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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
3/6 Soccer Film Series: "Bend It Like Beckham"
Saturday, March 6: (8 PM) - FREE SCREENING
"Bend It Like Beckham" will screen at the Long Haul in preparation for the Anarchist Soccer Tournament during the weekend of the Anarchist Book Fair.
The Long Haul is a not-for-profit radical community space at 3124 Shattuck, two blocks east of the Ashby BART....
Posted: Thu, Mar 4, 2004 6:31pm PST
Berkeley Copwatch: In Song and Struggle
COPWATCH is having an event to celebrate women and the political struggle women continue to fight against....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 6:25pm PST
Mobilize for March 16! No to School Closures in Oakland
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 5p.m,
Hearing at 6:00 p.m., Oakland City Hall...
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 2:38pm PST
3/7 Planning Meeting for 100 Mile March to Sacto
On this 50th year anniversary of Brown vs the Board of Education our schools are still separate and unequal.
We are planning a 100 mile march from Downer Elementary to Sacramento....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 1:54pm PST
Wed March 10th: Haiti Action Committee Event In Oakland
On Tuesday, March 10, at 7:00 pm, Pierre Labossiere, Voleine Amilcar and Tim Suttle will give first hand accounts and analysis of their recent visit to Haiti as delegates who participated in Haitiís Bicentennial celebration. Keynote speaker Pierre Labossiere will discuss the roots of the growing crisis, the connections between the "Rebels", Haitian opposition leaders, and how the U.S. failed in supporting democracy in Haiti....
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:28am PST
Today! - Discussion of Media Disinfo and Literacy for High School Students
just got this in an email...
Posted: Wed, Mar 3, 2004 10:24am PST
Documentary At UCB Wednesday: "Iran: A Revolution Betrayed"
As part of the first annual Iranian Awareness Week at UC Berkeley, the Iranian Student Alliance will screen "Iran: A Revolution Betrayed," a 60-minute BBC documentary on the Iranian Revolution, followed by a discussion of the filmand its subject....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:52pm PST
UC Berkeley Wednesday: Panel Discussion on Opposing the US Empire
Palestine and Iraq:
A Panel Discussion on Opposing the US Empire
at the University of California, Berkeley...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:35pm PST
El Salvador/CISPES Benefit Concert Thursday!
Local Ska legends: The UPTONES
"Skankin the Bay since 1982" AND
LA PLEBE "San Francisco’s very own Latin Ska Punk Powerhouse" play a benefit concert for El Salvador/CISPES this Thursday at La Pena, Berkeley...
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 1:43pm PST
New Documentary:"Neturei Karta: Jews Against Zionism"
"Zionist is blatant racism", asserts Rabbi Weiss of the Neturei Karta....
Posted: Tue, Mar 2, 2004 8:56am PST
Berkeley Teens Sit-In, Protest to Lower Voting Age
Berkeley, Calif., March 1, 2004: Dozens of teens will protest the voting age during California's primary election Tuesday, in the largest demonstration of its kind since 1971....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 2:21pm PST
PUEBLO in Crisis! Executive Director Locked Out
Two PUEBLO board members take unilateral action to put the E.D. on leave and lock out staff....
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 12:03pm PST
Education not Incarceration Youth Council Wednesday
An invitation to join the
Education Not Incarceration YOUTH COUNCIL
Next Meeting
Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2004
Time: 5pm – 7pm
Location: Office of Justice Now
1322 Webster Street, Suite 210
Oakland, CA...
Posted: Mon, Mar 1, 2004 8:58am PST