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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
Pesticide Drift Sickens Residents
In two separate incidents, more than 150 people in the rural community of Lamont, California were poisoned by pesticide drift....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 3:53pm PST
ELP Bulletin: Chico, Calif. Activists Need Your Help
Two earth liberation activists need our support...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 3:42pm PST
Report from Chiapas and Central America
Becky Vaden will give a video report of the Pastors for Peace Fall 2003 Caravan to Chiapas and Central America at the Birthing Project office, 1900 T Street, Sacramento....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 12:09pm PST
Three Important 9-11 Events in the Next Two Weeks
Wed, Jan 28th . . . Sunday, Feb 1st . . . next Thursday, Feb 5th. Together, these events will cover a broad range of 9-11 issues, from the dark physical evidence to the humorous censored truths....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 11:28am PST
Lynne Stewart in Bay Area this Weekend and in Feb
Here is the Bay Area tour schedule of progressive attorney Lynne Stewart
who has been re-indicted by the U.S. government on frame-up charges of terrorism. Stewart again faces 40 years in prison....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 10:53am PST
Berkeley Daily Planet Readers Respond to Rachel Corrie Commentary
I love it, 'Spirited Replies.' It makes you wonder what the rest of their mail looked like around this issue! Actually BDPlanet is a pretty good little local paper - considering the other options besides indymedia - and is worth reading for local issues, generally related to local government....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 10:42am PST
How Would You Feel If In The Primary Your Candidates Votes Are Compromised And They Lose?
Voter Irregularity a way of Life in San Francisco Purge the Voter Rolls Now!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 9:31am PST
University Budget Crisis: Where is the money really going?
At Santa Cruz the Universtity's budget crisis has affected students and faculty by cutting outreach programs, cutting writing programs (specifically the Journalism minor) and raising tuition....
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2004 7:32am PST