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community outrage at police commission meeting
one after another, dozens spoke about their outrage, sadness, and anger about unending police violence in their communities...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2001 2:15am PDT
people crowd into police commission meeting
almost 200 people crowded into the police commission meeting to confront the SFPD about the killing of idriss stelley...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2001 2:13am PDT
waiting for the police commission
a crowd of supporters wait with the family of idriss stelley to confront the san francisco police commission...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2001 2:10am PDT
We Want Answers! People vs. Police Brutality
part of the protest crowd at the san francisco hall of justice, against the police killing of 23-year-old idriss stelley...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2001 2:07am PDT
Judy Bari vs FBI, lawsuit update: KPFA Flashpoints Radio (text/audio)
KPFA Flashpoints Radio July 11, 2001: (link to audio in 'full story' text below)
- Bombing recap, comments by Judy Bari, Karen Pickett, and Darryl Cherney (23 min)
- Interesting interviews about the case with historian Howard Zinn and singer, troublemaker Utah Phillips (31 min)...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2001 11:04pm PDT
"Grand Designs of the Granada Group"
When I did research on my old employer, DAKA Food Service, I discovered that it had become part of Granada Corporation, which is probably the bigggest corporation ever formed on earth, concealing trillions in income and much more....
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2001 5:13pm PDT
Petition for late night BART
Sign this petition for late-night BART service...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2001 4:10pm PDT
Rookie's testimony offers window into Oakland PD scandal
More on the Oakland PD's "Riders" gang of police criminals...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2001 3:00pm PDT
"Temp Slave: The Musical" Coming to San Francisco Bay Area (mp3) (audio/mpeg 2.9MB)
In perhaps the world's only theatrical production devoted to the lives of temporary workers, "Temp Slave" combines humor and a musical score with some serious social commentary about life in contemporary capitalist America. From "In Our Backyard" news on WORT-FM, John Hamilton interviews playwright Cat Capellaro. (mp3, 6:17)...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2001 9:36am PDT
KPFA activists demand Ken Fords resignation at his boss's office in Walnut Creek (video/x-pn-realvideo 2.6MB)
On Tuesday July 10, several dozen demonstrated in Walnut Creek to alert the employer of Ken Ford, Pacifica National Board member, of his inappropriateness for the Pacifica Board. His employer, the National Association of Home Builders, was singled out for unfair housing practices. 18 minute video...
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2001 2:05am PDT
Bipartisanship:GWB & Hillary
Birds of a feather do flock together. Take, for example, election fraud "president" Bush and the Democrats. On July 10, 2001, flying to New York City from Washington, D.C. on Air Force One with this viciously reactionary, Republican, election-frauding president was Democratic Senator Hillary Clinton, wife of former President Bill Clinton, whose reactionary deeds as President clearly demonstrated that there is not a dime's worth of difference between the Democrats and Republicans....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 7:16pm PDT
North American Street Newspaper Association (image)
North American Street Newspaper Association (NASNA) Conference.
New College, July 26 -29, 10am - 4pm....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 3:13pm PDT
Street Newspaper Association Conference
Graphic for the NASNA (North American Street Newspaper Association) Conference. July 26 - 29, New College of California....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 3:10pm PDT
Industry Group Attacks Rainforest Action Network
Industry front groups are crying "terrorism" in an attempt to smear and intimidate Rainforest Action Network, in response to RAN's wildly successful public education campaigns....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 1:58pm PDT
FCC Dubs Feminist Lyrics ‘Patently Offensive’
As you may have heard, the FCC recently banned Sarah Jones' "Your Revolution" and fined a radio station $7,000 for playing it, because it is supposedly offensive. The truth is there is much more blatantly offensive and explicit music on the air and this song is an empowering song of sexual liberation for women. This is a serious case of political censorship, and it should not go unchecked....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 12:58pm PDT
Great movie about covert "intelligence" agencies designed to stifle dissent
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Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 12:33pm PDT
Elliot Abrams And His Three Monkeys
It's been over a week now since President www. Bush made his appointment of Elliot Abrams to senior director of the National Security Council's office of democracy, human rights, and international operations (if that isn't an office stuffed full of adopted idealism!).......
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 12:30pm PDT
Logging Protesters Take A Breather
With Maxxam’s Pacific Lumber having logged much of old-growth Douglas fir in the Mattole River watershed and
about to tackle second-growth redwoods in the Freshwater Creek area there has been a period of respite for direct action defenders of these venerable trees....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 12:11pm PDT