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textCorn Ethanol and Its Consequences by By Juliette Anthony, M.A., M.S.
Wiill corn ethanol affect the beef?...
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 9:58am PST
textFilm Fest: Legacy of Torture, Danny Glover & SF8 in LA January 10-12th by via CDHR
What: All Power to the People: The History and Legacy of the Black Panther Party...
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 10:21pm PST
textCIGNA CAPITULATES TO PATIENT REVOLT - Following Massive Protest, Insurer Authorizes Transplant for 17-year-old Nataline Sarki by via CalNurses
Thursday, December 20, 2007 : CNA/NNOC-Sponsored Protest Sparks Flood of Calls from Across U.S.In a stunning turn around, insurance giant CIGNA has capitulated to community demands, and protests that the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee helped to generate, and agreed to a critically needed liver transplant for Nataline Sarkisyan, a 17-year-old girl in the intensive care unit at UCLA Medical Center....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 8:49am PST
textWhittier Hospital RNs Choose CNA/NNOC In Landslide 87% Election Victory by via CalNurses
Thursday, December 20, 2007 : By a landslide 87 percent vote, registered nurses at Whittier Hospital Medical Center in the Los Angeles area Wednesday night elected the nation’s fastest growing union, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC), to represent them. The final count was 144 to 21 in the secret ballot election supervised by the National Labor Relations Board....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 8:48am PST
videoEnvisioning a Solidarity-Based Response to Disaster (video/quicktime 60.5MB) by queer-j brad
On December 10, Activist San Diego hosted a discussion about an activist strategy for approaching disaster, reflecting on the racist response to the October wildfires in San Diego County, in which migrant and indigenous workers and families were ignored by government-sponsored aid organizations and targeted by law enforcement. Participants talked about the successes and frustrations of the impromptu efforts to provide for the migrant communities affected by the fires, the role of the Red C...
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 2:07pm PST
textDrug Policy Alliance: Reflecting on an Amazing Conference by via the DPA
Wednesday, December 19, 2007 : December 18, 2007This year, the Drug Policy Alliance joined with five co-host organizations, the ACLU, the Harm Reduction Coalition, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, Marijuana Policy Project and Students for Sensible Drug Policy (who also hosted their 9th annual conference within the larger International Drug Policy Reform conference) as well as dozens of other partner groups, to bring together a stronger and more diverse population of people and issues....
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 9:52am PST
textJuan's charges reduced! Cargos contra Juan reducidos! No Borders Camp Update, December 19 by kilo
December 19th update from the No Borders camp...
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 1:11pm PST
videoSCAR MEDIA COLLECTIVE >>> No Borders Camp Trailer (video/quicktime 43.0MB) by SCAR Media
5 min. trailer of No Borders Camp 2007. No Borders Camp 2007 video arriving early 2008....
Posted: Tue, Dec 18, 2007 12:14pm PST
imageBenefits of Organic Outdoor Grown Cannabis
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by Tim C
Organic Outdoor Grown cannabis produces more volume, stronger potency and is earth friendly. With the proliferation of hydroponics shops urging people to set up their own indoor grow rooms, and local authorities implementing regulations regarding cannabis gardens, it is time to take a closer look at the benefits of Organic Outdoor Grown (OOG) cannabis....
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 7:18am PST
textState Football Champions: Can Poor Inner-City Schools Compete With Private and Suburban Schools? by Harrison Chastang via Beyond Chron
Friday, December 14, 2007 : High school football fans will be glued to the tube tomorrow for the 2nd annual California State Football Championship held at Cal State Dominguez Hills. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state football championship was revived last year after 80 years, and divided the state into sections and settled for regional championships....
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2007 8:30am PST
textSocialists want Stronger Ties with Mexico by Stewart A. Alexander
Peace and Freedom Party and Socialist Party USA fully support protecting the rights of working class people on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and both socialist parties oppose building border walls. All the 2008 candidates, from the two socialist parties, favor strengthening ties with Mexico and developing policy that will benefit working people in both countries and worldwide....
Posted: Wed, Dec 12, 2007 7:39am PST
textOn Ken Burns “The War “ Documentary by JFAV
On December 7,2007 will be the 61st anniversary of the Second World War for the United States. It is just fitting and proper that a TV documentary series by Ken Burns, The War- was made for this event. December 7 was called “ the day that will live in infamy “ by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was the day the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. The Japanese surprise attack crippled the US Asiatic fleet and almost decimated the American fleet in the Pacific. Until now, for ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 6, 2007 12:53pm PST
textWhat Would Jesus Buy? Opens Nationwide 12/07 by KiRa
From producer Morgan Spurlock (Super Size Me) and director Rob VanAlkemade, "What Would Jesus Buy?" examines the commercialization of Christmas in America while following Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping Gospel Choir on a cross-country mission to save Christmas from the Shopocalypse (the end of humankind from consumerism, over-consumption and the fires of eternal debt.) From the humble beginnings of preaching at his portable pulpit on New York City subways, to having a congregat...
Posted: Thu, Dec 6, 2007 9:48am PST
textGreens, Democrats And Impeachment by GreenPartyMikeMinnesota
This is an article which will be published in the on line magazine We! which as a readership of 60,000 nationwide. Enjoy. Michael Cavlan...
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 11:49am PST
textIraq War Funding- Bush Pressuring Democrats by Stewart A. Alexander
The Democrats are now within one year before the 2008 General Election and since the 2006 Mid-Term Election the Democrats have done nothing to fulfill the promises they made to the American people to bring our troops back home. Instead the Democrats have given Bush more money to expand his war and brave soldiers continue to die in a war that began with a lie....
Posted: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 7:33am PST
textA Police Provocateur's Dream, HR 1955 & S.1959 by Ross Stone
"The Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act"...
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2007 11:55am PST
textNew Jersey Residents: On World AIDS Day Support Legislation to Prevent HIV/AIDS by via the Drug Policy Alliance
Saturday, December 1, 2007 : This World AIDS Day New Jersey really has something to celebrate—on November 27, Atlantic City began operation of the first legal syringe exchange program in the state. The program was made possible because you helped pass the Blood Borne Disease Harm Reduction Act last year. The Act allowed for the establishment of syringe access programs in six cities. Atlantic City is the first of those cities to get a program up and running....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 11:35am PST
textAJLPP Express Concern Over NDFP Consultant Elizabeh Principe’s Fate by AJLPP
The Alliance For Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP) national coordinator Mario Santos express its utmost concern over the reported abduction of an NDFP consultant in Quezon City last November 28,2007. NDFP Chief Peace Negotiator Luis Jalandoni reported that Elizabeth Principe, 56 years old and a mother of two from Bongabong, Nueva Ecija was abducted by eight armed men in black uniform last November 28,20...
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 9:54am PST
text*ASA Victory: The End of Medical Cannabis Seizures in California* by Americans for Safe Access
Court rules that police must enforce state, not federal law...
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 2:04pm PST
audioPACIFICA / KPFK RADIO: Journalists Decry Racism in Media Coverage of Mumia (audio/mpeg 2.8MB) by Abu-Jamal-News.com
This morning (Thurs, Nov.29), the Pacifica Radio/KPFK Los Angeles show "Uprising Radio" spotlighted the recent media-activist campaign focusing on the Dec.6 NBC Today Show. Pam Africa of ICFFMAJ has a scheduled telephone conference with The Today Show on Friday, so people are urged to please take a minute and contact The Today Show to express support....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 1:22pm PST
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