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DC: Mayday DC Coalition Occupies Franklin School, Issues Six Demands to City
Mayday DC, a coalition for the homeless, occupied the Franklin School in downtown Washington this morning. They released six demands to the City Council and Mayor's Office....
Posted: Fri, Aug 9, 2002 12:33pm PDT
EBumFights - What Would YOU Do For a Dollar?
From Skid Row to Madison Square Garden - here's capitalism in action!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 8:54pm PDT
SF Autonomous Initiative
A new initiative is in the germinal stages of development to form a Autonomist Collective and eventually a People's Union...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 2:15pm PDT
Washington, DC: Olive Branch House Evicted
Four federal marshalls and a few MPD officers came at a little before 9:00 this morning, August 7. They came to the door with shotguns drawn. The marshals presented eviction papers, asked for residents' identification and photographed the residents, including some rudely awakened and still in their pajamas....
Posted: Wed, Aug 7, 2002 9:27am PDT
D.C.- Olive Branch house being evicted!
The Olive Branch House, which has served the hungry, poor and homeless for over two decades, is being evicted this morning, on personal orders of the Mayor. Mayor WIlliams has been hurt politically by the homeless campaign waged for the past year by Olive Branch activists and many others....
Posted: Wed, Aug 7, 2002 6:58am PDT
Enron and Arafat
Arafat is actually running a multi-Billion Dollar biz with no accountability to Palestinians...
Posted: Sun, Aug 4, 2002 7:37am PDT
homeless shelters closing
trying at least in Contra Costa to do something about this...
Posted: Sat, Aug 3, 2002 11:22am PDT
Rally to Save Summit Pain Clinic
In Oakland, Gentrification Has Taken An Ominous Turn In An Effort To Chase Away The Poor By Stealing Their Pain Clinic!...
Posted: Tue, Jul 30, 2002 2:50am PDT
WEWANTCHANGE
mean spirited PR effort of the SF Hotel Council....
Posted: Mon, Jul 29, 2002 2:10pm PDT
Learning from Others: Squat in Toronto
San Francisco Indymedia correspondent will report on militant housing action and challenge to the Church during the Popes visit to Toronto...
Posted: Fri, Jul 19, 2002 12:58pm PDT
Patients Panic Over Pain Clinic Closure
Oakland Sinks Ever Further Into The Realm
Of The Mad Hatters Tea Party While A Scheme
Is Underway To Deprive The Chronicly Ill From
Medications That Allow Them To Live! It Has Brought About The Birth Of The Painfighters!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2002 5:14am PDT
Oakland Public Housing Evictions Unfair
The Oakland Housing Authority throws innocent families into the street when it "catches" one of its members with drugs. This unfair policy does nothing but victimize the poor and elderly who bare the brunt of the collateral damage in the drug war....
Posted: Fri, Jul 12, 2002 12:38pm PDT
Tuesday Oakland City council Vote On Just Cause
Oakland activists have collected over 36,000 signatures for a Just Cause Initiative which now needs the vote of an uncertain City Council before it may become a Ballot Measure....
Posted: Mon, Jul 8, 2002 1:05am PDT
Campaign for Renters Rights
A report on the July Campaign for Renters Rights Meeting in Oakland...
Posted: Sun, Jul 7, 2002 7:12pm PDT
Save our City: Tax the Rich
Wednesday's homework is reading the Bay Guardian and this week's BG, 7/3/02, is a must read, with a comprehensive set of articles on how and why we must tax the rich now to Save Our City!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 3, 2002 9:00pm PDT
Oakland Poor Food Money Disappears
Oakland City Manager Robert Bobb was referred to as a carpetbagger for getting a salary increase during the vote for budget cuts that take away money to feed the poor!...
Posted: Thu, Jun 27, 2002 1:10am PDT
Just Cause Initiative--A Beacon of Hope
The Power of the People have served notice that the exploitation of Oakland renters shall be challenged by the signatures of 36,000 registered voters from the heart of Alameda County!...
Posted: Sun, Jun 16, 2002 3:16am PDT
Did Ammiano Ask Brown to Suspend Daly? Donkey Puckey, Says Ammiano!
The Examiner's P.J. Corkery Printed, then Retracted, a Rumor that Sup. Tom Ammiano Approached Mayor Brown to Suspend Sup. Chris Daly after the Hastings Civil Disobedience Action on Friday...
Posted: Sun, Jun 16, 2002 3:06am PDT
Local Renters News In Brief
In a 6/10/02 KPFA News Story, Steve Edrington of the Northern Alameda County Rental Housing Association vows that the landlords plan to fight back the Just Cause Innitiative if it ever becomes a Ballot Measure in Oakland....
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 3:41am PDT
Build Them Back!
SINCE SEPT. 11, we have been authoritatively informed that buildings as tall as the World Trade Center will never be built again. A "consensus" quickly emerged among city officials to replace the soaring Twin Towers with some potty-little buildings and a park....
Posted: Fri, Jun 7, 2002 6:10pm PDT