Stories by Eric Johnson

Eric Johnson is a veteran altweekly editor now working as a freelance journalist and web consultant in Santa Cruz and Silicon Valley. subscribe to Eric Johnson's feed

How Right-Wing Libertarians, John Birchers and Conspiracy Freaks Are Trying to Hijack the Occupy Movement

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Occupy movement's evolving agenda is in danger of being sullied by association with neo-Nazi David Duke and antigovernment crusader Ron Paul.

Tar Sands Fight Goes Beyond Keystone: A Little-Known Pipeline Plan Could Prove Disastrous for British Columbia

Posted on: Nov 18, 2011, Source: AlterNet

An award-winning documentary offers a glimpse of a little-known pipeline plan -- and the paradise it threatens.

Defeating the California Republic(an) Coup

Posted on: Oct 5, 2003, Source: Monterey County Weekly

The recall is not a joke, and is not about reform. Davis is not a criminal. And Bustamante is a better man than Arnold. A 19-point guide to the chaos.

Bush's War Against Nature

Posted on: Apr 17, 2003, Source: Monterey County Weekly

For three years, the Bush administration's anti-environment army has practiced the same brand of warfare America has been watching on TV for three weeks.

The U.S. Spymaster

Posted on: Dec 3, 2002, Source: Monterey County Weekly

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