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Hear Richard Becker talk in Sacramento, CA on Feb. 20th Richard Becker writes and speaks nationally and internationally on U.S. foreign and domestic policy; he is co-founder of the ANSWER Coalition. Richard Becker is the Western Region Co-Director of the International Action Center.
Becker is co-author of the book, NATO in the Balkans. He has written many articles and commentaries on Middle East affairs, and has been interviewed by numerous national and international media, among them the McNeil-Lehrer News Hour, CNN, BBC, Pacific National News...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 2:16pm PST
3/16 40th P&F Anniversary Forum & Video:Lessons of the Anti-War Movement On March 16th, 2008 Peace and Freedom Party will commemorate the 40th anniversary of the founding
of the party. In addition to speakers the video "Sir, No Sir" will also be shown...
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 12:21pm PST
Time to Review Muni's Overhaul Plan Friday, February 29, 2008 : The MTA gave its Citizens’ Advisory Committee a look at the proposed changes to the city’s public transportation Wednesday night, some of which are fairly drastic and sure to raise controversy. Fear not! You have a season of public meetings ahead of you to put in your complaints or compliments. There are, essentially, four proposals to examine....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 10:34am PST
Bay Area mom goes 25 Days without eating, Conyers still refuses to impeach Cheney Bay area peace activist Leslie Angeline has ended her fast for impeachment. Others are now fasting.
This story was posted at afterdowningstreet.org yesterday....
Posted: Sat, Mar 1, 2008 5:30am PST
New Tree Sit Under 24 Hour Surveillance Updates on the new tree-sit...
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 9:47pm PST
Paid Sick Leave Bill Introduced at State Level Thursday, February 28, 2008 : Assemblywoman Fiona Ma announced a bill yesterday which, if passed, would require all California employers to provide paid time off to their employees when they are sick or need time to take care of their sick family members. AB2716, introduced in the State Assembly last week, would make it possible for each employee to take one hour of paid time off for every 30 hours of work....
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 7:56am PST
Support Higher Ed: Yes We Can! Thursday, February 28, 2008 : This year, California faces a $16 billion budget shortfall. There will be very difficult cuts in services that will impact people’s ability to access the California Dream. One of the most troubling and least discussed of those budget cuts is the elimination of the Competitive Cal Grant Awards. Cal Grant is the State’s main student financial aid program....
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 7:56am PST
Documentary Exposing Election Fraud Slated for Four Screenings In San Francisco The historic Red Vic Movie House on Haight Street will play host to four screenings of the new film, UNCOUNTED: The New Math of American Elections, on Sunday, March 2. UNCOUNTED is a feature-length documentary that exposes numerous threats to the core of our democracy - our right to vote....
Posted: Wed, Feb 27, 2008 8:22pm PST
SF Department of Elections ups percentage on the eve of 100% Initiative - petition count. Tomorrow, February 27, 2008 the SF Department of Elections - has elected to conduct a 100% validation count linked to the petitions : Affordable Housing Requirement for the Candlestick Point and Hunters Point Shipyard Mixed-Use Development Project. Now, suddenly on the eve of the 100% count - we hear that linked to the Random Count - we had a 107% count - and that our chances of winning on the 100% count is four to one. Does this come as a surprise?...
Posted: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 7:15pm PST
Mayor Coonerty's New Rules Ban Public Comment on Half of City Council Afternoon Agenda On becoming Santa Cruz Mayor last November, Ryan Coonerty laid down a new set of procedures at City Council requiring members of the Public to get his permission before talking on "Consent Agenda" subjects. The afternoon Consent agenda makes up more than half of what City Council acts on. Hence this new ruling removes Public Comment on the majority of Council actions. This is the deepest cut in Public Comment since since Mayor Rotkin sharply cut back the Public Speaking time in a bd to si...
Posted: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 11:35am PST
Daly Champions Proposal to Help Skyline Tenants Tuesday, February 26, 2008 : Yesterday, Supervisor Chris Daly called on the Board’s Land Use and Economic Development Committee to approve a proposal that would require property owners to post tenants’ rights in writing during real estate sales transactions. Under Daly’s proposal, owners must disclose this information to tenants, sub-tenants and roommates alike....
Posted: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 7:00am PST
No on 98 Files Lawsuit to Ensure Ballot Title Summary Accurately Reflects Prop 98 Provisions Tuesday, February 26, 2008 : Yesterday, members of the No on 98 / Yes on 99 coalition filed a lawsuit in Sacramento County Superior Court, asking a judge to change the official title of Proposition 98 to include mention of the measure's rent control provisions. Currently, the official title of the measure prepared by the California Attorney General's Office only informs voters of the measure's eminent domain provisions, and excludes any mention of eliminating rent control, which is one of Pro...
Posted: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 6:59am PST
Competitive Democratic Races Could Defeat Prop 98 Monday, February 25, 2008 : With no presidential primary on the statewide ballot, voter turnout in June is expected to be abysmal. Which means that Proposition 98 – the extreme right-wing measure to abolish rent control, basic tenant protections, environmental regulations and water laws – could actually pass. But with term limits forcing many state legislators out of office, there will also be a number of competitive June primaries – creating the potential to drive up voter turnout in the sta...
Posted: Mon, Feb 25, 2008 7:11am PST
3/16 defend rent control ... and more news from
Queers for Rent Control
........
Posted: Sun, Feb 24, 2008 2:50pm PST
Free Forum: "Fidel Steps Aside" Community Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
Free and open to the public
Wheelchair accessible...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2008 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 12:53pm PST
Is it Time to Recall Governor Schwarzenegger? Friday, February 22, 2008 : In the spring of 2003, right-wing activists seized upon California’s massive budget deficit to launch a recall campaign against Governor Gray Davis. Although Davis had faced voters and won re-election the preceding November, he was charged with making such a financial mess that a recall was essential....
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 7:06am PST
PINK-SLIP CHENEY! Part 2B (video/quicktime 43.0MB) Powell & Market. February 18, 2008. Three-minute QT movie. 43MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 4:08pm PST
PINK-SLIP CHENEY! Part 2A (video/quicktime 39.7MB) Powell & Market. February 18, 2008. Three-minute QT movie. 40MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 10:35am PST
Leno and Newsom – Boys Behaving Badly Thursday, February 21, 2008 : The Newsom Endorsement – No Surprise. Randy Shaw terms Gavin Newsom’s endorsement of Mark Leno for State Senate “unexpected.” I beg to differ. Leno and Newsom go way back. The only two Willie Brown appointees on the Board of Supervisors to survive the progressive tsunami of 2000, Leno and Newsom have always had a mutually respectful and supportive relationship, contributing and raising money for each other’s campaigns and reliably endorsing each other....
Posted: Thu, Feb 21, 2008 7:50am PST
Coalition Fights Back Against Mayor’s Budget Cuts Wednesday, February 20, 2008 : Left literally out in the cold (and the rain), hundreds of San Francisco residents – including health care and service workers, as well as those who use the vital city services that would disappear – gathered on the steps of City Hall to fight Mayor Gavin Newsom’s proposed cuts to the Health Department....
Posted: Wed, Feb 20, 2008 7:12am PST
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