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, and locally sourced writers on: the holidays, the radical refugee ban, supporting SDFP in the new year, pain and demons for women, Irving Berlin, 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:

Under the Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
Burning the Christmas Greens

From the Soul by Ernie McCray
A Holiday Season with Tamales and Smiles

Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
A Shovel Of Coal For the Holidays

El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Radical Refugee Ban

My Niche by Jeeni Criscenzo
A Chicken Carol

Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: December 17-23

Video Worth Watching by SDFP Staff
BeauSoliel – Papa St. Nick (Is Comin’ Up the Bayou)
Walking In the Air – from ‘The Snowman’
Ferlinghetti – I Am Waiting
Bella Ciao
Lennon and Ono – Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
Christmas Is Here! – A ‘Bad Lip Reading’ Greeting from the Trumps
Everybody Knows – Leonard Cohen
At the Purchaser’s Option – Rhiannon Giddens

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

Is the People’s History, Right Here in San Diego, Important to You?
By SDFP Staff

Do You Have Fun at Our Contributor Meetings?
By SDFP Staff

Merry Christmas Before the Light Goes Out
By Joni Halpern

Do You Enjoy Reading Award-Winning Articles by Citizen Journalists?
By SDFP Staff

2017 Meant Pain and Demons for Many Women
By Eva Posner

Where Do Thousands of Progressives Go for Ballot Information and Advice?
By SDFP Staff

Remembering ‘White Christmas’ and Irving Berlin’s Legacy at San Diego Rep
By Yuko Kurahashi

Do You Appreciate Infrastructure?
By SDFP Staff

Do You Know All There Is to Know About Intellectual Property Law?
By SDFP 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.

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