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Support Grand Jury Resister this Thursday
Resist Grand Juries! Come out and Support Nadia!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 16, 2006 10:52am PDT
Protest Salinas Valley Prison & Ca. Treatment Facility
enter this address into mapquest.com. The protest will be in the public area out front of the prisons, two prisons on the same property. Just off Highway 101
31625 Highway 101
Soledad, CA 93960...
Event Date: Sun, Aug 27, 2006 6:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 16, 2006 4:17am PDT
Big Brother is Watching
$1.2 million in funding for video surveillance cameras in Fresno has already been approved by the City Council. However, that money will not be released until a policy manual for the cameras use has been approved. This issue will come before the council on Tuesday, August 22. The story below, written by someone who helped write the policy manual, explains why it should be opposed....
Posted: Tue, Aug 15, 2006 12:03pm PDT
Fourth of July at CCWF
Once a year, we grudgingly get one grilled soy burger and one weiner on a bun. Once a year, we get a small wedge of watermelon on the state's dime and the guards complain that it's "too much."...
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 6:49pm PDT
The Spymaster's Tale
Oakland police claim to have infiltrated and led a demonstration at the Port of Oakland in 2003 according to a recent SF Chronicle article(7/28/2006). The following article takes a critical look at such claims...
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 5:39pm PDT
Anti-Prison Expansion Mobilization on Tuesday
TUESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2006
9:30 am
Room 4203
State Capitol...
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 4:35pm PDT
PRESS ADVISORY; A Grieving Mother believes Guards Killed Her SON
This grieving mother believes that the guards hog-tied, gagged and then hung her son in disciplinary at CSATF Corcoran. He suffered from bi-polar disorder. ...Someone needs to care enough to write about this one. The treatment of these families in these darkest hour is just totally unacceptable....
Posted: Mon, Aug 14, 2006 10:53am PDT
10 Reasons to Oppose Schwarzenegger's Plans for More Prisons
Delano II prison...
Posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2006 11:21pm PDT
They Don't Triple Bunk Dogs!
Overcrowding and the Medical Crisis in California State Prisons...
Posted: Sun, Aug 13, 2006 7:44pm PDT
Police Aggression at Civic Center Rally (video/x-ms-wmv 7.8MB)
Video footage of police assaulting protestors at the Civic Center protest against the war in Lebanon. Duration 3:03 minutes. A series of stills taken from the video....
Posted: Sat, Aug 12, 2006 7:14pm PDT
Fresno Police Kill Unarmed Suspect - Community Groups Express their Outrage
Fresno has had another shooting of an unarmed suspect by the Fresno Police Department. Community Groups held a Press Conference today to protest the lack of police accountability....
Posted: Fri, Aug 11, 2006 9:11pm PDT
An evening with the Red & Anarchist Action Network
Members of the Red & Anarchist Action Network will be discussing their group....
Posted: Fri, Aug 11, 2006 1:00am PDT
Two Bay Area Activists Re-subpoenaed to Federal Grand Jury
hm, i don't see any details about when the re-subpoena occurred...
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 11:18pm PDT
Assemblyman Leno Expresses Support for Josh Wolf
Assemblyman Mark Leno (D-San Francisco) made the following statement supporting basic constitutional rights to a free press after the jailing of San Francisco blogger and journalist Josh Wolf....
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 3:28pm PDT
Free Josh Wolf! Updates and Events
Free Josh Wolf! Updates and Events
http://freejosh.pbwiki.com
Included in this Email:
1: A Note From Josh's Mom
2: August 10: SF Board of Supervisors Hearing
3: August 13: Benefit for Josh Wolf
4: August 15: Political Prisoner Letter Writing Night
5: Address and Donation Information (updated address)...
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 12:43am PDT
Who Are We to Judge?
Ever wonder what life is like inside the California Prison System? Here is a first hand account of the horrors of what is like in the Chowchilla prison for women, located in the Central Valley....
Posted: Wed, Aug 9, 2006 12:33pm PDT
Un-armed Black Man Shot by Modesto Police Officer
An un-armed Black man was shot by a Modesto Police Officer - Why? Are they suddenly out of pepper-spray?...
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 11:28am PDT
CRITICAL MOMENT FOR CALIFORNIA ANTI-PRISON CAMPAIGN
Please take a minute to sign our petition against prison expansion and make a donation today!...
Posted: Fri, Aug 4, 2006 6:18pm PDT