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planning for anarchist people of color gathering
When: Saturday, January 31st, 4-6pm
Where: the AK Press warehouse, 674 A 23rd Street, Oakland
Contact: (510) 208-1700 or race@riseup.net...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 7:34pm PST
No Tax Cuts for the Rich: Feb 3rd Speakout
What: Picket and speak-out against B of A's requested tax cut
When: Tuesday, February 3, 12:00 noon
Where: San Francisco City Hall, Polk Street Steps...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 7:20pm PST
3/2 Election: Cal & SF Props, Absentee Voting
The Presidential Primary in California is March 2, 2004, with Absentee (Vote by Mail) starting February 2, 2004, Groundhog Day. For those of you who hibernate from politics in the winter, now is the time to come out of your burrow and vote absentee, or at least sign up to do the same, and avoid those crowded polls on a Tuesday....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 7:12pm PST
Progressive Nerve Center events SF
same location as Matt Gonalez for Mayor HQ...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 4:08pm PST
Grocery Store Workers Take the Struggle to CEO's Home
Southern California striking grocery store workers caravan to home of Safeway's CEO Steve Burd in Alamo....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 2:14pm PST
IMPEACHMENT Barbara Lee Press Conference, Call 763-0370 to Support Her
Barbara Lee needs community support to initiate articles of impeachment against Bush. Please call 763-0370 NOW, TODAY to express your support, leave your name and zip code with her intern at 763-0370. She's holding a press conference on Impeachment in her Oakland offices on Friday at 2:00 p.m....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 12:57pm PST
SFSU unrolls new program for Bay Area Boomers
SFSU's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute promotes an educational program for boomers that features art and activism. SF Chronicle columnist Jon Carroll will describe what it's like to grow old in the Bay Area at the OLLI Open House, Thursday, Feb. 5, from 4 to 6 p.m. at the SFSU Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 26th Floor....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 11:44am PST
Sacramento Women Face Federal Charges (video/x-pn-realvideo 21.9MB)
Interview with Leisa Ann Faulkner-Barnes and Elizabeth Bradley prior to their trials on Federal charges for civil disobedience at the SOA. 6 mins 44 secs....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 10:59am PST
Driscoll for Congress Needs You!
Please join us for a Volunteer Coordination meeting at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 1, at 926 J Street (downtown Sacramento). We will be organizing our pool of volunteers for various campaign activities....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 10:26am PST
Thousands of Janitors Abused by Albertson's, Safeway and other Supermarkets
Thousands of janitors who were abused by Vons and other supermarket chains are being sought for a massive class action suit. Trabajadores de limpieza en California: Los que eran abusados por ciertas cadenas de supermercados tienen hasta el 19 de abril para juntarse con la demanda: llame al 1-888-LIMPIEZA....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 3:10am PST
Food First: Letter of Support for Proposition H
The Institute for Food and Development Policy, also known as Food First, is proud to endorse the Initiative on the Prohibition on the Propagation, Cultivation, Raising and Growing of Genetically Modified Organisms in Mendocino County....
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2004 2:49am PST
Election Fraud Allegations Mount In Newsom's Mayoral Victory
Chronicle, Examiner highlight fraud allegations; city and state investigations launched...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 8:00pm PST
Feb24 - STOP THE CORPORATE INVASION OF IRAQ!
International Day of Protest
STOP THE CORPORATE INVASION OF IRAQ!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 7:29pm PST
Grocery Workers March On Safeway CEO Steve Burd's Bay Area Home
ALAMO, Calif. - Hundreds of religous and labor leaders and supermarket workers brought the rising despair and tension of Southern California's 3 1/2-month-old grocery strike to the exclusive neighborhood of Safeway Inc. Chairman Steve Burd Wednesday, hoping to broker a truce with the CEO....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:54pm PST
ORGANIZING IN FRESNO: WHO ARE PICO, ACORN, AND THE IAF?
This is an article about organizing in Fresno that will be in the February Community Alliance magazine....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:42pm PST
Impact of budget cuts on UC Sustainable Agriculture Programs- Your input needed
More than ever, California growers need farming systems that are environmentally sustainable and economically viable. They need a University system that produces this knowledge and quickly transfers it to the field....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:33pm PST
Discussion on Gender and Domestic Violence in Korea--- Friday 1/30
Friday, January 30, 2004, 4:15 p.m.:
Institute of East Asian Studies,
2223 Fulton Street, 6th Floor Conference Room.
Two sociologists discuss the impact of a high-profile domestic violence case in South Korea last year, and how the anonymous and decentralized aspect of internet-based media allowed for frank and open conversations on a topic not always discussed in mainstream Korean society.
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 5:27pm PST
Feb 5 - Rally to support organizing hotel workers
Support workers fighting the Hilton bully for their first contract....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 4:05pm PST
Eviction Defense Center Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
The Eviction Defense Center Celebrates The Ten Year Anniversary Of Providing Legal Representation For Low-Income Renters In The East Bay....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 4:03pm PST
Jan 31 DASW - Direct Action to support Striking Groc. Workers
This action part of the DASW campaign supporting the striking grocery workers and demand
healthcare rights for all. We are dedicated to fighting the WAR AT HOME by standing up to the
corporate attack on our healthcare and social services. 70,000 workers in So.Cal are on strike or
locked-out, many of whom are having difficulty paying rent, feeding their kids; many have even
lost their homes due to the strike....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 4:00pm PST