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UC Workers Fight for Justice (video/quicktime 44.7MB)
UCSF workers protested on 3/24/05 and this video interviews why the workers are angry about their management and conditions. 15 min. 44.6 MB...
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 1:08pm PDT
SF Pride must void Pink Brick...
... because poorly-designed ballot confused voters,
so result doesn't reflect queer community consensus.
[ -- opinion by TBL ]...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 10:37pm PDT
St. Peter's Housing Committee Interview on 'In The Meantime' (audio/mpeg 11.6MB)
Interview on April 5, 2005 with Maria and Lupe from Saint Peter's Housing Committee, a tenant advocacy group in San Francisco's Mission District serving Spanish-speaking tenants. Organizing, counselling and legal support. Recently switched from Staff/Director model to Collective....
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 6:28pm PDT
Free Lecture by Dr. Rick Dina
The San Francisco Vegetarian Society is hosting its April Potluck & Free Lecture by Dr. Rick Dina (D.C.)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 1:58pm PDT
IDA's Bay Area Events
Join us for some great events coming up!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 11:03am PDT
Arnie Under Siege
Report from the April 5th protest at Arnold Schwarzenegger's fundraiser in San Francisco...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 10:59pm PDT
5000+ PROTEST AT THE RITZ
RALLY AGAINST ARONLD'S CORPORATE CORRUPTION...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 10:54pm PDT
San Francisco Women's Film Festival April 8-10,2005
With the goal of showcasing films directed or co-directed by women from around the globe and at all levels of experience, the Women's Film Festival will screen approximately 30 short and feature-length films representing a cross section of genres. Additional activities scheduled for the three-day event are lectures, panel discussions, and educational programs led by filmmakers, professors, and other notable figures in the world of film. "This is a must for all film lovers!" says Wom...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 10:36pm PDT
Doggies and People needed at Dog March against UCSF Experiments
We are in need of dogs and people to show up at a dog march to call media attention to the dog experiments at UCSF....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 6:39pm PDT
Proposed closure of The Fund for Animals office at Fort Mason Center
ALERT! PLEASE DISPERSE AS YOU SEE FIT....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 11:28am PDT
Labor Protests Schwartzenegger at SF Ritz-Carlton Big Money Fundraiser (audio/mpeg 31.1MB)
thousands of labor activists protest Gov. Schwarzenegger's anti-worker policies - including his proposed special election - and try to shut down street entrances at April 5th fundraising dinner (35 min)...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 11:29pm PDT
Action Alert: Support Parking Fees and Fines to Fund Muni; Survey Reminder
As you probably know, the Municipal Transportation Agency Board
recently passed the MTA's 2006 budget that closed an approximately $55
million budget gap with a combination of fare increases, parking fees
and fines, and service cuts....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 9:18pm PDT
Fri 4/8 ¡ZAPATA VIVE! John Ross speaks on Living Zapatismo & Film: The Last Zapatista
Friday April 8th - John Ross speaks on Living Zapatismo * Film: The Last Zapatista * Celebration with music & tomales. New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, SF...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 9:05pm PDT
Newsom/Alioto-Pier Condo-Conversion Plan Defeated
Tenants achieved a major victory today as the Board of Supervisors voted down legislation that would have allowed hundreds of owners of “tenancies in commons” (TIC’s) to convert their homes into condominiums. Despite massive mobilization amongst TIC owners and real estate speculators in support of the plan, the Newsom-backed legislation couldn’t overcome concerns that it could spark a new wave of evictions across the City....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 5:49pm PDT
Made in Palestine art exhibit
Made in Palestine art exhibit opens at SomArts Cultural Center Thursday, April 7...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 5:07pm PDT
Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom
Guantánamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom is a play based on the spoken and written testimony of Guantánamo detainees, lawyers and public
officials. Their interviews were conducted at the end of March and the beginning of April 2004. Numerous attempts were made to get the viewpoint
of members of the government, but to no avail.
Duration: 1.5 hours...
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 1:33pm PDT
Anti-Schwarzenegger Rally in San Francisco
Special folks from all walks of life turn out in San Francisco to confront the Governor....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 10:40am PDT
Over 5,000 Protest Schwarzenegger in San Francisco
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger had to slip into the Ritz Carlton in the early afternoon to avoid the rath of thousands of protesters for a fundraiser with the richest of the rich. It was expected that Schwarzenegger would raise over $100,000 to finance his reactionary special election....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2005 2:00am PDT
Bodyfat, FGM, kink, baaad Kansas...
Kansas fouls up; "taxday tuna" free lunch, ZinZanni, painted ladies, more
+ teens cleverly shun coitus; more......
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 11:16pm PDT
4/5 Air Force Terrorizes San Francisco
At 1p.m. on April 5, 2005, 4 very loud military jets terrorized the people of San Francisco as they flew illegally low over heavily populated San Francisco to celebrate a private profit gambling racket, namely professional baseball, while wasting tax dollars and oil, glorifying war....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 8:32pm PDT