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textNancy Pelosi Could Get Us All Killed by Norman Solomon
With a green light from Joe Biden...
Posted: Sun, Jul 31, 2022 11:04pm PDT
textFilling a Vacancy on the 2022 Berkeley Rent Board Slate by Berkeley Rent Board Convention
The Berkeley Rent Board Convention seeks candidates by THIS THURSDAY, August 4 to fill a vacancy on the 2022 Progressive, Pro-Tenant Berkeley Rent Board Slate...
Posted: Sun, Jul 31, 2022 10:52pm PDT
textOPA CA appreciates Newsom’s leadership directing CARB to ensure state meets climate goals by Ramon du Houx
Elected Officials to Protect America (EOPA) California Chapter, an organization with over 440 Californian elected officials, thanks Governor Gavin Newsom for his letter to California Air Resources Board (CARB) telling them to do more for the climate crisis. His bold direction in the letter instructing CARB to ensure their plan will meet the state’s climate goals gives EOPA CA hope that the Governor is serious about solving the climate crisis....
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2022 12:06pm PDT
textEnergy crisis: market intervention by policymakers is necessary by Josef Thoman and David Goessmann
We are in the middle of a multiple energy crisis. The supply of energy is in danger, and prices will continue to rise. This is not only a problem for private households and companies; rather, there is a danger that the persistently high inflation will become entrenched. Then we will be faced with a severe economic depression....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2022 8:26am PDT
textCity’s Oversized Vehicles Ordinance Goes Down by Linda Ellen Lemaster
The Coastal Commission has again overruled City of Santa Cruz parking ordinance along the City’s coastline. Renders ordinance useless....
Posted: Sat, Jul 23, 2022 10:51am PDT
text2022 Berkeley Rent Board Convention Results Announced by Berkeley Rent Board Convention
Berkeleyans select Negeene Mosaed, Soli Alpert, Ida Martinac, Della Moran, and Vanessa Danielle Marrero as the progressive, pro-tenant slate for Rent Board...
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2022 8:22pm PDT
textGrassroots Organizing Should Dump Biden by Norman Solomon
Clear the Path for a Better Democratic Nominee in 2024...
Posted: Thu, Jul 14, 2022 12:09am PDT
text“Don’t Run Joe” Campaign Will Oppose Renomination of Biden by RootsAction
Opposition to Biden running in 2024 builds among Democrats...
Posted: Mon, Jul 11, 2022 3:34pm PDT
textJidwaaq Clan and its Lack of Political and Social Representation by Fadumo Nur
Jidwaaq clan is one of the major Somali clans of the Darood clan, lacking the social and political participation whereby it faces marginalizations from other Somali clans. It is time to change that....
Posted: Sat, Jun 25, 2022 7:28pm PDT
textOn People's Park, Democracy, and Politics by Memory
Berkeley city council-member Rigel Robinson released a recent article championing the UC's proposed redevelopment project on People's Park. This article was accompanied with a statement from council-member Lori Droste's legislative assistant. The statement compared People's Park activists to the January 6th insurrectionists....
Posted: Sat, Jun 25, 2022 5:46pm PDT
textRoe is overturned -- Protests Today, near you by Occupy the Court
This morning, the Supreme Court formally overturned Roe v. Wade. Protests, which had been scheduled for awhile all over the country for "Decision Day", will now be taking place later today....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2022 9:43am PDT
textLeft Unity Strategy Pays Off for California's Green Party and Peace and Freedom Party by Green Party
California's Green Party and Peace and Freedom Party are pointing to major electoral advances after Tuesday's primary election that ensured both parties ballot status until 2026 – they credit historic cooperation between the two parties in creating the first-ever “Left Unity Slate” of statewide candidates that resulted in significantly higher-than-usual vote totals....
Posted: Sat, Jun 11, 2022 8:06am PDT
textJust how close is the US to breaking down into conflict? by BT
With the first public hearing investigating the January 6 insurrection on Thursday, an important question has resurfaced: Just how close is the US to breaking down into conflict?...
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2022 4:11pm PDT
textTax evasion and avoidance and Democracy at a tipping point by Silke Otsch and Boris Ginner
The biggest losses from tax evasion and avoidance are caused by multinational corporations, followed by wealthy individuals. Sums in the triple-digit billions of up to one trillion. Euros are evaded annually in the EU. Of the global private wealth of around 160 trillion. US dollars, between 21-32 trillion US dollars are undeclared via tax havens...
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2022 12:41pm PDT
textFrom Reagan to Trump by Ingo Schmidt
The 1960s, when incomes rose for almost all workers, ended with a massive wave of strikes. Since the 1980s, the incomes of most Americans have fallen, working hours have risen massively, and job security has become a foreign word. But strikes have been extremely rare....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2022 8:30am PDT
textKoffee Klatch Against Cold Hearts at City Hall by Robert Norse
HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship & Freedom) wants to encourage those outside and their supporters to provide a true narrative that exposes the unjustified and exaggerated claims of City officials led by City Manager Matt Huffaker, With help from Food Not Bombs and other good samaritans, we'll be providing coffee and sweet rolls in the morning for 3-days next week (June 6-8) and perhaps beyond.....
Posted: Fri, Jun 3, 2022 12:49pm PDT
textConcord Under Coercion; Seeno & Phil Tagami Change CNWS Proposal by Space
CFP has completely altered their proposal and conditions for the Concord Naval Weapons Station redevelopment project. With this coercion tactic, council has to accept the terms or walk away. Pressure isn't the only thing being built. In the backdrop, a 90,000 square-foot private storage facility is being constructed on the other side of HWY-4, across from the CNWS site....
Posted: Mon, May 23, 2022 11:31pm PDT
textLeft Unity Slate candidates win strong endorsements by Green Party
Eight organizations and groups have endorsed the Left Unity Slate candidates ( https://leftunityslate.org/ ) running for California’s statewide offices, in a historic coalition of the Green Party and the Peace and Freedom Party, whose shared values brought these candidates together....
Posted: Fri, May 20, 2022 8:07am PDT
textLooks Like Another “Bad Blue” Just Bit the Dust by Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen
The incumbent protection racket takes some hits...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2022 10:38am PDT
textThe Great Reboot and Investing in Death by Gustav Viktor Smigielski and Heinrich Frei
The World Economic Forum (WEF) continues to propagate a highly hierarchized society in which the most powerful actors decide how society should develop - far removed from democratic processes. The class of owners wants to expand its influence through the corporations it owns and make it quasi-legal. The US is now spending $100K per minute on new nuclear weapons!...
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2022 2:22pm PDT
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