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Lauren Weiner's Plea Agreement
This document details Lauren's cooperation with the government....
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 5:04pm PDT
Standing Up Against Torture at OAK
Act Against Torture, a local group raising awareness about our country's policies of indefinite detention and torture, did creative outreach at Oakland International Airport on Memorial Day weekend....
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 3:21pm PDT
!Thurs 6/1 Mtg. Organize for Rally! Need Help!
URGENT MEETING FOR MOBILIZATION TO FREE MUMIA ACTIVISTS!!
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2006, 6:00 PM
298 Valencia St., San Francisco (at 14th St.)...
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 10:15am PDT
National Day of Out(r)age: San Francisco (video/quicktime 15.2MB)
Protest against the Telcos for turning over to the National Security Agency data on our telephone use. Here's the one exposing AT&T at Willie Mays Stadium in San Francisco. Two-minute QT movie. 15 MB....
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 11:45pm PDT
Students face 15 years in prison fro saving lives of undocumented immigrants
A story from the Organizer Newspaper along with an annoucement of a meetign where the students will appear....
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 1:09am PDT
Federal judge orders Pentagon to expedite UC student's FOIA request
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Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 12:08pm PDT
Call Kamala harris and tell her to drop the charges against Gabriel Meyers
TELL KAMALA TO DROP THE CHARGES!...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 3:31pm PDT
Santa Cruz Genetrification Laws
Content of a page on the HUFF web site documenting and explicating various and sundry elements of the Santa Cruz municipal code used to harass poor and homeless people. Comments and feedback are appreciated, and will be integrated into the page as appropriate, with or without attribution as desired. They may be made here, or sent to me via email....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 1:00pm PDT
THE BUSH REGIME DREAM\THE PEOPLE'S NIGHTMARE: GOVERNMENT WITHOUT LIMITS
Attorney General Gonzales has launched recent attacks on Congress and the media in order to expand the powers of the Bush regime. The administration has made clear that any opposition to its consolidation of power, no matter how mild the opposition, will not be tolerated. The world can not wait until Bush leaves office in 2009. The Bush regime must be driven from power now!...
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 9:50am PDT
R.I.P. Andrew Martinez -- 'The Naked Guy' Hated the Hype
The writer remembers a soft-spoken campus idealist who was unprepared for the media spotlight. Patricia Johnson writes for New America Media...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 8:50am PDT
This Area is Under Surveillance
Video Surveillance will initially target the Tower District and downtown Fresno. The Fresno Police Department is getting Homeland Security Department funding and requesting general funds from the City Council to start a massive video surveillance project in this community. The article below looks into some of the issues and concerns about the project....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 10:50am PDT
5.24 SF Noon and 4pm: "National Day of Out(r)age Against the Telcos"
11:30am-12:30pm outside of AT&T Ballpark
Wednesday May 24, 2006 4:00-6:00pm
AT&T Building
600 Folsom Street (Btwn 2nd & 3rd Sts.)
San Francisco, CA...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 2:17am PDT
5/25, 5/27, 6/9 THE MOBILIZATION NEEDS YOU!
Dear Friends of Mumia Abu-Jamal:
In recent weeks we have sent out communications regarding important
developments in Mumia's case and activities that have taken place in the
Bay Area, nationally and internationally to win his freedom. Mumia is just
one court decision away from another ORDER FOR EXECUTION -- OR FOR A NEW
TRIAL. This is a critical juncture in his case and at its meeting on May 11
the Mobilization voted to do organize the following:
*Mass Mailing Parties (to prepare P...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 12:13am PDT
Zachary Jenson Needs Help Getting Bail!
Sacramento Prisoner Support
May 23 Alert
Zach's Bail
sacprisonersupport[at]riseup[dot]net...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 7:20pm PDT
Youth Empowerment Day: June 3rd
International Figure Lennox Hinds and R&B/Pop Star Raz B Join the Education Not Incarceration Coalition (ENI) for Youth Empowerment Day to launch a campaign to address the crisis of students pushed out of school and into prison...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 8:37am PDT
Leaked: AT&T NSA documents
The federal court in San Francisco barred the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), its representatives and its technical experts from discussing or disseminating these documents, but did not include whistleblower Mark Klein or the press in the gag order. The affidavit and other documents were first published online late last night (Pacific time)....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 5:28am PDT
Norse Trial Postponed to September; Pitchess Hearing 9 AM June 11 Dept 1
My jury trial for "disrupting a meeting" and "obstructing an officer" has been postponed to September 11 in Dept. 1 (probably at 9 AM)....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 7:19pm PDT
Dump Two Dumb Laws and Diss the Demonic Duo Tuesday May 23rd 2:15 PM
Neal Coonerty, Bookshop Santa Cruz owner and Supervisoral candidate, is largely responsible for the 1994 Downtown Ordinances--specifically the harsh law restricting or eliminating much peaceful sparechanging.
Ryan Coonerty, his son, City Councilmember, has been pushing the Parking Garage Paranoia Law. He works at Bookshop SC....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 12:50am PDT
National Day of Out(r)age Against the Telcos!
Wednesday May 24, 2006 4:00-6:00pm
AT&T Building
600 Folsom Street (Btwn 2nd & 3rd Sts.)
San Francisco, CA...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 11:33pm PDT
California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice Report, Meeting on 6/21
THE CALIFORNIA COMMISSION ON THE FAIR ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE HAS RELEASED ITS TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS ON FALSE CONFESSIONS AND ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR ITS NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ON JUNE 21, 2006. ATTACHED ARE COPIES OF THE TENTATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND A PRESS RELEASE ANNOUNCING THE HEARING. BOTH HAVE BEEN POSTED ON THE COMMISSION'S WEBSITE AT www.CCFAJ.ORG....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 10:33pm PDT