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KPFA is in serious trouble. Reports of violence and sexual harrasment suits keep emerging from a growing cloud of abuse and discontent at the cornerstone of progressive broadcasting....
Posted: Sat, Jun 11, 2005 3:49pm PDT
Tune in to a live stream of the KPFA local station board meeting, today Saturday June 11th starting around 11 a.m. from Freight & Salvage in Berkeley....
Posted: Sat, Jun 11, 2005 10:18am PDT
This was a nice long ride during the summer solstice month. We first went into Oakland, then down telegraph and Oxford, and to Indian rock park. From there, riders went through the tunnel into Solano and Albany, over the Buchanan bridge, by the albany bulb to the Berkeley Marina. The beginning at Berkeley bart was a bit difficult to interpret what was going on. Some of these pictures are enhanced to be more interesting....
Posted: Fri, Jun 10, 2005 9:49pm PDT
Controversial UC Berkeley biology professor, Ignacio Chapela (above) was granted tenure (job security at a university) this month after a 3 year struggle....
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 6:29pm PDT
>>On Monday June 13, Tuesday June 14, and Wednesday June 15, CUE, the
union
>>that represents UC clerical workers on all the UC campuses will be on
>>strike to demand increased wages....
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 10:46am PDT
JUNE 15, WEDNESDAY, 2-4:30PM
@ Alameda Labor Council offices
7992 Capwell Drive, Oakland, CA 94621...
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 10:43am PDT
Community radio station KPFA was served on Monday with a lawsuit filed by Noelle Hanrahan, former producer and co-host of Flashpoints, the station’s drive-time public affairs broadcast. Also named in the complaint are Pacifica Foundation, Flashpoints executive producer Dennis Bernstein, and ex-general manager, Jim Bennett.
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> Among the charges in the complaint are sexual harassment and sex discrimination, retaliation, wrongful termination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress...
Posted: Thu, Jun 9, 2005 8:02am PDT
La Peña celebrates its 30th anniversary with a free street festival
Saturday, June 11,05. 12-6pm Prince St. and Shattuck Ave.
More information here: http://www.lapena.org/30thAnnFolder/30thAnn1.html...
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 11:35pm PDT
Don't Let Oakland's Kids Be Sacrifices for Jerry Brown's Political Career!
Below Anita of Raparation Records and the Measure Y Coalition makes a solid case for why we should start treating Oakland kids with the dignity and respect they deserve before we stand by and watch martial law go into full effect in Oakland.
Also below is reposted info on the next Measure Y Coalition meeting.
Seen a few sideshows in my time, but Jerry's looks like the most wack and dangerous this kids seen i...
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 9:43pm PDT
Anti-Zionist Jewish-American veteran photo-journalist, radio journalist, political essayist, and anti-war and human rights activist, JEFFREY BLANKFORT will debate University of San Francisco (USF) Prof. Stephen Zunes TONIGHT, Wed, 7:pm PT, on KPFA-FM (94.1 or listen at kpfa.org), in Berkeley, CA, regarding the role of the pro-Israel lobby in U.S. politics and related issues....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 3:12pm PDT
Potential solution to the recent troubles at the Oakland animal shelter....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 12:49pm PDT
We had a very important victory last night in
defeating Mayor Jerry Brown's initiative to
criminalize youth who are watching sideshows.
The next Measure Y Coalition will be from 5-7PM on
Wednesday, June 22nd at Raporations Records...
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 12:14pm PDT
An Oakland school teacher talks about the effects of No Child Left Behind....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 1:11am PDT
There is a growing crisis in our schools and, contrary to George Bush’s claims, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is making it worse. Jessie Muldoon, a teacher in Oakland and member of the Oakland Education Association, explains why....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 12:58am PDT
join us tomorrow, Wednesday p.m., in front of our very own
army recruiting station downtown Oakland, 2116 Broadway between 21st &
22nd from 5:30-6:30p.m. - a couple of blocks east of the 19th St BART.
The stations are now open until 8:00p.m. - imagine that!!!!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 10:18pm PDT
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors
unanimously approved an ordinance to regulate cannabis dispensaries
in the unincorporated part of the county....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 10:02pm PDT
One of San Francisco's most prominent Medical Marijuana Dispensaries has been shut down by the Feds....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 8:48pm PDT
On April 22, Earth Day, the city of Oakland announced it was joining the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX), a market-driven network of cities and companies working to reduce climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions. Oakland is the first city in California to join the CCX and only the second city in the U.S., after Chicago....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 5:02pm PDT
Since ostensiblly winning a campaign to recapture the small progressive Pacifica network that spanned years, involving at one time three seperate lawsuits, and 10's of thousands of its active listerners, the tiny network is once again at war with itself.....Having, along with senior producer Ryme Kakthouda, joined in filing complaints of discrimination on basis of national origin and ethnicity at the last meeting of our national board in NYC,
(http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/12052...
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 3:24am PDT