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Somali Islamist Vows Aid Protection MOGADISHU — A leading Somali Islamist opposition leader vowed on Thursday, July 24, to protect aid workers in the violence-ravaged Horn of Africa nation which is already facing an acute food shortage....
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 7:34am PDT
ACLU Urges Congress to Define Medical Privacy as Patient Control of Electronic Health Records Wednesday, July 23, 2008 :Contact: Washington, DC – The American Civil Liberties Union today urges the House Energy and Commerce Committee to require patient control of medical records and compensation for privacy breaches to be a part of the standards set for converting to electronic patient records....
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 7:17am PDT
Bridge collapse at Indiana casino construction site injures workers Thursday, July 24, 2008 :On Tuesday, a bridge collapse on a floating casino in Hammond, Indiana, injured a dozen construction workers. The Horseshoe Casino, which is moored on Lake Michigan directly offshore near the border with Illinois (and the city of Chicago), was nearing completion of a $500 million remodeling project at the time of the accident....
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 7:13am PDT
Workers must search our past to find a solution to the housing crisis. The lessons of the eviction struggles of the thirties show us how we can fight the present housing crisis....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 10:17pm PDT
Homeless Americans Plan Protest Vote LOS ANGELES — They may be homeless but not speechless.
America's growing number of homeless is charging batteries to make their voices heard in the upcoming November presidential elections....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 10:08pm PDT
Stop the Spray San Francisco Stop the Spray-SF General Meeting
Thursday Night, July 24th
6:00 - 7:30 pm
776 Haight Street at Scott (Sophia Healing Center)
Come for information or to take action...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2008 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 7:44pm PDT
Improving Fresno’s Health Care Yokomi Elementary School 2323 E. McKenzie in Fresno....
Event Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 7:40pm PDT
Good Jobs! Clean Air! 
Around 3,000 people join the fight for Good Jobs and Clean Air in the Port of Oakland, California on July 22nd. Read more about it and check out the live footage of the struggle....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 4:15pm PDT
Port Of Oakland Comprehensive Truck Management Plan 
See http://portofoakland.com/environm/prog_07.asp...
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 8:37am PDT
Bush: 'Human life is precious'--EPA: 'Less than you might think' Wednesday, July 23, 2008 :A human life is infinitely precious, according to the Bush administrationunless, it turns out, keeping an individual alive might cut into corporate profits....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 7:45am PDT
SB 840: The Promise and Politics of Single-Payer Health Care Humanist Hall, 390 27th St., Oakland, between Broadway and Telegraph, on the 51 bus line...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 15, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 11:45am PDT
March & Rally for Good Jobs and Clean Air Meet at the Oakland Marriott
Intersection of 10th St. and Broadway...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 10:04am PDT
Nudge: Cass Sunstein on Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness Tuesday, July 22, 2008 :Cass Sunstein, an outgoing professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Department of Political Science, joins us to talk about his latest book, co-authored with Richard Thaler, "Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness."...
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 8:09am PDT
U.S. Health Care Erodes, Costs Too Much, Covers Too Little, Excludes Too Many Tuesday, July 22, 2008 : Not only is the U.S. health care system on the "wrong track" and needs to "change direction," but its performance is declining, it costs too much and ranks below most other industrialized nations in terms of access and quality....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 7:46am PDT
Iran: Release Detained HIV/AIDS Experts (New York, July 21, 2008) Iranian authorities should immediately release or charge two physicians who are internationally recognized for their work on HIV/AIDS, Human Rights Watch said today. The men, Arash and Kamyar Alaei, who are brothers, were detained without charge by Iranian security forces in late June, and their whereabouts remain unknown....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 7:42am PDT
California Hotel is raided by City of Oakland On Monday July 21, The Lawful Residents Of The California Hotel Got A Real Taste Of How Down & Dirty It Gets In The World Of Oakland Politics, When Corrupt City Officials Are Trying To Prove That They Are Willing To Do Anything, To Force The Poor, Elderly & Disabled Out Of Their Housing, In Oakland!...
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 11:17pm PDT
More Public Chained Off in Front of New Leaf Market at Night For the last week or so, New Leaf Market (in collusion with the Redevelopment Agency and perhaps other local businesses) has put a chain across the public area previously open without restriction to the public at night (especially after the businessses closed). Police have stood by warning people they face possible arrest for entering the area--which takes up a large portion of the sidewalk. I encourage people to protest this closure of public space--both at City Council tomorrow (3 PM and...
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 1:14pm PDT
Going Out of Business ride! A group bike tour of a failing economy.... Gather 5:30pm Pacific/Cooper, Ride 6pm...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 10:05am PDT
Four workers dead in Texas crane disaster Monday, July 21, 2008 :Four workers were killed at a Houston, Texas oil refinery on the afternoon of July 18 when a huge construction crane collapsed, pulling a second crane down with it. Seven other workers were injured in the collapse, and one worker remains hospitalized for his injuries....
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 7:20am PDT
Rock Reborn HUNGER Festival! Dunsmuir Hellman Historic Estate 2960 Peralta Oaks Court Oakland Ca 94065...
Event Date: Sun, Jul 27, 2008 10:30am PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 21, 2008 6:07am PDT
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