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Posts published in May 1999

One Man Died, One Man Didn’t

This is a story of two men who were condemned by the state of California.  Both were war heroes. Both had a family history of insanity. Both turned to crime after leaving military service —…

Steelworkers and Environmentalists: An Exuberant Alliance

Grateful tears welled up in the eyes of many of the hundreds of listeners last January in Eureka, California, at the hearings on MAXXAM corporation’s management plan for its 211,000 acres, when Don Kegley, millworker…

Grandpa Munster Is Alive & Radical at 87!

From a recent interview with Al Lewis (Grandpa Munster) published by the New York City anarchist newspaper, “The Shadow,” issue #43. “Besides being a Talmudic scholar, Al Lewis has devoted his life to social and…

Suburban School Violence

“If you look back on high school as the happiest days of your life, you got a big fucking problem.” — Stephen King Some thoughts about the school-yard shooting in Littleton, Colorado: It would be…

My Favorite Loss

It was just me and my son Riley leading the 17th Annual Boontling Classic 5K runners west on Anderson Valley Way to the turnaround. As we hit the mile in 5:36, I said, “Just like…

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