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23 days...The clock is ticking...Save Tookie!
People around the country are taking action to stop the execution of
Stan Tookie Williams, the California death row prisoner who is scheduled to
be executed on December 13....
Posted: Sun, Nov 20, 2005 10:22pm PST
Stop Diebold electronic voting! CA's Republican plans to STEAL YOUR VOTE.
Stop Diebold electronic voting! CA's Republican plans to STEAL YOUR VOTE....
Posted: Sun, Nov 20, 2005 12:20pm PST
The Cable Franchise Agreement Is of Strategic Importance to the Progressive Movement
Free Speech fight in Fresno...
Posted: Sun, Nov 20, 2005 8:51am PST
25 days...The clock is ticking...Save Tookie!
this was sent yesterday, so i changed the title to 25 days...
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2005 11:32am PST
Riot Folk Convergence
We are a collective of 8 radical activists and folk musicians who write, perform, and distribute radical folk music at no-to-low costs. We are anti-profit and exist to further the struggle against capitalism and oppression. All our shows are FREE or donation-optional benefits....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 4:21pm PST
Tookie Williams Execution
Two versions of an appeal for clemency for Stan Tookie Williams, an open letter to Gov. and a letter to Williams' supporters. Plays off terminator character, YES, but also Kindergarten Cop, and makes a cogent moral appeal. Execution is set for Dec. 13th....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 1:45am PST
UC-B Students March - Thursday - November 17th - 9am (video/quicktime 19.6MB)
One of the demands on the Regents will be to enforce the Regents' Code of Conduct regarding sweatshop production of University apparel. Three-minute QT movie. 20MB....
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 10:58pm PST
Fresno Mayor Autry Supports Unpopular Police Auditor Plan
The politics of holding the police accountable in Fresno...
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 10:29pm PST
THIS WED: Statewide Candlelight Vigils!!! Join BNB on Wednesday
This Wednesday, we are holding vigil across the state for all the youth inside and all the youth we've lost....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 10:20pm PST
Conan vs. Kindergarten Cop
Arnold promised he'd fix California's infamous, abusive youth prisons by November 30. The deadline is fast approaching. What can he do?...
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 11:55am PST
Free Radio Santa Cruz: Interview with Barbara Becknell Tookie Willams advocate/editor (audio/mpeg 22.0MB)
Audio Interview with Barbara Becknell Tookie Willams advocate/editor talk about the case and what people can do to try to stop the execution set for Dec 13th 2005...
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 8:57am PST
Death Penalty Focus Upcoming Events
events all over california during the month leading up to the scheduled execution of stanley "tookie" williams- read more about him at http://www.indybay.org/police...
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 4:16pm PST
Stop the Execution of Stanley Tookie Willams (audio PSA)
Audio/Radio PSA to Stop the Execution of Tookie Williams set for Decenber 13th 2005 also special message from Tookie from death row....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 1:05pm PST
Stand Up for Prisoners - Protest Dec 2, 2005 - Sacramento
We are asking mothers and wives of prisoners to dress in black and help us surround the three story building where Roderick Hickman, the man in charge of all the wardens, all the guards has his offices. Dec 2 - 10 am til we drop - too many prisoners are dying. They are doing hunger strikes which is very dangerous for them with the current shortage of doctors. The press does not intend to cover hunger strikes after the disaster at Corcoran where so many were criminally prosecuted for doing so....
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2005 9:48pm PST
Journey from Vision to Reality: Conventions of Colored Citizens, (1855-1865) California
Establishment of a California Educational Advisory Committe to Commemorate the Conventions of Colored Citizens in California will be announced at the 150th Anniversary Community Rally, Noon, Sunday, November 20, 2005, California State Capitol, you are invited to attend....
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2005 1:48pm PST
California voters rebel against corporate agenda
Across the nation, elections signal trend against right-wing politics...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:39pm PST
Winners and Losers in Election 2005
Arnold Schwarzenegger has been widely portrayed as the big loser on November 8, and the Governor’s situation is actually far worse than appears. In contrast, the notion that San Francisco progressives were also losers on Tuesday is wrong, particularly as it relies on a false interpretation of the Sandoval and Prop D campaigns. Nationally, the biggest winner was Virginia Governor Mark Warner, who I now consider a frontrunner for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination. Here’s our take on t...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:23pm PST
VICTORY: Prop 73 DEFEATED!
Throughout this hard-fought campaign volunteers and activists like you rose to the challenge and got our teen safety message out to tens of thousands of voters across the state. Volunteers made over 40,000 phone calls, knocked on countless doors and ultimately turned out the vote that led us to victory....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:09pm PST
Side Effects of Pharmaceutical Industry Revealed
PHARMA spent over $90 million to pass Prop 78, indie film spent $190,000 to make film revealing the pharmaceutical industries' unethical tactics....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 12:00pm PST