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WAR in Santa Cruz: Know Your Rights (9/1) 
The police state is global. It extends from the US global war on
terror, to the nationwide war against animal rights and environmental
activists, right down to the local police crackdown on undesirables....
Posted: Tue, Aug 28, 2007 12:20pm PDT
Vice-Mayor Bans Activists from Bookshop Santa Cruz Becky Johnson sends Vice-Mayor Ryan Coonerty an e-mail accusing him of adopted bigoted policies such as those espoused by a Sentinel hateletter writer. Coonerty promptly responds to Johnson's inquiring letter by banning her and Bernard Klitzner, HUFF activists, from his sister's Bookshop Santa Cruz. Johnson analyzes Coonerty's response....
Posted: Sun, Aug 26, 2007 12:53pm PDT
Man Beat To Death by Police in Eureka, CA August 9, 2007 MARTIN "FRED" COTTON II IS THE 6TH PERSON TO BE KILLED BY POLICE IN EUREKA IN THE LAST TWO YEARS. The five other victims were shot by the Eureka Police. None of the police involved in the killings have been prosecuted or fired. Martin, a 26 year old houseless man, was brutally beat by cops in downtown Eureka, directly in front of the 'Rescue Mission' (homeless shelter). Protests regarding Martin's death and accelerated police brutality have since occurred in the downtown area....
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 3:51am PDT
ACLU of Northern California Urges Congress to Hold White House in Contempt, Force Compliance on NSA Subpoenas Wednesday, August 22, 2007 : SAN FRANCISCO - The American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California today asked Congress to hold the White House in contempt. Having disregarded the second deadline for compliance with Senate Judiciary Committee subpoenas, the White House, Office of the Vice President and Department of Justice can now be held in contempt of Congress. The original subpoenas were issued June 27th and sought materials related to the National Security Agency’s warrantless wire...
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 10:18am PDT
Striking Back Against Sentinel/SCPD Smears and "Progressive" Silence on the Sleeping Ban A Public Records Act request to the SCPD on its City Hall activities during the "Respect the Constitution" Sleep-Out at City Hall last week and a Visit to the Sunday American Civil Liberties Union fundraiser in search of local civil liberties are coming up....
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 9:22am PDT
Wednesday 8/22 Court Report: bail, discovery, DNA Bail Reduced!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 11:10pm PDT
US court hears suit against AT&T's collaboration with domestic spying program Wednesday, August 22, 2007 :On Wednesday, August 15, a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco heard arguments in the case of Hepting v. AT&T, a class action suit filed by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) in January 2006. The suit accuses telecommunications giant AT&T of violating the First and Fourth amendments to the Constitution, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) (which prohibits spying on Americans unless authorized by the Foreign In...
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:33am PDT
Report on Bail Hearings Aug 21 Bail arguments were completed today in the San Francisco 8 case with
the presentation for Harold Taylor....
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 7:25pm PDT
Sacramento 9/11 Truth Presents Don Paul on Saturday, Sept. 8, 7 pm in Sacramento I greatly encourage you to attend Don Paul’s upcoming presentation in Sacramento on Saturday, September 8, at 7 pm, in the Conference Room at 909 12th Street, sponsored by Sacramento 9/11 Truth. His presentation is entitled, “9/11: Who Did It, Why, and How We Can Prevent the Next Such Mass Murder."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 4:41pm PDT
City Council Passes Resolution Preventing Vigilante Justice Against Homeless Perhaps bringing perspective on it all and praising the new Humane Ordinance was Homeless Garden Project Board Member, Mark Primack, stating, “Moderation and the hard work of coalition building are true activism, things that Argue and Norse know nothing about.”...
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 3:22pm PDT
SF: ¡ALTO a las redadas! STOP the raids! viérnes, 24 de ago a las 12 medio día
Edificio de Inmigración: 630 Sansome St @ Washington St
(Montgomery BART)
--Immigration Building 630 Sansome St. @ Washington St. (Montgomery BART)--...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 12:09pm PDT
Government Surveillance Cameras Expand in California without Regulations or Public Debate, says ACLU Report SAN FRANCISCO - California cities are moving quickly to install video surveillance cameras on public streets and plazas without regulations, with little or no public debate, and without an evaluation of their effectiveness, according to an ACLU report released today....
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 9:04am PDT
Report on bail hearings for Hank Jones & Cisco Torres, 8/20/07 Bail hearings continued today, Monday, August 20 in the SF 8 case....
Posted: Tue, Aug 21, 2007 8:52am PDT
Urgent - Eric McDavid's Trial Quickly Approaching! Fundraising, hearings, and September in Sacto......
Posted: Mon, Aug 20, 2007 11:17am PDT
They’ll Do it Every Time, SF-Style Monday, August 20, 2007 : “They’ll do it every time” was a famous newspaper comic strip of the 40's that took a humorous poke at human foibles. It’s still running in about 100 newspapers across the country. Here’s a few local items that belong in the strip. 1) Happy Halloween, Newsom/Dufty-style: After last year’s horrible Halloween in the Castro, during which nine people were injured in a shootout, District 8 Supervisor Bevan Dufty and Mayor Gavin Newsom promised a safer celebration outside ...
Posted: Mon, Aug 20, 2007 7:28am PDT
" H 0 R R I F I E D " 
Boston Woodard is a prisoner/journalist and in the article below writes about what is being done to reduce prison overcrowding and some of the obstacles that exist....
Posted: Sun, Aug 19, 2007 9:23am PDT
Justice for Pamela Kincaid 
This is an updated version of an earlier article about the death of Pamela Kincaid. She died earlier this month under suspicious circumstances. Pam was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit against the City of Fresno to stop them from taking and immediately destroying homeless peoples property....
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2007 5:01pm PDT
Sleep Ban Fighters Regroup after Saturday Morning Police Raid A 3 AM raid by 8-10 police officers, with a follow-up by half a dozen an hour and a half later dispersed many of the homeless people sleeping at City Hall. At least four received citations for "illegal sleeping" even though the officers had no legal place for their victims to go--in the teeth of the Los Angeles Jones decision banning nighttime ticketing of sleepers and campers there. Some of those ticketed and some of the activists announced a meeting today 2 PM at the Firefly Cafe at 131 F...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2007 7:40am PDT
Dissident Members Challenge American Psychological Association on Role in CIA Interrogation, Torture Friday, August 17, 2007 :
Democracy Now! broadcasts from San Francisco, where the American Psychological Association is set to hold a historic vote at its annual convention. Following a string of exposes revealing that psychologists have played a key role in designing the CIA’s torture tactics, outraged APA members have introduced a moratorium calling for an outright ban on psychologist involvement in detainee interrogations. We speak with two psychologists at the forefront of the campaign...
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2007 7:32am PDT
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