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Leonard Peltier Nominated for President
Kevin Shelley, Secretary of the State of California has announced that Leonard Peltier will be on the
primary election ballot as a candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party's Presidential nomination....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 9:27pm PST
Safeway's sales dip slightly
The target of a massive strike for health care and a local boycott campaign, Safeway is now reporting lower same store sales. Unions announced today that they will begin a comprehensive statewide boycott of Safeway....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 4:21pm PST
Supreme Court Rejects Lockyer's Appeal; Cooper & Workingclass Prevail
At 8:19 p.m., the US Supreme Court rejected the fascist appeal of that good Democrat, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, of the 9th Circuit Stay of Execution of Kevin Cooper, thus guaranteeing that Kevin Cooper lives to see another day and signaling to the world that the workingclass prevails in this fight against the anti-labor weapon of terror of the capitalist class, the death penalty....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 11:53pm PST
Call the Attorney General's Office Now
Send an email message, write a note and fax, and call state Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office and tell him: "I am calling to demand that the Attorney General does not appeal the stay of execution for Kevin Cooper to the Supreme Court. The Kevin Cooper case represents all of the flaws of the death penalty and should not take place."...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 6:44pm PST
Stay could be lifted at any moment in the next 38 hours
We need to let the governor and the courts know that thousands will be marching on San Quentin if they don't stop this legal lynching...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 3:00pm PST
9th Circuit Justice Browning Says Cooper Had Unfair Trial
Ninth Circuit Justice James Browning dissented from the majority opinion of the three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit's rejection of Cooper's latest, but not last, appeal to the 9th Circuit....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 12:35am PST
Your Action Needed Monday Re: Kevin Cooper
Rev. Jesse Jackson devoted his sermon at Allen Temple Baptist church in Oakland to the case of Kevin Cooper today. It was a deeply moving call for people to take action against the death penalty and to save the life of Kevin Cooper. Jackson announced the march and rally......
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:53pm PST
LA activists protest execution at Gov's home
close to 100 protest to stop execution...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:35pm PST
Sec of State Shelley Calls on Diebold to to Turn Over its Software Code for Evaluation
Shelley is not asking for changes to Diebold's software, but he called on the company to turn over its software code so it could be evaluated by independent experts chosen by the state. Shelley also is requiring random state testing of all electronic voting systems on election day to ensure ballots are accurately recorded....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 10:42pm PST
Stop the legal lynching of Kevin Cooper
Hundreds protested at the California State Building in San Francisco on Feb. 3, at a media conference in conjunction with statewide actions in defense of Kevin Cooper. Cooper is scheduled to be executed by the state on Feb. 10, despite a mountain of evidence suggesting that he is not guilty of the murders he was convicted of....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 9:47pm PST
March 5th, Irvine - March and rally at Taco Bell Headquarters
March 2-4 -- March from East LA to Irvine, CA, home of Taco Bell's global headquarters
March 5 -- Rally at Taco Bell headquarters, Irvine, CA -- music, speakers, political theater, and more!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 6:56pm PST
Three jurors in Kevin Cooper case urge postponement of execution
SAN DIEGO - Three jurors who convicted death row inmate Kevin Cooper of mass murder stood outside a courthouse and urged that his upcoming execution be postponed....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 3:43pm PST
Green Presidential Hopefuls to Debate @ USC
3 Green Presidential Candidates will debate @ USC February 14 from 1 to 2:30 p.m....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:22am PST
Demand that Democratic candidates support supermarket strike
Activists should urge supermarket workers to demand that the Democratic candidates support their strike; rip off the false pro-labor masks...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 9:51pm PST
New 9th Circuit Appeal for Kevin Cooper
The legal community is now on at the barricades, 24 hours a day, fighting to save the life of Kevin Cooper and the good fight for all humanity as the death penalty is dead wrong. A new federal appeal has been filed in the 9th Circuit....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 8:26pm PST
New Appeal Filed to Save Kevin Cooper
The filing claims that state prosecutors and investigators used false evidence and suppressed other evidence that could be used to prove Cooper is innocent....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 8:12pm PST
California Safe Schools & 2nd Largest School District Share Secret to Success !
2nd Largest School District & California Safe Schools Provide Information and Link for Successful Integrated Pest Management Policy!...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 2:32pm PST
Kevin Cooper Updates
A federal judge on Friday rejected Kevin Cooper's bid to delay his death by challenging the constitutionality of execution by lethal injection...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 11:46am PST
Schwarzenegger's Joke Raises Ire
"People are poor in this state now," the governor said. "With the economy going down, people have no clothes anymore. Look what happened to Janet Jackson."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 11:39am PST
The Lynching of Kevin Cooper
The pending lynching of Kevin Cooper is a good reminder of the need for a labor general strike not only to abolish the death penalty but also to shut down the prison system, promote education, and kick all of the death penalty Democrat-Republicans out of office....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2004 4:31am PST