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Jeffrey J. Kripal speaks on Esalen
The Booksmith
1644 Haight Street
San Francisco, CA 94117...
Event Date: Tue, May 22, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 2:56pm PDT
Cal Student Worker Support Rally Today!!!
CAL STUDENT WORKER RALLY FOR EQUAL PAY, FRIDAY 2PM SPROUL PLAZA...
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 9:03am PDT
SCHOOL MATTERS: Blacks Lose Faith in Education
Among the findings of a statewide survey of Californian's thoughts on the state's public education system, is the fact that African Americans are steadily losing faith in the system, while Latinos remain optimistic. Carolyn Goossen writes on education and other issues for NAM....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 7:07am PDT
Two UCSD TAs Fired for Political Reasons
This week two UCSD teaching assistants were dismissed from their positions for political reasons in a blatent abuse of administrative power and a violation of free speech....
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 4:25pm PDT
SAC: McClatchy High School Student Protest
In front of McClatchy High School
3066 Freeport Blvd., Sacramento, CA...
Event Date: Fri, May 4, 2007 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 2:53pm PDT
Take Action May 11-12: SFA Days of Action vs. Burger King!
The historic Taco Bell and
McDonald's agreements were
two huge steps down the path to farmworker justice, and students and youth
were pivotal in both campaigns. Today, the movement for Fair Food continues
as the Coalition of Immokalee Workers and its allies look to expand the
precedents of these agreements to the world's #2 burger chain: Miami-based
Burger King....
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 2:09pm PDT
Free Skool Picnic & Running a Free Skool
We have fun, we meet people, we eat, we talk, we have workshops, we play soccer, we have music....
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 11:33am PDT
School Beat: Why I Hate Standardized Testing
April is standardized testing month in the San Francisco Unified School District. For the second week in a row, kids of all ages are sitting down to sheets of multiple-choice questions, armed with newly sharpened pencils for battling sets of fill-in-the-bubble options. This is hardly the image we all have of students guided by creative teachers as they tackle challenging, engaging studies....
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 7:51am PDT
Los Calles Son Del Pueblo
On Tuesday, May 1, the MIRA Coalition (Movement for Immigrant Rights Alliance) organized a march in solidarity with International Workers day and to denounce the ongoing raids affecting communities all across the country. Students also demanded an end to the militarization of the US-Mexico border, amnesty for undocumented migrants and to close the detention centers being used by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) to house entire families and other detained persons. The students met up ...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 1:37am PDT
May Day 2007 March from UC Santa Cruz to Downtown
Hundreds of students and workers rallied at UCSC's Baytree Plaza and then marched to downtown Santa Cruz to meet up with families from the Beach Flats. The demonstration, which ended in the Beach Flats, was part of the international workers day celebrations popularly known as May Day. The M.I.R.A. Coalition, Movement for Immigrant Rights Alliance, at UCSC organized students and workers in the march against the current inhumane situation undocumented immigrants are facing and to demand the fo...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 1:23am PDT
Danny Glover Stands with Workers and Joins Boycott Against UC Berkeley (and 3 other UCs)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 26, 2007...
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 11:37pm PDT
Day 4: Blitz Week
DAY 4: CAL STUDENT WORKER BLITZ WEEK
Informational Picket at Clark Kerr Dining Commons
RALLY TOMORROW AT 2PM ON SPROUL PLAZA...
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 10:03pm PDT
California Safe Schools Celebrates Pioneering Pesticide Policy
Eight Year Anniversary of Embracing the Precautionary Principle...
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 9:31pm PDT
Teach-in on UC-BP deal
Another teach-in on the pending deal between the University of California and British Petroleum will take place this evening starting at 7 p.m. -- tune in here for live webcast coverage relayed by Indybay....
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 5:26pm PDT
Blitz Week Pictures 2
More photos from the first 2 1/2 days of Blitz Week....
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 3:54pm PDT
Blitz Week Pictures 1
Some pictures from the first 2 1/2 days of Blitz Week....
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 3:43pm PDT
Cal Student Worker Rally
Sproul Plaza on the Berkeley campus (corner of Telegraph Ave and Bancroft Way)....
Event Date: Fri, May 4, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 3:08pm PDT
Hundreds of Students Walk Out of Classrooms to Support Immigrant Rights
Students once again played a key role in the May Day protests. In Los Angeles, city officials reported around six hundred students walked out of class to join the march for immigrant rights. Meanwhile in Detroit, dozens of students were arrested for taking part in a walkout that also protested the planned closure of dozens of schools. We speak with two student organizers:...
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 7:53am PDT
Photos From May Day Immigrant Rights Rally In Berkeley
Here are some photos from the 2007 May Day immigrant rights protest in Berkeley...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 5:47pm PDT
Watsonville Students Walk Out
PVHS students walked out today in Watsonville to demand justice for migrant people...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 1:04pm PDT