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SACRAMENTO (AP) -- With picket signs and radio ads, striking Southern California grocery store workers and their union are bringing their message to the northern part of the state.
The radio ads, which were to debut Friday, ask Sacramento and San Francisco Bay area residents to boycott Safeway Inc., United Food and Commercial Workers spokeswoman Ellen Anreder said....
Posted: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 2:39pm PST
Over a hundred people showed up to demonstrate support for the Oakland 25 at a pre-trial hearing on Friday, November 7, 2003...
Posted: Sun, Nov 9, 2003 3:30am PST
there are still charges against 25 of the dock protesters who were
brutally shot down in Oakland on April 7th. Is it not shame enough that a
difference of interpretation of the first amendment of our US Constitution
devolved into a display of violence? Must we also add insult to injury?...
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2003 11:18pm PST
Alice Walker spoke at the second annual Green Festival in San Francisco. Alice discusses the need to create allies and struggle to make the world a better place for everyone. Song, poetry, and dance are critical to our world and we must include them in our movements....
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2003 11:11pm PST
1. Public Education not Incarceration Teach-in and Rally with Peter Camello on Thursday, November 13th, 2PM, 20th and Harrison Streets, Oakland, to Protest the beginning of Bond Sales for Delano II Prison (More Info Below)
2. Education not Incarceration Teach-ins Begin this Wednesday!!! Press Release Below (November 12th-19th, with a Day of Action on November 19th, www.may8.org)...
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2003 10:14am PST
Come, hear a report of the first round of the Election from the left and get organized to help Matt Gonzalez to become Mayor of San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Nov 8, 2003 2:32am PST
Please join the effort of Peace Fresno in presenting a message of peace in Fresno's Veteran's Day Parade....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2003 12:40pm PST
Film Screening of "Trading Freedom: The Secret Life of the FTAA" and Bay Area organizing update for the FTAA summit in Miami....
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2003 9:30am PST
no witnesses have come forward, but this could easily have been a bias based murder...
Posted: Fri, Nov 7, 2003 8:32am PST
Amy Goodman of Pacifica radio's Democracy Now will be the invited lecturer for the Mario Savio Memorial lecture and Young Activist Award...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 8:58pm PST
Criminalizing the Mentally Ill and Prisons as Mental Institutions...(in SF?)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 7:59pm PST
North Coast Earth First! activist Naomi Wagner was sentenced by Judge John A. Reinholtsen, on Thursday, November 30th, to 40 days in Humboldt County jail, following her conviction last June for resisting arrest....
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 3:54pm PST
Music Fiesta Benefit
Sunday, November 9
3-8 PM, Oakland...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 1:54pm PST
This is a listing of events, of interest to the progressive movement, in the Fresno area....
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 10:37am PST
Despite a well-funded campaign of disinformation by the POA, San Francisco said YES to Proposition H that will place the SFPD firmly under civilian control....
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 9:36am PST
A group of East Bay activists showed up at San Francisco movie theaters yesterday to distribute red pills, or New World Order matrix cards, to Matrix Revolutions’ moviegoers. The activists, known as Neo, Morpheus, Trinity and Agent Smith, hit the Loews and the Coronet theaters with exhortations for people to “take the red pill” and “learn about the REAL matrix that we live in."...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 9:30am PST
This is not a concert. Brian Eno will be speaking about "The Long Now."...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 9:29am PST
About 100 people marched on San Jose City Hall Wednesday, led by Vietnamese community members. The group came to voice anger over last week's grand jury decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed 25-year-old Cau Tran while she was holding an Asian vegetable peeler. Protest leaders also announced plans to present the case to state and federal authorities due to the perceived biases of local law enforcement....
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 9:25am PST
Sunday, November 9, 3PM
Admission: $5, all ages welcome
Parkway Theater
1834 Park Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94606
http://picturepubpizza.com...
Posted: Thu, Nov 6, 2003 1:00am PST