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1605 of 1874
Premiere screening of new documentary exposes the pillaging of the ocean
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Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 4:44pm PDT
Bay Area Black in the Life Events This Week
Check out these events happening this week hosted by Bay Area Black in the Life celebrating
African-American same gender-loving/transgender-loving community. Directions to all events
available on the website (www.bbitl.net)....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 10:25am PDT
UNITE HERE! Local 2: The March from Yerba Buena Gardens to Local 2 Square (video/quicktime 20.4MB)
One wing started out from Union Square and greeted the Yerba Buena Gardens wing as it entered Local 2 Square. This video features Local 2 organizer Kevin O'Connor. Three-minute QuickTime movie. 20MB....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 2:29am PDT
Blow the Whistle on the 9-11 Cover-Up!
Blow the Whistle on the 9-11 Cover-Up! NO to the Global Police State! Here's an idea that should spread across the country to put a halt to the lies, crimes, wars engineered by the criminals in the White House....
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 10:56pm PDT
Backgrounder on Cammerin Boyd case
This Wednesay, Aug. 18, come to the SF Police Commission meeting to demand that disciplinary charges be filed against the officers who shot Cammerin Boyd in cold blood! For anyone who doesn't remember or isn't familiar with the Boyd case, here's an article from June......
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 3:39pm PDT
Fault Lines Issue 3 Hits the Streets!
Issue 3 of Faultlines has hit the streets!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 1:03pm PDT
Tues 8/17: Court Date to Challenge Military Stop-Loss
Attorneys for a decorated combat veteran serving in the Army Reserve
will announce Tuesday the filing of a petition challenging a "stop loss"
order that requires the reservist to remain in the military beyond the
term of his enlistment for possible duty in Iraq....
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 10:41am PDT
UNITE HERE! Local 2: John Wilhelm speaks (video/quicktime 11.6MB)
One of Local 2's main goals for their new contract is to have it last for two years. Then it would expire in 2006. The goal, Wilhelm, president of UNITE HERE! says, is to have all contracts expire at the same time. There would then be a unified fight against the half-dozen or so corporations controlling the industry in the US and Canada. Four-minute QT movie. 12MB....
Posted: Sun, Aug 15, 2004 8:55pm PDT
Bay Area Activists Help Organize NYC Press Conf at Central Park in Support of Rally Permit
Not in Our Name Bay Area activists help organize community press conference at New York City's Central Park to demand Aug 29 permit...
Posted: Sun, Aug 15, 2004 12:05am PDT
'It's not about the grass!' nat'l action alert: permit now for NYC Central Park rally
Battle for NYC Central Park rally permit renewed - West Side Highway rejected. Not in Our Name Bay Area takes up national action alert....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 11:58pm PDT
UNITE HERE! Local 2: Janice Loux speaks (video/quicktime 19.2MB)
Coast-to-coast unity was the theme at the August 13th rally in San Francisco of hotel and restaurant workers. Six-minute QT movie. 19MB....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 11:04pm PDT
Events at New College - Aug 14 - Sept 1
Events at New College: - Sat Aug 14th - The Referendum - Report Back from Venezuela;
- Mon Aug 16th - screening: this is what free trade looks like the NAFTA fraud in México, the failure of the WTO, and the case for global revolt (other Bay Area screenings listed below); - Wed Sept 1st - The Impossible Will Take a Little While: Hope in a Time of Fear - wth Paul Loeb, Susan Griffen, Toni Mirosevich and (tentatively) Mark Hertsgaard...
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 1:04pm PDT
Hotel Workers Rally in SF
2,500 room cleaners, cooks, and others rallied in SF on Friday, as their contract with the hotel corporations is set to expire....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 11:51am PDT
What We Expect Our Supervisor To Do
Whether our 'Recall Sophie' effort is successfull or not, here is what we expect of our District Supervisor.
Twenty-one demands....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 3:09am PDT
Why Bayview Hunters Point wants to Recall Maxwell
The residents of Bayview Hunters Point are fed up with being ignored and disrespected at City Hall. The recall is a last resort in our effort to have our life and death issues and our demands for representation heard.Worried about a Mayor selected replacement? Here's what to do....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 2:50am PDT
8/18: Demand Justice for Cammerin Boyd, Killed by SFPD
Rally at the San Francisco Police Commission. Demand that Chief Fong file disciplinary charges against the officers responsible for Cammerin Boyd's death....
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2004 6:45pm PDT
Black and White Images of the Struggle for Marriage Equality
The struggle for same sex marriages hits the streets of San Francisco after reactionary ruling by the California Supreme Court....
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2004 2:47pm PDT
sfgate poll in favor of gay marriage is losing
Right now the anti-marriage/anti-rights crew is ahead....
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2004 11:51am PDT
SF demands end to ICE raids in the city - Juana Flores & Sunaina Maira (video/quicktime 21.6MB)
Flores and Maira speak at the July 27th demonstration demanding an end to ICE raids in San Francisco. Seven minute QT movie. 22MB....
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2004 10:09am PDT