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Pacifica Radio Protests Aug. 8 
National Day of Protest, including in Walnut Creek and online, to wrest the progressive radio network from its corporate hijackers....
Posted: Tue, Aug 7, 2001 12:38am PDT
PublixTheatre Caravan Update & Letter From Prison In Italy At present, the PublixTheatre Caravan remains incarcerated following the demonstrations in Genoa. The twenty-five performers were arrested on 22 August and potentially face six months of pre-trial detention before their cases will be decided. Below is their first statement from jail and information on ways to offer much needed public support....
Posted: Tue, Aug 7, 2001 12:33am PDT
Mattole Forrest defense struggle continues Mattole forest defenders holding strong, withstanding police presence and still slowing down logging. GOLDEN EAGAL found in Timber Harvest Plan said by PL to be non-eagal habitat! Buffer applied yet logging continues in the rest of the THP. Kim Starr won the right to be served VEGAN meals in the Humboldt Count Jail! More and More THPs are being filed...we need help!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 7, 2001 12:06am PDT
Challenge From "Task Force Member " One of Dick Spees "TASK
FORCE MEMBERS" doubt's
that people care about the loss of Oaklands 3% cap on annual rent increases, and CHALLENGES the local population to contact him to offer an opinion as to how they feel about it....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 11:30pm PDT
Conference Update: Wanted: An End to the War on Drugs: in Oakland Tuesday KPFA Flashpoints Radio August 6, 2001 (link to scrollable audio in 'full story' text below)
- Activist and prisoner Charisse Shumate died Saturday the same day as the start of the SF conference: Wanted: An End to the Drug War and the Prison Industrial Complex. Hear talks by Angela Davis, Kemba Smith, Ruthie Gilmore, Dorothy Gaines, more. Conference continues 7PM Tuesday August 7 (tomorrow) in Oakland at Wose Community Church, 8924 Holly Street (at 89th Ave).. mo info: call 415-255-7036 x4 ...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 10:57pm PDT
Bay Area Protestors Demonstrate for "Peace on Earth and in Space" Protestors from the Bay Area demonstrated in front of LLNL in memory of the bombing of Hiroshima today. Thirty were briefly arrested and detained....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 10:28pm PDT
VIDEO SURVEILLANCE IN ARCATA Arcata Police Department Plans To Place Surveillance Cameras Overlooking The Plaza...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 9:44pm PDT
Wanted: An End to the Drug War w Angela Davis tomorrow in Oakland KPFA Flashpoints Radio August 6, 2001 (link to scrollable audio in 'full story' text below)
- Activist and prisoner Charisse Shumate died Saturday the same day as the start of the SF conference: Wanted: An End to the Drug War and the Prison Industrial Complex. Hear talks by Angela Davis, Kemba Smith, Ruthie Gilmore, Dorothy Gaines, more. Conference continues Tuesday in Oakland. (55 min, scrollable audio)...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 7:52pm PDT
Torture against Lesbians,Gays, Bisexuals and Transgender Today The international Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission and Community United Against Violence are holding a forum at the Torture Exhibit in San Francisco, at the Presidio, to discuss the forms of torture that are being practised against the LGBT community in the U.S. and internationally, as well as ways to prevent it and fight it....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 6:42pm PDT
Portland, OR funeral for Carlo PDX holds mass funeral for Carlo......
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 6:35pm PDT
Renee Boje. Fleeing to Canada from the U.S. Drug War. Political asylum status. "At a time when, by some estimates, it costs the federal government over $150,000 a year to lock up a prisoner, why are we putting so many drug offenders behind bars? In a nation in which 15,289 murders were reported in 1997; where there is an average of 2,147 bombings or attempted bombings a year; where over 60 percent of the population can expect to be raped or physically assaulted in their lifetime, does our country's war on drugs make sense? Renee Boje certainly doesn't think so. Hopefull...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 5:49pm PDT
USA Threatens to Boycott World Conference on Racism US tries to blackmail UN conference organizer over zionism and Black reparations. World leaders condemn attempts to "dictate" the agenda and impose undemocratic pressure....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 5:44pm PDT
Bay Area Protestors Demonstrate for "Peace on Earth and in Space" Protestors from the Bay Area demonstrated in front of LLNL in memory of the bombing of Hiroshima today. Thirty were briefly arrested and detained....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 5:39pm PDT
VIVA CARLO Sometimes words are not enough...
This song is dedicated to Carlo Giuliani and to those protesters still missing.
Please feel free to pass it on and make copies.
(Click on the link below to hear the song, 5.29 minutes, 1.3MB)...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 4:05pm PDT
Shipment of Used Military Tanks ...is in Oakland rail yard right now.
Anyone know where they are going?...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 3:40pm PDT
NO MORE HIROSHIMAS! 
Thousands protest Nuclear Weapons in Japan...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 1:31pm PDT
Dmitry Sklyarov to be released on $50,000 bond Dmitry Sklyarov granted bail motion. To be released into custody of Russian man on $50,000 bond today....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 12:53pm PDT
Escaped Slave to Speak at San Fran Music Festival Escaped slave Francis Bok will speak at CyberFest 2001.
Volunteers are needed....
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 12:41pm PDT
Statement Against the War 
Statement regarding the War on the Poor to be distributed Monday night at the Vigil and March at 8:30pm at UN Plaza in San Francisco...
Posted: Mon, Aug 6, 2001 12:28pm PDT
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