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textUK: Insane! Stop the Mental Health Bill by UK Independent (reposted)
The 'IoS' calls on every MP to read this story before tomorrow's debate Locked up, drugged & abused: the shocking story of Jack, 16...
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 8:47pm PDT
textBring back the MUNI 15-Third Bus line by Francisco Da Costa
The $700 million T-Third Street Light Rail is an abject failure....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 6:41pm PDT
textTwo Families Fight Against Rare Diseases by William Lambers
Two families nearly 800 miles apart have similar missions: to raise public awareness and support research into two rare medical conditions....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 1:29pm PDT
textFailed T Line is 1st Stage; Central Subway Part Way to Chinatown is Next Horror by +
If you have not had enough of the disaster in capitalist "planning" with the failed T Train line, you should know the horror show has just begun, courtesy millions of our hard-earned tax dollars. The next stage is the Central Subway EXTENDING the T line from 4th & King to Clay and Stockton, with no connection to the Market Street subway!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 12:22pm PDT
textBush threatens to use veto over stem cell bill by UK Independent (reposted)
President George Bush made clear yesterday that, for the second time within a year, he will veto a bill passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives that loosen restrictions on federally funded stem cell research....
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 9:37am PDT
calendarWomen's Choice Burlesque Show by
El Rio 3158 Mission St., S.F....
Event Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 9:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 2:00am PDT
calendarHealth Care in Cuba: First hand account by Ca. labor activists by Bill Camp
Sheraton Grand (13TH & J St.) Sacramento...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 10:13pm PDT
textDumbarton Dialogue Project--Multi Jurisdictional Meeting by Rochelle Johnson
The Dumbarton Dialogue will continue with the community dialogue to define the top 10 criteria for projects on Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the City of East Palo Alto Municipal Building, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto. The meetings will bring to together interested individuals from the six participating cities – East Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City. The public is encouraged to attend and participate. For more information c...
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 3:34pm PDT
imageNew on Electric Politics: Yes to Health Care Reform
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by Issue analysis podcast
Dr. David Himmelstein, co-founder of Physicians for a National Health Program talks to George Kenney at Electric Politics....
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 9:38am PDT
calendarNeighborhood Meeting: Oppose Luxury Condos on Valencia! by savevalencia@gmail.com
Womens' Building 18th between Valencia and Guerrero...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 3:15pm PDT
textDemocrat "Mayor" Newsom Cannot Run Train System by #
The reintroduction of one train route is apparently causing havoc with the Muni Metro system and all above ground trains and buses. This is how the Democratic Party machine of San Francisco, led by election fraud "mayor" Gavin Newsom, runs for re(s)election this year. We had better have a Green Party candidate for mayor....
Posted: Thu, Apr 12, 2007 3:48am PDT
image200 000 médicos y más!
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by posted by F Espinoza
El Presidente de Venezuela Hugo Chávez y el vicepresidente cubano Carlos Lage ratifican el Compromiso de Sandino. Se graduarán 200 000 médicos latinoamericanos en la década actual......
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 7:31am PDT
textLandlord Threatens Restraining Order Against Senior Tenant – For Paying Rent by Paul Hogarth, Beyond Chron (reposted)
As Jose Morales fights to save his home from the Ellis Act, his landlord has now threatened a restraining order against him if he continues to pay his rent. On April 6th, eviction lawyer James Kraus notified Morales’ attorney, Raquel Fox of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic (T.H.C.), that they were no longer accepting his rent – and accused T.H.C. of attempting to trick the landlord into cashing Morales’ check. Kraus went on to explain that the Ellis Act notice had “recently expired,” although it...
Posted: Wed, Apr 11, 2007 6:42am PDT
textMuslim Aid Shines in Solomons by IOL (reposted)
GIZO, Solomon Islands — Displaying the caring face of Islam, a team of emergency relief workers from Muslim Aid is sparing no effort to help thousands of Christians in Solomon Islands, which was devastated by a tsunami last week....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 6:01pm PDT
imageMayor Alan Autry Undermines the Homeless
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by Mike Rhodes
A majority of Fresno City Council members want to install portable toilets and a trash bin near a downtown homeless encampment. Mayor Alan Autry is opposed and City Manager Andrew Souza says they will not act on the council’s request....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 4:17pm PDT
textAfrican American Exodus from San Francisco by Terrrie Frye
Worrying about losing our African American citizens is too little too late....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 2:11pm PDT
textRent Board Commisioners Turn Blind Eye to Landlord Fraud by Robert S. Rivkin, Beyond Chron (Reposted)
This is the story of a uniquely San Francisco protection racket - scofflaws protecting scofflaws. Let’s say you are a San Francisco tenant whose landlord has filed a petition at the Rent Board to get extra rent from her tenants by claiming capital improvements. Under the San Francisco rent control ordinance, landlords are permitted to pass through to tenants half the costs of genuine capital improvements....
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 9:16am PDT
textClimate Change and Affordable Housing: Time to Make a Strong Connection by Casey Mills, Beyond Chron (reposted)
There’s no question the issue of climate change has reached a tipping point in America. Once relegated to technical journals and PBS documentaries, the national news media now splashes climate change issues across front pages and news broadcasts daily. States and cities throughout the country have begun their own initiatives to combat the problem, and the new Democratic-controlled House and Senate look poised to push the dialogue even further. One strategy in particular - increasing density i...
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 9:13am PDT
textWhy You Should Avoid Taking Vaccines by Dr. James Howenstine, MD.
"Vaccines contain many toxic substances that are needed to prevent the vaccines from becoming infected or to improve the performance of the vaccine. Among these substances are mercury, formaldehyde and aluminum."...
Posted: Tue, Apr 10, 2007 9:03am PDT
textHousing Activists Take Over Ellised Building by Jay Jonah Cash, Beyond Chron (reposted)
More than 150 housing rights activists marched through the Mission District on April 7 to demand better protections for renters in San Francisco and reforms to the Ellis Act. The march ended at a vacant building that other activists had occupied in a non-violent protest....
Posted: Mon, Apr 9, 2007 9:19pm PDT
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