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Meet Rob Los Ricos on his first visit to the Bay Area since being released from prison. Rob Los Ricos, anarchist political prisoner, has just been released from prison, after serving a sentence of seven years for hitting a cop with a rock in Eugene OR, and will be speaking on his experiences in prison...
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 11:38pm PDT
Congratulations California! No New Prison Beds via CA Legisl. We are thrilled to let you know that the Governor’s bid to build
nearly 50,000 new prison beds failed…thanks in no small part to the efforts
of individuals and organizations like you....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 6:46pm PDT
City Juvenile Justice Policy: Has the Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice Seen It? Almost two months after the beginning of this fiscal year, the San Francisco Juvenile Probation Department (JPD) is still attempting to finalize a funding process that has troubled many advocates in the violence prevention and juvenile justice community. This community also continues to reel from the recently announced funding recommendations for the Crime and Delinquency Prevention grants from the Mayor’s Office on Criminal Justice (MOCJ). While the relatively new JPD Chief, William P. Siffe...
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 7:35am PDT
Josh Wolf Update: Josh Released on Bail! Please Forward:
Josh Wolf Update
1) Josh Released on Bail!
2) Josh resumes blogging and announces prisonblogs.net
3) Continued support for Josh and others...
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2006 12:57pm PDT
Photos from "Hip Hop Against Police Brutality" 
On Saturday, September 2 , 2006 over 150 people came together in Oakland to raise consciousness and funds to combat police brutality through hip-hop, dance and spoken word....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2006 6:16pm PDT
As an Inmate Dies, Why Not Save a Million Dollars? Today’s prison medical system is dysfunctional, costly and wasteful, says the writer, a longtime prison inmate. Dwight Abbott, who is currently locked up in Salinas Valley State Prison, offers a practical solution to the problem. Abbott is the author of, "I Cried, You Didn't Listen," first published in 1991 to expose the widespread abuse of incarcerated children. It has just been reprinted by AK Press, and is available at Amazon.com and TheBeatWithin.org....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2006 8:36am PDT
Josh Wolf Press Conference (audio/mpeg 23.0MB) After Release From Federal Prison - September 1, 2006...
Posted: Sat, Sep 2, 2006 6:41am PDT
Fresno police chief has “ego problem” with protester truth 
Fresno police chief has “ego problem” with protester truth. 3 minute video...
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 11:30am PDT
I Was a Target of Homeland Security When I stepped into the San Francisco airport a week and a half ago to begin my vacation in Central America, I knew it wouldn’t be an easy experience. The recently unearthed suicide bomber plot in England had everyone talking, and three steps off the first escalator I heard ‘We are in Homeland Security Code Orange’ blaring over the building’s public address system. Regardless, I still felt confident I’d make it to my destination, even if it would take a little extra time. I was flying to Guat...
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 6:34am PDT
Pre-Trial Hearing in Norse Case Wednesday August 30 10 AM Dept 1 Attorneys David Beauvais and Kate Wells will be representing Robert Norse Wednesday August 30th in Dept. 1 in a pre-trial in-limine hearing. This is a hearing to limit what can be presented at jury trial on September 25....
Posted: Tue, Aug 29, 2006 11:54pm PDT
KATRINA anniversary FEMA PROTEST 
Indict the Bush Regime for Criminal Negligence and Ethnic Cleansing of the Black and Poor people of New Orleans !
12:00 PM, Tuesday, August 29,
1111 Broadway (at 14th st.) Oakland, ca
NEVER FORGIVE AND NEVER FORGET!
PROTEST AND SPEAKOUT in front of the FEMA Bay Area offices. Indict the Bush Regime for Criminal Negligence and Ethnic Cleansing of the Black and Poor people of New Orleans! Is the Bush Regime guilty of mass murder and ethnic cleansing in New Orleans and the Gulf Coast....
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2006 7:54pm PDT
SONOMA COUNTY ACTIVIST GROUP PLACED IN JEOPARDY BY IRRESPONSIBLE JOURNALISM A Sonoma County activist group, the Peoples Revolutionary Organization, has been falsely accused of committing vandalism by the local media based on recent events they held discussing graffiti (where Faultlines held a workshop amongst other speakers) and being politically involved in the community. The article written displays irresponsible journalism by not citing it's sources (one of the sources being indybay) or author and putting a legitimate organizations members/supporters in jeopardy. ...
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2006 10:53am PDT
08/25 Critical Mass: Mission Failed! The "Critical Mass Bike Ride" of August 25th was neither massive nor critical. Within minutes of starting the ride, the bikers rode straight into a police ambush!...
Posted: Sat, Aug 26, 2006 4:52pm PDT
Medical Marijuana Grand Jury Convened in Connection with Ed Rosenthal According to George Bevan, the Assistant U.S. Attorney
prosecuting the case, this is a new grand jury ostensibly convened to
investigate new information surrounding the prior indictment of Ed
Rosenthal....
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 12:03am PDT
Youth Activists Attacked by Hometown Newspaper The Peoples Revolutionary Organization (PRO) have been attacked by the Argus-Courier....
Posted: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 8:50am PDT
Video Surveillance Project Gets Final Approval 
The Fresno City Council approved the start of a massive police video surveillance project at their Tuesday, August 22 meeting. The last hurdle to approve this project was the acceptance, by the City Council, of a policy manual to regulate the use of the cameras. While much of the policy manual came from The Constitution Project (see http://www.constitutionproject.org/ ) and was protective of civil liberties, there were several key elements of the manual that community members strenuously ob...
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 10:40pm PDT
Rob Los Ricos & Richard Brown speak @ AK Press: Fundraiser for Rob Los Ricos & John Bowman Fundraiser and Raffle for Rob Los Ricos and John Bowman
Thursday September 14th
7:00-9:00pm
AK Press 674 23rd St. Oakland, CA
Donations ($5-$10) at the door will go to Rob
Funds from raffle ticket sales will go to John...
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 1:00pm PDT
KPOO Black August hour rebroadcast TODAY at 4pm + other programs scheduled KPOO, 89.5 fm. (www.kpoo.com) will rebroadcast Black August Commemoration today, August 22, from 4 - 5 p.m. (PST)....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 12:44pm PDT
s.f. village voice - june 22, 2006 (audio/mpeg 35.6MB) San Francisco Office of Citizen Complaint's Director Kevin Allen, Carloe Harvey,writer, enviromental and redevelopment social activist. Along with
Marlen Crump a recent police abuse victum. All share their insights and
personal experience's with La Mesha....
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 10:51am PDT
Village Voice 8/18/06 with La Mesha Nothing to fear but fear itself people must break out of their welded
costumes, La Mesha with her guests, talk about; the campaign to end the death penalty and other issue's of racial and social justice,...
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2006 10:44pm PDT
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