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Bond measure provides help for those who need it most
Those who vote this November 7th will face an array of bond measures. The smallest of these measures, Proposition 1C, also happens to be the most critical for many Californians- the homeless, women escaping a violent environment, farmworkers, and working families....
Posted: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 9:07am PDT
Alexander: Lower Gasoline Prices, Still No Bargains
Within the past two months gasoline prices have been on a steady decline; in some areas of Southern California prices have dipped below $2.60 per gallon. Stewart Alexander, with the Peace and Freedom Party, admits the lower prices are good for consumers; however he says, “It is not good enough; we need to have gasoline prices below $2.25 per gallon to benefit commuters and truck drivers, and Proposition 87 is not the answer.”...
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 9:05pm PDT
We oppose Fresno buying more cop-spy video games
We oppose Fresno buying more cop-spy video games. 6:30 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2006 10:24am PDT
Mike Malloy Fired from Air America Radio (post from Sacramento For Democracy)
Here's the terrrible news about the firing of Mike Malloy by Air America Radio, with an urgent action alert posted on the Sacramento For Democracy website. I urge everybody to sign the petition and demand that the management of AAR rehire him....
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 9:13am PDT
Cuban, U.S and Honduran Doctors Work Together on Medical Brigades to Honduras
Sacramento area labor leaders and health professionals have played a key role in bringing Cuban, U.S. and Honduras doctors together on medical brigades to Honduras...
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 4:05pm PDT
Chicano Consortium Action Alert 7/15/06
Here's the latest action alert from Efren Gutierrez of the Chicano Consortium listing upcoming events....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 4:38pm PDT
USDA accepting comments on GE plum trees, the first temperate GE tree
The US Department of Agriculture is accepting public comments between now and July 17, 2006 on a petition that would allow commercial growing and marketing of the first genetically engineered (GE) plum trees. If approved, this would remove all regulatory oversight of this GE variety, a virus-resistant plum tree known as the Honey Sweet Pox Potyvirus Resistant plum....
Posted: Thu, Jun 22, 2006 2:01pm PDT
not enough housing for Coachella grape harvesters
Hundreds of people--including seniors and children--are sleeping outside in the sweltering heat in Coachella....
Posted: Tue, Jun 13, 2006 12:31pm PDT
A Girl's World?
author is critical of article in newsweek about "studies" that say the classroom environment is not conducive to boys' learning styles...
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 2:44pm PDT
GE Cotton Kills Sheep and Goats in India
Genetically engineered cotton in India was found to produce an almost immediate illness to the grazing animals that ate it, resulting in the deaths of some. Could this be the same type of GE cotton that is growing in the Central Valley of California around Fresno, Merced and Los Banos?...
Posted: Fri, Jun 9, 2006 5:54pm PDT
Stop the Telco Takeover -- National Day of Out(R)age -- Save Public Access
The Baby Bells are moving nationwide to dominate and control our communication delivery systems. More than 500,000 people have spoken on behalf of net neutraility and saving public, education, and government access channels. Internet users, community activists and independent media producers, consumer groups, churches and are speaking out. The National Day of Out(r)age is an opportunity for everyone to make their voice heard with political action....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 4:37pm PDT
Pombo's at it again with gutting enviro laws
The House of Representatives is expected to be vote on amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act the week of May 15, 2006 and we urgently need your help to uphold this important conservation law....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2006 1:37pm PDT
Earth Day Letter From Tre Arrow
Hello to all you beautiful people. On this day of honouring our earth
mother, I ask you to look at your birth. Upon emerging from our mother's
womb, we are given a birth mother and a birth father. At the same time we
are also given our earth mother and spirit father. I respect your freedom
to honour your spirit father in whichever way feels best to you. Through
all the generations of dispute, battlefields, bloodshed and persecution in
the name of organized religion, one thing remains ir...
Posted: Sat, Apr 22, 2006 11:44am PDT
Weazl's Gary Webb Interview (audio/mpeg 44.2MB)
This was an interview conducted with Gary Webb during the summer of 2003, a little more than a year before "committed suicide" with conflicting reports of either one or more shots to his head.
The piece is approximately 25 minutes. It was recorded at Gary's home in northern California near Sacramento....
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 2:54pm PST
Denmark and Jyllands-Posten: The background to a provocation
The basic lie in the controversy over the caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad published by Danish and European newspapers is the claim that the conflict is between free speech and religious censorship, or between Western enlightenment and Islamic bigotry....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 10:24pm PST
Editorial submitted to NY Times about the illustrious Rep. Richard Pomba (Rep-CA)
I sent this editorial from the NY Times to various Central Valley newspapers, but no one saw fit to reprint it. Maybe you will have more nerve....
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 1:07pm PST
Labor in Public Broadcasting
This show on the struggles of workers in public broadcasting in the UK and Canada aired on KPFA. Makes you wonder about the parallels with workers at Pacifica and KPFA who have been threatened with job cuts and downsizing....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 3:00pm PDT