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Brad Newsham's latest newsletter: A slim hope for impeachment
Brad Newsham, the San Francisco cabbie who was inspired to "put impeachment on the table" by starting Beach Impeach, sent out this newsletter today....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 5:32pm PDT
Spokescouncil Against the Conventions (RNC/DNC), July 27th
The next U.A. in the Bay organizing meeting for the Republican and Democratic National Conventions is set for July 27th in the East Bay. Come and learn about what's already planned. Bring proposals and ideas. Network and plan with other groups in the area who are going....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 8:46am PDT
Regional Meetings No on Proposition 6 (and 9) Runner Initiative - "Safe Neighborhoods Act"
Regional Meetings to Defeat the Runner Initiative (Proposition 6) (and Proposition 9, "Nicholas' Law"), known by their Proponents and the "Safe Neighborhoods Act" and "Marcy's Law", they would take money away from schools, health-care, housing and elderly to lock up thousands more Californians; Prop 6, especially focuses on youth, people in public housing and undocumented immigrants. More at http://www.votenoprop6.com...
Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 4:22pm PDT
SF Mayor Newsom rebuked for endorsing Presidio Art Museum
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was formally rebuked by a newly created SF advisory group for his endorsement of a controversial proposal to build a contemporary art museum on the Presidio of San Francisco, a historic national park....
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 2:31pm PDT
CHRIS JACKSON'S CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF
Please Join Chris for our Official Campaign Kick-off!
Chris Cares About Community College
When: Thursday, July 17, 2008
Where: LGBT Community Center
1800 Market Street @ Octavia
4th Floor
Time: 6-8pm...
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 12:52pm PDT
CDFA LBAM Eradication Program reported to be a Fraud 
Glen Chase, a Professor of Systems Management, has released a report identifying the CDFA LBAM eradication program as a fraud. "CDFA claims the moth is an emergency and pretends that they can eradicate it in order to steal $100's of millions from taxpayer emergency funds, set aside for real emergencies."...
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 2:08pm PDT
U.S. Preparing for Intervention in 2009 Salvadoran Elections
The recent CISPES fact-finding delegation to El Salvador had an unexpected meeting with U.S. Ambassador Charles Glazer. After CISPES delegates confronted him about ongoing U.S. political, economic and military intervention in El Salvador, specifically regarding U.S. intervention in the 2004 elections on behalf of the right-wing ARENA party, Ambassador Glazer admitted that yes, the U.S. had intervened in the 2004 presidential election....
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 2:41am PDT
Nancy Pelosi putting impeachment on the table? Cindy Sheehan responds.
In this newsletter repost, America's #1 antiwar activist Cindy Sheehan reviews the past year since announcing her congressional campaign to run against Nancy Pelosi....
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 11:13pm PDT
Ellsberg: NO Executive Privilege in Impeachment Hearings; Bush Can Not Stop Testimony mp3 (audio/mpeg 2.6MB)
Daniel Ellsberg spoke at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Sunday March 30. His talk, "Must America Remain an Outlaw State?" was on the occasion of War and Law League (WALL), tenth birthday. http://www.warandlaw.org/files/index.html
WALL, founded in March 1998, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, San Francisco–based group that wants the U.S. to follow its Constitution, its treaties, and customary international law insofar as they concern war and peace....
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 7:11pm PDT
7/19: Marin Green Party elections
Media Advisory: Marin Green Party elections...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 10:02am PDT
Stay of Deportation for War Resister Corey Glass, Demo Report
Stay of Deportation for War Resister Corey Glass
Resister Robin Long Still Facing Removal
*US Actions Urge Canadian Authorities to Listen to their Citizenry*...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 1:29am PDT
Presidio/Public Comment Meeting on proposed new developments
Presidio of San Francisco National Park - MAIN POST, Herbst Exhibition Hall, 385 Moraga Ave., 1 block west of Presidio Officers Club, free parking....
Event Date: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 2:21pm PDT
CA State Agency Criticizes Presidio Trusts' Actions re Proposals for Main Post
The California Office of Historic Preservation, CA Parks & Recreation Dept., criticizes the Presidio Trust's decision to suspend evaluation of historic impacts of the proposed Fisher Art Museum, large hotel, movie multiplex and other proposals upon the historic Presidio National Park's Main Post, saying it "denies the public the ability to appreciate the effects...on historic properties"...
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 1:56pm PDT
American Flag Concecration a Success!!
The 4th Annual Old Time American Flag Burn was a success.
We intend this as a new American Tradition....
Posted: Mon, Jul 7, 2008 2:52pm PDT
MoveOn Rallies for an Oil Free President
San Mateo - 4th and El Camino Real
Redwood City - Whipple and Veteran's Blvd
Mountain View - Grant Rd and El Camino Real
Pacifica - Highway 1 and Linda Mar
Felton - Highway 9 and Graham Hill Rd...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 6, 2008 4:18pm PDT
Obama's Stand on FISA as told to CodePink (video/quicktime 62.4MB)
On June 25th the Marine Recruiting Station in Berkeley witnessed CodePink celebrating their legal victory of the day before.
Medea Benjamin told the group about Jodie Evans visit the preceding evening with Barack Obama in Hollywood. On 3:05 to 3:19 of the video we learn Obama's position on the FISA bill up for a vote July 8th in the Senate.
Four-minute QT movie. 62MB....
Posted: Wed, Jul 2, 2008 3:09pm PDT
Richard Hayes Phillips, Witness to a Crime
Sonoma State University, Darwin Hall, Room 103, 1801 East Cotati Blvd, Rohnert Park, Ca. 94928...
Event Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 4:25pm PDT
Flyer out for Humboldt Against DNC
Flyer for the upcoming founding meeting of Humboldt Against the DNC now available to download, print and distribute....
Posted: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 1:50pm PDT
Preventative Health Care Threatened/Call NOW!
Preventative health care positions are being threatened by state budget cuts and may soon disappear since they are not part of mandated nurse-patient ratios. San Francisco is looking to lose 30 percent of its home health care program for Medi-Cal patients. In less heavily populated areas, including Monterey and Humboldt counties, one home health care nurse makes the difference between care or no care for people isolated by lack of public transportation....
Posted: Fri, Jun 27, 2008 1:08pm PDT
the George W Bush Sewage Plant
The Presidential Memorial of San Francisco is a group of San Francisco residents, who are trying to get an initiative on this November ballot, for the renaming of the Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant, to the George W Bush Sewage Plant.
The group has collected so far 8.500 signatures (the amount of signatures needed for an initiative is 15.000).
The ballot initiative is going to read:
“Should The City And County of San Francisco Rename The Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant ...
Posted: Wed, Jun 25, 2008 11:05am PDT