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A Funny Thing Happened on Jury Duty
The first trial was for a man accused of selling crack - second offense -
and carrying a gun....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 10:36pm PST
Giant KFC Protest in SF 2/6/05 Video (video/quicktime 2.8MB)
short 48 seconds of quicktime video from PETA-led KFC demo...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 10:01pm PST
Giant KFC Protest in SF 2/6/05
Over 100 activists descended upon the KFC at Eddy and Polk in San Francisco Sunday February 5th for what normally would have been the noontime lunch rush. It was enough to cover all four corners of the intersection....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 9:37pm PST
Global Exchange Event Listings for this Week
SHORT EVENT LISTINGS DIRECTLY BELOW
followed by
FULL EVENT DESCRIPTIONS AT BOTTOM...
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 6:07pm PST
2/19SF Screening "The Gas Is Not For Sale"
A premier screening of "The Gas Is Not For Sale" by the Bolivian labor videography group Tecer Mundo will be screened in a benefit for the Latin American Working Class Film and Video Festival in El Alto, Bolivia this coming October. There will also be presentations on labor media....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 8:07am PST
The Bay View’s got your back: Fighting for justice for 13 years this week
Editorial by Willie Ratcliff...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 9:57pm PST
Planning Commission Says Yes to Unique Affordable Housing Project
The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 5-0 Thursday night to approve a 56 unit affordable housing project designed to provide apartments for current SRO tenants. The project at 785 Brannan, to be owned by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, will house tenants whose incomes are too low to qualify under the city’s inclusionary housing law. The Commission hearing revealed much about class and racial attitudes in today’s San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 8:30pm PST
AN OPEN LETTER TO AMFA WORKERS
The bankruptcy judge has unjustly sided with United Airlines against the Airline Mechanics Fraternal Association (AMFA) membership and imposed a temporary 10 percent cut in pay and benefits on the mechanics that will extend into May....
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 5:05pm PST
'Stop Suicides, Close Golden Gate Bridge,' Gun Rights Group Suggests
The Second Amendment Foundation (SAF) today called upon the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to "take an important step for public safety" and close the Golden Gate Bridge, which has been a popular suicide platform for more than 65 years....
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 1:14pm PST
Queer Law Students Want to Kick the Military Off Campus
Queer law student groups from UC Berkeley, Golden Gate University, UC Hastings, New College, Santa Clara and the University of San Francisco, terming themselves the Coalition of Queer Law Student Associations (CQLSA), are protesting the military recruitment at the 21st Annual Northern California Public Interest/Public Sector (PI/PS) Legal Careers Day. The event, an all-day career fair for public interest oriented law students hosted by the Public Interest Clearinghouse and nine Northern Calif...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 12:46pm PST
1971- "Suck cock to beat the draft!"
"Homosexuals Against The War" demonstrated on 24 March 1971; and now's your turn to march against neo-fascism,
on 19 March 2005.......
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 11:13pm PST
2/9, 2/27 Request for Volunteer Drivers and Protesters
The day labor program has two upcoming pickets scheduled in order to get
back unpaid wages of three San Francisco Day Laborers....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 11:10pm PST
Court Support in San Francisco 2/7 AND 2/15
*Who:* Eddy Lepp (Eddy's Medicinal Gardens)
*What:* Hearing for both his criminal charges and the civil asset
forfeiture suit.
*When:* February 7, 2005 11am
Who:* Stephanie Landa, Kevin Gage and Thomas Kikuchi
*What:* Judge Alsup will hear a motion to Reverse their Plea
*When:* Tuesday February 15, 2005 1:30pm...
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 11:05pm PST
updates on BAV advocacy events
Just wanted to share the news about some changes in our advocacy event line-up effective February...
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 6:05pm PST
Join IDA This Saturday at Gopher Gardening
It's warm and sunny, the perfect weekend to join our monthly gardening event....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 5:53pm PST
Muni Fare Hike?
Not a good idea! Seven-minute QT movie. 30MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 11:50pm PST
February's "queer things to do"
.... in the SF Gay Area include Garcia Lorca, Lillian Faderman, Urban Erotica, Queer-O-Rama, tsunami benefit, Queer Beats, Gay-prov, "Sex, Lies and Superwomen", much more.......
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 9:51pm PST
APA Artists unite to raise funds for tsunami relief.
Asian American Arts Tsunami Relief Fundraiser in San Francisco. 3 February 2005 at 7:00 PM. Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 10:11am PST
2/3Emergency Picket To Stop Deportation Of Kurdish/Iranians In JPN
There will be an emergency protest at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco to stop the deportations of Kurdish and Iranian refugees in Japan. The Japanese government is threatening the rights of all political refuguees and their families....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 6:53am PST