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Democrats' Warmonger Sheepdog Bernie Sanders claims the US targeted assassination list is legal, a lie, and supports US troops in Syria. See Bernie Sanders Says US 'Kill List' Legal, Backs Troops in Syria, 4/26/16 at http://www.telesurtv.net/english/news/Bernie-Sanders-Says-US-Kill-List-Legal-Backs-Troops-in-Syria-20160426-0017.html....
Posted: Wed, Apr 27, 2016 8:04pm PDT
Progressive Council Could Support Civil Action...
Posted: Wed, Apr 27, 2016 11:05am PDT
A religious development group is organizing thousands of calls to Congress on Wednesday, April 27 to urge action on Puerto Rico's debt crisis....
Posted: Tue, Apr 26, 2016 12:18pm PDT
The Socialist Equality Party has selected Jerry White as its presidential candidate and Niles Niemuth as its vice-presidential candidate in the 2016 elections. White and Niemuth will run on a socialist, anti-war and anti-capitalist program in the interests of the working class in the United States and around the world....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2016 12:09am PDT
Speaker Paul Ryan is holding a special meeting with Republicans to discuss the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA). Ahead of the Republican special session, the religious development group Jubilee USA sent a letter from its executive director advocating passage with key changes....
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2016 7:37am PDT
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) will categorize Puerto Rico as its own entity in its economic database for the first time. Puerto Rico is in the midst of a significant debt crisis but is not eligible for IMF assistance because it is not a country....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2016 11:12am PDT
Only 300,000+ dollars to attend. Sidewalk: Still Free.
Democracy Please, calling all true San Franciscans!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2016 3:28pm PDT
Luis Gongora, a 45-year-old monolingual in Spanish, homeless man, was killed by San Francisco police on April 7, 2016 who refuse to learn how to disarm a man with a knife without force in a city with many Kung Fu and Karate schools, and Gongora did not have a knife in his hand, but in his belt. After being called by the Homeless Task Force to a homeless encampment, they shot him with bean bags and when he did not respond to English commands to drop the knife, which was not in his hand, they ...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 8:22pm PDT
Scope, Composition and Duration Are Keys To Success...
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2016 12:57pm PDT
Both the Democrats and Republicans are proud supporters of torture by Israel of the Palestinians, a fact the Democrats choose to ignore when campaigning against openly pro-torture Republicans. Both parties are proudly 100% pro-Israel at every level of office, and that includes Democrat Bernie Sanders, a proud supporter of money for Israel every chance he got. These US taxpayer funds given to Israel are now believed to be $13.2 billion annually. From the 9/11 Inside Job to ISIS, which is al...
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2016 8:42pm PDT
The House Committee on Natural Resources is poised to release the newest draft of Puerto Rico legislation amid tense negotiations....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 3:17pm PDT
Due to the housing crisis, Oakland renters are facing a bit less than 1,000 evictions per month. There are around 11,150 eviction termination notices on file with the Rent Stabilization Board from January 1, 2015 through March 2016. Additionally, there were around 10,910 evictions filed in 2013 in Oakland, and around 13,000 or more evictions filed in 2014....
Posted: Wed, Apr 6, 2016 3:40am PDT
After seeking a clarification from the City of Oakland, today I was advised that there are about 11,050 eviction termination notices on file with the Rent Stabilization Board from January 1, 2015 through February 29, 2016 and about 100 additional notices were filed for March 2016. My apologies for any misunderstanding....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2016 9:53pm PDT
The 2016 Republican National Convention is being held in Cleveland July 18 - 21. This one's going to be a little different....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2016 10:50am PDT
It's time for $15/hr to become the floor demand of those who seek a livable wage, not a future ceiling. It's time to push the boundaries of what is thinkable - and hence doable - further....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2016 9:26am PDT
A community-authored initiative to strengthen renters' rights in Oakland was filed with the City Clerk Thursday, March 2, and hopes to appear on the November 2016 ballot....
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2016 10:34pm PDT
The Regents of the University of California are now falsely equating anti-Semitism with anti-Zionism in a desperate effort to stop the successful Boycott, Divest, Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. Belgium, the site of a terrorist organization known as NATO, allows former Israeli security agents to run the security at the Brussels airport, the site of recent bombings, adding to suspicion that these bombings, like all previous bombings, were an inside job. California, a bellwether stat...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2016 8:21pm PDT
We are inviting anyone who is interested in getting trained on how to collect signatures out to the ACCE office this Saturday. We'll have an overview of the initiative, share details of the signature gathering plan, and review opportunities for both organizations and individuals to get involved and discuss the plan for the Campaign Launch. Please come and help make this first meeting a success!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2016 1:31pm PDT
A promised shuttle bus system that Judge Jacobson said would be in place to help people get to court in Hayward, does not exist, and may not go into effect for one to two years, according to Chad Finke, Court Executive Officer, of the Alameda County Superior Courts. The first eviction court case being transferred from Oakland to Hayward is expected to occur during the week of April 4, according to Chad Finke, Court Executive Officer, of the Alameda County Superior Courts....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 7:37pm PDT
The US Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Puerto Rico's courts can restructure about $20 billion of the US territory's $72 billion debt....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2016 7:35am PDT