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Ronald Takaki: Rest in Peace an appreciation for the life and work of Ronald Takaki, accompanied by a recognition of the sad irony related to the uses to which his work was put by others...
Posted: Sun, May 31, 2009 1:05pm PDT
Town Hall for Justice on Mehserle Hearing, BART Review, & Caravan, Oakland, 5/23/09: audio (audio/mpeg 3.7MB) The Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant met on Saturday, May 23rd and dealt with revelations from the first week of the preliminary hearing in the trial of Johannes Mehserle for the murder of Oscar Grant, BART police review, the Caravan for Justice III scheduled for three days after this Town Hall, and the recall of Alameda DA Tom Orloff.
Reverend Daniel Buford of Allen Temple Baptist Church speaks first regarding BART police review:...
Posted: Sat, May 30, 2009 10:49pm PDT
Greed drives EVIL folks to lie and bluff and that is all what Candlestick Point is about. The City and Count of San Francisco is bent on building 10,500 homes in the middle of Chernobyl - using Lennar a Rogue Developer to carry on the City's devious ploys. There is over 2 million tons of very toxic soil and most of it radiological in nature at Hunters Point and the surrounding area. Now Mark Leno has a Bill - California Senate Bill 792 that can make it possible for Candlestick Park to be exchanged for Parcel E and E2 that is very toxic on the Shipyard. Mark Leno and others are com...
Posted: Sat, May 30, 2009 6:26pm PDT
Killer Cop Preliminary Hearing Update from Week Two report from inside court room Oscar Grant Report...
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2009 7:38pm PDT
Oakland Report: Hearing for Killer Cop Mehserle! Justice for Oscar Grant! Thousands of people have seen videos of the cold-blooded police murder of Oscar Grant in Oakland, CA. On New Year’s morning BART police officer Johannes Mehserle fired his gun at point blank range into Oscar Grant’s back, killing him as he lay on the train platform, hands behind him. A preliminary hearing is now underway to determine whether Mehserle will be charged with murder or whether the charges against him will be lowered....
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2009 3:08pm PDT
UCSC Coalition Rallies Against Budget Cuts, Fee Hikes and Layoffs 
On May 28th, students, staff, workers, and faculty rallied at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus to protest the UC administration’s decision to cut Community Studies department staff, Latin American Latina/o Studies professors, and director positions at the American Indian Resource Center and the Women’s Center. The rally was organized by the New UC, a coalition that seeks to save quality of education in the UC from regressive, belt-tightening attacks, to ensure universal access to educatio...
Posted: Fri, May 29, 2009 11:30am PDT
Senator Mark Leno turns his back on his SF constiutents to embrace Rogue Developer, Lennar Senator Mark Leno was warned that his Senate Bill 792 will bring UNTOLD hardship to the entire San Francisco area and beyond. Senator Mark Leno has with intent defied LOGIC. For his unruly decision he will endure untold hardship. Senator Mark Leno has failed San Francisco and San Franciscans - spending most of his time on mundane and unlikely queer issues. Again, SB 792 will fail in practice and adversely impact thousands of innocent folks in San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, May 28, 2009 9:26am PDT
Caravan For Justice III makes it to the floor in Sacramento and augurs well for JUSTICE. Caravan of Justice III made it to floor in Sacramento and the Representatives took note. Six months ago the Representatives in Sacramento knew nothing about Bayview Hunters Point and the many issues linked to the Rogue Developer - Lennar. Two months ago the Representatives in Sacramento could not imagine that Representatives would initiate a Bill to bring about "Civilian Oversight" in the BART system and justice to Oscar Grant. Caravan for Justice has made many inroads and most of them in the...
Posted: Tue, May 26, 2009 10:09pm PDT
Update: Uhuru Foods reinstated at Maker Faire 
Supporters emails and phone calls have resulted in reinstatement of Uhuru Foods at the Maker Faire....
Posted: Tue, May 26, 2009 3:56pm PDT
Justice for Oscar Grant 
The defense is cross examining this week at the Superior Court of Alameda in Oakland. Go to 1225 Fallon at 12th and show your support....
Posted: Tue, May 26, 2009 3:24pm PDT
Silicon Valley Proclaims May 15th Palestinian Cultural Day 
Palestinian Cultural Day was officially proclaimed by the cities of San José, Sunnyvale, and Milpitas, and by Santa Clara County in a ceremony on May 15, 2009. The day celebrates Palestinian heritage and remembers the Palestinian Catastrophe in the hope that it will never be repeated....
Posted: Mon, May 25, 2009 10:42pm PDT
Community Meeting Demands Justice for Luis Gutierrez On May 20, more than 200 people gathered at a community meeting in Woodland, Calif., to protest the police killing on April 30 of farmworker Luis Gutierrez Navarro, according to El Organizador....
Posted: Mon, May 25, 2009 4:26pm PDT
Demonstrate @ Preliminary hearing of Johannes Mehserle(cop who killed Oscar Grant) Alameda County Courthouse
1225 Fallon Street
1st Floor, Rm 100
Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Tue, May 26, 2009 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, May 24, 2009 8:28pm PDT
Support black community fundraiser at Maker Faire 
Uhuru Foods contract to have a food booth at Maker Faire, was cancelled abruptly on Friday, May 22nd, with no justification given. Uhuru Foods is calling on all freedom loving people around the world to defend the rights of the African community, and the right of Uhuru Foods to raise resources and do outreach in solidarity with African self-determination. Support black self-determination and demand that the fundraiser be reinstated....
Posted: Sun, May 24, 2009 11:55am PDT
Hunters View at Hunters Point slated for GENTRIFICATION by the EVIL John Stewart Company. Hunters View at Hunters Point is slated for demolition. Where once there were 287 housing units many with three and four bed rooms - they, will be replaced with smaller bed rooms - and many more, as many as 800 plus. It will be a gated community and those that once lived there - if they will ever get a chance to see the new place - will be shocked at what they see. The John Stewart company loves to prey on innocent people and has made its money doing so....
Posted: Sat, May 23, 2009 6:49pm PDT
Speak Out for Justice for Luis Gutierrez, Against Gang Injunction A community meeting for Justice for Luis Gutierrez, sponsored by a broad coalition of labor, Latino and civil rights organizations, will take place on Thursday May 28, 2009 at 6:30 PM at the Woodland Community Center, 2100 East Street, Woodland, CA. 95695. Yolo County Sheriffs Deputies killed Gutierrez, a farmworker who live with his parents in Woodland, on April 30. Here are all of the details from Al Rojas of the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement, AFL-CIO:...
Posted: Sat, May 23, 2009 11:35am PDT
Killer Cop Preliminary Hearing Update from Week One report from inside court room
Oscar Grant Report...
Posted: Fri, May 22, 2009 9:53pm PDT
Lennar drowning in the CESSPOOL of its own making - thousands SUE Lennar in the USA. Lennar is the most despicable Rogue Developer in the United States of America. Thousands of innocent home owners are suing Lennar for building homes on toxic sites, inferior homes laden with toxic materials. The latest scandal Sheet Rock - toxic, and imported from China. In other places - Lennar has used Land Banking to bluff innocent folks - makes promises and has failed to keep them. Here, in San Francisco we have serious problems with Lennar and Parcel A. More with Candlestick Point....
Posted: Fri, May 22, 2009 9:09am PDT
Thanks to the community for all of your support! This message is from the Oscar Grant family written by Cephus "Uncle Bobby" Johnson....
Posted: Thu, May 21, 2009 4:42pm PDT
Morning Demonstrations and Afternoon Press Conference at Mehserle Hearing, 5/18/09: video (video/mp4 156.4MB) Supporters of justice for Oscar Grant are gathering every morning this week at 8am outside the Alameda County court house by Lake Merritt in Oakland while the preliminary hearing inside deals with Johannes Mehserle's defense attorney Michael Rains attempting to reduce charges from murder, to move the venue to a less diverse county, or to otherwise stifle Mehserle being held to account for his actions on January 1st. About 1:30pm every day, family members and others are holding press conferen...
Posted: Wed, May 20, 2009 9:15am PDT
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