Articles Posted in the Politics Category

  • The Time Has Come for a United Ireland

    Our task now is to lobby our elected officials and government so that they, in turn, can influence governments across the world to support a united Ireland. This is an issue that concerns all people, regardless of background. We now have an opportunity to seize the high moral ground and respect the wishes of the Irish people. It is time for a new approach to be adopted.

  • Rob Black Douses D6 Rumor

    Rob Black Douses D6 Rumor

    San Francisco Chamber of Commerce Vice President Rob Black. Photo by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas August 27, 2009 San Francisco Chamber of Commerce VP Rob Black yesterday doused a recent rumor suggesting he is…

  • Growing Poverty and Despair in America

    Perhaps more than anything, increasing homelessness and hunger highlight the growing problem as, in the face of deteriorating economic conditions and growing human needs, administration policies are indifferent, counterproductive, uncaring and hostile.

  • Gonzalez and Leigh to Host Endorsement Party, Fundraiser for Adriel Hampton

    Gonzalez and Leigh to Host Endorsement Party,
    Fundraiser for Adriel Hampton

    Hampton, an investigator and former San Francisco Examiner political editor, has fought to bring progressive issues to the top of the agenda in the CA-10 race – to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the US drug war, and promote open government, labor rights and equality at home.

  • Joe Lynn Honored

    Joe Lynn Honored

    The celebratory luncheon, held at Taqueria Reina’s, the site of a once thriving weekly political salon, was organized on short notice attracting as many as 50 friends and colleagues eager to pay their respects and provide Lynn with love and support as he enters hospice care.

  • Why Are The Drug
    and Health Insurance Companies Smiling?

    What did President Obama give in return for this $80 billion? Reportedly, Obama agreed not to bargain down prices for Medicare purchases and promised that the U.S. would not buy less expensive drugs from Canada. What will that cost us? Well 13 European nations successfully regulate the price of drugs, reducing the average cost of name-brand prescription medicines by 35 percent to 55 percent.

  • FCJ Interview with CA-10 Candidate Anthony Woods

    FCJ Interview with CA-10 Candidate Anthony Woods

    Openly gay, Woods was discharged from the US military in December 2008 after he challenged the Pentagon’s ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy, an ignominious slap in the face to a man who put his life on the line in service of his country.