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Birdseye: General Dynamics
General Dynamics is a huge military contractor, profiting from federal government defense expenditures in many areas of military engineering, army and navy vehicle manufacturing, missile/satellite design, data management and training. It has several branches in the Bay Area...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 8:18am PST
San Jose Police's Drive to Get Rid of the Homeless in Downtown
A young man who is living on the streets of downtown says that police harrassment ofthe homeless in downtown is escalating, especially at night....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:45pm PST
"South of the Border" Isn't a Party, It's a Disgrace
A Latina Santa Clara University student writes about the "South of the Border" party at SCU, where white students dressed up as Latino stereotypes....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:38pm PST
The People's Resistance in Oaxaca: Short Films & Reportback (3/3)
The People's Resistance in Oaxaca: Short Films & Reportback
Saturday, March 3, 2007 7 pm Pages in Color,
888 E Santa Clara St,
San Jose, CA 95116
Short Films and Reportback on the People's Resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico
Vladimir Flores and Shannon Young, Oaxaca correspondents for Free Speech Radio News, will be on hand to present a series of films produced by Mal de Ojo TV. Both evenings will also have a reportback and slideshow from Daniel and Ariel, Santa Cruz residents who spent ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 2:08pm PST
The People's Resistance in Oaxaca: Short Films & Reportback
Pages in Color
888 E Santa Clara St,
San Jose, CA 95116...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 3, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 2:04pm PST
Letter Delivery to Mike Honda -- MoveOn.org, Veterans, Peace groups
Outside Honda's office at 1999 South Bascom Ave, Campbell...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 9:14pm PST
Birdseye: Raytheon
Raytheon is a large military contractor with numerous specialties, and several divisions and branches in the Bay Area and rest of California. They are engaged in electronic weaponry, missile defense, radar and surveillance, and personnel and information management systems....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 7:03am PST
Bay Area Events- Grassroots, Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine
Grassroots, Nonviolent Resistance in Palestine
with Mohammed Khatib from Bil'in and Feryal Abu Haikal from Tel Rumeida
Bay Area Tour - February 25th-28th
For more information visit www.norcalism.org...
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 10:19pm PST
Labor Demonstration at Broadcom Corporation
3151 Zanker Road San Jose. Free parking and shuttle from 2302 Zanker Rd (UNITE HERE Local19)....
Event Date: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 4:30pm PST
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 7:10pm PST
Is Al Franken Worthy to Take Wellstone’s Seat?
Yesterday, comedian Al Franken made it official that he will run in 2008 against Minnesota Senator Norm Coleman. There is no Republican who I want to see defeated more than Norm Coleman – who challenged the late Senator Paul Wellstone in 2002, and only won after Wellstone tragically died in a plane crash. Franken formally announced by video on his campaign website, and acknowledged that voters should be skeptical about whether a comedian could be a serious politician. He spoke from the heart ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 9:19am PST
Socialist Labor Party Discussion Meeting
Santa Clara Public Library, Sycamore Room,
2635 Homestead Rd. [Between Keily Blvd & San Tomas Expwy]...
Event Date: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 10:30am PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 12:24am PST
US Senator Barack Obama and the war in Iraq
Barack Obama, the junior US senator from Illinois, formally announced his candidacy for US president in a speech in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday. Obama, who has emerged as a leading contender for the Democratic nomination in 2008, has already attracted a coterie of leading Democratic strategists, and insiders say there is little doubt that he can raise the tens of millions of dollars required to mount a “serious” campaign....
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 9:28am PST
Grassroots, Nonviolent Resistance to Israeli Apartheid in Palestine
St. Paul’s United Methodist Church
405 South 10th St. in San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 4:31pm PST
Grassroots, Nonviolent Resistance to Israeli Apartheid in Palestine
San Jose State University Student Union, Ohlone Room
10th St. and San Antonio St. in San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 2:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 4:27pm PST
February 18- Protest Racist Float Company at Vietnamese Parade
Protest East West Art Studios- the parade float company creating the Vietnamese Parade floats is owned by a Vietnam War "hero."...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 1:57pm PST
South Bay Occupation Project / Raging Grannies
On Thursday, February 8th, 2007 the South Bay Occupation Project was visited by the Raging Grannies at the offices of "Representative" Mike Honda of the 15th Congressional District. Grannie Ruth Priest and South Bay Occupation Project Doug Mackenzie were arrested and cited for trespass around 5pm after the closing of the district congressional office....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2007 10:04pm PST
Artist Reception: Indian Ghosts at California Missions & We Are Still Here
Gallery Tonantzin, San Juan Bautista,115 3rd St. next to Jardines Restaurant. Exhibit open all weekends in February (Friday, Saturday, Sunday noon-5:00 PM) Free...
Event Date: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 5:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2007 2:50pm PST
Is Jimmy Carter Right? A showing of the film "The Iron Wall" and a talk by Dr. Hantash
First Unitarian Church of San Jose
160 N. Third St., San Jose...
Event Date: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 6:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2007 11:55am PST
Getting My GED When I’m Sleeping Outside
Countless hours of studying is perhaps the simplest part of preparing for the GED for homeless youth Alex Gutierrez. Gutierrez is a writer for Silicon Valley De-bug....
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 8:13am PST
Booksigning, Chicano activist and vampire Felix Gomez
M is for Mystery
74 East Third Avenue
San Mateo, CA 94401...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 11, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Feb 7, 2007 5:16am PST