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
Crime, Harbor Division Jailnew
Badges, Pistachios, More Excuses
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
02-05-2016 |
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
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
Time Slips A Cognew
I’m beginning this piece by chipping away at a giant writer’s block.
Random Lengths News |
Lionel Rolfe |
06-23-2015 |
Commentary
Connecting the Dotsnew
Between the Waterfront, Minimum Wage, Homelessness, and Free Trade.
Random Lengths News |
By James Preston Allen |
05-14-2015 |
Commentary
The Great Homeless Debatenew
Whack-a-mole enforcement in a city spending $87 million on policing the homeless, and no solution in sight.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
05-01-2015 |
Commentary
Taking Sidesnew
We can be pro-business and pro-labor.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
04-17-2015 |
Commentary
