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Green's Congress. Candidate Wins US Supreme Court Review; Possible Change of SF Nov Ballot
U.S. Supreme Court has accepted an 11th hour appeal by Green Party congressional candidate Terry Baum and has ordered San Francisco elections officials to explain why they did not count hundreds of Primary Election write-in votes and place Baum on the November ballot....
Posted: Tue, Oct 5, 2004 8:11pm PDT
10/8 in SF: Election Protection Training
October 8
12-2 p.m. @ Working Assets
101 Market Street
San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Oct 5, 2004 10:56am PDT
California Election Web Forum
The California Election Web Forum is a brand new message board where people can discuss the various propositions....
Posted: Mon, Oct 4, 2004 3:22pm PDT
Activists fight the proposed parking garage in Golden Gate Park music concourse (audio/mpeg 7.7MB)
Activists Steve Willis and Janice Rothstein speak outside of the music concourse on the activist legal campaign to stop the city from building a parking garage, including lack of due process and the influence of wealthy private profiteers such as Warren Hellman. (17 minutes)...
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 11:04pm PDT
Save Roeding Park
A stampede of knee-high, blue-eyed elephants has invaded Fresno. Seemingly on the verge of tears, these heart-tugging little darlin's are, of course, the Yes on "Z" campaign yard signs. They're cute. They're everywhere, but are they also trampling the truth?...
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 12:43pm PDT
10/4/04 Voting Starts in Calfornia
Vote by mail, also known as absentee voting, starts on October 4, 2004 in California. As always, the big issues on the ballot are the propositions and are the reason why every who can should vote in every election. Are you registered? Have you received your 2 voter handbooks? Have you signed up to be a permanent absentee voter so you vote in every election?...
Posted: Sun, Oct 3, 2004 11:53am PDT
CA Green Party Facing Potential Disaster on November 2nd - Urgent Help Needed
Given our limited resources, probably the smartest action we can take to defeat Prop. 62 will be to mount a huge letters-to-the-editor campaign. If we can get four to seven 'No on 62' letters published in most every newspaper in the state, then we just might be able to defeat 62....
Posted: Sat, Oct 2, 2004 6:16pm PDT
Socialist Candidates on National Tour Urge Support for Million Worker March
John Parker for president, Teresa Gutierrez for vp and LeiLani Dowell for Congress in San Francisco: Wed. Oct. 13, 7 p.m., African American Art & Culture Complex. Call (415) 561-9752 for information....
Posted: Thu, Sep 30, 2004 12:11pm PDT
Protesters Counter Sacramento Appearance by Rudy Giuliani, Bill O’Reilly
We had a great protest in Sacramento today on the sidewalk in front of the Sacramento Convention Center (photos will be forthcoming).
Dan...
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 11:25pm PDT
9/25 Socialist Candidates Speak Out
The socialist party on California's ballot, Peace & Freedom Party, will have a candidate forum on September 25, 2004 at 7 p.m. at the Center for Political Education, 522 Valencia, San Francisco (1 block from 16th St BART)....
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 4:51am PDT
Charles Schwab And Other SF Moneyed Interests Whose Donations Will Decide This Election
interesting (red are donations to Republicans and blue are donations to Democrats)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 11:05pm PDT
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Anti-Hate Crime Law
New Law Creates Uniform Definition of Hate Crime and Enhances Protection For Persons Associated With Protected Classes...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 12:19am PDT
Invitation to Health Care NOT Warfare Action Nov 3
Right now, over 45 million Americans lack health insurance!
The last four years of the Bush administration have been characterized by a “war on terrorism” involving rampant militarism abroad and a police state at home. JOIN US IN THE STREETS ON NOVEMBER 3RD. We need to take direct action beyond voting, NO MATTER WHO WINS!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 20, 2004 9:36am PDT
RNC REPORTBACK : David Rovics & Dave Lippman Livee sunday Cellspace 7-10pm
RNC REPORTBACK This Sunday, September 19, 2004 7 - 10 pm CELLspace 2050 Bryant Street
(between Mariposa and 18th St.) San Francisco
Hundreds of people from the Bay Area joined hundreds of thousands in the streets of New York City to confront the Bush Administration! Bay Area folks who were in New York during the Republican National Convention will share, stories, photos, and video.
Activist musicians David Rovics (davidrovics.com)and Dave Lippman will perform! Come see and hear what ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 5:11pm PDT
Our worst fears: Vote Tampering
By entering a 2-digit code in a hidden location, a second set of votes is created in the Diebold central tabulator, a program installed in 1,000 locations, which controls both paper ballots and touch-screens, each system handling up to a million votes at a time. Full story After invoking the 2-digit trigger, this second set of votes can be changed so that it no longer matches the correct set of votes. The voting system will then read the totals from the bogus vote set. It takes only seconds t...
Posted: Thu, Sep 16, 2004 6:45pm PDT
An anti-RNC Report Back from the Bay Area Radical Health Collective
this is the text of an editorial i wrote right after the anti-RNC actions...it reflects my views as a medic in those actions. i belong to the affinity group Bay Area Radical Health collective...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 11:05pm PDT
"Son of Patriot Act" Still on the Books!
The Sacramento City Council refused to rescind the draconian "Son of Patriot Act" parade ordinance last night, in spite of overwhelming opposition to keeping this travesty on the books. It's time to think about running progressive candidates against the current Council members!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 15, 2004 5:25pm PDT
Vigilantes in the Mission: What was Ammiano thinking?
Articles from Frontlines, the newspaper of the Left...
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 10:49pm PDT
Free Fax: Julie Lee Must Go
Go to www.local-impact.org/ today and send a free fax to demand that Julie Lee resign as president of the San Francisco Housing Authority Commission....
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 2:33pm PDT
David Rovics and Dave Lippman at AK Press TONIGHT!
Folk music and radical politics together again! Radical folk legend David Rovics will be performing, celebrating the release of his new CD Songs for Mahmud, along with the world famous, Cultural Director of the Department of Homeland Security - George Shrub, the singing CIA agent (otherwise known as Dave Lippman). Don't miss this stellar lineup!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 14, 2004 1:35pm PDT