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KPFA Management Call Police To Arrest Programmer-More Management Terror Tactics From CL KPFA management apparently called the cops to arrest a Black women programmer and in the process hog tied her and broke her arm. The use of police to deal with issues at KPFA has a long history with the lockout in 1999. There has been no report from the KPFA management about this incident and apparently management wants to hand it over to their lawyer and Concerned Listener support Daniel Siegel for more legal fees. This violent assault against a Black community programmer is yet another exa...
Posted: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 11:59pm PDT
Voters Sue Madera Unified School District 
The Lawyers’ Committee filed a lawsuit today on behalf of Latino voters against the Madera Unified School District (MUSD), charging that the school district’s at-large method of election is racially polarized and violates the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (CVRA). The suit challenges the school district’s discriminatory voting system and seeks to protect the Latino community against vote dilution....
Posted: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 4:02pm PDT
Toxic Triangle, public hearing at Oakland City Hall Tuesday August 19, 2008 6pm Toxic Triangle - Public Hearing at the Oakland City Hall City Council Chambers on justice, environmental justice (Or the lacks thereof), housing and land justice for black, brown, and poor communities in the regional Bay Area. Bring your experiences and demands to join with the activists of Bayview, Oakland, Richmond and other local communities. Stop the pollution, brutality, evictions and land thefts. FREE and PUBLIC. See press release below....
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 2:38am PDT
Over 1000 Califorina Pigford Claimants have new Opportunity in the 2008 Farm Bill 
California Congressional representatives overwelming voted to resolve past discrimination against Black Farmers and Rancher in one of the largest cases in U.S. History. The notion of only a couple hundred of Black Farm producers, as opposed to 1000's of Native Amercian, Hispanic, Asian and White Farm Producers remains the current reality. Speaker Pelosi, Congressman Cardoza, Costa and Baca lead the way with stong support from the Congressional Black Caucus. If you have or know someone who ...
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2008 10:35am PDT
Support the San Francisco 8 and come to court! 
850 Bryant St San Francisco
Dept. 24 3rd floor
please check website for any last minute changes!
www.freethesf8.com...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 9:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 15, 2008 8:45pm PDT
Racial Profiling, Testifying While Black ~ Called Bull Shit By California Senator 
Historic pattern of "civic discourse" on full display once again in the State of California. No testifying in court, no education, no access to land, no voting rights moving backwards towards California Statehood. Historical amnesia revisited since open civil discourse limited and certainly not welcomed by most....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 8:11pm PDT
California Supports Winnemem Wintu Tribe: Senate passes Joint Resolution The California Senate on Wednesday passed a Joint Resolution urging the federal government to restore federal recognition status to the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. The resolution, authored by Assembly Member Huffman, passed with 24 votes. The Tribe has played a big leadership role in the battle to restore the California Delta and Central Valley rivers and stop the raising of Shasta Dam....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 1:16pm PDT
ADVISORY: ACLU says Sacramento police 'racial profiling' similar to rest of U.S. The Sacramento Chapter of the ACLU today criticized the
Sacramento Police Department for what it calls evidence of "racial
profiling" after an analysis of traffic stops revealed black and Latino
drivers were much more likely to be pulled over by police than other
drivers in Sacramento....
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 2:17pm PDT
Anniversary bombing of Nagasaki - the "Fat Man" atomic bomb that left from Hunters Point. "Fat Man" one of the Atomic bombs left Hunters Point where it was assembled and placed on a Carrier that took it to the Pacific Ocean. Then loaded on a plane to do it dirty deed. They say over 27,000 people died on that fateful day in Nagasaki. Over 70,000 people over an extended period- died. Did you all know that Karma is something we have to be aware of. No one can just kill so many innocent people and not suffer the consequences? There is war and there is war?...
Posted: Sat, Aug 9, 2008 8:49pm PDT
The Beginning of a New Era for the Bay View Newspaper 
After over 16 years of providing Black and oppressed communities with quality news, the BayView newspaper has ceased printing weekly. At this time, our communities are faced with important questions like, "Who else in the 'progressive press' and in the Black press is going to consistently cover Haiti, Colombia, Brazil, El Salvador, France and Zimbabwe as well as East Oakland, Hunters Point, Hurricane Amerikkka, Chicago and New York?" POCC Minister of Information JR asks....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 12:05pm PDT
NO MORE EVICTIONS, GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT- TAKE BACK THE LAND CEREMONY In front of 1095 Market street @ 7th Street
(Above the Civic Center BART)...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 9:16pm PDT
So why does Lennar Corp. keep bombarding the Bayview Community - and no one does nothing? Lennar Corporation - keeps bombarding the Bayview Hunters Point - community with Heavy Metals, Radiological Elements, and of course very toxic - Asbestos Structures . Mayor Gavin Newsom, the SF Health Department, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Environmental Protection Agency, others - so called Regulatory Agency - keep looking the other way. All this happening - in our so-called forward looking, Green City - with progressive minds? So, who is really keeping tally of the Car...
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 8:44am PDT
Oklahoma and Bayview were both bombarded - will history tell the truth? June 1, 1921 is a day that will be remembered when "Black Wall Street" was bombarded. May 30, 2008 in San Francisco there was another type of bombing - over 138,900 structures per cubic meter - blasted innocent children and elders - mostly of color. If we do not record such events - history will talk of other things but not important events. When mundane events are reported - they over shadow - that what MUST be told....
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2008 9:50pm PDT
Supplies and Supporters Still Needed as Occupation at DQ-University Continues 
Occupation at DQ-University continues - support still needed!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 6:13pm PDT
West Fresno City Council Member Speaks out About the Frank Ball Center (video/x-ms-wmv 5.5MB) The 1:29 minute video below is Fresno City Council member Cynthia Sterling explaining her position on the Frank Ball Community Center....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 6:06pm PDT
Diversity Gap Grows in UC Med Schools, Says Report Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 : A new report looking at who is enrolled in medical schools in the UC system finds that there is a growing diversity gap. The student body looks less and less like the population its going to serve in a minority majority state like California. NAM Contributor Ekaterina Basilaia has this report....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 7:49am PDT
West Fresno Victory - Press Conference (video/x-ms-wmv 41.9MB) The Rev. Floyd D. Harris held this press conference before the Community Forum at the Frank Ball Center. The video is 11:24 minutes long....
Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 9:40pm PDT
West Side Victory 
Residents of west Fresno won a victory by stopping the Police Activities League (PAL) a loved community center. But all was not love and happiness when city officials came to a community meeting at the Frank Ball Center to explain their actions....
Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 8:53pm PDT
Abuses in and around Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - Parcel B and Parcel A - go figure! Recently, there was a Notice Of Violation (NOV) on Parcel A - read this article for details. On Parcel B - that is contaminated the United States Navy wants to cap the whole area - and issue a Mitigation Plan that favors less then more of a through - clean up. So, now - even the U.S. Navy has fallen in line and is following the orders of very corrupt politicians - one being Senator Diane Feinstein. We had a exceedance of over 138,000 structures per cubic meter of Asbestos - on May 30, 2008 bu...
Posted: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 2:54pm PDT
More White Supremacist Propaganda Posted "BRING THE TROOPS HOME! and put them on the Mexican Border"...
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 11:45am PDT
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