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Berkeley International Women's Day March in Solidarity with Struggle of Iranian Women
On the occassion of March 8 International Women's Day, a rally and March was held in Berkeley in solidarity with a 4-day march in Europe organized by the Campaign for the Abolition of All Misogynist, Gender-Based Legislation & Islamic Punitive Laws in Iran. The call for the European march begins: "If you are against death by stoning! If you are against forced veiling! If you are against the prosecution and imprisonment of women! If you are against lashing a woman’s body! If you are aga...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 10:06pm PST
3/9 Oakland Meet/Video Screening On Epidemic Of Union Busting&How To Fight It
Locked out Boilermakers Bob Glenn and Paul Sturgeon and other fired workes will discuss their
struggles for justice on the job. There will also be a screening of "Lockout 484" and
"Solidarity Has No Borders, The Journey of the Neptune Jade"...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 7:44pm PST
Berkley Liberation Radio FCC comes a knockin (yet again)
Interview with Gerald Smith of Berkley Liberation Radio 104fm about their FCC visit on 02-21-06 also some of the history of BLR spawned from the infamous Free Radio Berkley...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 3:05pm PST
Latin America's Shift to the Left: An Update from Brazil
Andreia Borges Ferreira, of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), comes to La Peña representing the MST’s Education Sector, responsible for the political education of MST members throughout the country....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 12:47pm PST
Berkeley Honda Strikers Need YOU !
Thursday 4:30-6pm
Saturday 1-2:30pm.
Parker and Shattuck in Berkeley...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 12:28pm PST
Anti-labor terrorists attack striking hospital workers at Eden Hospital
The latest attack on labor picketlines occurred at Eden Medical Center in Castro Valley, CA last week. Last fall, there were goons paid by California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco to attack hospital workers, mostly women, on the picketline. These anti-labor thugs are terrorists, and that is who the terrorists always are: Anti-labor, warmongering, racist, anti-women, anti-abortion, anti-gay thugs, and the politicians and captialist class who pay them. Terrorism is by definition a...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 6:32am PST
Port Protest City Hall Rally
When: 4 p.m., Tuesday, March 7.
Where: Oakland City Hall, Frank H. Ogawa Plaza....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 9:11pm PST
Berkeley City Council should respect will of voters and implement 'free' elections
Green Party candidate for Secretary of State, Dr. Forrest Hill, will participate in a rally calling on the Berkeley City Council to respect the will of the voters and implement IRV. The rally will be held on TUESDAY (March 7) at 6:30 p.m. in front of Old City Hall (2134 Martin Luther King Jr. Way)....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:14pm PST
PREVENT RACIST REDEVELOPMENT
Join our brothers and sisters from Bayview-Hunyters Point as they rally to demand answers from the Redevelopment Agency and City Planning. Help prevent a repeat of the destruction of the Fillmore and potential displacement and relocation of residents...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 9:34am PST
When 'port security' targets workers-Who Are the "terrorists"-Rally March 7, 2006 Oakland
On Tuesday March 7, 2006 there will be a protest at Oakland City Hall at 4:00 PM against the attack
on longshore workers and anti-war protesters....
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 8:30pm PST
Universal Health Care Forum
WHEN: MARCH 16, THURSDAY, 7:00PM
WHERE: CALIFORNIA NURSES ASSOCIATION OFFICES, 2000 FRANKLIN @ 20TH STREET, DOWNTOWN OAKLAND (1 BLOCK OFF 19TH ST. BART)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 9:20pm PST
3/6: Join LABOR COUNCIL SUPPORT PICKET @ Castro Valley EDEN MEDICAL CENTER
PUT PATIENTS FIRST RALLY, 8am-9am Monday, March 6 Eden Medical Center 20103 Lake Chabot Blvd, just off Castro Valley Blvd Castro Valley...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 9:55pm PST
PUEBLO hosts Community Speak Out
PUEBLO hosts Community Speak Out...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 10:02pm PST
Mass Picket Berkeley Honda - March 4
Solidarity with Berkeley Honda Workers!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 9:45pm PST
'9/11 GUILT': New Video From Local 9/11 Truth Researchers, Don Paul & Jim Hoffman
"This documentary does an excellent job of connecting the dots about 9/11 and the possible political blueprint and financial reasons leading to that momentous event-- detailed and chilling." -- ED ASNER...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 5:34pm PST
Spiral Gardens Produce Stand Cashbox Stolen
Spiral Gardens' Produce Stand cashbox stolen during the Mardi Gras parade's visit....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 5:17pm PST
Spenger’s Employees Claim Discrimination
Spenger's Fresh Fish Grotto in Berkeley on fourth street is still using Jim Crow statutes to degrade its African-American(black) employees as second class citizens and workers. Where is the anti-racist action to shut down this Old Jim Crow shithouse!!!!!!!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 10:02pm PST
Today: Screening of Emmett Till Documentary at Grand Lake
Screening today only in Oakland!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 12:09pm PST
Gun Trauma -- Getting Shot Has Changed My Life
In some neighborhoods getting shot is more common than getting into a fights. Young Napz, 14, is a writer for YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia a project of New America Media....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 5:15pm PST