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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
Bush administration targets medical care for the poor The federal government has dispatched auditors to state capitals around the country in an effort to rein in the cost of Medicaid, the program designed to provide medical coverage for the poor. The program also pays for about 70 percent of the nation’s nursing home patients....
Posted: Sat, Jan 1, 2005 9:27am PST
CHICAGO TRANSIT FARE STRIKE: So Far, So Good... One day after fare strike begins, Chicago Transit Authority delays decision on service cuts and layoffs for 6 months. Decision to double paratransit fares in January also reversed, to be looked at again in the spring....
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 5:13pm PST
In America’s Industrial Heartland Can’t Pay Won’t Pay Campaign takes Off Anger at corporations and their politicians finds concrete expression in North West Indiana...
Posted: Sat, Dec 18, 2004 11:05am PST
50% of SF Poor Denied Emergency Food While the rich celebrate the Money Season, made possible by the labor of the workingclass, much of the workingclass goes to charity for food, and often there is not enough food for all, in a country that has the capacity to feed the world....
Posted: Fri, Dec 17, 2004 6:04am PST
Hungry and homeless ranks swell in US cities The demand for emergency shelter and food in US cities has risen significantly over the past year, straining a tattered social safety net beyond the breaking point, according to a report released Tuesday by the US Conference of Mayors. The “Hunger and Homeless Survey” covering America’s 27 largest cities showed that requests for food aid increased by 14 percent in 2004, while the demand for shelter rose by 6 percent....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 11:07pm PST
NOW Joins Aggressive Campaign to Stop Destruction of Social Security The National Organization for Women will join a coalition representing millions of people to expose the privatization of Social Security - an overt attempt by the right-wing to fill corporate coffers by looting our national trust fund....
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 8:42pm PST
First Day of Fare Strike Decends on chicago 
first day of fare strike in chicago against service cuts, job layoffs and fare hikes...
Posted: Thu, Dec 16, 2004 12:36am PST
Coalition to Launch Major Campaign to Stop Social Security Privatization Bush Economic Conference To Highlight Social Security Privatization Plan That Would Cut Benefits, Increase Insecurity...
Posted: Tue, Dec 14, 2004 10:49am PST
ACTION ALERT- THIS IS SAVE SOCIAL SECURITY WEEK! Let "Social Security Now!" Be Your Connection/Tool To Unite & Organize With Others That Oppose The Privatization Of Social Security! Just Send An E-mail To:
socialsecuritynow-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
The Bush Administration Plans To Use This Whole Week To Push For The Privatization With The Propaganda Of The Media Machine! The Bay Area Needs To Counter The Bush Message And Say No To The Privatization Of Social Security!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 13, 2004 4:50am PST
Food Not Bombs Venice/ SantaMonica/ L.A./ Valley/LongBeach 
Former houseless person/amatauer photographer captures stills of L.A. humanity...
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:24am PST
12/3: International Day of Disabled Persons International Day of Disabled Persons
3 December
"Nothing about Us Without Us"...
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 1:13am PST
NCD Calls for Cohesive Public Policy Agenda for Livable Cmties for Adults w/ Disabilities The National Council on Disability (NCD) today called on the Administration and Congress to develop a cohesive public policy agenda for livable communities for adults with disabilities....
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2004 12:08pm PST
National Council on Disability Calls for Changes to Americans with Disabilities Act The National Council on Disability (NCD) today called on the Administration and Congress to support legislation that will "right" the course of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and protect the civil rights of people with disabilities....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 11:39pm PST
NRHA Releases National PSA in Response to HIV Rates in Rural Communities of Color The National Rural Health Association Releases a National Public Service Announcement in Response to the Increasing Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Rural Communities of Color...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:17pm PST
Surviving Bush-- HUD Targets Low-Income Renters The $388 Billion Spending Bill Has language In It That Offers A Bonus to Housing Agencies That Coerce Tenants Out Of The Nations Housing Assistance Programs, Plus $8 Million In Funding That Was Intended To Operate Public Housing Is Now Being Shifted To The Justice Department To Target Public Housing Renters As Criminals!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 4:48am PST
No Help For Chechnya’s Street Kids At a petrol station in the centre of Grozny, cars draw up every few minutes and are besieged by a crowd of grubby ten-year-old boys. The boys ask the driver how much petrol he wants, fill up the car, receive a few roubles and mutter a few words of thanks. These are just some of the street children of Chechnya....
Posted: Sun, Nov 21, 2004 7:53pm PST
NAACP Outraged By Move To Suppress The Poor Vote In The News--The NAACP Is Outraged By Efforts To Suppress The Poor Vote, Plus Links To The Human Rights Report Which Details How Hundreds Of Thousands Of Poor People Are Deprived Of Housing For Petty Crimes Or For Only Being Arrested, But Not Convicted Of Anything!...
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 7:27pm PST
12/1: Nationwide Protest- Families Before Fostercare!! Foster children have families! Foster children have roots! They have a heritage that
must be honored and maintained! Our family trees are becoming stumps and our
children are becoming “Nationalized” by the Child Protective Services…...
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 7:12pm PST
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