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PUEBLO Update!
Update on the ongoing struggle at People United for a Better Oakland....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 1:18pm PST
Bogus charges dropped against one of the Oakland 25
A legal observer who was arrested at the Port Protest of April 7, 2003 has been cleared of bogus charges. She was one of the “Oakland 25”...
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 10:37am PST
Reminder: Anarchy Dance Party tonight
Join the newly formed Bay Area collective of Anarchy magazine for a benefit and Eighties Dance Party to celebrate the start of Anarchy weekend in the Bay Area. We will meet at the Long Haul at 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley Ca. on Thursday 03/11 and dance from 9 pm until the wee hours....
Posted: Thu, Mar 11, 2004 5:47am PST
3/13 Women's Day Event
The Bay Area Socialist Party Local and the California Peace and Freedom Party invite
you to a celebration of International Women's Day this Saturday March 13 from 7-9pm...
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 11:38pm PST
Thursday: Agriculture Under Occupation: Farming in the West Bank
Agriculture Under Occupation: Farming in the West Bank...
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 12:38pm PST
Barbara Lee Proposes Commission on Haiti
Good luck getting anything done in the fake congress . . . but it's nice to know she's doing what she can....
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 11:43am PST
SAVE OAKLAND'S SCHOOLS: Rally and Hearing March 16
On March 16, Oakland must tell our elected leaders:
The State Will Not Close Our Schools!
City Council Hearing on School Closures
Tuesday, March 16, Rally at 5PM, Hearing begins at 6:00 p.m., Oakland City Hall, 14th and Broadway (at the 12th Street BART Station)...
Posted: Wed, Mar 10, 2004 5:41am PST
Students Walk Out Against Budget Cuts in Contra Costa
Drastic cuts, including the closure of school libraries and the elimination of athletic programs, were approved by the school board at a meeting Monday night....
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 1:58pm PST
3/19 event: Wedding Singer Blues
Marriage is For Everyone Wedding Reception and "Wedding SInger Blues" March 19th at 8 PM...
Posted: Tue, Mar 9, 2004 12:20am PST
Oakland Renters Urgent Action March 16 Against The NEO
Urgent Action To Keep Oakland Renters Safe From The Unfair Proposed Nuisance Eviction Ordinance!
March 16/6pm Oakland City Council Meeting!
No To Agenda Items, 16 through 16.3
Be There By 5:45 To Sign Up As A Speaker!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 10:54pm PST
Strike Averted at Oakland Port
SEIU LOCAL 790 REACHES TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH THE PORT OF OAKLAND...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 6:48pm PST
Wendy Campbell presents her new documentary: "Neturei Karta: Jews Against Zionism"
As in the words of Rabbi Weiss, the Zionist-dominated mainstream media blacks out any news about anti-Zionist Jews. This documentary seeks to remedy that injustice which in turn covers up from view Zionist Israel's atrocities and injustices committed against the Palestinian people, with the help of U.S. tax dollars and politcal power....
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 3:14pm PST
Last Words On Daniel Pipes Lecture Controversy – by Joseph Anderson
The Daniel Pipes invitation by Hillel to UC Berkeley prompted a Feb.10th formal letter to the Daily Californian, signed by many Jews and others, objecting to Pipes in the strongest possible terms. The letter described Pipes as “vilely xenophobic” and “echo[ing] messages directed against Jews in the past.” Signatories to the letter included Professor Emerita Bluma Goldstein, who lost over 30 members of her family in the Holocaust, but who nonetheless morally rejects nat...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 1:40pm PST
What is going on at PUEBLO?
A cry for help for help appeared on a website. The progressive community was being asked to take sides in an internal dispute, but the strange message seemed to conceal more than it told. What was it all about and was it even legitimate?...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 12:34pm PST
March 16, 1,000 to Rally to Save Oakland Schools
On March 16, Oakland must tell our elected leaders:
The State Will Not Close Our Schools!
City Council Hearing on School Closures
Tuesday, March 16 at Rally at 5PM, Hearing begins at 6:00 p.m., Oakland City Hall...
Posted: Mon, Mar 8, 2004 12:20pm PST
3/18 Protest Jerry Brown re: PUEBLO
LET'S FILL UP THE ROOM AND SPREAD THE WORD -----
WE ARE HOLDING JERRY BROWN ACCOUNTABLE FOR HIS BEHAVIOR.
On Thursday, March 18th at 6:30 PM, the Ethics Commission will hear the complaint
filed against Mayor Jerry Brown and Council Member Danny Wan by Rashidah Grinage,
obo PUEBLO. We are exceedingly fortunate to represented at the hearing by Bob Bloom,
one of the award-winning team of attorneys in the Judy Bari law suit .
The allegations are that Mayor Brown viol...
Posted: Sun, Mar 7, 2004 10:01am PST
Workshops finalized for this year's BASTARD conference
This year's BASTARD (Berkeley Anarchist Students of Theory And Research and Development) conference has finalized its schedule of workshops.
The theme for this conference is Organization: Beyond False Dichotomies. The anarchist community has a long tradition of organizing according to both anarchist and non-anarchist principles. We are interested in exploring the many forms of organization that anarchists have created and taken part in over the years. Through theoretical overviews of vario...
Posted: Sat, Mar 6, 2004 9:37am PST
Marriage Equality California Calendar, 3/6-14
Events in California for the next 2 weeks...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 5:08pm PST
A Night of Inspiration
On Feb 20, a benefit took place to help raise money for the economic hardship the Grocery workers were subjected to from the strike in Southern California....
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 3:59pm PST
Lizz Brown In Oakland!
What: Lizz Brown, St. Louis Radio Host to Be Featured at “Taking Back Our Community’s Future: Going From Miseducation to Community Control of Education!” Conference
When: Saturday, March 13th, noon to 6pm
Where: Uhuru House, 7911 Mac Arthur Blvd, Oakland, California
Media Contact: Wendy Snyder, 510-295-7834...
Posted: Fri, Mar 5, 2004 10:50am PST