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Fresno Police Chief Accused of Racism 
Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer is in some serious trouble over a lawsuit alleging he made multiple racist and sexist comments. The details are in the story....
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 2:23pm PST
Black Farmers ~ "Unknown" graves markers from Negro Hills, California 
"The historical consciousness of mankind is suffering from voluntary distortions of history. One must react against this here and now for a truthful presentation of the cultural evolution of humanity," Cheikh Anta Diop, African Scholar.
The belief in the immortality of the human soul was first an Ancient African notion. Together, we join the United Nations International Year for People of African Descent and reflect deeply upon our postitive contributions throughout the State of California...
Posted: Fri, Feb 25, 2011 11:35am PST
Democracy – good for Egypt and the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op The Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op, under pressure by the Israel Lobby, seems to be trying to circumvent a direct check that members have to balance the Board's power, specifically the ability of members to put referendums and initiatives before a vote of the full membership....
Posted: Wed, Feb 23, 2011 12:12pm PST
Red Vic Benefit with Claude Marks, Jake Conroy, and Ben Rosenfeld, 2/12/11: photos & audio 
A Valentine's Day weekend "Lovers + Liberators" benefit was held for the Red Vic Movie House on Haight Street in San Francisco in which three films were screened: ALL POWER TO THE PEOPLE, BOLD NATIVE, and THE SPOOK WHO SAT BY THE DOOR. Featured speakers included Claude Marks of the Freedom Archives, Jake Conroy of the SHAC7, and Ben Rosenfeld, a civil rights and green scare attorney [full audio of all speakers below in two parts]. Also present were the organizers of the benefit, Bold Native...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2011 6:09pm PST
Commission Adopts Unified MLPA Proposal Amidst Charges of Secret Meetings 
“There is no evidence that tribes have had a negative impact upon the ecosystem," said Thomas O'Rourke, Chair of the Yurok Tribal Council. "They have been part of the ecosystem since time immemorial. Science needs to recognize people as part of the ecosystem. If you don’t include people, the proposal will fail. Our rights are not negotiable.”
Photo: “When grandma wants mussels, it will take a lot more than Wild Justice to prevent me from doing this,” said Sammy Gensaw Jr., Yurok Tribal Mem...
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2011 8:45am PST
No Justice in Killing of Kerry Baxter Junior On January 16, 2010, Kerry Baxter Junior, a nineteen year old African American male, was killed. He died in front of Saint Anthony Church in East Oakland after being shot through the heart. This is not the first killing in the area, which is near San Antonio Park. The Oakland Police Department seem uninterested in finding the perpetrators of this crime...,...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2011 10:36am PST
Pics of Port Chicago Naval Magazine Memorial w/Story 
In honor of Black History Month: The Port Chicago Naval Magazine Explosion Became The Genesis for the Civil Rights Movement in America....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2011 11:54am PST
Kawaiisu Tribe case to continue in Federal Court A lawsuit filed by the Kawaiisu Tribe of Tejon has survived several Motions To Dismiss filed by Defendants Department of Interior, County of Kern, Tejon Mountain Village and Native American Heritage Commission. An Amended Complaint incorporating their NAGPRA, aboriginal title and equal protection claims is due by February 19, 2011. The Kawaiisu 25:640 Indian Tribal Rights Case is No. 1:09-cv-01977-OWW-SMS in Eastern District Court....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 7:31pm PST
CHANGE OF LOCATION: A People's Hearing on Racism and Police Violence 
THE EVENT WILL BE TAKING PLACE AT EDNA BREWER MIDDLE SCHOOL (NOT OAKLAND HIGH), 3748 13th Ave. in Oakland near Park Blvd and E. 38th St.. AC Transit #18 goes to Park Blvd and E. 38th on weekends, and AC Transit #62 stops within several blocks of the school (get off at Beaumont Ave. & MacArthur, then walk to 13th and take a right)....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 1:20pm PST
Kashia Pomo Tribe Wins Victory in Defense of Tribal Gathering Rights 
This victory by the Kashia Pomo sets a good precedent in allowing for continued gathering and ceremonies by other Indian Tribes in California marine protected areas....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2011 7:33am PST
MLPA officials refused to include Tribal scientists in process 
No Tribal scientists were allowed to serve on the MLPA Science Advisory Teams, in spite of the fact that North Coast Indian Tribes have large natural resources and fisheries departments staffed with many fishery biologists and other scientists. And it wasn't until 2010, six years after the MLPA process was privatized, that the first Tribal representative on the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force was appointed by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Photo: Frankie Joe Myers, Yurok Tribal member and Coa...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 7:40pm PST
Lovers + Liberators: A Benefit for the Red Vic 
Red Vic Movie House
1727 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117...
Event Date: Sat, Feb 12, 2011 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2011 10:25am PST
Coalition Exposes Secret MLPA Meetings 
Osborn then submitted to the Commissioners the copies of emails and correspondence by MLPA officials documenting private, non-public meetings. Secret meetings of the Blue Ribbon Task Force were held in April 2007 and on November 3, 2008, December 10, 2008, February 25, 2009, October 20, 21 and 22, 2009....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 1:13pm PST
Chesbro testifies for North Coast MLPA proposal at Fish & Game hearing Below is the press release from Assemblymember Wesley Chesbro regarding the hearing held on the North Coast Marine Life Protection Act (MLPA) process on the North Coast.
After 70 people including Tribal leaders, fishermen, environmentalists and elected officials spoke, the Commission moved the unified North Coast MLPA proposal, including provisions for continued traditional tribal gathering along the coast, forward. The Commission directed staff to follow the guidance provided at the begi...
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2011 8:26am PST
A New Fortune ~ Education A Civil Right in California 
Black History Month ~ United Nations International Year for People of African Descent began with a milestone decion by the Sacramento County Office of Education to embrace change. A regional climate of environmental challenges remains an open festering sore... imagine visiting the California State Capitol and being penalized for coming by local government. This is the ongoing notion seen on 36 gravemarkers of the earliest people of African Descent to the State of California. Civil Rights i...
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2011 11:38pm PST
Rally & Vigil for Martin Flenaugh Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th & Broadway in Oakland...
Event Date: Fri, Feb 4, 2011 6:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2011 7:00pm PST
What we can learn from the MLPA Initiative 
The initiative, overseen by oil industry, real estate, marina development and other corporate representatives, took water pollution, oil drilling and spills, wave energy development, corporate aquaculture, military testing, habitat destruction and all other human impacts on the ocean other than fishing and gathering off the table in its perverse concept of marine "protection."
Photo: David Gensaw, Yurok Tribal Council Member, speaks during a protest at the MLPA Blue Ribbon Task Force meeti...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2011 2:26pm PST
Legislators request time for testimony at North Coast MLPA hearing 
"The Committee heard compelling testimony from North Coast Tribes that were unified in their concerns to protect their inherent rights to traditionally gather along the North Coast shoreline," they stated. "We ask for the Commission to respect Tribal interests and provide for adequate testimony from the Tribal perspective. We encourage you to work with the Tribes to develop a workable format for their full participation at your hearing by providing a block of time for tribal testimony."...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2011 11:30am PST
MLPA Eureka hearing video now available The hearing, held in the Board of Supervisors’ Chambers in Eureka, focused on the North Coast Study Area of the MLPA Initiative and included testimony from MLPA Initiative staff, regional stakeholder groups, tribal representatives, environmentalists and local resource users....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 5:58pm PST
Benefit for antiracist activist facing bogus charges! 
Radio Bar
435 13th St. (at Broadway)
Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Jan 30, 2011 4:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 10:44am PST
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