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CANADA: Let war resisters stay! 
***IT TAKES COURAGE TO RESIST***
**IT TAKES A GREAT NATION TO TAKE A STAND**
Members of the Raging Grannies Action League stood in the rain in front of the Canadian Consulate with COURAGE TO RESIST in San Francisco.
The Grannies sang songs written for the occasion while in major cities throughout the US and Canada similar demonstrations called for Canada to make a provision for sanctuary for U.S. troops, most of whom have traveled to that country in order to resist continued service in...
Posted: Fri, Jan 25, 2008 6:08pm PST
Prop 92 Divides Education Advocates, But it’s a Good Idea Thursday, January 24, 2008 : While most progressives agree on California’s seven propositions for the February ballot, Proposition 92 has allies taking different sides. The Bay Guardian says “yes,” while the SF Democratic Party says “no.” State Senator Carole Migden says “yes,” while Sheila Kuehl says “no.” And the 2 major unions that represent teachers are campaigning against each other....
Posted: Thu, Jan 24, 2008 7:38am PST
Do Casinos Help Native Americans? Thursday, January 24, 2008 : The arguments for and against the Indian Gaming agreement Propositions 94, 95, 96 and 97, has prompted me to reexamine an underlying assumption about Indian gaming. That is, does California's $7 billion Indian gaming industry substantially benefit California Indians economically and socially? There are 105 tribal entities in California with approximately 56,158 tribal members....
Posted: Thu, Jan 24, 2008 7:36am PST
Impeachment Letters Delivered to Pelosi 
On January 14, Cindy Sheehan and her supporters held a rally at the San Francisco Federal Building where they presented an aide to Nancy Pelosi with more than 8,000 signed letters from U.S. voters urging impeachment of Cheney and Bush....
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 9:38am PST
Newsom’s Era of Good Feelings Jeopardized by Budget Woes Wednesday, January 23, 2008 : Since taking office in 2004, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has enjoyed a string of rosy budgets. Budget surpluses have enabled Newsom to expand city services, increase the wages of city and nonprofit workers, and to create new programs like universal health care. These budgets also contributed to the mayor facing no serious re-election opposition....
Posted: Wed, Jan 23, 2008 7:10am PST
Audio: Retired Col. Ann Wright speaks in Santa Cruz on 1/20/08 (audio/mpeg 9.0MB) On Sunday January 20th Retired Army Col. and US diplomat Ann Wright spoke in Santa Cruz to an audience of about 70 people about her new book "Dissent: Voices of Conscience". The afternoon opened with songs from the Raging Grannies, and an introduction by Supervisor Neal Coonerty and Diane Rejman of the GI Rights Hotline. The Raging Granny file is 9 MB and lasts 13 minutes....
Posted: Tue, Jan 22, 2008 5:44pm PST
Recommendations RE: State Ballot Propositions The below grid shows the recommendations listed on the websites of various political parties and organizations concerning the seven statewide ballot propositions....
Posted: Tue, Jan 22, 2008 4:31pm PST
The Fierce Urgency of Now 
Cindy Sheehan is running for Congress against Nancy Pelosi. Here she comments on the occasion of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday about racial injustice in America today-- from Jena, Louisiana to her own city, San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Jan 21, 2008 2:46pm PST
Five Reasons Why California's Healthcare Reform is a Sham Originally From New America Media
Monday, January 21, 2008 : Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposal to provide healthcare for all Californians is being heralded as groundbreaking healthcare reform. But with a $14 billion budget deficit how realistic is it? And should people of color who make up 75 percent of the state’s uninsured be celebrating? Tammy Johnson is Race and Public Policy Program director at the Applied Research Center, a public policy institute advancing racial justice through...
Posted: Mon, Jan 21, 2008 7:37am PST
KPFA: Peace & Freedom Party Candidate Forum Broadcast KPFA, 94.1 FM (Pacifica Radio), will broadcast "a debate between the presidential candidates for the Peace and Freedom Party, moderated by Kris Welch.” The debate will air at noon today (01.18.08) during the radio program "Living Room," which is hosted by Kris Welch, "Concerned Listeners"/Wellstone Democratic Renewal Club supporter. If you miss today's broadcast please access the archive on-line at http://kpfa.org/archives/ ....
Posted: Fri, Jan 18, 2008 7:32am PST
Green Sunday "Courage in Life and Politics: The Dona Spring Story" Niebyl-Proctor Library
6501 Telegraph Ave. at 65th in North Oakland.
DIRECTIONS: One block north of Alcatraz on the West
side of Telegraph, wheelchair accessible. Served directly
by AC Transit routes 40, 64 & 17 with 6, 51 & 43 nearby.
Ashby BART is approximately 7 blocks away....
Event Date: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 5:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 17, 2008 11:53pm PST
End of An Error Rally in Sacramento on January 20 
Don't miss the "End of An Error" Rally marking the beginning of the last year of "reign of error" by the Bush regime on Sunday, January 20, 1-3 p.m. at the corner of 16th Street and Broadway in Sacramento. For more information, go to the Sacramento for Democracy website, www.SacramentoForDemocracy.org....
Posted: Thu, Jan 17, 2008 3:40pm PST
Hangin' in the Office With Nancy Pelosi 
Swanson asks why would anyone support a challenger like Cindy Sheehan when they get attention from Nancy Pelosi like this?
Read on.......
Posted: Thu, Jan 17, 2008 1:15pm PST
GP Pres Debate just started on KPFA, kpfa.org GP Pres Debate just started on KPFA www.kpfa.org
Prelim Ross is speaking at 7:16...
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 7:32pm PST
Professor Boatamo Mosupyoe speaks in Santa Cruz! (audio/mpeg 2.1MB) On Thursday January 10 Professor of African Studies for CSU Sacramento Boatamo Mosupyoe spoke at the Veterans Memorial Building in Santa Cruz, CA....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 6:33pm PST
8000+ Letters to Nancy: IMPEACH THEM! (video/quicktime 36.0MB) Cindy Sheehan and others delivered letters and petitions to Speaker Nancy Pelosi demanding that the House of Representatives begin impeachment of Cheney and Bush.
QT movie in two parts....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 5:34pm PST
The "I" Word 
Indybay told the story: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/14/18472495.php
Where was the mainstream media?...
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 4:34pm PST
Schwarzenegger administration presents austerity budget Tuesday, January 15, 2008 :Prompted by recent projections of a $14 billion budget shortfall over the next eighteen months, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of “fiscal emergency” on January 10. The declaration was accompanied by the release of his proposed budget for fiscal year 2008-2009. The central component of the new budget is a massive attack on social programs that serve millions of working people in the state....
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 10:08am PST
Cindy Sheehan and thousands of nation-wide supporters want impeachment on the table 
Today the world-renowned peace activist and congressional candidate Cindy Sheehan was joined by numerous supporters outside of the San Francisco Federal Building to deliver thousands of letters and signatures urging Nancy Pelosi to impeach Vice President Richard B. Cheney for crimes against the U.S. Constitution and the American people....
Posted: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 8:31pm PST
Nunez Asks Voters to Pay Steep Price for Prop 93 Monday, January 14, 2008 : Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez has one priority this February: pass Proposition 93 so that he can remain Speaker for another six years – even if it means betraying Democratic constituencies. When Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed budget cuts last week, the Governor had at least one good idea: release 22,000 of the state’s non-violent offenders (most of whom are low-income people of color) who are overcrowding our prison system....
Posted: Mon, Jan 14, 2008 7:18am PST
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