Author Archives: Jack Stephens

Oscar Grant Protest at City Hall and Courthouse

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Jack Stephens

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

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Jack Stephens

[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

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Jack Stephens

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

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jack Stephens

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

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Jack Stephens
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Oscar Grant, young father and peacemaker, executed by BART police

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Jack Stephens

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

Posted on December 30, 2008 by Jack Stephens
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Casualties Arriving at a Hospital in Gaza

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Jack Stephens
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Merry Christmas! Tonight we're gonna party like it's 1899!

Posted on December 25, 2008 by Jack Stephens
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Rep. Hilda Solis and the Prospect for Organized Labor

Posted on December 24, 2008 by Jack Stephens

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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