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Berkeley Rallies to Halt the Execution of Kevin Cooper
More than 150 people filled a Berkeley church Saturday to rally in support of condemned death row inmate Kevin Cooper -- and to hear from Cooper himself....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 9:34am PST
War Criminal Albright coming to Berkeley!
Madeleine Albright, as Clinton's Secretary of State, helped maintain the embargo that -- by her own admission -- had killed half a million Iraqi children by 1996. When asked in a television she said that that embargo was "worth the price" of those deaths! This creep will be speaking at Cody's in Berkeley at 12:30 PM on February 11....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 5:36am PST
RELEASE: Community to Gather for Education not Incarceration, Saturday, January 31st
Community Forum to Respond to Gov. Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget and the Impacts on Oakland’s School Closures; Incarceration of Youth; Prison Spending
WHAT: Community Forum hosted by Education Not Incarceration Coalition
WHEN: Saturday, Jan. 31, 2004 – 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
WHERE: Laney College, Student Center, Irma P. Walker Conference Room, 4th floor
900 Fallon St ., Oakland.
WHO: Students, parents, teachers and concer...
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2004 4:15pm PST
Grocery Workers March On Safeway CEO Steve Burd's Bay Area Home
ALAMO, Calif. - Hundreds of religous and labor leaders and supermarket workers brought the rising despair and tension of Southern California's 3 1/2-month-old grocery strike to the exclusive neighborhood of Safeway Inc. Chairman Steve Burd Wednesday, hoping to broker a truce with the CEO....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:54pm PST
Discussion on Gender and Domestic Violence in Korea--- Friday 1/30
Friday, January 30, 2004, 4:15 p.m.:
Institute of East Asian Studies,
2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Conference Room.
Two sociologists discuss the impact of a high-profile domestic violence case in South Korea last year, and how the anonymous and decentralized aspect of internet-based media allowed for frank and open conversations on a topic not always discussed in mainstream Korean society.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:27pm PST
Feb 5 - Rally to support organizing hotel workers
Support workers fighting the Hilton bully for their first contract....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 4:05pm PST
Eviction Defense Center Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
The Eviction Defense Center Celebrates The Ten Year Anniversary Of Providing Legal Representation For Low-Income Renters In The East Bay....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 4:03pm PST
Bay Area Organizing Meeting to Prepare for the BIO 2004 Annual International Convention
Food First and other concerned groups and individuals (like you) will be at an organizing meeting to prepare to mobilize around to the BIO Conference. The meeting will take place on Feb 3, from 3-5 PM at the Humanist Hall in Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 7:29am 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
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
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
Action Plan to Stop Closure of 5 Oakland Schools
This Action Plan comes from a powerful planning
meeting of over 40 community members from the five
schools targeted for closure and from Oakland in
general. The Coalition Against School Closures has
agreed to take the following steps in order to
pressure the State of California and its appointed
Administrator, Randy Ward, to take into account the
wishes of the Oakland community for its schools. We
need the support and action of a vast spectrum of the
Oakland community in order for ...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 11:40am PST
Berkeley Kills Nonprofit Center Move, blames Medical Marijuana Clinic
Just two days after approving a use permit, city planners booted a nonprofit from its office space in one of Berkeley’s most drug-blighted neighborhoods, revoking their permit amid allegations the group’s chief planned to bring a cannabis club to the site....
Posted: Sun, Jan 25, 2004 3:18pm PST
1/31 Oakland March to Support Grocery Workers
Don't Shop At Safeway
March To Support Grocery Workers
Saturday, January 31 at 2 PM
Gather at Mosswood Park, MacArthur & Broadway, Oakland...
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2004 4:49pm PST
UCB ACLU Sponsored Same-Sex Marriage Debate January 28th
BERKELEY ACLU HOSTING DEBATE OVER WHETHER TO LEGALIZE SAME-SEX MARRIAGES...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 4:09pm PST
Save The Date : February 1 Activist Parents Organizing Meeting
A small group of East Bay parents has been meeting with the idea of setting up a Family Activist Resource Center--a drop-in center where parents and caregivers can come with their children and do their political work while their children are cared for in ways that honor the
unique and creative individuals they are and, where possible, engage them in age-appropriate political activism and education....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 8:39pm PST
Education not Incarceration Forum Saturday, January 31st
Education not Incarceration Coalition (www.may8.org) Community Forum :
How Does Schwarzenegger's Proposed Budget Relate to Attacks on Our Schools and Incarceration of Our Youth? Come Learn and Organize a Response!
Saturday, January 31st, 11AM-1PM; Laney College, Student Center...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 8:33pm PST
Feb 6 - Defend the Oakland 25
ALL OUT ON FEBRUARY 6 TO DEFEND
THE OAKLAND 25 ANTIWAR PROTESTERS!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 1:13pm PST
1/28: Shelter From The Storm: A Benefit for the Homeless
To offset the
state
budget cuts, please come out and celebrate community spirit and
generosity
by listening to some down home, great music....
Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2004 10:37pm PST
70 Year-Old Files Initiative to Stop Criminalization of Prostitution
Berkeley Decriminalization Initiative Filed
Thursday, January 15, 70-year-old Lois Rowan filed an initiative on behalf of Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2004 11:01pm PST