A Divided Friendship–Border Field State Park
UCSD Department of Communications video about the history of Border Field State Park, San Diego, California. scenes from June-July 2008. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwRr7bt7-s8&hl=en&fs=1]
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Ni de aquí, ni de allá Border Log 3
July 3, 2008, Tijuana- Today I’m walking with Dan along Avenida Internacional, the four-lane highway that runs along the border between Tijuana and San Diego, and I cringe as I feel the rush of speeding cars at my back, dragging on my body. I know we are far enough off […]
Border Wall / Friendship Park
June 1 Border Vigil From Friendship to Hope–Gathering for the Future of the US-Mexico Border: Border Log 2
> By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO-TIJUANA, 1 June 2008- The presence of border patrol surveillance, a force clearly intended to intimidate, couldn’t suppress our delight with the sparkling Pacific waves, sunny skies and fresh breezes in Border Field State Park. Nor could the aggressive militarization of the border that we […]
Border Wall / Smuggler's Gulch
Secondary Fence: Border Log 1
> By Jill Holslin SAN DIEGO, 26 May 2008- The scrub landscape around the border fence at the southern edge of San Diego county is raw from neglect and overuse. Turning off Dairy Mart Road onto a bumpy dirt path, I realized Paul’s Volvo wagon was never meant for this. […]
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Yes We Can" Remix Revolution
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 […]