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Student/Farmworker Alliance Days of Action! 1-2 Punch!
Nationwide McDonald's actions Oct. 27-28th
From 'sweet spot' to sore spot!...
This October 27-28th, join students and young people across the country in standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to end sweatshops and modern-day slavery in the fields!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 8:38pm PDT
San Diego Delivery Services Raided by Police San Diego Delivery Raids...
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 12:08pm PDT
No to Angelides and Schwarzenegger! Yes to Janice Jordan! 
Angelides criticized Schwarzenegger for his praise for the racist anti-immigrant vigilantes called the “Minutemen” while in the same breath calling for a "guest worker" program that would create a new class of super-exploited worker with no political rights. Under the same type of program in the past U.S. bosses often failed to even pay Mexican workers for their hard labor. The fact that Angelides and the Democrat Party are now calling for this kind of legalization of indentured servitude pla...
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 3:51pm PDT
No to Angelides and Schwarzenegger! Yes to Janice Jordan! 
Angelides criticized Schwarzenegger for his praise for the racist anti-immigrant vigilantes called the “Minutemen” while in the same breath calling for a "guest worker" program that would create a new class of super-exploited worker with no political rights. Under the same type of program in the past U.S. bosses often failed to even pay Mexican workers for their hard labor. The fact that Angelides and the Democrat Party are now calling for this kind of legalization of indentured servitude pla...
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 2:44pm PDT
Let's Play Dress Up...With Arnold Schwarzenegger! 
Arnold is not only a movie star, weighlifter and governor, he's an animated action figure! Dress him up in outfits coordinated by Rove, Enron and Corporate HMOs!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 2:32pm PDT
U.S. Must Protect Endangered Public Hospitals The crisis facing the King/Drew medical center in Los Angeles is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to health care and the poor in America. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an associate editor at New America Media and author of "The Emerging Black GOP Majority" (Middle Passage Press, September 2006)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 7:56am PDT
Los Angeles Mobilizes in Support of People in Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) Tension remains high in Oaxaca City as military flights continue, creating a general anxiety among residents over a possible massive crackdown against a popular movement demanding the resignation of the state’s governor. Mexico’s Attorney General’s office said it is looking into the cases of small explosions that shattered windows and glass doors at 3 different banks in Oaxaca City yesterday. A previously unknown guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the blasts, although many suspect the...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:23am PDT
Iraq war resister Agustin Aguayo sent back to Germany Iraq War resister Agustin Aguayo gets sent back to Germany; Darrell Anderson,war resister and purple heart winner, returns to U.S. to turn himself in at Ft. Knox; Suzanne Swift is charged....
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 12:18pm PDT
AWOL Iraq veteran Agustin Aguayo speaks out against war, returns to Army base 
After escaping a second forced Iraq deployment via a window in Germany, medic reports to Mojave desert Army base to continue fight for conscientious objector discharge...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 2:49pm PDT
Witness to an Execution: A Slow and Very Painful Death Federal Judge Jeremy Fogel is conducting hearings in San Jose this week to examine California's lethal injection procedure. The intended outcome of these hearings is to determine whether condemned prisoners in this State are being properly anesthetized so that they do not experience excruciating pain during executions. Execution protocols that provoke extraordinary pain violate the U.S. Constitution's provision against cruel and unusual punishment of prisoners....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 6:24am PDT
Riverside Dispensaries: AG takes issue with DA This terrific article from the Riverside
Press-Enterprise contains an important statement
from the Attorney General's office recognizing
the legality of dispensaries:...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 10:32pm PDT
Saturday Events and Some things of interest DR. MARION FRY DISCUSSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA
WITH SUZANNE ROBERTS ON CNN HEADLINE NEWS
ON ALL COMCAST CABLE SYSTEMS
9/23/06 NATIONWIDE...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 8:27am PDT
Hey, FDA! Ethnic Americans Eat Spinach, Too In national emergencies like the recent outbreak of E. coli in spinach, it's time for government agencies to remember to call the nation's ethnic media, a primary source of information for millions of Americans. Viji Sundaram is New America Media's health editor....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 6:31am PDT
E.COLI / SPINACH ISSUE CONTINUES AS FDA LOOKS FOR THE SOURCE The spinach and E.coli issue continues to dominate the news as Food and Drug Administration investigators try to pinpoint the source. On the FDA advisory to consumers about eating fresh spinach either in bulk or bagged form, retailers pulled the product from their shelves and shippers stopped sending the product to market....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 4:07pm PDT
For A Real Debate Between Candidates For Governor 
(Picture Janice Jordan, Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for governor, arrested at the January 20th 2005 demonstrations in downtown San Diego.)...
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 3:13pm PDT
Los Angeles Protest for Immigrant Rights LOS ANGELES -- Thousands of people left their homes on Labor Day weekend, but not to go shopping or visit relatives. They spent the holiday calling for Congress to move forward with plans to approve “just immigration reform” when they return to work this week, now that public hearings on the issue have been held and the Department of Homeland Security has initiated a pilot program for employers to verify newly hired employees’ eligibility to work in the country....
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 6:19am PDT
Raw Deal: 50 Reasons Not to Vote For Schwarzenegger For Governor 
This has got to be one of the best articles detailing the extensive reasons why we should not vote for Arnold. This was written two years ago before the recall campaign, but are still every bit as relavent today. DON'T FORGET how he tried to destroy unions in California, rob our retirement funds, steal from our schools and harrass Latinos....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:04pm PDT
First Across-Borders Encounter-The Other Campaign Primer Encuentro Transfronterizo de La Otra Campaña September 15, 16 and 17 of 2006 Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 12:58am PDT
10/8: Scouting for all Rally in San Diego The rally will take place in front of the Boy Scouts’
Balboa Park headquarters at 1207 Upas Street on
Sunday, Oct. 8, at 11 a.m....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 11:23pm PDT
Someone Has To: Tell Paris No! 
Demand Paris Hilton Stop Collecting Illegal Wildlife
Free Baby Luv, The Captive Rainforest Kinkajou!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:31pm PDT
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