Month February 2011

For the Middle East protesters. People got to be free

The Middle East protesters are heroic and inspiring. They are literally putting their lives on the line. I helped organize multiple anti-Iraq war protests. Sometimes they were huge. Sometimes it got really tense with LAPD. But I knew the authorities…

Urban farming in Detroit

Treehugger has lots more on urban farming in Detroit, which both reclaims abandoned land and helps bring back the city while providing food in a time of high unemployment and rising food prices.

San Jose blues. Massive cutbacks coming

San Jose is a supposedly prosperous city, it’s the heart of Silicon Valley. Yet it’s already sketchy walking around downtown San Jose, what with the guys selling drugs at Marta and the gauntlet of bums to negotiate while walking home.…