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Behind BALCO: The Hidden Officer Involved Shooting 
If the BALCO case is strictly about drug use in sports, then why is Barry Bonds represented by Michael Rains - a lawyer whose entire legal career has been spent protecting police from prosecution? While we're being distracted by the Bonds saga, are we missing a connection between steroids and police?...
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 10:28am PDT
Protestors have to return to court! Anxious defendants have to wait!...
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 4:07am PDT
Smash the police state and pass the popcorn 
Flim Flam Film Fest reportback. Plus one of the best Sentinel headlines in recent memory....
Posted: Sat, Apr 15, 2006 9:13pm PDT
Student Arrested at UCSC for attempting to incite revolution Student arrested, sent to jail/hospital for attempting to incite a revolution on the UCSC campus...
Posted: Sat, Apr 15, 2006 7:56pm PDT
Federal Court Overturns Sleeping Ban Enforcement in Skid Row in L.A. ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 6:42pm PDT
"Green Scare" Prisoner Letter Writing Cafe Political prisoners represent the heart of the movement for social
justice and the struggle for earth and animal liberation. They are the
ones bearing the brunt of this struggles' resistance. With the recent
federal indictments, grand juries and convictions we must come
together in solidarity and support these and other political prisoners....
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Announcing the First Annual Flim Flam Film Fest (4/13) 
An evening of good, informative, entertaining, indignant, funny, and inspiring short films dealing with repressive laws locally and elsewhere, as well as resistance to oppressive laws...
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 8:35am PDT
Anti-Homeless "Parking Lot Peril" Law at Council 3 PM 4-11 Ignoring public requests for a thorough examination of alternatives, lacking substantiation that there's a "crime wave" downtown, reversing decades of Santa Cruz traditional use, directly targeting the homeless, but impacting every member of the community, Councilmember Coonerty's "Fifteen Minute Trespass" law will slide through City Council Tuesday Aprill 11th shortly after 3 PM. Be there to give them some indigestion as they chew up and swallow public spaces and human r...
Posted: Sun, Apr 9, 2006 8:48am PDT
What Was Left Untold We mark the three year anniversary of the violent attack by the OPD at the Oakland Docks with the absence of any public disclosure regarding the events that led up to the firing of "non-lethal" projectiles at non-violent political activists and union workers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 10:43am PDT
Judge Denies Motion To Quash Grand Jury 
On April 5, 2006, Judge James delivered her order denying my motion to quash the subpoena. I am still consulting with my lawyers as to what our next steps will be. A PDF file of the Judge's ruling is attached....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 7:14pm PDT
Immigration Officers Arrest School Children In Firebaugh, two unmarked ICE vans pulled up alongside a school bus on Friday morning around 6:30, said Brian Walker, superintendent of the Dos Palos Oro Loma Joint Unified School District. One van drove in front of the bus, forcing the driver to stop. Agents approached the bus, but the driver, following protocol, refused to open the door....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 1:43pm PDT
Protesting Yoo In Berkeley A small but committed group in Berkeley targets the notorious law professor who gave Bush the justification to torture detainees...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 7:34pm PDT
What do police have to do with violence in our communities? San Francisco – Last year, Mayor Gavin Newsom said if the homicides go up in 2005, then we should recall him. Well, 2005 had the most murders in 10 years, and the mayor is still in office....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 6:34am PDT
Environment Show on the Green Scare (audio/mpeg 10.1MB) Karen Pickett was a guest on the KMUD Environment Show tonight talking about the
great Green Scare, the corporate driven FBI and federal grand jury crackdown on
environmental radicals, and branding them as terrorists....
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 11:09pm PDT
UPDATE ON CHARGES AGAINST THE BROWN BERETS BY THE WPD FOR PEACEFUL MARCH WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 1:36pm PDT
Photos from G8 Grand Jury Press Conference 
Photos from the March 30th Press Conference pertaining to Josh Wolf's subpoena to the Federal Grand Jury regarding his footage from the July 8th, G8 Protest in San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 9:25pm PDT
A System Out of Control in San Mateo County San Mateo Probation Department attempts to force those on probation to "snitch" or be violated!!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 5:18pm PST
Police Militarize Downtown Fresno on Cesar Chavez Day 
Downtown Fresno was a police zone on Friday. Hundreds of students were prevented from reaching City Hall by police in squad cars, on horse back, motorcycles, and on foot. The students were told if they reached City Hall, they would not be arrested or detained. What the police didn’t tell the students is that they would be prevented from reaching City Hall. This is the first of two reports that will be posted today. Detentions and or arrests are still being made as this report is being wr...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 2:43pm PST
Video journalist seeks to block federal grand jury subpoena A freelance journalist asked a federal magistrate in San Francisco today to block a grand jury subpoena for his videotapes and notes on a clash between protesters and police last year....
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 9:56am PST
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