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San Francisco Vexatious Litigant Suit -- A Personal View
The San Francisco City Attorney's office has dropped the suit it filed last month to declare me a "vexatious litigant." I almost wish that I had lost. At least then I could have worn a tee shirt that said, "San Francisco Declared Me a Vexatious Litigant." Several people have suggested I write an overview of the case. I have adopted a more conversational tone than usual, which seemed somehow to be the only way....
Posted: Wed, Jun 28, 2006 10:56am PDT
The USA pushes Australia into the arms of China
The Zionists in Washington (Perle, Wolfowitz etc) have the entire Bush regime distracted. While America fights all of Israel’s major wars in the Middle East – to no advantage whatsoever for America – the most strategically important regions in the world are left to other nations. As world power shifts inexorably eastward, to China, America is at a loss to meet the challenges of the future....
Posted: Wed, Jun 28, 2006 7:18am PDT
Indynewswire: SC Activists Gear Up for Caravan to Cuba (audio/mpeg 27.4MB)
Over the weekend of June 24 and 25, about a dozen Santa Cruz activists busied themselves at the Live Oak Grange sorting medical suppilies, soaps, books, pens, and automotive parts among other items, as part of the Pastors for Peace 2006 Cuba Friend-Shipment Caravan. I spoke with a number of them as they made preparations for the trip....
Posted: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
The philanthropy of Warren Buffett
This past weekend investor Warren Buffett, to a vast fanfare from the media, announced his decision to donate some $37 billion worth of shares in his firm, Berkshire Hathaway, to five charitable foundations. The largest recipient (receiving some $31 billion) will be The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which specializes in global health and education projects....
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 9:13pm PDT
No NUKES! No WARS! Support INDIGENOUS RIGHTS!
ACTION ALERT - - M a s s - M o b i l i z i n g - M e e t i n g - -
WHEN: Tuesday, June 27 at 7 PM
WHERE: New College of California: 777 Valencia St. Rm.6 (at 18th St.),
San Francisco (a few blocks from 16th St. BART station)...
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 7:35am PDT
The Status Quo
Perhaps the only question is whether the people or corporate elites should regulate and plan. Perhaps businessmen are not the only ones who understand growth and development. Perhaps profit worship, trickle-down economics and the self-healing market are myths. The economy exists in a larger reality, the oikos....
Posted: Mon, Jun 26, 2006 6:31am PDT
South Central Farm Action Group Bay Area
Hi, I'm Jordan and I'm putting together an action group to publicize the south central farm and garner support for them in San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Jun 25, 2006 11:18am PDT
US House votes to cut the estate tax
US House votes to cut the estate tax...
Posted: Sun, Jun 25, 2006 8:16am PDT
New World Order Stealing America Blind via secret Giga funds
"While the country is preoccupied with terrorism, the war in Iraq and 9/11, thugs controlling the takeover of America are stealing citizens blind to the tune of $55 to $300 trillion dollars, according to an undercover financial report by the London-based International Currency Review."...
Posted: Sun, Jun 25, 2006 2:46am PDT
Zapatista Subcommandante Marcos stands up for women
Mexican police raped Mexican women. Subcommandante Marcos is outraged and demands justice for the raped women....
Posted: Sat, Jun 24, 2006 9:56pm PDT
Global markets stabilise but risks increase
Money markets have stabilised over the past week following a sharp downturn, but nervousness is on the rise throughout the global financial system amid concerns over rising inflation rates, tightening monetary conditions, the prospects of an economic slowdown and potential problems in the Chinese economy....
Posted: Sat, Jun 24, 2006 10:12am PDT
Cuba in the Human Rights Council, ONU...
Cuba, member of the Human Rights Council......
Posted: Fri, Jun 23, 2006 3:42pm PDT
Reclaim Our Fate! Climate, Energy and Global Justice Sun July 9 in DC
Join activists speaking out on the Climate Change and Energy Crises!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 23, 2006 12:00am PDT
Davis Police Called in to Remove Dissidents at City Council Meeting
A Davis City Council Meeting was brought to a standstill Tuesday, when Mayor Ruth Admundson called in police to remove residents angry that they were not being allowed to speak....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 11:25pm PDT
Atlanta: United Stated Social Forum
Atlanta
see http://www.ussf2007.org/accom.html for more details...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 27, 2006 12:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 4:10pm PDT
G8 2006 St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Russia...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 12:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 3:53pm PDT
Activists Demand Prosecution of Insurers, Too/Next Action In Oakland 6/29
Injured workers protested the corrupt Insurance Assessment Commission's refusal to prosecute
insurance companies for fraud and terrorism against injured workers....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 10:48am PDT
SF: ATENCO - BREAKING THE SEIGE, screening at Station 40
3030B 16th street,
between Mission Street and Valencia,
across from Bart plaza...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 23, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jun 21, 2006 3:15am PDT
Support Oaxaca teachers on strike! (Videos + article)
Below is some raw fottage of what's happening....
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 9:53pm PDT
Vandana Shiva Speaking in San Francisco
Location: Port Commission Hearing Room on the second floor of the Ferry Building, San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2006 10:30am PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 3:43pm PDT