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Rocket Dog Rescue Fund Raiser, Feb 11th
Do you have any rich family or friends that might like to
attend this tax-deductible fundraiser:
Rocket Dog Rescue Presents Lovejoy's High Tea and Crumpet Soiree.
A very special evening at Lovejoy's Tea Room in San Francisco
will
celebrate the beginning of Rocket Dog Rescue's fundraising
efforts
for their soon to be built Urban Sanctuary. The Urban Sanctuary for
dogs has been a long time dream of Rocket Dog Rescue's founder,
Pali
Boucher, and the Lovejoy's High Tea and Cr...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 5:50pm PST
MTA Hearing TODAY concerning Muni Budget
TODAY at 4 pm, the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) Board is
meeting to discuss the FY 2006 budget and proposals to eliminate an
estimated $55 million deficit. Fare increases and service cuts, as
well as increases in parking fees and fines, have been proposed....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 1:49pm PST
Direct action against the attempted MUNI fare hike in 1993
Here's an article about an effort that might have played some role in defeating the attempted fare hike on MUNI in 1993:...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 9:41pm PST
STOP THE MUNI FARE HIKE
A rally ,called by the Coalition For Transit Justice, was held Monday, 1/31/2005 on the steps of San Francisco City Hall to protest the proposed Muni fare hike. ....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 5:27pm PST
1/30 mourning The City's homeless dead
"Religious Witness with Homeless People" mourns homeless and near-homeless persons who die in SF each year, counted or uncounted, known or unknown, named or nameless......
Posted: Sun, Jan 30, 2005 10:54pm PST
SF Labor Forum On Crisis In AFL-CIO, Future Of Labor & How To Win Victories
A Labor Action Bay Area Forum will be held on Feb 12, 2005 at 2:00 PM on The Crisis in The AFL-CIO, The Future Of Labor &
How To Win Some Victories. It will be held at the Women's Building at 3543 18th St. in San Francisco...
Posted: Sun, Jan 30, 2005 8:48pm PST
Walk for Life - January 22, 2005 (video/quicktime 35.8MB)
On the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Pro-Choice forces lined the Embarcadero in San Francisco as anti-abortion groups marched from the Ferry Building to the Marina Green. Five-minute QT movie. 36MB....
Posted: Sun, Jan 30, 2005 11:49am PST
2/4Free Premier Screening Of "Almost Broken" & March
There will be a free premier showing of the film "Almost Broken" about a worker who is nearly destroyed by the corruption in the Workers' Comp system. There will also be a rally for injured and disabled workers....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 2:44pm PST
SF CWA To Protest SBC Outsourcing
CWA 9410 will be picketing SBC on Feb 1,2&3rd to protest the outsourcing of jobs in San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 2:32pm PST
Queerdom's attic, Generation 9-11...
... fireplay, brain swoon, Little Sicily, koto, Iraq, land trust, homeless, Dandelion DanceTheater.......
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 1:47am PST
Mayor Newsom's budget cuts protested: Plan B (video/quicktime 17.6MB)
The demonstrators move inside to present their grievances to the mayor but find the door closed to them. Part I of this January 13th action is at
http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/01/1714922.php
Four-minute QuickTime movie. 18MB....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 7:42pm PST
SweatFree Seminar starts this Monday at New College!
This Monday, January 31st, at 7pm, Tom Hayden and Michael McAvoy will launch
the No More Sweatshops seminar at New College (description below). Those
taking the seminar will take part in the local campaign. We are working in
the Bay Area to pass sweatfree govenement procurement legislation, ensuring
that our tax dollars are not supporting sweatshops....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 7:25pm PST
Please Stand with Homeless People in SF This Sunday, Jan 30, 3--4pm!!!
Sunday, January 30 *
3:00 - 4:00 pm
SF Civic Center Plaza
(Polk Street end - 1 block from Civic Center BART)...
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 6:57pm PST
BIZARRO cartoonist hosts benefits for animals Jan 28, 29, and 30
BIZARRO CARTOONIST HOSTS BENEFITS FOR ANIMALS...
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 5:31pm PST
FREE FAX: Fight MUNI Fare Cuts
Send a free fax telling the MTA not to balance the MUNI budget on the backs of public transit riders....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 3:34pm PST
AMFA Members Reject Contract
Finally! Some workers willing to say no to cutbacks the partnership policies of the trade union officials!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 12:03pm PST
Celebrate Vegetarianism with Mayor Newsom Feb 9th
Don't miss the veg event of the year! Join Mayor Gavin Newsom, Julia Butterfly Hill, VegNews Magazine and Millennium Restaurant to celebrate the San Francisco winners of the 2004 VegNews Veggie Awards. The wine will be pouring, organic hors d'oeuvres abundant, soy lattes brewing, and the excitement astonishing as we honor the best of the best in the vegetarian industry....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 3:28pm PST
Stop PRIVATIZATION of Social Security - CHARLES SCHWAB headquarters (video/quicktime 15.3MB)
San Francisco Labor Council, the State Federation of Labor, Senior Action Network and Gray Panthers demonstrated in San Francisco January 26, 2005. Three-minute QT movie. 15MB....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 1:22pm PST
DATE CHANGE: Demand justice for Sheila Detoy: A personal account
A hearing is being held this this Friday [NOTE--CHANGED TO FRIDAY, FEB 18] on the cops who killed then 17-year-old Sheila Detoy. A friend of Sheila's shares some of the story's context....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 12:12pm PST
Urgent! Change in Date of Sheila Detoy Hearing!!
CRITICAL HEARING RESCHEDULED – TENATIVE DATE FEBRUARY 18, 2005
SHEILA DETOY17-Year-Old Girl Shot In Head By Rogue Cop In 1998 ......
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 11:28am PST