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Heron's Head Park a Toxic Dump
Heron's Head Park is a Toxic Dump. Our children should not be taken to a toxic dump....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 7:18am PST
SFPUC over charges 29 Bay Area Counties with little Accountability and less Transparency
San Francisco Public Utilites Commission according to the City and County of San Francisco recent audit has been over charging the neighboring counties some 29 - millions of dollars. SFPUC will now have to charge them lower rates to mitigate the blunder and ineptness of SFPUC....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 7:01am PST
PIX: AntiWar Rally and Breakaway March
A few rally pix and then a few from the Breakaway March, including arrests....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 2:57am PST
Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan
WHEN: Thursday, March 31, 11:30 am
WHAT: Protest Bush's Social Security Privatization Plan
WHERE Charles Schwab office, 101 Montgomery St. @Sutter
(Montgomery Street BART/MUNI Station)
San Francisco...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:03pm PST
Vigil for Haiti's Political Prisoners
The Haiti Action Committee wants the world to pay attention to the human rights abuses going on in Haiti today and the role of the U.S., which overthrew the democratically-elected government. The continued incarceration of the political prisoners underscores the US government’s disregard for Haiti’s people and its constitution, and the complete dissolution of free speech, association and press in Haiti....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 6:58pm PST
Anarchist Pride Parade
Anarchist Pride Parade on 27th, 11:00pm, @ Dolores Park....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 6:49pm PST
Bay Guardian Does 9/11 - A Cautionary Tale
This is a very cautious telling of the obvious cover-up of 9/11, and a distancing from the more scary-to-imagine-but-scientifically-plausible theories (where the Bush Admin didn't let it happen, but instead, made it happen), but it gives some coverage to the issue. Really sad that they had to paint the movement as 'clowns' with the cover image, but I wasn't at all surprised, given that this paper supported Angela Alioto for SF mayor when everyone knew Matt was the one. The paper has gone 'm...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 10:44am PST
Marijuana club won't open in Mission hotel
Marijuana club won't open in Mission hotel
Supervisors to vote on 45-day ban for new clinic openings...
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:58am PST
Abu Ghraib Frat Party (video/quicktime 8.6MB)
Political theater performance piece by Insane Reagan at the March 19, 2005 anti-war protest in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:34am PST
Roar softly, alt.Easters, Tenderloin...
.... "stations of the Tenderloin", Sisters of Perp. Indulgence, Gregorian chanting4peace, women writers roaring softly, Citadel, possible nude bodypainting4peace M26 outside ABF, living wage, more March 24- 31events + news on your end-of-life choices, troubled teen masculinity, double-dating Miss M.......
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 9:07am PST
US Labor Speaks Out on The War (video/quicktime 48.1MB)
On March 19, 2005, hundreds of Bay Area trade unionists and workers joined together in a rally and march against the war. They speak about the connection of the war and the attack on workers at home....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:23pm PST
March 19 arrestees
March 19 arrestees: the NLG can get you a free attorney for your arraignment...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 1:26pm PST
M9 US Military Out of Our Schools (video/quicktime 35.8MB)
On March 9th, the SFSU chapter of Students Against War held a rally to kick the military recruiters out of a career fair held on campus. With the military's policy of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," they are in violation of SFSU's non-discrimination policy and many students showed up to voice their protest with the military's presence on our campus. The video runs 10:51....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 1:13pm PST
2pm today: EMERGENCY: Supervisor meeting on moratorium of MMJ clubs
Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier plans to introduce an
emergency ordinance for a moratorium on medical
marijuana clubs at Tuesday's (Today?s) Board of
Supervisors meeting that could be passed as early as
next week. This info was in the Monday, March 21, San
Francisco Chronicle story below....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 12:22pm PST
Today in SF: Water Conservation Showcase
Water Conservation Showcase Tuesday, March 22 11:00 AM
This email is a notice about an upcoming showcase on water conservation
to be held in San Francisco at the Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard
Street on March 22. To register for this event go to
http://www.pge.com/pec/watershowcase You can also register
for any Energy Center classes by calling 415.973.2277....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:57am PST
Over 75 Reports of Protests on M 19
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world demonstrated against the War in Iraq on Mar. 19th and 20th....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:44am PST
San Francisco: Billionaire World
San Francisco now has 20 resident billionaires, up from 11 last year, according to a new report by Forbes Magazine....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 8:29am PST
SF medical pot clubs in trouble?
SF supes may soon declare "moratorium" on new medical cannabis clubs. Will SF crack down mechanically, as Oakland did? Or can SF invent a more intelligent system of regulating pot sales?...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 8:19am PST