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LGBT caravan to Napa
On Saturday, February 5th, at 9:30am, car loads of LGBT activists
from San Jose, San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Cruz and Reno will
roll into Napa for a fun-filled day of precinct-walking and phone
banking on behalf of Chris Edwards. Chris is a local business owner,
a longtime Democratic activist and civic leader, the co-chairperson
of the Napa Valley Gay Lesbian Political Caucus...
Posted: Sat, Jan 15, 2005 12:24pm PST
An Open Letter to Men committed to Social Justice in the Bay Area
Calling on Men in the Bay Area to Stand Up for Reproductive Justice....
Posted: Fri, Jan 14, 2005 4:48pm PST
Pending Actions & 9th Circuit Page on Beardslee Possible Execution 1/19
On Jan 19, 2005 at 12:01 a.m., the State of California will murder a human being, Donald Beardslee, with our tax dollars, unless we do everything we can to stop this barbarism, the death penalty, which has been abolished in Europe, and is rarely used except in the most backward countries, like the USA....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 9:26pm PST
Kentucky Fried Cruelty
Santa Cruz protests attract support from compassionate folks of all ages....
Posted: Mon, Jan 10, 2005 8:37pm PST
Keep Space For Peace: Protest at Vandenberg AFB 9/25/04 (video/quicktime 44.5MB)
On Saturday, September 25, 2004, there was a protest at Vandenberg Air Force Base in northern Santa Barbara County as part of the International Week of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space.
(higher-resolution Time: 6:21 Size: 44.4 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 6, 2005 5:47am PST
E-mail addresses for Letters to the Editor
Below are Letters to the Editor email addresses for daily newspapers in California. Note that newspapers will not print your letter if they know you are sending it to everyone. Thanks for speaking for the voiceless! :)...
Posted: Mon, Jan 3, 2005 10:20am PST
Indynewswire Reflection on Reclaim The Commons
From June 6 - 9, the BIO 2004 Annual Convention took place in San Francisco. Billed as “the largest gathering of biotechnology leaders in the world,” BIO 2004 invited industry insiders to San Francisco to “shape the future of biotechnology.”
Early on in 2004, the Green Bloc of Sonoma County, California called for a large grassroots mobilization to disrupt the Biotechnology Industry Organization's Annual Convention. The mobilization that emerged became known as Reclaim The Commons.
This ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 30, 2004 3:02am PST
AUDIO: Molotov Mouths at Practical Activism 2004
On October 30, 2004, the 2nd annual Practical Activism conference was held at UC Santa Cruz. The day featured interactive workshops and presentations that provided students and activists from both the Monterey and San Francisco Bay with tools for local and global change.
The closing performance was by Leroy Moore and James Tracy, two members of The Molotov Mouths Outspoken Word Troupe, a collective of Bay Area politically-direct poets. Gentrification, poverty, race, disability, and discrim...
Posted: Sat, Dec 25, 2004 1:52am PST
A Taste of Things to Come at Veg Community Events
This is a compilation of recent list emails to give you a flavor of just some of what's going on often under the radar in the vegetarian community. After the reportback on the event pictured below, read on for upcoming veg events and more......
Posted: Fri, Dec 24, 2004 6:44pm PST
Volunteers needed to air VegVideo on local TV
Public access television is a great resource where residents can submit television shows of any issues that are of concern to them. It is a great place to air messages that do not get appropriate attention in traditional media and therefore a great place to air the vegetarian message....
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 3:29pm PST
Of Profit and Hysteria: Copyright Chemicals for Fresno
A look at recent developments influencing medicine and food in Fresno county which will be appearing in Fresno's Community Alliance, Jan 2005....
Posted: Thu, Dec 23, 2004 1:16pm PST
Lee Kaplan, Dafka Exposed
Santa Cruz Community Television is offering up more than the usual community dish. Recently, Club Cruz, a locally produced television show, has been used as a platform for virtual infomercials for an extremist group with a record of harassing peace advocates.
The show, produced by Santa Cruz resident Becky Johnson, has featured on several occasions a man named Lee Kaplan, self-proclaimed founder and director of the extreme Zionist group, Dafka....
Posted: Sun, Dec 19, 2004 12:33pm PST
A Night at the Rio with FRSC and Friends
In response to the FCC raiding Free Radio Santa Cruz on 9/29/04, Utah Phillips called up FRSC with the idea of a benefit concert to help get our pirate station sailing the airwaves again. Many people throughout the Santa Cruz area donated their time and resources to organize a fantastic musical benefit on December 10, 2004....
Posted: Tue, Dec 14, 2004 9:42pm PST
SF events 12.14
Assassination of US Investigative Journalist Gary Webb?
http://globalresearch.ca/articles/XYM412A.html...
Posted: Mon, Dec 13, 2004 7:09pm PST
Ready for Cal's new "Briggs War Two" ?
Anyway, here are things to do.......
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 2:08pm PST
Upcoming Education Events in the Bay Area
1. School Board Meeting on Closures: Dec 15th
2. Regional Meeting on Education: Dec 12
3. Forums on No Child Left Behind, Tuesday
4. Californians for Justice Holiday Party, Wednesday...
Posted: Mon, Dec 6, 2004 1:44pm PST