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The No Child Left Behind Disaster: how many schools left behind? 
There is a growing crisis in our schools and, contrary to George Bush’s claims, the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) is making it worse. Jessie Muldoon, a teacher in Oakland and member of the Oakland Education Association, explains why....
Posted: Wed, Jun 8, 2005 12:58am PDT
UC Regents Ignore Massive Resistance, Vote to Build Nukes 
On May 25, a passionate display of concern and anger erupted from Berkeley students and anti-nuke warriors at the decision that the University of California will bid with corporate war profiteer, Bechtel, for the nuclear labs at Los Alamos....
Posted: Tue, Jun 7, 2005 4:45pm PDT
Oakland Activists Protest "Fiscal Recovery Plan" For Schools (audio/mpeg 1.1MB) IN OAKLAND ON 5/25/05 TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, PROTESTING STATE-APPOINTED DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR RANDOLPH WARD’S “FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN.” THEY BLASTED THE PLAN AS PART OF A NATION-WIDE RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS – AND VOWED TO KEEP UP THEIR NATION-WIDE FIGHT TO DEFEND THEM....
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2005 2:31pm PDT
Pictures from the Anti-Arnold Rally Pictures from the Sacto rally against Arnold....
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2005 11:35am PDT
Bay Area Students Demand Educational Equity 
High School and Middle School Students walked out of classes and marched to Frank Oglala Plaza to demand
- Non-compliance with No Child Left Behind
- Restore Local Control to Oakland Schools
- Fully Fund Prop 98 and Equally Distribute These Funds
- End the High School Exit Exam...
Posted: Sat, May 21, 2005 12:35am PDT
Tenure Granted! I am proud to contact you with extraordinary news. Yesterday afternoon,
the Dean of the College of Natural Resources at Berkeley communicated to
me the intention of our new Chancellor to grant tenure to my position at
Berkeley.
This decision is a clear message of vindication not only of myself, but
also of the innumerable individual and collective efforts put into this
process by all of you. You have generously added your voices to the many
questions raised around my tenure review ...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 5:46pm PDT
We, The Students: UC Students Rise Up to Oppose UC-Bechtel! 
Dozens of students from across the UC system will converge at the UC Regents meeting at UC San Francisco Laurel Heights to speak out in opposition to the UC's join bid with Bechtel for management of the nation's nuclear weapons labs. After meeting at 9 a.m. outside of the Laurel Heights building, the students will command the floor during the Regents' public comment period at 10 a.m. At roughly 11:20, we will conduct a rally outside the conference building. Please join us in opposing the nuc...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 2:58pm PDT
Student hunger strike = CSUFresno prez promises freedom but¿? 
Student hunger strike = CSUFresno prez promises freedom but¿? 1.5 minute video...
Posted: Thu, May 19, 2005 11:13am PDT
School Funding Crisis -- Action Day Sacramento
State Capitol
4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
(Rally program starts at 4:30 with groups arriving at 3:00)...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 8:47pm PDT
Fare strike fare strike fare strike Citizens of San Francisco it is about time we step up to the plate and petitition the local government over MUNI....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 8:51am PDT
Students Declare May 17 - TAKE BACK OUR SCHOOLS DAY! 
On the 51st anniversary of Brown vs Board of Education, hundreds of Bay Area high school students walked out of their schools to attend Take Back Our Schools Day. They rallied in front of Oakland's City Hall and the State Building to call attention to continued inequalities in local public schools....
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 2:38am PDT
HIGHWAY PATROL AFRAID OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS 
Take BAck Our Schools Day Apparently has the Highway Patrol Out in Droves...
Posted: Wed, May 18, 2005 12:17am PDT
UC Bioengineering/Chapela awareness week 
All week from Monday May 16-May 20th, a low-key demo is being carried out at UC Berkeley with the purpose of creating awareness about the new 12-storey bioengineering building under construction at the mining circle, awareness about the changing source of funding for the university away from taxpayer funds towards higher student tuition and private research funds with an incentive for patent generating choices of research, and awareness about Professor Ignacio Chapela's lawsuit against the un...
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 8:07pm PDT
ENVIRONMENTALISM ROCKS & ROLLS California Safe Schools ( Non-Profit)
"United for Safety 2005"...
Posted: Tue, May 17, 2005 8:07pm PDT
Free Speech Victory at CSUF 
Photo below - Mark Schlosberg, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California Police Practices Policy Director, speaking at CSU-Fresno press conference with students from the Campus Peace and Civil Liberties Coalition....
Posted: Mon, May 16, 2005 9:04pm PDT
Dreams of Reason Whose Technology?
Dreams of Reason
a week-long event at UC Berkeley
May 16-20, The Street
Hosted by Ignacio Chapela
Art, Science and Public Light
Around and About the Bioengineering Building
Got art, got science?
Got a question about biotech?
Care about the transform...
Posted: Sat, May 14, 2005 1:05pm PDT
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