Author Archives: Jack Stephens

Oscar Grant Protest at City Hall and Courthouse

Cross-posted from The Mustard Seed. Related blog posts: Fruitvale Bart Station Protest: The Rally, The Riot, Bloggers on the Oakland Riots, “To survive in these times,” Grant’s Killer Arrested. Yesterday I was able to meet up with some friends, comrades, … Continue reading

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Grant's Killer Arrested in Nevada

[Updated at 12:48 pm 1/14/09] The San Francisco Chronicle reports: Mehserle was arrested in the New Year’s Day shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old supermarket worker from Hayward who was lying facedown after being pulled off a BART train by … Continue reading

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Democrats and Republicans

Raw Dawg Buffalo blogs: I was optimistic that Obama meant what he said, and would do accordingly. But I am slowly becoming disillusioned. He spoke of change, and not having the “good old boy” network of “Washington Insiders” in his administration – yet he does. I won’t even get on the usual talk of tax […] Continue reading

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Fruitvale Bart Station Protest: The Rally

All photos by Daniel Garcia. This will be my first post in a short series over at my blog The Mustard Seed on the shooting, protest, and riots, over the execution of Oscar Grant at the Fruitvale Bart Station in … Continue reading

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Israeli strikes hit UN schools

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Oscar Grant, young father and peacemaker, executed by BART police

This is absolutly apauling (if you want you can see the video for yourself, I don’t want to though, but you can find it pretty easily).  I will be at the protest today at the Fruitvale Bart station at 3 … Continue reading

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Sderot and Gaza

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Casualties Arriving at a Hospital in Gaza

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Merry Christmas! Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1899!

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Rep. Hilda Solis and the Prospect for Organized Labor

Thought I’d share this post with you guys. I got an e-mail a few hours ago from Mahmoud Hossam, a reporter for El Badeel, a newspaper in Egypt. I’m sort of their labor liaison and beat reporter (thanks to Hossam … Continue reading

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