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Forced Labor in the Sex Industry or Not. (audio/mpeg 36.3MB)
Maxine Doogan, of the KPFA Labor Collective, reviews the recent San Francisco's
Chronicle's series on
San Francisco Is A Major Center For International Crime Networks That Smuggle And
Enslave and San Francisco Mayor's plan to curb sex trafficking.
Guests Grace Chang, author of Disopsable Domestics, Women Workers in the Global
Economy and PH D candidate, Holly, a sex worker rights advocate....
Posted: Sat, Nov 4, 2006 3:29pm PST
Dishing It!: Chewing on the Election
SF LGBT Community Center
1800 Market St.
SF, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 7:26pm PST
LUNAFEST Film Festival!!!
Rio Theater
1207 Soquel Avenue
Santa Cruz, Ca 95060...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 27, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 3:48pm PST
South Dakota Votes on Most Restrictive Abortion Law in Country: A Debate
On Election Day, voters in South Dakota will be asked to consider implementing the most restrictive abortion law in the country. A law passed earlier this year made it a felony for health providers to perform abortions - even in cases of rape or incest - unless the procedure is necessary to prevent the death of the mother. But pro-choice advocates managed to block the state from enacting the law. They collected about 38,000 signatures to force a statewide referendum. We go to South Dakota and...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 6:58am PST
Take Action on NEW Implant Safety Risks
It is the responsibility of the FDA to make sure that information provided by industry about medical products is accurate, and that the products are safe, before an approval decision is made. This is not always possible, but when whistleblowers come forward, the allegations must be scrutinized immediately....
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 12:05am PST
Take a Journey with Jane
Watch Jane as she tries in vain to wade through the complicated
judicial maze that scared and vulnerable teens will have to navigate
if Prop 85 passes. See what it's like for her, coming from a home
where abuse, violence, incest or rape means she can't possibly tell
her parents about a pregnancy......
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 9:38pm PST
Book Event: Nahid Rachlin Persian Girls and Jumping Over Fire
Modern Times Bookstore
888 Valencia St.
San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 10, 2006 7:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 2:10pm PST
HELP DEFEAT PROP 85 on ELECTION DAY
The LGBT Center, 4th Floor Ceremonial Room
1800 Market St. (@ Octavia), San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 8:00am PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 12:48pm PST
Why We Are So Sick - The Huge Cover-Up
BREAST MONTH - AWARENESS OR DECEPTION ?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 3:04pm PST
PROTEST VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN- EL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS
Outside the Mexican Consulate
532 Folsom St
San Francisco, CA 94105
We will then continue to the Guatemala Consulate
870 Market St # 667
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 9:00am PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 2:31pm PST
No on 85 Rally!
UC Santa Cruz - Quarry Plaza (in front of the bookstore)...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 1:56pm PST
Nicaragua: Penal Reform Constitutes an Assault on Human Rights
(New York, October 26, 2006) – The congressional vote which today eliminated all exceptions to the general penalization of abortion in Nicaragua constitutes a direct threat to human rights, said Human Rights Watch. The new penal code penalizes abortion even when it is carried out to save the pregnant woman’s life, or when the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 7:08am PST
CCWP Presents: The Fire Inside
African American Art and Culture Complex
762 Fulton SF, 94102...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 2:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 11:32pm PST
BACORR Pro-Choice planning meeting
New Valencia Hall, 1908 Mission St. (at 15th St.), San Francisco....
Event Date: Wed, Nov 1, 2006 6:30pm PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 1:08pm PST
Philippine Women's National Day of Protest
US-BASED WOMEN’S GROUP GABRIELA NETWORK COMMEMORATE PHILIPPINE WOMEN’S NATIONAL DAY OF PROTEST; DECLARE U.S. CULPABLE FOR EXPLOITATION AND OPPRESSION OF FILIPINAS...
Posted: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 9:51pm PDT
Bettina Aptheker reads from her powerful new memoir, Intimate Politics (11/2)
Please come hear Bettina read from her new book and share about her struggle to confront the abuse of her past....
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2006 2:39pm PDT
Total abortion ban up for vote in Nicaragua today
Total abortion ban up for vote in Nicaragua today
- Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times
Thursday, October 26, 2006...
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2006 9:32am PDT
Get Out the Vote to Defeat Proposition 85! (phonebanking)
i removed some of the addresses since you have to rsvp anyhow
With just 13 days until the election, we need your help more than ever
to turn voters. Please sign up for whatever volunteer shifts you can
do. Thank you!...
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2006 12:35am PDT
10/27: Benefit Show for Sandra Tellis, Woman Who Was Set on Fire
the Uptown, 1938 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland
their website says doors are at 8, doesn't say how late the show goes...
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2006 12:08am PDT
Benefit Show for Sandra Tellis
the Uptown, 1938 Telegraph Avenue in Oakland
their website says doors are at 8, doesn't say how late the show goes...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 25, 2006 11:48pm PDT