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The City Council will hear the second reading of the NEO on APRIL 6. PLEASE BE THERE TO LET THE CITY COUNCIL KNOW OAKLAND TENANTS OPPOSE THE NEO!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 2:45pm PST
March and Rally for Justice
April 1 - 5pm - 2150 Webster Ave., Oakland...
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 1:08am PST
Lake Merritt Community Coalition Fights to keep a MacDonalds restaurant from being built across the street from the farmers market....
Posted: Sat, Mar 27, 2004 10:56pm PST
Following a slew of lawsuits and national media attention, Chief Richard Word announced a revision of OPD’s Crowd Control Policy, stressing “We will do everything we can to communicate with protest leaders prior to planned, future protests.” So far, communication regarding April 7 have not been promising....
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2004 8:00pm PST
On the April 7 Return to the Docks action, we will be forming a decentralized padded bloc to protect ourselves from police aggression. Meet promptly at 5pm at the West Oakland BART to march to the Oakland docks....
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2004 7:23pm PST
April 7, 2003 was a day we will not soon forget. It was our first protest against the war profiteers who operate out of the Port of Oakland. The police shootings which occurred on that day guaranteed that our commitment would be a long one. This year, on Wednesday, April 7th, we will return to the docks to protest the profiteers and reaffirm our First Amendment rights....
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2004 6:27pm PST
Repost of article written by Malaika fromt Police Watch, originally printed by SF Bayview....
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2004 4:45pm PST
Catch some of the dialogue @ this weekend's "Designs on Democracy."...
Posted: Thu, Mar 25, 2004 2:13pm PST
Get your groove on, show your solidarity, and contribute to an Emergency Relief Fund set up for Haitian activists and their families who are under attack since the U.S. backed coup....
Posted: Thu, Mar 25, 2004 11:10am PST
The American Muslim Voice today congratulated the Alameda County for passing a resolution against the USA Patriot Act....
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 11:54pm PST
A number of recent incidents of police abuse and violence are coming before
the Citizen Police Review Board (CPRB), the official local watchdog agency.
We need the community to come out and show the CPRB that Oakland won't stand
for violent, racist and potentially murderous police to walk our streets....
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 10:07pm PST
No Good Deed Shall Go Unpunished In Mayor Jerry Brown's City Of Oakland!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 9:32pm PST
next Direct Action to Stop the War general meeting/spokescouncil...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 6:10pm PST
International Activist, Poet, and Elementary Teacher Cesar Cruz was fired Monday at Downer Elementary School. The firing occured after an article was published that documented Cesar's organizing of a 70 mile march on Sacramento by students and parents to protest budget cuts at their 99% people of color school, as well as the presence of the nearby prison and oil refinery. (Un) Coincidentally, Cesar had also recently aided the community in their demands for a new school and site-based manage...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 3:55pm PST
The undocumented Fremont family that appealed to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and other legislators for permanent U.S. residence received its deportation letters Monday evening and is scheduled to be sent back to the Philippines on April 7 after living in the United States for 19 years....
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 12:38pm PST
Update on PUEBLO, People United for a Better Oakland...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 5:10pm PST
Sat. 3/27 11am-2pm
2022 Blake St, near Shattuck, in Berkeley...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 11:15am PST
An initiative calling for the regulation and taxation of cannabis for adult use in Oakland has been launched by a group known as the Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance....
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 12:22am PST
several hundred gathered at superior court in oakland 3/19/04 just ahead of a 2pm hearing. here is 36 minutes of the 90 minute rally. 56 realvideo.
a rally at the port for 4/7/04 was announced. 5pm at west oakland bart. see www.dasw.org for more info....
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2004 10:05pm PST