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The Kern County Board of Supervisors Remains Tone-Deaf and Out-of-Step
By Gonzalo Santos, Published on 10/28/25 as an OpEd  in The Bakersfield Californian . Last Tuesday, October 21, a large number of Kern County citizens from every walk of life – young and old, of all ethnic backgrounds, U.S.-born and immigrant, veterans and lawyers, educators and community advocates, and faith leaders – turned out to the county’s Board of Supervisors (BOS) meeting to call on the supervisors to rescind their September 23 resolution opposing Proposition 50, pass
Gonzalo Santos
Oct 273 min read
THE ORIGINS & CHALLENGES OF THE TERMINAL CRISIS OF THE U.S. DUOPOLY
There's a flagrant asymmetry between the dual collapse of legitimacy and efficacy of both U.S. liberalism, firstly, and subsequently its...
Gonzalo Santos
Jul 24
MAY DAY: A LOCAL & NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY
First, a local history. Going back to its earliest history, Bakersfield, California, had a well-earned reputation of being a bastion of...
Gonzalo Santos
Apr 29
YOUR IMMIGRANT MOTHERS, AND OURS, SHARE THE SAME HEROIC STORY!
This is a letter to all my beloved U.S. communities, but especially to those whose forefathers and foremothers came from Europe: Unless...
Gonzalo Santos
Mar 10
THE "ABANDON HARRIS" V. THE "VOTE UNCOMMITTED" WINGS OF THE PEACE MOVEMENT IN GAZA - WHERE THE HELL ARE THE REST OF YOU?
Interesting evolution of the movement, that went from pressuring the Dems and working within the DNC to bring Palestinian voices to the...
Gonzalo Santos
Aug 24, 2024
THE WORLD'S CHAOS IS "COMING HOME TO ROOST" - THE BROADER MEANING OF THE CAMPUS ANTIWAR PROTESTS
This NYT article mentions how the world is now watching the dramatic unfolding of a new antiwar movement in the United States from their...
Gonzalo Santos
May 3, 2024
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