Publish to Newswire
Add an EventNewsitem List
238 of 329 
8/1 Presidential Candidates Debate In Sacramento At Peace and Freedom Party Convention Presidential candidates who are running for the Peace and Freedom Party nomination will be debating in Sacramento on the evening of August 1, 2008 in Sacramento....
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 1:21pm PDT
Sheehan Heads to Ballot in Race to Oust Pelosi The Cindy Sheehan Campaign submits signatures which will place her on the ballot against Bush Enabler Nancy Pelosi...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 12:37am PDT
Big ACLU Victory: Board of Supervisors axes plan to create 'No Free Speech Zones" The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors today axed their plan to create ‘No Free Speech Zones' in county buildings only after ACLU made a last-second appeal to stop this repressive measure....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2008 7:10pm PDT
Minimum Wage for California State Employees? Arnie Says Yes Tuesday, July 29, 2008 : California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) wants to terminate the pay of more than 200,000 state workers. Schwarzenegger, according to news reports, could sign an executive order as early as today cutting workers' pay to the $6.55 an hour federal minimum wage....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2008 7:21am PDT
California governor threatens to reduce state workers’ pay to minimum wage California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has threatened to sign an executive order next week to slash the salaries of nearly three-quarters of the state’s 275,000 employees down to $6.55 an hour, the federal minimum wage, or $1.45 below the California minimum of $8.00 an hour....
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2008 7:23am PDT
Moore-Alexander Seeks PFP Presidential, V.P. Nomination The State Convention for Peace and Freedom Party will convene on Saturday, August 2 and 3 at the Hawthorn Suites, 321 Bercut Drive, Sacramento California. At the convention Brian Moore, Gloria La Riva, Ralph Nader, and Cynthia McKinney will be seeking the Peace and Freedom Party’s presidential nomination. A debate among the four presidential candidates will be at the same location on Friday, August 1 at 7 p.m....
Posted: Sun, Jul 27, 2008 7:43pm PDT
Interview With Cindy Sheehan – The Peace Mom vs. Congressional Madam (Speaker) 
Cindy Sheehan gives a candid interview in which she explains exactly why she is running for Congress in order to oppose Rep. Nancy Pelosi and remove her from her throne....
Posted: Sat, Jul 26, 2008 12:50pm PDT
McCain's Secretive Big Money San Francisco Fundraiser Draws Iraq War Activists Sen. John McCain's campaign quietly prepares a fundraiser at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco this Monday, while area activists plan to gather outside the event to collect petition signatures and hold signs calling for a responsible end to the war in Iraq....
Posted: Sat, Jul 26, 2008 11:31am PDT
Understanding Progressive vs. Conservative George Lakoff spoke about his book "The Political Mind: Why You Can’t Understand 21st-Century American Politics with an 18th-Century Brain." He argues that political discourse arises from a process of framing and that an understanding of this process is essential for successful political campaigns....
Posted: Sat, Jul 26, 2008 10:52am PDT
Undoing the Bush/Cheney Legacy: A Tool Kit for Congress 
The day after the November elections, MCLI will be ready to give to every Congress Member and Senator a handy booklet listing and describing every law that must be amended or repealed in order to get back to a constitutional, democratic federal government....
Posted: Sat, Jul 26, 2008 9:57am PDT
Is San Francisco really ready for Public Power - if so who will be in charge? Is San Francisco really ready for Public Power?...
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 7:42am PDT
Gov to Order Cuts to State Worker Salaries 
by R. Robertson
An Executive Order to be announced as early as Monday would reduce state workers' wages to less than the California state minimum. Holding state employees in fear is the governor's latest tactic to put pressure on legislators to quickly agree to a plan for fixing the budget. Purchases of yachts and private jets are not subject to the taxes that could be one of many sources of money for the state....
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 3:48pm PDT
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
238 of 329