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Clark's letter revealed a greater array of problems with Diebold equipment and ballot-printing services than the county previously has acknowledged. For the first time, Clark's letter suggests Alameda County also had unspecified "programming problems" in the Democratic and American Independent Party presidential primaries. The registrar did not respond immediately to inquiries Tuesday about those problems. Clark also made note of "absentee ballot problems," a reference to ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 3:59pm PST
International Activist, Poet, and Elementary Teacher Cesar Cruz was fired Monday at Downer Elementary School. The firing occured after an article was published that documented Cesar's organizing of a 70 mile march on Sacramento by students and parents to protest budget cuts at their 99% people of color school, as well as the presence of the nearby prison and oil refinery. (Un) Coincidentally, Cesar had also recently aided the community in their demands for a new school and site-based manage...
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 3:55pm PST
The undocumented Fremont family that appealed to Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., and other legislators for permanent U.S. residence received its deportation letters Monday evening and is scheduled to be sent back to the Philippines on April 7 after living in the United States for 19 years....
Posted: Wed, Mar 24, 2004 12:38pm PST
Update on PUEBLO, People United for a Better Oakland...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 5:10pm PST
Sat. 3/27 11am-2pm
2022 Blake St, near Shattuck, in Berkeley...
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 11:15am PST
An initiative calling for the regulation and taxation of cannabis for adult use in Oakland has been launched by a group known as the Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance....
Posted: Mon, Mar 22, 2004 12:22am PST
The New Version Of The NEO Comes Up For Another Vote At The April 6 Oakland City Council Meeting!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2004 7:56pm PST
EastSide Arts Alliance presents
FINAL FRIDAY'S VIDEO SERIES
premiering with the KQED sponsored screening of
EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET: The Life and Work of Piri Thomas...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 11:52pm PST
Come meet ISM volunteer BRIAN AVERY, hear his story and learn
his views on the situation in Palestine. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED....
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 10:05pm PST
Come to the book launch of the Biotic Baking Brigade's Pie Any Means Necessary, meet editor and BBB spokesperson Agent Apple, partake of tasty vegan snacks, learn about pie making and throwing and have loads of fun! Music will be provided by the Infernal Noise Brigade...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 10:20am PST
The New & Improved Version of Oakland's NEO Comes Up For A Final Vote On April 6, 2004. Meanwhile, The NCPC's Are Recruiting New Snitches To Keep The NEO Busy Once It's Final Passage Has Been Approved!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 5:37am PST
From Oakland to Iraq
No War! No Empire!
Return to the Oakland Docks!
Wednesday April 7th, 2004 on the anniversary of the April 7, 2003 Community picket shutdown and assault at the APL and SSA ports on Oakland Docks....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 11:21pm PST
Berkeley's Police Review Commission is reviewing whether or not to recommend the city's proposal of getting police dogs. Tell the PRC that Berkeley DOES NOT NEED attack dogs! Their next meeting is: Wednesday March 24, 7:30 pm at the North Berkeley Senior Citizen Center 1901 Hearst Ave. Berkeley 94709...
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 8:27pm PST
NCPC Brown Shirts Invite You To Their March 18 Meeting @ the F.M. Smith Recreation Center @ 1969 Park Blvd in Oakland!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 8:15pm PST
Calling all agitators, artists, anarchists, anti-imperialists, anti-racists, articulators, astrologers, antithesizers and A-listers to help plan and promote the April 7th RETURN TO THE DOCKS action....
Posted: Wed, Mar 17, 2004 1:17pm PST
Come to the meeting this Thursday March 18 @ 6 PM 132 Mulford Hall Berkeley,
CA. For directions go to: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/BC23.html
We will give a detailed background of the tenure issue and how to proceed....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 9:20pm PST
Come meet ISM volunteer BRIAN AVERY, hear his story and learn
his views on the situation in Palestine. LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 5:35pm PST
To hear Larry Reid tell it, his Nuisance Eviction Ordinance sounds like a great way to get rid of the bad guys. And without a doubt, given a perfect police department, perfect city officials, etc., it would work just perfect. Unfortunately, Councilmember Reid overlooks the fact that we live in a less than perfect world where officials routinely abuse their power....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 2:45pm PST
Dennis Bernstein, Bishara Costandi, Jon Jackson, Brian Avery...
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 12:51pm PST
PUEBLO has asked for a continuance because
Jerry's Subpoena was rejected on a technicallity and there is no point in
holding the hearing without the man himself....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 10:37am PST