18 NOVEMBER 2021/SF POLITICS/JOE KUKURA (SFist.com) The first Recall Chesa TV ad starts airing Thursday night, and tells you that “Chesa Boudin is failing.” It does not tell you which people featured in the ad are paid recall campaign staff. The effort to recall San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin… Continue reading
New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove James Tunney, LLM, is an Irish Barrister who has lectured on legal matters throughout the world. He is a poet, a visual artist, and also author of The Mystical Accord: Sutras to Suit Our Times, Lines for Spiritual Evolution. In addition, he has written two… Continue reading
Tal Kopan, Kevin Fagan Nov. 16, 2021 Updated: Nov. 17, 2021 (SFChronicle.com) WASHINGTON — Rep. Jackie Speier won’t seek another term in Congress, she announced Tuesday morning, capping a decades-long career in public service and creating a rare open seat in the Bay Area. The San Mateo Democrat released a video… Continue reading
This op-ed argues that D.C. statehood is a key question of civil and voting rights. BY JACK MILLER NOVEMBER 15, 2021 (teenvogue.com) “No taxation without representation.” You might remember that slogan from history class. Residents of the 13 colonies had no voice in British parliament and believed they were being unfairly taxed…. Continue reading
By James Tunney My family were involved in politics quite a bit. Dealing with political parties, nothing is what it seems. There are secret groups everywhere and secret objectives. That is why i propose that the next mass movement should be careful not to associate because every group will eventually… Continue reading
Resisting carceral power in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District SUSAN STRYKER OCTOBER 2021 (beyondchron.org) Susan Stryker is a recipient of the Arcus/Places Prize, which supports innovative public scholarship on gender, sexuality, and the built environment. Crossroads are mythopoetically charged spaces where one realm of existence touches another, and transformative encounters can take… Continue reading
Dartington Trust Matthew Fox talks on the subject of “Recovering the Sacredness of the Earth and the Difference it Makes as the Next Stage of Human Evolution”. How special the Earth is – this is becoming clearer every day as we examine other possible planets in the universe on the macrocosmic… Continue reading
Occupy Spirituality: A Radical Vision for a New Generation by Adam Bucko, Matthew Fox, Mona Eltahawy (Foreword), Andrew Harvey (Foreword), Surya Das (Goodreads Author) (Afterword) The Occupy Wall Street movement and protest movements around the world are evidence of a new era of intergenerational activists seeking deeper spiritual meaning in their quest for peace and justice. This book is… Continue reading
‘In 2020 Donald Trump put a huge strain on the fabric of this democracy, on the country. In 2024 the strain on the fabric could turn into a tear.’ Composite: Klawe Rzeczy/Getty Images Republicans are vying for critical positions in many states – from which they could launch a far… Continue reading
