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imageLandlords vs. Oakland Tenants
by Indybay
Despite the passage of Oaklands new rent law Measure EE which went into effect on 12/27/02, some landlords choose to blatantly defy aspects of the ordinance no matter how well informed they may be, or pretend to be. Renters of Effies House at 829 E. 19th Street, are presently being threatened with demolition crews, partial evictions, and the threat of illegal occupations in their homes by their landlord, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, known as E.B.A.L.D.C.. An Oakland non-profi...
Posted: Mon, Jun 2, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageLocal Grocery Store Workers Organize
by Indybay
Berkeley Bowl workers have been organizing over the last couple of months to form a union. Management responded almost immediately to the union organizing efforts. Reports say that people were talked to and called upstairs in an effort to gather information, and cliche -- potentially illegal -- anti-union tactics were begun. Workers have called on the community to show their full support for their right to organize collectively. Full Story | Read more...
Posted: Mon, Jun 2, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageG8 Update
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by Indybay
Update Sunday 12:15PM: Police have raided the Indymedia center in Geneva. Around 25 Indymedia participants are trapped. This is latest news from internet chat with Geneva, more info coming. Update Sunday 3AM: Protesters are engaged in a pitched battle about 1km from the intersection of both main roads into Evian. This battle is effectively blocking many G8 personnel from entering the city, including translators and delegates. Police are using an enormous amount of tear gas and stun grenade...
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageBechtel Murder for Profit to be Stopped
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by Indybay
6/5/2003: Several hundred protesters gathered at Bechtel headquarters in San Francisco at 7 AM Thursday and blockaded the entrances. While over a hundred police managed to open the building after a few hours, many Bechtel employees were told by their employer to take the day off. Reports: 1 | Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 It would be easier to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq these days than any shred of democracy. The U.S. has imposed a repressive occupation on the people of ...
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageBush Plans Final Solution for Palestine
by Indybay
"[The road map] certainly allows the unlimited building for your children and grandchildren, and I hope even for your great-grandchildren." - Ariel Sharon In the wake of an extortion visit by Colin Powell to the Middle East, the corporate media and U.S. Government are awash in self-congratulation over the new "road map" which is supposedly a historic concession to Palestinians who have suffered 50 years of violent occupation by Israel. But anyone familiar with the situation knows that thi...
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2003 12:00am PDT
imagePolice Violence
Police Militarization :: Sting Grenade
by Indybay
Since the latest outbreak of Oakland police violence after the Memorial Day Carijama Festival, police officials and Mayor Jerry Brown have gone on record to support their use of less-lethal weapons, such as sting grenades, which explode in a shower of rubber pellets and tear gas. (City officials also suggested banning future community festivals from Oakland parks.) "This was the best way for us to disperse the crowd," according to police Lt. Dave Kozicki; "we were able to break up the crowd ...
Posted: Wed, May 28, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageBechtel Butchers Will Be Stopped
by Indybay
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Posted: Wed, May 28, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageTax Cut for Rich
by Indybay
Though it's proclaimed to be a boon to working- and middle-classes, the recent tax cut bill signed by the House and Senate smacks of the bankrupt "trickle-up" economics of the Reagan years. Like that president's war on the poor, "this [recent] legislation was not designed to jump-start the economy, nor to help distressed families. The purpose is to rewrite the tax code so as to shift even more of the nation's income to the richest taxpayers," says Economist Mark Weisbrot. A Citizens for Tax J...
Posted: Wed, May 28, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageAnti-Psychiatry Protest Held in San Francisco
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by Indybay
San Francisco, 5/20: Mind Freedom-Support Coalition International's weekend of resistance to the mental health orthodoxy in San Francisco culminated in a protest at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association. Where 19,000 shrinks gathered inside the Moscone Center, some 40 psychiatric survivors (some of whom endured forced "treatment" and labels affixed to them) picketed the APA in a peaceful display of dissidence (as well as dissonance). Freedom of choice, self-determination ...
Posted: Sun, May 25, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageLocal Grocery Store Workers Organize
by Indybay
Berkeley Bowl workers have been organizing over the last couple of months to form a union. Management responded almost immediately to the union organizing efforts.People were talked to and called upstairs in an effort to gather information, and cliche -- potentially illegal -- anti-union tactics were begun. This included handing some employees an anti-union flyer to which the Berkeley Bowl Union has responded. Workers have called on the community to show their full support for their right to ...
Posted: Sun, May 25, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageSupport Medical Marijuana
by Indybay
On 5/27, bay area medical marijuana supporters held a demonstration at the Oakland Federal Building in response to the DEA's arrest of Gary and Anna Barrett in San Bernardino County. The Barretts have been outspoken advocates for medical cannabis patients for many years. More than forty other medical cannabis patients and caregivers are facing federal prosecution right now. Read more...
Posted: Sun, May 25, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageThe Renaissance Plaza Scandal
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by Indybay
Oakland 5/21: About 100 people, including many young people from the community, packed the Oakland City Council District 2 Town Hall to protest the evictions of elderly Chinatown residents from the Rennaissance Park Plaza housing complex and to convince City Councilmember Danny Wan to put pressure on the owner to stop the evictions. Fifty residents of Renaissance Plaza were served eviction notices that said they had to be out by 7/31. Many of the residents have nowhere to go, and are mainly ...
Posted: Sun, May 25, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageCuba Solidarity Rally in Mission District
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by Indybay
5/20: Approximately 150 people gathered for a rally at 24th and Mission in support of Cuban sovereignty and self-determination. The Bush administration has recently been escalating anti-Cuba rhetoric and other provocations including the use of a C-130 aircraft to beam several radio frequencies and one VHF TV channel into Cuba. Details...
Posted: Thu, May 22, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageSelling Out the Airwaves
by Indybay
On 6/2, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will vote on a sweeping plan which would weaken or eliminate rules that limit the size and power of media companies. Industry hacks and their politicians/spokespeople claim that "media diversity" and "democracy" would be better served if print and broadcast cross-ownership rules were repealed. Critics say we will see "a wave of...
Posted: Thu, May 22, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageCA counter-terrorism agency spies on protesters
Police state
by Indybay
"You can make an easy kind of a link that, if you have a protest group protesting a war where the cause that's being fought against is international terrorism, you might have terrorism at that (protest)." "You can almost argue that a protest against that is a terrorist act." Mike Van Winkle – spokesman for CATIC A bulletin issued by The California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC) five days before the now infamous Oakland docks protest where police fired wooden bullets and concussi...
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageCriminalizing civil disobedience in the streets
by Indybay
An initiative that would make it a misdemeanor to block traffic on public streets, or even pedestrian traffic on sidewalks will most likely be on the ballot in Nov. The Citizen's Action Network, a conservative lobbying group, will have its plan sponsored by Supervisor Tony Hall, putting it forth as a "law and order" issue, not one of First Amendment rights. The costs to the city and police associated with harrassing and intimidating non-violent demonstrators would be passed on to those very d...
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageHomelessness in SF
by Indybay
The how best to "solve" the issue of homelessness in San Francisco has elicited countless responses from a wide range of self-proclaimed social experts and others that "care" and have "compassion" for those that struggle to survive on the streets. Housing/Homelessness feature...
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageHomelessness in SF
by Indybay
The how best to "solve" the issue of homelessness in San Francisco has elicited countless responses from a wide range of self-proclaimed social experts and others that "care" and have "compassion" for those that struggle to survive on the streets. In the early 90s, the Matrix was the proposed solution. It was a social cleansing program run by then-mayor Frank Jordan, notable for its harrassment of Food Not Bombs' free public meals. These days, the so-called "quality of life" crimes are...
Posted: Wed, May 21, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageCA counter-terrorism agency spies on protesters
Police state
by Indybay
"You can make an easy kind of a link that, if you have a protest group protesting a war where the cause that's being fought against is international terrorism, you might have terrorism at that (protest)." "You can almost argue that a protest against that is a terrorist act." Mike Van Winkle – spokesman for CATIC A bulletin issued by The California Anti-Terrorism Information Center (CATIC) five days before the now infamous Oakland docks protest where police fired wooden bullets and co...
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 12:00am PDT
imageLandlords vs. Oakland Tenants
by Indybay
Despite the passage of Oaklands new rent law Measure EE which went into effect on 12/27/02, some landlords choose to blatantly defy aspects of the ordinance no matter how well informed they may be, or pretend to be. Renters of Effies House at 829 E. 19th Street, are presently being threatened with demolition crews, partial evictions, and the threat of illegal occupations in their homes by their landlord, East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, known as E.B.A.L.D.C.. An Oakland non-profi...
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2003 12:00am PDT
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