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State Controller proposed anti-torture investment policy; defense contractor goes into att California State Controller Steve Westly called Tuesday for the California State Teacher’s Retirement System to become the first among the nation’s largest pension funds to restrict investments in companies engaged in torture....
Posted: Wed, Jul 7, 2004 3:21pm PDT
Californians Support Sustainable Agriculture! 
On March 6, 2004 residents of Mendocino county passed a measure that bans the planting of Genetically Engineered (GE) crops -- also known as Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO) -- within their county. Mendocino county’s Measure H is being used as a model for at least seven other counties in California where local residents are well on their way to passing similar measures. Californians feel that local measures seeking to ban the cultivation of GE crops are critical steps to take in the promo...
Posted: Tue, Jul 6, 2004 7:42pm PDT
Tues 7/6: Court Date for 6/8 Arrestees Tuesday, July 6
2 pm
Court Room 22
3rd Floor
850 Bryant St
San Francisco CA...
Posted: Mon, Jul 5, 2004 9:14pm PDT
City Set to Amend "Son of Patriot Act" The following is an update on the "Son of Patriot Act," that draconian and repressive "parade ordinance" that the Sacramento City Council passed last year with no public input....
Posted: Wed, Jun 30, 2004 3:31pm PDT
"Urban Permaculture" (video/quicktime 10.3MB) Early Version (4 Min. Quicktime)...
Posted: Fri, Jun 25, 2004 1:20am PDT
Full audio available for Reclaim the Commons teach-in press conference Full audio of the RTC teach-in press conference is available at radio4all.net. The 22 min. mp3 previews key topics presented at the Reclaim the Commons teach-in, June 3-5, 2004: GE food, human genetic manipulation, pharma profiteering, racial justice links and alternative visions. Speakers: Brian Tokar, Anuradha Mittal, Marcy Darnovsky, Anne-christine d'Adesky, Inga Olson, David Kahn...
Posted: Mon, Jun 21, 2004 4:17pm PDT
Kids at Really, Really Free Market 
One thing that made Reclaim the Commons different from other mobilizations was that kids were a big part of it. Here are some photos of kids who were at the Really, Really Free Market....
Posted: Sun, Jun 20, 2004 5:13pm PDT
6/6 Costumes Seen at Really, Really Free Market 
The announcements for the Really, Really Free Market encouraged people to wear costumes. Some clever people took the invitation to wear costumes to heart....
Posted: Sat, Jun 19, 2004 9:14pm PDT
The Mass Arrest: Part II of Protesting Bio 2004 On the evening of June 8th, 128 activists were encircled and arrested at Market & 5th in San Francisco...
Posted: Sat, Jun 19, 2004 1:21am PDT
Occupied Territory Anarchist Gathering Gets Underway 
Modesto DAAA activist Doug Gilbert talks to the local media at the start of the Occupied Territory anarchist gathering....
Posted: Fri, Jun 18, 2004 6:23pm PDT
6/27: Grand Opening of Urban Garden Center in Berkeley Spiral Gardens Community Food Security Project
Invites you to come celebrate the Grand Opening of the
Urban Garden Center
Sunday June 27th
2:00 - 6:00 pm...
Posted: Fri, Jun 18, 2004 12:06pm PDT
J8 RTS Charges Dropped!! The National Lawyers Guild Legal Support team has just received word from the District Attorney that they are dropping the charges against everyone who was arrested in the evening of June 8th at the Reclaim the Streets protest at 5th & Market (except for an individual sitting on a wall)....
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 7:12pm PDT
Biotech Protesters Surrounded/Arrested on Market Street (audio/mpeg 5.6MB) audio from 6/8 Mutant March from Civic Center: protesters surrounded, given order to disperse, and put under arrrest simultaneously, contradicting police reports (longer piece and better sound quality than previous posting)...
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 11:18pm PDT
Mutant March Interview (audio/mpeg 2.5MB) actual interview w/ Diamond Dave Whitaker before 6/8 Mutant March...
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 10:36pm PDT
Tonight Berkeley City Council votes on Coporate Personhood! Tuesday, June 15 7pm
Come earlier to sign up to speak
BERKELEY CITY COUNCIL,
Old City Hall, 2134 MLK Way....
Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2004 1:00pm PDT
We've Reclaimed the Commons, It's time to take them Back! As one voice amongst the choir, I'd like to thank you all for coming out during Reclaim the Commons. While we didn't stop the gears of capitalism in its track, and while BIO Tech didn't surface their mass letter of resignation (yet); I think what we did this first of week of June is absolutely incredible....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 10:52pm PDT
Missing: One Cob Bench; Last Seen June 8th in Dolores Park, SF 
As part of Reclaim the Commons' eco-actions, two cob benches were built in public parks in the city of San Francisco. One of them has already been destroyed....
Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2004 5:40pm PDT
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