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does anyone know if it is all right? 
Coming soon to the Bay Area -- These are some of the messages posted on the Santa Cruz Sentinel message board on November 9 2007, the day after the first night of aerial spraying. The very real fear and anger and confusion is raw in these accounts. They are important to read because it's possible that all state and legal efforts will not be able to stop the spray from happening here, so we must be prepared. People were hospitalized. Some of the effects may be long term or permanent, such ...
Posted: Sun, Apr 6, 2008 2:13pm PDT
Urgent Call to Pow Wow at D. Q. University April 6, 2008, 10 AM Inviting all people to come to celebrate the Season of the Planting of the Corn, TLAKAXIPEUALIZTLI
and to Pow Wow with the community and the students in a Community Meeting to take nominations for the new Board of Trustees, Sunday, April 6, 2008, is the last day to submit names for a seat on the board. We also want to bring to light and inform the community about all the events that have been taking place at D. Q. U., and discuss suggestions and proposals for the best next step forward. We...
Posted: Sun, Apr 6, 2008 12:13am PDT
The Trials Of Jose Morales Jose Morales, a 78 year old disabled Latino, continued his decade long resistance to eviction from his Mission District home of 40 years Friday in a San Francisco Appeals Court....
Posted: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 10:55pm PDT
Arcata Community Forest Encampment faces eviction (day 1-12) 
Summary...
Posted: Sat, Apr 5, 2008 4:13pm PDT
Plan Presented at Second Meeting to Save the Beach Flats Community Garden 
The second public meeting to save the Beach Flats Community Garden took place on April 3rd. At the meeting, the gardeners put forward a plan for the garden to be managed by the gardeners. Reyna Ruiz of the Beach Flats Community Center said that the plan was something that she could work with and present to the Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation as well as the Seaside Company which claims ownership over the land. The gardeners asked Brent, a supportive neighbor of the garden, to accompany Re...
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 8:06pm PDT
Save Rent Control; Join effort to defeat Prop 98 on Saturday Save Rent Control...
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 7:53pm PDT
UCSF, AFSCME action March 3 AFSCME workers rallied in front of the UCSF medical center on March 3rd....
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 1:18pm PDT
Oaxaca Today: paz sin justicia (4/9) 
On Wednesday, April 9th, at the Resource Center for Nonviolence at 7pm, filmmaker Simón Sedillo will lead a bilingual multi-media workshop / presentation that will include scene selections from three films, "El Enemigo Común" (2005), "El Machete" (2007) and "Paz Sin Justicia" (2008), in order to illustrate neoliberal atrocities and community based resistance to them in Oaxaca, Mexico....
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 12:46pm PDT
Aerial Spray Violates 23 Human Rights 
Aerial Spray Program Imposed by CDFA May Violate Human Rights and Incur Liabilities
A detailed outline of 23 international human rights violations...
Posted: Fri, Apr 4, 2008 12:13am PDT
D.Q. Pow Wow and Community Meeting April 6, 2008 10am to 6pm A REMINDER TO PLEASE ATTEND THE COMMUNITY MEETING AND POW WOW AT DQ AND A COPY OF LETTER SENT TO THE NCAI....
Posted: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 10:01pm PDT
The first San Francisco Public Hearing on the LBAM (light brown apple moth) CALL TO ACTION: City Hall Public LBAM Hearing
Date/Time: April 7 at 10 AM
San Francisco City Hall, Second Floor
Direction and parking at SF City Hall can be found here -
http://www.sfgov.org/site/cityhall_index.asp?id=5244
Come to the first San Francisco City Public Hearing on the LBAM (light brown apple moth) and California's eradication plan. This is a meeting of the Board of Supervisor's Government Audit and Oversight Committee, which is considering two resolutions (Mirkarimi ...
Posted: Thu, Apr 3, 2008 2:47pm PDT
Save Rent Control & Tenant Protections Update: Get Involved! Campaign contributions are lagging in the effort to save rent control, tenant protections, and so-called affordable housing! Supporters wanting to save rent control need to get involved now!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 2, 2008 11:54pm PDT
Cleaning, Weeding and Tilling in the Beach Flats 
At the March 27th meeting to discuss the Beach Flats Community Garden, Reyna Ruiz of the Beach Flats Community Center passed out flyers encouraging people to "spend the day outside making the neighborhood beautiful" by participating in a Community Clean-Up (Día De Limpieza en La Comunidad) on March 29th. Some people lent a hand or two by picking up trash throughout the neighborhood and other folks gave their time to beautify the Beach Flats Community Garden. Everything was going really well u...
Posted: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 1:50am PDT
Labor Complaints point to Human Rights Abuses at Lakeside Organics 
Public complaints made against the Watsonville-based Lakeside Organics corporation point to systemic human rights abuses by the Lakeside Organics corporation. These complaints serve as a reminder that organic certification often does always take into consideration abusive labor conditions....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 11:46pm PDT
Local Interest: HUD Secretary Jackson Resigns In Disgrace Berkeley Rent Board Commissioner Believes That HUD Secretary Jackson Is A Traitor To His Race and An Uncle Tom, For Abusing The Poor!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 10:55pm PDT
Encampment w/ in the Arcata Community Forest Faces Eviction(Day6) Statement directly from the 'KIDS IN THE WOODS ENCAMPMENT'
"We shall live as a free people in a community of our own willing to work w/ the community, city, and people to provide a safe place for those who have the need for an alternative working and living situation. We will not be made to move or be herded around. We have worked for months to clean-up, salvage, and recycle what we can. We have offered to work with the park to help maintain and rehabilitate these woods w/ little to no r...
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 4:14pm PDT
BUSTER'S PLACE! -- Part Two (video/quicktime 55.5MB) Today (March 31) at 5pm.
Four-minute QT movie. 56MB....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 1:16pm PDT
Behind the California nurses' strike: putting profits ahead of patient needs Monday, March 31, 2008 :A 10-day strike and lock-out that involves 4,500 nurses in northern California, members of the California Nurses Association (CAN,) which will end on March 31, clearly illustrates the reality of a healthcare system that exists primarily to generate profits at the expense of workers and patients. The strike targeted 8 out of the 28 hospitals affiliated with the Sutter Medical Foundation, a company that is based in Sacramento, California....
Posted: Mon, Mar 31, 2008 7:33am PDT
SF MAYOR GAVIN NEWSOM IS LOCKING THE DOOR TO BUSTER'S PLACE! (video/quicktime 59.5MB) Monday (March 31) at 5pm.
Four-minute QT movie. 60MB....
Posted: Sun, Mar 30, 2008 10:35pm PDT
Initial Meeting to Save the Beach Flats Community Garden / Primer Reunion Para Salvar El Jardín Comunitario de la Playa 
On March 27th, a meeting was convened at the Beach Flats Community Garden to preserve the special community space and support it's gardeners. The well-attended meeting was a discussion between various concerned parties, including Santa Cruz City Parks and Recreation Superintendent Carol Scurich, Reyna Ruiz from the Beach Flats Community Center, about a dozen community gardeners, neighbors and other local supporters. Translation between English and Spanish was important, though there were time...
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2008 10:09pm PDT
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