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Back from Iraq - and suddenly out on the streets NEW YORK – Veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts are now showing up in the nation's homeless shelters....
Posted: Tue, Feb 8, 2005 6:39am PST
Upholding Social Security: Labor targets Schwab SAN FRANCISCO — The labor movement and community organizations took on the financial institutions backing Social Security privatization as they held noontime demonstrations Jan. 26 in San Francisco and Boston to protest Charles Schwab and Co.’s leading role in trying to open up the system to Wall Street. Demonstrators in the two cities carried signs saying, “Don’t Pick Our Pockets to Line Yours!” They handed out fliers calling Schwab’s backing for the privatization scheme a conflict of intere...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 9:57pm PST
Bush plans renewed assault on Medicaid At the center of the sweeping domestic spending cuts unveiled by the Bush administration Monday is the proposal for a major assault on Medicaid, the main government program that pays for health care for the poor and disabled in the US....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 9:55pm PST
Planning Commission Says Yes to Unique Affordable Housing Project The San Francisco Planning Commission voted 5-0 Thursday night to approve a 56 unit affordable housing project designed to provide apartments for current SRO tenants. The project at 785 Brannan, to be owned by the Tenderloin Housing Clinic, will house tenants whose incomes are too low to qualify under the city’s inclusionary housing law. The Commission hearing revealed much about class and racial attitudes in today’s San Francisco....
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 8:30pm PST
Super Bowl Party at Arnold's...Nurses, Patients, Students, Disabled Protest at Gov's Home When: 2 PM, Sunday, February 6
Where: 12989 Chalon Road/ Corner of Mandeville Canyon Road & Chalon (North of Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles)...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 11:13am PST
SF's homeless dead recent memorial service/rally in Civic Center Plaza...
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 11:07pm PST
2/4: Stand for Peace in the Streets of SF Last year, SF passed Oakland as the homicide capital of the state
with 88 deaths. This year there are at least 8 and possibly 10
homicides in SF. The majority of these violent acts happen in the low
income, African American and minority communities....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 8:13pm PST
Fight or Walk: the Chicago Transit Fare Strike The purpose of this article is to help us discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our fare strike campaign in Chicago, as well as to help groups in other cities who want to organize around transit issues. When we first decided to do this campaign, there wasn’t much to read on how other people had organized fare strikes. Hopefully this can be useful to other groups who want to use similar tactics....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 2:12pm PST
MTA Hearing TODAY concerning Muni Budget TODAY at 4 pm, the Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) Board is
meeting to discuss the FY 2006 budget and proposals to eliminate an
estimated $55 million deficit. Fare increases and service cuts, as
well as increases in parking fees and fines, have been proposed....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 1:49pm PST
MoveOn Launches Ad Campaign Highlighting Benefit Cuts in President's Social Security Pla MoveOn Launches Ad Campaign Highlighting Benefit Cuts in President's Social Security Plan; Large TV Ad Buys Aim at Members of Congress Who May Support Privatization; Print Ads to Highlight 'Phony Crisis'...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 11:10pm PST
ACORN Response to California Supreme Court Decision on Predatory Lending Brown, speaking on behalf of particularly California ACORN's thousands of members further contends, "The California Supreme Court's decision today to strike down Oakland's Anti-Predatory Lending Ordinance is really going to hurt many people terribly, particularly low and moderate income folks....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 11:08pm PST
Direct action against the attempted MUNI fare hike in 1993 Here's an article about an effort that might have played some role in defeating the attempted fare hike on MUNI in 1993:...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 9:41pm PST
Social Security Tele-Truth Campaign Join The Tele-Truth Campaign To Call the DIRTY THREE!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 7:44pm PST
BTL:White House Campaign to Privatize Social Security Based on... ...Phony Crisis ~ Interview with economist John Miller, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 5:04am PST
Please Stand with Homeless People in SF This Sunday, Jan 30, 3--4pm!!! Sunday, January 30 *
3:00 - 4:00 pm
SF Civic Center Plaza
(Polk Street end - 1 block from Civic Center BART)...
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 6:57pm PST
El humo del tabaco aumenta el riesgo de cáncer en niños El humo del tabaco denominado 'humo de segunda mano' triplica el riesgo de cáncer en niños a lo largo de su vida....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 7:35am PST
California Compassionate Choices Act - Location Change for February 4 Legislative Hearing The second hearing, regarding issues of mental competency, will be
held on February 4, 2005, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in
Sacramento. Please note: the location of this hearing has been
changed!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 11:36pm PST
Geary Corridor Citizen Advisory The San Francisco County Transportation Authority (SFCTA) is
conducting a Geary Corridor Transit Study. A Geary Corridor
Citizens Advisory Committee has been formed as part of this
process. The study will likely focus on how to implement Bus Rapid
Transit (BRT) West of Van Ness Blvd....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 5:21pm PST
Stop MUNI Cuts - Free Fax! Send a free fax telling the MTA not to balance the MUNI budget on the backs of public transit riders....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 1:46pm PST
"Fight or Walk: The Chicago Transit Fare Strike" The purpose of this article is to help us discuss the strengths and weaknesses of our fare strike campaign in Chicago, as well as to help groups in other cities who want to organize around transit issues. When we first decided to do this campaign, there wasn’t much to read on how other people had organized fare strikes. Hopefully this can be useful to other groups who want to use similar tactics....
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 12:11am PST
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