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Maxxam/PL entire operations shut down temporarily!!!
The Friday following Gypsy's murder in Sep. 1998, John Campbell can be seen signing the "Headwaters Deal" in Sacramento. In a 14 page decision on August 29th, 2002, Judge John Golden has issued a temporary restraining order on all operations from the "Headwaters deal" on PL's 211,000 acres until a lawsuit filed by EPIC and the Sierra Club can be fully heard in mid September 2002. Ironically, it's almost four years later....
Posted: Fri, Aug 30, 2002 11:09am PDT
THE POLITICS OF POVERTY = THE POVERTY OF POLITICS
Proposition N is Willie Brown’s shelter redesign proposal — with a lot less detail in it and a lot more bells and whistles on top....
Posted: Fri, Aug 30, 2002 9:58am PDT
Gavin Newsom = Downtown's Mouthpiece
collage by chance martin
concept stolen from AdBusters...
Posted: Fri, Aug 30, 2002 9:47am PDT
The 13 Biggest Lies Prop. N Backers Are Telling San Francisco Voters
Powerful interests are casting the next Mayor's race from the backs of homeless people and, if successful, hoping they can ride this hate campaign into office....
Posted: Fri, Aug 30, 2002 9:39am PDT
Berkeley Rally
The Coalition of University Employees rallied in Berkeley on Wednesday....
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2002 10:23pm PDT
9/4SF Portworkers Solidarity Committee Meeting
The Port Workers Solidarity Committee will be meeting on Wed Sep 4 at 7:00 PM At ILWU Local 10 Henry Schmidt Room 400 N. Point/Mason St. SF...
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2002 8:57pm PDT
Headwaters draft plan comments due Sep. 6, 02'
The deadline for comments on the Draft Management Plan for the Headwaters Preserve is upon us!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2002 5:06pm PDT
Judge Enters Verdict in Bari v. FBI
Judge Enters Partial Verdict in Earth First! Lawsuit Victory over FBI and Oakland PD in Car Bomb Case...
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2002 4:48pm PDT
Anti-Corrupt Courts
Candlelight vigil to mourn the loss of life and liberty on 911, Solano County Hall of Justice, Fairfield, CA, 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m....
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2002 1:27pm PDT
Santa Cruz Earth First Ramsey2 Tree Sit; First Daylight Photos!
First daylight photos of the Ramsey 2 tree sits "Critter" and "Free" on the ridge, and the new creekside sit "Fresco"....
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2002 2:02am PDT
Employee Strike at UC Berkeley
Clerical employees at UC Berkeley and at the UC Office of the President to went on strike from August 26th through August 28th, 2002, in order to protest the University's Unfair Labor Practices....
Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2002 4:32pm PDT
MASS RALLY to SAVE THE MATTOLE FOREST - Sept 15th
On September 15th, hundreds of local residents, forest activists, students and environmentalists from throughout the region will hold a mass rally and legal demonstration to show community support for a halt to logging in the Mattole. Please join us for this urgent protest!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2002 11:34am PDT
SUSTAIN targets the Caterpillar Corp. (video/quicktime 6.3MB)
Caterpillar's bulldozer sales to Israel used to demolish Palestinian civilian homes were protested in San Francisco on Aug. 7th. 2 min. QT movie. 6MB...
Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2002 10:13am PDT
PBNBerkeley NOTICE - 8/28/02
Publishing, re-publishing and compiling political/community news and events promoting peace....
Posted: Wed, Aug 28, 2002 1:12am PDT
Free video workshop Thurs 8/29 in SF
3pm - 6pm at Youth Outlook, 275 9th St (between Folsom & Howard) on the top floor....
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2002 10:44pm PDT
Moveon.org Iraq Action at Boxer's Office - Wednesday noon, hundreds expected
Lots of middle class dems against war in Iraq will converge at and outside Boxer's office Wednesday at noon. Looks like it might be between 200 - 400 people. Might be a good opportunity for outreach and networking, since they don't ask for it to be a 'protest,' just a show of numbers and anti-war support. Apparently there'll be a mic though . . ....
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2002 5:01pm PDT
Life on Dubya's Animal Farm
The parallels between 2002 and 1984 are obvious. However, as I listened to news reports of the anti-Bush protest in Stockton, California on Friday, the book that came to mind was Orwell’s other classic, Animal Farm....
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2002 10:50am PDT
We Don't Need 100 More "Oakland Riders"!
Demonstration on Wednesday, August 28th, 12 noon, Frank Ogawa Plaza, Oakland
We Don't Need 100 More "Oakland Riders"! Rights Organizations Blame Murder Rate on Police Containment, Poverty, and Conditions in the Communities of East and West Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2002 10:39am PDT