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Just one more reminder why people need to continue struggling against police brutality and for police accountability in Fresno.
Come out to the October 22nd Vigil this Saturday in Downtown Fresno at 5:30 p.m.
for more info go to: Letter from a member of Fresno Copwatch: Reminder for Oct. 22nd Vigil in Fresno
http://indybay.org/news/2005/10/1775353.php...
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 1:29pm PDT
For more info on how to fight the Governator's special interest election go to the Alliance for a Better California(ABC) website below....
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 4:37pm PDT
Thunder Rector has been released from the Fresno County Jail. He is
currently on his way to Nirvana in Modesto, where he will be
residing....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 11:23pm PDT
This report comes from a member of Copwatch, a member of Comite No Nos Vamos, and a leader in efforts to demand that the Fresno Police be held accountable to the community members who they are supposed to serve and protect. (below is a picture of the author speaking at a press conference on June 23....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 6:37pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan was in Sacramento twice last week, first at the State Capitol on Wednesday and then at the 16th & Broadway anti-war rally on Saturday evening. This is an updated version of an article I wrote on Thursday....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 3:40pm PDT
On October 8th and 9th, KDRT hosted the Low Power FM Radio Roundup in Davis, California, an event which brought together volunteers from both long established and emerging community stations around California and Oregon.
The conference provided a space for volunteers from all these stations to network and share skills and experiences. The event included trainings in radio journalism, internet streaming, radio theater, and covered a variety of station management and legal issues....
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 12:24am PDT
Anti-War rally at 16th & Broadway, in Sacramento, Saturday, October 15, 2005 with Sacromentans, Cindy Sheehan and Capoeira Arts Academy Performing Group. Over a hundred folks spent the afternoon into the evening at the corner....
Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2005 9:09pm PDT
Join Cindy Sheehan in Sacramento tonight....
Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2005 12:34pm PDT
Youth, parents and community leaders from across the Central Valley will gather at the ESPINO, “Breaking the Schools to Jails Pipeline, Making the Schools to Colleges Pipeline” Summit to discuss and strategize on how to provide quality education, implement alternatives to incarceration and promote access and opportunity to higher education...
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2005 3:38pm PDT
Don't miss Saturday's anti-war rally at 16th & Broadway....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 5:32pm PDT
On Saturday, October 29th, there will be a counter rally against the vigilante Minutmen in Sacramento....
Posted: Thu, Oct 13, 2005 3:08pm PDT
Cindy Sheehan visited the State Capitol in Sacramento today to ask the "Governator" to pull California National Guard troops out of Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 7:47pm PDT
Fresno Jail/Court Support Information for
Joe Fortt, Dustin Costa, and Thunder Rector...
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 11:21am PDT
Note: a SPANISH version follows the English
The Bay Area Coalition to Fight the Minutemen is mobilizing an action to oppose the Minutemen Project's rally to gather public support for their attempts to harass poor, undocumented border-crossers and to announce their support of a new initiative that would establish a state
border police in addition to the existing federal border patrol. This rally will take place in Sacramento on the Capitol steps on October 29th from 10am to 12:30pm....
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 3:53am PDT
Despite a recent federal court ruling, timber cutting continues in and near the Sequoia National Monument. Sierra Nevada Earth First! activists were in the woods again this past weekend surveying timber sale units in the Frog, White, and Ice sale areas. Pictures illistrate the story told....
Posted: Mon, Oct 10, 2005 11:00pm PDT
Visalia City Council candidate Amy Shuklian is interviewed for 101.5 KVLP-LP by freelance volunteer interviewer Chris Haberman...
Posted: Mon, Oct 10, 2005 2:18pm PDT
Our stars speak on Fresno PeaceCorner for peace with Justice. 30 sec docu-poem video...
Posted: Sat, Oct 8, 2005 11:07am PDT
We sing to instill us with Ghandi's spirit. 30 second docu-poem video...
Posted: Fri, Oct 7, 2005 6:46am PDT
Earth First!ers are needed to organize in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Valley (aka Central Valley) to bring visibility to corporate logging corporations like Sierra Pacific Industries, suburban sprawl in wetlands habitat, potential extinction of endangered species as loss of vernal pools continues, effect of toxic pesticide drift used by corporate agribusiness, dams blocking anadromous fish migrations, etc.....
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 1:54pm PDT
Wednesday, October 12
12 Noon and 7:30 PM
At the Fresno Center for Nonviolence
(SW Corner of Van Ness/McKinley across from Fresno City College)....
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 12:13pm PDT