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With Nov 5th approaching, ILWU brings community together for Oscar Grant 
Despite torrential rain, on Oct 23rd the ILWU, Oakland teachers and the community gathered at Frank Ogawa Plaza to protest the killing of Oscar Grant, father of Tatiana and partner of Sophina Mesa, by former BART Transit officer Johannes Mehserle. Mehserle is set to be sentenced for his involuntary manslaughter conviction on Nov 5th, 2010....
Posted: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 11:25pm PDT
ILWU Rally and Shut Down All Bay Area Ports Demanding "Justice for Oscar Grant! Jail Killer Cops!" 
On October 23rd, the ILWU Local 10 longshore workers closed all bay area ports (Richmond, Benicia, Redwood City, Oakland and San Francisco) and rallied in Oakland's Frank Ogawa Plaza to protest the murder of Oscar Grant with the demand "Justice for Oscar Grant! Jail Killer Cops!" ILWU union port workers joined the rally which brought together many organizations, including labor unions, high school and college students, the faith-based community and the general public in a call for justice.
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Posted: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 8:53pm PDT
17th Annual Peace and Unity march to help end gang warfare 
Watsonville Plaza
At the corner of Main Street and Beach Street...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 30, 2010 11:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 8:59am PDT
Lock Up Mehserle - Throw Away the Key! 
The International Bolshevik Tendency has been assisting with the organizing for the Labor-Community Rally for Oscar Grant on October 23rd. This is the leaflet we distributed at the rally. Our slogans were:
-Cops out of the Labor Movement!
-For Labor/Community Defense Guards to Stop Police Murders!
-Break with the Democrats - Built a revolutionary workers' party!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 24, 2010 12:15am PDT
Oakland Rally Says: Justice For Oscar Grant! Jail Killer Cops! With Bay Area Ports Shut down, Longshore Workers and Oakland Community Rally to Say: Justice for Oscar Grant! Jail Killer Cops!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 23, 2010 9:33pm PDT
ILWU Rally for Oscar Grant While Port Shut Down in Oakland 
Clarence Thomas of ILWU speaks...
Posted: Sat, Oct 23, 2010 1:41pm PDT
Oscar Grant flotilla represents at last game of Giants series in SF 
Jail killer cops...
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 6:59pm PDT
North Coast Governments: Don't Mess with Unified MLPA Proposal 
“Any approved MPA array design will need to allow traditional, non-commercial, gathering, subsistence, harvesting, ceremonial and stewardship activities by California Tribes and Tribal Communities,” the resolution states.
Photo of anti-MLPA banner over the Highway 1 Bridge in Fort Bragg by Klamath Media Collective....
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 11:59am PDT
Dubious activities going on at the old Schlage Lock site by Arleta and Old Bayshore in SF. Sophie Maxwell and her cronies are leading the charge to build over 1800 homes on toxic ground, surrounded by noise and dangerous particulates. Millions of vehicles pass a few feet from the site, the noisy Caltrans passes nearby, and the Brisbane Fuel Tanks spewing fumes are within sight. Not far away by Brisbane - Methane gas spews from a large site that is mostly infill - former wetlands that are part of Highway 101. People have no money, the economy has come to a standstill. Thousands of h...
Posted: Thu, Oct 21, 2010 8:58am PDT
Black Panther Film Festival downtown Oakland main library on` 14th St. @ Oak St. --across the street from Lake Merritt W. Audiitorium...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 23, 2010 11:30am PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 5:48pm PDT
Justice 4 Oscar Grant Armada Continues in McCovey Cove 
For the second time this month, messaging in support of justice for Oscar Grant appeared out on the water of McCovey cove to counter a boat with pro-Mehserle messaging that has been present during recent games. A flotilla for Justice for Oscar Grant formed as a second boat joined the original one during the first home game of the National League playoffs of the San Francisco Giants yesterday. In addition to the original boat with the "Justice 4 Oscar Grant" banner (http://www.indybay.org/news...
Posted: Wed, Oct 20, 2010 5:39pm PDT
Is Ron Pomarantz really a progressive? Ron Pomarantz-I thought was voting for a progressive, however I am having second thoughts. I wonder if he is just a wolf in sheep's clothing....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2010 6:33pm PDT
Oakland Says No Do-Overs for Johannes Mehserle, Press Conference, 10/6/10: PDF & video (video/mp4 42.8MB) On Wednesday, October 6th, community activists held a press conference at Oakland's City Hall to denounce Johannes Mehserle defense attorney Michael Rains' motion to request a new trial [attached below]. The Alameda County District Attorney's office has not yet filed a response. The motion will be heard at the scheduled November 5th sentencing hearing for Mehserle's involuntary manslaughter conviction for shooting an unarmed Oscar Grant in the back on January 1st, 2009.
Speakers at the p...
Posted: Sat, Oct 9, 2010 1:59pm PDT
Lennar the Rogue Developer keeps polluting on Parcel A on Hunters Point Shipyard. 
The majority of the SF Board of Supervisors sold out the community in San Francisco by allowing Lennar the Rogue Developer - to do as they please on Parcel A, and - when the time comes on the other parcels at the Hunters Point Shipyard that are still under the jurisdiction of the United States Navy. Lennar is over $300 million in the hole - but, pretends that it is in business much like the other phony corporations that have ruined the ECONOMY of this Nation. GREED....
Posted: Fri, Oct 8, 2010 7:24am PDT
JUSTICE 4 OSCAR MESSAGE AT GIANTS PLAYOFF GAME 
Tonight a 40-foot banner with the message "Justice 4 Oscar Grant" (dot net) flew from the side of a sailboat viewable by tens of thousands of baseball fans at the Giants/Braves playoff game. At the start of the 9th inning, Todd Mehserle, brother of Johannes Mehserle, motored up next to the boat and drew up one of two banners he had flown at prior Giants games this season. In a press release this afternoon the group responsible put out the following statement about their message....
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 11:42pm PDT
Justice 4 Oscar Grant in McCovey Cove at Giants Playoff Game 
Huge banner in same cove Mehserle's brother has put up "Free Mehserle" banner at previous Giants games this season....
Posted: Thu, Oct 7, 2010 6:58pm PDT
October Is Black Panther Party History Month 
A variety of events are being organized this month by Its About Time & The Black Panther Party Association....
Posted: Wed, Oct 6, 2010 6:20pm PDT
Mehserle's attorney seeking new trial Michael Rains has submitted papers on Mehserle's behalf to ask for a new trial. A response from the community and links to the mainstream coverage below....
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2010 11:41pm PDT
Is Marijuana the Savior for Black Farmers in America? 
On Tuesday, October 5, 7 p.m. in the California State University Student Union Ballroom, A Point-Counterpoint debate on California Proposition 19 ~ Proposed Law to Legalize Recreational Use of Marijuana ~ Tuesday, November 2, 2010 ballot.
Black Agriculture producers continue to watch closely the explosive economic development opportunity accessing a small percentage of California Marijuana Industry, a projected 40 billion dollar interstate commerce business, in partnership with National B...
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2010 5:32am PDT
New Poll Shows California Marijuana Initiative With 52% Support 
Prop. 19 Polling Better Than Any Candidate or Initiative on California's Ballot...
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2010 9:17pm PDT
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