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Looking Back at the Week: May 6-12

May 13, 2018 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, cartoonists, at-large contributors, and locally and nationally sourced writers on SDFP’s Progressive Voter Guide, the UC strike, Huncan Dunter’s daddy, Stephan’s anti-Semitic campaign, the unholy trinity of Kasparian, Saldaña and the Lincoln Club, 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:

Progressive Voter Guide, June 2018:
US Senate, Local House of Representatives Seats & Ballot Measures
Crib Sheet | Progressive Voter Guide | June 2018

Progressive Activist Calendar by Doug Porter
When We Vote, We Win. Just Show Up & Vote.

The Starting Line by Doug Porter
The UC Strike Is About More Than a Paycheck
Hinky Political Ads, San Diego 2018 Primary Edition | Gun Toting, Tree Hugging & Fighting Trump
Duncan’s Daddy to the Rescue in East County Congressional Race
Summer Stephan’s Racist and Anti-Semitic Crusade for the Office of San Diego County District Attorney
Lori Saldaña, Mickey Kasparian, and the Lincoln Club: Revenge Served Three Ways

Under The Perfect Sun by Jim Miller
‘Last Days in Ocean Beach’ Benefit for San Diego 350: Saturday May 12th at North Park’s Torque Moto Café

From the Soul by Ernie McCray
Oh, If We Could Listen With Heart Like Nipper

Geo-Poetic Spaces by Ishmael von Heidrick-Barnes
Conductivity

Looking Back at the Week by Brent E. Beltrán
Looking Back at the Week: April 29-May 5

Video Worth Watching by Rich Kacmar
JustSomeMotion (JSM) – The JSM Hallway Dance (Jamie Berry feat. Octavia Rose – Lost in the Rhythm)
Don’t Be So Sure About That Blue Wave
Sessions Vows to Prosecute All Illegal Border Crossers and Separate Children From Their Parents
The Monopolization of America – How Much Choice Do Consumers Truly Have?
Bioluminescent Waves in San Diego, Red Tide = Blue Waves
Trita Parsi: I Was Targeted by Black Cube in Dirty Ops Effort Attacking Supporters of Iran Deal

 

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

The Trump-Pence Theocracy Continues to Take Shape, As “Abstinence” Is Elevated To National Policy
By Dartagnan / Daily Kos

What Does Ohio’s Primary Tell Us About Ourselves?
By Joni Halpern

A Review of ‘The Gene: An Intimate History’ By Siddhartha Mukherjee
By Chelsea Pelayo

Incumbent Zapf Dodges District 2 Town Council Candidate Forums
By Frank Gormlie

The Trump Administration’s Stupefying Hypocrisy About the Well-Being of Children
By Abby Zimet / Common Dreams

A Review of Rumi’s Gift: Pointing at the Meaning Within Experience Itself
By Igor Goldkind

Drilling Off California’s Coast – A Supremely Bad Idea
By Karen Hughes / SanDiego350

Charter Schools Threaten the Existence of Public Education
By Jeff Bryant / People’s Action Blog

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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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