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Cindy Sheehan on Labor, The War And The Economy
This is an edited segment of a presentation that Cindy Sheehan made about her labor platform and the war....
Posted: Wed, Oct 8, 2008 5:20am PDT
SC City Council May Reverse State Pesticide Rules
Next Santa Cruz City Council meeting
Tuesday Oct. 14, 2008 at 3 pm...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 11:35pm PDT
More Drum Circle Melodrama Wednesday? Be There at 3:30 PM to Keep Public Space Public.
For the last two weeks, uniformed police haven't stalked Parking Lot #4, where drummers have drummed for 10 years next to the Farmer's Market. Still the city, apparently at the instigation of the police have regularly erected plastic green mesh enclosures on stakes pounded into the ground around the area where the public normally assembles. And the community, regularly, takes them down and reclaims the public space. Will the city spacesnatchers wise up this Wednesday? Come on down and he...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 6:43pm PDT
Fraud and Deception: The CDFA LBAM Eradication Program
A Detailed Description of Management Strategy Fraud
Prepared For The People by Professor Glen Chase
Glen Chase, a Professor of Systems Management, has released a third report detailing the methodical fraud that the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) Management perpetrated to attempt to create a bogus emergency eradication program for the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). This third report demonstrates the fraud and deception within the program strategy that CDFA Management...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 4:14pm PDT
California Proposition 7: Redefining Renewable Energy to Concentrate Power
The control of scarce resources is a time-tested method of concentrating wealth and power. Although renewable energy resources are not scarce, the paradigm shift in public understanding about the fundamental differences between renewables and fossil fuels is only beginning. By subsidizing the building massive permanent infrastructure to control the collection and distribution of renewable energy, Proposition 7 will starve investment in distributed renewables needed to democratize the energy e...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 11:57am PDT
The City of Oakland Needs a Bailout
Monday, October 6, 2008 : Replete with a three horn band, umbrella toting union protesters wore wide brim black church hats in a New Orleans style funeral to mourn the death of City Services at the City of Oakland last Tuesday. The several hundred person procession lead by SEIU Local 1021 moved in and around Oakland City hall and carried signs that read “Save Our City” “Save Our Services.”...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 7:13am PDT
OEA Presidents Statement In Support Of Sheehan On World Teachers Day
On World Teachers Day, OEA President Betty Olson-Jones issued a statement in support of Cindy Sheehan and in defense of teachers against privatization and war...
Posted: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 5:45am PDT
Geographically Challenged Palin Screws Up in Burlingame, CA
Palin began her remarks at an appearance in San Mateo County, California by saying she was glad to be in Marin County. Her winks and waves have inspired San Franciscans and surrounding area residents to roast her with costumes and look-alike contests.
Top Photo:
Left: "Silver Lincoln" rode his bike in front of demo in Burlingame Oct 5, but is reportedly a Republican.
Right: Palin look-alike Eve Moran....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 8:08pm PDT
Three Little-Known City Council Candidate Forums Coming Up Fast + a Copwatch Confab
Not featured or even mentioned in the Sentinel or by the City Council staff, Santa Cruz City Council candidates have been invited to at least three more forums, according to candidate Jay Cabrera. I've posted the info he's given me and added some more of my own. For more details contact him at 332-2486....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 5:46pm PDT
Palin Protesters in Burlingame
Board the Strange McCain Bus for a ride along Bayshore Hwy in Burlingame CA and see some of the people who protested outside the Hyatt-Regency when Palin spoke to Republicans, took their money, and ran off to the airport!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 3:35pm PDT
Cynthia McKinney Gets The Hip Hop Vote, Green Party Growing (video/x-ms-wmv 21.6MB)
Independent Bay Area group, Some of All Parts, bridges the Green Party message with urban music, through their debut song "Run"...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 12:10pm PDT
Caifornia Props. 6 & 9 Bad Deals say LA Activists
Originally From New America Media
Monday, October 6, 2008 : If passed into law, two new propositions, Propositions 6 and 9, could impose stiff new penalties that could adversely affect disadvantaged members of the community, according to activists at the grassroots based Community Coalition....
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 7:27am PDT
Pelosi at 32% Approval Rating (39% Disapproving) But NO MENTION of Sheehan in Chron
Join us for our protest against the bailout at 101 Market; Monday Oct 6th: 7:30 AM...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 6:12am PDT
Sheehan vs. Goliath
CAN SAN FRANCISCO VOTERS VOTE THEIR VALUES INSTEAD OF CYNICALLY REELECTING SOMEONE WHO HAS FAILED TO UPHOLD THOSE VALUES?...
Posted: Mon, Oct 6, 2008 1:05am PDT
Protesters Greet Palin in San Francisco Style
Environmentalists in wolf costumes howled in pain while union members led chants from a flatbed truck. A Sarah Palin impersonator winked and vamped as protesters in Mad Men inspired 50's costumes sent the message "Sarah is setting back the clock on women's rights". Oh, and there's nothing like a giant missiled war machine with a mask wearing McCain inside to inspire the anti-war activists of San Francisco and surrounding cities!
Thanks to Robin Yasuko Goka for most photos here.
It was a...
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 11:28pm PDT
Veterans for Peace Against Palin
Veterans for Peace members from chapters 101 (San Jose and SF Peninsula) and 69 (San Francisco) mocked the Republican McCain ticket campaign poster by adding the tag line "War Without End" and "Give us Several Trillion Dollars" to their signs....
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 3:00pm PDT
Women Demonstrate Against Palin
WOMEN AGAINST PALIN, OUTSIDE REPUBLICAN FUNDRAISER OCTOBER 5
Hundreds of anti-GOP protestors demonstrated near San Fransico where VP candidate Sarah Palin spoke at a fundraiser.
A Sarah Palin look-alike winked at the crowd while women's rights demonstrators playfully jeered her.
photos: R. Robertson, Robin Yasuko Goka...
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 2:42pm PDT
Frank Moore qualifies for write-in votes in 25 states, including California
Berkeley-based performance artist and Write-in Presidential candidate Frank Moore has qualified to receive write-in votes for President in 25 states, including being the first such candidate to complete his registration for write-in candidacy in California. Voters in California who write-in Frank Moore for President on the November ballot will have their vote counted....
Posted: Sun, Oct 5, 2008 2:41am PDT
Prop K To Suppress Trafficking and Prevent Child Prostitution
Because of their status of prostitutes most victims of trafficking do not trust the police and have no confidence that their complaint will be taken seriously and their violators will be prosecuted, no matter if they were coerced into prostitution or knew on forehand they would work as prostitutes....
Posted: Sat, Oct 4, 2008 9:07pm PDT
Ralph Nader Answers Questions (audio/mpeg 21.8MB)
Ralph Nader gave a campaign speech on Sept 30, 2008 at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, Calif....
Posted: Sat, Oct 4, 2008 5:43pm PDT