by-Marty Liboff (with a little help from Gerry Fialka and friends ) Spirits of the dead- come forth and show us the way… Just a silly old man’s memories of Venice Beach. […]
A MEMORIAL TALE OF VENICE
Letters From May 2016
To the Venice Beachhead, Today I attended a boisterous rally in Eugene, Oregon, for Senator Bernie Sanders. He addressed the prime issues facing America today; the mass incarceration of the poor and […]
This Paper is a Moebius Loop!
By Erica Snowlake The Beachhead is celebrating its 46th birthday this December, and a party for its 400th issue will take place at Beyond Baroque the first of February. I am fortunate to […]
People’s Reactions While Canvasing for Proposition 37 (YES! to Labeling GMOs) at the Ukiah Safeway 10/28/2012
“I’m a felon I can’t vote! And I didn’t murder the guy.” “I’ve already voted,” sly, grim smile; with emphasis: “by secret ballot.” “I’ve already voted YES!” YES! YES! YES! big, happy […]
Viva Pachamama! – Bolivia Celebrates Law Granting Rights to Mother Earth!
By ENS and Erica Snowlake La Paz – Bolivia marked the International Day of Mother Earth, April 22, with a ceremony in the Plaza Murillo, the center of political power. An ancient […]
Xeriscaping in Venice
By erica snowlake For those who get around our fair city on bike and by foot, the diversity of front-yard and street-facing landscaping is remarkable to behold. Equally functional and eccentrically artistic, […]
Profile: Venice Singer Simone White
By Erica Snowlake Introducing Simone White, she who wanders whither and hither around the world, charming audiences with her (encore!) prodigious gifts of singing, songwriting, and fine guitar playing. Our lithe lovely […]
Praising Howard Zinn: A People’s History of the United States, and The People Speak
By Erica Snowlake It is good to recall Ms. Thelma Trotty, the first teacher who blew (enlightened) my mind. She taught high school history in the late seventies in upstate New York […]
Women Speak Out! From Howard Zinn’s “Voices of A People’s History of the United States”
Emma Goldman, the Lithuanian immigrant, feminist orator, agitator, and anarchist, arrested in 1917 on conspiracy charges of “inducing persons to not register” excerpted from a 1908 speech in San Francisco before the […]
January 2008 – Lakota Nation Declares Independence. Can Venice Be Far Behind
By Erica Snowlake Haumikole! Hello my friend! On December 19, the Lakota Freedom Delegation announced unilateral withdrawl from all U.S. treaties to a small group of Press and well-wishers in the Plymouth […]
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