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Backlash Against Palo Alto Police Chief 
Palo Alto's police chief said that her officers would be stopping African American males to determine who they were and what they were doing in the city of Palo Alto.
Community leaders including the mayor of Palo Alto expressed shock at the chief's statement. Congresswoman Anna Eshoo said the police chief should rescind her comments and orders or resign.
A march and rally against racial profiling is scheduled for Sunday, November 9....
Posted: Sun, Nov 9, 2008 2:48am PST
Resisting the Racist Blame Game Post Prop 8 While the media casts blame on communities of color for the failure of civil rights for LGBT people, it is imperative that we struggle against the logic that tells us that struggles for LGBT civil rights and racial justice are separate, and that we examine our strategies for advancing LGBT civil rights and gay marriage and, in particular, look at places where LGBT communities have failed to align our struggles for civil rights with ongoing struggles for racial justice....
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2008 12:07am PST
President-Elect's Unsung Hero - Ruth Garland-Dewson San Francisco businesswoman Ruth Garland- Dewson, owner of Mrs. Dewson's Hats on Fillmore Street worked tirelessly to get Barack Obama to the White House....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2008 3:09pm PST
Different Law Strokes 4 Different Drug Folks: Racially Based Enforcement In May 2008, a new coalition, Black &Brown Equitable Drug Policies (BEDPC) opened its doors;
(Redstone Building #209, 2940 16th St., SF CA 94110);
in the heart of the Mission District in San Francisco, one of the most criminalized Poor, Black and Brown neighborhood of the city, through harassment and brutality perpetrated by ICE, PD, Gang intervention and Narc units, particularly targeting the Youth, Mentally ill, Homeless, Immigrants... and yes, Marijuana medical and "recreational" consume...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2008 8:05pm PST
Oakland Surges with Pride Originally From New America Media
Wednesday, November 5, 2008 : OAKLAND, Calif. -- The streets of downtown Oakland erupted into a boisterous, joyful celebration last night just before 8 p.m., as word spread that the major news media had called the election for president in favor of Democrat Barack Obama....
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 7:52pm PST
The 2nd Annual STW (Stanley Tookie Williams) Legacy Summit 
Merritt College
Huey P. Newton/Bobby Seale Student Lounge
12500 Campus Drive
Oakland, CA 94619
510-434-3935
www.merritt.edu...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 13, 2008 1:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 11:41am PST
Klamath Film Premiers at American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco 
The 33rd Annual American Indian Film Festival will open at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 7, at the Landmark Embarcadero Center Cinema in San Francisco with the premier of River of Renewal, a film describing the Klamath Basin tribes’ struggle to establish fishing rights, restore river flows, and remove dams. Don't miss this film!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 5, 2008 11:05am PST
D-Q University Veterans Pow Wow Seven miles west of Davis, CA, on County Road 31....
Event Date: Sat, Nov 8, 2008 12:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Nov 3, 2008 2:44pm PST
POCC Minister of Information JR's critique of the Anti Bakery Project A recent article by the Anti Bakery Project or the so called Chauncey Bailey Project attacked a very respected journalist JR Valrey who is the Minister of Information for the POCC(Prisoners of Consciousness Committee). If you dont know about them like the Anti Bakery Project doesnt educate yourself on who they are. JR has shown his dedication to the fight for social justice, free speech through media and has consistently covered events locally and nationally which few others do. The alleg...
Posted: Sun, Nov 2, 2008 1:15pm PST
March For a Happy Ending! End Racial Profiling of Asian Sex Workers 
MEET AT THE CORNER OF O'farrell and Polk
call 1-877-776-2004 x 5 if you are lost...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 2, 2008 6:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Nov 2, 2008 10:32am PST
Filipino Veterans Confront Filner in San Francisco, Demands Justice and Equity 
After an interview with Congressman Bob Filner, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs and chief sponsor of HR 6897, by a local news reporter, Filipino World War 2 Veterans confronted Filner in the war memorial building and aired their demands for US Congress to immediately call a joint conference committee to reconcile Filipino Veterans bills, restore Section 4 of S1315 and junk HR 6897- the quit claim bill.
Veteran Simplicio Yoma in front of the camera asked Filner, “Will ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 7:21pm PDT
JFAV CONFRONTS FILNER IN SAN FRANCISCO, DEMANDS RECOGNITION AND EQUITY 
A strong delegation of the Filipino American Veterans led by Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) –San Francisco met and dialogued with Congressman Bob Filner in the San Francisco War Memorial last night, October 30. The veterans led by Commander Mordeno and Yoma and JFAV’s Augustus Pedalizo confronted Filner while on a break on his address to American Vietnam War veterans and reiterated their call for the reconciled bill and the convening of the joint conference committee o...
Posted: Fri, Oct 31, 2008 9:42am PDT
Targeting Dissent - The San Francisco Eight Racism and repression are alive and well in America....
Posted: Wed, Oct 29, 2008 11:44am PDT
Krip-Hop Radio goes 100% internet Nov. 16 2008 The Black Kripple & Krew 
Krip-Hop Radio goes 100% internet Nov. 16 2008 The Black Kripple & Krew On the Internet Radio Soon!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 26, 2008 4:07pm PDT
Here is a glance of the record of Senator Diane Feinstein for all the world to see. Here is the record of Senator Diane Feinstein for all the world to see. This is just the tip of the iceberg....
Posted: Sun, Oct 26, 2008 4:09am PDT
The City of Fresno is Trying to Evict Hmong Gardeners 
The City of Fresno is attempting to evict a group of Hmong gardeners from 4 acres of public land. The city wants to build a police sub-station at the site of the Hmong Community Garden. The photo below is Mai Summer Vue, speaking on behalf of the Hmong gardeners who do not want to leave....
Posted: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 5:41pm PDT
Rigoberta Menchú to Speak at Delta College Oct. 22, 11 a.m. 
Rigoberta Menchú, Nobel Prize winner and courageous advocate for human rights in Guatemala and elsewhere in Las Americas, will speak at Delta College's Tillie Lewis Theater on October 22 from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. She is a survivor of the Reagan administration-engineered genocide of the Mayan people in Guatemala.
The genocide occurred under the "scorched earth" policy of the "born again butcher," Jose Efrain Rios Montt. One of the most vicious tyrants in recent Guatemalan history, Rios Montt...
Posted: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 3:10pm PDT
The Failure of McPalin Lynch Mob Politics – You Betcha! In past years, the race card might very well have worked even for this pair of untalented, mediocre individuals. Perhaps it is too early to write their political obituary, although many commentators across the political spectrum have already done so. And the fact that their campaign is fighting for dear life in bright-red Bush country may provide all the proof we need that it is done, time to stick a fork in it. Nevertheless, it appears that McPalin is a casualty of the changing times, changi...
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 11:12pm PDT
Update on Hmong Community Garden & Fresno City Council meeting on Tuesday 
An article was written today in the Fresno Bee stating that some sort of an "agreement" has been reached with gardeners at the Hmong Community Garden. This agreement seems like more of the same thing we have seen before, with the City not fully involving the community and the gardeners, and not even guaranteeing garden plots for all of the gardeners at the Hmong Community Garden....
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 8:11pm PDT
California Republicans in Hot Water for Hate-Based Attacks on Obama 
Republicans in "tolerant" California are engaging in hate-based attacks on Barack Obama as reprehensible as any in the United States....
Posted: Sat, Oct 18, 2008 3:57pm PDT
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