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6/3: The Camp de Bourdonette in Lausanne was evicted this morning, and a peaceful demo (no teargas!) took place in Lausanne. People are starting to evaluate the last few days. Although all demos in the last days started off cheerful and full of positive vibes, many people were injured during the anti-G8 demos by massive police teargassing, rubber bullets and concussion grenades. Peaceful protesters have stated their solidarity with the blockades carried out by Black Bloc activists. A disobedi...

Marine Reservist and Conscientious Objector Stephen Funk, who declared his CO status publicly on 4/1, is being charges with desertion under Art. 85 of the UCMJ. Funk was Unauthorized Absence (UA) for 47 days and told his command in advance that he would not be appearing for duty, would prepare his CO application, and turn himself in when completed. Funk has said, "I refuse to kill," says the twenty-year-old reservist. "It is scary to confront the military, because the military teaches you to ...

Oakland 5/21: About 100 people, including many young people from the community, packed the Oakland City Council District 2 Town Hall to protest the evictions of elderly Chinatown residents from the Rennaissance Park Plaza housing complex and to convince City Councilmember Danny Wan to put pressure on the owner to stop the evictions. Fifty residents of Renaissance Plaza were served eviction notices that said they had to be out by 7/31. Many of the residents have nowhere to go, and are mainly ...

Since the latest outbreak of Oakland police violence after the Memorial Day Carijama Festival, police officials and Mayor Jerry Brown have gone on record to support their use of less-lethal weapons, such as sting grenades, which explode in a shower of rubber pellets and tear gas. (City officials also suggested banning future community festivals from Oakland parks.) "This was the best way for us to disperse the crowd," according to police Lt. Dave Kozicki; "we were able to break up the crowd ...

Berkeley Bowl workers have been organizing over the last couple of months to form a union. Management responded almost immediately to the union organizing efforts. Reports say that people were talked to and called upstairs in an effort to gather information, and cliche -- potentially illegal -- anti-union tactics were begun. Workers have called on the community to show their full support for their right to organize collectively. Full Story | Read more...

6/5/2003: Several hundred protesters gathered at Bechtel headquarters in San Francisco at 7 AM Thursday and blockaded the entrances. While over a hundred police managed to open the building after a few hours, many Bechtel employees were told by their employer to take the day off. Reports: 1 | Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 It would be easier to find weapons of mass destruction in Iraq these days than any shred of democracy. The U.S. has imposed a repressive occupation on the people of ...

Since the latest outbreak of Oakland police violence after the Memorial Day Carijama Festival, police officials and Mayor Jerry Brown have gone on record to support their use of less-lethal weapons, such as sting grenades, which explode in a shower of rubber pellets and tear gas. (City officials also suggested banning future community festivals from Oakland parks.) "This was the best way for us to disperse the crowd," according to police Lt. Dave Kozicki; "we were able to break up the crowd ...

Though it's proclaimed to be a boon to working- and middle-classes, the recent tax cut bill signed by the House and Senate smacks of the bankrupt "trickle-up" economics of the Reagan years. Like that president's war on the poor, "this [recent] legislation was not designed to jump-start the economy, nor to help distressed families. The purpose is to rewrite the tax code so as to shift even more of the nation's income to the richest taxpayers," says Economist Mark Weisbrot. A Citizens for Tax J...

Berkeley Bowl workers have been organizing over the last couple of months to form a union. Management responded almost immediately to the union organizing efforts.People were talked to and called upstairs in an effort to gather information, and cliche -- potentially illegal -- anti-union tactics were begun. This included handing some employees an anti-union flyer to which the Berkeley Bowl Union has responded. Workers have called on the community to show their full support for their right to ...

Oakland 5/21: About 100 people, including many young people from the community, packed the Oakland City Council District 2 Town Hall to protest the evictions of elderly Chinatown residents from the Rennaissance Park Plaza housing complex and to convince City Councilmember Danny Wan to put pressure on the owner to stop the evictions. Fifty residents of Renaissance Plaza were served eviction notices that said they had to be out by 7/31. Many of the residents have nowhere to go, and are mainly ...