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Pictures from Safeway Parking Lot Blockade 1/24
First there were protesters standing near the car entrance. Then there were a few shopping carts, then more, and then the cops took notice and made store employees bring the carts back to the store....
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 4:47pm PST
Who is murdering the women of Juarez, Mexico
A coalition of local Sacramento organizations including Francis House, Peace Action, Women Escaping a Violent Environment (WEAVE), and the Zapatista Solidarity Coalition are hosting a series of events to raise money and awareness of V-Day activities in Juarez Mexico. These events will be on Jan. 27, Feb. 2 and Feb. 7. Please get the word out!...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 3:49pm PST
Future Directions for San Fracisco Homeless Policy
If San Francisco is to develop a cohesive homeless plan, it must begin by strengthening the sense of commonality amongst those organizations in the center and left which generally agree with each other, but which have been divide from each other by the money and influence of the right...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 12:04pm PST
1/29: Poetics of Exile: Images El Salvador, Palestine and Israel
The Big Ballyhoo is a feminist artist and curatorial collective that began in 2001, inspired by the belief that art is a vibrant tool in shaping dominant ideology and stimulating social change....
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 10:10am PST
College outreach imperiled : Budget ax may hit programs helping disadvantaged students
Midyear cuts already have chopped millions of dollars from the outreach programs, and additional cuts set for next year would eliminate them altogether. That would leave about 750,000 students statewide without the extra academic help and counseling they need to navigate the path to college...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 9:29am PST
Sentence for Sacto Mother Protesting the School of the Americas
Sacramento Mother of 5 Sentenced to Prison
For Civil Disobedience at Fort Benning, GA to
Close the School of the Americas (SOA/WHISC)...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 8:15am PST
Tearing Down Fences: Queer Activism in Israel/Palestine (a report-back)
Scores of people met with the International Solidarity Movement, QUIT, SF Women in Black, Jews for a Free Palestine, SWANABAQ, and the Middle Eastern Children's Alliance. Selected transcript excerpts (text) describe direct and symbolic actions, as presented by Dalit Baum, PhD, from Black Laundry....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 11:58pm PST
Feb 3 - SF J8 Mobilization working groups & organizing meeting
At the Direct Action to Stop the War Assembly on Jan 10, about 40 activists expressed an interest in working on the SF June 8 Mobilization. Now's your chance to plug in!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 9:43pm PST
2/10: Primaries, AIDS, debt, and trade
You are invited to a strategy meeting on inserting Global AIDS, debt and trade into the CA Primary debate. If you can't come, but want to raise the issue with candidates in CA in February, here is a sample list of questions....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 9:28pm PST
A necessary balance-sheet on the Gonzalez campaign and other articles
Visit us often as we publish daily....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 8:52pm PST
FRONTLINES en español, últimos artículos publicados
FRONTLINES en español, el periódico de la izquierda, ha comenzado a publicar diariamente....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 8:15pm PST
Fight for Clean Elections Enforce Election Laws Prosecute the Offenders
Fight for Clean Elections Enforce Election Laws Prosecute the Offenders of our Civil Liberties. We want our Votes Represented....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 5:12pm PST
29/1: NORA CASTAÑEDA: Economia en Venezuela
Nora Castañeda fue nombrada por el presidente venezolano Hugo Chávez encabezar el Banco de Desarrollo de la Mujer cuando él respaldó la demanda de las mujeres por la creación de un banco como método de financiamiento de reformas para el beneficio de las familias y comunidades más pobres....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 5:11pm PST
Intersex and Activism Workshop at UCB
UC Berkeley V-Day 2004 hosts
Intersex Movement, Friday, January 30, 5 - 7 pm!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 3:55pm PST
Mujeres Negras Internacionales’s la Fiesta Cinematográfica 2004
¡Samba en el sur del Market Calle y el Mambo debajo de la Calle de la Misión con las Mujeres Negras Internacionales’s la Fiesta Cinematográfica! Unanos por un día en La Ciudad con una recepción de 1-2 P.M., vivimos el desempeño por San Francisco’s el conjunto renombrado del golpe de mundo el CUARTETO de BOGO, el alimento, el arte que muestra e investigación en la Galería (www.punchgallery.com del PUÑETAZO)....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 2:34pm PST
International Black Women's Film Festival 2004
SAMBA SOUTH OF MARKET WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK WOMEN'S FILM FESTIVAL!
January 2004, SAN FRANCISCO, CA --Samba South of Market and Mambo below Mission Street with the International Black Women’s Film Festival! Join us for a day in The City with a reception from 1-2 PM, live performance by San Francisco’s renowned world beat ensemble the BOGO QUARTET, food, art showing and screening at the PUNCH Gallery (http://www.punchgallery.com). Featuring two films: BLACK ORPHEUS (Musical, Brazil 1959...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 2:13pm PST
Operation Save a Life : Protest 4 Kevin Cooper
To organize a Boycott beginning feb 1, 2004...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 12:20pm PST
Education not Incarceration Forum to Respond Attacks on Our Youth
Forum to Respond to the State Budget, Local Attacks on Our Schools and Incarceration of Our Youth:
Saturday, Jan. 31st, 11-1PM Laney College Student
Center, 901 Falon Street, Near Lake Merrit BART
More info and flyers at www.may8.org...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 11:44am PST