Barnet Bugle Published on Apr 10, 2013 (Thatcher died on April 8, 2013) Causing howls of outrage, and grimaces on fellow Labour MPs faces, Glenda Jackson MP defies the respectful mood of the chamber by launching a nasty, angry and ferocious assault on ‘Thatcherism’ – earrings bouncing around – in… Continue reading
1960’s The ouster of African-American families from the Fillmore 1960-1970’s SF Redevelopment Agency’s money-driven displacement of thousands of low-income South of Market residents 1960-1970’s The destruction of SROs and other affordable housing 1980’s “Manhattanization” 1990’s The dot com boom Gavin Newsom: “no, the tech companies aren’t even coming close to… Continue reading
Dear Berkeley Homeless Supporters, Thank you very much for all your support while I was homeless in Berkeley. I flew back to Indiana yesterday to take care of my health and be with family. I’m living at my mom’s apartment now. I will never forget how strangers, near-strangers, and acquaintances… Continue reading
By Russell Okung L.A. CHARGERS SEP 2 2016 (theplayerstribune.com) The more I read about the controversy surrounding 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s decision to not stand during the national anthem, and his efforts to shine a light on injustice in this country, the more… Continue reading
Posted on May 26, 2018 by Ellen Brown (ellenbrown.com) California has over $700 billion parked in private banks earning minimal interest, private equity funds that contributed to the affordable housing crisis, or shadow banks of the sort that caused the banking collapse of 2008. These funds, or some of them, could be… Continue reading
Grunch of Giants Richard Buckminster Fuller St. Martin’s Press, 1983 – Civilization, Modern – 98 pages Here Buckminster Fuller takes on the gigantic corporate megaliths that exert increasing control over every aspect of daily life. In the form of a modern allegory, he traces the evolution of these multinational giants from the post-World… Continue reading
By Harrison Barnes DALLAS MAVERICKS DEC 14 2017 (theplayerstribune.com) Basketball is my first love, but it’s not my only one. From the small town in Iowa where I grew up, to Chapel Hill for college, to the Bay Area and now to Dallas, I’ve been lucky in my life to… Continue reading
The Municipal Bank Feasibility Task Force has met twice since it formed and will submit a report outlining its recommendations for San Francisco following a sixth meeting in July. (Courtesy photo) By Zac Townsend on May 17, 2018 (SFExaminer.com) San Franciscans deserve a public bank, one that invests The City’s money into… Continue reading
