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Contrast Between State Takeovers of Oakland and Vallejo Schools Raises Questions
Oakland and Vallejo Schools Raises Questions
Friday, July 20, 2007 : With a bill making its way through the state legislature that would take the state superintendent’s discretion out of the return to local control of the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), the granting of limited local control in the nearby Vallejo Unified School District last week raises new questions about how objective the standards are for returning power to a school district once it has been taken over by the state....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 6:47am PDT
What the Bleep Do We Know?
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway, below Pill Hill
http://www.HumanistHall.net...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 15, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2007 8:46pm PDT
Trash, and solidarity, grow
Friday, July 20, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — As Waste Management of Alameda County’s lockout of nearly 500 union drivers entered its third week, mountains of garbage continued to grow in many parts of Oakland and neighboring communities. Solidarity with the members of Teamsters Local 70 continued to grow as well, as government, communications, transit, health care, and service workers, along with members of ACORN, joined the drivers, machinists, landfill, clerical and recycling workers on the pi...
Posted: Sun, Jul 22, 2007 5:21pm PDT
Screening of "Shut Up & Sing" with musical intro by Hali Hammer
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar St. at Bonita (a block above MLK Jr Wy,) Berkeley 94709...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 17, 2007 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 6:41pm PDT
Community & Workers Picket Waste Mis-Management
Community members and locked-out workers joined together to swell Saturday morning's picket line to 90+ people in defense of Teamster's Local 70....
Posted: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 1:05pm PDT
Slave Revolt Radio: Reconstructions End, The Terrorists Gains Part 2 (audio/mpeg 33.6MB)
Reconstructions End, The Terrorists Gains: Colored Ballots, White Bullets
(Part 2)...
Posted: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 11:07am PDT
No More Petitions - Just Action!
But take my word for it, if you want to see a change, GIVE UP ON CONGRESS doing the right thing. As it has been said, Democrats don't want to wrench excessive, ubiquitous, executive power away from the Republicans - they simply want it for themselves in just under two years....
Posted: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 10:34am PDT
Screening of "US vs John Lennon"
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar at Bonita, Berkeley (1 block North MLK Jr.
Way)...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 28, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 10:56pm PDT
8/16: Stanley Tookie Williams Legacy Summit in San Pablo
Save The Date Save The Date Save The Date
August 16, 2007...
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 10:02am PDT
Join Garbage Picket Lines
Show community solidarity by joining locked out garbage workers on picket lines at 172 98th Ave on Saturday, July 21 from 6am to Noon....
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2007 8:10am PDT
7/30: Waste Management Inc. Campaign -- Solidarity Breakfast
SOLIDARITY BREAKFAST -- 8:30AM, MONDAY, JULY 30
at ILWU Local 6
99 Hegenberger Rd, Oakland, CA...
Posted: Thu, Jul 19, 2007 10:01pm PDT
House OKs Plan to Withdraw U.S. Troops
The president sampled the report at his nationally televised session with reporters....
Posted: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 2:27am PDT
Slave Revolt Radio: Reconstructions End, The Terrorists Gains Part 1 (audio/mpeg 53.9MB)
sr-7/4/2007
'Reconstructions End, The Terrorists Gains:
Colored Ballots, White Bullets (Part 1)'...
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 1:43pm PDT
Society of the Spectacle Screening @The Long Haul.
3124 shattuck avenue Berkeley...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 11:32pm PDT
Join East Bay Garbage Picket Lines
Waste Management Headquarters
172 98th Ave
Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 21, 2007 6:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 11:12am PDT
Waste Management is waging blatant class war on the garbage workers and working people of
Waste Management is waging blatant class war on the garbage workers and working people of Alameda County in the east Bay Area...
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 3:01am PDT
Celebrate Sekhmet
Berkeley local, location upon RSVP...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 23, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jul 15, 2007 5:05pm PDT
Oakland's developer-friendly Planning Commission
Dubbed the "APPROVAL COMMISSION" for good reason, the commissioners have yet to find a condo project they don’t like....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:23pm PDT
Pacifica Radio Network - Rocked by Discrimination
Discrimination at KPFA...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 5:00pm PDT
East Bay Animal Advocates July 13, 2007 eNews
East Bay Animal Advocates: Online at www.EastBayAnimalAdvocates.org...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 2:58pm PDT