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Crisis of the California Commons conference this weekend in Berkeley
What exactly are commons? How do they work? How can we protect them? Join scholars, activists, scientists and writers from around the state to examine the crises of California’s commons, recover their history and imagine their possible futures.
Friday, April 27, 2007 - Sunday, April 29, 2007 at Berkeley City College, 2050 Center St., Berkeley, CA...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:39pm PDT
Clean Up SF Airways - Clear Channel Profits from Racist Remarks
Clear Channel's Racist, Anti-Muslim, Anti-Semitic, Anti-Gay radio jock Michael Weiner needs his mouth washed out with soap and water and then run out of town. His language is dangerous....
Posted: Sun, Apr 22, 2007 5:34pm PDT
UNITY FAX - April 20, 2007
Long Time No Fax edition
Gaming compacts, worker safety also highlights
Members lobby for healthcare...
Posted: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 10:17pm PDT
Fill the "H" for 9/11 Truth at the "Beach Impeach" event!
Come wear black and join 9/11 Truthers in the "H" at Beach Impeach next Saturday, April 28 at Ocean Beach in San Francisco. Come early, the event starts at 10:30.
Support the Truth and Impeachment!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 1:50pm PDT
ASA's California Weekly Alert 4-20-07
*Weekly Roundup*
1. Orange County Board of Supervisors Votes on ID Card Program, DEA
Raid at West Valley Coop, and Stephanie Landa's Latest Blog
*Take Action!*
2. It's Festival Season! Circulate Petitions in Your Community and at
Local Festivals!
*ASA Chapter and Affiliates Meetings*
3. Saturday, April 21, Los Angeles: Los Angeles ASA Meeting
4. Tuesday, April 24, San Francisco: San Francisco ASA Meeting
5. Wednesday, April 25, Oakland: East Bay ASA Meeting
6. Monday, April 3...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 10:43pm PDT
Immigrant Rights Protest at the Calif. Democratic Party Convention
> INFORMATIONAL PICKET AT THE CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY CONVENTION
> Saturday, April 28, 2007 - 10:00 a.m. San Diego Convention Center...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 10:15pm PDT
Putting an End to Harassment - EQCA Youth Bills Pass Committee
Lawmakers stood by youth this week, approving two EQCA-sponsored bills that will
protect students....
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 10:05pm PDT
Help us close CYA!
We've done what no
one thought we could: sponsored legislation to close the CYA!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 9:43pm PDT
4/28: Medical Cannabis Protest at California Democratic Party Convention
Tell Democrats that we want Pro-Medical Cannabis representation!
No taxation without representation!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 9:40pm PDT
Bay Area Calendar April 20, 2007
Pink Opportunity
Pink Events
Pink Actions
Pink Banner Drops
Pink Vigils
Pink Locations...
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 9:16pm PDT
Asm. Leno's 'Complete Streets Act of 2007' Rolls to Key Committee Victory
Measure would provide more transportation options leading to fewer traffic jams, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and increased physical activity...
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 9:39pm PDT
Assembly and Senate Budget Subcommittees hand Governor defeat on home care funding freeze
The Senate Budget Subcommittee on Health and Human Services today rejected Gov. Schwarzenegger's budget proposal to freeze state funding for wages and benefits for California's In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program workers. Both legislative committees with oversight of IHSS funding have now dismissed the administration’s draconian spending cut....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Radical Reading/Discussion on Parenting and Intergenerational Organizing
Our group is now meeting every other week, the second and fourth Sundays of the month, at 7pm at the FMM infospace.
Continuing the themes of intergenerational activism and making the radical milieu family-friendly, April 22th we will be discussing the following articles from Issue #24 of Left Turn Magazine...
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 6:06pm PDT
As CA Opposition to 'Blackwater West' Grows, Author of Bestseller Blackwater Tours State
As Local Residents and Their Congressman Move to Block Plans for ‘Blackwater West’ in California, Jeremy Scahill Author of NY Times Bestseller Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army Launches Book Tour Across State April 26th – May 5th...
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 11:28pm PDT
ASA's California Weekly Alert from 4/13
*Weekly Roundup*
*ASA Chapter & Affiliate Meetings*
*City & County Hearings*
*Court Support*
*Special Events...
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 10:47pm PDT
Take action to clean up illegal farm labor contractor violations
San Joaquin Valley farm workers need your immediate help before the grape harvest begins in June. The farm labor contractor (FLC) system is corrupt. Illegal violations are an everyday occurrence during the harvest. Please take action today and e-mail CA Attorney General Jerry Brown and tell his office it's time to crack down on these law breakers....
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 1:36pm PDT
Marriage Messengers Are Coming! Plus, EQCA Events in SF, Sac
lots going on, but some of it is nearly offensive (can't we fight for more than just marriage? like, the right to have any kind of consensual relationship you want?)
-polyperson...
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 11:35pm PDT
Help Save the Delta Smelt!
Next week the California Fish and Game Commission will consider a petition to change the state listing of the delta smelt (Hypomesus transpacificus) from threatened to endangered species status. The delta smelt historically was one of the most common fish in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Estuary....
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:48pm PDT
Upcoming Events from Death Penalty Focus
hopefully someone can post the local events to the calendar...
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 10:02pm PDT