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Update on Pastors for Peace Caravan
Here's the latest update on the Cuba Caravan. Sacramento activist Kathryn Hall of the Birthing Project is currently in Hidalgo Texas after being stopped at the border by the Department of Homeland Security....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 12:51am PDT
Report from the Fry-Schafer Legal Defense Committee
An El Dorado County physician and
attorney, facing 40 years in prison for
allegedly selling marijuana from their medical clinic, are accusing prosecutors
of building their case on a foundation of lies and law-enforcement bias against
medical marijuana....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 5:19pm PDT
Urge Sacramento City Council to Pass Resolution to Withdraw U.S. Troops from Iraq
Contact Mayor Fargo and the Sacramento City Council to introduce and pass a resolution to withdraw U.S. troops and Bases from Iraq....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 9:49am PDT
Part one of Circus protest video in Fresno (video/x-ms-wmv 28.8MB)
Part one of two....
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 11:26pm PDT
Wrap up of 5 days of protests against the abuse of circus animals in Fresno
Fresno Voices For Animals activists ends 5 days of protests against the Ringling Brothers Circus....
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 2:19am PDT
Bull Hooks at Ringling Brothers Circus in Fresno
Bull Hooks are used by some animal trainers to control animals. The hooks are dug into sensitive areas of animals (ears, neck, head, etc.) to get them to obey. During the Ringling Brothers Circus, in Fresno, animal rights activists got photos of Circus animal handlers with Bull hooks in hand....
Posted: Mon, Jul 18, 2005 1:22am PDT
Pics of circus cruelty protest in Fresno
Pics of the second day of protest in Fresno....
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2005 1:23am PDT
Broadway Showdown - update from Fresno Famous on Downtown development
For links and more info go to Fresno Famous' site....
Posted: Sat, Jul 16, 2005 6:12pm PDT
U.S. trying to nail Cuba for 200 years
U.S. trying to nail Cuba for 200 years. Pastors for Peace visit Fresno. 2 minute video...
Posted: Sat, Jul 16, 2005 1:38pm PDT
Hunger in California’s Central Valley: rising poverty in leading food-producing region
According to a report released by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Center for Health Policy Research in June, the pains of poverty are sharpening in California with hunger and food insecurity on the rise in the state. In the cruelest of ironies, the study found that some of the worst conditions in the state prevail among the poor and working poor in the Central Valley region of San Joaquin County—one of the nation’s centers of agricultural production....
Posted: Sat, Jul 16, 2005 11:26am PDT
Circus Animal cruelty protests ends in arrests
Five activists arrested while protesting the treatment of Animals by the Ringling Brothers Circus in Fresno...
Posted: Fri, Jul 15, 2005 3:09am PDT
UPDATED Transit/Directions/Housing Info for Reclaim the Parks!
UPDATE! MAX, (Modesto bus that runs from BART to Modesto), does not run on the weekends, (sorry for this error)! However, below are some other options, as well as housing info, and listserve information....
Posted: Thu, Jul 14, 2005 9:32pm PDT
Poverty, Capitalism, & Mental Health
Stumbling across The Modesto Bee/LocalNews section, i couldnt help but to diagree with Modesto Bee's typical "Headline", misleading, additude towards a recent woman taking her life because of her struggle with Mental Illness, abusive upbringing, being poor, ect (yeah, ect.). Over focus on the fact that she wore a lot of black clothing & not enough emphasis on her baddering father & other disease breeding, enhaling enviornmental catastrophies. R.I.P. Mary Jesus!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 14, 2005 7:02pm PDT
Bakersfield Pride: Vendors and Advertisers
Just a quick reminder that Bakersfield Pride Weekend is Labor Day weekend, September 2-4, 2005. Save the dates!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 13, 2005 11:22am PDT
Pastors for Peace Cuba Caravan Comes to Sacramento
The Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba arrived in Sacramento over the past weekend, with Richard Becker of International ANSWER being the keynote speaker at Saturday's event....
Posted: Mon, Jul 11, 2005 11:34pm PDT
Peace Groups Confront California National Guard for Spying on Activists
Here's my article about the demonstration in front of the National Guard Headquarters in Sacramento on Wednesday, July 6....
Posted: Sat, Jul 9, 2005 10:57pm PDT
July 4 in Fresno we celebrate our colors with our colors
July 4 in Fresno we celebrate our colors with our colors. 1 minute video...
Posted: Fri, Jul 8, 2005 5:27pm PDT
Immigrants & Supporters Take Action in Sacramento
Photos from Sacramento Immigrant Drivers License/no vigilantes protest...
Posted: Fri, Jul 8, 2005 2:18pm PDT