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Oakland Settles Anti-War Police Brutality Lawsuit - Total bill $400,000 so far Shooting wood bullets at peaceful protesters is getting expensive for Oakland....
Posted: Fri, Feb 10, 2006 4:42pm PST
The Anti-Liquor Store Movement: an interview with Yusef Bey IV of Your Black Muslim Bakery The anti-liquor store movement in Oakland is part of the new Blackpower era that is emerging in Oakland. A few months ago, some brothas ran up in two liquor stores in North Oakland and threw all of the liquor that was being sold on the ground. That one action kicked off a movement that has Muslims from every faith involved. A Muslim brotha at the "Muslims against so-called Muslim-owned liquor stores" rally told me that 90 percent of Oakland's 930-plus liquor stores are owned by so-c...
Posted: Fri, Feb 10, 2006 6:32am PST
Today's Enron-Ken Lay Trial News The Mainstream Corporate News Empire Has Been Diverting Attention Away From the Enron/Ken Lay Trial....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 10:58pm PST
Question 9-11 - A Call to Activism 
The Northern California 9-11 Truth Alliance will be holding a Benefit at the Grand Lake Theater on February 23. This should be an inspiring evening with powerful new documentaries, tools for budding activists, and stories from people whose lives were touched and transformed by 9-11 and have devoted themselves to challenging the official story, bringing the truth to light, and abolishing terrorism and war....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 10:54am PST
Oakland Settles Police Attacks in Port a vote was finally taken on the proposed settlement stemming from the police attack on anti-war demonstrators and longshore workers in the port on April 7, 2003...
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006 11:36pm PST
Local Group Speaks Out Against Shocking Animal Cruelty Animal Place urges legislation to outlaw open field coursing....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 3:21pm PST
Code Pink ALERT: Tonight, Resolution to Bring CA Nat. Guard Home, Alameda City Council! Our city council will be considering our resolution to bring home our guard — and more!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 7:04am PST
Environmental Training this Spring at Alameda Point Navy Yard Ecovillage Training this Spring on Alamada Point Navy Yard...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 10:49pm PST
SUPPORT LABOR COUNCIL ACTIONS 
Continue the broad support for Berkeley Honda machinists!!
VALENTINE'S DAY ACTION @ COMCAST-OAKLAND!!...
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 9:29pm PST
Area residents sign up for medical marijuana The cards are optional. All that is legally required is a doctor's permission and identification, Warren said, but users might want to have a card anyway....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 9:20pm PST
2/9 Oakland Speak-Out For Injured Workers At CA State Hearings On Thursday Feb 9 at the Oakland State Building at 9:30 AM injured workers will speak-out about
the attack on them as a result of the deregulation of workers' comp. Tens of thousands of
workers have been unable to receive medical care for their injuries and some have committed
suicide as well as losing their homes and families....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:18am PST
Inside the California Egg Industry: An Undercover Investigation (video/quicktime 20.3MB) Ninety-five percent of all eggs in this country are produced by hens in cramped and unhealthy battery cages, in dark and rank warehouses holding up to 125,000 birds each. A significant share of the nation's eggs come from California's Central Valley.
East Bay Animal Advocates has produced a 6 minute documentary from undercover footage shot in such warehouses. Footage includes shocking conditions at egg facilities in Sonoma, Santa Clara, Merced and San Diego counties. After a screenin...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 11:13pm PST
KATRINA ACTION ON FEMA TUESDAY Action Alert
For Tuesday, February 7th, Noon to 1:00pm
Corner of Broadway & 11th Street in Oakland...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 8:40pm PST
EL ENEMIGO COMUN premiers in the Bay Area "el enemigo común" scratches beneath the surface of neoliberalism, at some of the its most hidden atrocities in recent North American history. The film documents instances of paramilitary activity against indigenous communities in Oaxaca, Mexico from 2002 through 2005 while including scenes from an international human rights movement in 2003, in Miami against the Free Trade Area of the America's, and in Cancun against the World Trade Organization. The three locations in isolation expose the d...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 7:58pm PST
Muslim coalition marches through West Oakland to rally at Frank Ogawa On a chilly Saturday morning, dozens of concerned Muslims from throughout the Bay Area assembled at Defremery – aka Lil Bobby Hutton – Park in West Oakland, despite inevitable rainfall, to address the issue of Muslim-owned liquor stores in poor neighborhoods....
Posted: Fri, Feb 3, 2006 7:33am PST
2/2 and 2/4: Berkeley Honda Rallies with Special Guests When: Th., 2/2 4:30-6:00 SEIU 790 (ongoing Thursday sponsors)
Sat., 2/4 1-2:30 UC Berkeley Labor Coalition
Where: Parker & Shattuck...
Posted: Thu, Feb 2, 2006 12:42am PST
Feb 25: Rally for Immigrant Rights/ Manifestacion Pro Inmigrante Saturday, February 25, 2006 12PM – 3PM
Fruitvale District in Oakland...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 11:26pm PST
ACLU of Northern California Seeks Pentagon Files on Peace Groups ACLU OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SEEKS PENTAGON FILES ON PEACE GROUPS
ACLU Launches Nationwide Effort to Uncover Details of Pentagon Domestic Spying Program...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 6:13pm PST
Law Suit: Housing Authority Abuses Citizenship Question [Note: By the time this story reaches it's reading audience during the month of February, please be aware that an Injunction has just been filed in Federal Court in an effort to stop the Oakland Housing Authority from violating Federal Law.]...
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2006 1:52am PST
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