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Community Picket of Mi Pueblo Market! 
Mi Pueblo Mercado 1630 High Street, Oakland...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 20, 2012 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 10, 2012 10:26am PDT
Todos Somos Ilegales The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco has rejected a bid by a coalition of civil and immigrants rights activists to prevent police from enforcing an Arizona provision that is at the heart of the fierce national debate over "illegal immigration."...
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2012 6:52pm PDT
Domestic Workers March in Sacramento (audio/x-wav 235.6MB) Domestic Workers March that took place August 21 in Sacramento, and the interview talks about the Domestics Worker Bill of Rights....
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 12:05am PDT
Free Ankah! 
We are calling for the immediate release of our friend Anna Karewicz (often called Ankah), a much beloved member of the SF Bay Area activist community and beyond. She is currently being held with an ICE (immigration) hold and is fighting imminent deportation....
Posted: Sun, Aug 5, 2012 12:41am PDT
El Tercer Festival del Nopal se Celebra en Santa Cruz 
El tercer Festival del Nopal se llevó a cabo en el centro de Santa Cruz el domingo, 22 de julio.
Mira las fotos aqui...
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 11:00pm PDT
Santa Cruz Festival del Nopal Celebrates Third Year 
The Third Annual Festival de Nopal took place in downtown Santa Cruz on Sunday, July 22....
Posted: Mon, Jul 23, 2012 10:32pm PDT
Festival of Tamales 
The Festival of Tamales, a benefit for the Center for Farmworker Families, took place on Saturday, June 23 at the Springfield Grange in Pájaro....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2012 3:42pm PDT
(UND)OCCUPY OBAMA HQ OAKLAND Organizing for America- Oakland Headquarters
1714 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 15, 2012 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 10:13pm PDT
Sex Worker Solidarity Activists Protest at H.E.A.T Conference, Oakland, 6/13/12: video 
Similar to how the law enforcement-centric policies in the "war on drugs" contribute to more social harms than good, the burgeoning anti-sex worker industry further criminalizes and marginalizes those already struggling to survive while largely ignoring the root causes of sexual exploitation. In what might have been the first action organized against an anti-trafficking conference in the U.S., Oakland Occupy Patriarchy initiated a protest on June 13th targeting the 2012 National Human Exploit...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2012 9:50am PDT
Sex Worker Solidarity Activists Protest at H.E.A.T Conference, Oakland, 6/13/12: photos 
A promotional webpage for the 2012 National Human Exploitation And Trafficking conference currently underway in Oakland claims that the purpose of the gathering is "to enhance the capacity of law enforcement and practitioners to combat commercial sexual exploitation of children." And that is exactly the problem, according to sex worker solidarity activists. Not that they are in favor of sexual exploitation of children, but, much like the law enforcement-centric policies in the "war on drugs...
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2012 11:51pm PDT
May Day March for Dignity & Resistance in Oakland (video/x-ms-wmv 94.6MB) A video report of the March for Dignity & Justice in Oakland, CA, on May 1, 2012 (4:37)....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2012 2:45pm PDT
May Day and the General Strike in a Time of Precarity / Relatos Zapatistas, May 6 2012 (audio/mpeg 101.2MB) Discussion and analysis of May Day and the general strike in a time of precarity. Show features a short documentary on May Day actions in New York; a telephone interview with Irena from Decolonize Oakland; and a roundtable with Omar, Lauren, Steven, and Tony from Occupy Oakland. (mp3, ~2hrs)...
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2012 2:00pm PDT
Response: 5/4 SF Chron col by Chip Johnson “Oakland labor march shows Occupy losing power" Chip Johnson, columnist for SF Chronicle, wrote a hit piece about May Day, posing a "good protestor - bad protestor" scenario, between the Bay Area wide Coalition for Dignity and Resistance and Occupy Oakland. This is a statement from the Coalition denouncing his attempt to break our unity, and denouncing the rampant police violence on May Day....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2012 11:01am PDT
Occupy Oakland May Day Rally (audio/mpeg 28.5MB) Occupy Oakland held a rally at Oscar Grant Plaza around 7PM on May Day, after groups from earlier rallies marched in from various locations. Speakers spotlighted local and national problems related to labor, education, police violence, and immigration. (31 minutes)...
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2012 8:33pm PDT
May Day in Mountain View: Stop S-Comm! 
Carrying signs in Spanish, Chinese, English, and Tagalog, demonstrators called out for immigrant rights on May Day in Mountain View, California....
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2012 1:08am PDT
Homies Empowerment en la marcha in Oakland on May 1st, 2012 
These are pics from today's march of the Homies Empowerment, Adelante and A.R.E. contingent at the May Day march in Oakland, CA....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2012 11:51pm PDT
May Day in Fresno 
About 500 people participated in the May Day march through downtown Fresno today. The event started with a rally at Courthouse Park and included a march with the primary theme of immigrant rights. Groups including Occupy Fresno, Peace Fresno, and other community groups also participated in this International Workers Day celebration....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2012 10:56pm PDT
ACLU California Conference & Lobby Day 2012, 4/15/12: audio & PDFs 
The ACLU of Northern California, ACLU of Southern California, and ACLU of San Diego came together as the "ACLU of California" for Conference & Lobby Day 2012 in Sacramento on April 15th and 16th. In various meeting rooms throughout the Holiday Inn at Sacramento Capitol Plaza, the ACLU held workshops on topics ranging from reforming the criminal justice system to removing barriers on reproductive health, from ending the death penalty to educational equity, from immigrant rights in the U.S. t...
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2012 9:27am PDT
Occupy Oakland May Day General Strike Press Conference, 4/26/12: video & photos 
With May Day 2012 approaching, Occupy Oakland held a press conference to discuss the actions expected throughout downtown Oakland on Tuesday, May 1st. Plans include support for workers at the Golden Gate Bridge, a work stoppage by ILWU Local 10 which will effectively shut down the Port of Oakland for the day, a one-day strike by thousands of California Nurses Association Bay Area nurses, a large March for Dignity and Resistance from Fruitvale to downtown, and much more. Speaking at the pr...
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 6:16pm PDT
DREAM Festival 2012 Downtown Watsonville City Plaza...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 27, 2012 4:21pm PDT
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