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Juneteenth in Berkeley on Sunday
Juneteenth (see the article for a short synopsis of the history) will be celebrated in Berkeley on Sunday June 18th, 2006. Below i have reprinted a posting including schedule about it from the city of Berkeley's website....
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 2:48pm PDT
Oakland File Screening "Five Factories: Workers Control in Venezuela"
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway, below Pill Hill
http://www.HumanistHall.net...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 7:09pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 1:16am PDT
Union Wins Landslide Victory - Shattuck Cinema Workers Pull Through with Vote for The IWW
This afternoon workers at Landmark Shattuck Cinemas voted an outstanding 22 to 2 in favor of unionization. Despite new promises by Landmark and an attempt by CEO Bill Banowsky to thwart the union attempt, workers at the Shattuck say they've never really been worried about the vote....
Posted: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 12:17am PDT
Contra Costa unions plan June 27 strike
Thousands of Contra Costa County workers plan to walk off the job June 27 to protest gridlocked talks between the county and its bargaining units....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 11:10pm PDT
Get This Work -- Free Concert and Jobs & Opportunities Fair
Frank Ogawa Plaza
14th Street & Broadway (Downtown Oakland)...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 17, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 10:32pm PDT
To the Berkeley City Council and City Manager
RE: President Bush's Vicious Nationwide Attack on Whistleblowers Comes to Berkeley Via An All Too Obliging City Council, Mayor, and Police Department...
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 8:55pm PDT
Confront the Minutemen
corner of Mowry Ave. and Fremont Blvd.
about a km from Fremont BART station...
Event Date: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 4:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 2:37pm PDT
9/11 Confronting the Evidence
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway, below Pill Hill
http://www.HumanistHall.net...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 2:14pm PDT
Investigation Of Oakland Housing Authority Underway
Corruption At Oakland's Housing Authority Exposed...
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 12:31pm PDT
Confront the Minutemen
demonstration against minutemen today...
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 11:18am PDT
Fourth of July Flag Burn/Solidarity Celebration
To be determined......
Event Date: Tue, Jul 4, 2006 11:41am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 9:46am PDT
Emergency Action - Stop the Killing of Palestinian Children
Downtown Berkeley BART Staion, Center and Shattuck...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 20, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 9:40am PDT
Berkeley: Send-Off For The 17th U.S.-Cuba Pastors For Peace Friendshipment Caravan
Berkeley Fellowship Of Unitarian Universalists, 1924 Cedar (at Bonita), Berkeley CA...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 24, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 8:03pm PDT
Rally for IWW Shattuck Cinema Theater Workers in Berkeley
The Shattuck Cinema Theater Workers will have their NLRB sponsored union election on Friday, June 16, 2006....
Posted: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 8:27am PDT
Announcement - KPFA Local Board Elections
2006 KPFA ELECTIONS COMMITTEE STARTING UP 6-21-06 : LOOKING FOR EAST BAY VOLUNTEERS TO ASSIST...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 10:59pm PDT
African People's Solidarity Day Campaign Meeting
Upaya Center, 478 Santa Clara Ave (at Grand Ave) Oakland...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 11:30pm PDT
Oakland: "Super Size Me" Film Screening
Humanist Hall
390 27th Street
midtown Oakland, between Telegraph and Broadway, below Pill Hill...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 5, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Jun 11, 2006 12:29am PDT
Tuesday June 13th - Make Green Food Service Ware in Oakland happen!!
Jean's Quan's Green Food Service Ware Ordinance for Oakland is going to the Public Works committee on Tuesday June 13th at 12:30pm (in Hearing Room 1/City Hall)....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 11:51pm PDT
Demo Today in Oakland in Solidarity with Security Workers
Noble Tower Apartments at 1515 Lakeside Drive, Downtown Oakland. Between 4:45 and 5pm, the action will move over to the Park Bellevue Towers at the Corner of Perkins and Bellevue.
also, a meeting:
Thursday, June 14, 7:00 pm
CWA Local 9415 Union Hall...
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 2:51pm PDT
Dellums Reaches 50.2%, Runoff may be Avoided
Supporters of Oakland mayoral candidates Ron Dellums and Ignacio De La Fuente did not let Alameda County’s archaic vote counting system stem their enthusiasm as they waited for election results Tuesday night....
Posted: Thu, Jun 8, 2006 6:21am PDT