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, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and locally and nationally sourced writers on: Black History Month, defending Chicano Park, city and county campaign funds, Huncan Dunter done, dirty Kochs, a postcard from Chiapas, ACSA back stabs, 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:
Black History Month by Annie Lane
Henrietta Lacks
Superheroes
Captain Ed Dwight, Astronaut Trainee
Progressive Activist Calendar by Doug Porter
San Diego County Government’s Injustice Machine + Progressive Activist Calendar February 9-19, 2018
The Starting Line by Doug Porter
A Weekend Trifecta for Activists – Defending Chicano Park, Building New Leadership, and Labor Solidarity
Friday DACA Rally at SDSU to Feature Congressman Luis Gutiérrez
Show Us the Money, Part 1: City & County Campaigns
Rep. Duncan Hunter’s Done: GOP Insiders Want Him Gone
Show Us the Money, Part 2: Congressional Campaigns
Under The Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
The Koch Network’s War on Unions is a War on Democrats, Education, and Democracy
From The Soul by Ernie McCray
Yahoos on a Saturday in Chicano Park
Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Sitting In Darkness
El Machete Illustrated by Eric J. García
Trump Supporter Be Like
Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week Jan 28-Feb 3
Video Worth Watching by Rich Kacmar
Santa Cecilia – Tiny Desk Concert
Cape Town Water Wars: A Literal Shitstorm
The Powerful Will Erase You In 2020 – The Battle for the Census
The Problem With Online Charter Schools
Nancy Pelosi Breaks Record Speaking for Eight Hours on House Floor
Sam Bee: FBI Criminalizes Being Black and Angry
Thousand Hand Bodhisattva
San Diego Free Press Regular, At-Large, National and Locally Sourced Contributors:
DREAMER: I Was Invited to the State of the Union. This is What It Was Like.
By Karen Bahena / Alliance San Diego
Chiapas Post Card: Crossing Borders
By Nat Krieger
SDG&E’s Pipeline 3602 Needs to Be Stopped
By Stephanie Corkran / SanDiego350
The Association of California School Administrators (ACSA) Back-Stabs Public Education
By Thomas Ultican / Tultican
Trump Gets “Cotton” Mouth on Immigration!
By Peter Zschiesche
Diablo Canyon – the Last California Nuke – Is on Its Way Out
By Michael Stenberg / Black Rain Press