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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
Feb 18- Protest Float Company at Vietnamese Cultural Parade
East West Art Studios - the company the makes the corperate floats for the Vietnamese parade - is owned by a racist Vietnam veteran....
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 8:57pm PST
15-year old Armando Castro charged with felony for sitting on a campus golf cart!
SAN JOSE CAMPUS POLICE AT INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL CHARGES A STUDENT A FELONY FOR SITTING ON A CAMPUS GOLF CART!
THE VICE PRINCIPAL VALVERDE STATED HE WILL DEFEND THE POLICE INSTEAD OF THE STUDENT!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 10:37am PST
Silencing critics not way to Middle East peace
Last Sunday in San Francisco, the Anti-Defamation League sponsored "Finding Our Voice," a conference designed to help Jews recognize and confront the "new anti-Semitism." For me, it was ironic. Ten days before, my own voice was silenced by fellow Jews....
Posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2007 2:20pm PST
New year begins with more coal miners’ deaths in US
Coal miners in the United States continue to die at an accelerated pace more than a year after the Sago Mine disaster and the repeated promises of industry executives and state and federal officials that safety would improve....
Posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2007 7:27am PST
Deadly house fire in Petersburg, Virginia: the human cost of social inequality
In the early hours of January 12, 2007, an old wood-frame house in Petersburg, Virginia caught fire, killing three boys and injuring seven others. Two sisters, Diamond and Hope Hazer, were renting the house, and their extended family was living in it. Six-year-old Mark Banks, 11-year-old Na’Tyah Hazer and 16-year-old John Harper Jr. were unable to escape the fire....
Posted: Thu, Feb 1, 2007 8:54am PST
Lunardi's San Jose Demonstrations
Noon - 1:00 PM:
Lunardi's Evergreen: 4055 Evergreen Village Sq, San Jose
1:30 - 2:30 PM:
Lunardi's San Jose: 4650 Meridian Ave, San Jose...
Event Date: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 10:29am PST
Lunardi's Los Gatos Demonstration
Lunardi's Supermarket, 720 Blossom Hill Rd, Los Gatos, CA 95032-3503...
Event Date: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 12:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2007 9:31am PST
Key to the Future of Information Technology -- Underrepresented Groups
There is trouble brewing in IT-Land. At a time when technology jobs are projected to double over the next five years, fewer people of color are graduating with degrees that will prepare them for jobs in information technology. This development has serious implications for industry, higher education and groups seeking their share of the American pie....
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 8:49pm PST
Native Americans and Environmentalists Resist Energy Development on Sacred Land (audio/mpeg 1.8MB)
Native American rights activists and environmentalists gathered at Calpine headquarters in San Jose today to dissuade the energy company from its decades long plan to develop a power plant on a sacred area near mount Shasta. Calpine operates over 90 geothermal, renewable power plants in the U.S. with nearly 30 in California. Tribes are concerned the power plants would pollute local indigenous communites and the sacred area called Medicine Lake in Northern California....
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 11:36am PST
7 Year Anniversary of the Centro Aztlan Chicomoztoc's Existence, an organizing center
Celebrating 7 years of the the existence of a community grass-roots independent organizing center in San Jose, CalifAztlan...
Posted: Tue, Jan 30, 2007 10:38am PST