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28:12 minute Audio of Rally in front of State Capitol Phoenix by Coalition Against Domestic Violence with theme of 'Housing For Keys' lobby to save money from Arizona Housing Trust Fund...

The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to formally oppose a lifetime ban on gay male blood donors. Current food and drug administration rules, in effect since 1983, prohibit any man who’s had sex with another man to ever donate blood. Despite criticism from the Red Cross and others, the FDA says the ban is necessary to ensure the safety of blood recipients and should remain in effect. San Jose State University has taken a stand against the FDA prohibition with...

30:46 minute Audio of Rally in front of State Capitol Phoenix Az by Nurses for better patient safety.A large # of the Protesters are from Neveda and California,including a IndyBay.Org Journalist.:-) Photos later...

Hear a half hour of talks from a single payer health care organizing panel discussion on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Centro del Pueblo in San Francisco. The event was sponsered by the California Universal Organizing Project organizing for the California single payer health care bill SB840 and a similar, new federal bill HR676 sponsored by Dennis Kucinich. Jodi Reid, Executive Director of California Alliance for Retired Americans speaks about problems of high cost and coverage gaps in Medi...

19:30 minute Audio of Press Conference in front of State Capitol in Phoenix Az by Compassion and Choices for right to die,like in Oregan.Previous name of this group was Million Geezers March. Link is of this group at rally a year ago....

In late November, North Americans get together to give thanks for what they take in a holday they call "Thanksgiving." It ought to be called "ThanksTAKING" as it is a celebration of the expulsion of millions that cleared the land for all those condos and $1M trophy homes....

On Tuesday Oct 9th 2007on KUSP’s Talk of the Bay George Cadman discusses concerns about the spraying with Steve-Scholl-Buckwald managing director of the Pesticide Action Network....

From San Francisco, to Brooklyn: from Philadelphia, to Buffalo; in cities on both coasts and in places in between, we are seeing the loss of homes by working families, many of whom have been duped into acquiring, not homes, but the sub prime loans that made home-buying possible. Many of these loans were made with what's called adjustable rate mortgages (or ARM's)....

In Philadelphia, North, South, and West Philadelphia renters are being squeezed to make room for yuppies, and homes, when they are built, are for buyers, not renters....In cities across the country, working-class Blacks are being forced, by the inability to make ends meet, to leave the cities of their birth and familial memory....

Dr. Quint, Clinical Professor of Pediatrics - Emeritus, University of California - SF and member of the California Physicians Alliance, has been a frequent research visitor to Cuba since 1978. He articulated in a slide show presentation a detailed historical analysis of the evolution of the Cuban system from the revolution in the late 50's until today....