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Phil Drucker's Rant for 12-31-19: "I Read the News Today, Oy Vey."
December 31, 2019 / By Philip Drucker, Constitutional Law Professor & Staff Writer, Los Angeles Free Press / Comments OFF
Welcome to this week's edition of "Reading Between the Headlines and Asking Why?"
There was an attack on Jewish New Yorkers almost every day last week. Police are investigating these as possible hate crimes
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/29/us/jewish-attacks-week-new-york-trnd/index.html
NYPD Investigating 9th Anti-Semitic Attack Reported This Week
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2019/12/28/rash-of-anti-semitic-attacks-new-york-city/
Vigil Held In Skokie After Wave Of Anti-Semitic Attacks In And Near New York City
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/12/29/new-york-brooklyn-monsey-anti-semitic-attacks-skokie-vigil/
NYPD to step up presence in Brooklyn after string of anti-Semitic hate crimes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nypd-to-increase-presence-in-brooklyn-after-string-of-anti-semitic-hate-crimes/
Miami man's Manhattan assault in broad daylight called hate crime
Police say 65-year-old Jewish man kicked, punched
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2019/12/28/miami-mans-manhattan-assault-in-broad-daylight-called-hate-crime/
Suspect pleads not guilty after five stabbed at Hanukkah party at rabbi's home in New York
The governor called the late-night attack in Rockland County an act of "domestic terrorism."
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/multiple-victims-reportedly-stabbed-rabbi-s-new-york-home-n1108271
Suspect in Monsey Stabbings Searched Online for 'Hitler,' Charges Say Officials said the suspect, who is charged with hate crimes, also expressed anti-Semitic views in his journal.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/nyregion/jewish-attacks.html
Jewish college student attacked on New York subway
https://worldisraelnews.com/jewish-college-student-attacked-on-new-york-subway/?fbclid=IwAR3BF7HfYGipPktZ5w2zPyeFtPnokrEIW-Yw0hgLvf9utkH5FCaPIydBmhk
Jersey City Shooting Was 'Domestic Terrorism,' Officials Say
The two attackers were "fueled both by anti-Semitism and anti-law enforcement beliefs."
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/12/nyregion/jersey-city-shooting-domestic-terrorism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/topic/subject/hate-crimes
Why? Because…
Trump signs executive order to define Judaism as a race, ethnicity
https://www.axios.com/trump-jewish-executive-order-kushner-anti-semitism-c97f5927-786f-4f4a-b10f-36816f5df20a.html
Or, stated another way…
Trump's Executive Order and the Rise of Anti-Semitism
The president's campus intervention ignores the bigger threat of anti-Semitism and threatens free speech.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/11/opinion/trump-bds-movement-israel.html
To protect Jews on campus? This is beyond the alt-right fringe. Reclassification for maximum racist effect and pure Nazi 101. He is a very sick, twisted and evil man and trust me, you're next.
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Phil Drucker's Rant for 12-24-19: "An Open Letter to Robert Reich"
Dear Mr. Reich:
Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Philip Drucker and I am a retired lawyer, Constitutional Law Professor and amateur historian. Recently, I came across an article you had written, Robert Reich: If Impeached by the House, Trump is Literally Unpardonable.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-impeached-house-literally-unpardonable-1475096
I found it to be of great interest in matters related to the breadth and scope of a successful congressional impeachment proceeding to limit the power of the ExecutiveSpecifically, this part of the Pardon Power in Section II Clause 1:
The President … shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment.
It never made sense to me that the Founders intended to leave an impeached but not removed monarch, er, president in office without so much as a hint of punishment, restrictions or restraint on his or her future conduct. I posit this position is anathema to the basic duties of the president as included in Article II Section 3:
As well as the even more central tenet to our democratic republic that we are a nation not of blood or title, but of law and that no one, not even a president is above the law. If for no other reason that this, we must never let Trump or any other president ever pardon themselves. To do so would be, in effect, to create a tyrant the likes of which there may be no return.
After sufficient research, I completely agree with you on the issue of whether a president, any president, can pardon him/herself, or any other impeached president from the impeachment itself, and any criminal liability that may attach as a result of further prosecution under the laws of the United States of America. They cannot. There is however, and as I suspected, yet another piece to the puzzle that seems to indicate that after impeachment, any other crimes for which the president may be charged with having committed during his/her remaining tenure in office are similarly unpardonable and, hence, will be subject to prosecution for, and if found guilty, appropriate penalties as indicated under the applicable statute(s).
However, for proper authority and guidance, we must look far beyond Ex Parte Garland (1867), a case involving an ex-confederate soldier during the time of Reconstruction, an era generally believed to be a time of Southern forgiveness and unification. How can this case be "settled law" in matters of pardons when it was not challenged for over 100 years, not because of its brilliance, but because there were no other presidential impeachments to which it serve as guidance?
Further, Garland contains no instruction that a sitting president can pardon himself thereby placing him/her above the law. I simply isn't there and yet somehow turns up again and again as Supreme Court approval for an unlimited Unitary Presidency. This fancy, constitutional sounding term is often employed as a thinly disguised front for the right to anoint an American king in a American monarchy, which in many ways is an abuse of power in and of itself, if employed by the president himself. We must return to an earlier time for guidance and return to the time and place of the American Pardon Power's historic origins, England.
Without doubt the American Presidential Pardon Power was derived from the royal English Prerogative of Kings. It would also be uncontested prior to the 17th Century, the power to pardon, also referred to as the prerogative of mercy, was unlimited. It was associated with grace and the King's reflection of the Almighty's capacity for justice and mercy. Please remember this is a time when the idea of Church and State would have been treated as both treasonous and blasphemous, neither of which would be true today. That is, of course, unless you think he is the chosen one and his orange skin is a result of the holy spirit flowing through him. (You really can't make this up, can you?)
It is in the late 17th Century when the true inquiry and illuminative history begins. For it was on December 20, 1678 that the House of Commons sought to resolve the conundrum of a royal pardon involving the conviction of Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby, for treason and other high crimes and misdemeanors, ending in a restriction on the pardon power in matters of impeachment.
Leaving the factual history behind, the impeachment as fascinating as it is, the point being, for the first time, Parliament recognized the King's pardon as irreconcilable with the notion of "constitutional balance". Particularly, in connection with a somewhat "rogue" and irresponsible monarch often flaunting the Constitution for less than commendable, usually selfish and often traitorous, reasons. Sound familiar? For the most part, members of Parliament believed the power of impeachment was necessary to establish a better government and that after impeachment it was in the best interest of the King and the Nation, particularly in matters involving High Treason, that this person not remain free. Interestingly, Parliament also worried that the wanton use of pardons would silence all testimony and, thus, suppress the truth of any plot. Interesting to note how little treason, bribery, corruption, high crimes and misdemeanors have changed since the days of King Charles II till the time of King Donald the First, isn't it?
But it is upon deciding that a restraint on pardons in matters involving impeachment was proper and just, that an ancient restraint on the pardon power comes to light. However, I have not heard it discussed at length, In fact, I've not heard it discussed at all. Yet it is, seemingly, extremely relevant to today's conversation. Namely, that the King could not issue a pardon for any felony that deprived a third party of their right to a legal remedy (recognized by judicial tribunal in 1673). In cases of impeachment, the third party, it turns out, was, in fact, the whole Commons of England. Here, We the People.
If nothing else, here would appear to be, at least, one sound basis for Nixon's resignation prior to impeachment and, now that our 45th President has been impeached, he cannot pardon himself or can any other president pardon him for any of offenses against the United States, including all criminal acts, if it deprives we, us, the American people, of our right to legal remedy. And most assuredly, those particular acts within the articles of impeachment for which there would certainly be a Due Process argument for maintaining a remedy at law for a third party (that would be us).
In an another eerily similar situation, the House of Commons and the House of Lords clashed and, despite the House of Commons issuing numerous resolutions outlining their obviously stronger position, with Charles hemming and hawing the whole time, no actual legislation could be agreed upon. Although he remained fully pardoned, Danby spent the next five years in the Tower of London. But, as the years crept on, more and more restrictions were placed upon the pardoning power while the deprivation of individual third party rights (the same is true in America as part and parcel of Due Process) is still a valid issue for consideration to this day.
Although more research would be an obvious necessity, Due Process third party remedy rights in America of which plenty comes to mind, I would like to recommend, We the American People, start with a simple question. Are we, or are we not smarter today in America than the good people of 17th Century England? At the moment, that question seems to be open for debate.
In closing, I again take the opportunity to concur with your analysis regarding the limitations placed upon the pardon power in matters involving impeachment. I would further argue that in the best interest of the Country and our "King" although he may not realize it, now impeached, Trump cannot be pardoned, by himself or any other president, for any criminal acts under the applicable Federal Statutes for which he has already been impeached, and in fact for any offense against the United States he may violate during the remainder of his time in office. This being true, regardless of whether he is convicted and removed by the Senate, or not.
Humbly, I submit for your opinion and hope to hear from you shortly. Sources and citations available upon request. Thank you for your consideration.
Philip Drucker
https://www.druckerreport.com//blog
Phil Drucker's Rant for 12-17-19: "Anyone Know Where I Can Find a Good, Hardly Used Teleprompter?"
Q: Have you ever asked yourself, what exactly does it mean to be an American? Or, more precisely, what does it Constitutionally mean to be an American. Oddly enough, there is an answer. It is in the Preamble. If we analyze the Preamble we find several directives, principle and wisdom, both hidden and obvious, to guide us toward honoring the words and intent of the Founding Fathers in our everyday lives and deeds.
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
Let's begin at the beginning, "We the People of the United States," a statement of sovereignty and independence. A statement of affirmation and defiance, letting the world know that in America, it is the will of the People that ultimately rules and that without our consent, no government can be considered legitimate unless it acknowledges, honors and reflects the People to whom all who purport to serve must yield. This is true from the lowest of civil servants to the highest and, of course, includes, if not more so, the President of the United States of America.
The next line is "in Order to form a more perfect Union," not a perfect union, the Founders were far too intelligent to seek perfection from those subject to the human condition, but to strive for a more perfect union. A smarter one, a kinder one, a better one. How do I know this? Look at the words included over the next several sentences. Justice, tranquility, provide, promote, Welfare and Liberty. These are the words of progress through compassion and unity. Unity of thought and mind. One mind and one heart dedicated to the betterment of all.
Today, is Rally for Impeachment Day and we are all here to show our honor and respect for the Constitution. And today, We the People, as is our right, is calling for the Impeachment of our 45th President Donald J. Trump for he has not only violated his oath of office, but has repeatedly and without so much a word of remorse, violated the Constitution and hence the will of the People. And therefore, I posit, there can be no greater harm and injustice to the public weal than to leave this monster in power.
Looking again to the Preamble, do you see words promoting deeds of or even the spirit of selfishness, self-gain and self-interest over all others? Of "prosperity" clearly at the expense of others? That uncontrolled greed and ambition, regardless of the consequences are what it means to be an American?
Where do you see a mandate for cruelty? Cruelty toward our fellow Americans and those who might be strangers from another land? When did America become afraid of destitute refugees, men, women and children, walking barefoot to our land in hopes of a better future as an American?
Where does it say put children in cages? Where does it say deport the needy and the sick? Where does it say divide the people along social, economic, racial, gender and religious lines? Where does it say it is American to hate those who are not like you? Who do not look like you? Or swear allegiance like you? Or who do not pray to the same G-d as you? It does not.
So yes, today we rally for impeachment as is our right for it is the remedy specifically included within the 2,543 words of the Constitution.
In closing, be confident in our path forward for it is the path of unity and compassion. We are just and right in our demand for impeachment. He is not a king and he will never be king. For in America, we have no king, only pretenders to a mythical and non-existing throne made of gold, fantasy and yes, tyranny. And rest assured, We, this (pointing at crowd) fight for democracy, a better life for everyone, and a more perfect union, is what it means to be an American.
Thank you and G-d bless America. -PD
Phil Drucker's Rant for 12-9-19: "Anyone Know Where I can buy a Good, Hardly Used Guillotine?"
Today, I start with a somewhat not terribly simple concept, but a comparison of the reasons for the French Revolution and today's social and political climate in America. First, a little history, a short list of facts worth noting.
The French Revolution began in 1789 when the united people of the Third Estate aka Revolutionaries (more on this below) stormed the infamous Bastille prison. After the New Republic/People's unexpected victory against a bunch of Prussian mercenaries (the best money could buy back then, kind of like Blackwater today but without all of the messy and unnecessary war crimes and human rights violations) at the Battle of Valmy, named after the small French village where the battle took place, the Revolutionaries were newly emboldened to formally end the monarchy and establish the First French Republic. In January of 1793 the now former monarch, Louis XVI was executed. The end.
But what led to this uprising in a seemingly stable country that had lived for centuries in a kingdom and under a crown that sat on a most likely golden throne? The best answer is Social Inequality.
In the 1780s, the French population was divided into three estates. The First Estate was the Roman Catholic clergy (religion). The Second Estate embodied the French nobility (the rich and powerful). The Third estate was everybody else. Doctors, lawyers, merchants, laborers, you know, everybody that actually worked for a living. At the time of the Revolution, it is estimated Estate #3 contained 98% of the population. That leaves 2% for First and Second Estate. The Estates that cast shame and ridicule down upon the 98% every chance they got. Just like the 1% today, but without the wigs and fancy clothing.
The next best reason (and comparison) is the unfair Tax Burden placed upon the Third Estate, the Estate that had too little money. The class living paycheck to paycheck, if they had had paychecks back then. But you get the idea. In an almost eerie resemblance to modern day America, the wealthy First Estate (Church) paid, you guessed it, no taxes. Seems they've been pulling this scam for a long time. The Second and well-fed rich Estate, you guessed it again, were exempted from paying most taxes due to their position as landowners, or in those days, as the employers. And, were, in fact, able to directly tax the peasants who worked/lived on their land.
Now, I'm sure, you are three for three. In short, while the first two Estates were for all intents and purposes exempt from paying taxes (aka their fair share), the burden to replace the lost funds were placed upon the Third Estate. The Estate that was already deciding whether to pay for life-saving medications or food, just as if they had Big Pharma back then.
Throw in the ineffective leadership at the top, as in Louis XV and Louis XVI and Donald I, the inability of French Parliament to enact reforms favorable to the Third Estates, think Congress, the Senate and Moscow, or if you prefer Paris Mitch, and voila! Revolution is in the air. In France, not here, but maybe here. Soon.
The last and I believe best reason for the French Revolution is the price (or scarcity) of Bread. It's one thing to be shut out of positions of power and looked down upon by the other estates, but it's quite another to be starved to death at the same time. Have you checked the price of bread lately? It seems to be rising and "Let them eat coal." isn't going to work.
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Today's Rant for 10-15-19: "Separation of Church & State: Keep the Wall! Keep the Wall!"
Confessions Of A Spy…
Today's Rant for 10-8-19: "Of Kurds and Parting Wheys"
Today's Rant for 10-1-19: "Robe v. Wade"
Today's Rant for 09-24-19: "No West, Young Man?"
Today's Rant for 09-17-19: "Insight to Riot."
Oil Men Kill Smog Bill Even as Repressed Women Rise Up. What Happens Next?
Today's Rant for 09-10-19: "Why not now?" – Kimberly Teehee (2019) Well, for Starters…
Today's Rant for 09-03-19: Der Strum & The Fuhrer Circa 2019
Top Secret Warfare Plan – USA Defense vs Soviet Bloc Aggression
On 08-27-19 Today's Rant is: 25th For The 45th Or Fight!
On 08-20-19 Today's Rant is: Dear George, I Hate to do This by Letter but We've Been Growing Apart for a Long Time Now…
On 08-13-19 TODAY'S RANT is: El Norte Deporte
There Should Be No Secret Police (But there were, there are, and there may still be.)
On 08-06-19 TODAY'S RANT is: A Few Thoughts on the One and a Half Amendment
On 07-30-19 Today's Rant is: Stop! In the Name of Law! The Supremes Speak.
Actually – and Coincidentally – It's All About Fascism
On 07-25-19 Today's Rant is: It's The "Ho! Ho! Ho! I'm 14 Years Old and I can do Whatever I Want" Clause
On 07-23-19 Today's Rant is: It's Time for Your Shot, Dr. Feelgood
On 07-17-19 Today's Rant Is: In a White House Room of Racism Cannot Stand
On 07-16-19 Today's Rant is: Three Blinded by the Right Mice
On 07-11-19 Today's Rant is: Whether You Think You Can or Kant, You're Right.
On 07-09-19 Today's Rant is: The Last King of Turnberry
On 07-04-19 Today's Rant is: These Flags Were Made for You and Me.
On 07-02-19 Today's Rant is: Ice Cream for Old Crow
Do We Really Want To Be Underground? By Art Kunkin.
On 06-25-19 TODAY'S RANT is: Quien es Mas Macho? Democratic Party Candidate or Ebola Virus? (It's That Easy)
"Read the New Obscenity Laws" – NOW You're 'FUCT'!
06-25-19 TODAY'S RANT is: To My Current Students and Those of Whom I Have Yet to Meet
On 06-20-19 Today's Rant Is: You Didn't Read a Word I Said, Did You?
On 06-18-19 Today's Rant Is: Three Asterisks and You're Out!
On 06-13-19 Today's Rant Is: Slavery Was Not a Choice and Neither is This
Come Together, and Give Peace A Chance, Too.
On 06-11-19 Today's Rant Is: Let's Call This Turkey What it is. Trump's Tax Plan is Nothing More Than Government Mandated Trickle Down Poverty
On 06-06-19 TODAY'S RANT Is: A Conservative's Conundrum. The Connection Between Gun Rights, Bullets and Abortion.
ON 05-30-19 TODAY'S RANT is: Other Than a Football Team Nobody Outside of New England Likes, What Is an American Patriot?
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Sky of Blue and Sea of Green
What!? What Happened to The LA Free Press Press Passes?!
ACLU to Fight for The LA Free Press!
Obscene Elections?
To Vote or Not To Vote
Let Castro Teach American Government, Again
Peace & Freedom Party Presidential Candidate Says No Freedom No Peace
FBI Chief (Of Course) Writes to the LA Free Press. McCarthy to go on Ballot.
The Last Hurrah for American Politics: Yippie!
Yikes! Will Hippies Become Yippies? And What About Those Grapes?
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The June 14th Issue Redux… Again
Who Wanted Kennedy Dead?
Assassinations Replace Voting
In Defense of Unwed Mothers
FBI goes after Krassner
LA Free Press Office BOMBED!
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From Dreams of Love to Dreams of Terror
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A Personal Statement by The Editor
Taylor Camp: Free Expression in Community
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Supercar for Superfuzz
John Phillips – Remembers Ravi…
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Ravi Shankar's Magic Carpet of Passion and Youth
David Anderle – Remembering Morrison
Charles (Tex) Watson, Manson Family Member – On Meeting Manson…
David Crosby – Remembering Morrison
Ray Manzarek – Remembering Morrison
Jim Morrison Stands Out…
War Politics Corrupts Peace Corps
Eric Burdon – On Meeting Manson…
1st Time Ever in L.A. – BB&tHC w/Janis!
Student Counterspy Ploy Sends CIA Underground
Beverly Hills to Call Off War?
In Search of the Sixties… in Amsterdam
Meat Loaf – On Meeting Manson…
On the Issue of Manson / Photo of 'Tate Suspects'
Gigi Girls Help Hippies Hitch
Is This One Of The JFK Assassins?
Susan Atkins on Meeting Manson…
KNBC-TV Manson Remarks Challenged – Again – by LA Free Press
The Media Uses Manson To Slam 'Hippies'
'The Moon Flights Never Happened' So Says the Los Angeles Free Press – Nearly 50 Years Ago!
LA Free Press Editor Zip-Tied
Impeachment Kit is Here and Now!
James Garrison's First Reports on the JFK Assassination
Harrison 'Happens', and Donovan 'Returns'
Them Changes
Has George Wallace Risen… to the White House?
Called Out by My Young Self on Maui
Breaking News! America's Middle-Class Heads Toward Totalitarianism
Deena Metzger's Tree is Still Free
Life in the Navy is Hell
Why Are Mexicans Against The War?
Paradise of the Age of Aquarius Goes Up in Flames
Burning of the Age of Aquarius, Harbin Hot Springs
Paul Krassner Found Alive and Well
Are Mexican Abortions Dangerous?
More than Ecstacy, MDMA is Medicine
Not Quite Alt-Right, but 50 Year-Old Lesson Passes On
Ram Dass: His Message Is No Longer His Words
White Clowns Eat Jim Crow at New Pol Convention
Ram Dass: His Message Is No Longer His Words by RW Klarin
Venice West No Longer Beat (down) by RW Klarin
Venice West No Longer Beat (down)
Would Peter Pan Be Allowed In Disneyland?
The Price of Empire
Dick Gregory – Dead but Funny to Remember
Krassner Reviews Rubin
Remembering Dick Gregory
Remembering Lenny Bruce by Paul Krassner
To Protect and Serve or to Save Face?
Strawberry Alarm Clock Is Right On Time in 2017
CDC Peace Slate Is A Seduction
EXCLUSIVE: Rap Brown Raps with LA Free Press
You Can't Keep a Good Dream Down: Jerry Brown's Practical Idealism
"Tu abuela en mole!" which, loosely translated…
Art Kunkin: Free Press Founder Lives with Purpose
Army at War with Leaflets
Old Songs, Young Souls, & a Final Flight for the Airplane
The Stones, the Lovin' Spoonful's Dealer, & the Hippies All get Busted
Back to Paradise, Elysium Fields: Topanga's Clothing-Optional Club
Draft Resistance in Watts
It's Our 3rd-Year Anniversary!
Police Police? …and Bill Cosby's Rolls Royce
BLOODY FRIDAY: LBJ in L.A.
The Monterey Pop Festival – as it was reported on AT the time
The War Is Over ~ Phil Ochs Writes for the LA Free Press
Heartsclub Band Band Banned by BBC
Encouraged: Use Guns Against Hippies
'Resistance' Forms to Fight… 'Conscription'
FLAGS Mocks Fake Furor Supporting Cut-Rate Edu Budget
What Special Prosecutor? Congress Discusses Banana High
NRAcists Seek Vigilante Law
The Great Spy Society of 1967 – Back Again!
An Open Letter to the Governor
Black Nationalists Attempt Seizure of Spring Mobilization Peace March
Zen Someone (Joan Baez) Did Something Right
Hennacy Not Lunacy
50 Years Ago, there was some lovin and some vice…
Love Poetry Seized by Chaste L.A. Cops
Vice Hunting in Los Angeles – in 1967.
"The Administration's Credibility Gap"
A Student Bill of Rights?
Why Mexicans Do Not Revolt
The 'Other' Civil Rights Movement
High Schoolers Publish Free Press – Again.
The View From A Troubled Watts
Who Wants 'Sane' Laws on Pot?
Will US Nuke China?
The Tribes Gathered…
Citywide Protests Against Police Planned
Lawrence Lipton's Forecast For 1967
Christ Castrated – in 1966
Police Statement on LSD
The New Left: Too Cool for Marx?
Big Money Now Backing L.A. Youth
Acid Test Graduation Party
1966 LA FP Headline: Election Reveals Democrats' Weakness
For All You Freaks: It's the 1st Published Frank Zappa Map of Freakdom
Trotskyist Or Black Activist. Which One's Time Has Come?
Sheriff's Department Stages An Arrest
Music Composed & Played by LSD-Influenced Musicians
Back of Truck: The Social Media Platform of the '60s
Bob Dylan as Bob Dylan (It's a BONUS Throwback Thursday!)
'New' Politics in California
Remembering John
The Beatles – from the 1964-69 LA Free Press Archive
The Law Trips on LSD
A Contrast of Colors & Still a Fight for Rights
OurRevolution (our 1.0 is now a 2.0?)
The Lesser of 2 Evils (Before, for sure. Again, or not?)
Get the Oil? Been There. Done That.
56th District May Ride the Black Panther to Better Governance!
Watts One Year-Ago, and 'Now'
'New Left' Goes Right
President Pope?
And Party We Did.
It's… Party Time!!
Black Power for Watts?
B _ _ _ , B _ _ _ , B _ _ _ !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO… US!!
The Schoenberg Must Go On!
Rights Given Up For The Greater Good? But Grape Strikers Struggle On.
LIBERALS IN THE PRIMARY.
Deadwyler Story Reads as if it Were Written Today / LA Still Segregated
Legalize Abortion Committee Plans for Initiative Petition
Let Freedom Ring! on this Throwback to May 13, 1966
"What did Ralph Ginzberg do?"
It's Fair to Say That, on This Throwback Thursday, We Remember the Faire Fondly
It's the Inside that's Interesting – on this Throwback Thursday
Bernie Sanders Says He Looks "like the village idiot"!
Just 50 Years Later and… Guess What?
The Inconvenient Truth of the 60s [from the LA Free Press for Throwback Thursday]
And this Throwback Thursday… the LA Free Press is all about politics… the politics of LSD
For Throwback Thursday… On the LA Free Press Front Page… it's a question of decency.
LA Free Press, March 18, 1966…for Throwback Thursday. So, once there was a Nazi…
The LA Free Press' Throwback Thursday to an Old Revolutionary in a New Role
Throwback Thursday… from 1966: LA Free Press Reports what Mainstream Ignores
Yup, it's another Throwback Thursday… and the 2/25- 1966(!) LA Free Press Front Page is surely an appropriate choice.
It's a Throwback Thursday to… the LA Free Press of 2/18…1966(!)
Negro History Week? See our Throwback Thursday, Issue of 2/11/1966(!)
It's February 4th, 2016, Throwback Thursday…. so where are we going tonight, 50 years ago… to hang out with Dylan?
It's Another Throwback Thursday… so, on January 28th – 1966 – the LA Free Press' Front Page…
This Throwback Thursday… It's our Issue of January 21st, 1966.
And now…for Throwback Thursday… It's January 14th… 1966 !!
For Throwback Thursday… It's 1966 !!
Anti-Poverty War Needed on LA's Skid Row… Right Now
Occupy is… forgotten?
Manson Can Go Free!
Why the Chicano Movement of the '70s is So Relevant Today
30,000 Mexican-American March Assaulted by the LA PD
July 4th (1970 ! ) Latinos Declare Their Independence
Black Panthers Fight Fascism on the Fourth
…Is Charlie Manson America's Terrorist Icon?
The Gay Bars Have Been Raided!
Gay Movement Began Before Stonewall
The Los Angeles Free Press!
Venice Poetry Den Wins Court Case
Venice Poetry Den Raided
The Los Angeles Free Press … May 16, 2014
The Los Angeles Free Press … May 9, 2014
The Los Angeles Free Press… April 30, 1965
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