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imageUS Marines' Gang-rape of a Filipina: A Violation of a Woman’s Right ...
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by AJLPP-USA
On November 27, the Philippine Court will release a verdict on the following four US Marine “visiting troops” charged with gang-raping a 22-year old Nicole and a fresh graduate from a Catholic University: Lance Corporals Daniel Smith (principal accused), Dominic Duplantis, Keith Silkwood and Staff Sergeant Chad Carpentier. The latter three were reportedly at the scene cheering while the principal suspect was raping Nicole inside a cruising van at Subic Bay Freeport, which used to be part of t...
Posted: Wed, Nov 22, 2006 10:55pm PST
calendarWanna End AIDS Now? Ask a Woman How! by Naina Khanna
Meet at WORLD office (414 13th Street) in downtown Oakland at 3:30 pm. We will gather and march over to City Hall for a rally and candlelight vigil beginning at 4:30pm....
Event Date: Fri, Dec 1, 2006 3:30pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 22, 2006 4:48pm PST
textPAHAYAG NG PESANTE SA PAGHUHUKOM SA KASO NI NICOLE by Pesante-USA
“Walang Pinakamahalaga sa isang Bansa kundi ang Kalayaan” Ito ang pahayag ni Ho Chi Minh na nagging gabay ng lahat ng makabayang Byetnames sa kanilang pakikibaka laban sa mananakop na Pranses at Amerikano. “ Aling pag-ibig pa ang hiigit kaya, sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila, gaya ng pag-ibig sa sa sariling lupa, anung pag-ibig pa, wala na nga, wala.” Ito naman ang tula ni Andres Bonifacio na hanggang ngayon ay gumagabay sa mga makabayang Pilipino upang ipaglaban ang soberanya ng ating bayan. N...
Posted: Wed, Nov 22, 2006 3:48pm PST
textBush appoints “choose life” conservative to head family-planning programs by wsws (reposted)
The Bush administration, catering to the extreme right-wing constituency in the Republican Party, has appointed yet another abortion opponent to a top post in the federal Department of Health and Human Services....
Posted: Wed, Nov 22, 2006 6:18am PST
calendarNational Nurse-In at delta ticket counters! by for SF bay area: Phoenix
your local airport, at the Delta Airlines ticket area...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2006 10:00am PST
Posted: Sun, Nov 19, 2006 11:24pm PST
textCALL FOR NURSE-IN AT DELTA TICKET COUNTERS NATIONWIDE!!! by Phoenix
this is a national call-out/press release for a nurse-in scheduled for tuesday, nov. 21st. A woman was illegally kicked off a delta airline for breastfeeding her child, and nursing moms around the US are uniting to fight back....
Posted: Sun, Nov 19, 2006 8:33pm PST
textNicaragua bans ALL abortions- proposes to jail women who have them by Our sisters are prisoners in their own bodies
Women who seek abortions will be imprisoned for 30 years....
Posted: Sat, Nov 18, 2006 9:11am PST
textPresident Bush wants to appoint an anti-contraceptive doctor to oversee family planning by BACORR
Call Health and Human services directly: 202-619-0257 Tell them you've seen this story and that you plan on writing a letter in protest- it isn't a comment line, but that's even better...it gets things stirred up when you use non-comment lines...read on....
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 10:29am PST
calendarDishing It!: Our Families During the Holidays - One Big Happy Potluck! by Anna
The San Francisco LGBT Community Center, 1800 Market St...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 21, 2006 7:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 7:17pm PST
textProp 85 Defeated by Campaign for Real Teen Safety
The Campaign for Real Teen Safety is delighted that California voters rejected Prop 85 and protected the health and safety of our teenagers...
Posted: Thu, Nov 9, 2006 12:54am PST
imageWomen´s March in Oaxaca
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by tristan
Nov. 7 Women´s march...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 2:14pm PST
calendarSF: The Real Dance Revolution 2: Fundraiser for Radical Women by Anita O'Shea
1908 Mission Street, San Francisco at 15th Street, near 16th St. BART, and on the #49 and #14 Muni lines....
Event Date: Sat, Nov 11, 2006 8:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 1:58pm PST
textProp 85 LOST!!! Come celebrate! by Elizabeth Creely/BACORR
Let\s celebrate tonight! Come to Counterpulse to hear how we won Roe v Wade..and what we need to do in order to keep winning!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 8:54am PST
textWomen Clean House: NOW PAC Celebrates Key Wins by NOW
We look forward to cheering as Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) breaks through the "marble ceiling" - the government version of the corporate "glass ceiling" -- when she is elected by her peers as Speaker of the House, the highest office ever held by a woman in the United States....
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 1:00am PST
textSouth Dakotans Reject Tough Abortion Ban by repost... damn right!
South Dakotans on Tuesday rejected a toughest-in-the-nation law that would have banned virtually all abortions...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 12:43am PST
calendarFlight of Fancy: Wine Flight and Singles Mixer, A Benefit for Lyon-Martin by Susan Hein
At your SOMA lesbian-owned wine bar, VinoVenue, 686 Mission (@ 3rd)...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 18, 2006 3:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 11:38am PST
textFew Americans favor abstinence-only sex education by Reuters via yahoo
Most Americans, regardless of their political leanings, favor comprehensive sex education in schools over abstinence-only programs, researchers reported Monday....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 12:28am PST
calendarFILM: “Shadya” by Mo Kinberg
San Francisco Public Library | Koret Auditorium 100 Larkin St. (Civic Center)...
Event Date: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 4:34pm PST
textNOW Monitors Election Returns, Supreme Court Arguments by National Organization for Women
On Wednesday morning, Nov. 8, Gandy, who is a member of the Supreme Court Bar, will attend the Court's oral arguments on the constitutionality of the nation's first abortion procedures ban in Gonzales v. Carhart and Gonzales v. Planned Parenthood....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 3:01pm PST
imageMore Homeless Women Speak Out in Fresno
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by Mike Rhodes
This is a first hand account of what it is like to be homeless in Fresno....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 10:48am PST
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