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More Pictures From Oakland Safeway Protest 
More pictures from the rally and march in Oakland....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 1:58pm PST
Safeway video #2 (video/quicktime 22.3MB) video from j31 safeway action. 2 of 4....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 12:54pm PST
2/19 Forum "US Labor&Israel, The "Unkosher" Alliance This forum will discuss the relationship of the AFL-CIO to the state of Israel and how US unionists' dues are being spent on Israeli bonds and support for the repression of Palestinians and an apartheid state....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:55am PST
Union March sees 20,000+ in LA 
Yesterday in the Los Angeles area, from 12 PM to 2 PM, more than twenty thousands people marched in the streets of Inglewood, California, to support the striking workers from Vons/Pavilions and the locked out workers from Albertsons and Ralphs supermarkets.
At the rally, union leaders vowed actions from Seattle to Baltimore, to support the Californien supermarket working strikers.
Read this excellent article about the strike.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/jan2004/groc-j31.shtml...
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 10:43am PST
Berkeley Rallies to Halt the Execution of Kevin Cooper More than 150 people filled a Berkeley church Saturday to rally in support of condemned death row inmate Kevin Cooper -- and to hear from Cooper himself....
Posted: Sun, Feb 1, 2004 9:34am PST
Los Angeles Critical Mass Rides Through Vons While the corporations refuse to back down, autonomous actions by small groups are becoming more and more necessary....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 11:41pm PST
Legacy that needs to be forgotten The era of Willie Brown as mayor is over. He came in 8 years ago with high expectations. He was going to fix the MUNI and the the problem of homelessness. Only in his second term did he get serious about improving MUNI. He gave up on the homeless. Some of the highlights of the Willie years...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 11:29pm PST
Pictures Of Speakers At Safeway Labor Rally 
Pictures of speakers at Mosswood Park rally before the Saturday Jan 31st march to Safeway....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 10:20pm PST
Pictures Of Arrests At Oakland Safeway Protest 
Labor leaders and members of the clergy were arrested at the Sat Jan 31st Safeway protest in Oakland. As around one thousand workers and labor activists picketed in front of the store, at least 14 people sat down in the street in an act of civil disobedience....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 9:42pm PST
Safeway Protest a Study in Contrasts The Oakland protest at Safeway was a study in contrasts - the fighting spirit of workers held back by the union official leadership...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 9:40pm PST
Berkeley Bowl BOYCOTT Action Was Needed Support Albertson's and Safeway Strikers TODAY!!! Berkeley Bowl Unionization Effort Botched Through Lack of Radical Steam...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 7:27pm PST
Pictures From Protest At Oakland Safeway 
Around one thousand people marched on a Safeway in Oakland today to protest Safeway's attacks on workers in Southern California. Several local labor organizers and several clergy say down in the road in front of the store and were taken away by the police.
The strike by 70,000 Vons, Ralph’s and Albertson workers for affordable healthcare is now past its 100th day. If the giant food chains gets it way health costs for these workers will rise 50% and put it out of reach for many who make an av...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 7:08pm PST
THE CITY OF FRESNO MOVES TO EVICT HOMELESS FROM TENT CITY 
The City of Fresno moves to outlaw poverty and evict the homeless when they form a community....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 7:04pm PST
31Jan - Photos from Safeway Picket & Direct Actions 
approx. 800 folks turned out to support the striking So. Cal workers. The atmosphere was charged and spirited....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 6:49pm PST
JERRY DUNCAN MUST GO My analysis about why progressive forces in Fresno should vote to oust Fresno City Councilmember Jerry Duncan. It may be lesser evil politics, but what choice do we have?...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 6:24pm PST
The Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar The Fresno Peace and Social Justice Calendar...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 6:21pm PST
COMMUNICATING METHANE GAS Parcel A is still not safe, new restrictions place building restrictions up to 1000 feet from methane barrier...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 5:11pm PST
Sacramento Area Peace Action events calendar: Feb 2004 While we like to send out the whole monthly calendar at the beginning of the month (followed by weekly updates), this month there are too many events! Below is the first half of Feb, 2004; please check www.sacpeace.org for more events. For bus tickets to the March 20 demonstration in San Francisco (see below), call 916 448-7157; sypeaceact@jps.net...
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 2:48pm PST
State to sue grocery chains : Antitrust Law Broken In Strike, Lockyer Charges The California Attorney General's Office is expected to file a lawsuit Monday against three major supermarket chains locked in a labor dispute with 70,000 workers in Southern California, alleging the companies broke antitrust laws and hurt consumers by forming a financial pact to protect grocery profits during the strike....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 12:41pm PST
San Francisco sex workers are on a mission to decriminalize prostitution A new Bay Area coalition is arguing that the best way to stop the horrifying exploitation of forced prostitution is to make the world's oldest profession legal....
Posted: Sat, Jan 31, 2004 12:25pm PST
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