AltWeeklies Wire
Across the Dividenew
The 2016 Presidential Race: A Choice of Democratic Socialism vs. Corporate Capitalism
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
03-21-2016 |
Commentary
Brewing Up Change on the San Pedro Waterfrontnew
The crowds were ebullient, if not inebriated, at the long-awaited opening of Brouwerij West in old Warehouse 9 in San Pedro. That same week, Mayor Eric Garcetti flipped a symbolic switch as he unveiled the city’s 1.2 megawatt solar panel initiative on top of that same warehouse.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
03-15-2016 |
Commentary
Random weirdness for the week of Feb. 9, 2016new
A drive-in movie theater for snowmobiles and kicksleds, ammosexuals target birdbrains who all own guns of their own if they live here, and Longyearbyen remains in the dark as the nearly four-month-long polar night ends.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-18-2016 |
Commentary
Random Weirdness for the week of Feb. 2, 2016new
We have seen the future of coal mining in Svalbard and, to paraphrase a certain idiot dominating politics in the U.S., there’s going to be so much winning we’re going to get tired of it now that North Korea has signed the Svalbard Treaty.
Icepeople |
M |
02-05-2016 |
Commentary
Crime, Harbor Division Jailnew
Badges, Pistachios, More Excuses
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-05-2016 |
Commentary
Random weirdness for the week of Jan. 26, 2016new
As climate change takes hold, it turns out the warming waters just north of Svalbard are home to a lush UFO paradise. Alas, in Svalbard itself we're being denied the chance to see David Bowie take his place among the stars.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
02-01-2016 |
Commentary
True Leadership Demands Action in a Crisisnew
“True compassion is more than flinging a coin to a beggar. It comes to see that the edifice, which produces beggars, needs restructuring.”
—Martin Luther King Jr.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
01-22-2016 |
Commentary
Random weirdness for the week of Jan. 19, 2016new
It's not as cool as the animated Lego horror show of an oil spill Greenpeace did in 2014, but it's still entertaining figuring out why that guy in the bow of a ship sinking in oil-drenched Arctic waters is having such a great day.
Icepeople |
Mark Sabbatini |
01-19-2016 |
Commentary
Trump: When Fascism Comes to Americanew
Trump’s rhetoric in recent months — whether it was his connecting Mexican immigrants to crime or his comments on Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), saying he is not a hero “because he was captured” and “I like people who weren’t captured”—has been tapping our nation’s darkest, deepest and most xenophobic veins
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-15-2015 |
Commentary
Thankful for Good Friends and Strong Voicesnew
As the discourse in America becomes less civil
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-04-2015 |
Commentary
A Beautiful Day on the Bow of the USS Iowanew
Garcetti, the Navy and Homeless People
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen and Publisher |
12-02-2015 |
Commentary
Do Not Feed the Pigeons (or the Homeless)new
It’s time to consider the consequences of criminalizing the homeless
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen |
10-30-2015 |
Commentary
China Shipping NOP, POLA’s Failed Mitigationsnew
Draft Supplemental EIR Admits to Lack of Compliance with Legal Settlement
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
10-16-2015 |
Commentary
Stumping on Fear and Arrogancenew
San Pedro Stands up to Fear Mongering
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen and Publisher |
09-21-2015 |
Commentary
A Long Journey from Brighton Beachnew
Terminal Island—Lost Communities of Los Angeles Harbor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
08-21-2015 |
Commentary
