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Oakland opposition to school closures 
Today, March 16, 2004, hundreds of mostly high school students came to Oakland city hall to express their opposition to the announced closure of 5 small schools, which have primarily African-American students....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 11:34pm PST
Pictures From Rally For Schools At Oakland City Hall 
On March 16 there was an Oakland City Council hearing on school closures. State Administrator Randolph Ward has threatened to close five Oakland elementary schools in predominately low income African American and Latino communities. Meanwhile, Alameda County is spending 177 million dollars to build a new prison for children.
Parents, teachers, union members, church members, elected officials and concerned citizens of the Coalition Against School Closures rallied and spoke before the City Co...
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 10:33pm PST
Campaign for Tenure Justice for Ignacio Chapela Come to the meeting this Thursday March 18 @ 6 PM 132 Mulford Hall Berkeley,
CA. For directions go to: http://www.berkeley.edu/map/maps/BC23.html
We will give a detailed background of the tenure issue and how to proceed....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 9:20pm PST
Community College Students March On Sacramento 
10,000 march to Demand an end to endless budget cuts....
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 3:24pm PST
Thousands Converge on State Capitol for Education Funding on Monday As they marched, the students chanted and waved signs saying everything from "Hey Arnold, don't terminate our education" to "Thanks Arnold 4 ensuring a stupid future."...
Posted: Tue, Mar 16, 2004 5:31am PST
Portables, Mural and Planter-boxes Bulldozed at Burbank Elementary A PRESS CONFERENCE was held on Monday, March 15, at 11:30 a.m., at Burbank Elementary School, 3550 – 64th Avenue, Oakland, at the school entrance, to discuss the latest troubling event in the Oakland school closures story – the dismantling of their school buildings and treasures before the very eyes of the children and school community at Burbank....
Posted: Mon, Mar 15, 2004 7:44pm PST
12Mar - Reportback from "An Evening of Solidarity and Culture with Workers and Students" 
This unique gathering challenges the “pale, male, and stale” image of the labor movement in welcoming and valuing the diverse and critical contributions of all our communities and struggles....
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 11:25pm PST
March 16th Urgent Protest for the Schools On March 16, Oakland must tell our elected leaders:
The State Will Not Close Our Schools!
City Council Hearing on School Closures
Tuesday, March 16 at Rally at 5PM, Hearing begins at 6:00 p.m., Oakland
City Hall, 14th and Broadway (at the 12th Street BART Station)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 5:15pm PST
Sunday's event discussing UC Berkeley's ties to biotech A Lunchtime strategy session about corporate control of research at UC
Berkeley and
Ignacio Chapela's tenure case...
Posted: Fri, Mar 12, 2004 5:07pm PST
SAVE OAKLAND'S SCHOOLS: Rally and Hearing March 16 On March 16, Oakland must tell our elected leaders:
The State Will Not Close Our Schools!
City Council Hearing on School Closures
Tuesday, March 16, Rally at 5PM, Hearing begins at 6:00 p.m., Oakland City Hall, 14th and Broadway (at the 12th Street BART Station)...
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 5:41am PST
Students Walk Out Against Budget Cuts in Contra Costa Drastic cuts, including the closure of school libraries and the elimination of athletic programs, were approved by the school board at a meeting Monday night....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 1:58pm PST
Anti-Capitalist/Anti-Authoritarian Call for the "March in March" Sacto ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 12:16pm PST
March 16, 1,000 to Rally to Save Oakland Schools On March 16, Oakland must tell our elected leaders:
The State Will Not Close Our Schools!
City Council Hearing on School Closures
Tuesday, March 16 at Rally at 5PM, Hearing begins at 6:00 p.m., Oakland City Hall...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 12:20pm PST
UC-Irvine Welcomes Black Muslim Hatred A campus speaker insists "bad Jews" run America -- and planned to kill Al Gore....
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 6:49am PST
California Safe Schools Announces Launch of 1-888-NOPOISON - Alternatives to Pesticides California Safe Schools Executive Director, Robina Suwol Announces 1-888-NOPOISON-
LEARN MORE ABOUT ALTERNATIVES TO PESTICIDES....
Posted: Sun, Mar 7, 2004 11:57pm PST
West Coast Conference of the New Civil Rights Movement 
We Are All Californians
Building the New Civil Rights Movement:
Meeting the Challenge of Uniting All Californians –
Documented and Undocumented, Latino, Black, Asian, Other Minorities, and Anti-Racist White People to Realize the Promise of Brown v. Board of Education
March 5-8, 2004 - University of California Berkeley...
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 10:43pm PST
Students And Teachers Protest Closure Of English Language Program At UC Berkeley Extension 
On Thursday March 4th, over one hundred students and teachers and students rallied in front of UC Chancellor Berdahl's office to protest the proposed closure of Berkeley Extension's English Language Program(ELP). 32 faculty members will be laid off if the closure goes forward....
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 9:59pm PST
Pictures From The Barrington Collective's DIY Fest 2004 in People's Park 
can you do something?
wanna learn how to do stuff?
DIY (dO iT youRselF) FEST (festivaL)
(courtesy of the baRRington coLLective)
MarcH 6th
noon til night
PeoPle's Park...
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 7:50pm PST
Lizz Brown In Oakland! What: Lizz Brown, St. Louis Radio Host to Be Featured at “Taking Back Our Community’s Future: Going From Miseducation to Community Control of Education!” Conference
When: Saturday, March 13th, noon to 6pm
Where: Uhuru House, 7911 Mac Arthur Blvd, Oakland, California
Media Contact: Wendy Snyder, 510-295-7834...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 10:50am PST
Take Action: Urge the Governator to reappoint Dolores Huerta as a UC regent In September 2003, former Gov. Gray Davis appointed United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta to the six months remaining of a term on the prestigious University of California Board of Regents. That term expired on March 1. That deadline has passed and the new governor, Arnold,has not yet acted. Urge the Gov. to re-appoint Dolores Huerta....
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 5:04pm PST
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