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Chomsky at MIT: Between the war scientists and the anti-war students
It is now fifty years since Noam Chomsky published his celebrated article, 'The Responsibility of Intellectuals'. Few other writings had a greater impact on the turbulent political atmosphere on US campuses in the 1960s. The essay launched Chomsky's political career as the world's most intransigent and cogent critic of US foreign policy - a position he has held to this day....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2017 10:08am PST
WSPA tops lobbyist spending with $16.6 million this session
In a shocking example of deep regulatory capture that state officials and some environmental NGOs don’t want to discuss, Catherine Reheis-Boyd, the WSPA President, chaired the Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative to create questionable "marine protected areas" in Southern California from 2009 to 2012 as the oil industry was fracking coastal waters. She also served on the task forces to create "marine protected areas" on the Central Coast, North Central Coast and North Coast from 2004 ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2016 8:40am PDT
El Cajon Police Return Medical Cannabis - Another Success for the Patient Community
While ultimately the Court confirmed that the law was on SDAC’s side, there is little recourse to make up for the financial and emotional toll of such an ordeal....
Posted: Mon, Oct 10, 2016 8:14am PDT
Commission to Vote on Postponing Marine Protected Area Reviews
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) plan proposes to postpone regional scientific reviews of the effectiveness of “marine protected areas” from once every five years, as originally promised, to once every 10 years....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2016 4:34pm PDT
Ten Minutes to a Not Guilty Verdict in San Diego Medical Marijuana Concentrate Case
It is hard to say exactly when the San Diego District Attorney’s Office lost their cannabis extraction case against legal patient John Mazula....
Posted: Sun, Mar 6, 2016 9:19am PST
Perjury Entangles Sheriff Deputy in Embarrassing Web As Activists Look On
The prosecution rested their case after not having proven anything but that law enforcement are experts at reciting how to make butane honey oil. They were to have proven John was making BHO, they didn’t do it. And, there’s no honey oil, no blasted plant material, no used filters, piles of empty butane tanks or lengths of glass tubing to help them either....
Posted: Thu, Mar 3, 2016 12:22pm PST
Day One of John Mazula's Medical Marijuana Trial - Presecution's Case Built on Dishonesty
On March 1, the prosecution began its case against John Mazula, who is charged with manufacturing medical cannabis concentrates. Our jury, seated yesterday afternoon, is mostly white men and three white women. It took all Monday morning to vet them as unbiased in favor of police....
Posted: Wed, Mar 2, 2016 7:47pm PST
California State University Faculty Conclude Strike Authorization Vote
Yesterday, members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) at the 23 campuses of the California State University system concluded a statewide vote on whether or not to authorize union leadership to call a strike if contract negotiations with management fail to result in a fair deal....
Posted: Thu, Oct 29, 2015 1:45pm PDT
Cal State U. faculty to mark start of a Strike Vote with Picketlines, Theater, Rallies
A Strike Authorization Vote by the faculty who teach in the 23-campus California State University system begins online and in person at 9 am on Monday, October 19. The vote continues through 5 pm October 28....
Posted: Mon, Oct 19, 2015 8:03pm PDT
The Che Cafe Must Stay!
Across the country, students meeting spaces on campus are being replaced by commercial shopping malls and fast food courts. Student controlled venues are being driven out to remove the competition with this encroaching exploitation. At UCSD, the Student Union is one of the largest - with 30,000 "customers" daily. Here, students defend the legacy of the University as they Occupy the Che Cafe'...
Posted: Tue, Jun 30, 2015 7:47pm PDT
Santa Barbara oil spill highlights dangers of offshore fracking and drilling
"The oil spill near Refugio State Beach is a stark reminder of the dangerous risks expanded oil drilling poses to Santa Barbara County’s environment and its residents’ quality of life," said Becca Claassen, Santa Barbara County Organizer of Food & Water Watch.
Photo of offshore oil rig courtesy of theecoreport.com....
Posted: Tue, May 19, 2015 9:03pm PDT
A whale of a conflict of interest: Big oil lobbyist's oversight of marine protected areas
The Western State Petroleum Association President's role as Chair of the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force for the South Coast is undoubtedly one of the most overt conflicts of interest in recent years, but it's just one example of the conflicts of interests that infest environmental politics in California....
Posted: Thu, Apr 9, 2015 5:00pm PDT
Rally To Protect The Ché Café
Ché Café Collective
1000 Scholars Drive, La Jolla, California 92093...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 24, 2015 5:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 11:30pm PDT
Oil lobbyist/former MLPA chair praises release of fracking EIR
“While we are pleased with the state's process on implementing Senate Bill 4, it is important to note the draft EIR contemplates hypothetical development scenarios and provides a high level review. To date, well stimulation in California has never been associated with any known adverse environmental impacts,” claimed Reheis-Boyd.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife map of South Coast marine protected areas created under the privately-funded Marine Life Protection Act Initiative. Wh...
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2015 12:33pm PST
30,000 people demand that Big Oil Brown halt offshore fracking
This rampant fracking has only become possible because of the cozy relationship between federal and state regulators and the oil industry, the largest and most powerful corporate lobby in Sacramento. The American Lung Association's Center for Tobacco Policy and Organizing has just released a new report revealing that the oil industry spent $70 million on lobbyists in California since 2009.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife map of so-called "marine protected areas" created on the ...
Posted: Sun, Nov 16, 2014 7:19pm PST
Save the Ché Café photo blog
If you would like to help save the Che, please donate to the fund from their website, and spread the word! They are now facing a possible imminent eviction, and there may likely be a confrontation with police....
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2014 12:49pm PST
#O22 Nat'l Day of Protest Against Police Brutality, Repression & the Criminalization of a
Wednesday, October 22at 6:30pm
City Heights/Weingart Library and Performance Annex
3795 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, California 92105...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 22, 2014 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Sep 28, 2014 8:02am PDT
Great Zine on Collective Housing Strategies and Tactics
D.I.Y. distro of a zine that serves as a tool and resource guide on the logistics, strategies, tactics and general theory and practice of collectives and cooperative housing projects as they relate to building political power from the grass roots to the global. Please help spread the word!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 28, 2014 7:02pm PDT
Lawsuit Launched to Protect San Diego's Vanishing Wetlands From Airport Runway Project
SAN DIEGO— Conservation groups today formally notified the Federal Aviation Administration of plans to file a lawsuit to protect sensitive wetlands and endangered species at the Brown Field Municipal Airport near the San Diego border with Mexico (see PDF). The FAA is funding a runway reconstruction project and failed to include protections for rare wildlife species that live in vernal pools at the airport, such as the San Diego fairy shrimp and San Diego button-celery. A coalition of conserva...
Posted: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 10:40pm PDT
Black and Pink-San Diego PUNK SPA FUNDRAISER
*********THE ADDRESS WILL BE SENT TO THOSE THAT RSVP TO sandiego@blackandpink.org...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 9, 2014 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2014 2:55am PDT