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Ca. Green Party Retreat in Sonoma{Glen Ellen}Fri.-Sun.
The location for the Strategic Retreat will be at
Glen Ellen, Sonoma County http://www.uccr.org/vom.htm, with
directions to the camp here http://www.uccr.org/driving_vom.htm...
Event Date: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 11:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 11:59pm PST
KUCINICH WINS NEVADA PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES FORUM
Though Kucinich impresses audiences who see him speak, he refuses to take corporate contributions and cannot be bought. Because of this, the corporate-owned news media tries to discount his popularity. His best chance for winning the Democratic nomination is to speak to as many live audiences as possible between now and the primaries. The election of November 7, 2006 proved the voters can overrule the big donors and the news media. If 2008 brings a repeat of 2006, Dennis Kucinich will likely ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 9:04pm PST
Impeachment, 9/11, Overcoming Fear, Showing Courage
Tonight, Impeachment is on the table at the Grand Lake Theater, but 9/11 Truth has been bumped from the panel discussion. Why is it important to overcome fear and include 9/11 Truth in the discussion. Here is the text of the speech that won't be given this evening....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 10:29am PST
Laughing Liberally Local 415 w/Will Franken
Make-Out Room
3225 22nd St. at Mission
San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Mon, Mar 12, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 9:30pm PST
A Personal Note to my Fellow Activists
I've recently been asked a number of times -- by friends, fellow
Libertarians, supporters of other candidates and even my own campaign
volunteers -- if my personal legal situation has any bearing on my
presidential candidacy....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 3:19pm PST
The Department Homeland Security is corrupted by the fbi and the cia
The U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security is corrupted by U.S. Intelligence Agencies at will; the Homeland Security Digital Library which touts the clause, "Securing The Homeland Through The Power Of Information" is a fraud (imho)....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 10:53am PST
Making California Count
The California Assembly is about to vote to change the date of California's presidential primary from June to February 5th. The Senate has already voted in favor of the change and the Governor has given every indication that he, too, favors the earlier presidential primary....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:32am PST
Shinzo Abe and the Diverging US-Japan Relationship
One element that continues to amaze is how cavalierly the United States threw Shinzo Abe under the bus while negotiating the North Korea agreement.
The abductee issue-which Abe had ridden to power and which forms the core of his image as Japan's new generation assertive foreign policy hard case-was dismissively pushed off to the working groups....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:28am PST
Cheney’s trip to Japan and Australia: the preparation for new war crimes
US Vice President Dick Cheney’s trip to Japan and Australia this week is an affront to the democratic rights of the American, Japanese and Australian people. In defiance of majority antiwar sentiment in all three countries, Cheney’s goal is stepped up support for the criminal occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq and for the Bush administration’s preparations for war against Iran....
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:17am PST
Germany: ISSE holds Berlin meeting on US war plans against Iran
The International Students for Social Equality held a well-attended meeting at Berlin’s Technical University last week. In his opening remarks to the meeting, Peter Schwarz, an editorial board member of the World Socialist Web Site, stated, “Those who have followed the events of the last weeks can no longer have any doubts that the American government is seriously preparing for a war against Iran.” A lively discussion took place about the preparations for war against Iran and the building of ...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:14am PST
ISSE exposes hypocrisy of Australian Labor politician at campus meeting
The International Students for Social Equality (ISSE), the student organisation of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International, spoke from the floor this week at a University of New South Wales (UNSW) campus meeting held to discuss the silencing of dissent and the erosion of democracy in Australia. The ISSE’s intervention exposed the anti-democratic record and hypocrisy of Australian Labor Party (ALP) politician Peter Garrett, the meeting’s keynote...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:13am PST
Eyes on Newsom and Dufty as Healthy Saturdays Reintroduced
After an independent study commissioned by Mayor Gavin Newsom was released last week and reported clear favorable impacts of car-free space in Golden Gate Park, Supervisor Jake McGoldrick announced his intention to send Healthy Saturdays legislation, vetoed by the Mayor last year, back to the Board of Supervisors today....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 7:54am PST
Portrait of an “antiwar” Democrat: Former Feith aide makes radio reply to Bush
Congressional Democrats issued angry denunciations of the Bush administration’s distortion of pre-war intelligence on Iraq after the Pentagon inspector general issued a report February 9 on the operations of a special Pentagon unit headed by then-Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 7:48am PST
MEETING OF GRASSROOTS LEADERSHIP NETWORK COUNCIL OF MARIN>SAN RAFAEL
End of Kerner toward Richmond Bridge away from the Cananl area
Get off toward Richmond Bridge in San Rafael off - Don't get on freeway tht goes over Richmond/San Rafael Bridge, but get on turnoff to Bedlam, go under the freeway, take right toward bridge on Francisco, take 1st left, then right on Kerner to end of St., should see a lot marshland at end of St. If run into Canal St. instead, you went the wrong way....
Event Date: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 10:50pm PST
Asm. Mark Leno to Introduce Legislation to Keep the Internet Free and Open for Everyone
Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) announced today he will introduce "Net Neutrality" legislation that will preserve the free and open Internet by allowing all users to access the content of their choice....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 2:42pm PST
Local Green Party Hosts Successful Event at Dance Mission
The San Francisco Green Party collected over a thousand dollars in small donations on Saturday night, as a crowd of over one hundred people filled Dance Mission Theater to enjoy performances and speeches....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 12:36pm PST
France: Royal’s campaign falters as Sarkozy consolidates support of big business
Nicolas Sarkozy, the presidential candidate for the ruling Gaullist UMP (Union for a People’s Movement), has made a forthright attack on the programme of Socialist Party contender Ségolène Royal....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 9:04am PST
barack obama's time mechanism
a remix/reconstruction of irwin allen's time tunnel and the recent attack by australian prime minister john howard on senator barack obama's plan to withdraw troops from iraq....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 1:06am PST
April 15-22: National Week Of Boycotts, Rallies For Impeachment & Peace
Please add this to your calendar and front page, and consider taking part in this unprecedented week of outrage and action against the unelected Neo-Fascists who've hijacked our nation and betrayed us all, and those cowards in DC who've done nothing to stop them. Enough of this Madness, already!! Let's get it done....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 5:41pm PST
'Wash Times' Finally Pulls Column With Fake Lincoln Quote -- After Congressman Uses It
NEW YORK More than two days after an inflammatory quote used by a regular Washington Times columnist was shown to be fabricated -- it was attributed to Abraham Lincoln, no less -- the newspaper still had not removed it from the article, nor carried a correction. Finally, on Friday fternoon, it pulled the entire Frank Gaffney, Jr. column....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 2:01pm PST