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Photos and Songs: Raging Grannies Against Fracking Protest 
photos and songs by members of the Raging Grannies Action League
On September 22, an international day against fracking, the Grannies joined a hundred other demonstrations, staging their own at Lytton Plaza in Palo Alto...
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 11:16pm PDT
Fracking in California Counties: Activists Sing Out NO! 
Land spanning Monterey, San Benito and Fresno counties, lies on what is known as the Monterey Shale, a formation of underground minerals. Oil and gas companies are looking to lease the underground mineral rights from the US government so they can start hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as "fracking". Today environmental activists the Raging Grannies and friends brought the issue to the attention of Palo Alto pedestrians with songs and signs against fracking....
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 4:23pm PDT
Flowers on 1st Anniversary of Occupy Movement 
Occupy South San Francisco members joined members of the Raging Grannies and Peninsula Direct Action in downtown Redwood City today. They reminded passers-by of some of the important issues that face the Peninsula and the nation with a display of the placards they've used over the past year at dozens of actions. They also passed out flowers to celebrate the anniversary....
Posted: Mon, Sep 17, 2012 11:18pm PDT
Frackdown in Palo Alto Lytton Plaza at corner of University and Emerson in downtown Palo Alto...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 22, 2012 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 15, 2012 9:44am PDT
Free Bradley Manning: Speech Demands Pardon (video/quicktime 163.7MB) Short video 2:31 in which activists demonstrating in front of the Democratic party's campaign office in Menlo Park, CA read a letter of demands related to the incarceration of Bradley Manning...
Posted: Tue, Sep 11, 2012 5:22pm PDT
Free Bradley Manning: Speech Outside Democrats' Campaign Office in Menlo Park (video/quicktime 106.0MB) In this 1:39 video, former State Assembly candidate Joseph Rosas calls on President Obama to release Bradley Manning from incarceration. He asks that the President be true to his own words spoken in May 2011 about the importance of freedom of information....
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 8:40pm PDT
Justice for Derrick: Speak-Out and March Demanding Justice for Derrick Gaines 
ARCO Gas Station(the Site of Derrick's murder)
2300 Westborough Blvd.
South San Francisco, CA
(4.4 miles from the San Bruno Caltrain Station, and 3.2 miles from San Bruno BART)...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2012 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 10, 2012 1:01pm PDT
Free Bradley Manning: LGBT Community Step UP! (video/quicktime 127.2MB) On September 6th a national day of action to free Bradley Manning was held across the nation. In more than 25 locations, people called for President Obama to take action to release the whistleblower from jail. Most actions were held in front of Democratic campaign headquarters during the Democratic National Convention....
Posted: Sun, Sep 9, 2012 11:56am PDT
Free Bradley Manning Protest in Menlo Park 
In coordination with 25 cities nationwide, members of Peninsula Direct Action and supporters took their message to Democratic campaign headquarters in Menlo Park, California today. After protesting outside the office for over one hour, they convinced Mike Aydelott, Campaign Manager for the Democratic Volunteer Center, to take their prepared letter demanding that the Obama free Bradley Manning and send it to the President....
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 11:43pm PDT
East Palo Alto: Collard Greens Festival 
A winking green leaf logo was the symbol promoting East Palo Alto's Collard Green Festival for years. The event drew residents and visitors to participate in a cook-off and honor a King and Queen of Collards. While the cruciferous vegetable intricately tied to the history of soul food did not take center stage this year, it showed up alongside shrimp and catfish at festival vendor "Sue's Good Cooking"....
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2012 9:55pm PDT
Derrick Gaines Fundraiser Pics 
Saturday, the family of Derrick Gaines held a fundraiser at Orange Park in South San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2012 5:39pm PDT
Public Comment Period for Big Basin Preliminary General Plan/Draft EIR Ends August 1st 
The Big Basin Redwoods State Park Preliminary General Plan/Draft EIR is being circulated for public review and comment for a period of 45 days, which began on June 18, 2012. Public views and comments on this project are welcomed and must be in writing. Comments may be submitted by mail, fax, or email. All comments should be submitted with a contact name and mailing address for the public record and postmarked no later than August 1, 2012....
Posted: Fri, Jul 27, 2012 10:35am PDT
Disability Pride Parade and Festival Part II 
Disability rights activists point out that in this era of budget cuts the safety net for a lot of populations is being demolished. They called for social justice for all and for preservation of the rights guaranteed the disabled with a march and festival in Mountain View, California on Saturday. The event was the third annual such event for the Silicon Valley Independent Living Center.
This is Part II ....Part I is here: http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/23/18718087.php...
Posted: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 4:46pm PDT
Disability Pride March and Festival 2012 
Disability rights activists point out that in this era of budget cuts the safety net for a lot of populations is being demolished. They called for social justice for all and for preservation of the rights guaranteed the disabled with a march and festival in Mountain View, California on Saturday. The event was the third annual such event for the Silicon Valley Independent Living Center.
Top photo: Performers ready to go on stage...
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 5:23pm PDT
No More Prisons--Protest in San Mateo County Pt I 
Saturday's protest at the site of new prison building was held on Bastille Day, a day that commemorates the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison in France in 1798. On July 14th, Occupy Redwood City members took their protest to the jail site because it has become alarmingly clear that the Board of Supervisors approved the prison expansion without considering the opinions expressed by community members. Occupy Redwood City, joined by Occupy San Jose and Occupy Palo Alto, called out the Su...
Posted: Sun, Jul 15, 2012 11:23pm PDT
Occupy Bastille Day - Rally with ORWC to Protest New County Jail Maple St and Blomquist St, Redwood City, CA 94063...
Event Date: Sat, Jul 14, 2012 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2012 4:00am PDT
Song for Father's Day as Sung on Palo Alto World Music Day 
Many people requested the lyrics to this song and the Raging Grannies ran out of printed lyrics! Members of the Raging Grannies Action League, who wrote the song, were joined by ORWC and OSJ members in front of the Palo Alto Apple Store....
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 5:10pm PDT
Apple Protest: Raging Grannies Perform Song, Dance, Mic Check on Father's Day 
Top two photos by Peter M....
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2012 10:58pm PDT
The First Father's Day Followed a Mining Disaster 
The very first Father's Day commemoration was in remembrance of a mining disaster that brought attention to the plight of working people and unsafe working conditions across the US, when hundreds of fathers died in one mine in W. Virginia in 1908....
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2012 10:29pm PDT
Family and Friends Demand Justice at Memorial for Derrick Gaines (Part 2: Videos) (video/x-flv 11.7MB) On June 12, family members held a memorial for Derrick Gaines, a 15 year old who was shot and killed by an officer with the South San Francisco Police Department on the evening of June 5th. Police claim that Gaines, who was walking with a friend near an Arco gas station, was engaging in "suspicious behavior". They tried to stop him, and they say he ran and produced a gun. It was at that time a still unnamed officer shot and killed Gaines. Community members want justice for Derrick Gaines, an...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 3:09am PDT
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