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Oakland's Port of Paranoia
Imagine a demonstration in the Port of Oakland being compared to a nuclear explosion. Does that sound far fetched, unreal or just bizarre? Well, it happened. According to an Oakland Tribune report published in 2003: "A nuclear explosion, a dive-bombing aircraft, sabotage--and mass protests--are equal threats to the port of Oakland, according to a classified security plan being developed by those responsible for thwarting terrorists."...
Posted: Wed, Mar 28, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Not-A-Seder: Passover Cabaret of Laughter & Liberation
La Pena
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley 94705...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 8, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 28, 2007 11:03am PDT
British Petroleum and the New Greenmail
British Petroleum's proposed biofuel research deal with the University of California has sparked a growing resistance from a coalition based in UC Berkeley's College of Natural Resources, claiming the deal is essentially a continuation of BP's current greenwash campaign. After much unfavorable publicity surrounding the mismanagement of oil tankers, pipelines, and refineries, BP began airing commercials on business friendly television channels hyping their renewable energy projects with the sl...
Posted: Wed, Mar 28, 2007 6:19am PDT
"How to Shop Consciously: The Better World Shopping Guide"
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley....
Event Date: Wed, Mar 28, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 27, 2007 1:19pm PDT
Celebrating Environmental Leadership of Cesar Chavez and Farmworkers' Movt
Ecology Center, 2530 San Pablo Ave, near Dwight Way, Berkeley....
Event Date: Thu, Mar 29, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 27, 2007 1:17pm PDT
Concerned Listeners At KPFA Are Concerned-Gag Rules, Reprimands & Lack of Live Coverage
KPFA has put on a gag rule on programmers from encouraging people to attend anti-war rallies.
The management is also apparently unable to cover political events live right in Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Mar 27, 2007 10:56am PDT
ILWU Local 10 endorses May Day -- El Gran Paro II
THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Local 10 participates in the Great American Boycott II...
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 11:51pm PDT
Agroecology in Latin America:Social Movements & the Struggle for a Sustainable Environment
La Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley 94705...
Event Date: Wed, Apr 18, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 10:40pm PDT
Save My Pit Bulls
Oakland Animal Control INJUSTICE, my dog's lif is on the line...HELP...
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 9:05pm PDT
Upcoming Community Events March 27th- April 7th
Iraq: 4 Years after "Freedom", Featuring Professor Ayad Alqazzaz
Date: April 9, 7:00 – 9:30 pm
Location: 10 Evans Hall, UC Berkeley
Join us for the first event of our new program, Arab American Legal Services. A night to memorialize 4 years of war on Iraq , featuring academics, students, and performance artists....
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 5:37pm PDT
Kucinich visits Albany-Vows to look into 9/11
Kucinich said he wants to launch his own miniature investigation into “a narrow portion'’ of the 9/11 attacks....
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 5:17pm PDT
Digital Resistance: Palestinian Youth Media
Berkeley City College Auditorium
2050 Center Street (near Downtown Berkeley BART)...
Event Date: Wed, Apr 18, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 4:59pm PDT
Award-winning Indie Filmmakers Threatened With Eviction in Berkeley
Tomorrow, the Berkeley City Council will hold a special 8:30 p.m. meeting at the Maudelle Shirek Building (formerly Old City Hall) to address the plight of the 40-plus independent documentary filmmakers, radio producers and other artists who face eviction from their longtime studios at the Saul Zaentz Media Center in West Berkeley....
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 6:12am PDT
VOICES FOR IMPEACHMENT: Dennis Loo, Peter Phillips; Editors, Impeach the President & more
King Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2007 11:43pm PDT
Indybay Website Orientation and Meeting
AK Press Building
674 23rd St., Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2007 12:20pm PDT
Tribunal on Reparations for African People in Oakland
UHURU HOUSE, 7911 MACARTHUR BLVD, OAKLAND...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2007 12:20pm PDT
Blood Diamonds to Blood Aluminum!
Humanist Hall, 390 - 27th St., Oakland
between Broadway and Telegraph...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2007 12:04pm PDT
Berkeley Women in Black weekly vigil
Bancroft & Telegraph (South Side of campus)...
Event Date: Fri, Mar 30, 2007 12:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 25, 2007 7:47am PDT
"All Power to the Worker's Councils!" -- History of Anti-Bolshevik Communism
Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. (at Alcatraz)
Oakland, Ca. 94609
(510) 595-7417...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 24, 2007 8:59am PDT