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"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
see below:...
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
7/10 Demonstration At Slovenian Refugee Detention Center
Report from No Borders/No Nations action at the Siska Detention Center in Ljubljana, Slovenia...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 12:04pm PDT
Dublin: Bomb squad sparks 10-acre grass fire
DUBLIN — A local bomb squad, trying to dispose of confiscated Fourth of July fireworks, sparked a 10-acre grass fire Saturday morning....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 10:49am PDT
Santa Cruz: Water vandals continue spree
SANTA CRUZ — The mayor calls them “weapons of moist destruction” — the vandals bent on soaking down Santa Cruz city offices. According to police, eight attacks have caused more than $250,000 in damage to city hall, private law offices, a state parks building and the pressroom of the local paper....
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 10:45am PDT
The bio-truth shall set you FREE!!!
The truth is that recent surveys in this country show that up to 93% of the public want genetically engineered foods labeled, YET THE GROCERY STORES ARE SAYING THEY DON'T!!!...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 9:03am PDT
KPFA Flashpoints Radio: July 9, 2001, Medea; Neta Golan; Guatemala
KPFA Flashpoints Radio July 9, 2001: (link to audio in 'full story' text below)
- California FERCed again, Medea Benjamin and Peter Navarro (10 min)
- Young Israeli peace activist Neta Golan speaks up and out (24 min)
- Human Rights in Guatemala, two genocide lawsuits filed (20 min)...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2001 12:57am PDT
As long as cities exist environment can never be saved
The following is about to come true:
Nature can exist
(1) before man
(2) after man
(3) not with man...
Posted: Mon, Jul 9, 2001 7:24pm PDT