• I Say No to Permit Parking – Cristina Rojas • Anti, anti-OPD – Ty Allison ___________ I Say No to Permit Parking Dear Beachhead, On purpose, at almost Midnight, I am listening to […]
Letters
Coastal Commission Agrees with OPD opponents – Will Hold Hearing in June
By Jim Smith It only took the Coastal Commission a couple of minutes, Feb. 4, to derail the city’s rush to implement parking permits in Venice. The 12-person Board sided with appeals […]
Irregularities Charged in Venice Neighborhood Council Vote
By Peggy Lee Kennedy If you didn’t already know, the Venice Neighborhood Council (VNC) held an election Saturday, February 21 at the Venice Abbot Kinney library. The election and the ballot counts […]
Permit Parking Vote Targets Venice Homeless
By Michael Linder “Best fledgling democracy this side of Baghdad” quipped a resident after his first voting encounter with the 5 year-old Venice Neighborhood Council. “We’ve got long lines, confusing ballots, screaming […]
Lucy Parsons – A Life Dedicated to Justice
By Caeli Thibeault History has a way of forgetting to mention common people when great discoveries or revolutions are discussed. Only the elite tend to be mentioned, but history was forced to […]
Threat to Holiday Venice Sparks Oakwood Vigil
More than 200 low-income families from the Holiday Venice Apartments held a march and rally in Oakwood, Feb. 19, to protest the loss of affordable housing in Venice. The vigil was held […]
Another Election, March 3: Triumvirate set to take over Los Angeles
By Jim Smith Three closely allied politicians may rule Los Angeles after the March 3 elections. The three amigos are Wendy Greuel, the favorite to win the Controller’s race; Jack Weiss, the […]
Interview with Rebel Woman Assata Shakur
By Margot Pepper Assata Shakur, (godmother of Tupac Shakur) is a former convicted Black Panther who fled to Cuba in 1984. There is a million dollar bounty on her head. I met […]
Diana Rodgers and the M.V. Farmer’s Market
By Erica Snowlake For this special Women’s Day feature, I choose to honor one of my favorite Goddessess, Gaea, (pronounced Gee-uh), our beloved home planetary Being, who guides our harmonic destinies in […]
Book Review: The Enemy Within. 2,000 Years of Witch-Hunting in the Western World, by John DemosReviewed by krista schwimmer
Reviewed by krista schwimmer The cover of this book, along with the title, is enough to grab the attention of any curious reader. Glossy, embossed black hands circle and point index fingers […]
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