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Are you kidding me, Dershowitz?
This piece is my response to Alan Dershowitz's argument on ReasonTV that the growing aggressiveness of Iran towards the West could necessitate a preemptive strike against the theocratic regime. I point out the mirrored rhetoric used over two decades ago when the decision was being made to invade Iraq. The primary concern here is that Iran serves as a greater threat to US stability than Iraq ever did, and because of that foreign policy disaster, we should eschew the doctrine of preemptive appr...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2024 4:42pm PDT
Milei & Techno Fascists Protested in Silicon Valley at San Jose Bay Area Council "Summit"
A protest was held in San Jose at the Bay Area Council which had invited fascist Argentinian president Javier Milei. Milie was in the Bay Area to meet with techno fascists like Sam Altman and Mark Zuckerberg. He also is supported by Musk....
Posted: Fri, May 31, 2024 2:48pm PDT
Demo Congressman Ro Khanna of CA Helping To Bust Up Medicare For Insurance Industry
Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna is proposing to deregulate medicare and turn it over to the states which would allow more privatization. He is being supported by the insurance industry which want to privatize medicare....
Posted: Tue, Apr 2, 2024 6:44pm PDT
Back The Blue Until It Happens To You
On June 1, 2023, a troubling incident unfolded at a Milpitas, California, 24 Hour Fitness location, prompting a determined pursuit of justice. The incident involved harassment and intimidation, with the victim seeking help from the police, only to have his request for assistance ignored by a dispatcher. When officers arrived, they displayed hostility, detaining and confiscating personal items from the victim. Allegations of false accusations and corruption emerged, suggesting collusion among ...
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2023 9:26pm PDT
New Video Examines How Amy’s Kitchen Impacted the Lives of More Than 300 of Its Workers
One year after the layoffs of more than 300 employees at the Amy’s Kitchen factory in San José, California, Food Empowerment Project (F.E.P.), a vegan food justice organization, has released a video on the lives that the company impacted....
Posted: Tue, Jul 18, 2023 12:19pm PDT
Roe is overturned -- Protests Today, near you
This morning, the Supreme Court formally overturned Roe v. Wade. Protests, which had been scheduled for awhile all over the country for "Decision Day", will now be taking place later today....
Posted: Fri, Jun 24, 2022 9:43am PDT
White Terrorist Murders 8 San Jose VTA Employees
White Terrorist Samuel Cassidy murdered 8 individuals at a VTA rail yard....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2021 2:09pm PDT
Green Party and Peace & Freedom Party Endorsements
Here is info on endorsements by the Green Party and the Peace & Freedom Party for President, for the State Propositions, and for local races and measures:...
Posted: Sat, Oct 31, 2020 9:07am PDT
Community Care in Light of COVID-19
The San José Peace and Justice Center would like to emphasize the importance of community care during this distressing time....
Posted: Thu, Mar 12, 2020 7:58am PDT
Trump Bucks Protests, Opens 725,500 Acres of California’s Central Coast to Oil Drilling
MARINA, Calif., October 4, 2019 — The Trump administration today dismissed protests and made a formal decision to open 725,500 acres of public lands and mineral estate across California’s Central Coast and the Bay Area to new oil and gas drilling and fracking....
Posted: Fri, Oct 4, 2019 10:10am PDT
Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Will Lead ‘Walk for Juristac’ Sunday to Protect Sacred Lands
SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif.— The Amah Mutsun Tribal Band will be stepping forward in a public journey of healing and restoration on Sunday. One of the greatest challenges before the tribe is the protection of their sacred grounds at Juristac (Sargent Ranch). The site is currently threatened by Sargent Quarry, a proposed 320-acre sand-and-gravel mining operation....
Posted: Fri, Sep 6, 2019 4:00pm PDT
The fascist attack in Gilroy and the US epidemic of mass shootings
[August 3: This article is republished here the same day yet another white supremacist has killed at least 20 people in El Paso, Texas, less than a week after the racist attack at the Garlic Festival in Gilroy.]...
Posted: Sat, Aug 3, 2019 7:15pm PDT
Give Nonviolence A Chance
This article gives readers ideas to help you help the world fight against violence....
Posted: Tue, Apr 23, 2019 10:46pm PDT
Implicit Biases Installation
Hi All! I'm Sarah Khosla, a student doing her thesis and I'm in need of some voices for my topic!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 3, 2019 7:28pm PDT
State Proposition positions from the Green Party of Santa Clara county
Below are the state proposition positions and articles from the Green Party of Santa Clara County....
Posted: Sat, Nov 3, 2018 7:38pm PDT
Bay Area News Group article on the Governor's race ignores Delaine Eastin
A news article today from the publisher of The Santa Cruz Sentinel, The San Jose Mercury News, and many other local newspapers, speaks about the positions of gubernatorial candidates on higher education in California. It completely ignores Delaine Eastin although she is tied in recent polls with one candidate that they did talk about. Eastin knows education in California, has big plans for it, and they should have included her in the story....
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2018 9:27am PDT
Apartment associations and realtor associations are the enemies of renters
The California Apartment Association has been stalking the tenants movement, and in opposition to renter protections it has meddled in the affairs of many cities, including the cites of Alameda, Burlingame, Concord, Healdsburg, Lafayette, Mountain View, Oakland, Pacifica, Richmond, San Francisco, San Jose, San Mateo, Santa Rosa and many other cities!...
Posted: Fri, Nov 10, 2017 11:03pm PST
Eviction rates in the Bay Area and Northern California for 2017
For those needing help in the Oakland area to fight against an eviction, contact the Eviction Defense Center at 452-4541, East Bay Community Law Center 548-4040, or Bay Area Legal Aid 663-4744....
Posted: Wed, Nov 1, 2017 7:12pm PDT
California Apartment Association suspends legal challenges against Richmond rent control
Among the filthy rich billionaires who gave money to the CAA, but lost in the battle against rent control in Richmond and Mountain View includes Berkshire Hathaway Home Services owned by Warren Buffet, Equity Residential owned by Sam Zell, and Prometheus Real Estate Group owned by Jackie Diller Salfier and the Diller family....
Posted: Sat, May 6, 2017 9:56pm PDT
Rent control and just cause eviction protections to take effect in Mountain View
In his ruling against an injunction against Measure V, Judge William J. Elfving basically declared “that the moving parties (California Apartment Association & their attorneys) have not offered persuasive evidence that the landlords will suffer irreparable harm if Measure V was allowed to go into effect!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2017 7:27pm PDT