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Support Three River Protection Bills
Urge the Governor to sign these three bills that aim to protect and restore California rivers. It only takes a couple of minutes to click the mouse and send these letters....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 4:46pm PDT
A29: Free Speech for Gay Rights!
A look at the current free speech situation surrounding the counterdemonstration of the August 29th "Traditional Marriage" rally at Fresno's City Hall...
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 1:28pm PDT
Headwaters Reunion (read this one)
Join us for a Headwaters Reunion, Sept. 13th-17th, at Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Campgrounds....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 10:10am PDT
SAN FRANCISCO Housing agency 'troubled' again Finances land S.F. authority on federal list
The federal government has placed San Francisco's Housing Authority on its list of "troubled'' agencies, a designation that could result in the loss of millions of dollars in grant money to rebuild public housing developments and aid residents, local and federal housing officials said Tuesday.
Newsom; Do You Think Everone is Blind?...
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 9:48am PDT
Agribusiness going after GMO bans
(Repost) The Sacramento Bee reports on industrial agriculture's attempts to prevent further GMO bans and overturn existing bans in California and nationwide....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 9:41am PDT
Press Conference to Demand Democratic Debates today
On Wednesday, August 25th the District 5 Candidates’ will be holding a press conference to deliver a written request urging SF5Together to adopt an inclusive debate forum allowing all candidates to participate in their September debate....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 8:33am PDT
RNC Update Number Two: Power and Anarchy
Starhawk's 2nd update for RNC -- the first and third and more to come are available on her website....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 1:58am PDT
"GMOs and Food" Film Series
"GMOs and Food" Film Series
A film series investigating the how's and why's of the genetically
modified organisms in your food and what you can do about it....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 12:04am PDT
Justice for Romero
First day of historic trial takes place in Fresno....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 9:07pm PDT
"Fear will not silence us!" anti-militarism NYC art opening (video/x-ms-wmv 7.4MB)
3 min. video requires MS Windoze Media Player."Fear will not silence us!" Not in Our Name anti-militarism NYC art opening with film, poets and live music. Video highlights Apostels, Outernational, and poet Tron from Hawai'i....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 6:38pm PDT
What to Expect from New UCB Chancellor Birgeneau?
UC Berkeley is celebrating the announcement of newly appointed Chancellor Robert Birgeneau. He has been hailed as an advocate of research-intensive universities and a champion of diversity. However, a look at Birgeneau’s past reveals a future less promising for the Berkeley community....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 12:01pm PDT
UC Berkeley Disorientation Guide 2004
Thousands of copies of the 2004 Disorientation Guide for UC Berkeley have been printed. Pick up a copy today!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 11:48am PDT
New Story-- Affordable Housing, or Not
Landlords Are Gouging The Section 8 Program, And Non-Profits Are Charging More Than The For-Profit Landlords!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 4:03am PDT
marriage is murder... duh
ethnographic findings reveal that
marriage is still a violent racist, misogynist and classist instution
even if you're gay!!! whoa!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 2:55am PDT
UNITE HERE! Local 2: The March to the Hilton: August 20th (video/quicktime 29.0MB)
Local 2's fight for a new contract continues. Four-minute QuickTime movie. 29MB.
Movies from August 13th:
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692036.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692106.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692191.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692330.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692336.php
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/08/1692337.php...
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 2:40am PDT
Amy Goodman in Eureka
Amy Goodman, journalist, author and host of Democracy Now, spoke to a packed house at Eureka's Municipal Auditorium Saturday, August 2004 in a benefit for radio stations KMUD and KHSU and to promote her book,co-authored with her brother David, The Exception to the Rulers....
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 9:51pm PDT
Aug 23 Tenant/Housing News
The Latest Tenant/Housing News From Around The Nation Reveals That Low-Income Housing Is Under Attack And That Some Of The People Are Fighting Back!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 9:08pm PDT
A PERSONAL REPORT-BACK FROM THE OAKLAND "ANTI-SEMITISM" CONFERENCE - by Joseph Anderson
But, those energetic younger anti-Zionist Jews with whom I conversed -- like me, my Palestinian friend, and my non-European Jewish acquaintance -- indeed fervently wanted Palestine-Israel to be a multicultural society where *EVERYONE* has ABSOLUTELY equal rights (with no tricks in the small print) without regard to ethnicity, race or religion....
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 6:31pm PDT
Pepper Spray Hearing on 8/24
Pepper Spray By Q-Tip on Protesters Trial Nears
Final Pre-trial hearing Aug. 24
San Francisco Civil Rights Trial Sept. 7...
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 5:15pm PDT
SF events 8.24
http://www.dnc2rnc.org
http://www.rncnotwelcome.org/...
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 4:10pm PDT