Among the useful items you’ll find on the City of Petaluma’s website is this list of Major Development Projects in Petaluma, which is updated quarterly. Big changes are coming, as a series of infill projects near downtown and close to the river will soon forever alter the look and feel of our town. Read the…
Monthly Archives: November 2016
Toons
Kiss of Death
by Christopher Fisher •
You can find much more of Mr. Fish’s (Dwayne Booth) work at www.Clowncrack.com.
Toons
Public Enemy
by Christopher Fisher •
Africa, Human Rights, Latin America
The Secret History of How Cuba Helped End Apartheid in South Africa – Democracy Now!
by Christopher Fisher •
Published on Dec 11, 2013
http://www.democracynow.org
As the world focuses on Tuesday’s historic handshake between President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro, we look back at the pivotal role Cuba played in ending apartheid and why Castro was one of only five world leaders invited to speak at Nelson Mandela’s memorial. In the words of Mandela, the Cuban “destroyed the myth of the invincibility of the white oppressor … [and] inspired the fighting masses of South Africa.” Historian Piero Gleijeses argues that it was Cuba’s victory in Angola in 1988 that forced Pretoria to set Namibia free and helped break the back of apartheid South Africa. We speak to Gleijeses about his new book, “Visions of Freedom: Havana, Washington, Pretoria, and the Struggle for Southern Africa, 1976-1991,” and play archival footage of Mandela meeting Fidel Castro in Cuba.
Inequality, Military Industrial Complex, Terror Inc., War
9/11, Permanent War and the Transnational Capitalist Class
by Christopher Fisher •

Look for Censored 2017, the Fortieth Anniversary Edition of Project Censored’s annual publication, at your favorite independent bookstore now. You can also find it online here. Below we post the transcript of a speech Peter Phillips gave in September 2016. Phillips is a Sociologist & the President of the Media Freedom Foundation/Project Censored. – RR…
Horticulture, Petaluma, Seed
Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Catalog for 2017 is Now Available
by Christopher Fisher •

The Baker Creek Heirloom Seed Company’s 2017 catalog is hot off the press and now available. If you haven’t seen their catalog before, you’re in for quite a treat. It’s a huge, full-color publication quite unlike any other you’ve likely seen. Stop by the Petaluma Seed Bank to pick up your copy, or sign up…
Inequality
Best Place in the World to Be a CEO is the USA
by Christopher Fisher •
Climate Change, Environmental Health & Regulation
Gus Speth on the Economic Drivers of Climate Change: the 2016 David Sive Annual Memorial Lecture
by Christopher Fisher •
Activism, Native American, Sonoma County
Report from Shepherd Bliss on Sonoma Co. Standing Rock Solidarity Events
by Christopher Fisher •

Here’s an important message from our friend, Sonoma County activist, writer, and teacher, Shepherd Bliss. Thanks to Connie Madden for forwarding. Dear Water Protectors, I attended 3 events 11/26 on Standing Rock. They started with a silent prayer at the Sebastopol gazebo, one of many around the world. I just got a phone call that…
Nuclear
Time for a Renewed Anti-Nuclear Movement
by Christopher Fisher •

A reader on nuclear weapons in the age of Trump. From the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: A renewed mobilization to reduce the danger from nuclear weapons Read at the source. 14 NOVEMBER 2016 Frank von Hippel Program on Science and Global Security Princeton University A potential positive result from the election of Donald Trump…