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textTwentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 13-15, 2006 by WWLHF
The Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements, will be held January 13-15, 2006. The weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times features music, drama, visual arts, spoken word, poetry, photography and more....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 8:41pm PST
imageCodePink, Raging Grannies, Quakers under Surveillance
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by Ruth Robertson
California peace groups including CodePink, Raging Grannies, War Resisters League, Quakers. Food Not Bombs and more have been under government surveillance. See photos by Jackie Thomason and links here, and the full text of Dec 21 press release from ACLU California affiliates seeking information about government spying....
Posted: Sun, Dec 25, 2005 1:35pm PST
textImmigrants Abused in INS Detention by Kim Singh
I bring this to you after being in INS detention for 2 months. I was detained by INS for no specific reason and was slated for deportation to India. While in INS custody I met with other detainees who have been in INS detention for period ranging from a few years to one Sikh detainee who has been in INS limbo for 9 years being shunted form one INS facility to another....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 1:32pm PST
textIndybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More by SF Bay Area IMC
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
imageSTANFORD UNIVERSITY HALL OF SHAME 2005 (Cruel and Unnecessary Animal "Research")
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by Mich
The following are some of the people at Stanford University who abuse animals, in the name of "scientific research", using our federal tax dollars: Alan Schatzberg, Tirin Moore, David Lyons, Emmanuel Mignot, Gregory Corrado, William Newsome, Corinna Darian-Smith, Jennifer Raymond and Krishna Shenoy. For details of how wasteful and unnecessary these experiments are, visit http://www.curedisease.com ....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 10:19pm PST
textAction Alert - DeAnza Eight by via ADC
>The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SFBA) is urging the Bay Area community to take action by contacting the Santa Clara District Attorney to drop charges against the arrested Muslim De Anza students....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 11:08pm PST
imageA Death That Didn't Have to Happen
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by Nancy Rutherford
A Citizen Investigates a Needless Death in San Mateo County...
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 9:47pm PST
imageFrenzied Wal-Mart Customers Can't Control Themselves in Mountain View
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by R. Wilson
Out-of-control customers at a Silicon Valley Wal-Mart nearly caused a brawl the day after Thanksgiving, according an article in the Mountain View Voice. (http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_12_02.1walmart.shtml)...
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 11:25am PST
textToday at 2:15: Officials to Hold Press Conference re: Stanford Hospital Not Bargaining by SEIU Local 715
Elected Officials Will Hold Press Conference on December 1st in front of Stanford Hospital Showing Opposition to Stanford Hospital's Refusal to Return to Bargaining Table...
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 12:38pm PST
text11/22+23: Light the night for hope by via SIREN
Where: Palo Alto Civic Center, 250 Hamilton Ave When: Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005. Time: 9pm This vigil will be followed by a press conference held on Wednesday, November 23rd at 11 am....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 11:42pm PST
textCONSPIRACY VIOLATION OF CONSTITUTIONAL / CIVIL RIGHT IN SAN MATEO COUNTY by MAYNARD BUMAGAT
San Mateo County using police authority to convict inhabitants of san mateo into proposition 36. Judges disregards your constitutional right, the people has to know the truth. WAKE-UP AMERICA!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 5:40pm PST
textFoothill College: Direct Action Against Military Recruitment by Foothill Anti-Capitalist Action Committee
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Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2005 11:47am PDT
textListen, Ring, Scream - 100,000 Bells Will Toll by Carol Brouillet
On the fourth anniversary of the Listening Project, bells will ring, and people will have the opportunity to scream, to speak in Lytton Plaza- for the victims of the War on terror, the War on Iraq, the earthquake in Pakistan...
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2005 11:58am PDT
imageStanford Community Speaks Out Against Animal Experiments
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by ARF!
Stanford students and community members protest use of tens of thousands of animals in Stanford labs....
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2005 2:14pm PDT
audioSaving San Bruno Mountain (audio/mpeg 6.4MB) by David Grace
Interview with David Schooley. This interview begins with specific environmental projects revolving around the entire mountain, and after a musical interlude we discuss the Terrabay Project near South San Francisco....
Posted: Sun, Oct 23, 2005 8:23pm PDT
text10/3: Military Recruiters At Stanford Met With Protests Over Anti-Gay Policy by 365 Gay (reposted)
Military recruiters have been met with demonstrators on two campuses as students protest 'don't ask, don't tell' the Pentagon's ban on gays serving openly in the armed forces....
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2005 7:06am PDT
text6/28Rally and March At SFO Against Terminations Of Pensions by AFA-CWA Council 11
Flight attendants and others will protest the use of bankruptcy laws to attack pensions....
Posted: Wed, Jul 27, 2005 10:28pm PDT
textPalo Alto HRC meeting postponed to Thursday, 21 July by via DW
The meeting has been postponed to Thursday, 21 July 2005 location: 250 Hamilton Av, Palo Alto, CA 94301 time: 19:00...
Posted: Wed, Jul 13, 2005 11:41am PDT
imageRaging Grannies Protest at National Guard Armory
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by David Sabin
The Raging Grannies protest Governor Schwarzenegger's recent actions to have a National Guard unit spy on them and other like-minded anti-war groups....
Posted: Tue, Jul 12, 2005 1:45pm PDT
textPPJC - Movie Screening of the Beatles' "The Yellow Submarine" and Ice Cream Social by Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
On Friday, July 29, at 7:00pm, PPJC will be holding an Ice Cream Social and Movie Screening at Unitarian Hall...
Posted: Wed, Jul 6, 2005 1:49pm PDT
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