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Poverty and impunity undermine human rights in a divided world (Mexico) Poverty and impunity were identified as the two most alarming trends affecting human rights in a divided world, concluded a panel of eminent persons at the Opening Ceremony of the 2007 International Council meeting of Amnesty International in Mexico today.Under the theme 'Human Rights in a Divided World', distinguished figures recalled the great hope, which emerged after the fall of communism in the early 1990s, that there would be a real global consensus on how to tackle the world's...
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 7:27am PDT
Italian government pushes through pension "reform" Prodi completes what Berlusconi began Monday, August 13, 2007 :After overnight negotiations, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi won the agreement on July 20, of Italy’s biggest trade unions for his latest so-called pension “reform.” The Prodi reform is an important step toward abolishing the relatively generous Italian system of pensions first introduced in the 1960s....
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 7:11am PDT
Sir! No Sir! and Sleeping Ban Protest at City Hall 
Santa Cruz City Hall was the most recent location to be transformed into an outdoor movie theater by the Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In collective and guests. On August 12th, the Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In and Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom (HUFF) presented a special screening of Sir! No Sir!, David Zeiger's documentary chronicling the largely forgotten anti-war activities of American GIs and other members of the military during the Vietnam era. The screening was one of many activ...
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 4:30am PDT
TODAY: Press Conference @ 4:30 pm in front of Community Hospital in Fresno There will be a press conference at 4:30pm today (Sunday, Aug 12th) at Fresno & R Street in front of Community Hospital. Community Hospital is dumping a homeless patient after 2 weeks of failing to provide the medical attention she needs....
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 3:49pm PDT
The Future of Sustainable Development - Sustainable Communities Salon Series 
Green Building Exchange
305 Main St.
Redwood City, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 8, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 1:57pm PDT
We Are What We Eat - Sustainable Communities Salon Series 
Green Building Exchange
305 Main St.
Redwood City, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 11, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 1:54pm PDT
Effect of combined Taiji and Qigong training on balance mechanisms Taiji (T’ai Chi) has been shown to have generally positive effects on functional balance. However, few studies have investigated the mechanisms by which Taiji may improve balance....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 8:08pm PDT
Wrongful mass eviction case settled by Oakland Housing Authority Oakland Housing Authority settles with 19 families wrongfully accused of fraud and bribery to obtain their public housing units....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 4:05pm PDT
Four days after Utah mine collapse Three miners killed in Indiana Saturday, August 11, 2007 :Three workers were killed at a southern Indiana coal mine Friday morning when they fell from a large bucket carrying them down a newly constructed ventilation shaft. The miners plunged 500 feet to their deaths. The mine in Princeton, Indiana, about 30 miles north of Evansville, is owned by Alliance Resource Partners, the fourth largest coal producer in the eastern United States....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:34am PDT
Crandall Canyon Mine Owner Murray: Nuts Over Talking Squirrel Saturday, August 11, 2007: If you’ve been following the news about the six Utah coal miners trapped nearly a week ago in the collapse at the Crandall Canyon Mine near Huntington, you’ve seen Robert Murray. The CEO of Murray Energy, the parent company of Utah American, which runs the nonunion mine, has found the camera’s spotlight, seemingly whenever it’s been shining at the disaster site....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:26am PDT
Three Construction Workers Die at Indiana Coal Mine Saturday, August 11, 2007 : Three coal mine construction workers were killed today at an Indiana mine while working on a new 600-foot vertical airshaft, according to news reports. The three deaths came as hope was fading for the six Utah miners trapped 1,500 feet underground since a mine collapse early Monday....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:24am PDT
City Asks for Public Comment On Funds for Mental Health Thursday, August 9, 2007 : The city of Berkeley is looking for additional public input and opinions after learning that the city will be receiving $330,000 more than expected toward mental health services....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:23am PDT
Former D.C. Mayor Calls New Mayor 'Crazy' Originally From New America Media
Saturday, August 11, 2007: In Washington, D.C., certain communities have received far more assistance than others. Ward 8, which sits east of the Anacostia River, a branch of the Potomac, has been waiting its turn at rebirth -- a tightrope dance between development and gentrification....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:15am PDT
This Week's Street Actions for SF8 and against Blue Shield of CA Kiilu Nyasha of the Committee for Defense of Human Rights and Michael Lyon of the San Francisco Gray Panthers report on this week's street rallies for the San Francisco 8 and against Blue Shield of California and other health insurance companies who are working to block passage of CA SB840 for Universal, Single-Payer Healthcare. Kiilu and Michael also report on this week's bail hearings for some members of the SF8....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 10:34pm PDT
Lennar BVHP LLC and the SF Redvelopment Agency - DDA and now Fred Blackwell Marcia Rosen resigned from the SF Redevelopment Agency (SFRA) because she lied and was the head of a very corrupt organization. That position has now been filled by Fred Blackwell and if he knows better he should not be doing Mayor Gavin Newsom's bidding. SFRA is the most corrupt agency and has never been audited in a long, long time. Lennar BVHP LLC has been able to do so much damage because it is in bed with SFRA and continues to use its dubious ploys to this day. Fred Blackwell will fail s...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:59am PDT
While Miners Wait 1,500 Feet Beneath Solid Rock, Owner Blasts Mine Safety Friday, August 10, 2007 : The owner of the Utah mine, where six coal miners remain trapped following a mine collapse Monday morning, spoke out against mine safety improvements proposed following 2006's Sago Mine disaster that killed a dozen miners. As of Thursday afternoon, rescuers continued to drill a two-and-a-half-inch hole from above to communicate with the mines and deliver food and water if the six are still alive....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:40am PDT
Britain: government site responsible for foot and mouth outbreak Friday, August 10, 2007 :A British government-controlled laboratory site has been confirmed as the source of an outbreak of foot and mouth, which affects farm animals. In addition to the government being faced with the prospect of huge compensation claims, the confirmation more broadly raises fundamental issues as to public health safety—a fact underscored by the latest news that a worker at the facility has contracted Legionnaires’ disease, with the laboratory a possible source of contaminat...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:21am PDT
Bridges, not bombs, Minnesotans say Friday, August 10, 2007 : Steve Share, editor of the Minneapolis Labor Review, was in his office the evening of Aug. 1 when he heard the sirens wailing, a din that grew so loud he stepped out to see what was the matter. In a steady stream, police cars, ambulances and fire engines were racing toward the I-35W bridge that spans the Mississippi....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:20am PDT
China Chided, U.S. Conducts Business As Usual Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 10, 2007 : China has been in the news lately for its contaminated exports, but the U.S. is also producing products that contain hazardous chemicals, reports NAM writer, Donal Brown. Brow is a former journalism teacher. The recent flurry of news reports over the Chinese exports of contaminated consumer products raises the specter of dangerous U.S. products long marketed in the U.S. and around the world....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:07am PDT
Diabetic Kids Win School Settlement Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 10, 2007 : There are more than 15,000 school-age children in California with diabetes, but only about 30 percent of California’s schools have a school nurse on campus on any given day. All that’s about to change, reports NAM healthcare editor Viji Sundaram....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:06am PDT
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