Issue #40 - September-October 2003

Issue #40

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Film Schedule

1 Giant Leap, Arab/Middle Eastern Film Festival, antiBush Film Festival, and UFO's Film Festival...

Introduction
    by Bob Banner

Book Reviews

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Columns

The New Strawbale Home
    by Catherine Wanek

Update on the “Democracy Now!” campaign
    by Mark Phillips

Dates to Remember
    by Bob Banner

Common Ground Film Festival in Santa Barbara

Showing Films in Your Local Community
    by Bob Banner

Dissenters Serving Prison Time
    by MacGregor Eddy and David Faubion

Is Desalination the Best Option?
    by Pamela Marshall Heatherington

Local Non-Violent Communication Contacts

Another Convert to Kucinich

Mysticism, Politics, Transformation, Colin Wilson and the Dance Between Hope and Despair — Some Notes
    by Bob Banner

The Black Spot is coming!

Shorts

Announcements for San Luis Obispo and Southcoast

Permaculture Courses & Classes

Tri-County Community Bulletin Board

Features...

Affordable AND Sustainable Housing in San Luis Obispo?
    by Laura Joines-Novotny and Tom Di Santo
The M:OME / Bridge Street Project is gearing up to actualize their dream of an affordable and sustainable "development". We have published reports about them (a year ago) and now they are strengthening their muscles to make the big splash.

“The Reality”
    by Jill Cloutier
This is the name of the new car that you have never heard about and have never seen. It is radical; and author Jill Cloutier will blow you away as you howl with laughter perhaps only to be shocked the next time you enter into your automobile.

Homeless and Hungry
    by Aspen Rains
Contributing writer Aspen Rains summarizes much of the vitally important statistics about homelessness that will wake us to this epidemic.

Hot and Holy Dancing
    by Bob Banner
What has happened to our wildness? The mentality that is raping our natural wilderness is the same kind of disease that is deadening the wilderness within ourselves. Dancing, wild dancing, may just be a cure.

The Hope for a Health Care Solution: SB 921
    by Peter Conn
Activist Peter Conn updates us as to what is happening in California regarding a most pressing problem: our lack of adequate health care. Read about SB 921 and get involved!

Governing the Corporations
    by Michael Kramer
Investment advisor Michael Kramer writes about how to solve the problem of corporations running amok. Can the investment community and citizen groups do anything about this vast injustice? Find out and act.

Denial is a Disaster
    by Gene Knudsen Hoffman
Gene Knudsen Hoffman, contributing writer to HopeDance and elder of the activist community, shares her views on why it is vitally important that denial needs to be healed before we can move on.

The Bush Resumé
    by Kelley Kramer
A hilarious yet truthful resumé of George W. Bush. Kelley Kramer reports on his past experiences, his accomplishments, his accomplishments as "pResident" and References.

 

 
     

 

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