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