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John Swett High School Mascot, Indians, Removed after 90 years Sacred Sites Protection and Rights of Indigenous Tribes (SSPRIT) along with AIM West, ACLU of Northern California, John Swett High School (JSHS) Alumni and Crockett Community Members formed the Carquinez Coalition to Change the Mascot in early 2014....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 6:07pm PST
Family Files Five Hundred Million Dollar Federal Lawsuit Against San Jose State University This morning, a family filed a five hundred million dollar federal lawsuit, pro per, against San Jose State University, San Jose State University Police Department, and Sigma Chi fraternity for conspiring to cover up the 2008 death of Gregory Johnson, Jr....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2015 1:49pm PST
Mark w/ BAMN Interview Work-To-Rule Action in Oakland; 20 Schools Participate (audio/x-wav 130.8MB) Teachers at about 20 Oakland public schools are working the minimum number of required hours in a labor action to protest the slow pace of contract negotiations, teacher union president Trish Gorham said Friday
Several hundred Oakland Education Association teachers as well as students and parents rallied outside an Oakland Unified School District Board meeting on Jan. 28. After they went inside, they spoke out against proposals to privatize Fremont, Castlemont and McClymonds high schools, ...
Posted: Tue, Feb 17, 2015 11:57pm PST
National Adjunct Day of Action: Saint Precaria's Pilgrimage UCSC Quarry Plaza...
Event Date: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 12:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 10:25pm PST
Student Strike UC Santa Cruz - Pickets starting at Hagar and Coolidge + West Entrance...
Event Date: Thu, Mar 5, 2015 4:30am PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 16, 2015 10:08pm PST
Rev. Jeremiah Burke Sanderson ~ Sesquicentennial Celebration of Freedom 
1865 ~ 2015 Sesquicentennial Celebration of Freedom begins with restoration of a historical monument to Rev. Jeremiah Burke Sanderson and the Elk Street Colored School, Stockton, California. The Esquire Club and City of Stockton erected the historical monument February 15, 1985 and together, a year long effort towards celebrating an amazing journey towards freedom, the Sesquicentennial Celebration of Freedom begins......
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 9:59am PST
UC Student Association Passes Two Resolutions on Divestment 
OAKLAND CA - On Sunday, February 8, The University of California Student Association, the independent official voice of 240,000 UC students, passed two advisory resolutions: Resolution Calling for the UC Regents to Divest from Corporations Violating Palestinian Human Rights (see PDF) and Resolution Toward Socially Responsible Investment at the University of California (see PDF) by an 9-1 vote, with 5 abstentions....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 10:40pm PST
Fire All Cops! 
On February 22nd, 2014 a CSU Monterey Bay police officer arrived at a student’s apartment because the student was supposedly trying to commit suicide. Now that cop is likely going to be fired for not using excessive force; specifically, for not tasing the student. The details vary according to who recounts the story, and the whole thing has been complicated by a legal shitstorm between the CSUMB cop and their union on one side, and the city of Marina police department on the other. The CSUMB ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2015 7:01pm PST
Triple Tech Bus Blockade with Teachers at Fairmount Elementary School 
On February 6th, at 8am, teachers at San Francisco's bilingual public Fairmount Elementary School joined with the Anti-Eviction Mapping Project to block 3 private tech buses. Buses from Google and Facebook were blocked, as we protested the takeover of what had been four parking spots for teachers at the school by a tech bus stop. Teachers had not been consulted before their parking stops were privatized, just this past month. A video of the action by Peter Menchini can be seen here: http://vi...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2015 7:28pm PST
Students for Justice in Palestine at SJSU Condemn UC Davis Vandalism Students for Justice in Palestine at San Jose State University Condemn UC Davis Vandalism...
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2015 6:04pm PST
Eureka City Schools Officials Settle Lawsuit with National Center for Youth Law, ACLU Eureka – Eureka City Schools has reached a settlement agreement that resolves a lawsuit filed last year by the National Center for Youth Law and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California. Under the agreement, the district will implement a community-wide collaborative process aimed at cultivating a positive and inclusive school climate where all students feel welcome and safe....
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2015 8:04pm PST
Support Free Speech at UCSC 22 Jewish Alumni protest Angela Davis address at UCSC. Why can't Americans debate U.S. policies that support Israel? Such debate promoted in Israel. Why do people oppose Israel policies? Important issues for Americans....
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 12:06pm PST
UC Strike Called for January 27th 
The Union of American Physicians and Dentists (UAPD) has given the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) notice that doctors employed by its student health centers will hold a one-day Unfair Labor Practice (ULP) strike on Tuesday, January 27th, starting at 7:30 am....
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2015 1:55pm PST
Changing Our Union, Not Just Our Leaders: Proposals for the UESF election Elections are approaching for the leadership of United Educators of San Francisco. Here we offer a platform for a new leadership and, more importantly, for a new kind of union....
Posted: Sat, Jan 24, 2015 11:12am PST
HSU Students Take Over Native Forum FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Posted: Wed, Jan 21, 2015 11:12pm PST
Exercise your 1st Amendment 'rights', expect to be spied on?! Rule Of Law is a Farce....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 2:29pm PST
DPR Recommendations Leave Schoolchildren, Rural Communities At Risk from Pesticides Sacramento, CA – Today the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced new “recommended restrictions” on the use of chloropicrin, a cancer-causing pesticide used widely on California strawberries. Health, environmental and rural advocates say that DPR ignored its own scientists in developing today’s proposal, and that the recommended restrictions fall far short of protecting schoolchildren and rural residents from harmful exposures to the toxic pesticide....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2015 8:01pm PST
UC’s Largest Union Responds to Release of Governor Brown’s 2015-2016 Budget Proposal 
Oakland: California Governor Jerry Brown today released his proposed 2015-2016 State Budget. The proposal includes a $120 million increase in state funding for the University of California---$100 million less than the system requested in order to prevent a 25% tuition hike from beginning to take effect next year....
Posted: Fri, Jan 9, 2015 2:09pm PST
Alfonso Hernandez Speaking at the Chicano History Revisited event 
Alfonso Hernandez...
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2015 4:20pm PST
Kwanzaa 50th Anniversary Legislation ~ Sacramento, California 
The 150th Anniversary of the beginning of the end of chattel slavery in California and throughout the nation upon us. Preparation for the 50th Anniversary of Kwanzaa begins this morning as the world celebrates our "California Grown" holiday season. Ancient Pan African Agriculture Sacred Science is fundamental to any "First Fruits of the Harvest." Habari Gani?...
Posted: Fri, Dec 26, 2014 12:28am PST
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