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Janitor's Health Care Under Attack
On Wednesday, July 30, 2003, hundreds of janitors representing SEIU Local 1877 took to the streets of San Francisco to show that they are ready to strike to protect their health care benefits....
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2003 12:31am PDT
Hands Around the Lab PSA (audio/mpeg 490.2KB)
Hands Around the Lab August 10, Sunday, 2003
1:30 PM Rally; 3 PM march around Livermore nuclear weapons lab, marking the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. This family friendly event will include music, art, speakers and Interfaith prayer and ceremony....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 7:34pm PDT
IRV does NOT need input from the Chronicle - Please Respond
Please fire off a quick Letter to Ed if you can on this issue - IRV was mandated by the SF voters and the city has had ample time to come up with a system. The fact that they haven't speaks volumes about the behind the scenes efforts to stop IRV. Now, a hand count needs to be done. The issues raised in Sacramento were addressed by local activists and were ignored, and now the political aspects of this situation are becoming clear - the democrats and the republicans don't want IRV because i...
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 6:39pm PDT
Recall: quagmire for SF Democratic Mayoral candidates
Or how the Democratic Party candidates are self-destructing themselves....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 6:14pm PDT
WAKE THE FUCK UP North Coast EARTH FIRST
While the Maxxam campaign in Texas is rockin, within Humbolt EF, WE ARE IN desperate need of anti-oppresion help, and for people to speak up. We do not have to resort to blaming and name calling....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 10:54am PDT
Rachel Corrie Banner Project Demos
The next one will be on Aug. 16 at Union Square between noon and 2pm or so, with the theme of boycotting Israeli goods and companies that contribute heavily to Israel, such as Estee Lauder, The Gap, and Victoria's Secret....
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2003 8:14am PDT
MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber Takes Another Hit in Court
Report on a preliminary hearing in the lawsuit filed by Humboldt County District Attorney against Pacific Lumber Company, alleging fraud and in securing logging permits and asks damages of up to $250 million....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 8:07pm PDT
Talk Back to the News
Talk Back to the News is this Wednesday! If you haven't been before,
Talk Back to the News is a monthly open forum for people to do just
that -- not just listen to and absorb news, but talk back to it, talk
about it, and engage with it actively. Why sit home talking to a TV
that never listens when you can join your friends in an open-air cafe
to rant publicly?...
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 5:47pm PDT
anti-maxxam campaign uses do it yourself tactics
friends around the country, find local maxxam connections and help get maxxam outta humboldt county...
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 5:46pm PDT
SF events 7.29
# Tue, Jul 2 7pm Film: "The Chinatown Files" Rockridge Library
5366 College Avenue Oakland ACLU and Amnesty International to prevent
Patriot Act 2 and repeal Patriot 1. T http://www.aclu.org http://www.nlg.org...
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 5:32pm PDT
Lucrecia: left candidate for SF Mayor, challenges Democratic Party candidates
Lucrecia challenges Angela, Tom, Gavin, Susan et al on IRV, public debates and media coverage of the upcoming SF mayoral race....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 5:00pm PDT
SF supes committee to consider SFLR 93.7 Resolution!
San Francisco Liberation Radio 93.7FM needs your testimonial on behalf of the importance of freedom and diversity in media! Thursday July 31st at 10am in Room 263 at City Hall, the City Services Committee is scheduled to hear from the public about SFLR 93.7 and the many flaws of the FCC's recent regulation relaxation....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 1:02pm PDT
Tom Ridge appearance protested July 23rd. 6min, 17MB QuickTime movie. (video/quicktime 16.8MB)
Bay Area labor, anti-war, and civil liberties groups turned out to protest the appearance of Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security, on Nob Hill July 23rd. 6min, 17MB QuickTime movie....
Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 12:44pm PDT
MAXXAM towed our cars to disrupt our action- we need donations to cover costs!
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Posted: Tue, Jul 29, 2003 6:02am PDT
Demonstrate against Medicare Privatization
Demonstrate Tuesday noon, August 5th, against Congress privatizing Medicare in the guise of a phony drug benefit program....
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2003 9:58pm PDT
Heads of Organized Labor Sit Passively By as Big Business Politicians Burden Workers an
As big business polticians in Sacramento go on the offensive against workers and the poor. The heads of organized labor let them off the hook yet again. The general feeling among workers and the poor that nothing can be done is a direct result of the failure of the labor leadership to counter the intensified attacks of capital....
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2003 8:09pm PDT
U.S. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND YOU! ....repost
Teach-in/Speak-out:
U.S. WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION AND YOU!
The Impact of U.S. Weapons of War on the Economic, Social and Physical Health of the Community Saturday, August 2, 1-5 pm...
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2003 7:27pm PDT
6:/7:PM MON -- EXCELLENT FRESH AIR PROGRAM ON U.S. OVERTHROW OF DEMOCRATIC IRAN!
6:/7:PM MON -- EXCELLENT FRESH AIR PROGRAM ON U.S. OVERTHROW OF DEMOCRATIC IRAN!...
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2003 5:26pm PDT
Follow that Cad! Protest Gruesome Newsoms Campaign Events
Wanna have some fun....at Gavin Newsom's expense? Show up at these upcoming Newsom media/campaign events...Let's stop Newsom's campaign from using our communities as a backdrop for their "Kick the Poor" mayoral campaign....
Posted: Mon, Jul 28, 2003 4:06pm PDT