Monthly Archives: March 2016

Vinh came to the US on a Department of State tour, visiting Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans to look at examples of Civic Engagement. We were able to get her over to Berkeley one night. I tried to cook some Vietnamese marrow bone broth with veggies and she did not say itContinue reading “Vinh, Nghia’s Blog, More about TPP”

We went to Los Angeles last weekend to celebrate Jake’s 40th birthday and stayed at Mona Field and Martin Goldstein’s house over in Eagle Rock. Since we were talking about Viet Nam, Martin mentioned that he had written the story upon which the 1986 TV movie Unnatural Causes was based. He also worked on theContinue reading “Unnatural Causes: 1986 US film about Agent Orange”

This post is both news and a real-life example of the chapter in our handbook, “Power Theater.” That chapter was also posted in this blog on October 31, 2015. Below is a photo from inside a street demonstration in support of City College of San Francisco. I took it back in 2012. The protestors (and there wereContinue reading “AFT 2121 Strike Vote”

Vy and An are now doing their internships. They are working at the garment factory where VY’s father is now a supervisor. They are in their last year at TDTU, and the internships are part of the program.  An still works at the furniture store as well. Vy wrote: I didn’t see your email until now.Continue reading “Vy and An, Internships”

Bernie Sanders won the Democratic primary in Michigan last night. This is a significant upset. However, what appears to be happening in the mainstream media is that Sanders and Trump are being grouped together as “outsider” candidates. I hope this is not a trend. (Note from 2 days later: The San Francisco Chronicle reported Bernie’sContinue reading “Michigan, Black Lives Matter, Discussions”

Looking east from Inspiration Point, a walking and biking path that follows the ridge of the hills above Berkeley through Tilden Park. A little relief for the eye before reading. This is watershed land owned by the East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) and the lake is a reservoir. This is the paper that JoeContinue reading “The Minimum Wage Paper”

Soon after we got to Viet Nam, I asked Sergio to help me understand what I was looking at. He sent the messages that I posted (I’ll have to find them) as part of this blog. I have referred to them to refresh my perspective a number of times. The more I learn about VietContinue reading “Sergio Finardi”

Here is the website for Project Renew, that has been doing useful, small-scale lifesaving work for many years. We learned about this from Chuck Searcy in Hanoi. Home Page OK. Some people seem to be still reading this. So now, back home in the US, I am going to try to describe what my lifeContinue reading “OK”