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2/16: Come out and show your solidarity with the people of Haiti
Thurs. Feb 26 - 3pm-5pm S.F. Federal Building
[corner Golden Gate Ave. & Polk Street]...
Posted: Sun, Feb 22, 2004 1:37pm PST
"Energy Independence"
- San Francisco city officials announced new legislation Tuesday to use the state’s “Community Choice” law, in conjunction with the City’s 2001 Voter-Approved solar “H Bond” Authority, to switch to a new supplier for electricity service and build enough solar photovoltaic installations, wind turbines, efficiency and conservation installations, and hydrogen technologies to power 1/4 of the community with green power before the end of the decade....
Posted: Sat, Feb 21, 2004 10:57am PST
Michael Parenti Book Discussion
Join our discussion of a book by Michael Parenti on U.S. imperialism...
Posted: Fri, Feb 20, 2004 7:19pm PST
Please urge Sen. Feinstein to support Nepal garment bill
Dear California residents, please take ten minutes to write to Senator Feinstein asking her to support a bill which would help the people of Nepal, who are in dire need due to civil war and poverty....
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2004 6:47pm PST
2/19 Event: School of the Americas Discussion
Forum at USF about School of the Americas...
Posted: Thu, Feb 19, 2004 12:42am PST
Act Now to Stop an Appalling CAFTA, FTAA Sneak Attack
Heads Up: You Must Act Now to Stop an Appalling CAFTA, FTAA Sneak Attack on State Purchasing Policy!...
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 8:29pm PST
24Feb - State Dept to meet with Bechtel during protest
The State Department is meeting at Bechtel's Corporate HQ here in San Francisco the day of our protest - Feb - 24. So our little protest might turn into a really big deal....
Posted: Wed, Feb 18, 2004 6:43pm PST
Ernesto Zedillo in Berkeley TODAY
Former Mexican president Ernesto Zedillo is speaking in Berkeley Friday. Among his administration's accomplishments is the violent repression of the indigenous population of Chiapas, including the Acteal massacre of 1997....
Posted: Fri, Feb 13, 2004 1:45pm PST
March, 2004: Genetic Engineering Action Conference
To seriously challenge an industry with such heavy support from political, economic,
educational, and public institutions requires coordination between the many
local, regional and national groups working to expose and challenge agricultural biotechnology...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2004 10:14am PST
Nora Castañeda Speaks in San Francisco (audio/mpeg 6.1MB)
A thirty-minute excerpt from Nora Castañeda's recent engagement in San Francisco, which kicked off her first speaking tour of the U.S....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:55am PST
The Trouble With Left Activism
This brave new ideology combines the political illiteracy of hyper-mediated American culture with all the moral zeal of a nineteenth century temperance crusade....
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 5:55pm PST
Sacramento Report on Cuba
Sacramentans to Report on Their Cuba Visits...
Posted: Fri, Feb 6, 2004 3:48am PST
Central American Activists Available to Speak in CA
WHEN: March - April, 2004
WHERE: New England region & California, USA
WHO: Gilberto Flores and Jennipher Petullo, who collaborated with Rights Action in Guatemala and Honduras....
Posted: Mon, Feb 2, 2004 10:11am PST
planning for anarchist people of color gathering
When: Saturday, January 31st, 4-6pm
Where: the AK Press warehouse, 674 A 23rd Street, Oakland
Contact: (510) 208-1700 or race@riseup.net...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 7:34pm PST
Impact of budget cuts on UC Sustainable Agriculture Programs- Your input needed
More than ever, California growers need farming systems that are environmentally sustainable and economically viable. They need a University system that produces this knowledge and quickly transfers it to the field....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:33pm PST
Report from Chiapas and Central America
Becky Vaden will give a video report of the Pastors for Peace Fall 2003 Caravan to Chiapas and Central America at the Birthing Project office, 1900 T Street, Sacramento....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 12:09pm PST
Bay Area Organizing Meeting to Prepare for the BIO 2004 Annual International Convention
Food First and other concerned groups and individuals (like you) will be at an organizing meeting to prepare to mobilize around to the BIO Conference. The meeting will take place on Feb 3, from 3-5 PM at the Humanist Hall in Oakland....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 7:29am PST
In Sacramento-'Capital' Reading Group to Begin
In Sacramento, Read ‘Capital’ by Karl Marx...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2004 5:33pm PST
Feb 3 - SF J8 Mobilization working groups & organizing meeting
At the Direct Action to Stop the War Assembly on Jan 10, about 40 activists expressed an interest in working on the SF June 8 Mobilization. Now's your chance to plug in!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 26, 2004 9:43pm PST
Bechtel Moves Main Division out of SF
Bechtel is moving its most prominent division out of San Francisco to Maryland to be near its main customer - the U.S. Government.
ORGANIZE A FEB. 24 PROTEST AT THE LOCAL OFFICE OF HALLIBURTON, BECHTEL, OR ANOTHER WAR PROFITEERING COMPANY...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 7:01pm PST