HUD rejects Governor Newsom’s request to assist the homeless with additional funding According to the National Low-Income Housing Coalition (NLIHC), “HUD Secretary Ben Carson rejected California Governor Gavin Newsom’s request for increased federal investment in housing options for people experiencing homelessness, in a letter published on September 18....
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2019 11:18PM
NNU Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly & UAW GM Strike Scab Threat KPFA WorkWeek radio hears about the Global Nurses Solidarity Assembly in San Francisco on September 13, 14 and 15th. We then talk with GM auto workers about the national strike and the threat of scabs at some plants....
Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2019 9:03PM
Outing the Board Members of the NRA It seems that NOW is the time to take this a step further and expose some of the Board Members of the notorious NRA, a domestic terrorist organization!...
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2019 10:45PM
California Has Its Faults Two big recent earthquakes shook up all things nuclear in the state, and beyond too...
Posted: Mon Jul 22, 2019 3:52PM
The SF Mime Troupe, SF Chronicle & The Treasure Island Cover-up 
WorkWeek radio on KPFA looks at the recent SF Mime Troupe play which was panned by the SF Chronicle reviewer. WorkWeek then hears from the SF Chron editor Audrey Cooper who talks about the powerful figures who are threatening their. reporters because of their stories on Hunters Point and Treasure Island. WorkWeek then hears from Treasure Island residents and Tetra Tech whistleblowers and former Cal-OSHA medical director Dr. Larry Rose about the failure to inspect sites and defend whistlebl...
Posted: Fri Jul 12, 2019 5:47PM
Don't Privatize the VA Join Veterans to Take Action on June 6th to Save Our VA!
On June 5th and 6th, veterans around the country are going to take action to rally in support of the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) and speak out against privatization and the roll out of this dangerous new policy. ...
Posted: Mon Jun 3, 2019 2:12PM
Why Joe Biden Was Afraid to Face California’s Democratic Party Corporate Joe skips out...
Posted: Mon Jun 3, 2019 6:24AM
2019 African Day we prepare for October Maafa Awareness Month 
This special 2019 Africa Day ~ Memorial Day weekend we remember why our Pan African warriors have fought against difficult odds throughout Africa, Europe, Asia, Pacific Islands, and the Americas. Today, US Memorial Day, first began honoring our Martyrs of the Race Course, at the close the US Civil War, honoring US Colored Troops whose service on the front lines continues today... join us prepare for a special October 2019 Maafa Awareness Month....
Posted: Sat May 25, 2019 6:48PM
Uber/Lyft IPO Creating Millionaires While Exploiting Precarious Workers Uber/Lyft Rush To IPO Before the Labor Laws Catch Up...
Posted: Mon Apr 8, 2019 3:44AM
Fed OSHA Whistleblower Whitman Challenges Major Corruption In Gov 
Federal OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program Darrell Whitman has sent a letter to Alexander Acosta, the US Secretary of Labor charging that there has been a systemic cover-up of corruption by firing and retaliating against Federal whistleblowers in the many government departments including DOL, DOD, FAA, NASA. He states that this is a threat to the health and safety of workers and the public in the United States. The FAA and other agencies have put the safety of the public in danger by the...
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2019 10:52AM
New Report: The Costs and Benefits of a Supervised Use Site in Denver, Colorado 
Report Highlights Extensive Potential Cost Savings and Public Health Benefits Of a Supervised Use Site For Denver
Advocates Say Report Findings Should Inspire Urgent Action By the Legislature...
Posted: Sat Mar 9, 2019 7:08PM
"Trumping With The US Empire" Leo Panitch On Trump, Capitalism, Multi-Nationals & Socialism 
Leo Panitch a professor emeritus at York University and co-editor of the Socialist Register spoke on "Trumping With The US Empire" in San Francisco on 2/20/19....
Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 11:09PM
Can Negro Bar State Park continue to exist without change to California Education? 
In December 1849, First California Governor Peter Burnett shared his focus on a slavery narrative that mandates disparaging treatment, currently measurable in today's California Public Policy. Clearly, an accurate authentic story of the past, present and future migration by people of African ancestry does not need to solely focus on "an enslavement narrative" in the current California Education System. Why not focus on the first City Treasurer of San Francisco, was a Negro who owned title t...
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2018 5:44PM
Nuke Plants Cause Cancer Deaths, Rates Fall When They Shut Down A recent study shows that nuclear power plants cause excess cancer deaths though their routine radioactive releases when they are operating. The rate of cancer deaths declines after they shut down....
Posted: Thu Nov 1, 2018 3:08PM
Attorney Marc R. Lewis wants to take net neutrality away from you In case you want to let Marc R. Lewis know what you think about his efforts to take net neutrality away from you, Marc R. Lewis may be reached at: mlewis@lewisllewellyn.com !...
Posted: Fri Oct 5, 2018 12:05AM
NACCS Passes a Resolution In Defense of Palestinian Academic and in Support of Academic Fr 
The Lawfare Project, self-described as “the legal arm of the pro-Israel community”, filed a frivolous lawsuit against SFSU, the College of Ethnic Studies, and Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi.
The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) joined a broad base of groups who have issued multiple public statements, open letters, and resolutions in support of Prof. Abdulhadi and academic freedom by passing a resolution in defense of Dr. Abdulhadi and in support of academic freedom....
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 10:42PM
Resolution In Defense of Palestinian Academic and in Support of Academic Freedom 
The Lawfare Project, self-described as “the legal arm of the pro-Israel community”, filed a frivolous lawsuit against SFSU, the College of Ethnic Studies, and Dr. Rabab Ibrahim Abdulhadi.
The National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies (NACCS) joined a broad base of groups who have issued multiple public statements, open letters, and resolutions in support of Prof. Abdulhadi and academic freedom by passing this resolution.
The resolution is below, and available as a PDF, for stud...
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 10:01PM
The Shape of Water (A Discussion of the Movie) 
A discussion about environment, feminism, homosexuality, and our rotten culture as represented in the movie. (Hoon has trepidations, though, about using “rotten” as a negative description since decomposition of food scraps is good for the soil. Tsunami says, “He really loves his composting, which also provides sustenance for local wildlife.”)...
Posted: Mon Mar 5, 2018 2:13PM
Remembering the Pan African Spirit of the Buffalo Soldier 
This 170th Anniversary of the California Gold Rush, the Pan African Spirit of the Buffalo Soldier is worth putting in context of the broader California experience. San Francisco History Days will provide an amazing opportunity....
Posted: Tue Feb 27, 2018 5:43AM
Palestinian Postal Services Workers Union Pres Imad A A Temeiza & CUPE on Israel Apartheid 
Palestinian Postal Services Workers Union PPSW president Imad A A Temeiza discusses the effect of the Israeli apartheid regime on workers and the need for international solidarity. Also Canadian Union Of Postal Employees Executive Vice President Dave Bleakney talks about why his union has defended Palestinian postal workers and the need for US trade unionists to defend their democratic and human rights....
Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2018 2:00PM