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Stand for Reproductive Justice! Organizing meeting with BACORR Harm Reduction Coalition -1440 Broadway, Suite 510
Oakland, CA 94612 near 12th Street Oakland BART...
Event Date: Tue, Dec 22, 2009 7:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Dec 17, 2009 11:05am PST
BACORR Activists Organize for January counterprotest to the anti-abortion Walk For Life (audio/mpeg 20.0MB) Hear audio from the 12/5/09 "Die-In" for healthcare at the embarcadero in San Francisco related to organizing for a counter-protest to the 6th Annual "West Coast Walk For Life". BACORR/Radical Women organizer Marit provides organizing event details from a bull-horn, while BACORR/Radical Women organizer Anita O'Shea provides an overview of the issues involved in an interview with Rubble at the event. (10:56)...
Posted: Sat, Dec 12, 2009 3:42pm PST
"Die-In" for healthcare rights at the Embarcadero in San Francisco. (audio/mpeg 33.8MB) A “die-in” was held on Saturday, December 5 at the Ferry Building open market on the Embarcadero in San Francisco. The die-in highlighted all the people who die prematurely and needlessly because of structural deficiencies in our health care system. Activist organizations involved included the Bay Area Coalition For Our Reproductive Rights (BACORR), Radical Women, World Can’t Wait, Code Pink Women for Peace, Single Payer Now, Billionaires For Health Care, and the Brass Liberation Orchestra....
Posted: Sat, Dec 12, 2009 2:46pm PST
Public Option Gone: Peanuts for Healthcare, Billions for Insurance Companies 
As the Senate debates continue over health care reform, advocates of a Medicare for All plan for the nation say that what the Senate has come up so far is "peanuts for the people". They fear that insurance company interests will continue to be protected....
Posted: Tue, Dec 8, 2009 10:39pm PST
Die-In at the Ferry Building to Protest Healthcare Bill's Abortion Ban Pt. I 
Women’s Lives Are Human Lives!
Health Care for People, Not Profits!...
Posted: Sat, Dec 5, 2009 4:30pm PST
Rally for Lynne Stewart in front of SF Federal Courthouse 
Lynne Stewart, the much admired civil rights attorney who is struggling with cancer, has had her bail has revoked, and she is now being held in jail after a Federal Court ruled on her appeal last Tuesday. On November 23, demonstrators in San Francisco protested against the ruling....
Posted: Tue, Nov 24, 2009 12:59am PST
International Day for the Elimination of Violence towards Women & Girls Nov 25 Steps of San Francisco City Hall
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, California, 94102....
Event Date: Wed, Nov 25, 2009 12:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 16, 2009 11:11am PST
Healthcare, YES. Sexism, NO. Reproductive rights activists stand up for women's health. 
Montgomery BART station in San Francisco at the brick plaza on Market Street....
Event Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 5:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 11, 2009 12:38pm PST
Zoya - Revolutionary Assn of Women of Afghanistan speaking in SF (audio/mpeg 16.3MB) Zoya, a 28-year-old spokeswoman for the Revolutionary Association of Women of Afghanistan, spoke in San Francisco last month. She calls for immediate withdrawal of foreign troops and that the U.S. disarm the warlords it armed. Audio - 32 mins....
Posted: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 1:38pm PST
Richmond Peace March Saturday November 9 (small for streaming) (audio/mpeg 6.0MB) Voices from Saturday's Peace March in Richmond, in the aftermath of the Homecoming rape. Audio collage, 15 minutes....
Posted: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 1:11pm PST
Peace March Against Rape in Richmond (audio/x-wav 76.1MB) On Saturday, November 7, about 200 people gathered at Richmond High School, which was the scene of a brutal group rape two weeks ago. Hear voices from the peace march from KPFA Women's Magazine....
Posted: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 12:59pm PST
Dear Straight Anarchists. WTF? A Radical Queer Complaint From Queens of Trailer Trash On September 24th some of the most militant politicized street protests the States have seen in nearly a decade countered the G20 summit in Pittsburgh. Anarchist Queers and Trannies were on the frontlines of this struggle; bringing the numbers, the flare, and the wrecking crews. Radical Queers fought police and did everything they could, with what they had, not to back down. A days worth of tear gas, rubber bullet attacks, and fending off straight-idiot-liberals, set the tone for what would b...
Posted: Mon, Nov 9, 2009 12:12pm PST
After gang rape, Richmond students come together for healing Wednesday, November 4, 2009 : RICHMOND, Calif. - The white streamers were everywhere - worn as armbands, headbands, neckties, leg-bands - as hundreds of Richmond High School students gathered on the football field with teachers, parents and community members to express their support for the victim of a horrendous gang rape on the school grounds and their determination to act together to prevent future violence....
Posted: Thu, Nov 5, 2009 6:23am PST
Rainbow Theatre 16th season programs A&B 
RAINBOW THEATRE, the only multicultural theatre arts troupe in the UC system will be kicking off there 16th season this thursday and continuing through the following weekend. In the tradition of Teatro Campesino, the San Francisco Mime troupe, and Theatre of the Opressed, Rainbow strives to bring the untold stories of people of color to light. This year Rainbow's plays are feminist oriented, focusing on issues of queer identity, domestic violence, rape, Abortion, interracial relationships, a...
Posted: Wed, Nov 4, 2009 4:41pm PST
The Horror of the Richmond Gang Rape . . . And Making the Connections Saturday night, October 24. A 15-year-old woman goes to a homecoming dance in Richmond, California. It should be a time for her to cut loose, have fun, and enjoy the company of friends. Her girlfriend said she was looking forward to it for weeks. “When we walked in the dance together she said, ‘I can’t wait to get my dance on!’” In any sane society, the worst fear on her mind should be a bit of teenage awkwardness....
Posted: Tue, Nov 3, 2009 3:44am PST
Interview with U.C. Berkeley Worker (audio/mpeg 15.1MB) Rubble interviews U.C. Berkeley clerical worker Toni Mendocino, a member of the Coalition of University Employees and Campus Radical Women. Toni gives an overview of the issues faced by students, faculty, and other campus workers, along with demands and upcoming activist actions. (8:15)...
Posted: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 8:42pm PST
Feminists Turn Up the Heat for Healthcare New Valencia Hall
625 Larkin Street, Ste. 202, San Francisco, CA 94109
(Five blocks from the Civic Center BART station, and on the #19 and #31 bus lines.)...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 12, 2009 7:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Nov 1, 2009 9:14am PST
Rape: America's Least Reported Crime Originally From New America Media
Friday, October 30, 2009 : A rape occurs every two minutes in America. Last Saturday night, a 15-year-old young woman in Richmond, Calif. survived a brutal gang rape that occurred as she was leaving the homecoming dance at her high school....
Posted: Fri, Oct 30, 2009 6:32am PDT
URGENT ALERT! Defend Women, Defend Choice! Rightwingers Assault Both in Berkeley! 
Seemingly out of nowhere, a horribly ugly assault on women and reproductive rights is happening right now at UC Berkeley. A Christian fundamentalist and Christian fascist road show calling itself the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform CBRMidwest@cbrinfo.org arrived at Sproul Plaza early this morning (Monday) to stage what it calls its “Genocide Awareness Project (GAP).” They state their mission is to “create debate” and “our main purpose is to disciple others to save lives.” They appear from th...
Posted: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 11:51pm PDT
Where Did Our Rights Go? Discussion on Reproductive Justice and Women's Health 
The Women's Building
Audre Lorde Room
7pm at the Women's Building
3543 18th Street, (between Valencia and Guerrero)
San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 28, 2009 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 26, 2009 9:57am PDT
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