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NLG on Tasers and UCLA Cops
November 29, 2006
THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY UCLA POLICE OFFICERS...
Posted: Wed, Nov 29, 2006 5:43pm PST
The Reich Gains Another Judge--Mark Mandio appointed to the bench
Following a cover-up of an attempted murder, Assistant D.A. Mark Mandio is awarded with an appointment to Judge of the Riverside Superior Court....
Posted: Fri, Nov 24, 2006 11:13am PST
PAHAYAG NG PESANTE SA PAGHUHUKOM SA KASO NI NICOLE
“Walang Pinakamahalaga sa isang Bansa kundi ang Kalayaan” Ito ang pahayag ni Ho Chi Minh na nagging gabay ng lahat ng makabayang Byetnames sa kanilang pakikibaka laban sa mananakop na Pranses at Amerikano. “ Aling pag-ibig pa ang hiigit kaya, sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila, gaya ng pag-ibig sa sa sariling lupa, anung pag-ibig pa, wala na nga, wala.” Ito naman ang tula ni Andres Bonifacio na hanggang ngayon ay gumagabay sa mga makabayang Pilipino upang ipaglaban ang soberanya ng ating bayan. N...
Posted: Wed, Nov 22, 2006 3:48pm PST
California: UCLA student victim of police brutality
On November 14, police at the University of California’s Los Angeles (UCLA) campus brutally assaulted a student with a Taser stun gun as he was leaving the library....
Posted: Tue, Nov 21, 2006 7:54am PST
UCLA Police Repeatedly Taser Handcuffed Student For Refusal to Show ID, University Orders Outside Probe
Officials at the University of California in Los Angeles are launching an independent investigation into campus police officers' repeated shocking of an Iranian-American student with a Taser stun gun. The student was handcuffed the entire time. The incident was captured on video has and sparked outrage across his campus and the country....
Posted: Mon, Nov 20, 2006 7:00am PST
Brad Will ahogado debajo de las alas del Diablo
Brad R. Will opened to the sewer of Mexican justice with the aid of Guillermo Ruiz Avelino,
the doctor who assisted it in his death. Brad journalist of Indymedia NY was assassinated
again. The government of Ulises Ruiz invented a second firing with a purpose of blaming
the Popular Assembly of the Towns of Oaxaca (APPO)....
Posted: Sun, Nov 19, 2006 6:17pm PST
UCLA Taser Incident, LA's Cowboy Cops, Sherman Austin, and Copwatch LA
“We have tried civilian review boards, we have tried going to City Hall and going to the police and all we have seen is more brutality,” said Sherman Austin, 23. For backstory on Sherman Austin of Raisethefist.com, see http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/16/22932.php and http://tinyurl.com/ycl94p....
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 12:23pm PST
Students arrested for blocking UC nuclear labs
Six UC students and three community members were forcefully dragged from the UC Regents board meeting on Thursday by police after they informed the Regents that they would not allow the board to convene its DOE lab oversight committee, the Regents’ body in charge of UC’s nuclear weapons research, design, and manufacturing labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico and Livermore, California....
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 11:35am PST
Endangered Whales and Sea Turtles off California and Oregon Remain Protected
Whale and Turtle Killing Drift Gillnet Fishery Blocked for 2006; but Bush Administration Proposes to Bring Deadly Driftnets to Oregon and California in 2007...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 10:43am PST
Close the SOA! This weekend: Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia
November 17-19, 2006: Vigil and Nonviolent Direct Action to Close the SOA!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 16, 2006 4:18pm PST
Remembering Pamela Sakuda (San Diego Patient)
It is with deep sadness that we note the passing of medical cannabis patient
Pam Sakuda, after a long battle with cancer. We will all miss her greatly....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 3:32pm PST
San Diego Response Plan
SD ASA Chapter will meet to plan the details of
the local response to the San Diego, San Bernandino and Merced lawsuit
against the State's medical marijuana ID program hearing which will take
place Thursday, November 16 at 1:30pm....
Posted: Tue, Nov 14, 2006 1:10pm PST
THE VETERANS DAY PARADE IN HFT : JUSTICE FOR VETERANS, FULL RIGHTS FOR ALL IMMIGRANT
With the slogan" “”Family Reunification and Veterans Equity, Now! , Filipino Americans in Los Angeles are all set for the 6th PCORE/ JFAV Annual Veterans Day. The Annual Veterans Day Parade and Community Health Fair in Historic Filipino town in Los Angeles will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2005 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.The event will start with the unveiling of the Filipino World War II Memorial Monument at the Lake Street Park 227 N. Lake St. at 9:00 in the morning. The memorial monument...
Posted: Fri, Nov 10, 2006 10:22am PST
What Now?
These post-election thoughts come from Todd Chretien who ran a principled race as a Green for the U.S. Senate.
Chretien lacked much in the way of money and media support, but he brought a wealth of real ideas to the race and no doubt greatly influenced the opinions of many who ultimately voted to send their message that the War in Iraq is wrong....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 10:04pm PST
DPF Meetings, Events & Job Opportunity
November 30, 2006 - Events Held Worldwide
Cities Against the Death Penalty...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 3:56pm PST
The New Face of the Voter: Young and Latino
SAN DIEGO – It's a safe bet that José Chavero will vote in today's election. Chavero, 18, was virtually dragged from his bed on a recent Sunday by his father, who took him to register to vote at a booth at the Escondido swap meet....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 8:02am PST
10 Years of Legalized Medical Marijuana in California
Tod Mikuriya, MD (Berkeley), was the first California doctor to monitor patients' use of cannabis systematically. In the early 1990s his interviews with members of the San Francisco Cannabis Buyers Club documented Dennis Peron's observation that people were self-medicating for an extremely wide range of problems....
Posted: Sat, Nov 4, 2006 9:21am PST
Santa Monica Police Raid Homes of Two Animal Liberation Press Officers
Police Refuse to Delineate Reason for Search Warrant; Similar Raid Last Year Resulted in Costly Lawsuit by Activists...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 5:10pm PST
Oaxaca Solidarity Demonstrations in the US on Friday, November 3rd
"Afuera Ulises Ruiz. El pueblo de Oaxaca pide justicia no la policia. ¡No estan solos! Nosotros apoyamos en su lucha como E.Z.L.N."
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Letter in Support of the People of Oaxaca
http://friendsofbradwill.org/supportletter
Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/5842...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 3:07am PST