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Protest Against Mascots & Racism in Sports AT&T Park
3rd Street & King
San Francsico...
Event Date: Tue, May 26, 2009 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, May 18, 2009 10:41am PDT
The People Vs. Mehserle Teach-In, Oakland, 5/17/09: photos and audio (audio/mpeg 27.4MB) On Sunday, May 17th, one day before the preliminary hearing of Johannes Mehserle is set to begin, the group New Year's Movement for Justice held a teach-in at the Humanist Hall in Oakland. A panel of four attorney's discussed what to expect in the coming trial and took related questions from those assembled. The second half of the teach-in was an open discussion and speak-out that looked at the wider issues of activism related to the the trial and seeking justice for Oscar Grant III.
Th...
Posted: Mon, May 18, 2009 7:41am PDT
A badge is not a license to murder: Make sure the murderer Mehserle is charged with murder 
Only an independent, youth-led civil rights movement in Oakland, Berkeley and across California can win justice for Oscar Grant, the man who was shot and killed by BART police officer Johannes Mehserle on New Year’s Day....
Posted: Mon, May 18, 2009 12:36am PDT
Free the Minister of Information JR! Convict killer cop Johannes Mehserle! 
Thursday, May 21, is the next court date for JR Valrey aka The Minister of Information JR in the case where he is falsely being accused by Oakland Police Officer Ruiz of committing felony arson on Jan. 7, the first of three Oakland Rebellions protesting the police murder of Oscar Grant III.
Killer cops are seldom charged and almost never convicted. May 18th is the people’s opportunity to make history in Oakland, birthplace of the Black Panther Party for Self Defense....
Posted: Mon, May 18, 2009 12:27am PDT
Town Hall for Justice on BART Review, Mehserle Hearing, & Recall, Oakland, 5/16/09: audio (audio/mpeg 24.2MB) The Town Hall for Justice on May 16th addressed the second public BART meeting on police oversight, the pre-trial hearing in the murder case of Johannes Mehserle set to begin on Monday April 18th, the coming Caravan for Justice III to be held on May 26th, and the recall effort to remove Alameda District Attorney Tom Orloff for his failures in demanding equal justice for all.
Special note was made that Saturday was the 5th birthday of Tatiana, the daughter of Oscar Grant. It was her first ...
Posted: Mon, May 18, 2009 12:08am PDT
Support JR Valrey (SF BayView, Prisoners of Conscience Committee) in Court Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse,
661 Washington Street, Department 115
Oakland...
Event Date: Thu, May 21, 2009 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, May 16, 2009 10:17am PDT
Ehecatl West Coast Acoustic Tour with the Brown Berets (video/avi 81.1MB) On Thursday, May 14th, The Ehecatl Tour stopped by Watsonville to kick it with the Brown Berets at their Thursday weekly meeting. On the mics were Felipe Meshekey, 20/20, Xochicuatli, Alex Sheine and El Machetero (Brown Berets). The spot was filled with good energy and revolutionary spirit. Ehecatl's next stop will be in San Jo. Check them out!...
Posted: Fri, May 15, 2009 4:17pm PDT
California Black Farmers and the 2007 Census of Agriculture 
Black Agriculture is a partner with the National Agricutural Statistics Service to create an accurate picture of Black Agriculture. Together we will identify methods to close gaps in service delivery necessary to close gaps of economic parity and health disparity. The U.S. Congress utilizes data from NASS to formulate U.S. Agriculture policy and the Ag industry utilizes the data to forcast business decisions....
Posted: Fri, May 15, 2009 11:39am PDT
Renaissance of Black Agriculture must utilize the 2007 Census of Agriculture 
Black Farmers partnership wth the National Agriculture Statistical Service to identify gaps in service delivery necessary to close the gaps of economic parity and health disparity. Together we can Reinvest...Rebuild...Renew urban and rural Black communities....
Posted: Thu, May 14, 2009 1:38pm PDT
Young African American Women Activists Discuss Dr. King and the Obamas (audio/mpeg 6.8MB) KPFA Women's Magazine's Eryn Matthewson hosts Sadiyah Seraaj and Jenna Burton, cofounders of the health and environmental movement Red, Bike and Green, as they discuss Dr. King and Malcolm X, the role of women in contemporary civil rights and environmental struggles, and the Obamas' relationship dynamics....
Posted: Mon, May 4, 2009 11:44pm PDT
NAACP leader speaks at Oakland Museum NAACP President Benjamin Jealous spoke to a packed audience April 25 at the Oakland Museum about the future of the nation's oldest civil rights organization. Jealous, 36, was one of the youngest in attendance, as the majority of those in attendance were in their 40s to late 60s....
Posted: Sun, May 3, 2009 2:08pm PDT
Defend Sacred Sites: No Toxic Dump or Border Wall on O'odham Land 
Coordinated action to defend Tohono O'odham Sacred Site in SF, Arizona, and Mexico
Protest May 3 San Francisco
Gather in front of the Mexican Consulate @ 3pm (532 Folsom st.) to march to EPA...
Event Date: Wed, May 6, 2009 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 1, 2009 9:17am PDT
CA Fran Pavley Chair of Natural Resources and Water panders to crooks out for a LAND grab. Fran Pavley may have met her match for the first time when she failed to recognize the First People of San Francisco the Muwekma Ohlone. Chair, of a dubious, inept, and powerless Natural Resources and Water little committee in Sacramento. Sitting aloft - these crooked so called legislators are a disgrace to California. Fran Pavley led the charge to over-look over 1.5 million tons of very toxic radiological soil that should be removed from Hunters Point and neighboring areas. Endorses a plan t...
Posted: Wed, Apr 29, 2009 6:38am PDT
Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART Review, and OPD Complaints, Oakland, 4/25/09: audio (audio/mpeg 19.4MB) The Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant met again on Saturday, April 25th and discussed keeping the pressure on state legislators to vote AB212 out of committee before the bill becomes a "two-year bill." The upcoming Saturday, May 2nd public meeting BART is holding to present possible civilian police review models was also discussed. The featured speaker this week was Rashidah Grinage of People United for a Better Life in Oakland (PUEBLO) who highlighted the possibility that budget cuts m...
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 11:44pm PDT
Statistics Showing BART Racial Profiling in the 90's Court documents: BART had a racial profiling problem back in 2001.
We are looking forward to the updated numbers from NOBLE, but like
we've been saying, we don't need a new investigation to know how
****ed up BART is....
Posted: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 2:40pm PDT
VIDEO: Angela Y. Davis speaks in support of Mumia Abu-Jamal in Oakland 
On April 24, in Oakland, CA, former political prisoner Angela Y. Davis spoke in support of death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal, at an event marking Abu-Jamal's 55th birthday and the release of his new book: Jailhouse Lawyers: Prisoners Defending Prisoners v. The USA....
Posted: Sun, Apr 26, 2009 4:53am PDT
BART Public Meeting on Police Review Metro Center Auditorium
101 Eighth Street
across the street from the Lake Merritt BART station
Oakland...
Event Date: Sat, May 2, 2009 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Apr 25, 2009 9:57pm PDT
NOBLE Honors Rashidah Grinage and PUEBLO at Awards Dinner, Oakland, 4/24/09: audio (audio/mpeg 4.9MB) The San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE) held a 3-day training conference with various workshops at the Oakland Airport Hilton hotel. The theme of the conference -- "An injustice anywhere, is a threat to justice everywhere" -- is from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham Jail, written on April 16, 1963, while King was being imprisoned for his part in a civil disobedience protest against racial segregation.
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Posted: Sat, Apr 25, 2009 2:40pm PDT
Watsonville Brown Berets Anniversary Radio Show (audio/mpeg 52.8MB) This segment of Brown Beret Radio is an anniversary special featuring a recent historical short documentary on the Watsonville Brown Berets and includes guest speaker and fellow comrade Simon Sedillo....
Posted: Fri, Apr 24, 2009 3:13pm PDT
Winnemem Wintu Tribe Holds War Dance Before Launching Federal Lawsuit 
Arrayed in traditional regalia, over two dozen members of the Winnemem Wintu Tribe recently held a war dance along the banks of the American River to bring attention to decades of injustice and destruction of their cultural sites by the federal government.
Mark Franco, Winnemem Wintu headman, and Caleen Sisk-Franco, spiritual leader, open the war dance ceremony on April 20. Photo by Dan Bacher....
Posted: Fri, Apr 24, 2009 1:38pm PDT
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