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Intersex: I am not Disordered, I am Human Recently, I read an article in which Amy Hinton was discussing her work as an intersex activist. I found myself needing to respond to a few of her points....
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 11:13am PDT
SF: Food Not Bombs at City Hall Between City Hall and Civic Center on Polk Street (1 Dr Carlton B Goodlett Pl)...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 5:45pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 10:33am PDT
"Trouble the Water" - New Film Provides Firsthand Account of Hurricane Katrina and Its Aftermath Friday, August 22, 2008 :As the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina approaches, we speak with the makers of a new film that takes an inside look at the disaster and the many forms of devastation that followed. Trouble the Water follows a couple from New Orleans' Ninth Ward and their return home two weeks after the hurricane. It begins with footage shot by the couple, who documented the approach of the hurricane and the moment the floodwaters began to rise....
Posted: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 7:29am PDT
Mortgaged future: US foreclosure leading to homelessness, disease and crime The sheer volume of this nation’s national debt, consumer debt and war debt are beyond most Americans to envision. Trained by generations of “we put a man on the moon and we an do anything” mentality, the concept of economic and social collapse is beyond our ken....
Posted: Sun, Aug 24, 2008 12:43am PDT
Privacy Rights Violated By EBALDC Theres no relief from the the on-going violations of tenant's rights by nonprofit housing developer East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), occurring at Effie's House!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 7:21pm PDT
New York state legislature passes draconian budget cuts Saturday, August 23, 2008 :In a special session of the New York State Legislature on August 20, lawmakers agreed with Democratic Governor David A. Paterson to make hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts in order to reduce the states budget deficit for this and future years. The cuts will immediately reduce the $122 billion budget for this fiscal year by $427 million....
Posted: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 12:13pm PDT
Madrid plane crash: Pilot's union warned months before that cut-backs placing passengers at risk Saturday, August 23, 2008 :After the worst Spanish air tragedy in 25 years on Wednesday, accident investigators have begun examining the wreckage of the plane that crashed at Madrids Barajas airport, killing 153 passengers. Just 19 passengers have survived the crash, 5 of whom are said to be in a critical condition, with horrific injuries....
Posted: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 12:13pm PDT
Dr. Raj Patel Speaks on the Global Food Crisis St. Catherine of Siena Parish
1310 Bayswater Avenue
Burlingame, CA 94010
http://www.stcsiena.org/...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 2:37am PDT
Nutrition to Prevent Cancer Elephant Pharm San Rafael
909 Grand Avenue San Rafael, CA 94901...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 12:39pm PDT
Calm: Remedies for Stress and Anxiety Elephant Pharm Los Altos
4470 El Camino Real
Los Altos, CA 94022...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 11, 2008 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 12:26pm PDT
California Right-to-Know Act Passes Senate! Bill sets national precedent for discussions of end-of-life care...
Posted: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 11:47am PDT
An evening with Cruz Gomez United Presbyterian Church
112 East Beach Street, Watsonville
(park and enter from the church parking lot,
right behind the Watsonville Cabrillo lot)...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 11:18am PDT
An Evening with Dr. Vandana Shiva Jackson Theater at Sonoma Country Day School
4400 Day School Place
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
707-284-3200
http://www.scdsevents.org...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 2:03pm PDT
Take Back the Land Ceremony (video/quicktime 63.3MB) On August 7, 2008, in San Francisco, Poor Magazine and PoorNewsNetwork hosted a "TAKE BACK THE LAND CEREMONY and Give It Back to the Indigenous Peoples It was Stolen From."
Seven-minute QuickTime movie. 63MB....
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 12:09pm PDT
Sins Invaild @ BRAVA Theater SF Sept 5th and 6th 8pm 
THEATER/SPOKEN WORD PERFORMANCE
Sins Invalid:
An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility
Seven provocative artists from California to the US South strip taboos off sexuality and disability
in a groundbreaking evening of dance, erotic spoken word, and performance entitled “Sins
Invalid: An Unshamed Claim to Beauty in the Face of Invisibility.” Shows take place
September 5th and 6th at 8 PM each night at the Brava Theater in the heart of San Francisco’s
Mission...
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 8:19am PDT
Cruz Gomez: a Latina Voice for Radical, Peaceful Activism Resource Center for Nonviolence
515 Broadway
Santa Cruz, California
Cruz Gomez is a community organizer, social service provider, writer and activist who has helped farm and cannery workers, injured workers, immigrants and so many others. To hear her is to be reinspired in the struggle for justice for all....
Event Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 5:01pm PDT
Professor Releases Second Report Exposing the Fraud of the CDFA LBAM Eradication Program 
Glen Chase, a Professor of Systems Management, has released a second report identifying the CDFA LBAM eradication program as a fraud.
DOWNLOAD THE REPORT AS A PDF BY CLICKING ON THE IMAGE BELOW:...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 11:37am PDT
Cancer-Stricken 34-Year-Old Chinese Computer Engineer Dies After Being Denied Care in Private US Immigration Prison Tuesday, August 19, 2008 :Earlier this month, a thirty-four-year-old Chinese computer engineer, Hiu Lui Ng, who overstayed his visa, died in a Rhode Island immigration detention center. He had cancer in his liver, lung and bones, and a fractured spine. Despite repeated complaints of severe pain, Mr. Ng was refused independent medical evaluation by immigration officials. Before Mr. Ng died on August 6th, he told his sister that the nurses at the Donald W. Wyatt Detention Center in Rhode Island...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 8:10am PDT
Toxic Triangle, public hearing at Oakland City Hall Tuesday August 19, 2008 6pm Toxic Triangle - Public Hearing at the Oakland City Hall City Council Chambers on justice, environmental justice (Or the lacks thereof), housing and land justice for black, brown, and poor communities in the regional Bay Area. Bring your experiences and demands to join with the activists of Bayview, Oakland, Richmond and other local communities. Stop the pollution, brutality, evictions and land thefts. FREE and PUBLIC. See press release below....
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 2:38am PDT
Israeli Government Recognizes “Humanitarian” Mission to Break the Siege of Gaza In a letter today to the Free Gaza Movement,
the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs acknowledged that the group of
international human rights activists attempting to break the siege of Gaza were
“humanitarian,” and stated that the Israeli government “assume[s] that
your intentions are good.”...
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 2:25am PDT
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