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Schwarzenegger Vetoes Significant Air Quality, Fish Protection Bills 
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed some of the top environmental bills on his desk this week, including the most significant air quality bill for this sesson, SB 974, and Lois Wolk's Fish Rescue Plans bill, AB 1806.
Photo: Schwarzenegger playing the "Green Governor" role at Monday's "Green Chemistry Program" press conference in Sacramento. Photo from the Governor's Office....
Posted: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 9:25am PDT
SF Gathering in Remembrance of Kirsten Brydum Close friends report that the body of San Francisco activist Kirsten Brydum was found Saturday in New Orleans, where Kirsten had traveled as part of a popular education tour. Kirsten was known locally as an organizer of the Really Really Free Market in Dolores Park, a monthly gathering to freely exchange goods and services with no money, trade or barter.
Those who knew Kirsten have been invited to grieve and to honor her and support one another. AT: 9pm Tues. Sept. 30th. Million Fishes C...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 5:58pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Vetoes Fish Rescue Plans Bill, Campaigns For Delta’s Destruction 
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, hailed as the “Green Governor” in his news conferences and photo opportunities touting “green jobs” in recent weeks, showed his true anti-environmental credentials today when he vetoed the Fish Rescue Plans Bill sponsored by Assemblywoman Lois Wolk.
Photo: Schwarzenegger plays his "Green Governor" role on Monday as he signs legislation implementing a "Green Chemistry Program." Photo from the Governor's Office....
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 5:44pm PDT
SF Activists Had Hand in Making of "Battle in Seattle" SF Activists Had Hand in Making of "Battle of Seattle"
However, Hollywood Hype Overarches Movie...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 3:04pm PDT
Schwarzenegger: A 'Green Economy' in the Wake of a Dead Delta? 
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, whose horrendous environmental policies have resulted in ecological catastrophe for the California Delta and the collapse of Central Valley salmon runs, today again attempted to delude the media and the public about his environmental record by mouthing off about his "committment to building a green economy."
Schwarzenegger announced his alleged committment to "green jobs" after he signed AB 3018 by Speaker Emeritus Fabian Nuñez that creates a Green Collar Jo...
Posted: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 5:32pm PDT
indyNewswire 9.26.08: Critical Resistance 10 + Fair Trade Cocoa (audio/mpeg 33.5MB) This week the indyNewswire focuses on Critical Resistance's CR10 gathering going on now, during the whole weekend of September 26-28. The conference will be a huge gathering of people opposed to the prison system; and we'll hear from Adrienne Fitch-Frankel, fair trade cocoa campaigner for Global Exchange. Most cheap readily available chocolate is produced by child labor if not outright child slavery. Fitch-Frankel discusses the campaign to support fair trade cocoa....
Posted: Fri, Sep 26, 2008 11:50am PDT
Resignation of Pacifica Executive Director Nicole Sawaya There is an underlying culture of grievance coupled with entitlement, and its governance structure is dysfunctional. The by-laws of the organization have opened it up to tremendous abuse, creating the opportunity for cronyism, factionalism, and faux democracy, with the result of challenging all yet helping nothing. Pacifica has been made so flat, that it is concave – no leadership is possible without an enormous struggle through the inertia that committees and collectives and STV’s (no, not s...
Posted: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 2:28pm PDT
Conservation Groups Assail Bush Endangered Species Rewrite Below is the press release concerning the hearing today in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee to discuss and take testimony on the Regulation changes to the ESA. We hope you'll consider sending letters to members and Secretary Kempthorne opposing the regulations and expressing outrage at the process used by the administration. More will follow after the hearings.
If it wasn't for the Endangered Species Act, dozens of species would be already extinct in California, including ...
Posted: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 2:17pm PDT
Delegation to Pelosi seeks Justice for Filipino WWII Vets 
Statement by Arturo P. Garcia
National Coordinator
Justice for Filipino American Veterans...
Posted: Thu, Sep 25, 2008 12:31pm PDT
The 'Green Governor' Slashes Funding for Endangered Species 
When he signed California’s long overdue state budget today, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, true to his role as the "Fish Terminator," blue penciled $3.1 million in funding from a key program run by the Department of Fish and Game (DFG) to restore endangered and threatened salmon, steelhead and other species.
Photo: Schwarzenegger signs the state budget today....
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 5:33pm PDT
Recognition For Filipino World War II Veterans, Now! 
Yesterday, we came to San Francisco Office of Speaker Nancy Pelosi to protest and express our support to SB 1315 and opposition to HR 6897 of Congressman Bob Filner. HR 6897.
As we protest, we heard that SB 1315 passed but take out all provisions pertaining to our veterans. This says the Congress does not recognize their war time services and do not give the same benefits as our American counterparts have. It is an insult to Filipino American community and the historical contributions o...
Posted: Tue, Sep 23, 2008 9:30am PDT
Bush Withholds Salmon Disaster Money As He Pushes For Corporate Bailouts! 
As George Bush pushes Congress to bail out Wall Street corporations, he refuses to immediately release $70 million out of the $170 million appropriated by Congress for disaster relief to salmon fishermen and businesses impacted by this year's salmon closures....
Posted: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 11:03am PDT
End Jail Abuse of Prostitutes; Voluntary--not Mandatory--Services The police and prosecutors say they need to arrest and jail adult and child prostitutes to "protect" them from pimps and traffickers. Instead prostitutes are violated and humiliated every time police jail them. Jail means the loss of families, community, housing and other assets, as well as the demoralizing effects such as strip searches and having male officers watch female prisoners shower, dress and use the bathroom....
Posted: Sun, Sep 21, 2008 10:10pm PDT
Picker- Rally at Pelosi's Office in San Francisco 
JOIN OUR LAST PUSH TO PASS SB 1315 VERSION IN CONGRESS! JOIN THE JFAV PICKET-RALLY AT SAN FRANCISCO ( SPEAKER PELOSI'S DOWNTOWN OFFICE) PICKET-RALLY FOR RECOGNITION,JUSTICE AND EQUITY! September 22, 2008 12;00= 2:00 PM Speaker Nancy Pelosi District Office 450 Golden Gate Ave San Francisco, California, 94102...
Posted: Sun, Sep 21, 2008 4:36pm PDT
Protestors Target Karl Rove, White House Dirty Trickster, in Sacramento Friday 
Protesters will target Karl Rove, dirty trickster and war criminal, at the Sacramento Convention Center today.
Photo: Karl Rove should be arrested and put in prison, not invited to speak at an event for $40,000!...
Posted: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 8:14am PDT
Klamath River Tribes and Fishermen: No Business As Usual At PacifiCorp 
Hundreds of Klamath River community members today marched from Holladay Park in Portland to PacifiCorp’s headquarters to demand the removal of the lower four Klamath River dams.
Photo: Local activists dropped this banner over Interstate 84 in solidarity with the Klamath River Indian Tribes and recreational and commercial fishermen this morning....
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2008 5:07pm PDT
EFF Sues NSA, President Bush, and Vice President Cheney to Stop Illegal Surveillance 
New Legal Challenge to Unconstitutional Domestic Spying...
Posted: Thu, Sep 18, 2008 11:19am PDT
SF VA Impedes Veterans for Peace from Registering Voters 
San Francisco Veterans Administration Impedes Veterans for Peace from Registering Voters
On September 12 two members of VFP Chapter 101 attempted to register veterans at the San Francisco VA facility. They were told their visit would be delayed for an investigation into each visitor's political activities. Lawyer Scott Rafferty stated in a press release of September 15 that this violates a February 2008 court mandate. He has filed an emergency motion to enforce that mandate.
Indybay F...
Posted: Mon, Sep 15, 2008 1:02pm PDT
Peter Camejo, Candidate And Activist, Passes Away 
Peter Camejo, an advocate for the poor and oppressed in the U.S. and throughout the world, passed away this morning at his home in Folsom....
Posted: Sat, Sep 13, 2008 3:04pm PDT
Sprouts Radio: Tribute To U. Utah Phillips (audio/mpeg 26.1MB) A Special audio tribute to U. Utah Phillips "Folksinger, Storyteller, Railroad Tramp"
featuring interviews and music broadcast on Free Radio Santa Cruz produced for Sprouts Radio...
Posted: Mon, Sep 8, 2008 10:00pm PDT
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