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The Russians Are Coming! And Other Last Minute Election Tales
The 2016 election season is almost over. And even for a guy like myself who considers himself a political junkie, it’s been too much.
I wish the campaigns would be over come November 9th, but there’s increasing evidence to suggest that isn’t going to be the case.
Here are today’s rumors, planted stories and breaking news. [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: October 23-29
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Chunky Sanchez, Tom Hayden, SDPD’s bias report, opposing Measure A, SD’s war on homeless people, Reclaiming Our Stories, La Frontera, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: September 11-17
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the race in D9, the City Attorney campaign, feeling meh about D3 county contest, bad news money blues, Obama’s wilderness legacy, a water goddess, Chargerfication, Standing Rock, Buddhist econ, 58% supporting marijuana legalization, déjà vu in North County, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: September 4-10
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: California’s US Senate race, Applegate vs Issa, state legislature ballot choices, Labor day Cali style, displaying patriotism, #NoDAPL, defending the water, no respect in America, anti-Bobism, Black Uhuru, Jill Stein, SANDAG twisting enviro laws, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
This is the Week That Was In Campaigning
The official fall campaigning season is upon us. Labor Day marks the beginning of the final drives to persuade voters that it’s in their self-interest to cast ballots.
It used to be the goal of election campaigns was to persuade people it was in the national/regional/local interest to vote a certain way, but now that we’ve endured three decades of denigration of the institutions of government, it’s all about me, me, me.
Ayn Rand would be proud.
This week I’ve written about campaigns for US Senate, House of Representatives, & California Legislature. Meanwhile, odds and ends have accumulated in the Starting Line inbox needing saying.
So today’s the day. In a nutshell: Trump loves Putin, Sanchez is snarling, and Politifest is coming. [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: Aug 14-20
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: homelessness, judging the judges, hot July, an alternative vision for the East Village, SD Vets protest air show, what depression feels like, knowing your rights during disasters, and lots of other grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site.
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San Diego Chargers Stadium: Q&A with Barrios Against Stadiums
“Our backyard has historically been neglected. People can call BASTA! NIMBY as much as they want but our backyard is full. Start storing stuff in yours.”
Interview by Jeffrey Siniard / Bolts From The Blue
Bolts From The Blue blogger Jeffrey Siniard reached out to interview SDFP columnist/editor Brent Beltrán to discuss why Barrios Against Stadiums, which he is a part of, opposes a stadium in the East Village. We reprint the interview here in it’s entirety with photos added from a protest against the Chargers stadium held on July 15 in Barrio Logan. [Read more…]
Brexit: Not in Black and White
Millions of words will be written over the coming weeks about the vote in Great Britain to leave the European Union, popularly know as Brexit. I’ll point to a few commentaries striking me as important as I surveyed the news this morning.
The immediate reaction in the Western media has been predictions of doom and gloom, backed by reports of stock prices declining. Nationalists worldwide are celebrating, as if a symbolic wall ala Trump has been erected. Nativists and xenophobes are thrilled that their messages about the “other” have resonated with the English electorate.
The truth of the matter is much more complicated. Attempts to put a left/right spin on the circumstances leading up to the vote fail to portray the many moving parts in play. However, the political parallels between the forces favoring disengagement and the rise of Donald Trump cannot be ignored in the context of the upcoming general elections. [Read more…]
The Sanders Campaign Continues
Vermont Senator and Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders did not concede–as some expected him to do– during his 27-minute speech to supporters on Thursday night.
He did, however, attempt to drive home the point that the movement springing from his candidacy wasn’t about him.
Sanders urged supporters to stay engaged in the struggle for economic and social justice by taking their cause to the Democratic convention, the general election and by involving themselves in the political process at every level.
PLUS! Weekly Calendar for Progressives [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: May 1-7
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: Cali’s sinking GOP, Papa Doug’s D3 donation, Superior Court judges, getting sandbagged by SANDAG, SD’s crisis of compassion, the Mayor not caring, illumination, May Day, the Supes MMJ moratorium, UCSD’s racial climate, Puerto Rico, CV’s Millenia Project, affordable housing, transportation justice, making Earth Day everyday and lots of other inspiring (and sometimes depressing), grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
Looking Back at the Week: April 3-9
By Brent E. Beltrán
This week’s edition of Looking Back at the Week features articles, commentaries, columns, toons, and other work by San Diego Free Press regulars, irregulars, columnists, at-large contributors, and sourced writers on: the Panama Papers, 2016 California Primary, Cruz coming to SD, rooting for losers, housed to homeless, the passing of a local jazz legend, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, PP helping a friend, a new era of feminism and lots of other inspiring (and sometimes depressing), grassroots news & progressive views from San Diego’s friendly, neighborhood, all volunteer, slightly funky, community news site. [Read more…]
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