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Update from Jena: Situation Intensifies as Reactionary Backlash Follows Historic Protest
Sunday, September 23, Jena, Louisiana. In the last three days, since tens of thousands from all over the country converged on the town to demand that the Jena 6 be freed, the situation has intensified....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 11:06am PDT
Jena 6/ Attorneys & Judges
There has to be someone of higher power who can help these young men!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 10:02am PDT
Racist Violence from Jena to Oakland
While tens of thousands of well-meaning activists travel to Jena,
Louisiana to rightly protest the miscarriage of justice in the case of the
"Jena 6," police killings continue unabated in Oakland. Gary King is only
the most recent victim....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 8:09am PDT
North Ca./SF ANSWER Meeting:Eyewitness Jena, Lousi.{SF Oct. 27 Anti-War March/Rally Plans}
time of meetings end a guess...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:17am PDT
Evangelical Church Sues Georgia Over Immigration Law
Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 : ATLANTA – The Hispanic Evangelical Church of Georgia, with the support of the National Latino Coalition of Christian Ministers, announced this week that they are filing a lawsuit against the state of Georgia for “treating their faithful without dignity,” according to Atlanta Latino newspaper....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:04am PDT
SF Board of Education to vote on Resolution on blantant pollution by Lennar BVHP LLC
Today at 6 p.m. at 555 Franklin Street the San Francisco Board of Education will discuss and vote on a Resolution that for the first time considers the plight and the welfare of the children that attend the SF Public Schools. Two SF Board of Supervisors have taken the lead to initiate this Resolution and hopefully the full SF Board of Eduction will safe guard the welfare, health, and education of our children....
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 5:44am PDT
CSUB Luta Sah-can-skaw Circle (Red Bear Circle Native Gathering)
California State University, Bakersfield (on Campus at Runner Park) 9001 Stockdale Highway...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 8, 2007 10:00am PST
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 9:22pm PDT
Eyewitness Jena, LA - Report back & Video
2489 Mission St. #30 (at 21st St), San Francisco
near 24th St. BART, #14, #49 MUNI...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 9:12pm PDT
From Jena to Huntsville
Come to Huntsville, AL to build beyond Jena! This coming weekend, on September 29 and 30 the International People’s Democratic Uhuru Movement (InPDUM), is holding its annual convention in Huntsville, Alabama under the slogan: “Organization is the key; self-determination is the solution!”...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 2:54pm PDT
FREE CHIP FITZGERALD! Parole Hearing Sept. 26, 2007!!!
Chip Fitzgerald, the longest Black Panther member in captivity, is up for parole THIS THURSDAY, Spetember 26, 2007. Spread the word for Chip's freedom!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 12:18pm PDT
Younge: Jena: the next step
Monday, September 24, 2007 : Yesterday’s demonstration in Jena was a great success on many fronts, but still has two important goals to achieve. First the successes....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 7:25am PDT
Jena Six teen still in prison after conviction dismissed
Sunday, September 23, 2007 :A judge ruled on Friday that Mychal Bell, whose conviction as one of the Jena Six was thrown out earlier this month, must remain in prison pending an appeal from prosecutors to the Louisiana Supreme Court. Bell, the victim of a racist prosecution that has targeted six high school students, has already spent nine months in jail....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 10:08pm PDT
Report Back From Jena
Centro del Pueblo 474 Valencia (at 16th Street)
San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Wed, Sep 26, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 11:06am PDT
FBI investigates supremacist anti-'Jena 6' Web site
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) -- The FBI is reviewing a white supremacist Web site that purports to list the addresses of five of the six black teenagers accused of beating a white student in Jena and "essentially called for their lynching," an agency spokeswoman said Saturday....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 8:22am PDT
Muslim Americans today
Sunday, September 23, 2007 :Homeland discrimination for Arabs and Muslims remains a staple feature of Bush's war on terror, writes Abdus Sattar Ghazali*...
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 8:15am PDT
Stop adjudicating Ed Jew's case in the Press and leading the pack gossip columnist
The San Francisco City Charter does not cater to a case like Ed Jew any intelligent person that studies it will tell you. Ed Jew's case must go before the Courts and a fair trial and it is only there - when all the facts are laid before the judge can the matter be adjudicated. It is blatant fact that because Ed Jew is Chinese that he is being judged by some racists folks that themselves have faulted again and again - and standing out - is Mayor Gavin Newsom....
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 7:34am PDT
Free the JENA 6 SF Chapter
THE BATTLE HAS JUST BEGUN.
CONNECT AND ORGANIZE WITH PEOPLE FROM THE BAY AREA WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BIG NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION IN SUPPORT OF THE JENA 6. MAKE PLANS, AND TAKE THE STRUGGLE FURTHER!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:17pm PDT
photos from the rally at Jena LA part 2
As part of a national call by Revolution Newspaper for people to come to Jena and demonstrate against white supremacy, a group of us headed to Jena from the bay area in two minivans....
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2007 6:15pm PDT
photos from the rally at Jena LA part 1
As part of a national call by Revolution Newspaper for people to come to Jena and demonstrate against white supremacy, a group of us headed to Jena from the bay area in two minivans....
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2007 6:00pm PDT
100,000 March for Jena Six in Louisiana
Originally From New America Media
Saturday, September 22, 2007 : More than 100,000 people, according to Louisiana State Police, predominantly African Americans, swarmed on a little-known community called Jena, La., on Sept. 20 to demand justice for six Black teenagers convicted as adults for aggravated assault of a White student....
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:06am PDT