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Richmond Courts Unfair To The Poor
Activists Expose The Wrong Doing Occurring In The Richmond Courts....
Posted: Mon, Dec 19, 2005 10:57pm PST
Voting In The Iraqi Elections... From The Bay Area
I had to go all the way to Pleasanton to vote since it’s the only election center for Iraqis living in the Bay Area. It took me about two and a half hours to reach to the Pleasanton fairgrounds where elections were taking place. I was one of the last voters on the last day, but the place still looked crowded and active. I had not voted in the first elections of January or the referendum on the constitution because I refuse to participate in any postwar political activities unless the Iraqi go...
Posted: Sun, Dec 18, 2005 10:24pm PST
Oakland Teacher Replies to Tribune Editorial
The 12/16/05 Oakland Tribune attacked Oakland teachers for "boorish behavior" when we attended the 12/14/05 meeting of the Oakland School Board to press our contract demands and confront dictatorial State Administrator Randolph Ward. Here Oakland teacher and OEA activist Jack Gerson replies....
Posted: Sat, Dec 17, 2005 9:53pm PST
Anti-WTO Film Screening
A 60 min. film screening of " This is What Free Trade Looks Like " at the Long Haul Infoshop in Berkeley tonight at 7:30pm.
3124 Shattuck Ave.
510-540-0751...
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2005 10:30am PST
Anti-WTO Open Mic Tonight!
Anti-WTO open mic tonight (Thurs) at Nabolom Bakery, College and Russel in Berkeley....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 4:41pm PST
TONIGHT! Eye of the Storm Art/Music Event for Racial Justice
Come celebrate the release of a new recording honoring survivors of Hurricane Katrina and calling for racial justice from Oakland to New Orleans. Enjoy art, music and spoken word....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 12:03pm PST
OEA & BAMN Protest State Takeover of Oakland Unified Schools
12/14/05 - The struggle continues for the Oakland Educators Association (OEA) and student activists from Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration, & Immigrant Rights And Fight for Equality By Any Means Necessary (BAMN) in their fight against ruthless state administrator Randolph Ward. He is the dictator at the OUSD School Board Meeting. The meeting was on the issue of adding a new Charter School to West Oakland....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 11:45am PST
Oakland Teachers & Students Protest Against State Administrator - Randolph Ward
12/14/05 - The struggle continues for the Oakland Educators Association (OEA) in their fight against ruthless state administrator Randolph Ward. He is the dictator at the OUSD School Board Meeting. The meeting was on the issue of adding a new Charter School to West Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 10:31pm PST
British Muslim Author's Anti-War Speech in Oakland Cites Bay Area bands as Inspiration!!
Here is the anti-war acceptance speech sent on CD to PEN Oakland by award-winning, UK-based author, Suhayl Saadi who won a PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award on December 2nd. For financial reasons, Saadi was unable to travel to the US himself to collect his prize....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 7:58am PST
BAMN Press Conference: Keeping Katrina Students and Firing Sherman Boyson in U.C.Berkeley
12/12/2005 - Press Conference in front of California Hall on the U.C. Berkeley campus demanding the firing of racist-sexist-bigot advisor of the social welfare department, Sherman Boyson and also a plead for justice to allow the displaced victims of the Hurrican Katrina disaster to stay at CAL as opposed to being let go after one semester....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 12:12pm PST
East Bay Carpools please meet at Ashby BART at 8:00 pm tonight to San Quentin
Meet at 8 pm at Ashby BART to carpool to San Quentin...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 6:50pm PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More
The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
Photos From The Berkeley Honda Picket Lines
Workers at Berkeley Honda are still on strike since the owners refuse to negotiate in good faith. Rallies are held every week on Thursdays from 4:30-6:00 and on Saturdays from 1:00-2:30....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 6:11pm PST
Photos From Berkeley Vigil in Solidarity with March to Guantánamo
Twenty-five Christians arrived in Cuba on December 6th and plan to march fifty miles to the prison camp at Guantánamo Bay. Their goal is to defend human dignity by visiting with the hundreds of detainees who have been held for more than three years under horrific conditions by the U.S. government. The marchers plan to arrive outside the gates of the US prison complex on December 10th, International Human Rights Day.
On Saturday, December 10th at 3:00pm, there was a vigil at downtown Berkeley...
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 6:03pm PST
'Only God Can Judge Me' -- A Palestinian American Defends His Right to Sell Liquor
The videotaped vandalism of two convenience stores in Oakland has made national headlines. Four members of Your Black Muslim Bakery, a Black Muslim sect have been charged with the crime. PNS contributor Moe Saleh, the owner of one of the markets, has refused to speak with mainstream media. This essay was transcribed from a radio interview on KMEL Street Soldiers Program. Dr. Marshall is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Omega Boys Club. Additional reporting by Kevin Weston, editor-...
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 11:19pm PST
12/10 at 3pm: Witness Against Torture Solidarity Vigil-Berkeley
Join War Resisters League West and local Catholic Workers as we stand for
one simple hour in solidarity with our compatriots who have marched to
Guantanamo and asked to see detainees there.
Black dress recommended, but not required....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 7:52pm PST
"Dream What We Can Become & Rejoice" UC Berkeley
Multimedia exhibit — photos, music, videos, DVDs, smellavision — from the carkness of worker oppression to the light of hopeful organizing....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 6:33am PST
Bill Mandel Loses Show on KPFA (audio/mpeg 6.1MB)
Long-time Eastern-European Scholar, Commentator and Educator Expelled by Paid Staff...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 6:14pm PST
Nabolom Art Opening & Film Screening
Free screening of "We Interrupt This Empire..." plus short films, live music, art, refreshments...etc....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 5:39pm PST