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Netherlands: Geert Wilders releases his anti-Islamic film
Thursday, April 3, 2008 :The decision of right-wing Dutch MP Geert Wilders to screen a short film claiming that the Koran is a “fascist” book is yet another effort to stir up anti-Islamic sentiment and promote a climate of fear. It follows the reprinting of the caricature of the Prophet Mohammed in 17 newspapers in Denmark on February 13....
Posted: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 8:32am PDT
filipino american studies at the CROSSROADS
university of california santa cruz
(see below for details)...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 10:40pm PDT
PeaceTalks:Robert Bryan, Mumia Abu Jamal's Lead Attorney, On The Recent Ruling In His Case (audio/mpeg 12.0MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM interviews Robert Bryan, Mumia's lead attorney, about recent developments in his case, including the long awaited ruling by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals released on March 27, 2008....
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 11:56am PDT
Listen Up Northwest (audio/mpeg 26.8MB)
Listen Up Northwest is a collaboratively produced radio magazine featuring stories of communities in action throughout the Northwest. Each broadcast highlights the work of skilled community radio producers and artists from our region, including Alaska, British Columbia, Washingon, Idaho, Montana and Oregon....
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 8:41am PDT
Australia: SBS television's bogus debate on Northern Territory intervention
Wednesday, April 2, 2008 :Each week Australia’s SBS network screens an hour-long television show called “Insight”, which invites various opinion makers—academics, politicians, journalists and others—along with members of the public to discuss topical political issues. The show is hosted by veteran documentary maker and award-winning journalist Jenny Brockie and, according to its promotional material, “There’s no hiding behind press releases and spin on ‘Insight’, it’s face to face debate ......
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 8:36am PDT
Court hearing set Wednesday for First 3 Arrested at DQ University
A court hearing is set at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Yolo County Courthouse for the first three 3 students arrested at DQ University in February, while 18 others jailed Monday await their appearances. Supporters should be at the courthouse no later than 7:30 a.m. A rally and press conference will be held at 8 a.m., according to Manuel Santana....
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 5:19pm PDT
Longest Walk Reportback and Video Screening
523 International Blvd...
Event Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 3:13pm PDT
Kaos en la Red in solidarity with Mumia Abu-Jamal
A call for actions in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal...
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 5:01am PDT
Kaos en la Red se solidariza con Mumia Abu-Jamal
Un llamado a acciones en apoyo a Mumia Abu-Jamal...
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 4:59am PDT
DQU Students' Court Date
Woodland Courthouse Dept. 9:
Hwy 113 North to
Left on Main St. then right on 3rd.
Dept. 9 on the right....
Event Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 7:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 1:00am PDT
Police Raid D-Q University: Eighteen Students, Elders and Supporters Arrested
On March 31st, César Chávez Day, the Yolo County Sheriff's Department raided the buildings at Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl, also known as D-Q University....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 11:10pm PDT
Seventeen students and elders arrested in overwhelming police assault on DQ University
At 9:45 a.m. this morning, a large force of Yolo County Sheriffs stormed the buildings at DQ University, battering their way into the Hallway of the large dorm -backing each other with guns drawn, and arrested 17 students, community supporters, and elders....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 8:30pm PDT
Emergency Meeting to Support D-Q University
The meeting will likely start around 8:30pm.
SRRC (Student Recruitment and Retention Center)
UC Davis campus...
Event Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 7:47pm PDT
Lennar has a track record of building defective homes and more telling LIES in the USA.
It is good to travel all over this Nation and find out first hand - the thousands of defective homes Lennar has built all over this Nation. Any of you can do it - just surf the net and find out for yourselves. Lennar also has the habit of telling LIES - here is San Francisco Lennar uses a man called Sam Singer - he can look you straight in the EYE and LIE. His ilk do not do this City a favor....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 5:57pm PDT
17 D-Q University Students and Elders Arrested Early This Morning
Davis, CA- Student Leaders at Deganawidah-Quetzalcoatl are preparing a demonstration at 5:30 pm tonight in front of the Yolo County Detention Facility after a series of arrests that took place today on D-Q University campus early this morning around 9:30 am. Seventeen Youth and Elders were arrested, most without being given the option of leaving....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 5:53pm PDT
Response to Obama’s Speech “On Race”: Slavery, Capitalism, and the “Perfect Union”
“Historic.” “Unprecedented.” In such terms, Barack Obama’s March 18 speech is being compared both in the establishment media and on the streets to “classic American speeches” like Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech and Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address.
The immediate impetus for the speech was pressure on Obama to condemn statements by his former pastor, Jeremiah Wright. The statements under attack were basically incontrovertible facts: Wright said, for example, speaking of Bl...
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 4:51pm PDT
Kenyan Activist Tours U.S.
Andrew Mwangura's speaking engagements in the U.S. will address imperialism's strategy of imposing neo-colonialist leaders to avert the genuine liberation of African people. He will be joined in Florida by Chernoh Alpha M. Bah, Director of the Africanist Movement. These two events are titled "In the U.S., Kenya, or Sierra Leone - Black President Doesn't Equal Black Power"....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 1:12pm PDT
Benefit Concert for RunningWolf
Ashkenaz Music Hall
1317 San Pablo Ave.
Berkeley...
Event Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 12:40pm PDT
Understanding Cesar Chavez
Monday, March 31, 2008 : Today is Cesar Chavez Day in California. Chavez is the nation’s most honored Latino, and momentum is growing for a national holiday in his honor. In the fall of 2005, I began planning a book that would portray how Chavez, and the ideas and staff of the farmworkers movement of the 1960’s and 70’s, still shape today’s progressive movements....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 7:32am PDT
D-Q University Students Face New Threats of Arrests
Students at D-Q University continue classes despite threats of arrests....
Posted: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 11:05pm PDT