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More than 400 West End Alameda Residents Face Eviction - Update 8/02
Update and News on the Harbor Island Apartments Evictions in Alameda....
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2004 6:29pm PDT
South Berkeley Community Garden For Sale
A little more than a week ago I sent out an appeal for the South
Berkeley Community Garden which has been put up for sale (http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/07/1689311.php) . We are still
working hard to save it...
Posted: Sat, Jul 31, 2004 5:47pm PDT
Jul 31 Housing News- Fed's Raid Section 8 Complex
Some Of The Latest In Tenant/Housing News From Around The Nation...The Fed's Are Turning The Screws On Section 8 Tenants Since They Recently Organized To Fight Against The Funding Shortfalls That Occured After April 22, 2004!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 31, 2004 1:27am PDT
RELEASE: Former Prisoners/ Community Demand Rights
Peace & Justice Community Summit: Saturday, July 31,
2004, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the First Unitarian
Church, 685 14th Street in Oakland, (near 12th Street
BART)...
Posted: Fri, Jul 30, 2004 12:37pm PDT
BOOKS NOT BOMBS: Rally and March to the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab!
Please join us for a Rally and March to the Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab!...
Posted: Fri, Jul 30, 2004 12:26pm PDT
A YEAR OF REMEMBRANCE AND ACTION FOR A NUCLEAR FREE WORLD
Western States Legal Foundation
Invites You To Our Campaign Launch:
Friday, August 6, 2004, 6-9 pm...
Posted: Fri, Jul 30, 2004 12:21pm PDT
Rabbit Rescue Group Seeking Prosecution of Cruelty Case
ouse Rabbit Society (HRS), a
national nonprofit organization headquartered in Richmond, CA, rescued a
rabbit this weekend who had been duct-taped to explosives and thrown in
an East Bay lake....
Posted: Thu, Jul 29, 2004 4:38pm PDT
7/31 at 12:30pm in Oakland - Say No To Corporate Welfare, Yes To Community Benefits!!
Saturday, July 31 2004 12:30pm
Intersection of I-880 & Hegenberger Road...
Posted: Thu, Jul 29, 2004 8:30am PDT
StoneMountain & Daughter Fabric Store Workers Join IWW
StoneMountain & Daughter fabric store workers join Industrial Workers of the World. Negotiate two year labor agreement....
Posted: Wed, Jul 28, 2004 2:41pm PDT
Want to Bicycle to Livermore Lab Protest?
Its time again to think about the annual ride from Oakland/Berkeley to Livermore for Hiroshima
Day....
Posted: Wed, Jul 28, 2004 12:44am PDT
Peace and Justice Community Summit Saturday
Peace & Justice Community Summit: Saturday, July 31,
2004, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the First Unitarian
Church, 685 14th Street in Oakland, (near 12th Street BART)...
Posted: Tue, Jul 27, 2004 11:19am PDT
Former Prisoners Organize to Fight Discrimination
New Civil Rights Movement Born in Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Jul 27, 2004 9:53am PDT
7/24: Potluck+Presentation on Progressive Residential Cmties
Many of our members have expressed interest in forming
progressive residential communities, ranging from communes
to condos, from group houses to co-housing to co-op apartment
buildings. Such intentional communities have traditionally been
centers for activism, community-building, and personal support.
Attorney Jesse Palmer will make a presentation on legal and
financial aspects of making these dreams a reality...
Posted: Fri, Jul 23, 2004 11:49pm PDT
Sat. 7/24 & 7/31: Oakland Rallies Against Gentrification & Wal-Mart, for Housing and Jobs
Updates from Just Cause Oakland...
Posted: Thu, Jul 22, 2004 7:33pm PDT
The editors of CounterPunch on their new book Serpents in the Garden
The editors of CounterPunch speak on their new book:
Serpents in the Garden: Liaisons with Culture and Sex
Thursday, July 22 – City Lights Bookstore SF
Friday, July 23rd – AK Press Oakland
Sunday, July 25th – Diesel Books Oakland...
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 9:49am PDT
Alameda Cty Board of Supes Doesn't Follow Laws About Medical Center
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors are either unwilling or unable to ensure the
competent administration of Measure "A" funds. In fact the Board of Supervisors are
almost entirely occupied thinking up new ways to take funds away from the Medical
Center and put them back in the county's pocket (a 1.7 million dollar rent increase
being the most recent example)....
Posted: Wed, Jul 21, 2004 12:34am PDT
7/21, 7pm, meeting at Gill Tract
Since 1945, various UC Berkeley faculty members have used this land as a site for research in biological control, the practice of controlling pest populations by creating a system with stable populations of natural enemies. In the past ten years the Gill Tract has, at times, been utilized as an urban farm, employing at-risk youth and providing food for local non-profits and community members. Currently, UCB faculty members use the Gill Tract for agricultural-related research....
Posted: Tue, Jul 20, 2004 11:21pm PDT
Weds 7/21: Cheap Fahr. 911 Screening for Youth!
We wanted to let you know about a special youth
screening
of Fahrenheit 9/11 at the Grand Lake Theater in
Oakland on
Wednesday, July 21. Details are below. Please spread
the
word....
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 5:35pm PDT
Help needed: South Berkeley Community Garden is for Sale
After 17 years as a community asset, the South Berkeley Community Garden
is for sale at the market value of $445,000. The garden is being
liquidated as part of a large estate of a deceased Berkeley man....
Posted: Mon, Jul 19, 2004 12:10pm PDT
Rally to Stop the Violence: Money for Prevention not Police
Education not Incarceration (www.ednotinc.org) Rally
to Stop the Violence- Money for Prevention, not
Police
Tuesday, July 20th
5PM Oakland City Hall (14th and Broadway)...
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 12:08pm PDT