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Two New Bills - One Bright Hope for California It was a huge February for Books Not Bars. Our work in Sacramento yielded two bills
that are the strongest hope for real reform in California's abusive youth prisons
since we started this campaign in 2004....
Posted: Tue, Mar 6, 2007 2:51pm PST
Free Josh Wolf: Kevin Epps (video/quicktime 12.1MB) Kevin Epps is a San Francisco filmmaker. One-minute QT movie. 12MB....
Posted: Tue, Mar 6, 2007 10:54am PST
Strange Fruit: The Task of Forcing Tasers on Palo Alto 
Without saying what's the problem, the Palo Alto police chief and City Council are ready to declare that Taser is The Solution - with a little help from a "task force" that they declared represents the community....
Posted: Tue, Mar 6, 2007 1:35am PST
An Evening with Ward Churchill The Sol Collective
2010 Del Paso Blvd
Sacramento, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 18, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Mar 4, 2007 1:08pm PST
Homelessnes Marathon in Fresno Audio of event Chapter One (audio/mpeg 13.8MB) Audio of the Homelessness Marathon in Fresno. Each audio link is 30 minutes....
Posted: Fri, Mar 2, 2007 8:23am PST
Update on Alberto Gonzales Protest in Sacramento 
Here's an update from Bill Lackemacher of Sacramento for Democracy on the protest against Alberto Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General, at McGeorge Law School in Sacramento today....
Posted: Fri, Mar 2, 2007 8:00am PST
News Advisory: US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales target of protests The McGeorge chapter of the National Lawyers Guild will protest the polices of Gonzales and the Bush
regime in Sacramento tomorrow with a rally starting at noon....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 4:55pm PST
Law Enforcement in California Needs Transparency and Disclosure to the Media and Public Currently, the legal status afforded California law enforcement prevents disclosure of relevent and important information to the media and public for oversight. Citizens' complaints are not disclosed in terms of substative content. In the age of less-than-lethal weapons for law enforcement where no physical evidence is often obtainable of police misconduct, such transparency of law enforcement records are necessary as a human rights issue....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 4:52pm PST
Protest Torture-advocate Alberto Gonzales @ McGeorge School of Law 
Here's the action alert for the Alberto Gonzales protest tomorrow, courtesy of Bill Lackemacher of Sacramento for Democracy....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 4:37pm PST
California Cramming the Slammer The Golden State faces a prison overcrowding crisis that stretches the imagination. And yet, studies show that greater incarceration rates can increase crime in communities, not dampen it. It's time for Gov. Schwarzenegger to reform the state's destructive sentencing laws. Nell Bernstein is an editor at New America Media, and the author of "All Alone in the World: Children of the Incarcerated" (New Press, 2005)....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 9:11am PST
Cop Watch - making an official complaint on an officer 
How to file a Citizens Complaint about an officer, even if you just witnessed an incident....
Posted: Thu, Mar 1, 2007 8:13am PST
3/16: Critical Resistance Party - Please Join Us! March 16th, 6pm at 401 26th St. in Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 6:44pm PST
Fight Back! (video/x-ms-wmv 12.5MB) Lynne Stewart spoke in Fresno last night (Monday, February 26, 2007). Hear Lynne, in her own words, say why she is on this tour. In the first video clip she talks about her case and why she is on the road, telling her story. The second video clip is her view on the current state of attorney/client confidentiality. The first clip is 3:23 minutes and the second is 4:12 minutes....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 4:31pm PST
Rehabilitation, Orange Crush, and Little Fallujah 
Sara Olson shines a light on the Prison Industrial Complex and what it is like to be in the Central California Women’s State Prison in Chowchilla....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 2:23pm PST
Audio from Fighting Back Speaking Tour (audio/mpeg 13.8MB) Featuring talks by Lynne Stewart, Michael Ratner and Jeff Mackler. Unfortunately ran out of tape before Pam Africa and Diana Blanc spoke....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 3:55pm PST
We are in very dark times but our struggles can be won 
Lynne Stewart, Carlos Villareal, Pam Africa, Jeff Mackler, Diana Block and Michael Ratner appeared together in the San Francisco Mission district this evening to denounce America's use of torture at home and abroad and to spur activists to resist those who sanction or abet it....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 5:14am PST
Free Josh Wolf: Carlos Villarreal (video/quicktime 20.0MB) Carlos Villarreal is executive director of the S.F. Bay Area Chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. Two-minute QT movie. 20MB....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 7:57pm PST
Dates for Tour of Lynne Stewart, Michael Ratner, Pam Africa, et al Below you will find the complete schedule of Lynne Stewart's 21-event, six-day Northern California tour. Michael Ratner, Jeff Mackler and Pam Africa will accompany Lynne for the first three days, February 23-25, during which time the tour will include major meetings and receptions in San Francisco, Berkeley, Marin and Palo Alto, all listed below....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 11:45pm PST
San Jose Police's Drive to Get Rid of the Homeless in Downtown A young man who is living on the streets of downtown says that police harrassment ofthe homeless in downtown is escalating, especially at night....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:45pm PST
Watch The Cops As They Watch You 
The recent crackdown on Homeless in Santa Cruz Ca...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 9:25am PST
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