Publish to Newswire
Add an EventNewsitem List
44 of 56 
FCC commissioners hear panelists, public overwhelmingly support net neutrality 
Expert panelists and the public testified before the Federal Communications Commission on April 17, 2008 at Stanford University, overwhelmingly supporting network neutrality and transparency in the interest of democracy, freedom of speech, and right to information. But will the FCC follow the advice?...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 2:47am PDT
Lawrence Lessig: The Future of the Open Internet in America (audio/mpeg 24.1MB) Audio of Lawrence Lessig presentation to the FCC on the future of the open Internet in America. "Preserve what has worked in driving this economy -- and what has worked is a neutral network."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 6:59pm PDT
FCC Hearing: Internet Freedom Under Attack (Pt. I) 
New York Times Reports: "The Raging Grannies Greet F.C.C."
Boy howdy did we, with signs, songs, chants.
Lyrics below by Granny Gail
Chants by Granny Ruth
Photos (first 3) by Sharat G. Lin...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 1:32am PDT
FCC Hearing Part 2 
The Federal Communications Commission met at Stanford University on April 17 to hear discussion on the future of the internet....
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 1:03am PDT
FCC Hearing Part 1 
The Federal Communications Commission met at Stanford University on April 17 to hear discussion on the future of the internet....
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 12:37am PDT
FCC Public Hearing: Public Comment period on Internet Practices, PALO ALTO Audio of Public Comment period and Closing Remarks during the FCC Public Hearing on Internet Practices hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues Thursday, April 17, 2008. Dinkelspiel Auditorium PALO ALTO, Calif....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:40pm PDT
COMCAST announces "Internet Bill of Rights": Get to FCC Hearing to Protest! 
COMCAST is drafting A BILL OF RIGHTS for ISP's and Internet users.
But the cable giant has forgotten one thing: to invite Internet users, policymakers and advocates to the table!
photo: Raging Granny activist in costume and ready for Thursday April 17 demonstration at FCC Hearing at Stanford University....
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 12:04pm PDT
Where Your Income Tax Money Went Demo 
San Mateo Peace Action wanted everyone to know
where their hard earned 2007 tax money went
Raging Grannies joined in for a musical message to the
*GOOD FOLKS OF SAN MATEO*
at historic St. Matthew Station Post Office
TAX DAY APRIL 15, 2008...
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 1:58am PDT
Silicon Valley Tech Company Illegally Fires Cal Poly Student Workers for Unionizing 
Pomona, Calif - After being subjected an unannounced pay cut from $10/hr to $8/hr, Cal Poly student marketing representatives Austin Garrido and Sarah Doolittle were fired by their employer, Mountain View-based Uloop.com, for attempting to organize a worker's union. The students were fired from their part-time jobs 20 minutes after posting a message in an online inter-company form announcing their intention to form a union. Doolittle and Garrido have filed charges with the National Labor Rela...
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 1:33am PDT
Net Neutrality! Update on April 17 FCC Hearing at Stanford U. 
HOW YOU CAN BE PART OF PULIC COMMENT PERIOD detailed information below
AND the Raging Grannies invite you to the pre-hearing entertainment
11 to Noon
In front of Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University (directions below)
Photo above by Craig Morse with just a hint of what's in store.......
Posted: Mon, Apr 14, 2008 8:34pm PDT
Comcast Blocks the Internet, Then the Public 
Activists vow, "No more dirty tricks from Comcast!" At the first FCC hearing into Comcast's proven BLOCKING of internet communication, the nation's largest cable company hired seat warmers who promptly fell asleep, preventing interested citizens from attending and providing public comment.
TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT ELSE COMCAST AND OTHER BIG TELCOS HAVE DONE RECENTLY...
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2008 8:07pm PDT
Talk-Back to the FCC! Public Hearing 4/17 at Stanford. Speaker Training in SF, BK, PA 
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is meeting April 17th at noon at Dinkenspiel Hall on the Stanford Campus for a public hearing triggered by recent incidents with Verizon blocking text messages from the Abortion Rights Action League and Comcast interfering with legal peer to peer file exchanges....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 12:28pm PDT
Iraq Moratorium #7 
Members of the Raging Grannies Action League, who have now participated in all 7 Iraq Moratorium Events, seen here in Palo Alto, California shortly before midnight March 21.
Photo by Pam Walton of Pam Walton Productions.
Watch for Pam's upcoming documentary on the Grannies.
http://pamwaltonproductions.com/raginggrannies.shtml...
Posted: Tue, Mar 25, 2008 10:05pm PDT
attack on chevron In the early morning hours of Mar. 19th, we cut six pumps and glued eight credit card slots at Chevron in Daly City, in response to its involvement in the Iraq war...
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 4:10pm PDT
Students Demand a Democratic UC Board of Regents and No More Nuclear Weapons; 12 Lockdown 
Outraged over the undemocratic nature of the University of California Board of Regents and the Regents’ continued management of the national nuclear weapon labs, on March 19th, 2008, students from the Coalition to Free the UC took nonviolent direct action at the UC Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay campus in an attempt to obstruct their ability to meet....
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 10:18am PDT
Palo Alto Rally Against The War 
As the fifth anniversary of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq approaches, a protest rally was held in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday, March 15. Several hundred people attended the event sponsered by the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center. The Raging Grannies opened the event....
Posted: Sun, Mar 16, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Hungry For Impeachment Hearings? Palo Alto and San Jose offices of Congressmembers Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren (member of Judiciary Committee)...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 9:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 7:20pm PDT
New Energy and Project Earth Radio Show with Adam Trombly March 17, 8-10 PM PST 
Weekly Questioning War- Organizing Resistance Radio Show dialogues with one of the most influential and unorthodox scientists of his generation, Adam Trombly. Trombly was menored by Buckminster Fuller and has devoted his life towards a deep understanding of global problems and solutions, particularly in the realm of energy where his work and he were literally "gagged" by the US. government. For decades he has been the director of ProjectEarth.com....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 10:23am PDT
Vigil and Leafletting on the Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War Lytton Plaza
University Avenue & Emerson Street
Palo Alto...
Event Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 6:09pm PDT
Working Toward Peaceful Resolution of Conflict on Intn'l Women's Day 
Non-Violent Communication...it's NOT Just for Women...but as one of the female board members of San Mateo Peace Action noted,
"definitely a concept women can relate to."
Male or female, cultural conditioning often leads our attention in directions unlikely to get us what we want.
With that in mind, San Mateo Peace Action sponsored a workshop led by Silvia Chiesa where participants practiced skills
that encourage a flow between ourselves and others based on a mutual giving from the h...
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 6:21pm PST
44 of 56