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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

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 [...]

 

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 the world [...]