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I’m back to my old blogging ways – I’ve missed you. My Facebook and Twitter might tell me what’s happening in Iran or Honduras or Oakland in the moment, but I miss the long-term connection. The t-shirt said it best – 120 is the new 420. So I’m back.

I just had to share this interview from this morning- with Lisa Jervis. By the time she walked into the KPFA studio, I had googled her enough to know she co-founded the ever-insightful Bitch Magazine. She is totally Oakland – feisty and tatted up and totally authentic. I liked her on sight. Now, she’s discussing her new book – a cookbook no less – entitled, Cook Food: A Manualfesto for Easy, Healthy Local Eating. I told her straight away that I was trying to decide whether to say the b-word on the air. It’s allowed, after all. On a lark, I went for it. You’ll see from the interview I made the right decision.

Enjoy our free form mutual rant on food, feminism and being “vegetarian for political reasons”.

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We haven’t forgotten you, Hassani Campbell, and we want you home

[Aimee Allison | OaklandSeen] Hassani, you are our son. In the six months since you have been missing, the community hasn't forgotten you. We're doubling our resolve to make Oakland a city where all children - ignored, vulnerable, poor - are safe and protected. The small group that held a candlelight vigil speaks for thousands of us - we want the police to continue to investigate the case. More than that, we want to understand where the system that places and tracks foster care children has failed, and what we can do to fix it. Thanks ...

I was honored to receive this award today (August 12, 2008) from the Carmel-based organization Helping Our Peninsula's Environment "for providing the first San Francisco Bay Area News Coverage on December 12, 2007 of the aerial spraying of secret, untested pesticides on our California communities which lead to the halt of the pesticide spraying in 2008". More information at http://www.1hope.org/hope.htm

The Book

An activist’s guide to combating military recruitment.
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Uniformed U.S. Army Officers lunch with students in elementary school cafeterias. Army training programs including rifle and pistol instruction replace physical education in middle schools. Like never before, military recruiters are entering the halls of U.S. schools with unchecked access in an attempt to bolster a military in crisis.

However, even as these destructive efforts to militarize youth accelerate, so do the creative and powerful efforts of students, community members, and veterans to challenge them. Today, the counter recruitment movement—from counseling to poetry slams to citywide lobbying efforts—has become one of the most practical ways to tangibly resist U.S. policy that cuts funding for education and social programs while promoting war and occupation. Without enough soldiers, the U.S. cannot sustain its empire.

Army of None exposes the real story behind the military-recruitment complex, and offers guides, tools, and resources for education and action, and people power strategies to win.

From Bitch to Bite: Lisa Jervis

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