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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
2/1 Protest Schwarzenegger's Effort To Target Injured/Disabled Worker Barbara Clark:
Are The 7th Day Adventists Insane?
Barbara Clark was a nurse at the 7th Day Adventist Hospital in Bakersfield and was injured on the job due to the conditions in the hospital. Although she was seriously injured, the 7th Day Adventists refused to care for her and instead tried to terrorize her. She has lost her house and her life has been torn apart. Now the 7th Day Adventists in order to silence her have enlisted the support of Shwarzenegger's California DIR director Andrea Hoch who is tr...
Posted: Tue, Jan 31, 2006 10:25am PST
Support Richard Marino - Sacto Hearing 1/31
Federal medical marijuana defendant Richard Marino has a hearing in
Sacto Federal Court tomorrow (Tues) 9:30 am before Judge Carlton ....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 1:40pm PST