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Berkeley Passes New Downtown Ordinance
Berkeley has just passed a new ordinance that would criminalize their homeless population....
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 12:18pm PDT
Press Conference Wednesday for Economic Development, Not Gentrification!
Vigilante Response is Not the Solution!
Press Conference Calling for Economic Development, Not Police Containment and Gentrification...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 11:46am PDT
CAL Student Workers Declare Victory But Continue To Fight
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 7, 2007
CONTACT:
Tristan Bunner: 805.798.5096,
calfoodworker@gmail.com
Student Worker Action Group...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:36am PDT
Oak Grove Tree-Sit Summer Festival
Memorial Grove, Piedmont Ave North of Bancroft Ave and the International House
Berkeley...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 23, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 7:35pm PDT
Dr. Bob Bowman TONIGHT at the Humanist Hall
Dr. Bob Bowman will be speaking at the Humanist Hall in Oakland Sunday June 10 at 7 PM....
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 1:09pm PDT
Who is really reposnsible for war?
We love to blame Bush for everything. But I think it's time to look deeper. This is my latest live TV show episode on Channel 76 in San Francisco (the show is called "Bust the Consensus!", it airs every 1st and 3rd Tuesdat at 7 PM)...
Posted: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 3:10am PDT
Partial Victory Declared by Cal Student Workers but Struggle Continues
After over 7 months of struggle, Cal student workers employed by Cal Dining are declaring a partial victory today. They have been informed that, as of July 1, 2007, they will receive the base wage rate of $11.25/hr. This rate is equal to the rate non-Cal student full and part time staffs have received since August of last year, though some non-Cal student staff will soon be receiving $11.70/hr....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 9:00pm PDT
East Bay Animal Advocates June 8, 2007 eNews
East Bay Animal Advocates
P.O. Box 1406
Martinez, CA 94553
(925) 487-4419
Info@EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org
http://www.eastbayanimaladvocates.org...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:47am PDT
Class on Council Communism 6/24 & 7/1
This class will explore the council communist tradition’s origins and theoretical trajectory....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 5:09pm PDT
Dont go to Farmer Joes, unionists urge
Thursday, June 7, 2007 :OAKLAND, Calif. When a business has a growth spurt and expands its workforce tenfold, one might think the owners would appreciate the workers role in their success. But last summer, as the organic grocery Farmer Joes Marketplace opened a second outlet in a former Albertsons supermarket, a very different picture emerged....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:37pm PDT
Fairfield Families Win New Policies for Police in Schools
Thursday, June 7, 2007 : (Fairfield, CA ) The City of Fairfield and ten families adopted a settlement agreement yesterday providing for comprehensive new policies to address police conduct on school campuses. This agreement resolved a March 2, 2007 incident when the Fairfield police came onto the campus of Rodriguez High School (RHS) and rounded-up a group of innocent students, accusing them of being gang members. Today, pursuant to the agreement, the Fairfield Police Chief and the RHS Princi...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:50pm PDT
Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley (audio/mpeg 1.9MB)
The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies – and a public
university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 11:00am PDT
REVISED: Tassafaronga Hope Vl Proposal Threatens Oakland's Poor
Oakland Housing Authority Is Using Local Section 8 Reserve Funds, & Local Section 8 Administrative Reserve Funds As A HUGE Slush Fund, For It's Notorious Hope Vl Projects!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 4:14am PDT
BEES v. SUVS (video and pictures)
Bees swarmed an SUV in front of Boalt Hall School of Law on Sunday, June 3, 2007 in hopes of mobilizing immediate action by the human species. (Video, linked from youtube to save bandwidth here, is 6:25.)...
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 3:46pm PDT
Audio of Forum on Proposed BP-UC Berkeley Deal (audio/mpeg 38.0MB)
Part 1 of 2 audio clips from a forum held at UC Berkeley on March 19 2007 in which people supportive of the proposed BP-funded Energy Biosciences Institute made presentations and responsed to selected questions. The forum was announced on in an email by Chancellor Birgeneau. The pdfs of the presentations are at http://www.ebiweb.org/forum070319.htm...
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 10:19pm PDT
Oakland's Tassafaronga Hope Vl Proposal Threatens The Poor
Oakland's Section 8 Housing Voucher Reserves Are Being Looted To Fund A Proposed Project That Intends To Displace Oakland's Low-Income Community At The Tassafaronga Public Housing Village!...
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 1:03am PDT
6/11: Voices of Iraqi Workers- Solidarity Tour
June 11, Monday, 7pm
Berkeley - MLK Jr. Middle School...
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 7:58pm PDT
CSU East Bay Students Cited for Free Speech
Cal State East Bay Refuses Opposition...
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 11:11am PDT
Oakland Critical Mass Harassed by Police
Oakland Police harass bicyclists on monthly ride...
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 9:54pm PDT
UC Custodians Win!
On May 22, 2007, after a year-and-a-half of organizing and mass actions, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Santa Barbara custodians declare victory, winning substantial wage increases! Also part of the equity fight, UC Irvine groundskeepers win their in-sourcing campaign! The custodian pay equity campaign helps push UC to settle additional increases for AFSCME low-wage workers statewide – marking a step toward statewide equity in our contract....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 7:51pm PDT