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December Beachhead - pdf file

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CONTENTS

PAGE ONE

New Mural on Windward Avenue

• Photo: Jim Smith

Underground Methane - A Ticking Timebomb - John Davis

The Occupy Movement: When the Other Shoe Drops - Jim Smith

PAGE TWO

Staff Box, Mission Statement, Sustainers, Subscription rates

Thanks for your generous donations

Letters:

• The Occupy Movement - Roxanne Brown
• Why Occupy Venice Makes Sense - Marco Mannone
• Santa Monica Airport - Dave Doctor

Ad: Hoagie's

PAGE THREE

Venice Post Office Sale Halted - Greta Cobar

• Photo: Karl Abrams

Season's Greetings - Long Live Free Venice! From the Beachhead Collective

Hard Times in Venice for Mayoral Candidate Jan Perry - Anne Alvarez

No Thanks for the Hungry on Thanksgiving - Mary Getlein

PAGE FOUR

Venice Post Office Sale Halted, Pending Appeals - continued from page 3

• Photos: Karl Abrams

Jan Perry - continued from page 3

Ad: Nutritional Warehouse

Ad: The Great Venice Toy Drive

PAGE FIVE

Underground Methane - A Ticking Timebomb - continued from page 1

• Photo: A Crack in the World

Ad: Globe Dry Cleaners

Ad: Marla's Cafe

PAGE SIX

The Occupy Movement: When the Other Shoe Drops - continued from page 1

Police Occupy Occupy L.A.

Occupy Poem - Elizabeth Campos

Poetry of the Occupation Movement

Ad: Abbot's Habit

PAGE SEVEN

The Beachhead Hits 43 - Jim Smith

Working on the Beachhead - C.J. Gronner

Beachhead Front Covers: Aug. 1970, Dec. 1983, May 2003, March 2007, July 2011

Ad: Don't Forget the Beachhead this Holiday Season!

PAGE EIGHT

Carol's Carols - Carol Fondiller

Photo: Windward Avenue at Night - Peter Argyropoulos

Swami X Speaks

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PAGE NINE

Poetry

• Is this America – Ron McKinley
• A Poem – Mary Getlein
• Been occupying Venice for some time – Roger Houston
• Ancestral Memory - Jim Smith
• Our Neighbors – Juditte Erki
• 99 to 1 – Dean Henderson
• Derelict Paradise - B. Meade
• Wealth’s Privilege - D. A. Green

PAGE TEN

Working on the Beachhead - continued from page 7

The Beachhead Hits 43 - continued from page 7

Graphic: VENICE - NEW YEAR'S EVE

Photo: Venice Poets Circa 1988 - Maryjane

PAGE ELEVEN

Calendar

• Photo: Jingle Bell Rockers - Victoria Graham

PAGE TWELVE

Celebrate the Beachhead's 43rd Anniversary - Film: Feeding the Sparrows by Feeding the Horses - 7pm Saturday, Dec. 17 at Beyond Baroque

Ad: Book: Chemo: Secrets to Thriving

Ad: Winter Holiday Stroll, Abbot Kinney Blvd. Dec. 4 - 11-6pm