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Santa Clara Anti-Bush Protest
Nearly a thousand people protested U.S. President GW Bush as he spoke at United Defense Industries in Santa Clara....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 3:25pm PDT
May 2 Bush Protest
Two Thousand protesters marched in Santa Clara as President Bush spoke at United Technologies....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 3:01pm PDT
Oakland decision on cop probe called 'unlawful'
Louise Rothman-Riemer, chair of the Paul Robeson chapter of the ACLU of Northern California, told the council's Rules Committee the issues discussed in Tuesday's closed session, and likely in previous closed sessions, were matters of "public policy, not litigation, and should have been discussed in public forum."
"Such sessions violate -- at the very least -- the spirit, if not the letter of the Brown Act and Sunshine Ordinance," she said....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 1:51pm PDT
Bush protest report
My report from the May 2nd Bush Protest in Santa Clara....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 1:41pm PDT
Rachel Corrie Benefit Concert
Please join us in a nationwide campaign to keep Rachel Corrie's mission of justice for the Palestinians in the public eye. She did not die in vain....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 12:51pm PDT
May 2nd Santa Clara Bush Protest
Today May 2nd 2003 in Santa Clara Ca, several hundred people came out to protest an appearance of George Bush at United Defense Technologies...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 12:33pm PDT
Schools Suffer while Prisons Prosper
Education not Incarceration gears up for May 8 Rally in Sacramento to protest budget cuts to Education....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 12:14pm PDT
LIVE! A Moron is Speaking BS in a War Machine Sports Stadium!!
Bush-Moron! Live in a heavily sealedf-off war fortress in CA with a wall of war games sports fans (all about 300 lb burger eaters) behind him! It's a stunning sight! Funny how they all look the same, couch potato tubs of lard who like to make guns and kill people that they never meet, happy to wear their company badges around thier necks, trained seals that they are. They're proud to lose lives for Exxon! For McDonalds! For Walmart!...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 10:39am PDT
Updates on Santa Clara Bush Demonstration
Posts of the text messages, keep up to date on the Santa Clara Anit-Bush Demonstration...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 9:42am PDT
Oakland School Reform
City and State Officials Promise Community Involvement in Choice of State Appointed Administrator at Rally in Oakland on May 1st....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 9:31am PDT
MayDay in Berkeley (photos)
Photos of the Thursday night RTS MayDay march in Berkeley....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 4:49am PDT
United Defence owned by Carlyle Group
Can you believe no one has yet mentioned this regarding his visit? The list goes on and on...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 1:51am PDT
Maps for Bush Protest
These Maps can by found on the South Bay Mobilization website...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 12:34am PDT
Teach-in and Banner/Poster Making for May 8
Poster and Banner-Making Teach-in and Media Training for the May 8 Education not Incarceration Rally
Monday, May 5, 3:30-7PM
At the School for Social Justice
the Harper Building
10th Street and 3rd Avenue, Oakland, Near Lake Merritt BART...
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 6:24pm PDT
Funding Request for May 8
I am writing to you as a founding member of the East Bay Educators Justice Network with an urgent request for funding help. Our newly forming group is working for justice for students in the East Bay and to provide resources to our students so that they can work for local and global justice themselves. We are playing an important role in organizing the May 8 Education not Incarceration Rally in Sacramento (www.may8.org)....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 6:21pm PDT
Legal Update 5/1/03
Info on Infractions & Courtesy Letters, Cases in other Jurisdictions, and other exciting legal news....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 5:35pm PDT
Pepper spray suit to be retried in Eureka
Police applied liquid pepper spray to the corners of the eyes of demonstrators during sit-ins at Pacific Lumber Co. headquarters and a congressman's office in 1997 to protest the cutting of old-growth redwoods. After a jury in a damage suit by the nine protesters deadlocked 4-4, Walker dismissed the suit but was overruled by a federal appeals court, who ordered the second trial....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 1:04pm PDT
Mayor Willie Brown Declares May 1st Levi Strauss Day
In a glaring omission of any mention of International Workers' Day, Mayor Willie Brown announced that May 1st is now Levi Strauss Day....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 12:36pm PDT
Oakland politics
Someone please explain to me what's going on......
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2003 9:46am PDT