Court Rejects Trump Administration Efforts to Avoid Curbing Risks From Dangerous Pesticide 
OAKLAND, Calif., October 15, 2019 — A federal district court in Oakland today rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect endangered wildlife and the environment from the dangerous pesticide malathion....
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:24PM
Trump EPA’s Paraquat Review Ignores Strong Links to Parkinson’s Disease Agency Considers Reapproving Lethal Pesticide Banned in Much of World...
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:20PM
Santa Barbara Students to Rally Saturday Against Offshore Oil Drilling “RIP Platform Holly: A Wake to End Offshore Drilling” to Mark Decommissioning, Focus on ExxonMobil’s Proposals to Restart Platforms...
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:06PM
NYC WBAI Press Conference To Re-open WBAI & Stop The Coup By Pacifica Minority 
A minority faction of the Pacifica Board including KPFA board members Christopher Cory (KPFA), Sabrina Jacobs (KPFA), Donald Goldmacher (KPFA) illegally supported the closure of NYC WBAI without a vote of the Pacifica Board. They fired all the staff violating the AFTRA SAG contract and turned the station into a repeater station. They also went to a Federal judge to have him take over the running Pacifica Foundation since they are in a minority on the Pacifica Board. This coup is being chal...
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 4:45PM
State Endangered Species Protection Sought for California’s Joshua Trees 
Iconic Desert Plant Threatened by Climate Change, Habitat Loss...
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 9:09AM
NY Press Conference To Defend NYC WBAI 
WBAI fights back against a plot by rogue faction of the parent Pacifica National Board and its Interim Executive Director to eliminate the iconic New York station...
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 9:09PM
Solving New Orleans Mental Health Crisis - October Events (audio/mpeg 34.7MB) WTUL News and Views Dj Maggie interviews Janet Hays, (Healing Minds NOLA), Judge Kern Reese (Civil District Court ) and Kenn Barnes, (The Louisiana Supreme Court) to discuss upcoming events addressing alternatives to incarceration, homelessness and death for people with serious mental illnesses. Audio - 25:10...
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 7:29PM
The More Joe Biden Stumbles, the More Corporate Democrats Freak Out Harvesting big checks isn't getting the job done...
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:22PM
#SOSEcuador: Exigimos el cese de la violencia por parte del gobierno ecuatoriano 
Colectivos y organizaciones firmantes denunciamos la inconstitucionalidad del toque de queda impuesto en Ecuador desde hoy sábado 12 de octubre a las 3 pm. Exigimos que se levante esta medida excesiva por ser un mecanismo que pone en riesgo la seguridad y la vida de los y las manifestantes....
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 8:34PM
California organizing to show support for HE Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, AU Ambassador 
Full Moon, Maafa Commemoration and 2019 Pan African Global Trade and Investment Week are aligned to show broadbased support for Her Excellency Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, African Union Ambassador to the United States of America...
Posted: Sat Oct 12, 2019 3:37PM
The Evolution of Trump’s Attacks on Immigrants 
Racism meets Big Data...
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 4:58PM
National strike paralyzes Ecuador on Seventh Day of Protests 
The strike dramatically impacted Cuenca on Wednesday. Streets were largely deserted of vehicle traffic. There was no taxi or bus service. Police and army officers blocked off the central square in downtown Cuenca. A huge march of workers, students, and indigenous people gathered before noon. Things calmed down during mid-day, but in the evening there were running battles between protesters and security forces, which responded by lobbing teargas canisters....
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 2:30PM
Scenes from protests against government in Cuenca, Ecuador (video/mpeg 47.1MB) (Video 1:51)
Anti-austerity protests in Cuenca, Ecuador
October 9, 2019...
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 11:29AM
Rent Control & Just Cause Eviction Protections: AB 1482 Has Been Signed! Many tenants live in fear that they are just one rent-gouging increase or one discriminatory or arbitrary eviction notice away from losing their home. AB 1482's statewide anti-gouging and just cause protection provisions will change all of this. Our homes are where we lay our heads down at night, where we feel safe, and where our families and children feel safe! California's tenants deserve and need these critical protections. The new law takes effect January 1, 2020....
Posted: Thu Oct 10, 2019 1:34AM
The Attack On WBAI & "Pacifica Across America” 
The Pacifica Interim Executive Director illegally shutdown WBAI and terminated all the employees violating the AFTRA-SAG contract. It was also done without a vote of the Pacifica Board and a new entity "Pacifica Across America" took over programming while local programmers were locked out....
Posted: Tue Oct 8, 2019 9:11PM
Sixth straight day of mass protests throughout Ecuador against austerity measures 
Protesters in Cuenca, Ecuador approach police line.
October 7, 2019
Monday saw another day of protests, with highway blockades, being the main tactic. Protests continued in major cities, especially Monday night. A national strike has been called for Wednesday....
Posted: Tue Oct 8, 2019 12:50PM
Michigan's largest deer processing facility severely damaged in fire 
Press Office note: There has been no claim by animal liberation activists for this action as of this posting....
Posted: Sun Oct 6, 2019 6:13PM
Today We Commemorate the life of Herman Wallace 
Today we commemorate the October 4, 2013 passing of the Angola 3's Herman Wallace. As we mourn his absence, we know he would be proud to see the growing movement to #StopSolitary and how his comrades Robert King & Albert Woodfox have continued the struggle that Herman gave his life to....
Posted: Fri Oct 4, 2019 2:00PM