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U.S. Must Protect Endangered Public Hospitals The crisis facing the King/Drew medical center in Los Angeles is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to health care and the poor in America. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an associate editor at New America Media and author of "The Emerging Black GOP Majority" (Middle Passage Press, September 2006)....
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 7:56am PDT
Stop the Deadly Harvest At the dawn of 21st Century, you would think human beings have the inalienable right not to be killed or maimed by cluster bombs in their front yard. Unfortunately, you would be proven wrong, as the full extent of Israeli atrocities in Lebanon unfolds....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 10:47pm PDT
Dana Rohrabacher: Congressman tied to Accused GOP Pedophile - As Mark Foley case heats up 
In recent days as allegations have come out against Mark Foley (FL-R), mounting pressure has been placed upon Republican Senator Speaker J. Dennis Hastert. Interestingly another Congressional figure, Representative Dana Rohrabacher (CA-R), has come under fire with his ties to accused child molester Jeffrey Ray Nielsen. Nielsen a 36-year-old Christian conservative activist and lawyer with close ties to Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher and Scott Baugh, head of the Orange County Republic...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 10:29pm PDT
SUPERPOWER PRINCIPLES... US TERRORISM AGAINST CUBA 
JOIN Michael Parenti, Salim Lamrani. James Petras, Peter Phillips and others, in the presentation of the book Superpower Principles published by Common Courage Press....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 7:02pm PDT
Forest Service Spends Record $1.5 Billion Fighting Wildfires Wildfires across the country have burned a record number of acres this year, and with the scorched land comes a record bill, a federal official said Tuesday....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:04pm PDT
Riverside County formally bans distribution of marijuana Riverside County supervisors Tuesday formally imposed a ban on marijuana dispensaries in unincorporated areas and joined other counties in a court challenge of state medical-marijuana laws....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 10:09am PDT
Nov. election - Cal Prop 83 Well-intentioned prop may cause unexpected problems for state....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 7:50am PDT
Los Angeles Mobilizes in Support of People in Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 2.2MB) Tension remains high in Oaxaca City as military flights continue, creating a general anxiety among residents over a possible massive crackdown against a popular movement demanding the resignation of the state’s governor. Mexico’s Attorney General’s office said it is looking into the cases of small explosions that shattered windows and glass doors at 3 different banks in Oaxaca City yesterday. A previously unknown guerrilla group claimed responsibility for the blasts, although many suspect the...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:23am PDT
Witness to an Execution Updated Tour Announcement! Campaign to End the Death Penalty is sponsoring a national tour, "Witness to an Execution," featuring the voices of those who have lost a loved one to execution or faced the prospect of execution themselves....
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 10:20pm PDT
DPF News on SB 171 & SB1544 It is with great disappointment that I inform you that two bills (SB171 and SB1544), which would have helped to prevent the wrongful conviction of innocent persons, were vetoed by the governor last weekend...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 10:15pm PDT
Bay Area Immigrant Rights Coalition Meeting 310 - 8th Street, Ste. 303
I guess that would be Oakland...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 9:52pm PDT
Iraq war resister Agustin Aguayo sent back to Germany Iraq War resister Agustin Aguayo gets sent back to Germany; Darrell Anderson,war resister and purple heart winner, returns to U.S. to turn himself in at Ft. Knox; Suzanne Swift is charged....
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 12:18pm PDT
EL SALVADOR FMLN 26 ANNIVERSARY 522 VALENCIA ST AT 16st. St....
Event Date: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 7:58pm PDT
Indynewswire: CA's Lethal Injection Protocol Scrutinized (audio/mpeg 9.1MB) A four day long hearing at US District Court in San Jose, CA, last week, examined California's lethal injection protocol. Indynewswire's Vinny Lombardo was there and brings us this story....
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 6:19pm PDT
Governor Vetoes Hemp Bill On Saturday, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
decided to be on the wrong side of history. He broke the trend
among nations worldwide and states across the country to let
go of old misconceptions and see industrial hemp for what it is,
a sustainable and productive agricultural crop that deserves to
reclaim its historic place as an engine of the US economy....
Posted: Mon, Oct 2, 2006 10:02am PDT
Signs of Protest at SF Critical Mass 14th Anniversary Ride 
Here are a few signs of protest, demonstration and xerocracy in action during the 14th Anniversary Critical Mass ride, San Francisco, Sept. 29, 2006....
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2006 9:54pm PDT
Police Violence at SF Critical Mass 14th Anniversary Police knocked a traveling bicyclist to the ground at the bottom of a bus ramp leading to the Transbay Transity Terminal and the Bay Bridge during the 14th Anniversary of San Francisco Critical Mass, Friday, September 29, 2006. A large group of bicyclists (hundreds if not thousands) had already ascended the ramp. The bicyclist was returning to the crowd below, evidently under the direction of another police officer. It is unknown whether serious injury was suffered....
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2006 9:09pm PDT
Rey George Bush y la verdad torturada Una inteligencia anterior del ejército y un oficial de los asuntos públicos da un análisis que disturba de apenas qué clase de plan el Neocons tiene en el almacén para los Estados Unidos con su legislación reciente para espiar y para torturar a enemigos del estado -- ¡y qué clase de hombre ella tiene en George W. Bush para llevarla hacia fuera!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 1, 2006 12:08pm PDT
Prop 86 under attack from Tobacco Profiteers The tobacco profiteers have signs at many corner grocers against Prop 86 as Prop 86 will raise the taxes on tobacco, a great way to get children to never take up the habit. Most smokers start before age 18. The proposition is a great boost to the campaign to rid this society of tobacco without making it illegal, and improving the health of all of us....
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 9:58pm PDT
Governor Vetoes AB 1147, the Hemp Bill 
AB 1147 by Assemblymember Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) - Industrial hemp. (Veto message from Governor's website attached)...
Posted: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 9:37pm PDT
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