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Call for Nonviolent Civil Disobedience! 
The Declaration of Peace Calls for Nationwide Nonviolent Civil Disobedience to stop the occupation of Iraq....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 11:27am PST
Migration Toward Freedom ~ California Black Farmers Negro Hills, CA is an extraordinary example of an early Black Agricultural community in the Gold Rush Era of California. Together we can restore the golden historical legacy of the successful migration of Black people towards Freedom. Today, “NIGGER” remains on 36 grave markers within the Mormon Island Relocation Cemetery...
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 9:33am PST
Would Arnold Really Challenge Barbara Boxer? With Senator Boxer already holding fundraisers for her re-election in 2010, rumor has it that Arnold Schwarzenegger will run against her – when term limits force him out of the Governor’s Mansion. Arnold told a reporter on February 23rd that his “options are open” about a Senate run, and did not rule it out completely....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 6:27am PST
John Brown Caucus of SDS/MDS Statement on the SF (Panther) 8 Free the San Francisco 8! Free All Political Prisoners!!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 2:35pm PST
Video/Workshop on Work, Dignity and Social Change Station 40
3030B 16th street, San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 8:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 12:29pm PST
Diabetes Prevention Program Aims at Saving Lives Diabetes is a deadly disease which plagues the Native American population. The Diabetes Prevention Program aims at saving lives through modifications in daily living habits that can prolong or prevent the onset of this insideous disease....
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 12:03pm PST
A Full Scale Invasion of Iran is the Only Option on the Table. A full-scale invasion of Iran is the only possible option for several simple reasons....
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 10:20am PST
The Peace Plane flies to the Oscars 
Democracy for America Miami (DFAM) and Miami Veterans for Peace have come up with a novel approach to broadcasting a message to end the occupation of Iraq: an aerial banner that reads. “Bring Our Troops Home Now”. These two groups decided to first try their idea at this year’s Super Bowl in Miami and again at the Grammy Music Awards, but inclement weather forced the event to be postponed. Now the organizers have turned their attention to this Sunday’s Oscars in Hollywood, California....
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 9:34am PST
Oasis Leads Rejection of Ban Against Episcopal Blessing of LGBT Couples Bay Area Episcopalians reject a call from Anglican Primates for bans on the authorization of Rites of Blessing of gay and lesbians couples, and on partnered gay or lesbian bishops, as too high a price to pay for preserving the unity of the Anglican Communion....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 11:28pm PST
Gunitain ang Ika –21 taon ng Pag-aalsa ng Masa sa EDSA na Nagpatalsik sa Diktadura Ngunit ang pinatunayan ng EDSA, hindi dapat huminto ang masa sa paghahangad lamang ng pagbabago sa liderato o sa estrakturang pamlipunan. Ang simpleng pagapapalit ni Marcos at Aquino at Estrada tungo kayA rroyo ay di na dapat maulit pa! Upang ganap na mabago ang sistema, kailangan ang ganap at tunay na pagbabago sa sistemang sosyal upang makamit ng sambayanan ang tunay na reporma at pagbabagong sosyal. Dapat pa nating pag-ibayuhin ang pakikibaka, maging inspirasyon sa ating ang naganap na reb...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 8:43pm PST
UFCW Local 648 to San Francisco: Don't shop at Bristol Farms! 
Just as I was leaving Bloomingdales this afternoon I couldn't help noticing some strikers on Mission Street holding picket signs. My own experience is that striking is mostly a tedious experience whose most immediate rewards are a sore throat and tired feet. Even in a famous "union town" like San Francisco passerbies will more often than not walk by as if you are invisible. How many people even bother to read a sign or accept a leaflet?
I asked two of the strikers what the strike was a...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 7:58pm PST
Berkeley Seminarian Paves Way for Gay Christians Amidst Turmoil in the Episcopal Church 
Justin R. Cannon, 22 years old, is a first-year student at the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, California, and is one of several openly gay seminarians who find themselves troubled by a recent communiqué issued by the leaders of the Anglican Church this month....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 6:50pm PST
Abolition NOW petition launched Petition to Abolish the Death Penalty launched, gathering signatures from death row exonerees, authors, professors, and YOU - sign on now!...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 4:50pm PST
Pesante-USA Decries and Condemns the Arrogance of “Butcher” Palparan By declaring that the report of the Melo Commission and the initial findings of United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston on the extrajudicial killings are flawed because both purportedly partook of the “propaganda” of the “enemy of the state,” Palparan showed his criminal mind, contempt for law and his fascist kind thereby exposed himself to the people....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 2:14pm PST
Pesante-USA Decries and Condemns the Arrogance of “Butcher” Palparan By declaring that the report of the Melo Commission and the initial findings of United Nations Special Rapporteur Philip Alston on the extrajudicial killings are flawed because both purportedly partook of the “propaganda” of the “enemy of the state,” Palparan showed his criminal mind, contempt for law and his fascist kind thereby exposed himself to the people....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:12am PST
1st Annual Homeless Awareness Day at UC Davis 
Dear Readers,
This article is about an event activists and college students are planning at UC Davis for Feb 27th, 2007 at noon at the MU on the quad. Students and anti-poverty allies are putting together the 1st annual Homelessness and Hunger Awareness Day. The day has the goal of educating students at the UC Davis campus as well as community members about the needs of the homeless population as well as those who are impoverished in the Davis community. At the event we will have a rally co...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 1:44am PST
ASA CA Weekly Alert /Following Ballot Initiative Calling on City to Allow Dispensary, Albany
Passes Dispensary Regulations/...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 10:27pm PST
Industrial Hemp Bill Introduced in California Two California lawmakers have launched a new campaign to legalize
hemp....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 10:25pm PST
Take Action for Health Care in California! 1. Day of Action for SB 840 – Universal Health Care Act of 2007
2. San Francisco Forum on Health Care, February 23, 2007
3. Women LEAD – Women’s Voices in the Health Care Reform Debate...
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 10:23pm PST
Asm. Mark Leno to Introduce Legislation to Ban Harmful Fire Retardants Studies show that exposure to even the lowest concentrations of certain fire retardants can cause reproductive, developmental, neurological or other health problems including cancer, thyroid disruption, hearing deficits, and birth defects....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 11:18am PST
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