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Facebook, Israel & Suspension Of Lethbridge Professor Hall & BFT Teacher Yvette Felarca 
WorkWeek radio looks at the firing of Canadian professor Anthony Hall and the role of Facebook, the Israeli government and Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook. Next WorkWeek looks at the suspension of Berkeley Federation of Teacher executive board member Yvette Felarca who was suspended from her teaching position after attending a rally against the nazis in Sacramento....
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2016 1:32pm PDT
Resolution to Support Berkeley Teacher and Civil Rights Activist Yvette Felarca The Oakland Education Association (OEA) Representative Council passed the following resolution in support of Yvette Felarca:...
Posted: Wed, Oct 26, 2016 4:14am PDT
Defend Anti-Fascist Teacher Yvette Felarca at Berkelely School Board 2020 Bonar Street (at University), Berkeley, CA (then march to 1231 Addison Street - around the corner from 2020 Bonar)...
Event Date: Wed, Nov 2, 2016 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 25, 2016 2:40am PDT
Aromas - San Juan School Officials: Remove Shredded Tire Mulch from Playgrounds 
We are a parent-led effort to replace shredded tires from Aromas-San Juan Unified Public Schools with a non-toxic alternative....
Posted: Mon, Oct 24, 2016 12:18pm PDT
Yvette Felarca Defense at Berkeley School Board Yvette Felarca is a member of the Executive Board of the Berkeley Federation of Teachers. It is now 4 weeks since she was suspended. The attack on students by the Berkeley School District is described by Yvette. All immigrant students are being pulled out of class and being questioned about their country of origin in "progressive" Berkeley by the Democrats running the Berkeley School District. THIS IS A RACIAL PROFILING WITCHHUNT OF IMMIGRANTS AND FELARCA....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2016 5:26am PDT
Update on Agricultural Pesticide Use Near Schools and Child Daycare Centers The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) has extended the public comment period for a proposed regulation that would give further protections to children when agricultural pesticides are applied close to schools and child daycare facilities*. The new deadline of December 9, 2016, gives the public more opportunity to weigh in on the issue.
In addition, DPR has added an additional public hearing that will be held in Monterey County. Public hearings have already been scheduled...
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2016 4:07pm PDT
Return Anti-Fascist Teacher Yvette Felarca to Her Classroom! Stop Student Interrogations! Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, 1781 Rose Street, Berkeley, California...
Event Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Oct 15, 2016 5:13am PDT
Nathan Damigo Exposed: Identity Evropa Leader Operating Out Of CSU Stanislaus 
Nathan Damigo, Senior at CSU Stanislaus in Turkock, CA, is the leader of the up and coming Neo-Nazi group, Identity Evropa....
Posted: Sun, Oct 9, 2016 6:07pm PDT
Recent History of Assaults on Universities Regarding Academic Freedom, the Right of Free Speech and Dissent 
October 5, 2016 - CALIFORNIA SCHOLARS FOR ACADEMIC FREEDOM (CS4AF), a group of over 200 scholars at twenty California institutions of higher learning, urge a renewed and strong support by university administrators for academic freedom and the right to free speech and dissent in light of an alarming recent history of assaults on academic freedom....
Posted: Sat, Oct 8, 2016 1:45am PDT
California regulators ignore risks, allow for increased use of Dow’s cancer-causing strawberry pesticide 
Sacramento, CA, October 06, 2016 – Months after unveiling an analysis of the risks associated with the cancer-causing fumigant pesticide 1,3-dichloropropene, banned by the same agency decades prior, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) today announced new rules that would allow even more of the pesticide to be used in strawberry fields, almond orchards, carrot fields, vineyards and other crops across the state. The announcement comes just days after the department issued ne...
Posted: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 6:24pm PDT
Oakland High Schoolers Join Kaepernick in National Anthem Protest 
As dozens of athletes across the country are joining 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick in his national anthem protest, one group of young protestors has grabbed the nation’s attention....
Posted: Wed, Oct 5, 2016 8:55pm PDT
Leveraging Water to Reduce Student Enrollment Just Bad Policy Higher Education Deserves Our Support...
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2016 6:39pm PDT
New rules fall short of protecting schoolchildren from pesticide exposure, Latino kids most at risk 
Part-time no-spray buffer zones inadequate, don’t protect against repeated & ongoing exposure...
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2016 6:41pm PDT
Prostest War Crimes and UC Complicity 
Room 105, Boalt Hall
215 Bancroft Way
UC Berkeley, CA 94720...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 29, 2016 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2016 10:28pm PDT
YES on Prop W kickoff CCSF Civic Center Campus (1170 Market Street - near UN Plaza)...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 6, 2016 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 27, 2016 1:13pm PDT
What was behind the suspension of a UC Berkeley Course on Palestine? 
A look at the AMCHA Initiative....
Posted: Mon, Sep 26, 2016 4:35pm PDT
Health Watchdog Sues Dow for Pesticide Air Pollution Oakland, CA, September 20, 2016 - The national health watchdog Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has filed a lawsuit against Dow Chemical to address cancer risks posed by its fumigant pesticide Telone. Telone (a trade name for the chemical 1,3-Dichloropropene or 1,3-D) is a known carcinogen that pollutes dozens of rural areas throughout California; it is the third most heavily used pesticide in the state, and has been found to linger in the air for days after application....
Posted: Sat, Sep 24, 2016 12:07pm PDT
Not One More Dollar for Privatizer Beller And His Caliber High School Operation In WCCSD 
Peloton Hedge Fund Bankrupt Operator Ron Beller and his wife Jennifer Moses were rejected for taking over the 8 acre Adams Middle School in Richmond for $60,000 for a privately run Caliber charter school. Now he is trying to get the school district to vote to support a Caliber Charter Highschool. This would likely lead to the shutdown of Richmond High and other WCCSD high schools....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2016 7:39pm PDT
Outsourcing & Privatization Of UCB With AFSCME 3299 UCB Gardener Hank Chapot 
UCB AFSCME 3299 gardener Hank Chapot talks about the outsourcing and privatization of the university threatening the health and safety, the students, staff and public...
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2016 5:25pm PDT
UC Berkeley Reinstates Course on Palestine 
September 19, 2016 - University of California Berkeley (Cal) reinstated a student-led course on Palestine this morning following an outcry over its arbitrary suspension last week. The suspension, taken in apparent response to pressure from Israel advocacy groups, was widely condemned -- by students, professors, and observers -- as a violation of academic freedom, shocking, and unjustifiable....
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2016 4:17pm PDT
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