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Western Addition Displacement Reparations Bill Moves Forward Tuesday, August 12, 2008 : Supervisor Ross Mirkarimi’s legislation giving descendants of those displaced by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency from the Western Addition priority in obtaining affordable housing, passed the Land Use Committee and will go before the Board of Supervisors on September 9....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 7:09am PDT
Queen Pelosi Wants To Hear From SF On Thursday August 14, 2008 Be There At 6:00 PM Queen Pelosi wants San Francisco residents to hear her words of wisdom on how she is fighting the big bad wolf W. The queen who has been very busy helping to get more money and troops to Afghanistan and Iraq to defend democracy has now taken her royal time to visit the subjects in San Francisco. Please let the queen know how much she is loved by the people when she finally makes a public appearance in San Francisco. Apparently the Queen does not think she needs a campaign office in San Franci...
Posted: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 9:39pm PDT
Ralph Nader Speaks To Peace And Freedom Party Convention 8/1/08 Ralph Nader spoke at the P&F convention on Friday August 1, 2008 before the nominating meeting the next day. He was nominated on a first ballot to be the Peace and Freedom party presidential candidate. Peace and Freedom is the largest electoral socialist party in the United States....
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 11:53pm PDT
Federal Court Upholds Ban on Voter Registration in VA Hospitals 
After four years of legal review, the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the Veterans Administration policy barring voter registration drives inside its hospitals. The VA's policy is seen by many as being in clear violation of the First Amendment and may still be appealed. Veterans for Peace member Lennox Sweeney, who fought for the right to register veterans of any party at VA hospitals, died while the case was being reviewed.
Photo by Jeff Paterson: Sweeney at an Oakland, CA Pea...
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 6:41pm PDT
Congressional Sac Candidate Dina Padilla Sued By Multi-Millionaire Toxic Site Developer 
Peace and Freedom Congressional candidate Dina Padilla who is running against Republican Dan Lundgren has been sued by Downey Brownfield toxic site developer Stuart Lichter. Workers at the site including Downey Studios, Dreamworks and the Downey Kaiser Hospital Complex have been sickened by the toxic material in the area....
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 12:20am PDT
It's official, Cindy Sheehan puts Peace and Impeachment "on the table" 
Below is a repost of a newsletter sent out to supporters this afternoon from Cindy Sheehan's Campaign Headquarters on Mission Street in San Francisco.
[Photos and recording added by Robert B. Livingston]...
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 7:46pm PDT
Klamath River eNews - August 7, 2008 - PacifiCorp Day of Action on September 18 This week's Klamath River eNews, from Malena Marvin of the Klamath Riverkeeper, features the latest information on the PacifiCorp Day of Action September 18 in Portland, including the Un-Dam the Klamath organizing meeting for the commercial fishing community August 22 in Coos Bay and non-violent direct action trainings on the Klamath in Orleans August 22-24....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 7:46pm PDT
Crash the RNC: more mapage of St. Paul area 
Here are some more maps to assist those planning on being in St. Paul, MN on September 1st....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 6:52pm PDT
Breaking Story: San Francisco Has a Heart! Cindy Sheehan is Officially on the Ballot! It is official! Cindy Sheehan, America's most famous peace activist qualifies as an Independent Congressional Candidate for the November 2008 Elections....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 3:17pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan: No Thanks to the System, but Thanks to the Homeless 
Cindy Sheehan needs your help NOW to get on the ballot this November.
In this brief message sent out to supporters at 1 pm today-- Cindy describes the challenge-- and thanks San Francisco's homeless population who "get it"-- who understand how the system really works....
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 4:29pm PDT
LinuxWorld: Geeks and Grannies 
RAGING GRANNIES ACTION LEAGUE
for OPEN VOTING CONSORTIUM
photo by Granny Eve...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 3:15pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan Ballot Access Alert The San Franciscan challenger is short only mere hundreds of endorsement signatures...
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 2:19pm PDT
Dems Reject Resolution Against Recall of West Fresno City Councilmember Fresno Democrats make decision in support of community self-determination....
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 9:34am PDT
LinuxWorld: Geeks and Grannies 
This year, for the first time, the Raging Grannies joined in the annual celebration of open source culture at LinuxWorld in San Francisco.
They were on hand to sing and show conventioneers how open source code can be used to deliver electronic voting systems from the hands of corporations to the view of public scrutiny....
Posted: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 12:12am PDT
Richard shows how easy it is to get a signature for Cindy! (video/quicktime 60.1MB) Go to Cindy's website and
follow the instructions for making sure that you and your friends and
neighbors have signed her petition .
OR If you are a registered San Francisco voter, please make a special
trip to Cindy's office
at
1260 Mission St (between 8th and 9th Streets) as soon as possible and
sign her petition -- if you have not already done so.
Four-minute QT movie. 60MB....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 9:26am PDT
URGENT: CINDY SHEEHAN NEEDS YOUR HELP CINDY NEEDS YOUR HELP WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6TH & THURSDAY, AUGUST 7TH...
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 12:32am PDT
Crunch Time for Cindy Sheehan: Help Get her On the Ballot! 
Cindy Sheehan Needs Your Help!
According to her sister, Dede, 3000 petition signatures are needed by 3 pm this Friday!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 5, 2008 11:03pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Sinks to New Low Arnold’s executive order laying off 10,000 state employees – and slashing another 200,000 paychecks to the federal minimum wage – is not just insulting because he’s punishing people for the actions of others. It’s that the budget crisis we’re in is largely his fault, and the Governor refuses to take responsibility. Starting with Schwarzenegger’s first day in office when he repealed the Vehicle License Fee, Arnold has played one game of fiscal gymnastics after another – leaving us with today’s...
Posted: Mon, Aug 4, 2008 7:43am PDT
UA in the Bay is organizing transportation to DNC/RNC Attention all anti-authoritarians! UA in the Bay is trying to organize collective transportation for all protesters to upcoming Democratic and Republican National Conventions. If you're planning to attend and are looking to share a ride with other people please post your travel plans to uainthebay-rideshare@lists.riseup.net mailing list. Start by subscribing to the list here: https://lists.riseup.net/www/subscribe/uainthebay-rideshare....
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 8:50pm PDT
Ralph Nader Wins Peace and Freedom Party Candidacy for President 
Ralph Nader won the Peace and Freedom Party nomination for president of the United States at the party’s convention in Sacramento. His national running mate, Matt Gonzalez, was also confirmed as the party’s vice presidential candidate....
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 4:52am PDT
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