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textEast Bay Animal Advocates July 13, 2007 eNews by EBAA
East Bay Animal Advocates: Online at www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 2:58pm PDT
textuniversity says sitters topped trees by cbs5 forward
Can someone more reliable than the AP newswire quoting this university press official provide the real story of what happened here? They are saying that the tree sitters at the Oak Grove by International house in Berkeley actually took a chain saw to redwoods and oaks in order to make a big platform. That sounds suspect. Where did the big pieces of tree go when they did that? They are concluding that the trees might die now....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 1:19pm PDT
textSolidarity Needed for East Bay Gargage Workers by Todd Chretien
Update on garbage lockout and what you can do to help....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 10:47am PDT
textUC, Academic Workers Negotiate by Katlyn Carter, Daily Cal (reposted)
Thursday, July 12, 2007 : Workload issues are taking center stage as the union representing student academic employees, including GSIs, meets with the university to negotiate a new contract this summer....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 7:14am PDT
textHospital Makes Transition to Eco-Friendly Medical Supplies by Sonja Sharp, Daily Cal (reposted)
Thursday, July 12, 2007 : In a move to become more eco-friendly, the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center announced last week a complete switch away from old IV units that officials said add waste and chemicals to the environment....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:55am PDT
textCalifornia Judge Tentatively 'Nullifies' Election Result by EFF (reposted)
Friday, July 13, 2007 : Oakland, Calif. - On Friday, July 13, at 9:30 a.m., a California judge will rule on sanctions against Alameda County for botching its response to a contested race conducted on Diebold electronic voting machines. In a tentative ruling issued Thursday, Judge Winifred Y. Smith said that the election results in the race were "nullified" and ordered a revote....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:39am PDT
textAs garbage ripens, Waste Management locks out 500 workers by Marilyn Bechtel via PWW
Friday, July 13, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — As leftovers from July 4 barbecues festered in the hot summer sun, locked-out workers were on the picket line at garbage giant Waste Management here and in other San Francisco Bay Area communities this week. On July 2, just two days after the previous contract expired, Waste Management suddenly locked out 500 workers represented by Teamsters Local 70 at facilities serving Oakland, Emeryville, Castro Valley, Hayward and several other Alameda County co...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:34am PDT
textEast Bay Garbage Lockout by Todd Chretien
East Bay garbage lockout enters second week. Solidarity needed....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 11:27pm PDT
imageSanitation Workers Struggle in the East Bay
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by Bill Hackwell
Since July 2 Waste Management Inc. Has Locked Out Its Union drivers as Garbage Piles Up in the Poorer Communities in the East Bay....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 4:44pm PDT
calendarFilm screening and discussion “Welcome to New Orleans” by Party for Socialism and Liberation
Niebyl Proctor Marxist Library 6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th St., Oakland...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 19, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 2:22pm PDT
calendarSupport Locked-Out Garbage Collectors by
Davis Street Station, San Leandro 2615 Davis Street, off Doolittle Drive...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 10:30am PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 9:41am PDT
calendar2 Nites of African Venezuelan Culture by Theo Williams
Oakland Museum's James Moore Theatre...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 8:11pm PDT
textBeth El Wecomes First Gay Rabbi by Berkeley Daily Planet (reposted)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : Senior Rabbi Yoel Kahn gave his first service at Congregation Beth El Friday night, marking the first time the congregation has had an openly gay rabbi. “It went well,” said Kahn. “We had about 150 people in attendance. We also got a new prayer book. I think people are excited.” Berkeley Councilmember Kriss Worthington, also openly gay, said he enjoyed the service....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 4:36pm PDT
textPeople’s Park Workshop A Success, Says UC by Berkeley Daily Planet (reposted)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : Sunday was a day of envisioning the future of People’s Park. While some park regulars basked in the sun or played a round of basketball, there were those who gathered inside the First Church of the Christ Scientist on Dwight Way to attend the first community workshop on the future programs and designs of this historic piece of land....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:43am PDT
textOakland School Board Regains Limited Authority by Berkeley Daily Planet (reposted)
Tuesday, July 10, 2007 : California State Superintendent for Public Instruction Jack O’Connell came to Oakland on Monday to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) returning a portion of the Oakland Unified School District back to local control, telling a crowd of reporters, citizens, education activists, and politicians gathered at East Oakland’s Franklin Elementary School that “this is a big day for Oakland Unified....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 10:43am PDT
textAnnouncing Little Black Cart version 1.0 by LBC
Announcing Little Black Cart version 1.0 a new way to get hard-to-find anarchist (and nearly anarchist) material....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2007 3:17am PDT
calendarCannabis Action Network (CAN) meeting by
1605 Ashby Ave. in Berkeley...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 1:20pm PDT
calendarScreening of Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People by Joan Friedman
Mt. Diablo Peace & Justice Center, 55 Eckley Lane, Walnut Creek, CA...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 25, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 12:52pm PDT
calendarSteve Taylor-Ramírez in concert for homeless by Steve Taylor
College Ave. Presbyterian Church 5951 College Avenue Oakland (Rockridge), CA 94618...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 10:58am PDT
textWaste Managment Workers Locked Out!! Rally on Wednesday by samiam
Union garbage workers were locked out July 2nd, Scabs brought in to clean up the trash....
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2007 9:31am PDT
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