By CJ Gronner There was a rally August 22 for Ronald Weekley, Jr., the kid that was beaten by police August 18th for skateboarding on the wrong side of the street. In […]
Police and Selective Enforcement
In yet another incident exemplifying waste of time and resources on the part of the LAPD, Ibrahim Butler was arrested Friday, August 24. A resident made a citizen’s arrest on him for […]
Snake Man Cleared of All Charges
As the Beachhead reported in the June issue, Solomon, also known as Willie Lee Turner, or the Snake Man, was arrested in Santa Monica for allegedly hitting someone in Hollywood. Now that […]
VNC Meeting: A Study in Patience and Stamina
By Roger Linnett Reduced to what amounted to whining, Venice Stakeholders Association President Marc Ryavec continued his rancorous crusade against the unhoused element of Venice at the regular monthly VNC meeting with […]
“Make all those poor people go away, Daddy!”
By Mary Getlein Well, sweetness, we are doing the best we can – we’ve made it illegal to sit in the sand after midnight – that probably gets rid of a bunch […]
Book Review: The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in The Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
Reviewed by Mary Getlein Once upon a time there was slavery in this country. Jim Crow laws were laws put in place during the reconstruction of the South, for the management and […]
The Fire Next Time
By Jim Smith Christine Burrill’s stunning exhibit of photo collages of the 1992 Los Angeles Uprising has an impact and immediacy that few other art forms can convey. Three of the large […]
Santa Monica College Students Blind-sided by Campus Police
By Roger Linnett Santa Monica College has joined the list of places where the police have used pepper spray for crowd control under questionable circumstances. A dubious honor to be sure, SMC […]
Plantations of Prisons – California’s Biggest Crop
By Mary Getlein Jason stood before us, a 30-year-old Latino man. He was here to tell his story of growing up in East L.A. and how he met Javier Stauring, who changed […]
Who Bombed Judi Bari?
A conversation With Darryl Cherney, Earth First! Activist And Producer Of Daring New Documentary: Who Bombed Judi Bari? By Margot Pepper Before global warming permeated contemporary consciousness, Earth First! activists Judi Bari […]
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