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Grassroots News & Progressive Views

Looking Back at the Week: December 17-23

December 24, 2017 by Brent E. Beltrán

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This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week contains articles, commentaries, columns, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, a cartoonist from Chicago, and locally sourced writers on: Trump’s seven dirty words, the first Issa-versary, the great tax theft of 2017, Sheriff Gore under fire, progressive stocking stuffers, nasty women, Brother Martin, Merry Dickensmas, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s feisty, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.

San Diego Free Press Columns:

The Starting Line by Doug Porter
Trump’s War on Language: Seven Words You Can’t Say and Two That No Longer Exist
Happy First Issa-versary: 49 Weeks of Protests in the 49th Congressional District
Tax Reform By Another Name: Grand Theft, Republican
What’s Bigger Than A Tsunami? Republicans Are About to Find Out. So Are Democrats.
Gore Disputes Cover Up Accusations in 11 Sexual Assault Complaints Involving Sheriff’s Deputy

Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller

Progressive Stocking Stuffers for Year Two of the Trump Era: Reading for Dark Times

Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
From a City Called San Diego

El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Nasty Women on the Attack

Latinos in San Diego by Maria E. Garcia
Brother Martin: From Logan Heights to a Trappist Abbey
Brother Martin Goes to War, Longs for Peace
Brother Martin: After the War, the War Within
A Walk With Brother Martin

Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: December 10-16

Video Worth Watching by SDFP Staff
Toko Telo – Relaza : A Madagascar Melody
Happy Birthday Indivisible! Celebrating One Year of Citizen Activism
Revisiting Japanese Internment on the Anniversary of ‘Korematsu v. United States’
A Tuesday Darrell Issa Protest: Time Lapse
The Republican Lie About Debt Revealed
A Preview of What Your Conservative Relatives Will Be Freaking Out About Over the Holidays, Courtesy of Fox and Friend
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Hamilton’ Crosses the Pond, Opens in London

 

San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large and Locally Sourced Contributors:

Merry Dickensmas!
By Karen Kenyon

Readers Write: Rep. Issa Needs to Stand Up for DACA
By Perla Davis

Has Rupert Murdoch Finally Crossed the Line?
By Bill Adams / Urbdezine

For Many Young Immigrants, This Holiday Season Will Be Filled With Anxiety
By Roberto Alcantar

SDFP Contributors Make the News!
By Staff

For Susan L. Taylor: The Green Fuse Drives the Flower
By Anna Daniels

Has the San Diego Free Press Been Your Go-To Site for Grassroots News and Progressive Views These Past Five Years?
By Staff

Do You Value the Work of Volunteers Who Promote Progressive Issues?
By Staff

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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.
Brent E. Beltrán

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