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Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 13-15, 2006
The Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements, will be held January 13-15, 2006.
The weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times features music, drama, visual arts, spoken word, poetry, photography and more....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 8:41pm PST
CodePink, Raging Grannies, Quakers under Surveillance
California peace groups including CodePink, Raging Grannies, War Resisters League, Quakers. Food Not Bombs and more have been under government surveillance. See photos by Jackie Thomason and links here, and the full text of Dec 21 press release from ACLU California affiliates seeking information about government spying....
Posted: Sun, Dec 25, 2005 1:35pm PST
Immigrants Abused in INS Detention
I bring this to you after being in INS detention for 2 months. I was detained by INS for no specific reason and was slated for deportation to India. While in INS custody I met with other detainees who have been in INS detention for period ranging from a few years to one Sikh detainee who has been in INS limbo for 9 years being shunted form one INS facility to another....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 1:32pm PST
ACLU asks state if it is providing data to FBI after Stanford & Santa Cruz spying revealed
Related: FBI Spying on Greenpeace, PETA, Catholic Workers, and Other Activist Groups, 12/20/05 (http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/12/1791958.php)...
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 4:47pm PST
Stanford University,Chris Heeschen,John Cooke, penny stock fraud money laundering
You,(Stanford University),may recall I contacted you earlier this year with regards to Endovasc and their use of your 'nicotine for angiogenesis' and 'stem cell recruitment' patents for fraud,(i.e.-illegal pump and dump activities including through a Charles Schwab hosted account as well as a Bellador Group of Kuala Lumpur and Dubai boiler room deal that scattered unaudited and unregistered Endovasc shares around Asia and who knows where else). Probably post 911 money laundering is involved a...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 4:03pm PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More
The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
STANFORD UNIVERSITY HALL OF SHAME 2005 (Cruel and Unnecessary Animal "Research")
The following are some of the people at Stanford University who abuse animals, in the name of "scientific research", using our federal tax dollars: Alan Schatzberg, Tirin Moore, David Lyons, Emmanuel Mignot, Gregory Corrado, William Newsome, Corinna Darian-Smith, Jennifer Raymond and Krishna Shenoy. For details of how wasteful and unnecessary these experiments are, visit http://www.curedisease.com ....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 10:19pm PST
Action Alert - DeAnza Eight
>The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) is urging the Bay Area community to take action by contacting the Santa Clara District Attorney to drop charges against the arrested Muslim De Anza students....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 11:08pm PST
A Death That Didn't Have to Happen
A Citizen Investigates a Needless Death in San Mateo County...
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 9:47pm PST
Frenzied Wal-Mart Customers Can't Control Themselves in Mountain View
Out-of-control customers at a Silicon Valley Wal-Mart nearly caused a brawl the day after Thanksgiving, according an article in the Mountain View Voice.
(http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_12_02.1walmart.shtml)...
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 11:25am PST
Today at 2:15: Officials to Hold Press Conference re: Stanford Hospital Not Bargaining
Elected Officials Will Hold Press Conference on December 1st in front of
Stanford Hospital Showing Opposition to Stanford Hospital's Refusal to
Return to Bargaining Table...
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 12:38pm PST
Judge reserves decision on Bush torture case
Lawyers Against the War attempt a rare, private prosecution...
Posted: Sun, Nov 27, 2005 7:35am PST
BART to add night service!
Getting around the Bay Area on public transit after midnight, when BART stops running, is about to get a lot easier for late-night revelers and folks who work off-hours....
Posted: Sat, Nov 19, 2005 8:58am PST
11/22+23: Light the night for hope
Where: Palo Alto Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Ave
When: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005. Time: 9pm
This vigil will be followed by a press conference held on Wednesday, November 23rd at 11 am....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 11:42pm PST
CONSPIRACY VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL / CIVIL RIGHT IN SAN MATEO COUNTY
San Mateo County using police authority to convict inhabitants of san mateo into proposition 36. Judges disregards your constitutional right, the people has to know the truth. WAKE-UP AMERICA!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 5:40pm PST
Foothill College: Direct Action Against Military Recruitment
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Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 11:47am PDT
Listen, Ring, Scream - 100,000 Bells Will Toll
On the fourth anniversary of the Listening Project, bells will ring, and people will have the opportunity to scream, to speak in Lytton Plaza- for the victims of the War on terror, the War on Iraq, the earthquake in Pakistan...
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2005 11:58am PDT
Stanford Community Speaks Out Against Animal Experiments
Stanford students and community members protest use of tens of thousands of animals in Stanford labs....
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2005 2:14pm PDT
Saving San Bruno Mountain (audio/mpeg 6.4MB)
Interview with David Schooley. This interview begins with specific environmental projects revolving around the entire mountain, and after a musical interlude we discuss the Terrabay Project near South San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2005 8:23pm PDT