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Vote No on Measure Q The billion.3 train tax in Sonoma and Marin (SMART), Measure Q, is a veiled attack on the environment and a Trojan horse for expanded development. Allied with the Northwestern Pacific Railroad (NWP) under NCRA (North Coast Railroad Authority), the train plans envision a combination of passenger and freight from southern Marin to Humboldt Bay. Serious environmental consequences of this plan have been subsumed by SMART and NCRA's pseudo environmental benefit message. The SMART train will also ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 15, 2008 5:34pm PDT
Island Mountain Quarry Will Destroy Eel River (video/mpeg 33.2MB) Island Mountain Quarry is the real cost of Marin and Sonoma's Train, measure Q. Environmental destruction of gigantic proportions will result if the quarry is allowed to operate. Kill it's sister operation, the SMART Tax ballot measure in Marin and Sonoma, by voting NO on Q....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 11:58am PDT
Hundreds of Bay Area unionists to rally Monday for port workers beaten by police Hundreds of unionists and their supporters are expected to rally Monday atthe trial of African American port workers beaten and arrested as they returned to work from lunch at the Port of Sacramento, located in West Sacramento....
Posted: Fri, Oct 3, 2008 2:41pm PDT
"Adventures of Josh Wolf: Activist Video Blogger" 
My short documentary, "Adventures of Josh Wolf: Activist Video Blogger," will make its world premiere at the Mill Valley Film Festival as part of "The Home in My Heart" short documentary program. Also featured will be a film about murdered Oakland reporter Chauncey Bailey and a brief Q&A with the filmmakers and Josh:
When & Where: 9pm, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, Rafael Film Center, San Rafael
When & Where: 4:15pm, Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008, 142 Throckmorton Theatre, Mill Valley
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Posted: Thu, Sep 11, 2008 6:24pm PDT
Endangered Species Demonstrators Cited by Highway Patrol 
Two environmental rights advocated were ordered to take down their freeway sign today, a sign that was calling attention to SMART's (Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit's) harmful impact on endangered species in Gallinas Creek....
Posted: Fri, Sep 5, 2008 10:18am PDT
Cop Choices Three Police agencies, with air support, chase one drunk man...
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 11:43am PDT
Wave Energy Development: What are the impacts to fish and other marine life? 
California's North Coast and the Oregon Coast are the target of wave energy development in a fast-track process by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). This aggressive development of wave energy without significant public participation and environmental analysis occurs as the Bush administration has lifted the moratorium on offshore oil drilling.
To proceed ahead with any type of energy development on our coastal waters, whether wave energy or oil drilling, is insane when West...
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 3:33pm PDT
Human Rights Resolution before Yahoo NAPA, CA - Harrington Investments, Inc., (HII) a socially responsible
investment advisory firm, will re-introduce a bylaw amendment to create a
Board Committee on Human Rights at Yahoo....
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 10:53am PDT
CRASH THE RNC: a call to action for activists and radicals of all stripes 
click image below for large printable poster (2.6mb) — 17"x11" and larger...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 4:29pm PDT
Thanks to Everyone For Your Support Covering Indybay's Costs 
We want to send a big THANKS! to all the people, organizations, collectives, and movements that have helped to cover Indybay's financial costs. We recognize these donations as an expression of appreciation for Indybay and the Indymedia websites we host....
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 2:41pm PDT
NEW WATER CONSERVATION INITIATIVE PROTECTS SALMON & COMMUNITIES The Salmon Protection and Watershed Network launches a new water conservation initiative that helps salmon, fights global warming, and prepares for drought....
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 9:09am PDT
Stop Chevron’s Dirty Crude Refining Expansion plans! Kennedy High School at 4300 Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 6:15pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:51pm PDT
Kiilu Nyasha on Ruchell Magee 
ABU-JAMAL-NEWS.COM: With our recent publication of this essay about Ruchell Magee, we are excited to introduce the author, Kiilu Nyasha, as a new featured writer at Abu-Jamal-News.com. Nyasha was a Black Panther and has been part of the international struggle for nearly 40 years. She is currently host of a weekly TV program, "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle," on SF Live (Cable 76), a columnist for the SF BayView newspaper and a member of the SF8 Committee....
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:22pm PDT
7/19: Marin Green Party elections Media Advisory: Marin Green Party elections...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2008 10:02am PDT
Peace Mural in Fairfax 
A Peace" mural is being painted as we speak in Fairfax...
Posted: Tue, Jul 8, 2008 9:52pm PDT
81mpg GG Bridge District Vehicles at Marin County Fair Craig from the Golden Gate Bridge District has figured out a way to get the district's fleet of 4 small trucks fueled on "vegetable oil". The trucks get 81 mpg! See how....
Posted: Sat, Jul 5, 2008 10:58am PDT
Volunteers Needed for PeaceNovato Peace Crane Contingent in Parade off 101 1 block around the corner down a block from 101...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 4, 2008 8:30am PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 10:54pm PDT
Richard Hayes Phillips, Witness to a Crime Sonoma State University, Darwin Hall, Room 103, 1801 East Cotati Blvd, Rohnert Park, Ca. 94928...
Event Date: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 1, 2008 4:25pm PDT
DFG Finishes Releasing 20.2 Million Central Valley Salmon into San Pablo Bay 
The DFG put its final load of juvenile chinook salmon into acclimation pens in San Pablo Bay on Tuesday, June 17.
Photo: Salmon from the DFG's fish hatcheries are placed in Fishery Foundation acclimation pens in Carquinez Strait at the entrance to San Pablo Bay. The pens help salmon to better acclimate to life in salt water and to evade predators....
Posted: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 4:08pm PDT
Restore the Delta: Attend the Town Hall Meetings Next Week! 
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, campaign director of Restore the Delta, is urging opponents of the peripheral canal to attend these "Town Hall" meetings about the future of the California Delta next week in Suisun City, Walnut Grove and Stockton.
"Let's make it clear that the estimated $4 to $17 billon that would be spent on a peripheral canal should, instead, be spent on improving Delta levees, creating a comprehensive and well funded emergency response plan, and supporting regional water proj...
Posted: Fri, Jun 20, 2008 2:23pm PDT
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