Cat Brooks’ Campaign for Mayor Raises Over $100,000 in Grassroots Donations Oakland mayoral candidate Cat Brooks announced that her campaign contributions have surpassed $100,000 in grassroots donations....
Posted: Wed Sep 19, 2018 4:04PM
Call Governor Jerry Brown To Veto AB-2178, Which Restricts Our Right To Share Free Food The California Assembly and Senate have nearly unanimously passed AB-2178, which would impose new restrictions on individuals and community groups, like San Francisco Food Not Bombs, that share free meals. Please call the Governor’s office at 916 445 2841 and ask that AB 2178 be vetoed....
Posted: Sun Sep 16, 2018 7:44AM
After Lehman Brothers, Experts Say Global Financial Crisis Can Happen Again Washington DC September 15th marks the ten-year anniversary of the Lehman Brothers investment firm collapse, symbolizing the onset of the 2008 global financial crisis....
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 1:21PM
9/12/18 SF Board of Appeals Finally Approves Removal of Racist Statute On September 12, 2018, the San Francisco Board of Appeals had a re-hearing on the appeal of Frear Stephen Schmid of the decision of the San Francisco Arts Commission to remove the racist statute depicting a Native American as subservient in San Francisco’s Civic Center. On 2/21/18, the Arts Commission had issued a Certificate of Appropriateness to remove this racist statue. Schmid appealed and on 4/18/18, this Board of Appeals granted the appeal 5 to 0! A rehearing was granted on June 13, 2...
Posted: Wed Sep 12, 2018 9:49PM
Outing the chapters of the nefarious Federalist Society of Northern California In San Francisco, the nefarious Federalist Society has a chapter located in the law firm of Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP, and attorney Joseph R. Rose is the contact person for the Federalist Society, at Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher LLP!...
Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2018 3:45AM
U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is a myrmidon of the Federalist Society In these dark troubling days of the Trump Administration, some believe that Kavanaugh is a myrmidon of the right-wing fascist Federalist Society, and as a myrmidon of the Federalist Society he is presently the most dangerous man in America at the moment, in addition to President Donald Trump!...
Posted: Sat Sep 8, 2018 4:31AM
4 SF Supes, All Democrats, Oppose Prop 10 As Does Republican Party At the September 4, 2018 San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting, on the agenda at https://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/bag090418_agenda.pdf was an item, No. 30 or 180785, to support Proposition 10, the repeal of the disastrous Costa-Hawkins state law that forbids vacancy control, allowing landlords to raise rents sky high after a tenant in a rent-controlled unit moves out, causing a major housing crisis in San Francisco as there is now NO AFFORDABLE HOUSING for the workingclass. This sta...
Posted: Tue Sep 4, 2018 9:40PM
Labor Day 2018: Election News The November 6, 2018 election will be a watershed election when we can and must stop the destruction of affordable housing in California with Proposition 10 and in San Francisco with Proposition C. Vote by mail starts October 9, 2018, and anyone can vote by mail. If you are not registered to vote, you can do so now online at http://www.sos.ca.gov/elections/voter-registration/ If you have moved, you must re-register....
Posted: Mon Sep 3, 2018 11:54AM
Investing in corruption pays off for PG&E and other utility companies backing SB 901 SB 901 next goes before the corrupt Governor Jerry Brown for his signature, and it is up to the ratepayers of PG&E and other utility companies to speak out in opposition to the multi-billion dollar swindle being orchestrated by the corrupt lawmakers of California!...
Posted: Sun Sep 2, 2018 1:25AM
Be wary of large-scale disinformation campaign regarding Nicaragua Various programs on KPFA and also regime-change minded liberals in the once-alternative media are amplifying the voices of self-anointed spokespersons for astro-turf protesters in Nicaragua who advocate for a violent coup. It's a scam with potentially massive death and other devastating consequences....
Posted: Sat Sep 1, 2018 10:35AM
Opposition To Brett Kavanaugh Grows In virtually every area of politics, peace, environment, women's rights, minority rights, etc. Brett Kavanaugh has been a pawn of the plutocracy....
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 3:45AM
Religious Development Group Responds to US/Mexico Trade Deal President Trump announced on Monday that the United States reached a trade deal with Mexico that replaces the previous North American Free Trade Agreement, also known as NAFTA. As the announcement took place, religious groups met with the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) on the agreement....
Posted: Mon Aug 27, 2018 12:23PM
Video: Lawrence Tribe: To End a Presidency: The Power of Impeachment Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe and lawyer Joshua Matz explored the history of impeachment and its potential role in the 21st century....
Posted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 10:09AM
Video: Thomas Frank: Rendezvous with Oblivion: Reports from a Sinking Society, 58 min Grin.com offers reading samples for 202K eBooks and dissertations.
Happy reading and happy research!...
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2018 12:45PM
"Stop Corruption and Money Laundering," says United Nations and Multinational Companies The UN Economic Commission for Africa renewed calls to tackle money laundering during a UN meeting this week in Addis Ababa. At the meeting, governments were urged to follow the recommendations in the Mbeki report that notes Africa loses between $50 and $80 billion annually through corruption, tax evasion and other "illicit financial flows."...
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2018 3:35PM
91 Classes of GOP Vote Fraud and Election Theft From 1876 to 2018 Republicans, the party of the plutocracy, continue to use a variety of tricks as they have since 1876 to steal elections....
Posted: Wed Aug 8, 2018 4:47PM
Over 20 State Attorneys General Call for Shell Company Transparency 24 State Attorneys General wrote to Congress supporting action to disclose the actual owner of a shell company to law enforcement....
Posted: Fri Aug 3, 2018 10:11AM
Dellums Became Shill For War Machine and Big Pharma-Dellums takes hit for lobbying Former Congressman Ron Dellums after retiring became a paid shill for the war machine....
Posted: Tue Jul 31, 2018 8:56AM
SF Democrats Promoting Private Profit Restaurants San Francisco Supervisors, Democrats Aaron Peskin and Ahsha Safai, have introduced an ordinance banning cafeterias that some large businesses have for their employees which provide free lunches because these Democrats are promoting eating the 600 calories that sedentary workers need for lunch at private profit greasy spoon spicy non-union restaurants. This comes after the regressive soda tax slush fund promoted by the San Francisco Democratic Party with the sales pitch of fighting obesity kno...
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2018 4:32AM