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Raging Grannies Try to Enlist (Fresno)
About 25 Raging Grannies try to enlist on Valentines day in Fresno....
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 3:22pm PST
Medical MJ Prisoner Rylee Mistreated in Sacto Jail
Federal medical marijuana prisoner Vern Rylee remains
incarcerated in the Sacramento Main Jail. There he is suffering the
customary indignities and abuses of the prison medical system, as
described in the following message from his daughter Angelena. - DG...
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 11:15pm PST
UFW Criticisms No Surprise in Central Valley
A recent series of Los Angeles Times articles critical of the United Farmworkers Union and its leadership is sparking a re-examination of the revered union's historical inheritance, writes Eduardo Stanley (nuestroforo@kfcf.org), host of the bilingual "Nuestro Foro" weekly radio program on KFCF in Fresno, Calif....
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 6:53pm PST
Where's the Love?
Counter demonstration planned at Fresno State on Monday, February 13th at 1 p.m....
Posted: Sat, Feb 11, 2006 9:00am PST
Sheriff Admits to Spying on Peace Fresno
Peace Fresno activists held a Press Conference today calling on California Attorney General Bill Lockyer to release a report detailing why the group was infiltrated by the sheriff’s department. The AG says they are afraid to release the report because if they loose a legal challenge, it could result in the further erosion of our civil liberties....
Posted: Fri, Feb 10, 2006 10:00pm PST
Peace Fresno Press Conference
There was a major development in the Peace Fresno infiltration story today. In this report is the press release from Peace Fresno announcing the Press Conference and video from the press conference....
Posted: Fri, Feb 10, 2006 7:14pm PST
Denmark and Jyllands-Posten: The background to a provocation
The basic lie in the controversy over the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published by Danish and European newspapers is the claim that the conflict is between free speech and religious censorship, or between Western enlightenment and Islamic bigotry....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 10:24pm PST
Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill in Sacramento on March 14, 7 pm
Independent journalists Dahr Jamail and Jeremy Scahill will appear in Sacramento at the First Methodist Church at 21st & J Street in Sacramento at 7 pm on March 14 to tell the real story about the Iraq War, the story that the state-controlled corporate media refuses to tell. Don't miss this fantastic event!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006 9:07am PST
Crossing America for immigrant rights
Crossing America for immigrant rights. 1 minute video...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 10:50am PST
RadioBilingue special on San Joaquin Valley air quality (audio/mpeg 27.3MB)
Interviews with several leaders in the struggle for environmental justice in the San Joaquin Valley....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 8:27pm PST
The Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar
a listing of progressive events in the Fresno area....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 8:23pm PST
Wake up & smell war stench rotting our beloved country
Wake up & smell war stench rotting our beloved country. One minite video...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 1:18pm PST
March for Migrants Stops at the Capitol on Feb. 6
The March for Migrants will stop in Sacramento at the South Steps of the State Capitol on Monday, February 6. Be there to support the marchers!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 5, 2006 10:09am PST
rent strike Ceres,Ca. Mobile home park (audio/mpeg 7.4MB)
Audio interview with rent strikers Colony Park Estates. Ceres,Calif. 12min. mp3...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 4:58pm PST
Ashanti Alston: From the Panthers to the Zapatistas
From the Panthers to the Zapatistas
Featuring Ashanti Alston, former Black Panther
Saturday, Febrary 11th 7:00 - 9:00 pm
K.I.N.K.S. International, 629 15th St. (corner of 15th and G Sts.)
Admission is free, but donations will be requested to support the work of Estacion Libre, a people of color collective that takes people-of-color delegations to Chiapas to learn first-hand about the Zapatista movement....
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 1:27am PST
AUBURN ARRESTEE ERIC MCDAVID ON HUNGER STRIKE! CALL THE JAIL NOW!
After 3 weeks of being denied vegan meals, Eric McDavid is now on hunger strike. Please call the Jail persistently and request he be given meals he can eat....
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 10:16pm PST
Urgent Fundraising Appeal For Auburn Arrestee Zachary Jenson
Zach is facing 20 years in prison based on the unreliable word of an informant paid by the FBI. He needs an attorney with the proper experience andpolitical orientation who can devote enough time to this difficult case....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 8:19pm PST
MMJ Victory for Aaron Paradiso in Stockton!!
Paradiso was paralyzed in a 1998 car crash. He hurts. He suffers muscle
spasms. Marijuana eases them, he says. So he grew it....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 3:36pm PST
Critics protest border protection act
For 75-year-old Fresno resident Ernesto Cisneros, bill HR 4437 — Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 — has his arms up in protest....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:53am PST