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American Apathy Tour 2002 After witnessing the divide between the rich and the poor grow ever larger, a group of high school students decided to produce a play to give a voice to "America's non-rich."...
Posted: Wed, Jun 26, 2002 9:03pm PDT
Tell BART: Don't Balance Your Budget on the Backs of BART Workers and the Working Class! Attend the BART hearing THURSDAY:
Parking, fare increases
Who: BART Board of Directors
What: Public hearing on fare increases and parking fees
Time: 9 a.m., June 27
Place: BART Board Room, First Floor, 800 Madison St., Oakland...
Posted: Wed, Jun 26, 2002 11:49am PDT
LEFT PARTY LAUNCHED Left Party launches organization and web page, publishes Frontlines and Oposicion Socialista newspapers...
Posted: Wed, Jun 26, 2002 3:34am PDT
Unemployment Reform and Immigrant Reform Protested in Seville this is an article concerning the recent EU Summit meetings in Seville Spain, what they were about and what they did. It also gives a description of some of the counter-summit activites as well as some of the protests there....
Posted: Tue, Jun 25, 2002 9:24am PDT
6/30: SF Gay Day: Labor Contingent Welcomes All San Francisco is all dressed up in its rainbow best, ready for its 1 million strong 32nd Annual Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual Pride Parade which commences on Sunday, June 30, 2002 at 10:30 a.m. from Beale and Market and goes to 8th and Market, where there will be a huge celebration at the Civic Center. The Labor Contingent welcomes everyone, including straight people, who support labor and gay rights to join us....
Posted: Mon, Jun 24, 2002 8:32pm PDT
General Strike in Spain (from Madrid Indymedia) This is a report of the general strike in Spain by Alan Woods, editor of In Defence of Marxism (http://www.marxist.com) from Malaga....
Posted: Fri, Jun 21, 2002 1:41pm PDT
Major Portworkers Rally at Final Hours of Contracts As contract negotiations reach their final hours, and the possibility of a shutdown of ports along the entire West Coast looms, portworkers will hold a major rally at Port View Park (end of 7th Street), Port of Oakland at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, June 27, 2002. On June 30, contracts with the Pacific Maritime Association expire for nearly all West Coast maritime workers’ unions....
Posted: Thu, Jun 20, 2002 3:42pm PDT
Anti-labor Willie Brown Anti-labor Willie Brown threatened the jobs of workers to get them to acquiesce to his viciously anti-labor proposal to balance the San Francisco city budget on the backs of the workingclass, instead of taxing the profits of the large corporations which could easily be done and is being proposed as a ballot measure. This good Democrat has built his viciously anti-workingclass, anti-tenant career in which he became a millionaire real estate attorney on the lie that he cares about labor....
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2002 7:59am PDT
6/30 SF Gay Day: Stop Fascism; Join the Parade As most people know, June 30, 2002 is Gay Pride Day in San Francisco. This year, it is urgent that everyone, gay, straight, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, bisexual and any other sexual orientation, participate in the parade to demonstrate to the current fascist president, George War Bush, that the gay liberation movement is here to stay and grow, and that we will not tolerate a fascist dictatorship....
Posted: Sun, Jun 16, 2002 3:11pm PDT
LaborFest2002 Calendar Of Events The ninth annual LaborFest 2002 will begin it's celebration on July 5, 2002 with films from the US and Turkey as well as photographs of Joe Blum and paintings by Mike Conner...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2002 9:11pm PDT
6/27BA Rally For Maritime/Transport Workers N. Cal Maritime&Transport Workers will rally on June 27 in preparation for a possible W.Coast ILWU strike or lockout. Also a support meeting will be held on June 18 7:00 PM at 400 N. Point St. SF...
Posted: Sat, Jun 15, 2002 7:38pm PDT
6/14 Father's Day Action By Day Laborers No Father’s Day for Men on Cesar Chavez Street. Parents beg mayor, police to end the ticketing and move-alongs....
Posted: Thu, Jun 13, 2002 3:13pm PDT
SAN FRANCISCO! INTERNATIONAL CALL FOR PROTESTS AT FOOTLOCKER JUNE 13 San Francisco has 4 Footlockers. The Campaign for Labor Rights is coordinating actions in 20+ cities to protest Footlocker. 2) Contact Campaign for Labor Rights, CLR@afgj.org, 202-544-9355, or go to
the US/LEAP website to get an action packet (available
Monday, June 10th) that includes:
~ Leaflet samples to download and use
~ Talking points for store managers
~ Up-to-date reports of the STIT fight in El Salvador and the international
campaign...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 8:16pm PDT
NATIONAL CALL FOR PROTESTS AT FOOTLOCKER JUNE 13 San Francisco has 4 Footlockers. The Campaign for Labor Rights is coordinating actions in 20+ cities to protest Footlocker. 2) Contact Campaign for Labor Rights, CLR@afgj.org, 202-544-9355, or go to
the US/LEAP website to get an action packet (available
Monday, June 10th) that includes:
~ Leaflet samples to download and use
~ Talking points for store managers
~ Up-to-date reports of the STIT fight in El Salvador and the international
campaign...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 8:14pm PDT
Labor Protest in SF Draws 800 to City Hall LABOR PROTEST DRAWS 800 TO CITY HALL
Activists want more action; Labor leaders and "Progressive" Democrats
have no answers
By Gina Alvarez...
Posted: Tue, Jun 11, 2002 3:35pm PDT
The long fight of women Many fights, many years and some good results. But it hasn't been easy....
Posted: Sat, Jun 8, 2002 3:39am PDT
Maverick Scientist Banned From U.C. Berkeley The Regents of the University of California obtain Temporary Restraining Order against Maverick Scientist Dr. Richard S. Wallace. Wallace accused of making threats, being unstable....
Posted: Thu, Jun 6, 2002 10:56pm PDT
Rebuild The Workers Party! “There is being created a growing revolutionary force in American life. The capitalists hold in their hands a mighty power. But within the capitalist order there are generated those forces which weaken and disintegrate that power in the form of the continuous class conflict which capitalism engenders. What is needed is the organization which can combine for the struggle against the capitalists all the forces of opposition which it creates. That organization is here -- a Communist party, the W...
Posted: Sat, May 25, 2002 4:15pm PDT
Rally Today to Support Presidio Workers There are two rallies in the Presidio today, Take It To The Bridge to Stop the War on Crissy Field, and a rally in support of workers and against privatization at Lombard Gate. From a press release on the OWC wire (Open World Conference in Defense of Trade Union Independence & Democratic Rights, SF Labor Council):...
Posted: Sat, May 25, 2002 7:54am PDT
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