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Schwarzenegger's Dilemma:
Sign A Bill Banning The Use Of Experimental Pesticides In Schools
Or Cave In To Chemical Industry Lobbyists...
Posted: Sun, Oct 2, 2005 12:36pm PDT
Assemblyman Leno Responds To Governor's Veto Of Marriage Equality Bill
Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) made the following statement in response to the Governor’s veto of AB 849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act:...
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 11:12pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Gives with One Hand, Takes with Other
California Governor Signs Nation's First Law Prohibiting Health Insurers
from Discriminating Against Transgender Consumers but also
Sells LGBT Families Out to Social Conservatives...
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 5:38pm PDT
GOVERNOR VETOED MARRIAGE BILL: COMMUNITY RESPONSE TOMORROW
Today, I regret to tell you that Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed Equality
California-sponsored Assembly Bill 849, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage
Protection Act, by Assemblyman Mark Leno. The Governor did sign four remaining EQCA-sponsored bills....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 5:37pm PDT
KPFA Radio: Factory Farms Feature this Sunday
Pacifica/KPFA Radio's
Sunday Salon 9-11 a.m.
Oct. 2 -- World Farm Animals Day...
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 5:37pm PDT
Interview with Bay Area Coalition on Reproductive Rights at SF Anti-War Rally (audio/mpeg 15.3MB)
Becky from the Bay Area Coalition on Reproductive Rights speaks about the local coalition's work fighting against anti-abortion crusaders, for women's health care, against state Proposition 73 and other issues the coalition is working on, at the Jefferson Park anti-war rally. Rubble interviews. (17 minutes)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 10:56am PDT
Marriage Equality Community Plans to Gather When Gov. Announces His Decision on AB849
The following Equality California chapters and allied organizations are hosting
community gatherings in response to the Governor's action on AB 849. We will rally
the same day of the veto if the Governor acts before 2 p.m. and the following
calendar day (including weekends) if the Governor acts after 2 p.m...
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 12:24pm PDT
Long-time Black Activists and Grand Jury Resisters Harassed and Jailed
Over the last several weeks, five Black activists have been resisting a California State Grand Jury investigating incidents over 30 years old. Three of them are currently in custody for refusing to cooperate with the government investigation....
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 2:17am PDT
College Not Combat Anti-War Rally (audio/mpeg 6.5MB)
College Not Combat held an anti-war rally at the 16th Street BART station in San Francisco on 9/24 preceding the march focused on the campaign to get military recruiters out of schools and to increase substandard educational opportunities for young people. Speakers include representatives from the International Socialist Organization, National Lawyer's Guild and College Not Combat. (7 minutes)...
Posted: Tue, Sep 27, 2005 9:16pm PDT
Labor Anti-War Rally at Dolores Park (audio/mpeg 6.9MB)
Labor held its own rally at Dolores Park during the 9/24 San Francisco anti-war Rally. Harry Brill represents the Berkeley Honda dealership strikers. Michael Eisenscher speaks on behalf of Labor Against the War. formed after a 2003 AFL-CIO vote to oppose the war in Iraq, the first formal labor resolution directly opposing U.S. government war policy. (8 minutes)...
Posted: Tue, Sep 27, 2005 8:04pm PDT
San Francisco Anti-War Rally at Jefferson Park (audio/mpeg 22.9MB)
Audio from the first half hour of the 9/24 anti-war rally at Jefferson Park after a reported 50,000 person March. Speakers include Calvin Gibson and Alicia from ANSWER; Henry Clark of the West County Toxics coalition; a Free Palestine Alliance Representative; and a muslim activist reporting on conditions in the Sudan, calling for impeachement of Bush. (25 minutes)...
Posted: Tue, Sep 27, 2005 6:52pm PDT
Jen Discusses Resistance to Border Vigilantes (audio/mpeg 6.3MB)
Jen from Richmond Indymedia was in San Diego in early August to document resistance to border vigilantes and returned this month to witness the failure of the Friends of the Border Patrol at the hands of grassroots mobilizing. Jen was a guest on Free Radio Santa Cruz's Indynewswire show on September 26 to discuss the recent demonstration that took place in the California border town of Calexico. (13:45 / 6.3 MB)...
Posted: Mon, Sep 26, 2005 9:36pm PDT
TODAY & TOMORROW: STATEWIDE "CALL ARNOLD" DAYS!!
As part of our campaign to close California's most notorious youth prison -- Chad -- we have declared today and tomorrow (9/26 & 9/27) to be statewide "Call Arnold" Days! We need everyone to call Governor Schwarzenegger and tell him to close the Chad youth prison immediately. Then -- we need you to get 10 of your friends to call him too! It will take no more than 10 minutes -- please join the action!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 26, 2005 10:37am PDT
Protest for Peace October 8, 2005 at Vandenberg AFB
1-3pm
Front gate of Vandenberg Air Force Base, at the Intersection of Hwy 1 and Casamila-Lompoc Rd. (six miles north of Lompoc on Highway 1 in Santa Barbara County, CA)...
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2005 3:22pm PDT
Local Animal Sanctuary Seeking Farm Hand
Animal Place, a 60-acre sanctuary for farmed animals in Vacaville, seeks a resident farm hand to assist with all aspects of animal care at the sanctuary....
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2005 12:21pm PDT
Last Night: Do-It-Yourself New Year's Parade & Celebration
Did your First Night celebration go belly-up? And you weren't looking forward to the usual boring city-sponsored New Year's Eve fare anyway. A trend is afoot. Let's do our own parade. A Last Night celebration. We reclaim our streets and usher in the new year with our own celebration....
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 11:54pm PDT
California Assembly & Senate Say NO to Experimentation On K - 12 Public School Kids!
"Kids go to school to learn, not to die"
Nicholas Baker...
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 8:31pm PDT
Fishbain Drops Civil Suit vs. CHP
Jason Fishbain has dropped his civil suit against the CHP for pulling him
over because he had an air freshner on his rear-view mirror....
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 5:01pm PDT