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Schwarzenegger budget to slash health and education in California
By Rafael Azul and Jerry Isaacs
17 January 2004...
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 6:15pm PST
The California Grocery Strike And The War Over Healthcare
LOS ANGELES, CA (1/17/04) -- Today Mark Norton is
one of 70,000 workers forced on strike, or locked out,
in southern California. Soon he may be one of hundreds
of thousands more facing the same difficult
predicament....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 6:06pm PST
SF Protest Cuts in AIDS Medication
Over 300 People Come Out to Rally Against Cuts in Medication to People With HIV/AIDS in San Francisco...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2004 4:37pm PST
Analysis of Arnold's Cuts To Health Programs
Rough & Dirty Analysis of the Governor’s 2004-05 Budget Proposal...
Posted: Thu, Jan 15, 2004 3:16pm PST
New Labor Spirit Stirs In California Grocers
The more than 70,000 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers on strike against four supermarket chains in central and southern California are fighting for more than a fair and decent contract. They are fighting for more even than preserving the health benefits they’ve enjoyed for years....
Posted: Tue, Jan 13, 2004 1:28pm PST
Open Letter to the Global Indymedia Network from San Diego
A recent open letter from the SF Bay Area IMC letter stated that "What has happened here with the SF Bay Area IMC seems to be quite unprecedented within the history of the IMC Network". Unfortunately it is not....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:55pm PST
Community Colleges Plan Protest March to Sacramento!
Community Colleges are planning a huge march to Sacramento on March 15 to protest fee hikes and budget cuts. Endorse the march, donate and even join us to protect education!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 4:09pm PST
Michael Parenti to Speak At a Press Conference Against the Sleeping Ban in Santa Cruz
Michael Parenti will be speaking at a press conference against the Sleeping Ban in Santa Cruz (MC 6.36.010 a & b) on Tuesday, January 13, at 3:30PM outside Mayor Scott Kennedy's City Council meeting at Santa Cruz City Hall. Micky Z., Yves Engler and many other people will be a the press conference. A statement by Cynthia McKinney will also be read (McKinney will have already left town after her presentation on Monday night).
While we all feel a national unity to throw Bush out of office,...
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 10:31am PST
MESSAGE FROM BAKERSFIELD
Forward of message from the coordinator of the Bakersfield Chapter of Marriage Equality California seeking support....
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2004 7:50am PST
San Fran Activists Launch Ford Campaign in LA
Global Exchange and Rainforest Action Network scale downtown LA skyscraper and release giant banner to protest US oil addition...
Posted: Sun, Jan 11, 2004 11:33am PST
Bush orders settlement to conservative GOP website by City of Fresno
Settlement funnels money to local conservative website on orders of president George Bush. Rightwing website "FreeRepublic" to recieve large settlement from City of Fresno....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 11:03pm PST
Southern California — Grocery workers defending your health care
Health care is perhaps the most life-and-death human rights crisis in America. The unchecked greed of the insurance and pharmaceutical monopoly empires has driven health care costs sky-high. Union-negotiated health care plans are about all that stands between you (if you’re lucky enough to have a job and health insurance) and an end to employer-paid or partially-paid health care coverage....
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 1:56pm PST
1/13 Crawl for Justice!
January 13, 2004 at 11:00 AM
Sacramento Federal Courthouse, 5th and I Streets
Our very last chance to save civil rights for people with disabilities. If we lose this Supreme Court appeal,
we will be officially and legally the Inferior Americans, not entitled to the opportunities of this country....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2004 9:25pm PST
1/31-2/1 California Biodiesel Consumers' Conference
Towards sustainable biodiesel for passenger car and small
business B100 consumers in California...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 8:33am PST
Sherman Austin Benefit
Please come to the Bay Area benefit for Sherman Austin, the imprisoned African American webmaster and activist....
Posted: Fri, Dec 5, 2003 6:11am PST
Protestors block the stairs inside the Capitol
Sacramento - Protestors block the stairs inside the Capitol as Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange calls for the abolition of the Electoral College....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2000 8:08pm PST
Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange
Sacramento - Medea Benjamin of Global Exchange calls for an end to the Electoral College outside the Capitol Building....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2000 8:07pm PST
Signs of many protestors cited blatant racist tactics in Florida
Sacramento - The signs of many protestors cited the blatant racist tactics that many African-Americans faced at the polls in Florida and also other parts of the nation....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2000 8:06pm PST
Alli Starr leads a crowd of 200 in chants
Sacramento - Alli Starr of Global Exchange leads a crowd of 200 in chants calling for the abolition of the Electoral College....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2000 8:04pm PST
Citizens' Groups call for an end to Racial Discrimination at the Polls
Sacramento -- Ted Frazier, a member of the Executive Committee of the NAACP, speaks at a rally on the Capitol Steps about the injustices faced by African-Americans on Election Day....
Posted: Wed, Dec 20, 2000 7:27pm PST