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Dolores Huerta Addresses Young People in Oakland
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Legendary labor activist Dolores Huerta stressed voting and non-violence to 200 students at Fremont Federation of High Schools Wednesday in a campus assembly designed to address Oakland’s mushrooming murder rate and to promote ethnic unity....
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 9:56pm PDT
Teachers of Oaxaca March to Mexico City
Over 8,000 teachers left the zocalo at the heart of Oaxaca city today in a march to Mexico City to draw attention to their cause. The teachers and other community organizations have occupied the center of Oaxaca city for 122 days calling for the resignation of the governer Ulises Ruiz....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 6:10pm PDT
FILM: THE WORLD ACCORDING TO SESAME STREET
Oakland Museum of California
10th and Oak Streets / next to Lake Merrit Bart Station
Oakland, California 94607
Free parking in museum garage enter on Oak Street at 11th Street...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 11:54am PDT
Take Action: Tell Congress To Oppose Unreasonable School Searches
he bad news is that the new broadly worded bill would still
allow school officials to search dozens or even hundreds of students
based on the mere suspicion that one student brought drugs to school....
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2006 1:25pm PDT
Foundation of Sustainable Living general meeting
Live Oak Green Grange, 1900 17th Avenue, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 19, 2006 4:07am PDT
Digital Filmmaking Workshop: Documentary
San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
2331 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107...
Event Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 3:20pm PDT
UC Berkeley custodians protest sub-poverty wages and workload doubling
On Thursday, September 14, 2006, around 3:30 pm, about 100 UC Berkeley custodians and their supporters protested on campus in order to demand living wages and to end worload doubling. Demonstrators marched from Lower Sprould Hall to California Hall to voice their frustration....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:15pm PDT
School Beat: Drumming Up Dollars
The school year is new but some of the challenges are familiar, especially the need for more dollars at our schools and in our classrooms. While there has been an increase in state funding for targeted programs (such as playground equipment and tutoring to help kids pass the California High School Exit Exam), discretionary dollars are still hard to come by. This type of money is what can really make a difference for students. When their teachers and principals are given sufficient resources t...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:45am PDT
Detroit teachers vote narrowly to end strike
In a close vote, Detroit teachers on Wednesday voted to end their 16-day strike and return to work on the basis of their previous contract, pending a mail ballot on a tentative contract approved by the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) the day before. The new contract includes an estimated $60 million in concessions....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:35am PDT
Scholars discuss recent Israeli-Lebanon conflict to packed house at UC Berkeley
More than 300 attendants packed UC Berkeley’s Dwinelle Hall Thursday to hear a panel discussion on the history and context of the recent military conflict in Israel and Lebanon....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 5:30pm PDT
Defend the teachers! Mobilize Detroit workers against strike-breaking!
As the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for US Congress in the 12th Congressional District, I fully support the stand taken by the Detroit teachers and call on all working people to defend them against the strike-breaking injunction issued by Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Susan Borman....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 8:25am PDT
Detroit teachers defy injunction, but Democrats prepare new trap for strike
At a mass meeting held Sunday afternoon in Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, striking teachers indicated their determination to defy a strikebreaking injunction handed down Friday by Wayne County Circuit Judge Susan Borman....
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 6:21am PDT
Detrot Teachers Strike STILL ON Despite the Union Leadership
Detroit Teachers enter their third week of a strike against demands for massive concessions, and for their historic slogan from their 1999 wildcat strike, "Books! Supplies! Lower Class Size!' But the strike is being sabotaged by the corrupt leadership of the Detroit Federation of Teachers....
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 1:36am PDT
Detroit teachers hold strike rally
Thousands of teachers rallied on Friday at Fisher Auditorium in downtown Detroit, voicing their anger over demands from school administrators that they accept pay and benefit cuts....
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 8:22am PDT
DroppingKnowledge.org : Table of "Free" Voices
Dropping Knowledge, (dk) an international non-profit organization based primarily in Germany ( In the U.S., dk is a project of the Tides Center ) gathers 112 thinkers, artists, writers, scientists, social entrepreneurs, philosophers and humanitarians from around the world on September 9th, 2006 in Berlin to answer 100 questions in an experimental forum....
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 6:09am PDT
Activism & Social Change BA and MA Information Sessions
766 Valencia, Rm 24...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 6, 2006 12:04pm PDT
Film Presentation - Berkeley in the 60's
Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 9:28pm PDT
Free Skool Community Picnic, Sep 9th Noon
A picnic, music, food, frolicking, and Free Skool workshops....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 1:28pm PDT
Aspartame Awareness Weekend
This weekend with Aspartame Awareness globally we will be mailing out the Report to Schools on the release, new reports from world experts on what aspartame does to the brains of our children, in our Save the Children project. Everyone should get involved. It can save the lives of thousands....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 11:25am PDT