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United States Port Actions End Business as Usual For Israel 
“An injury to one is an injury to all! Tear down the Israeli Apartheid wall!” Declared third generation Oakland ILWU member Clarence Thomas at a rally of 2,000 to 3,000 people that marked the beginning of pickets and demonstrations that drove the Israeli Zim Piraeus ship from the Port of Oakland with only about 2% of its cargo unloaded.
The call for these pickets and strike actions originally came from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) which has asked workers a...
Posted: Tue, Aug 26, 2014 7:05am PDT
Photos of "State of Emergency march in support of Ferguson" 
Their have also been victims of police violence in San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 10:47pm PDT
Santa Cruz Rally and March in Solidarity with the People of Ferguson 
A rally and march in solidarity with the people of Ferguson, Mo. was held in downtown Santa Cruz on August 17. On August 9, Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown in broad daylight in front of numerous witnesses. Michael was reportedly unarmed and holding his hands up while attempting to surrender, saying "don't shoot" when he was gunned down. Since that time, protests in support of justice for the Missouri teenager have erupted all over the world....
Posted: Thu, Aug 21, 2014 2:44pm PDT
HANDS UP! Don't Shoot! (video/quicktime 46.3MB) Justice for Michael Brown! From Oscar Grant to Michael Brown - This Has to Stop NOW!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 20, 2014 9:13pm PDT
Israeli Ship Continues to be Successfully Blocked at the Port of Oakland 
The call for this strike action originally came from the Palestinian General Federation of Trade Unions (PGFTU) which has asked workers around the world to refuse to handle Israeli goods....
Posted: Tue, Aug 19, 2014 2:45pm PDT
"Hands Up" in San José: Marching for Michael Brown 
In solidarity with the people of Ferguson, Mo. and for justice for Michael Brown, community members in San José marched around the downtown area on August 17. The group chanted "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" as they marched, and after arriving at Cesar Chavez Plaza, individuals used chalk on the sidewalk to express themselves further....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 3:51pm PDT
Mass March & Picket At Oakland Port To Stop Israel's Zim Line Ship Piraeus To Protest Crimes In Gaza 
Thousands marched on the Port of Oakland to stop the Zim Line ship Piraeus from loading and unloading cargo at the port....
Posted: Mon, Aug 18, 2014 5:01am PDT
546,335 Acres in 9 Western States Proposed as Critical Habitat for Yellow-billed Cuckoos 
SACRAMENTO, Calif.— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed to protect more than a half-million acres of critical habitat across the West for the yellow-billed cuckoo, a songbird that lives along rivers and streams. The bird was proposed for Endangered Species Act protection in October 2013 as part of a 2011 agreement with the Center for Biological Diversity to speed protection decisions for 757 imperiled species nationwide. Today’s proposal would protect 546,335 acres of streamside...
Posted: Thu, Aug 14, 2014 10:36pm PDT
Food & Water Watch Amplifies Pressure on Government to Ban Fracking on Federal Lands 
Washington, D.C. — The national advocacy group Food & Water Watch has ramped up pressure on the federal government to act in the public interest, calling on Congress to introduce legislation to ban fracking on all federal and Native American lands. Last year, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) released proposed rules for drilling and fracking on public lands, which have not yet been finalized....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 1:50pm PDT
Obama Admin Finalizes Stronger Stream Buffers to Protect Imperiled Salmon from Pesticides The Environmental Protection Agency today finalized an agreement to restore no-spray buffer zones around waterways to protect imperiled salmon and steelhead from five toxic pesticides....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 1:27pm PDT
RNs at Community Health Systems Hospital Set Three-Day Strike August 14-16 in Watsonville 
Registered nurses at Watsonville Community Hospital in Watsonville, Ca. will hold a three strike beginning Thursday, August 14 in the latest protest against demands by hospital executive for sharp reductions in health coverage, and the hospital’s refusal to address concerns about patient care conditions, especially safe staffing. Nurses will speak out at a rally on thursday at noon in front of the hospital....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2014 6:33pm PDT
Federal Court Strikes Down Illegal Permit for Avenal Power Plant SAN FRANCISCO— The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today struck down an illegal permit that would have allowed Avenal Power to build a new gas-fired power plant in Avenal, Calif. In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency issued a permit for the project that illegally waived its need to comply with air quality safeguards. Had this permit gone through, the plant would have been built in one of the most polluted and economically disadvantaged areas of the San Joaquin Valley....
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2014 5:14pm PDT
OPD, Urban Shield, and Israel (PDF Posters) 
In Ferguson, a suburb of St. Louis in Missouri, riots broke out for the second night after police shot and murdered 18-year old unarmed Michael Brown. People clashed with officers, looted stores, and set fires. As one man stated, "I just think they got a taste of what fighting back means." As people prepare to take to the streets across the West Coast in an attempt to block Israel ships in solidarity with Palestine - the events in Ferguson seems worlds away. But the connection between America...
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:29pm PDT
Fasting for the Children 
Youth held a press conference Tuesday, August 12, to call attention to the children at the border...
Posted: Tue, Aug 12, 2014 4:14pm PDT
Report Finds Criminalization Increasing Nationwide San Francisco's enactment of status offenses, such as the sit-lie law, reflect a national trend, says a homeless advocacy organization's new report....
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2014 10:18am PDT
The AFT, Education, Common Core, Privatization, GreenDot/Concept Gulen Charters (video/mp4 259.1MB) The national AFT had a booth at the 2013 Netroots convention in San Jose in June. Shaun Richman who is the AFT deputy director of organizing talked about their support for good charters including the "Green Dot" charter which he claimed was a non-profit operation....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 2:34pm PDT
Biotech Dangers, Biotech Workers, Industry And Our Health & And Safety With Becky McClain 
Becky McClain, a molecular biologist at Pfizer was fired for making health and safety complaints and then was retaliated against by the company and government officials controlled by Pfizer. She talks about the systemic dangers of biotech and the corporate control of government agencies responsible for the protection of health and safety of biotech workers and the public....
Posted: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 8:56am PDT
Canceled: Dangerous and Illegal California Great Bull Run Los Angeles County — Today, the national nonprofits Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) and PETA are delighted to announce the cancelation of a Great Bull Run event scheduled for this fall in Southern California because of the company’s inability to obtain the necessary permits. The Los Angeles County Fire Department refused to grant a permit for the event, citing violations of public safety standards. This marks the third time that the Great Bull Run has failed to secure necessary permits for i...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 5:19pm PDT
Occupy National Gathering 
State Capital Park
Sacramento, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2014 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2014 7:46pm PDT
Word Processor: A review of the Bay Area's 'Processed World' in 'The Baffler' Processed World was an ostensibly subversive magazine aimed at office workers and others who worked in SF's Financial District in the 1980's....
Posted: Thu, Jul 24, 2014 11:23am PDT
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