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Turning the Tide on Religious Fundamentalism—Update!
I’ve been invited to give a lecture at Arizona State University this fall on evolutionary science and its uses in progressive activism. The version of the lecture I wanted to give turned out to be 4 hours long, so I recorded that version in 13 tracks and posted it on my website for free download at www.newbookforanewworld.com/lecture.htm ....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 12:31am PDT
YOUTH AND POWER 2006!
301 heller drive, PORTER COLLEGE UCSC....
Event Date: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 2:40pm PDT
Center For Judicial Excellence
Community Forum on Judicial Excellence in Marin County...
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 11:00am PDT
Parents link grade closure decision to probe
Gasquet group contends Mountain School vote result of investigation into similar Margaret Keating action
(And to think, federal law applies, even in DNC! Who would have guessed!)...
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 11:51pm PDT
Feds: Keating grades 6-8 closure violated law : Education Department cites Title VI anti-d
Even the feds can tell DNC treats the Rez kids like shit, but somehow, Crescent City Crackers just don't see it that way. Civil Rights? What the hell are those?...
Posted: Fri, Sep 29, 2006 11:47pm PDT
Bush Administration Says Prominent Muslim Scholar Can’t Teach in the US
He’s considered one of the most prominent Muslim intellectual in Europe. Time Magazine calls him of the 100 most likely innovators of the 21st century. But the US government won’t let him into the country. We get reaction from Oxford University professor Tariq Ramadan to the Bush administration’s latest explanation why he can't accept a teaching position in the United States....
Posted: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 5:46pm PDT
National Lawyers Guild Progressive Lawyering Day
Barrows Hall, UC Berkeley
At the intersection of Barrow Lane and Eshleman Road...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 9:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 6:01pm PDT
FCC approves revised rules for digital kids TV
The Federal Communications Commission has unanimously accepted revised rules that limit the amount of commercial material broadcast on digital television intended for children....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 4:16pm PDT
Ward Churchill Defends His Academic Record & Vows to Fight to Keep His Job
We speak to the well-known academic and writer Ward Churchill about his future at the University of Colorado and academic freedom. A University panel recently determined that Churchill plagiarized and fabricated material in his scholarship and recommended his dismissal. Colorado Governor Bill Owens has called for his resignation....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 7:28am PDT
Evolutionary Science, Personal Empowerment, Civil Rights, and World Peace— Free Lecture
I’ve been invited to give a lecture at Arizona State University this fall on evolutionary science and its uses in progressive activism. The version of the lecture I wanted to give turned out to be 4 hours long, so I recorded that version in 13 tracks and posted it on my website for free download at www.newbookforanewworld.com/lecture....
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 9:08pm PDT
Horowitz on Campus
David Horowitz, the former wacky-left editor of Ramparts magazine turned wacky right smear-monger and foundation pimp, came to Bloomsburg University in rural central Pennsylvania to pick up a $7000 check and spout lies and misinformation in a debate with local college philosophy professor Kurt Smith....
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 7:29am PDT
Sacramento: Ballot measures J and K
November Ballot Proposals can eliminate at-large Elections for School Board.
The Sacramento County Office of Education resolved that: “An election on the proposal to establish seven trustee areas and the alternative method of election shall be held on November 7, 2006” (Resolution No. 2005-A, 7/1/2005).
Passage of Measures J and K will result in representation for every area of the SCUSD....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 7:33pm PDT
2006 Disorientation Guide
The Disorientation Guide is a radical resource published by an open collective and distributed for free at the beginning of Fall quarter. It’s for new students, for the Santa Cruz community, and for everyone who wants to get more informed, active, or involved in the radical history of the campus and the rich networks of organizations and coalitions at UCSC and in Santa Cruz....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 2:45pm PDT
Education Not Incarceration Meeting
Oakland Education Association's office, 272 East 12th
Street (at 3rd Ave) (info on 1st San Francisco and ENI
Youth Leadership Council meetings below)...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 2:55pm PDT
Monday: Stop Pushouts in Oakland
1ST EDUCATION NOT INCARCERATION OAKLAND CHAPTER
MEETING:
Monday, September 25, 6-8PM
Oakland Education Association's office, 272 East 12th
Street (at 3rd Ave) (info on 1st San Francisco and ENI
Youth Leadership Council meetings below)...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 2:53pm PDT
Dolores Huerta Addresses Young People in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Legendary labor activist Dolores Huerta stressed voting and non-violence to 200 students at Fremont Federation of High Schools Wednesday in a campus assembly designed to address Oakland’s mushrooming murder rate and to promote ethnic unity....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 9:56pm PDT
Teachers of Oaxaca March to Mexico City
Over 8,000 teachers left the zocalo at the heart of Oaxaca city today in a march to Mexico City to draw attention to their cause. The teachers and other community organizations have occupied the center of Oaxaca city for 122 days calling for the resignation of the governer Ulises Ruiz....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 6:10pm PDT
FILM: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET
Oakland Museum of California
10th and Oak Streets / next to Lake Merrit Bart Station
Oakland, California 94607
Free parking in museum garage enter on Oak Street at 11th Street...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 11:54am PDT
Take Action: Tell Congress To Oppose Unreasonable School Searches
he bad news is that the new broadly worded bill would still
allow school officials to search dozens or even hundreds of students
based on the mere suspicion that one student brought drugs to school....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2006 1:25pm PDT