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Sat 5/21::benefit for Fault Lines & ECR
Saturday May 21st....
BENEFIT PARTY
the money will go to help out
www.enemycombatantradio.net
a non-profit radio station based out of SF
and
Fault Lines
a non-profit news paper in SF dedicated to bringing you the real news...
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 2:26pm PDT
Televising the Revolution: A benefit for Deporten a la Migra--8pm (New Time!)
3 Short Films
Including a report back from the delegation to the Arizona Border to confront the racist "Minutemen"...
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 1:34pm PDT
SF STATE STUDENT GROUPS TO PRESENT ADMINISTRATION WITH DEMANDS TO STOP DISPLINARY ACTION
Two Student Groups now facing discipline at San Francisco State University, the International Socialist Organization (ISO) and Students Against War (SAW), will gather at the steps of SFSU's administration building on May 18th to present the administration with a list of demands to stop military recruitment on campus....
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 12:40pm PDT
Protestors Crash Tech Conference, Indict Local Corporation for Role in Abu Ghraib
A small band of fiery activists disrupted a major technology conference yesterday to call attention to a corporation’s role in the torture of Abu Ghraib prisoners. CACI International, a Virginia-based technology company with an office here in San Francisco, had 27 employees working as interrogators at Abu Ghraib. Protestors delivered a simple message to the corporation, the top brass of which participated in yesterday’s conference: CACI should close down their local office, because our city d...
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 10:38am PDT
Attempts to shut down SWARM The MinunteMen
A Scottsdale-based Internet company said Monday it will force one of its Web site clients to stop encouraging harassment of the Minuteman Project or face being shut down. Swarmtheminutemen.com is encouraging people to go into the desert border areas to blast their radios or bang pots and pans together in an effort to confuse and harass Minutemen volunteers....
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 10:29am PDT
CACI: Is Torture Just Another Technology?
Background on CACI, a private 'information technology' firm that sent interrogators to supervise Abu Ghraib....
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 12:03am PDT
Torturers out of San Francisco!
CACI International and Abu Ghraib...
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 8:13pm PDT
Hotel Workers Protest at the Fairmont hotel Thursday, May 19th
Where: The Fairmont (California and Mason Sts on Nob Hill)
When: Thursday May 19th 2pm-6pm...
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 5:39pm PDT
5/18 at 11am: Immigrants demand California Drivers License Law!
WHEN: Wednesday, May 18, 11:00 am.
WHERE: San Francisco DMV, 1377 Fell St. (between Baker and Broderick)....
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 5:26pm PDT
SF - World Naked Bike Ride - June 11, 2005
On June 11th 2005 over 54 cities across the world will
experience the naked joy of the world's largest naked
protest against oil dependency and car culture in the
history of humanity. Many cities will also ride again
on the weekend closest to Valentine's Day 2006....
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 10:41am PDT
Rights leader, festivals, qyrstory...
Nobel laureate, military lesbians, Himalayan fair, SF Carnaval, bath-houses, more events + news + opinion...
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 9:08am PDT
Wireless World: Phone games a big hit
A story about games on mobile phones....
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 5:17am PDT
Bay Area activists defend anti-war GI Pablo Paredes in San Diego
Photos from the week of actions in San Diego to defend anti-war sailor Pablo Paredes who refused to ship out in support of the illegal Iraq War and occupation. A dozen Bay Area activists traveled south following the May 10 SF rally in support of the National Day of Action to Support GI Resisters on May 10....
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2005 11:32pm PDT
May 29th Benefit for Political Prisoners in Guadalajara
Upcoming benefit for prisoners from last year's actions in Guadalajara, Mexico...
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2005 7:49pm PDT
CALL TO ACTION: TORTURERS OUT OF SAN FRANCISCO!
CAMPAIGN LAUNCH TO SHUT DOWN CACI, Inc.'s SF OFFICE!
Monday, May 16th, 2 PM...
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2005 1:59pm PDT
Johnson & Johnson Beset by RNs: No quarter given to Schwarzenegger allies
"Last year, after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed four bills that would have allowed Californians to buy cheaper prescription drugs from Canada, Johnson and Johnson contributed almost $50,000 to defeat the measure. Now the industry has pledged $10 million to defeat a ballot initiative that would create drug price controls with real teeth. Johnson & Johnson has already donated $1.3 million to the campaign."
--California Nurses Association, May 11, 2005...
Posted: Sun, May 15, 2005 7:51am PDT
Moises Montoya speaks to activists' role in stopping CAFTA (audio/mpeg 13.5MB)
Freedom Socialist Party activist Moises Montoya, a recent visitor to El Salvador, debunks myths about CAFTA, along with U.S. activists' role in stopping ratification at the May 7th "Battling the 'Conquistadors' of Free Trade in Central America" event in SF. (15min)...
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2005 8:15pm PDT
City College Professor of Social Pablo Rodriguez speaks out against CAFTA (audio/mpeg 16.0MB)
The U.S. Congress is preparing for a vote to ratify CAFTA, the Central American Free Trade Agreement. Native Salvadoran Pablo Rodriguez warns of the dangers of this pact at a May 7th talk titled "Battling the 'Conquistadors' of Free Trade in Central America at New Valencia Hall in SF....
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2005 7:36pm PDT
Attend the SF Supervisor's Moratorium Vote
Please attend the SF Board of Supervisors vote, Tuesday, May 17, 2005 around 4:20 PM; City Hall Polk & Grove Sts....
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2005 7:47am PDT