Democracy and socialism 
Democracy is the most popular word in the vocabulary of politics but also the most brazenly abused....
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 4:23AM
Financial Bubble Inflammation Bubble formation covered up a period of long-lasting stagnation... Former US Treasury Larry Summers even spoke of stagnation as a "new normality"... Crisis consequences are shifted to other subjects. Unemployment and indebtedness are exported... Shrinking the financial sector and expanding the public sector are vital lessons from the 2008 financial crisis to avert future crises....
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 3:49AM
Social Center "KTS" in Freiburg, Germany celebrates its 20th Birthday! 
The autonomous center KTS in Freiburg, in southern Germany, is celebrating its 20th Birthday from May 28th until June 8th! Founded in 1994 and after many attempts to destroy it by the CDU (conservative) and later Green Party city governments, the KTS continues to thrive and represent an important part of activism in northern Europe....
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 3:18AM
A Community Reflection on Recent Events in Salinas Emmanuel Bilingual Baptist Church
1125 Garner Ave Salinas, CA 93905...
Event Date: Wed May 28, 2014 6:00PM
Posted: Wed May 28, 2014 2:22AM
Vote Socialist Election Party 2969 Mission St. in SF...
Event Date: Tue Jun 3, 2014 8:00PM
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 11:16PM
ACLU Sues Fresno over Medical Marijuana Bans 
Fresno – Today the ACLU of Northern California sued the City and County of Fresno (see PDF) over complete bans on cultivation of medical marijuana. The bans are inconsistent with state law that allows medical marijuana to be grown. The City and County also ban all medical marijuana dispensaries....
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 8:00PM
Police Brutality & Counter-Insurgency in Salinas Several hundred people gathered at Closter Park on Sunday to protest police violence and recent killings on behalf of the Salinas Police Department, though many may have been surprised to find out that the topic was being downplayed by the organizers. Instead, this March Against Police Brutality was now to be a March for Respect, Dignity and Justice- though how to attain these things was not mentioned....
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 6:12PM
Salinas Marches Against Police Brutality 
In response to the recent killings of three residents by officers with the Salinas Police Department, a coalition of local political and labor groups organized a march and rally for "Respect, Dignity, and Justice" in East Salinas on May 25. The rally began at Closter park, and after hearing from relatives and family representatives of the deceased, the march visited two of the locations where the killings occurred. The event was organized by a number of political and labor groups, including t...
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:49PM
M.E.Ch.A de UCSC in Solidarity with the city of Salinas! "We, as Movimiento Estudiantil Chican@ de Aztlan (M.E.Ch.A) de La Universidad de Santa Cruz California...stand with our fullest solidarity with the people of Salinas City and Community Organizers who are demanding a 4-point request to the Salinas City Council."...
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:18PM
Plaza 16 Festival (against Gentrification in the Mission District!) 
16th Street BART Plaza at 16th and Mission Streets, San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat Jun 14, 2014 1:00PM
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 5:14PM
Homeless Action Network - FUNdraiser & day of live music Berkeley Arts, 2133 University Ave. Berkeley...
Event Date: Sat May 31, 2014 12:00PM
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:34PM
Tax man's gloomy message: the rich get richer “In 1900,” he said, “most people would have said a progressive income tax would never happen.” But it happened....
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 2:23PM
Bikes, buses, and budgets: How to create the transportation system San Franciscans need SF LGBT Community Center
1800 Market St.
San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Thu Jun 12, 2014 6:00PM
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 10:46AM
Prevent the Comeback of the Cold Warriors! What lessons were learned from Vietnam, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Iraq and Afghanistan? Can countries become incapable of learning? Is preemptive war, confusion of offense and defense, a Hitlerian or Orwellian perversion? Does "cooking the intelligence" create cynicism instead of public spirit? How are democracy and the market undermined? Can the US empire become a republic? May 8 was commemorated in Germany as the defeat of fascism....
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 3:47AM
Stop Coup at KPFA! 
KPFA Studio
1929 Martin Luther King Jr Way, Berkeley...
Event Date: Tue May 27, 2014 7:00AM
Posted: Tue May 27, 2014 12:03AM
Legal Action Against Salinas Police for Killing Mr. Carlos Mejia Front of Salinas City Hall
200 Lincoln Ave. • Salinas, CA 93901...
Event Date: Tue May 27, 2014 12:00PM
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 9:28PM
Forum/Foro: The struggle against fascism/La lucha contra el fascismo 
2969 Mission St., btwn 25th and 26th Sts. Near 24th St. BART, #14, 49 MUNI
2969 Calle Mission.
Esquiná de la calle 25 y 26, acerca de BART/24 St., MUNI #14, 49...
Event Date: Fri May 30, 2014 7:00PM
Posted: Mon May 26, 2014 7:09PM