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pbnberkeley news notice - 11/7/02 Publishing, republishing and compiling community news and event information promoting global peace and solidarity!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 10:14pm PST
Union workers and supporters connect the dots in Oakland! (video/x-pn-realvideo 15.0MB) Several hundred union workers and supporters rallied and marched in downtown oakland 11/07/02. This five min video highlights the march from the federal building to city hall....
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 8:00pm PST
SF events 11.7 BIKE TO THE GREEN FESTIVAL 635 8th St (@ Brannan St) get in 1/2 price orIF you are interested in helping out (and getting a free pass to the
festival) Please contact Simon simon@organicconsumers.org for Saturday
and Becki rspector@icta.org for Sunday....
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 1:19pm PST
11/7Port Workers Solidarity Committee Meeting The Port Workers Solidarity Committee will be meeting on Thursday November 7. It will be discussing the national conference on Dec 7 Against Taft-Hartley & Union Busing....
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 5:09am PST
Reactions on the Street to Election Letdown (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) 4 soundbytes from people on the streets to yesterday's election results - we need a RIOT!!!!! Take back the elections! 5 min...
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 1:35am PST
Freshwater sitter - 11/04/02 & 11/05/02 Wow! Computers in the trees! It took about 15 minutes for the thing to boot up because it had to scan for any errors due to incorrect shut down. It seems to be sucking the life out of my big battery up here. Maybe a third battery would be appropriate…...
Posted: Thu, Nov 7, 2002 1:07am PST
Dia De Los Muertos/Day of the Dead 
Dia de los muertos exhibition in san francisco...
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 11:39pm PST
video: Bechtel action in SF against FTAA (video/quicktime 28.1MB) A 9 minute video of the direct action against Bechtel Corporation Headquarters in San Francisco on 10/28/02. (Downloading to your computer before viewing recommended)...
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 11:29pm PST
26 CA Greens Elected! Camejo sets record! In California, 26 Green Party members were elected to office on November 5, including eleven City Council members. Governor candidate Peter Camejo set a record going back to 1934, and in San Francisco he beat Republican Bill Simon!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 8:19pm PST
Let's call a PG&E ratepayer strike! Since both attempts at public power through elections were stopped by PG&E - the first time by literally throwing votes in the bay - let's shift to direct action: organize a citywide ratepayer strike, together with a reconnection committee to keep the power on....
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 2:21pm PST
Rob Morse Is An Ass I can't believe I paid a quarter to read this drivel....
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 12:44pm PST
San Francisco Swerves To The Right 
In a sign of how far this city has fallen, San Francisco voters voted for N and against O. Public power was defeated and Newsom got almost 80% of the Marina vote. While many on the left keep repeating that it was obvious N would pass and we shouldn't feel too bad, what does this say about San Francisco?...
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 7:51am PST
Rent Control & District Elections Prevail in SF The best news from San Francisco is that the foundation of the entire progressive community of San Francisco, namely rent control, has been successfully defended with the defeat of Prop R, the Rent Control Repeal measure, with 60% voting No. Prop R was by far the most important measure on the San Francisco ballot because if Prop R had passed, the workingclass and its progressive vote would have left San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Nov 6, 2002 7:16am PST
YES ON O! Ethical coffee initiative: Video of Protests at Starbuck's and Peet's,Berkeley (video/x-pn-realvideo 40.7MB) A small but spirited group of demonstrators dressed as coffee farmers and accompanied by two Donkeys carrying large burlap sacks of coffee walked the streets of Berkeley protesting Starbuck's and Peet's large contributions to a dishonest campaign against Measure O, the ethical and responsible coffee initiative in Berkeley on the Monday before election day, November 4, 2002....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 11:48pm PST
Republican Victories,Prop N,No Public Power, and Newsom Getting Ready To Be Mayor... 
Well the results are in...
I guess the year ahead holds more of the same...
The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and everyone gets a thrill by kicking those who are down......
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 11:31pm PST
Prop R Defeated; Prop N Passes San Francisco is often thought of as a progressive city, but the passage of Prop. N, cutting aid to homeless people to $59 with no guarantee of services, should make it clear that San Francisco is still very much a part of the United States....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 11:24pm PST
edutainment (bayarea-style) :: deep dickollective, colored ink, et al. (video/mpeg 2.0MB) Local poets Kaira Espinosa, Deep Dickollective, Shailja Patel, Tyren McElwee, Tia, Jason Bayani, and Colored Ink laid it on last night at The Intersection for the Arts in support of San Francisco Liberation Radio (93.7 FM)....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 9:09pm PST
SF: High Voter Turnout Slows Count A higher than expected voter turnout has slowed the count. Insufficient cards were delivered to some polling places and are being delivered. Those who were in line before 8 p.m. are being allowed to vote. After they vote, San Francisco results will start to change....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 9:00pm PST
High court allows pepper spray trial Anti-logging activists swabbed with pepper spray during a celebrated 1997 protest can move forward with a civil rights lawsuit against Humboldt County law enforcement officials, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 1:09pm PST
PL roars into Freshwater, threatening tree-sits, 2 arrest November 5, 2002 - Humboldt County, California: Supporters are rushing to the scene as Maxxam/Pacific Lumber geared up in Timber Harvest Plan (THP) 01-451 in the Freshwater watershed in Humboldt county, home of several tree-sits, including that of Remedy, who has occupied her tree for over seven months, and Wren, in her sixth month of a sit....
Posted: Tue, Nov 5, 2002 1:03pm PST
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