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BART public meeting on Saturday, May 2nd to review civilian police oversight models 
BART finally has a public meeting scheduled that working people can attend. It's scheduled for Saturday, May 2nd, at 1pm. It will be held at the Metro Center Auditorium (101 Eighth Street), across the street from the Lake Merritt BART station in Oakland.
It's taken a lot of pressure over the last several months from Oscar Grant's family, community members, and activists to get to this point, so keep the pressure on by showing up and holding BART's feet to the fire. Tell them that vagu...
Posted: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 4:35pm PDT
Democracy Now and other coverage of Chauncey Bailey murder dramatizes need for Black media 
Amy Goodman, host of Democracy Now, interviews Robert Rosenthal, executive director of the Chauncey Bailey Project, her only source for Democracy Now’s coverage of the murder of Chauncey Bailey on April 17, 2009....
Posted: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 12:30pm PDT
The Black Hole at KPFA 
The April 8-14 issue of the East Bay Express features a 5,576-word cover story on Minister of Information JR. It doesn't bother to actually build a case for how he is a provocateur or who he is a supposed agent for; it's just a hit piece from someone who fancies himself of the "mainstream" perspective and doesn't get where JR is coming from on the issues he covers....
Posted: Thu, Apr 23, 2009 12:11pm PDT
Kudos of Fiona Ma, Leland Yee, and Tom Ammiano demanding removal of radiological materials 
Kudos to Assembly persons Tom Ammiano and Fiona Ma. Senator Leland Yee all seated in Sacramento, California for stepping up and addressing the toxic dirt and Radiological elements - totally 1.5 million tons - that the United States Navy - is pondering to cap - but is mandated to remove and dispose of "legally" - away from Hunters Point Naval Shipyard....
Posted: Wed, Apr 22, 2009 8:22am PDT
BAY AREA Mumia Abu-Jamal Birthday Party and Book Release Humanist Hall
411 28th Street
Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 24, 2009 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 21, 2009 4:35pm PDT
Town Hall for Justice on AB312, BART, Orloff Recall, and Caravan for Justice III, Oakland, 4/18/09: audio (audio/mpeg 6.0MB) Town Halls for Justice for Oscar Grant continue after the recent Caravan for Justice II in Sacramento on April 8th.
After an opening prayer by Reverend Henry Williams in the first piece of audio here, Minister Keith Muhammad speaks about the ongoing effort to recall Alameda DA Tom Orloff. While registered Alameda County voters in attendance sign the latest version of the petition to recall Orloff, Minister Keith reads the petition which specifies the reasons for the recall and will serve...
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2009 10:17pm PDT
S.F. Public Utilities Commission wastes millions of gallons of water from Hetch Hetchy. The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission does not like to be told that it is wasting millions of gallons of water. Sacred water that was stolen from the First People living in and around Hetch Hetchy. Today, the City and County of San Francisco continues to waste millions of gallons of water - while pointing fingers at others. At City Hall in San Francisco - the Rest Rooms are a running like a water fall. While, some conservation gurus - preach about conserving water. Start in your own b...
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2009 5:01pm PDT
Winnemem Wintu Tribe Sues Federal Agencies, Officials The Winnemem Wintu Tribe filed a Complaint in U.S. District Court Monday against six federal agencies and two current federal agency heads alleging their actions have resulted in the destruction or damage to the Tribe’s cultural sites in Shasta County....
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2009 2:50pm PDT
A Benefit for the Intertribal Friendship House 
Eastsisde Arts Alliance Cultural Center
2277 International Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94606...
Event Date: Mon, Apr 27, 2009 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 19, 2009 4:26am PDT
Town Hall for Justice for Oscar Grant, Oakland, 4/11/09: photos and audio (audio/mpeg 3.2MB) Coming on the heels of the Caravan for Justice II on April 8th, the Town Halls for Justice for Oscar Grant gathered again on April 11 to discuss recent events and their ongoing efforts to seek justice for Oscar Grant and other victims of police violence.
Bishop Fanzo King of John Coltrane Church speaks first and welcomes everyone to this week's Town Hall:...
Posted: Sat, Apr 18, 2009 2:31pm PDT
Who Polices the Police?
The San Jose Police Department has been featured almost weekly in news reports of six taser deaths since 2005, racial profiling, selective vehicle stops, and drunken arrests. An October Mercury News report that San Jose police arrested 4,600 in one year for public intoxication, and a disproportionate 56% were Latinos, resulted in hundreds attending a public hearing. If Chief Rob Davis cannot restrain aggressive officers quick on the draw with tasers or firearms, arresting non-violent inebri...
Posted: Fri, Apr 17, 2009 4:40pm PDT
San Jose Gets Her First Tea-bagging, Says Leaves Sour Taste Tax Tea party provides platform for open intolerance....
Posted: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 9:42pm PDT
Winnemem Wintu Tribe War Dance and March Update - Location Change 
This news advisory is updated to include the exact times and locations for the Winnemem Wintu War Dance, March and Press Conference....
Posted: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 6:00pm PDT
San Jose Tax Day Tea Party: A perspective from DeBug Silicon Valley DeBug reports on SJ rally...
Posted: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 5:17pm PDT
Caravan for Justice II Confronts California Prison Industrial Complex, Sacramento, 4/8/09 (video/mp4 106.3MB) On Wednesday, April 8th, fifteen buses and numerous carpools headed to Sacramento to demand that legislators begin to address the concerns of all the people of California in the laws they pass. Caravan for Justice II, building on the success and numbers of the first caravan, included residents from San Francisco, Oakland, Richmond, East Palo Alto, San Jose, Antioch, Modesto, Stockton and across Northern California. This racially, ethnically, and religiously diverse coalition came to Sacram...
Posted: Thu, Apr 16, 2009 9:03am PDT
Speech by Angela Davis at a Black Panther Rally in Bobby Hutton Park, Oakland, 11/12/69 
The Liberation of Our People: Transcript of a Speech Delivered by Angela Y. Davis at a Black Panther rally in Bobby Hutton Park (AKA DeFremery Park), Oakland, CA on Nov. 12, 1969...
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 8:40pm PDT
Anarchists Against Right Wing Tea Party in San Jose 
Anarchists presente in Cesar Chavez Park!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 7:42pm PDT
San Jose "Tea Party" Brings out the Worst of the Right Wing 
The FOX-News heavily promoted anti- tax "tea parties" meant party-time for some of the worst of the right wing in San Jose, California today. Their signs signaled everything from racism, to homophobia, to misogyny. From noon about 100 gathered in front of the IRS building in downtown San Jose. They were countered by a smaller contingent of anti-war/anti-racism seasoned activists. But the tea party participants weren't listening....
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 6:48pm PDT
MOI JR Interviews Lovelle Mixon's Family in Aftermath of Him Being Killed by Police (audio/mpeg 10.8MB) The POCC's Minister of Information JR interviewed the family of Lovell Mixon in the aftermath of Lovelle being murdered by police after reportedly killing four....
Posted: Wed, Apr 15, 2009 12:12am PDT
MOI JR Interviews Andrew Louis About Felony Arrest During Unrest of January 7th in Oakland (audio/mpeg 11.6MB) The POCC's Minister of Information JR interviews one of the Oakland 100 who is facing a felony charge after being arrested at the first of the Oakland Rebellions in the aftermath of protesting the police murder of Oscar Grant....
Posted: Tue, Apr 14, 2009 11:57am PDT
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