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Puerto Rico: Colonialism and the Debt Crisis /Colonialismo y la Crisis de la Deuda 
2969 Mission St., between 25th and 26th Sts.
Near 24th St. BART, #14, 49 MUNI
$3 - $10 donation requested, no one turned away for lack of funds.
Refreshments served. Wheelchair accessible. More info: 415-821-6171 or http://www.PSLweb.org.
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2969 Calle Mission esquiná de la calle 25 y 26, acerca de BART/24 St., MUNI #14, 49.
Sugerimos una donación de $3 a $10, todos bienvenidos, con o sin fondos.
Habrá antojitos.
Para mayor información llame al PSL, en 415-821-6171 o w...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 14, 2016 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 8:10pm PDT
San Francisco Delegation to Join Border Convergence to Protest Border Wall and TPP 2940 16th Street (between Mission and S. Van Ness)...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2016 9:43pm PDT
Bay Area Rallies Held on International Day in Solidarity with People of Haiti 
Today marked the 25th anniversary of the coup that overthrew Haiti’s first democratically-elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide. Aristide was the candidate of Haiti’s popular movement Lavalas in the 1990 presidential election; he won with 67% of the vote. In 1991 a military coup d'état deposed President Aristide. U.S. Central Intelligence Agency agents were present with the the Haitian military at army headquarters during the coup. Protesters marked the events of 25 years ago with rallies...
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2016 10:52pm PDT
Puerto Rico Oversight Board Holds First Meeting The newly created Puerto Rico economic oversight board holds its first meeting and will elect a chair on September 30 in New York City. Congress created the 7-member board as part of legislation to address the island's debt crisis. An independent group of academics, lawyers, finance experts and civic leaders formed a task force to monitor the oversight board and the progress of the Puerto Rico debt legislation....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 7:50am PDT
Rally and Protest at Driscoll's Berry Store and Distribution Center 
1750 San Juan Rd, Aromas, CA 95004-9027...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 15, 2016 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2016 10:25pm PDT
Familias Unidas por la Justicia Announce Next Steps after Historic Win 
Sacramento, CA – Today, 9/22, Edgar Franks, organizer with Community to Community Development (C2C), the support organization for Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ) reported on historic next steps following the culimination of FUJ’s organizing campaign. The farmworkers at Sakuma Bros. Berry Farm voted in a historic secret ballot election to have Familias Unidas por la Justicia represent them in negotiations for a union contract – the vote represents years of organizing and signals a new er...
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 8:26pm PDT
Thousand of Activists Call for Protection of Silky Sharks at U.N. Wildlife Conference This week conservationists delivered a petition signed by 15,002 global citizens to the Presidents of Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador and Guatemala calling on them to support greater protections for silky sharks at an upcoming world wildlife conservation meeting....
Posted: Wed, Sep 21, 2016 11:17am PDT
We Clarify and Reiterate the Driscoll’s Boycott is in Full Force 
We will continue our resistance, boycotting Driscoll's for a better life and a better future for farmworkers' families in San Quintín....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2016 12:30pm PDT
Aclaramos de Manera Reiterada Que el Boicot a Driscoll’s Sigue Con Más Fuerza Seguiremos en resistencia del boicot a Driscoll's por una mejor vida y un mejor futuro para las familias jornaleros en San Quintín....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2016 12:22pm PDT
Honduras - 2016 U.S. Presidential Elections May Pivot On Substance 
In The U.S.A. We Vote The Politics Of Fear, The Prevailing Mythology:
Vote Your Fears Not Your Values – but wait Bernie Supporters!
What is it people are afraid of? This isn't Honduras. Former Honduran President Manuel Zelaya recently announced on August 26, 2016, that his wife Xiomara Castro will run for the left-wing LIBRE Party in the 2017 presidential elections.” This is the second time that Castro will run for the presidency. She did so in 2013, but lost to Hernandez in a controversi...
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2016 2:30pm PDT
36th anniversary CISPES/FMLN: Party for Migrant Justice SEIU Local 1021, 350 Rhode Island
(enter from Kansas Street, between 16th and 17th Sts)
San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 1, 2016 4:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2016 7:13pm PDT
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz & Dina Gilio Whitaker speak about American Indians. 
St. John's Presbyterian Church, 2727 College Ave., Berkeley...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2016 2:29pm PDT
FWP Applauds Resolution to Four-Year Labor Dispute Between Farmworkers and Supplier to Driscoll's Berries 
Portland, OR, September 13, 2016 – Fair World Project, a project of the Organic Consumers Association, the nation’s largest network of green and ethical consumers, is proud to announce the results of an election on September 12 that confirmed the independent union Familias Unidas por la Justicia (Familias Unidas) as the formal representatives of farm workers at Sakuma Brothers Farm (Sakuma) in Washington State, supplier to Driscoll’s, the largest berry distributor in the world. Fair World Pro...
Posted: Wed, Sep 14, 2016 2:26pm PDT
Lawsuit Launched to Protect West Coast Whales From Dying in Nets Conservation groups today filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to protect endangered whales from mile-long drift gillnets and strings of sablefish pots off the West Coast. After two years of record reports of whales entangled in fishing gear off the West Coast — more than 60 in 2015 alone — 40 whales were reportedly entangled as of June 30, putting 2016 on pace to break records again. New information indicates that one humpback whale population that migrates f...
Posted: Mon, Sep 12, 2016 10:36am PDT
New Report Links Zika Virus to Steep Increase in Birth Defects in Brazil A new study published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention connects the spreading Zika virus to a significant increase in birth defects in Brazil. According to the study, birth defects involving the nervous system nearly doubled after Zika arrived in Brazil, and researchers linked the virus' spread to poverty and living conditions in Northeast Brazil....
Posted: Fri, Sep 9, 2016 8:36am PDT
WA Farmworkers to Vote on Union / Mexico Farmworkers Continue Driscoll's Boycott 
Congratulations to Familias Unidas por la Justicia (FUJ)! FUJ is an independent farmworkers union and one of our newest members! After a three-year struggle, on September 4, 2016, FUJ reached an agreement with Sakuma Brothers Farm in Washington state to conduct a secret ballot election so the workers on the farm can vote whether they want FUJ to be their union. Sakuma Brothers is a supplier to Driscoll's Berries....
Posted: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 5:55pm PDT
Driscoll's Boycott Continues 9-4-2016 
Many shoppers at at the West Side New Leaf Community Market were very receptive and we were able to get a lot of signatures on the petition regarding the boycott!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 5, 2016 11:05am PDT
US and Puerto Rico Faith Groups Send Congress Recommendations on Island's Crisis Religious leaders in Puerto Rico and Jubilee USA urged a new Congressional task force to reform US laws to promote economic growth in Puerto Rico....
Posted: Fri, Sep 2, 2016 1:26pm PDT
Understanding Migration from El Salvador/ the impact of US policy Mission Campus, City College of San Francisco (1125 Valencia St. between 22nd and 23rd Streets), room 106 (in the Valencia St. building)....
Event Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2016 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 9:28pm PDT
White House Announces Puerto Rico Oversight Board Membership The White House is announcing members of Puerto Rico's fiscal oversight board established as part of legislation to address the US territory’s debt crisis....
Posted: Wed, Aug 31, 2016 10:41am PDT
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