By Stephen Golub, May 28, 2024 “Is this the Golub household?” The pleasant young woman who rang my doorbell on Friday was soliciting support for the East Solano Plan, otherwise known as California Forever, otherwise known as Flannery Associates, the shadowy company launched by ultra-rich Silicon Valley investors. The firm has bought $900 million of … Continue reading Stephen Golub: Flim-Flannery (Is a Techno-cult Coming to Solano County?)→
[BenIndy Contributor Kathy Kerridge: We’ve recently been reminded about the threat that Benicia and the rest of the Bay Area faced from crude by rail trains. We’re facing new threats now in the form of pipelines that will be carrying dangerous CO2, which is an asphyxiant in sufficient quantities. A new project called the “Montezuma … Continue reading ‘Everything’s on fire’: Inside the nation’s failure to safeguard toxic pipelines→
[Note from BenIndy Contributor Roger Straw – I was a student protester during the anti-Vietnam-war movement, a young professional during the anti-apartheid movement in the U.S., and a protester here in Benicia against George W. Bush’s trumped up war against Iraq. War is almost NEVER a way to peace. Will Israel’s genocidal attack on Gaza … Continue reading Sanders hits back at Netanyahu: ‘It is not antisemitic to hold you accountable’→
[Note from BenIndy: Trying this again after we encountered a bug. This post was first published on Stephen Golub’s blog, A Promised Land: America as a Developing Country. There, Steve blogs about domestic and international politics and policy, including lessons that the United States can learn from other nations. If interested, you may sign up … Continue reading Stephen Golub: Seeing the Light and Springsteen→
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