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Mexica-Aztec New Year Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia St.
San Jose, CA....
Event Date: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 11:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2007 12:12pm PST
New Resolutions Lay Ground for Iraq War Showdown on Capitol Hill Democratic Congressmembers Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey and Maxine Waters of California have introduced a bill calling for the withdrawal of all U.S. troops and military contractors within six months. The measure is one several new resolutions showing increased opposition to the White House plan to escalate the war in Iraq. We play an excerpt of Rep. Woolsey’s speech introducing her bill on the House floor....
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2007 8:32am PST
Bush Admin Backs Down on Illegal Wiretapping The Bush administration has reversed its policy to eavesdrop on US citizens without court-approved warrants. On Wednesday, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced wiretaps will now be approved by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court as required by law. But questions remain over the extent of the reversal....
Posted: Thu, Jan 18, 2007 8:31am PST
Announcing the formation of the SOUTH BAY OCCUPATION PROJECT 
Several people from the 15th and 16th Congressional Districts represented by Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren respectively, launched the South Bay Occupation Project (SBOP) today, January 17th. The SBOP was formed to organize and participate in the Occupation Project initiated by Voices for Creative Nonviolence (VCNC). (http://vcnv.org/project/the-occupation-project)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 17, 2007 8:54pm PST
Inside the Case Against Ex-Cheney Chief of Staff Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jury selection for the trial of Vice President Dick Cheney’s former chief of staff has begun. Lewis “Scooter” Libby faces five counts of lying to federal investigators, perjury, and obstruction of justice. He is accused of lying to investigators and a grand jury during the investigation of the outing of CIA operative Valerie Plame. We speak with veteran investigative journalist Murray Waas....
Posted: Wed, Jan 17, 2007 2:30pm PST
Unions sue Bush Dept. of Labor over worker deaths Poultry workers typically stand shoulder to shoulder de-boning chicken breasts mounted on cones flying by at the rate of dozens per minute. They must wear metal mesh gloves on their non-cutting hands to protect them from the razor sharp blades they and their co-workers wield at lightening speed....
Posted: Wed, Jan 17, 2007 7:37am PST
No Troop Escalation! Bring Our Troops Home Now! 
Yesterday's (Jan. 11, 2007) NO TROOP ESCALATION! BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW! protest at
Stevens Creek Blvd. & Winchester Blvd. in San Jose was a big success! There were 100 people from
our community that made time in their schedule to make a statement on the street that
we oppose the NeoCon Troop Escalation, and that we continue to reject the failed Foreign
and Domestic Policies of the Bush Administration and ALL of their political partners in
Congress....
Posted: Fri, Jan 12, 2007 12:55pm PST
The Police in San Jose - 2nd Community Forum East Side Union High School District, Administrative Offices, 830 North Capital Avenue, San Jose, CA (cross street Mabury)...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 18, 2007 6:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 2:21pm PST
San Jose: Protest The Iraq War and The Impending Troop Buildup Roosevelt Park at 19th St & E Santa Clara St, San Jose, CA 95116...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 4:30pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 11:42am PST
Mountain View: No Escalation! Mountain View Voices for Peace will meet at the corner of El Camino Real & Castro in Mountain View at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 11....
Event Date: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 11:21pm PST
Mexica-Aztec New Year Gardner Community Center
520 W. Virginia St.
San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 10, 2007 11:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 5:57pm PST
Bay area anti-war protests Thursday Anti-war protests times and places on Thursday...
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 5:39pm PST
New York City’s new transit boss gets $40,000 raise The newly appointed chief of New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority last week was awarded a raise of $42,000, a pay boost that is approximately equivalent to the annual salary of many of the city’s transit workers....
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 9:05am PST
IMPEACH BUSH/CHENEY EVENT IN SAN JOSE 
People from the south bay and peninsula of the San Francisco Bay joined together on Sunday, January 7th to agitate for the impeachment of the Bush/Cheney cabal....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 7:08pm PST
Percentages of White High School Students Decline in Silicon Valley FREMONT, Calif. – Aside from the hurried footsteps of a straggling student (he has a good excuse), all is silent at Mission San Jose High School. There's nary a trace of the habitual truant, or the hubbub of students with a free period. With its air of discipline and studious focus, it's not hard to believe that this school, like many others in Silicon Valley, is one of the best in the state....
Posted: Sun, Jan 7, 2007 6:11pm PST
1/29: Join Us in Protecting Sacred Sites 
protest on 1/29-- action training on 1/28- please see pdf that is attached
(hopefully organizers will post more details to the calendar)...
Posted: Sun, Jan 7, 2007 12:36pm PST
Racial Profiling, Police Brutality, and Civil Liberties in San Jose 
Police brutality, racial profiling, and the targeting
of political speech are at the heart of the struggle
for the Eastside Six, who addressed the press at a
conference just prior to a long-awaited pre-trial
hearing on their remaining charges on Friday, January 5th....
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2007 9:05pm PST
Injured Workers To Greet Steve Poizner In San Jose On Jan 8 Injured workers and their supporters will be greeting newly elected multi-millioniare Steve
Poizner when he is inaugurated on Monday Janurary 8, 2007 in San Jose at the Technology
Musuem...
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2007 12:10pm PST
Silicon Valley's Dirty Secret East Palo Alto residents say their low-income neighborhood is a dumping ground for high-tech's toxic by-products, but an injured worker and a group of youth activists is working to clean up the mess....
Posted: Sat, Jan 6, 2007 9:07am PST
Lunardi's Abuse Demo at San Jose Store 4650 Meridian Ave, San Jose...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 20, 2007 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 3, 2007 10:54am PST
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