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Twelve dead in Bolivia mine clashes
At least 12 people have been killed and 57 injured in Bolivia in clashes between state-employed and independent tin miners, the interior ministry said....
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 7:50am PDT
Whither Goest our Reproductive Rights: A CounterPULSE Fall Talk
CounterPULSE is located at 1310 Mission Street (at 9th) in
San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 8:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 3:46pm PDT
SF: Stop the Femicides Event
California Institute of Integral Studies
1453 Mission Street (Between 10th and 11th)
Room 607, 6th floor
San Francisco, near the Civic Center BART station
Directions: http://www.ciis.edu/about/directions.html...
Event Date: Mon, Oct 23, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 1:34pm PDT
27th annual Sacramento Women Take Back the Night Rally
Women Take Back the Night
Sacramento, California
The annual Rally and March affirms Northern California's commitment to ending the violence that restricts women's personal freedom and safety.
The 27th annual Sacramento Women Take Back the Night Rally and March is scheduled for October 7, 2006. See you there!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 1:18pm PDT
Call For Vulva/Vagina Art & Activism!
The Vulva Museum (www.vulvamuseum.org) wants to archive the most complete collection of vulvic activism and vagina arts anywhere! And we need your help! The Vulva Museum is currently expanding our collection. If you or anyone you know produces vulvic art or activism, we would like to talk to you/them, and perhaps display your/their work in our museum! (Currently our collection includes paintings, pillows, prayer flags, vulva jewelry, ritual items, cards, art, t-shirts, zines, books, rocks and...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 3:51am PDT
Pro, Anti Choice Groups Represented at Park Presidio
Chain of Life, Bay Area Coalition for Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR) members represent pro and anti choice viewpoints on Park Presidio Blvd....
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2006 7:25pm PDT
Protest the Right Wing Chain of Life- Support the No on 85 Campaign!
Park Presidio Blvd. between Geary and Clement.
Map here: http://tinyurl.com/rwzdl...
Event Date: Sun, Oct 1, 2006 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 11:57am PDT
No on 85! Day of Action
12 PM Rally at Dolores Park, SF - Dolores and 20th Street
1 PM Voter Outreach and Visibility in District 8 - Mission District, Noe Valley, and Castro
5 PM - Join us to celebrate our success at a NO on 85 Happy Hour and Comedy Show!
Live entertainment by local sketch comedy legends Sunshine Fortress, drink specials, and more. at Martuni's Martini bar
4 Valencia at Market
$10 suggested donation - no one turned away for lack of funds....
Event Date: Sat, Oct 7, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 9:54am PDT
Raoul Vaneigem: Religion is the Enemy
brand-new, never before translated preface by everyone's favorite situationist...
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 2:48pm PDT
Black Women Absent on New District of Columbia Council
WASHINGTON, D.C. – When the new D.C. City Council session starts in early January, 2007, there will be a glaring omission. For the first time in the council's 32-year history, there will be no Black woman on the body....
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 6:15am PDT
Judge rejects Ohio's abortion pill law
A federal judge struck down an Ohio law restricting the use of an abortion-inducing pill, calling the law vague and saying it could jeopardize women's health....
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 2:20pm PDT
Size Matters When We’re Talking About Condoms
Different condoms work better for different people’s needs, sexual styles, and preferences. And even *technique* must be explored, alone, prior to penetration with partners. I am asking men to *practice* condom use, alone, before using condoms with partners. I am saying that responsible males *will* spend some time trying different brands, sizes, and techniques for putting them on, keeping them on without losing fluids, and even graceful removal....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 9:16pm PDT
Angela Davis is coming to UC Davis on Tuesday, October 10th, 2006 at Freeborn Hall
Freeborn Hall, UC Davis...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 8:17pm PDT
SF: Seeking Answers- An All Women Human Rights Delegation's Report Back from the Philippines
New College, 777 Valencia (between 18th and 19th near 16th Street BART)...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 13, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 11:58am PDT
Afghanistan: 'The small advances women have made are now being wiped out'
Late last year the pupils of a rural Afghan girls school made a horrying discovery. The Taliban had hidden a landmine under a bag in their classroom. Their teacher was not completely surprised since a few weeks earlier the Taliban had left a threatening note in the village mosque ordering all girls schools to close....
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 7:30am PDT
The woman who defied the Taliban, and paid with her life
Women's rights campaigner in Afghanistan shot dead
One in two Afghan women a victim of violence
Suicide on the rise as Taliban's power increases...
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 7:30am PDT
U.S.: Girls Abused in New York’s Juvenile Prisons
(New York, September 25, 2006) – Girls in New York’s juvenile prisons are being abused and neglected by state authorities, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union charged in a report released today....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 7:10am PDT
Forty rebels killed in Afghanistan
Nato-led and Afghan security forces backed by war planes have killed at least 40 suspected Taliban fighters during a raid in southern Afghanistan....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 5:16pm PDT
Anti-Choice Religious Right protest women's right to abortion on Sunday 10/1/06 in SF
The right wing Religious Right is back to celebrate the loss of women's rights and the advancement of their agenda. This will happen in San Francisco on Sunday October 1st on Park Presidio Blvd. between Geary and Clement., from 2:30 to 3:30PM. BACORR and others will be there to support the "No on 85" campaign....
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 10:27pm PDT
Protect Choice! Vote NO on Prop 85!
Prop 85 mandates parental notification + waiting period for minors to terminate a pregnancy. Don't be fooled; communication between parents and teens happens in a trusting relationship, and cannot be forced by law....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 1:38pm PDT