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William Rodriguez- Last Man Out- World Tour 
Grand Lake Theater
3200 Grand Lake Avenue
Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 2:07pm PDT
All out to the Picket Lines! - Join the IWW Picket of Metro Lighting in Berkeley 
Help striking IWW members fight back!
Oct 5th and 6th: 12:00pm to 5:00pm
at Metro Lighting, 2121 San Pablo Avenue, Berkeley (At the Corner of San Pablo and Cowper)...
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 12:51pm PDT
Pot Candy Dealer Turns Himself In not very well written for a corporate media story, is it?)
A man who makes edible marijuana products for
medical patients turned himself in this morning to federal
authorities after they raided his Oakland factory....
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 9:39am PDT
UC Berkeley Police Van Torched UC Berkeley Police say someone torched one of their vans overnight, and investigators believe the crime could be linked to the dispute involving a group of tree sitters. All this as a judge visited the campus today to take a look at UC's expansion plans....
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 7:53am PDT
Biofuels Event Draws Protesters Friday, October 5, 2007 : Protesters marched outside a biofuels conference held at the Bancroft Hotel yesterday in opposition to the $500 million research partnership between the campus and energy company BP....
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 7:39am PDT
To cut smog, change truckers' status, report says Friday, October 5, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — The Port of Oakland, the country’s fourth largest port, drives much of the San Francisco Bay Area’s economy, and the port’s container trade is expected to double in the next 20 years. But a newly released report warns that this projected growth is threatened by the diesel pollution from trucks moving the containers, which causes soaring lung disease rates for nearby residents and port workers....
Posted: Fri, Oct 5, 2007 7:34am PDT
Caravan to Chowchilla Women's Prisons-Bring Our Families Home! Meeting at MacArthur BART at 40th and Telegraph in Oakland, driving to Chowchilla, CA in San Joaquin Valley...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 8:36pm PDT
CodePINK: No Military Predators in OUR Town! MARCH up University from Beach Impeach From Beach Impeach Berkeley, Cesar Chavez Park, 200 Marina Dr, Berkeley...
Event Date: Sun, Oct 7, 2007 12:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 6:32pm PDT
BP's Trojan Horse at UC Berkeley: Featuring Laura Nader, John Simpson, and Miguel Altieri (audio/mpeg 12.8MB) On Thurs October 4th, the Stop BP-Berkeley campaign held a press conference featuring John Simpson, Miguel Altieri, and Laura Nader denouncing the proposed $500 million partnership between British Petroleum and UC Berkeley. The audio file is 13 minutes long. After the press conference, the protestors wheeled a "trojan horse" over to UCB's biofuels conference....
Posted: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 6:20pm PDT
Emeryville Tree Removal Proposal: Oct 12th deadline to write formal objections The Oakwalk Mixed Use Project on 40th at San Pablo plans to remove about a dozen good sized trees and filed a Notice of Application to Remove Trees in the Public Right of Way on. September 28, 2007...
Posted: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 12:38pm PDT
GM Dangers of the UC Berkeley-BP Research Deal on Biofuels (24/9/2007) An unpublished letter to California magazine by UC Berkeley alumnus, Erica Martenson, points out that the heart of the proposed research to be done as part of the UC Berkeley-BP deal involves genetically engineering microbes to break down the cell walls of plants to produce fuel.
When Japanese researchers genetically altered yeast cells and analyzed them, they found that inserting genes into yeast cells disturbed their metabolism and led to the accumulation of an unwanted toxic compound, m...
Posted: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 11:02am PDT
Oakland Housing Authority commits another $15,000,000 to demolish public housing The Oakland Housing Authority Plans To Spend Millions More To Demolish The Tassafaronga Village Public Housing Complex and Displace The Tenants Residing There!...
Posted: Thu, Oct 4, 2007 5:54am PDT
Former Rep. Cynthia McKinney considers run for President on Green Party Ticket McKinney has not yet made a commitment to run as a Green, or independent,
but supporters say she is expected to make her final decision public this
week....
Posted: Wed, Oct 3, 2007 5:04pm PDT
Dissenting at your own risk Last year, I agreed to speak to a Jewish youth group about my organization, Jewish Voice for Peace, and our opposition to Israel's occupation. My talk was to follow one from a member of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, which calls itself "America's pro-Israel Lobby."...
Posted: Wed, Oct 3, 2007 11:10am PDT
Act Against Torture Presents Ghosts of Abu Ghraib Mudrakers Cafe, 2801 Telegraph Avenue, Berkeley, 94701...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 18, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 2, 2007 7:14pm PDT
Justice for Gary King Jr.: 10/3 Protest at OPD 455 7th Street (between Broadway & Washington)...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 3, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 2, 2007 5:53pm PDT
Justice for Gary King Jr.: 10/3 Protest at OPD Please join us to protest the murder of Gary King Jr....
Posted: Tue, Oct 2, 2007 5:51pm PDT
THE FUTURE OF FOOD | Free Screening & Discussion (10/5) The Center for Urban Peace presents THE FUTURE OF FOOD, an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade -- followed by a Q & A discussion facilitated by Patrick Oliver, an Enviromental Science Teacher and former organic farmer....
Posted: Tue, Oct 2, 2007 3:52pm PDT
KPFA management ‘derecognizes’ Unpaid Workers Organization Alameda Newspaper Group union loses management recognition on same day...
Posted: Tue, Oct 2, 2007 11:20am PDT
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