Auld Lang Syne

Supervisor Chris Daly with daughter Grace Eolen Daly.
Photo by Luke Thomas
By Chris Daly
December 31, 2008
As I close out my 8th year on the Board of Supervisors, it is with some sadness that the District 6 office says goodbye to a few individuals who have done significant work on behalf of the people of San Francisco.
Lena […]

 

Outrage, Protests Grow as Israeli Attacks on Gaza Intensify

Photos by Nathan Frankel
By Nathan Frankel
December 30, 2008
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered for a second consecutive day in San Francisco yesterday to draw attention to what many are calling a human rights catastrophe in Gaza.
In downtown San Francisco, demonstrators snarled traffic outside the offices of Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) in hopes of persuading the California senator […]

 

ALC, SABA Urge Commission to Save Jobs,
Businesses at SFO

From Asian Law Caucus
December 30, 2008
The Asian Law Caucus (ALC) and the South Asian Bar Association of Northern California (SABA) have joined forces on a campaign launched by the ALC to save immigrant jobs and businesses at San Francisco International Airport.
The San Francisco Airport Commission is considering an administrative plan to terminate the existing 11 […]

 

2008 - The Year Hope Battled Hate

Patrick Goggin
By Patrick Goggin
December 26, 2008
From the rise of Barack Obama to marking 30 years since we lost Harvey Milk, 2008 saw the message of hope reverberate from shore to shore and around the world. Concurrently, we witnessed the resurgence of hate via the galvanization of white supremacist groups as Obama’s popularity grew through the […]

 

Those Ungrateful Iraqis

By Terry Canaan
December 17, 2008
It may turn out to be one of the most lasting images of the Bush presidency. The leader of the free world ducks as an angry journalist throws a shoe at him. President Bush was in Iraq to sign an agreement that would require — by Iraqi and international law […]

 

Assessing the Bush Legacy:
The Measure of the Man
and His Administration

By Stephen Lendman
December 17, 2008
George W. Bush. US president: January 20, 2001 - January 19, 2009. Born of privilege. Unimpressive by every measure. A history of underachievement. Chosen by big money. Arranged through electoral fraud. Installed by the Supreme Court. Empowered by a dubious “terrorist” act, and ending with a record unmatched by the worst […]

 

A Green New Deal

By Terry Canaan
December 16, 2008

I guess the big news this week is that some guy in Iraq winged a pair of shoes at President Bush’s head. All the news reports are telling us that this is a “sign of contempt” in Iraq, but it’s hard to think of a place in […]

 

Bush: “I don’t know what his beef is”

By Cindy Sheehan
December 16, 2008
“I’m not insulted. I don’t hold it against the government. The guy wanted to get on TV and he did.
I don’t know what his beef is, but whatever it is, I’m sure someone will hear it.”
- George Bush to ABC News after Iraqi Journalist, Muntazar al-Zaidi threw two shoes at him.
I […]

 

Smelly Shoes Thrown at Bush

December 14, 2008