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SF Live TV - Elizabeth Martinez: 500 Years of Chicana Women's History (video/mp4 14.9MB) Kiilu's guest is Elizabeth Betita Martinez, legendary Chicana activist, historian, lecturer, and author of six books. She is currently the Director of the Institute for MultiRacial Justice in San Francisco. Betita is also one of the select international women nominated for the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2010 6:23pm PDT
Video Covers Historic Tribal Gathering at Stewarts Point (Danaka) 
A video of the blessing ceremony by the Kashia Tribe of Pomo Indians, on the Richardson Ranch lands at Stewarts Point, will be aired on MCTV Channel 3 on Wednesday, May 5 at 8:30 p.m. and again on Saturday, May 8 at 8:30 p.m. As of May 1, the Kashia Pomo will be banned from ceremonial and subsistence gathering under Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) Initiative.
Photo of tribal gathering at Danaka courtesy of Violet Wilder: woman in buckskin dress, Violet Pa...
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2010 7:35am PDT
Town Hall on Gang Injunctions & Gentrification in Oakland and April 8th BART Action, 4/10/10: audio (audio/mpeg 22.4MB) In this week's Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant, Minister Keith Muhammad speaks about being at this year's Li'l Bobby Hutton Day in West Oakland. Minister Keith recounts BART's coverup of the murder of Oscar Grant and describes how gang injunctions fit into gentrification of neighborhoods for the benefit of developers. Krystof from No Justice No BART discusses the April 8th BART action in San Francisco stations that demanded the firing of Tony Pirone. Minister Keith reports on a rec...
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2010 12:00am PDT
Support May Day Arrestees (Weds.) at 9 a.m. at 850 Bryant 850 Bryant St., San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, May 5, 2010 9:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2010 11:05pm PDT
¿Quien es un inmigrante? Who is an Immigrant? (Part 2) (video/quicktime 52.0MB) Six-minute QT movie. 52MB....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2010 8:48pm PDT
Oakland Police gun down unarmed deer 
Oakland residents were shocked to see a deer frolicking in the flatlands of East Oakland, but were even more disturbed when an Oakland Police officer murdered the deer on Saturday....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2010 5:34pm PDT
Leidesdorff Exhibit in San Francisco Mission Delores Basilica 
The African Cuban, Danish Jewish "Founding Father of California" authentic historical legacy will come alive during the entire month of May at the Mission Delores Basilica. May 1848, William Alexander Leidesdorff, Jr. died under mysterious circumstances and his ongoing legacy continues to reflect systemic institutional racism challenging modern scientific methodology utilizing primary source documentation....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2010 11:32am PDT
Oakland’s Health Disparities in Black & White 
On Tuesday May 18th, 2010 from 7-9pm, at the Humanist Hall, 390- 27th St. in Oakland, the African People’s Education & Defense Fund is hosting a public community forum on African community control of health care....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2010 2:18am PDT
Stop the Bay Area National Anarchists! 
Mainstream Media is reporting that a group of fascists with the Bay Area National "Anarchists"(BANA) were attacked as they left an anti immigration march....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2010 2:39pm PDT
Town Hall to Create Alternatives to Proposed Gang Injunctions 
Oakland City Council Chambers, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza between 14th St. and 15th St. on Clay St., Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sat, May 8, 2010 8:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 29, 2010 1:38pm PDT
Opposition Builds against Controversial Gang Injunctions Oakland, CA – A diverse group of over 100 community members from across the Bay Area rallied outside of the Alameda County courthouse last week to oppose the city’s attempt to institute a highly controversial gang injunction. Due to objections raised by the ACLU about procedural errors, the hearing was postponed until May 27th. Community members who organized the rally welcome the postponement as an opportunity to continue building momentum to stop the injunction, which many consider to be ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 26, 2010 9:56am PDT
"California Grown" Challenges and Opportunities Facing Black Agriculture 
National Elders, Students and Educators will discuss a wide range of issues impacting Black Agriculture in the 21st Century including Wall Street Reform, Alternative Energy, Healthy Reform, Black Farmers Lawsuit and Religous Leaders demonstrating the "Faith to Farm" in the Black Community....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 2:30pm PDT
Oakland Community Members Gather in Opposition to Gang Injunction 
Oakland stood up for its at-risk youth on Thursday, April 22, gathering at the courthouse on Oak Street to protest the gang injunction filed by Oakland City Attorney John Russo. The proposed injunction focuses on a 100-block area in North Oakland, criminalizing the normally legal activities of specific and nonspecific individuals....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 1:23pm PDT
Oakland Rallies Against Gang Injunctions 
On Thursday, April 22nd, around a hundred community members rallied outside a courthouse in Oakland to oppose a controversial gang injunction proposed by City Attorney John Russo. The proposed injunction would criminalize everyday activities in a 100 square block area of North Oakland. Community members spoke out against the injunction, saying it would rely on racial profiling and strip people of their civil rights....
Posted: Fri, Apr 23, 2010 12:10am PDT
Hunters Point Shipyard and Candlestick Stick Point Project vision doomed to utter failure. 
Kofi Bonner and his team working with Lennar Urban have seen failure written all over the place. But, still continue to fight the community and brag about a Conceptual Plan that could be LENNAR'S worst nightmare. The present Economic situation does not help much - and LENNAR a Rogue Developer must NOT be permitted to execute - the same failure it delivered on Mare Island and tied to Vallejo. It promised 10,000 homes and after 10 years had nothing to show....
Posted: Sat, Apr 17, 2010 9:27am PDT
Davey D. Interviews Minister Chris on S.L.A.M. and Hunters Point (audio/mpeg 5.5MB) On April 14th, Minister Christopher Muhammad, Nation of Islam, spoke with Davey D. on Hard Knock Radio (KPFA) about the struggle in Hunters Point, S.F. and the Stop Lennar Action Movement (SLAM)....
Posted: Wed, Apr 14, 2010 6:48pm PDT
BART Action Disrupts Trains with "No Justice, No Rush", San Francisco: Photos (2 of 2) 
Twenty minutes in, the action has yet to evolve into its final form, a mass "yellow" action disrupting BART's business as usual....
Posted: Sun, Apr 11, 2010 3:13pm PDT
BART Action Disrupts Trains with "No Justice, No Rush", San Francisco: Photos (1 of 2) 
A spirited demonstration was held in San Francisco BART stations to push for justice and accountability in the murder of Oscar Grant. The action was called specifically to advance three demands: fire BART police officer Tony Pirone, charge Tony Pirone, and disband the entire BART police department. Over a hundred people showed up for the 3:30pm meet-up at Embarcadero station platform; around two hundred were present by the time the action itself was scheduled to begin at 4pm.
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Posted: Sun, Apr 11, 2010 2:14pm PDT
Embarcadero BART protest keeps pressure on transit agency Over 200 protesters disrupted the evening commute at Embarcadero BART station in San Francisco on April 8 demanding justice for Oscar Grant who was murdered on an Oakland train station platform New Year's Day 2009.
BART police and employees went along for the ride, following protesters -- who chanted, played drums and horns -- on trains to Montgomery, Powell St and Civic Center stations. There were a few minor delays, and one man was arrested for allegedly blocking a train door....
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2010 2:50pm PDT
The VIOLENCE must stop and the HEALING must begin in the Southeast Sector. 
Here is a letter from the son of Mr. Huan Chen, an innocent man aged 83 years who was jumped by some misguided youth and beaten. We must NOT tolerate such behavior at all. Please listen to the words of the son of the man - who was a victim, a good man - his life must UNITE us to fight for justice, fair play, and unity....
Posted: Sat, Apr 10, 2010 7:44am PDT
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