Should someone 5150 Trump for being a threat to himself and everyone else? According to wikipedia: “Section 5150 is a section of the California Welfare and Institutions Code (WIC) (in particular, the Lanterman–Petris–Short Act or "LPS") which authorizes a qualified officer or clinician to involuntarily confine a person suspected to have a mental disorder that makes them a danger to themselves, a danger to others, and/or gravely disabled.”...
Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2017 8:19PM
Mumia Wins Federal Court Victory On Hep-C Treatment! 
On January 3rd, a federal court granted Mumia Abu-Jamal’s petition for immediate and effective treatment for his Hepatitis-C infection, which has hitherto been denied him. The judge struck down Pennsylvania’s protocols as “deliberate indifference to serious medical need,” said Rachel Wolkenstein, lawyer for Mumia....
Posted: Thu Jan 5, 2017 8:22PM
Trump accuses millions of voting illegally this past election If all goes well for the American people, the electors will not vote for President-elect Donald Trump on December 19, and President-elect Donald Trump will not take the oath of office on January 20, 2017!...
Posted: Mon Nov 28, 2016 6:15PM
As Protests Gain Momentum In Bay Area, Trump Campaign Is Scrubbing His Website As the protests against President Elect Trump gain momentum in the Bay Area, and President Obama and Hillary Clinton tell us to accept Trump as our president, the Trump campaign is moving rapidly in scrubbing the Trump Campaign Website!...
Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2016 9:29PM
This Week in Palestine, November 4th, 2016 (audio/mpeg 6.5mb) Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for October 29, to November 4, 2016....
Posted: Fri Nov 4, 2016 5:42PM
Bullied Wells Fargo Workers, Corruption & OSHA Cover-up 
Wells Fargo has bullied and fired thousands of worker including some who refused to engage in criminal bank fraud. Some of these bullied and harassed workers went to Federal OSHA and were not defended and some are still waiting to be interviewed by Federal OSHA about the illegal activities under former US Labor Secretary Hilda Solis and present US Labor Secretary Tom Perez....
Posted: Wed Oct 5, 2016 1:24PM
WW CA Farmworkers Getting 8 Hour Day & Attacks On Workers Comp By DIR and Governor Brown 
WorkWeek radio looks at the California legislature vote for an 8 hour day for agricultural workers and overtime with Al Rojas, a founder of the United Farmworkers of America. WorkWeek then examines the increasing attacks on California's injured workers through deregulation and control by the insurance industry of Workers Compensation...
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2016 8:28PM
This Week in Palestine, July 29th, 2016 (audio/mpeg 6.5mb) Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 23, to the 29, 2016....
Posted: Fri Jul 29, 2016 9:58PM
Palestinian Workers, Human Rights, US Labor & Zionism 
This forum looks at laws against BDS, the history of US labor and Palestinian workers, the role of the ILWU and the fight for Palestinian workers and the relationship between Zionism and Nazism....
Posted: Wed Jul 27, 2016 10:56PM
This Week in Palestine, July 22nd, 2016 (audio/mpeg 6.2mb) Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for July 16, to the 22, 2016....
Posted: Fri Jul 22, 2016 6:16PM
Joleen Brown: Families First and Helping Others is the Key to Native Hoop Magazine Community Service & Volunteerism of NATIVE HOOP MAGAZINE the Indigenous People of US and Canada....
Posted: Sat Jun 11, 2016 1:56PM
Academic Peer Review: Simon Springer and ‘Anarcho-Geography.’ Recently Simon Springer attended a Geography conference in San Francisco, he met with like minded anarchists and anarcho-geographers. His general symposium was in regards to his recent essay, "Fuck Neo-liberalism." A resilient researcher, author and essayist on the subject of neo-liberalism, anti-capitalism, anarchist and anarcho-geographic theory, I felt that a peer review was necessary to help local anarchists understand his theories, and the somewhat recent exchange between he and David Ha...
Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2016 7:01PM
KPFA WorkWeek Radio On Chicago Teachers Strike, Closure Of Oak Trib & ILWU May Day Action 
Pacifica KPFA WorkWeek Radio looks at the mass teachers strike in Chicago of the Chicago teachers union, the closure of the Oakland Tribune and how it will affect journalists and community news and the plans by ILWU Local 10 and other unions for an action on May Day 2016. ILWU Local 10 is closing all ports and will be marching from their hall to the Ferry Building and Harry Bridges Plaza...
Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 3:42PM
OSHA Chief Michaels and DOL Secretary Perez In Corruption Scandal At DOL/OSHA 
KPFA WorkWeek radio examines the growing corruption scandal at the OSHA and the Department of Labor. Top officials including OSHA chief David Michaels and Department of Labor Secretary Tom Perez according to fired OSHA Whistleblower Protection Program investigator and lawyer Darrell Whitman have covered up collusion between corporations the agency is supposed to regulate and the agency itself in a culture of corruption. Whitman who is also a shop steward in AFGE Local 2371 also discusses how ...
Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2016 5:37AM
Mary Kay Henry - Members Demand Say Aside The Rigged Election Results In SEIU 1021! 
Candidates and members of SEIU 1021 which has over 50,000 members discuss how their union's election was manipulated that ending up dis-enfranchize the members....
Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2016 11:34PM
This Week in Palestine, March 4th, 2015 (audio/mpeg 7.2mb) Welcome to this Week in Palestine, a service of the International Middle East Media Center, www.imemc.org, for February 27, to March 4, 2016....
Posted: Fri Mar 4, 2016 9:27PM
WW2-2-16 UAL IBT Contract Fight And Flint Water, Labor And The UAW 
KPFA Pacifica WorkWeek radio looks at the labor fight shaping up between IBT Teamster mechanics and UAL management. WorkWeek looks at the role of unions in Flint and what is being done to protect the residents and workers....
Posted: Wed Feb 3, 2016 11:30PM
Corrupting influence of big money in politics and presidential campaign On Jan. 17, during the Democrat’s debate, presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders did well to confront candidate Hillary Clinton for accepting political contributions from Wall Street, and hundreds of thousands of dollars from Goldman Sachs, for speaker fees. Is candidate Hillary Clinton little more than a right-wing corporate stooge, posing as a so-called moderate Democrat, who will say anything to get elected?...
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:19AM
CalSTRS, Spiking, Teacher Pensions, Charters, Cover-ups & Whistleblowing With Thompson 
California State Teachers Retirement System CalSTRS pension program analyst Scott Thompson talks about spiking of the pension system and how when he began to expose this systemic corruption he was targeted by the top management of the state agency. He was bullied, harassed and fired 6 months after he went to the CalSTRS board to expose the potential criminal scam to rip-off the teacher public pension plan....
Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:58AM
Wheaton College President Philip Ryken denies targeting professor for wearing a hijab Despite the denial of Wheaton College president, Philip Ryken, that Hawkins was targeted for administrative leave because she decided to wear a hijab, he claimed that she was placed on leave for stating that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Many critics, including students and faculty at the college find that very difficult to believe!...
Posted: Sat Dec 19, 2015 3:00AM