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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...

"We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary." -Malcom X Today, on what would have been the 78th birthday of El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, a.k.a. Malcolm X, the issues facing not only African-American communities, but poor and working class peoples of all colors around the world, have not decreased in s...

Breaking news at Biotech IMC | Listen to Sacramento Live Web Radio Ministers of Trade, Agriculture and Environment from 180 nations, including all member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO), are expected to participate on June 22-25 in Sacramento in a conference hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USAID, and the US State Department. This meeting will be a stepping stone to the September WTO Ministerial in Cancun and the Summit of the Americas on FTAA scheduled for M...

Breaking news at Biotech IMC | Listen to Sacramento Live Web Radio Ministers of Trade, Agriculture and Environment from 180 nations, including all member states of the World Trade Organization (WTO), are expected to participate on June 22-25 in Sacramento in a conference hosted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), USAID, and the US State Department. This meeting will be a stepping stone to the September WTO Ministerial in Cancun and the Summit of the Americas on FTAA scheduled for M...

On 4/23, Secret Service agents visited Oakland High and interrogated two 16 year-old male students in connection with comments they had allegedly made during a classroom discussion concerning President Bush and the U.S. Government's role in Iraq. When one of the students asked if he had to talk to the agents now, could he talk to them later with a lawyer present, the student said one of the agents told him, "We own you, if you don't talk to us now, and we find out you haven't told us everythi...

5/12: The antiwar movement returned to the Port of Oakland on Monday to picket war profiteer American President Lines (APL) and corporate colonist Stevedoring Services of America (SSA), with an additional message for OPD and Mayor Brown: "No police violence at the docks or in our communities!" Last month's picket was the scene of a "less-lethal" police onslaught as riot cops opened fire with wooden bullets and concussion grenades, injuring dozens of protesters and portworkers -- none of whom...

On 4/23, Secret Service agents visited Oakland High and interrogated two 16 year-old male students in connection with comments they had allegedly made during a classroom discussion concerning President Bush and the U.S. Government's role in Iraq. When one of the students asked if he had to talk to the agents now, could he talk to them later with a lawyer present, the student said one of the agents told him, "We own you, if you don't talk to us now, and we find out you haven't told us everythi...

Sacramento--Thousands of teachers, students and parents will rally on Thursday 5/8 against Governor Davis' proposal to gut millions of dollars from education while padding the state's prison budget. Protesters will ask lawmakers to save the jobs of thousands of pink-slipped teachers and improve school funding by reducing prison spending. "It speaks very poorly of how we choose to invest in the future when the only area of state spending slated for an increase is prison spending," says Wayne A...

5/2 Santa Clara: Thousands of people protested George Bush today as he spoke at the United Defense Technologies (a producer of missile launchers, naval guns, and precision munitions, i.e. ‘smart bombs’). Meeting at 8:30am, the protesters proceeded a mile up the road to United Defense Technologies headquaters filling in the street/protest zone up to the police line. The cops then pushed the crowd onto one side of the road and then onto the sidewalk. One arrest was made. Map Reports: 1 | ...

5/2 Santa Clara: Thousands of people protested George Bush today as he spoke at the United Defense Technologies (a producer of missile launchers, naval guns, and precision munitions, i.e. ‘smart bombs’). Meeting at 8:30am, the protesters proceeded a mile up the road to United Defense Technologies headquaters filling in the street/protest zone up to the police line. The cops then pushed the crowd onto one side of the road and then onto the sidewalk. One arrest was made. Map Rep...

Citing Liability, Oakland City Attorney Puts a Lid on Public Hearing The Oakland Police Department's violent attacks on non-violent demonstrators during a demonstration on 4/7, which received condemnation from Amnesty International, is being met with resistance. On 4/26 a union-led rally was held against the brutality suffered by ILWU members and activists, along with an Injured Protester Feeder March. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | A...

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May 1st is International Workers' Day, a day to celebrate resistance to capitalism. Working and poor people now face layoffs, massive social cutbacks (especially in health care and education), evictions and homelessness, police repression and endless war. This May Day many people will seek to unify the struggles against capital’s wars here and around the world. Actions are planned for the day and evening in San Francisco and Berkeley. May 1st MAYDAY EVENTS Mass Demonstration ...

Update From the Streets of Berkeley: As of 9:20pm, approximately 50 people are at Shattuck and University. There are reports of a May Pole dance occuring. Torches were brought out earlier in the night, but immediately confiscated by police. There were a few arrests... will have more information soon. May 1st is International Workers' Day, a day to celebrate resistance to capitalism. Working and poor people now face layoffs, massive social cutbacks (especially in health care and education)...

Citing Liability, Oakland City Attorney Puts a Lid on Public Hearing The Oakland Police Department's violent attacks on non-violent demonstrators during a demonstration on 4/7, which received condemnation from Amnesty International, is being met with resistance. On Apr 26 a union-led rally is being held against the brutality suffered by ILWU members and activists, along with an Injured Protester Feeder March. In an attempt to highlight the daily violence inflicted upon low-inc...

Citing Liability, Oakland City Attorney Puts a Lid on Public Hearing The Oakland Police Department's violent attacks on non-violent demonstrators during a demonstration on 4/7, which received condemnation from Amnesty International, is being met with resistance. On 4/26 a union-led rally was held against the brutality suffered by ILWU members and activists, along with an Injured Protester Feeder March. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | A...

4/16: Today, with Passover beginning at sundown, protesters led by Jews For A Free Palestine and supporters marched to the Israeli Consulate. They took over the lobby and interrupted business as usual demanding: 1) an end to the genocidal war on the Palestinian people, 2) an end to the occupation and all settlements, 3) the upholding of the international human rights of all Palestinians, including the right of refugees to return home. A group of twelve Jewish protesters attempted to deliver ...

Despite heavy rain, an increasingly jingoistic US press, and threats of violence from Willie Brown, nearly ten thousand protesters took to the streets of San Francisco to protest US colonial ambitions in Iraq. Video: 1 Photos: 1 | 2| 3 The US is continuing to massacre thousands of Iraqis, leaving cities without clean water and allowing hospitals to get looted while protecting the Iraqi Oil Ministry. Israel has told the Palestinians to "learn from Iraq" which suggests that IDF attac...

4/22: On Tuesday morning, several hundred protesters gathered at Lockheed Martin to protest its role as the world's largest arms supplier. Between 60 and 70 protesters were arrested after blockading entrances and nearby roads. Photos:   1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Audio:  1 | 2 | Reports:  1 | Legal Update Lockheed Martin (with a 24% share of U.S. arms exports) is the world's largest arms exporting company. Former company CEO Norman Augustine was a major lobby...

Artist/psychologist Susan Greene spoke with an SF IMC reporter recently about her trip to the Gaza Strip in 2002. "The things that allowed for the rise of the Nazis, and for all the ethnic hatred and violence in the world, those things, the root causes have to be addressed. And that has to do with class, inequities in society." Full interview...

On 4/10 the so-called Illicit Drug Anti-Proliferation Act (formerly the RAVE Act) passed both the House and the Senate. Cynically attached as a rider to the AMBER Alert bill, which has nothing to do with drug policy, the act has come under extreme criticism from advocates of free speech and a common sense drug policy. According to the SF Bayview newspaper, the bill would "would also make it where anyone who threw an event at his own home, such as a party or barbecue, in which o...

U.S.A. Lie of the Week: "Today should be always remembered as a day where Iraqis expressed different opinions and weren't shot for it." - Ari Fleischer 4/15/2003On April 15th seventeen Iraqis were killed and nearly sixty wounded by US Marines for protesting the US occupation of their home. US soldiers opened fire on a protest in Mosul that happened in response to a speech by US puppet leader Mashaan al-Juburi. To further silence any opposition, the US then buzzed the town with F-14s, remin...