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On Monday, October 4th HUNDREDS will gather in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers area of southwestern Oregon for a peaceful protest rally to stop the Biscuit Logging Project - the largest logging project in U.S. history!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 25, 2004 12:44pm PDT
The California Youth Authority has just fired the six guards involved in the vicious
beating of two young wards at a CYA facility earlier this year....
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 8:07pm PDT
You are invited to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and struggles. Tour to Tijuana's Industrial area:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 9 am to 3 pm meeting in San Diego, CA...
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 7:54pm PDT
if you haven't yet, it's time to call or email the governor to sign SB 1520, the foie gras ban -- deadline is Sept 30th!! http://www.govmail.ca.gov/...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 12:55pm PDT
Domestic Partnerships come in two loose sizes -- "heavy" (like Vermont Civil Union) and "lite" (less obligations, less rights, etc.). Each state-registered California couple must SOON decide which, if any, suits their particular needs.
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(Please reprint/forward SUN's commentary freely within California. But please DON'T reprint/forward Rona Marech's report, which is © 2004 by the SF Chronicle.)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 11:19am PDT
For the second time in just over a week California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a major gay rights bill....
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 9:40am PDT
New Law Creates Uniform Definition of Hate Crime and Enhances Protection For Persons Associated With Protected Classes...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 12:19am PDT
The horror of American fascism has again sunk to greater depths with a second hung jury in the pepper spraying of forest activists' eyes and face by a federal jury in a San Francisco courtroom....
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 9:43pm PDT
This is a great story about the impact of the digital divide....
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 8:25pm PDT
A community speak out will be held at 24th and Mission in SF this Saturday at 12 noon to demand the end to raids and full rights for immigrants!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 6:17pm PDT
About the California & Washington St. grocery workers' struggles: AFL-CIO leaders' sabotage the workers' economic struggles, just as they sabotage the workers' desire to fight the Iraqi occupation...
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 5:24pm PDT
Chaos predicted. And who's the leftiest of the left? Nadir, Peltier, Cobb, Parker?...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 8:39am PDT
This document has been distributed within the SEIU In California to help SEIU staffers explain why San Francisco janitors voted to decertify SEIU Local 1877....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 6:44pm PDT
A historical documentary video is now available---free for educational use. Explains the legacy of several American-style anarchists from Emma to Ammon...
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 10:03am PDT
The back-to-school edition of
californiablackhistory.com urges students to
understand their role in the larger community by
stressing the importance of school attendance and
showing role models for future careers in addition to
the access to the significant heritage of
African-Americans in the Golden State....
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 9:06pm PDT
The pepper spray by Q-tip trial to determine whether activists' Fourth Amendment rights were violated when law enforcement inserted Q-tips soaked in liquid pepper spray directly into their eyes continues in SF Federal court....
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 1:21pm PDT
Dungeness Crab Trap Limits on California Governor’s Desk; Oregon Seeks MSC Certification. PFMC TO MEET IN SAN DIEGO; GROUNDFISH ISSUES DOMINATE AGENDA OREGON CLOSES SPORT FISHERY ON POPULAR GROUNDFISH STOCKS:...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 12:55am PDT
Media EmergenC, a conference organized by the San Diego Independent Media Center to promote, strengthen and build democratic media organizations, will incorporate performance, street action, workshops, speakers and forums October 6-9 to raise a voice of opposition against the increasing corporate control of our media....
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 1:00pm PDT
If you haven't heard yet, we have sad, bitter news. Another young man has died
inside a California Youth Authority prison....
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 6:06pm PDT