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Urgent Call for Solidarity as Fast 4 Education enters Day 4
*Dolores Huerta will be visiting the strikers at Frank Ogawa Plaza at 1:30pm today to share a few words of support and encouragement with the fasters.
**Nightly candlelight vigil at 8pm in Frank Ogawa Plaza
14th & Broadway, in front of Oakland City Hall(near 12th St BART)...
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 3:55am PDT
Photos and Update from Day 3 of the Fast 4 Education
This is a photo of Fred Jackson(one of the fasters) - the older African American man with the hat on in the pic, and some teachers and youth from the community that are involved in supporting the Fast 4 Education....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 1:02am PDT
Bums' Paradise documentary
This Award-Winning Documentary screens this Thursday, May 13th @ 7pm at the Albany High School Library.
It's free, but donations are encouraged =)...
Posted: Wed, May 12, 2004 12:54pm PDT
Hunger Strike Enters Day 3
HUNGER STRIKE FOR EDUCATION ENTERS DAY 3: WAYS YOU CAN HELP
1. Attend vigil at 8PM every night
2. Help Strikers Move to Sleeping Space
3. Needs List
4. Rally, Saturday at noon
5. Endorse
6. Call City Hall!...
Posted: Wed, May 12, 2004 11:25am PDT
URGENT ACTION: Support Hunger Strike for Education
URGENT ACTION: CALL OAKLAND CITY OFFICIALS AND DEMAND
THAT THEY SUPPORT THE HUNGER STRIKE FOR EDUCATION...
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 11:29am PDT
Hunger Strike 4 Education Begins at Oakland City Hall
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kids, Parents and Teachers Return from 70-Mile March
and Announce a Full-Fledged Fast 4 Education
Ongoing at Frank Ogawa Plaza, 14th and Broadway at the Oakland City Hall, 12th Street BART Station...
Posted: Mon, May 10, 2004 2:38pm PDT
Opening Ceremony at 5/1 ENI Teach-in
At the beginning of the teach-in, the crowd gathered together to hear about why people had come out that morning, and to participate in a ceremony to help focus their energy for the day....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 11:39pm PDT
TONIGHT! ECR reports on Iraq and immigrant driver's licenses on KALX!
Enemy Combatant Radio does a segment on KALX 90.7FM every other Sunday in Berkeley at 5:30pm. You can also hear the segment posted later to the site....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 12:57am PDT
5/15 - A Taste of Change - Fundraiser Brunch for People's Grocery
Join Us in Celebrating our Success and in Envisioning New Possibilities for West Oakland
* Find inspiration in a powerful and fun presentation on the accomplishments and exciting new directions for People's Grocery. * Enjoy a delicious meal made from farm fresh local ingredients cooked by leading local chefs....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 5:35pm PDT
Community Support Needed to Hunger Strike for Education
The March 4 Education will be beginning a hunger strike in Oakland on Monday. They need us to be there at Frank Ogawa Plaza at the Oakland City Hall (14th and Broadway) beginning at 5PM on Monday in big numbers with legal observers. They are asking to camp there, but there is no such permit for this space, so they need our support and protection to negotiate using this space....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 7:17am PDT
Oakland Trucker Strike May Be Over...
After taking off for the afternoon, I returned tonight around 8:30pm to find a few dozen workers still talking about the strike and what to do next. Essentially the strike was broken up this afternoon when the Port of Oakland went to court to obtain an injunction "against the continuing unlawful disruption of transportation in the harbor area"....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 9:51pm PDT
Update: Port authorities give strikers order to leave
Today at around 1pm Port Authorities tried to give strikers legal papers to force them to leave Port property(aka the APL main gate where they are picketing)....
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 2:03pm PDT
Hunger Strike for Education Begins Monday
Itinerary
Thursday-Sunday Prep for Fast
Sunday (May 9th)
Sunday 2:30p.m. Prep Meeting at Opportunity West 3720 Barrett Ave. Richmond, CA. 94806
6:00p.m. Drop off supplies at March 4 Education Ally Office (Downtown Oakland)
11:00p.m. Fasters arrive at March 4 Education Ally Office (Downtown Oakland)
Monday (May 10th)
6:30a.m. Fasters arrive at Frank Ogawa Plaza-set up camp, begin fast
12:00p.m. Press Conference on 12th hour of fast-Present Demands
5:00p.m. Community Rally
8:00p...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 12:15pm PDT
Monday: Hearing re Violence Prevention vs. More Cops in Oakland
Oakland City Council
VIOLENCE PREVENTION SPECIAL PUBLIC HEARING
Monday, May 10
4:00 PM-8:30 PM
Oakland City Hall, Council Chambers...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 12:03pm PDT
5/7 Update: Oakland Truckers Strike Not Over Yet, Solidarity Needed
After about 3 hours of negotiations at the Port of
Oakland building tonight on 530 Water St, it became
apparent that a large number of trucking companies
were still not willing to offer the truckers what they
have been asking for since the strike began...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 12:43am PDT
UCB Faculty Votes to Resist Patriot Act
The UC Berkeley Academic Senate voted Thursday to urge the University to take all possible steps to avoid compliance with the Patriot Act, and to assist in the defense of faculty members who have Patriot Act cases brought against them....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 8:37pm PDT
Independent Truckers Strike! Part 4
Strike continues despite media reports that state otherwise....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 1:14pm PDT
Port of Oakland Press Release Claiming Trucker Reached an Agreement with the Port
This is the press release that folks over at the Port of Oakland sent out without even allowing the workers to decide whether or not they agreed to the supposed agreement or not....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 10:11am PDT