SanDiego350
#TrumpTaxScam: Plenty of Money for the Wealthy, Pain for Everybody Else
By Andrea Germanos / Common Dreams
Why Does Trump Keep Firing Up His Base?
By Frank Gormlie / OB Rag