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Recent tornadoes in the Southern US: both a natural and social disaster
Tuesday, February 12, 2008 :A week after tornadoes ravaged several Southern US states, the magnitude of the disaster is finally becoming clear. The storms of February 5 were the deadliest of their kind to be recorded in one 24-hour period since 1999, claiming the lives of 59 people. Thirteen were killed in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky, and five were killed in Alabama where some 500 homes were also destroyed....
Posted: Wed, Feb 13, 2008 7:45am PST
Carissa Phelps Seeks Justice
This is the story of the sexual exploitation of youth on the streets of Fresno, how Carissa Phelps escaped from that life, and has returned to this community to make fundamental changes in some very rough neighborhoods....
Posted: Tue, Feb 12, 2008 5:55pm PST
Despotism on film: Unconstitutional Officer Auldridge outside the Farmers Market
I was just walking by the farmers market. I hadn't actually been there even the required time necessary for a citation, but this is when they first started harassing people. At one point he explains to me that if the police have reason you you must comply, however never saying he had any...
When I said to him, "...do you think you can stop people from gathering in public places?"
he replies, "We're working on it"...
Posted: Tue, Feb 12, 2008 3:00pm PST
Homes not Bombs! Benefit for SF Comm. Land Trust and DASW
Balazo Gallery
2183 Mission St. (@ 18th St.)
San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 8:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 9:24pm PST
Cities for All
Cities for All: Integrating our Communities Conference Saturday, February 16th 2008 11am- 5pm Women’s Building Auditorium at 3543 18th Street San Francisco, California...
Event Date: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 11:00am PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 2:43pm PST
Laurel Park Neighborhood Meeting
Louden Nelson Community Center
301 Center Street...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 11:38am PST
GOP Bullies Try to Steal Kids’ Lunch Money
Monday, February 11, 2008 : Several Republican Congress members are pushing to take away meals for kids in Berkeley, because they’re pissed that the City Council recently passed a resolution to send a letter telling local Marine recruiters that they’re “uninvited and unwelcome intruders....
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 7:28am PST
Weekend Sweep Catapults Momentum for Obama
Monday, February 11, 2008 : The media couldn’t help spinning the Super Tuesday results in favor of Hillary Clinton, at best calling the outcome a tie. But with Barack Obama’s sweep this weekend in four states across the country, the overwhelming call for change can no longer be ignored. With blacks in Louisiana, rural voters in Nebraska and liberals in Washington, Obama’s Saturday Triple Play was widely expected – but not by the huge margin that he got....
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 7:26am PST
Hundreds die in Afghan cold
Monday, February 11, 2008 : Aghanistan's lowest recorded temperatures cause amputations and deaths....
Posted: Mon, Feb 11, 2008 7:08am PST
Healthcare Reform 2008: PROGRESS, CONFUSION, OR BETRAYAL - Part II (audio/mpeg 12.0MB)
Hear the next half hour of the 2/2/08 event. Michael Lyon, Health Committee Co-Chair, San Francisco Gray Panthers speaks of the need for single payer care for Seniors; moderator Don Bechler of the California Universal Health Care Organizing Project speaks of Sacramento lobbying efforts against the recently defeated Nunex-sponsored bill - including that it would have been grossly underfunded and provide no cost controls or specifics on standards of care provided to the consumer; and UCSF medi...
Posted: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 1:44pm PST
Healthcare Reform 2008: PROGRESS, CONFUSION, OR BETRAYAL - Part I (audio/mpeg 14.2MB)
Hear a half hour of talks from a single payer health care organizing panel discussion on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at Centro del Pueblo in San Francisco. The event was sponsered by the California Universal Organizing Project organizing for the California single payer health care bill SB840 and a similar, new federal bill HR676 sponsored by Dennis Kucinich. Jodi Reid, Executive Director of California Alliance for Retired Americans speaks about problems of high cost and coverage gaps in Medi...
Posted: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 1:20pm PST
Domestic Violence Linked to Long-Term Health Problems
Friday, February 8, 2008 : Almost a quarter of women experience domestic violence in their lifetimes in the US, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds. Victims of domestic violence in the US are more likely to report chronic health problems and exhibit health risk behaviors the report stated....
Posted: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 1:11pm PST
Tiller Grand Jury Subpoenas Kansas Attorney General
Friday, February 8, 2008 : The grand jury investigating Dr George Tiller subpoenaed Kansas Attorney General Stephen Six\'s office this week....
Posted: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 1:10pm PST
Rape in Santa Cruz--the CPVAW Annual Report
On Free Radio Santa Cruz at 101.1 FM, also streaming at www.freakradio.org .
Archived by 2-11 at http://www.radiolibre.org/brb/brb080210.mp3 ....
Event Date: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 11:45am PST
Posted: Sun, Feb 10, 2008 8:34am PST
US: Six dead, dozens injured in Georgia sugar plant explosion
Saturday, February 9, 2008 :At least 6 workers died and more than 60 suffered injuries in a massive explosion and fire Thursday evening at a Savannah, Georgia, sugar refinery. The disaster is the latest in a series of devastating and preventable industrial accidents linked to the build-up of combustible powders, for which federal safety investigators recommended regulatory standards in 2006....
Posted: Sat, Feb 9, 2008 6:54pm PST
Peaceful protesters prevail at parking lot #4 despite the foolish 15 minute provocateur! (video/x-ms-wmv 25.6MB)
Short video to music of peaceful community defiance of 15 minute panic law and foolish 15 minute provocateur! Beware of this man, watch video number 2 for details....
Posted: Sat, Feb 9, 2008 6:50pm PST
SF Budget Analyst's report "BULL" that is with a double "L" says Mayor Gavin Newsom?
Budget Analyst report "BULL" that is with a double "L" says Mayor Gavin Newsom - and you can quote me on that. Now, here is a Caligula ready to set this SF City on fire. The City has no money and here, this Mayor with intent - has been plotting and depriving certain City Departments of much need resources. Taking money from City Department coffers - to pay his cronies in his office that do most of the dirty work in Room 200 and adversely impact thousands....
Posted: Sat, Feb 9, 2008 7:34am PST
Parking Lots for Public Use! Call Off the Cops! Flyer and online petition
Flyer for restoring our right to use Public Parking lots without an unconstitutional 15 minute time limit. PDF Flyer...
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 11:25pm PST
Examining Clinton & Obama's Stances on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Universal Healthcare and Privatizing Social Security
Friday, February 8, 2008 :With Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama in a dead heat, we look at their stances on some of the most pressing domestic issues with Robert Kuttner of the American Prospect, Max Fraser of the Nation and Paul Gunter of Beyond Nuclear....
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 6:38pm PST
Bush budget proposal: Feed the Pentagon, starve the people
Friday, February 8, 2008 : President Bush proposed a record $3.1 trillion budget Feb. 4 that hands a whopping $515 billion to the military and slashes health care for seniors and other human needs programs. Opposition is boiling over in Congress, among the Democratic presidential candidates, seniors and students and in unions....
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 6:37pm PST