Vivian Weinstein

Vivian Weinstein was born and raised in New York City. She moved to New Jersey and raised two sons. A working mom, Vivian held jobs in factories and offices, and finally, as a welder in the Brooklyn Shipyard.

Later, she graduated as an RN from Bronx Community College specializing in ICU/CCU. She then got a BA from University of Oregon.

Throughout her life Vivian has been active in the civil rights movement and for peace, most notably organizing against the war in Vietnam.

Vivian moved to Texas to be close to her son and his family after she suffered a catastrophic illness and lost all her money and her house. She began to expand her writing into journalism with her son's gift of a digital camera.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Vivian Weinstein

U.S.

San Antonio city council says ‘no’ to Arizona-type law
June 29, 2010 By Vivian Weinstein
The San Antonio City Council sat for 3½ hours late last week to hear speakers urge passage of a controversial resolution urging the Texas state legislature to oppose an immigration law similar to the much criticized...
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U.S.

Texans join Arizona’s anti-SB 1070 mega-march
May 29, 2010 By Vivian Weinstein
SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- It was 4 a.m. May 28 when the "Liberation Caravan" left from the Southwest Workers Union hall here in San Antonio to join anti-SB 1070 protesters in Arizona.
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U.S.

Texas bans capitalism
May 27, 2010 By Vivian Weinstein
The Texas state school board has erased "capitalism" from the social studies curriculum and substituted "free enterprise," since "capitalism" is only used by "liberal" professors.
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U.S.

Green – a different kind of Texas tea
February 23, 2010 By Vivian Weinstein
SAN ANTONIO--When far-right Tea Party radicals held their meeting here on Sunday, February 21, Texas progressives were ready for them.
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Opinion

Nurse’s verdict protects patients
February 23, 2010 By Vivian Weinstein
On February 12, Anne Mitchell, a registered nurse at Winkler County Memorial Hospital in far west Texas was acquitted, of "misuse of official information," a third degree felony carrying a possible 10 year sentence. The jury...
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