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Groundwork Books Collective at UC San Diego. 0323 UCSD Old Student Center, La Jolla CA 92037...

Recently an Associated Press story, originating in Hartford Connecticut, stated Craigslist should remove its “adults services” section because it cannot adequately block ads advertising illegal prostitution and child trafficking. Seventeen state attorney generals have signed a letter to the company making this demand known.But why does society call it “adult” if adults don’t have the right to freedom and liberty in the first place? Why does any government think it has a right to “dictate” mor...

Arapio represents an ominous trend among law enforcement and politicians, through the militarization of everyday life, which seeks to impose the institutionalization of certain structures of organization, particularly prisons and the military, onto the liberty of our society....

Written before the most recent development in the federal case challenging Proposition 8 — the good-news, bad-news decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to delay same-sex marriages in California until at least December, but also to consider the all-important issue of whether the supporters of Proposition 8 even have legal standing to appeal — this editorial from the summer 2010 print edition of Zenger's Newsmagazine shows what a roller-coaster this issue has been and how the Queer co...

Hill Street Cafe, 524 South Coast Highway, Oceanside, CA 92054-4009...

We must set aside worthiness; determining who has earned a place at the table. Those shadows passing us on the streets, lugging all they own in the world, many struggling for a moment of life in decency and relevance, clinging to their personhood in the face of hate and disgust, should not be further victimized by starvation....

Department of Insurance Commissioner Candidate Padilla is calling for an investigation by San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner along with Dave Jones candidate for the department and all other candidates for this office to support an investigation of the Poway Toyota dealership owners and managers for workers compensation fraud. The workers have been contaminated by mold....

China Miéville isn’t exactly your typical multiple award-winning science-fiction writer. He’s also a Left-wing political activist, a member of the British Socialist Workers Party and former candidate for Parliament. Miéville came to San Diego for the July 22-25 Comic-Con, and took a detour for an afternoon question-and-answer session at the San Diego Public Library Sunday afternoon, July 25, during which he discussed his novels — notably his latest, “Kraken,” and his “New Crobuzon” series (“P...

Choosing the interests of party over voters, the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club overwhelmingly voted at their July 22 meeting to support the state Democratic Party's attempt to destroy the legislative redistricting commission before it even has a chance to meet, and return to the old, corrupt system under which legislators get to draw their own district lines, thereby preserving incumbents and eliminating any real competition for legislative seats....

There's the legal way to ensure transparency and then there is the made up, fake way, with lots of meetings, lots of talk, but little hearing and little caring. This is called “eventology,” where the value of participation is scored by the number of meetings and the number of people speaking....