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Freedom To Marry Month . NRME-CA . US Captiol WDC . 11 OCT 2004 PHOTOS
In commemoration of Freedom To Marry Month, February 2005, these images were taken in WDC on Monday, 11 October 2004, National Coming Out Day when a caravan of same-sex couples and their supporters who had traveled across the country from California would hold a National Rally for Marriage Equality-CA in the shadows of the US Capitol building....
Posted: Wed, Feb 16, 2005 8:51am PST
Anti-war Activist & Veteran Aimee Allison Enters Oakland District 2 Council Race
Being left out of the recent Oakland Tribune article on the race made me decide she needs a posting on here to alert people to this important candidacy and race. Aimee is a Green and was recently endorsed by the Oakland Green Party. Please consider helping out her campaign and coming to her kick-off party with Wilson Riles on Friday....
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 1:47pm PST
Press Conference Tuesday, 2/15: Medical Marijuana Group Lawsuit Against CHP, Governor
Press Conference Tuesday, February 15:
Medical Marijuana Group Lawsuit Against CHP, Governor
Patients Say CHP Defied State Law in Traffic Stops...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 7:51pm PST
Hayward Workers Need Your Help ***Call to Action***
HAYWARD, Calif. — Hundreds of northern California grocery workers roared their approval at a press conference here Dec. 8 as California Labor Federation head Art Pulaski pledged the federation’s support for the UFCW locals now in intense and difficult contract talks with Safeway and other grocery giants. Pulaski said the federation will join the workers’ “Boycott Pledge Card” campaign....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:54pm PST
Jerry Brown, ousted aide oceans apart
Jacques Barzaghi, the tattooed, head-shaved, black-clad former French commando who served as Jerry Brown's loyal aide and confidant for three decades,...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 12:05pm PST
2 more federal indictments in Oakland MMJ bust
A federal grand jury has indicted two more
suspects in the cultivation of thousands of
marijuana plants at a West Oakland warehouse --
as well as a previously undisclosed building in
East Oakland....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 4:58pm PST
2003 Port Protest --settlement
About 60 people were injured on April 7, 2003 when police used "less-lethal" weapons in the Port of Oakland. 24 of the injured have accepted settlements of $5,000 to $7,500. 34 others will take their claims to trial. One of the injured has undergone several surgeries, costing $80,000....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 10:05am PST
Richmond TOXICs generator
2/15/04, Tuesday, come to Richmond City Council meeting and help get a handle on the superfund-level site that developers are stirring up and poisoning us with...
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 6:39pm PST
Whistleblower Accuses Oakland Animal Shelter of Systemic Abuse
A former employee at the Oakland Animal Shelter has detailed what she says are systemic abuses by shelter management. The list of wrongdoings include euthanizing dogs that were cleared for adoption, euthanizing dogs without sedatives and in one case mistakenly leaving a live dog in a freezer in a barrel with dead dogs....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 9:27am PST
Students ask UC Berkeley to reconsider lucrative agreement with Coca-Cola
Memorial to commemorate murders of Coke union leaders....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 8:13pm PST
Cruelty At Oakland Animal Shelter: Ex-Employee Speaks
An eight-month old beagle-pointer mix named Oliver was euthanized at the Oakland Animal Shelter....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 7:10pm PST
BACH meeting at rockridge library
2-nite at the rockridge library in oakland (5366 College Ave., 5 blocks south of rockridge BART) Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters and anyone concerned about deforestation, Maxxam/Pacific Lumber's corporate deceit and other forest issues please attend & b open 4 suggestions and dialogue.....
Posted: Thu, Feb 10, 2005 12:02pm PST
2/22: Stop Pesticides in Oakland
We need people to show up 2/22, at 12:30 and/or 7:30... read all about
this at www.eastbaypesticidealert.org and sign petition. What is going on is
disgusting... Oakland banned pesticides, then did 2 exemptions and is ready
to do a third....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 11:28pm PST
please respond to "Totally Bummed Out"
Does the following Daily Cal article enrage you as much as it enraged me? If so, the author claims that he wants to hear your two cents. If you'd like to oblige, his mail address is at the end of his column....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 3:30pm PST
Campaign Update: Two Hot Dates in February
For February, we have two events coming up (see below). Please join us as we
continue campaigning to close the California Youth Authority's abusive and wasteful
youth prisons and transform juvenile justice....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 12:34pm PST
Free Radio Santa Cruz: Tracey James (Slave Revolt Radio) interview
Skidmark Bob intertviews Tracey James of Slave Revolt Radio (Berkley Liberation Radio 104.1fm) in the studio of Free Radio Santa Cruz. and talk about the show, the War in Iraq, Condi, Berkley liberation Radio....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 12:07pm PST
2/11Mass Picket Against Oakland Wal-mart
Wal-mart with the support of Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown and Oakland Council President Ignacio De La Fuente is opening a massive scab store in Oakand at Hegenberger Rd. & 880. There will be a mass picket this coming Friday from 6:00 AM to 12:00 noon....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 8:26am PST
Elite Fundraiser on Feb. 19 for the Animals
You can help the animals of Oakland!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 11:04pm PST
2/10: "My Rabbi" - Documentary & reception
Last chance to see the first screening of “My Rabbi”
–a documentary about six amazing women who chose to
become rabbis....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 9:19pm PST