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Behind the large national and regional antiwar marches are hundreds of independent grassroots peace and justice initiatives that display widening popular sentiment against the war and occupation in Iraq and the entire array of deceptions and abuses of power by the U.S. government....

SJ Bike Party took to the streets on October 19th to bring some bicycle fun to the South Bay: meeting in Campbell, the 30+ mass rode towards downtown San Jose to proclaim at every intersection: SJ BIKE PARTY!...

A Public Hearing is being held by the politicians at San Jose City Hall on MONDAY, OCTOBER 15. The Save Coyote Valley Coalition will hold a rally AT 5:00PM to voice our concern over paving over the last remaining open space in the County of Santa Clara, and then we will attend a public hearing starting a 5:30 in the room Wing 118-120. Concerns over this massive development project are ENVIRONMENTAL and INDIGENOUS RIGHTS issues. WE WILL HOLD A RALLY IN FRONT OF CITY HALL FROM 5PM-5:30PM...

40 Beagle puppies are about to be put to sleep by an animal testing facility if homes are not found for them. Please help....

Editor’s note: Recent incidents involving police use of Tasers against unarmed citizens—especially the tasing of Florida college student Andrew Myers at a John Kerry event on campus—have brought the weapon into the national spotlight. But on the ground, Tasers were already a hot-button issues, with coalitions in cities across the country objecting to their disproportionate use on people of color....

For background information, see UNITE-HERE's campaign website: http://www.serviceworkersrising.org/prudential/ "Hundreds of Prudential Overall Supply are on strike at multiple company facilities. Workers are striking to protest alleged unfair labor practices at Prudential where they have been striving to improve working conditions since June 2007."...

San Jose community members gathered with survivors of police brutality and their families to show support in their demands for the dropping of their charges and the banning of Tasers in San Jose. The march went from the DA's office to the SJPD Headquarters to City Hall, culminating in a raucous march into City Hall where the City Council was meeting....

Raging Grannies and Friends Celebrate Victory over Minutemen in the South Bay *Perform Cleansing Ritual to Reinstate Community Solidarity*...

The Silicon Valley Impeachment Coalition and friends met with Meri Maben, Mike Honda's District Director, on August 27th in Campbell, CA....

Beginning at 12 noon at the San Jose Municipal Stadium, we will: -Remember the over 1800 who died in Hurricane Katrina -Highlight the struggles of Katrina survivors in our own communities and the nation -Highlight the lack of rebuilding -Promote federal action to create a Gulf Coast Civic Works Project, which would create 100,000 public works jobs for the people of the Gulf Coast to rebuild their own communities....