observing san diego-tijuana urban life 
activist+professor+writer, border issues, urban art, Tijuana
In case anyone hasn’t seen these yet–there are dozens of great covers and remixes of the now famous Iowa caucus victory speech by Barack Obama on 3 January 2008. Yes We Can by will.i.am No, You Can’t by Lee Stranahan and Alan Bernhoft posted on barelypolitical.com No, You Can’t No […]
> Wired Magazine is staging a contest to help Blackwater design new motivational posters to help improve its image here in America. Check it out . . . And just a thought about Blackwater’s training potential. Maybe we should bring them into our public schools to help spice things up […]
>On Tuesday, June 17 at 10:30 AM, City Attorney Mike Aguirre argued the case for the city in Blackwater Lodge and Training Center vs. Kelly Broughton/City of San Diego before Judge Marilyn Huff. On June 4, Huff granted Blackwater a restraining order against the City in order to ensure that […]
On June 11, enveloped in the golden brown desert habitat and bright blue skies of Otay Mesa, California, investigative journalist and author of “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army” (Nation Books, 2007) Jeremy Scahill joined over 100 San Diegans in a demonstration against the private military […]
>Blackwater’s motion for a temporary restraining order against the City of San Diego will be heard today, Friday, May 30, in Federal Court in the courtroom of the Honorable Marilyn L. Huff, at 1:30. The TRO motion was filed on behalf of Blackwater Lodge and Training Center, Inc. vs. Broughton […]
At the San Diego City Council Meeting this morning (May 27) 8th District Councilmember Ben Hueso addressed a throng of citizens in attendance to register their protest against the Blackwater facility in Otay Mesa. Hueso announced that Blackwater now intends to sue the City of San Diego in Federal Court. […]
