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HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY! (video/quicktime 22.2MB)
March to the Pacific Stock Exchange.Three-minute QT movie. 22MB....
Posted: Wed, Jan 19, 2005 8:51pm PST
March to Save Social Security - San Francisco
From the Pacific Stock Exchange to the SF Chamber of Commerce ending up at the office of Sen. Diane Feinstein. January 18, 2005....
Posted: Tue, Jan 18, 2005 9:33pm PST
Call Goes Out to Ignore Debts
A movement has started preparing itself to boycott all mortgages and credit card debts and reconsider the global economy with a clean slate....
Posted: Mon, Jan 17, 2005 2:38pm PST
1/18 SF March for Social Security
Please add the January 18, 2005 march for Social Security at 11:30 a.m. in San Francisco's Financial District to your Martin Luther King week of demonstrations. We are going to give Bush the political lesson he needs: When you attack Social Security, you build a united front of opposition, and we shall win....
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 4:33pm PST
Trouble for Section 8 tenants of Alameda County
The National Housing Conference, A Non-Profit Housing Organization, Held Their Latest Conference In Walnut Creek Recently, And Declined To Oppose The Bush Administration's Proposed Flexible Voucher Program That Will Put Tens Of Thousands At Risk Of Becoming Homeless If Implemented!...
Posted: Sun, Jan 16, 2005 2:58am PST
Mayor Newsom's budget cuts protested: QT movie: Part 1 (video/quicktime 23.3MB)
Here are the unconscionable cuts planned by the Mayor for programs aimed at helping SF's poor. Six-minute QuickTime movie. 23MB. January 13, 2005....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 7:30pm PST
Calif. governor unveils Bush-like proposals
Labor and people’s organizations are expressing outrage over the proposals made by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the “State of the State” address he delivered Jan. 5, and the budget he introduced Jan. 10....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 11:51am PST
Social Insecurity
Diverting our taxes into wealthy Republicans' portfolios is the American way: making the rich get richer....
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 6:17am PST
An Open Letter to Men committed to Social Justice in the Bay Area
Calling on Men in the Bay Area to Stand Up for Reproductive Justice....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 4:48pm PST
Mayor Newsom's budget cuts protested
Hiz Honor refuses to meet with representatives of San Francisco's poor. January 13, 2005....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 11:43am PST
The Phony Social Security Crisis
The Wall Street/Bush Administration Con-men Promote Their Phony Social Security Crisis In Hopes Of Duping The Public Into Allowing The Privatizion (termination) Of America's Favorite Retirement Program!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 11:39am PST
Public Editor: Why the NY Times Doesn't Cover Environmental and Social Justice Issues!
I just received the following e-mail from the NY Times Public Editor, Daniel Okrent. My request: The NY Times should start an environmental and social justice section...
Posted: Thu, Jan 13, 2005 9:52am PST
Public Citizen Launches WorstPills.org, a Website Listing Dangerous Prescription Drugs
Public Citizen Launches WorstPills.org, an Online Database Listing Dangerous Prescription Drugs and Alternatives; New 'Worst Pills, Best Pills' Book Also Released...
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 10:58pm PST
Behind Our Uniforms We Are All Human Beings
I was struck by this article and the flyer put out about Mary Jesus' suicide by the Oakland Fire Department Critical Incident Stress Management Team, who hosted a memorial on January 10 to "honor and celebrate the life of Mary Jesus" a homeless woman who committed suicide, and actually wrote on the flyer "behind our uniforms we are all human beings". As political activists, this is the kind of spirit we want to encourage, while not relenting on our critique of the police ...
Posted: Wed, Jan 12, 2005 1:04pm PST
FREE FAX: Fight MUNI Fare Cuts
Go to Local Impact and send a free fax telling the MTA not to balance the MUNI budget on the backs of public transit riders....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 9:43pm PST
Housing Activist Challenge For Troubadors' Concert
Ethan Evans of the Sacramento Housing Alliance promises to dye his hair hot pink if we sell out tickets to the Troubadours fundraising concert. Help turn his hair hot pink!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 5:59pm PST
Vancouver Bus Riders Union Membes Use Public meeting of Oppose Fair Increase
Vancouver Jan 7, 2005: Bus Riders Union Members Opposes Lower Mainland Fare Increase. This here is a short photo documentary about how The Bus Riders Union used the Dec 8, 2004 Translink Meeting to voice ther oppoisition to increase fares. The link for the documentary is below...
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 4:39pm PST
1/18: Hands off Social Security!
HANDS OFF SOCIAL SECURITY!
Social Security for Our Future,
Not for Wall Street Profits!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 9:22am PST
Tsunami: Providing Relief, Promoting Social Justice
IN THE WAKE OF THE TSUNAMI:
** Demand increased U.S. aid
** Demand immediate debt cancellation
** Donate to grassroots relief efforts (details below)
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Posted: Fri, Jan 7, 2005 12:12am PST
Sallie Mae, Student Debt & Indebted Slavery in an Age of Narco-Petro Fascism
the building of a slave society...
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2005 9:36pm PST