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12/15 Measure R Recount Reception with Matt Zimmerman
When: Wednesday, December 15, 2004, 7:30 - 9 p.m.
Where: Berkeley Patients Group, 2747 San Pablo Ave., Berkeley
Why: The proponents of Measure R have requested a recount....
Posted: Mon, Dec 13, 2004 10:17am PST
AIPAC PROTEST Dec 13th --Say No to the Israeli military
Protest a banquet at the Oakland Marriot that celebrates taxpayer funding of military occupation of Palestine. U.S. taxpayers send over $3 billion every year to the Israeli military and AIPAC makes it happen....
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 9:50am PST
12/13 SF&Oakland Protest Anti-Palestinian Celebration
On December 13, 2004, the pro-Israel AIPAC will be fundraising in San Francisco and Oakland, with lots of Democratic Party politicians invited to participate. Please protest this genocidal front for US imperialism by telling all the Democrats & Republicans in your phone book to stop supporting Israel, and they all do by definition. Also, attend the demonstrations....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 7:17pm PST
12/13 SF&Oakland Protest US Friends of Israel
On December 13, 2004, the pro-Israel AIPAC will be fundraising in San Francisco and Oakland, with lots of Democratic Party politicians invited to participate. Please protest this genocidal front for US imperialism by telling all the Democrats & Republicans in your phone book to stop supporting Israel, and they all do by definition. Also, attend the demonstrations....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 3:04pm PST
Picket the Claremont - Saturday, Dec. 18. - Noon
Jobs With Justice Solidarity Action...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 10:59pm PST
Mobilize to Stop Closures and Privatization of Oakland Schools!
Rally and Hearing is Wednesday, December 15, 4PM at Oakland Tech High School, 4351 Broadway; the hearing will go well into the night if you are not able to come at 4PM!...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 10:30pm PST
San Leandro Puts Moratorium on MMJ Clubs
Another fire put out: Pot clinics snuffed
Memories of crematory fiasco lead to 'pre-emptive' 45-day dispensary
ban in San Leandro...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 6:35pm PST
Patient Sues Emeryville for Losing His Medical Marijuana
Patient Sues Emeryville for Losing His Medical Marijuana
Demands City Create 'Sensible Police Policies' for Prop 215 Patients...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 5:49pm PST
Ignacio Chapela's last class
This is a photo account of the last class of ESPM 6, introduction to Environmental Sciences, with Ignacio Chapela. He is being denied tenure by UC Berkeley in a fairly well publicized case, where despite an excellent record of publications, teaching, and the support of his department, he was denied tenure because a professor in another department opposed him. An agriculture corporation opposed the results of his research on the spread of pollen from transgenic corn in Mexico, and strongly pre...
Posted: Thu, Dec 9, 2004 4:58pm PST
Observers needed from any city for Berkeley recount of Measure R.
As you know the original count of the Berkeley vote showed Measure R loosing
by 191 votes. Measure R was proposed to the voters of Berkeley to correct some
guidelines passed by members of the City council that severely restricted
Grow limits, permitting new Cannabis Clubs, or the relocation of old ones. In a
city this large, that is a very small amount of people to lose to....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 5:30pm PST
AIPAC PROTEST Dec 13th --No Funding Occupation!
Protest a banquet at the Oakland Marriot that celebrates taxpayer funding of military occupation of Palestine. U.S. taxpayers send over $3 billion every year to the Israeli military and AIPAC makes it happen....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:54am PST
Help Protest Tomorrow- Randy Ward at Broad Foundation
The Broad Foundation is a right wing education
foundation that Secretary of Education Ron Paige is also a part of. The following may be of interest to
folks working to organize against school closures and privatization in Oakland......
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 7:46am PST
Grower in Oakland CHP Bust Gets Probation
A Santa Clara woman was sentenced to two years' probation Monday for
her role in the cultivation of 4,000 marijuana plants found in a West
Oakland warehouse that supporters say was a legitimate grower of
medical cannabis....
Posted: Tue, Dec 7, 2004 11:49am PST
Free movies!! @ the Longhaul/Infoshop!!
Free movies!! @ the Longhaul/Infoshop!! Unprecidented &Votergate!!! Think your vote got “counted”?? Think again!! Greenwald & Bev Harris documentaries lay bare the machinery of the election scam 00-04!!!
Wed Dec 8. 8:30pm @ The Longhaul/Infoshop....
Posted: Tue, Dec 7, 2004 4:11am PST
Upcoming Education Events in the Bay Area
1. School Board Meeting on Closures: Dec 15th
2. Regional Meeting on Education: Dec 12
3. Forums on No Child Left Behind, Tuesday
4. Californians for Justice Holiday Party, Wednesday...
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 1:44pm PST
An Oakland Teacher Speaks on Privatization and No Child Left Behind
Manny Lopez speaks out on privatization and the No Child Left Behind Act. Manny teaches at E. Morris Cox Elementary and is a member of the Oakland Education Association’s Executive Board....
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 1:12pm PST
Important Correction: School Board Meeting is December 15th
The School Board meeting around Oakland school closures and privatization will be Wednesday, December 15th (not the 8th). A major rally will be held immediately beforehand. The rally and meeting will take place at Oakland Tech High School, 4351 Broadway (43rd and Broadway in North Oakland)...
Posted: Sun, Dec 5, 2004 5:29pm PST
Oakland School Closure Plan
Update: Recommended School Interventions in Response to Loss of Enrollment, Academic Under-Performance, and No Child Left Behind....
Posted: Sat, Dec 4, 2004 8:27pm PST
Action in Defense of Education Regional Meeting Callout
Say what?
A.I.D.E. (Action In Defense of Education) CALLOUT! Meeting
Sunday December 12, 2004 12noon-4pm
633 17th Street (and Roosevelt) Richmond, Ca (East Bay)...
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 4:23pm PST