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Port of Oakland Contract 
As demonstrations in Argentina and elsewhere herald the deepening "crisis of capitalism" in the US, workers across the Bay Area are unifying the struggle against employers attempting to eliminate jobs, cut healthcare and other benefits, attack workers' rights, and threaten public services.
Working under an expired contract, 10,000 West Coast longshore men and women face a threatened lockout by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) — and now the danger that President Bush will invoke...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 12:00am PDT
Cheney Speaks on War as the Health of the State 
8/7: VP Dick Cheney spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco Wednesday morning. About 300-400 demonstartors showed up to protest against corporate rule. Five people were arrested for trying to disrupt his speech.
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Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2002 12:00am PDT
Cheney to Speak on War as the Health of the State; Demonstrations Planned 
8/7: VP Dick Cheney spoke at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco Wednesday morning. About 300-400 demonstartors showed up to protest. Five people were arrested for trying to disrupt the the speech.
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Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2002 12:00am PDT
San Francisco, CA: They Plan for Profits, MAC Plans for People The dot-com boom is over. The days when live/work lofts, rich, dot-commers and out-of-town developers can force workers, the poor and predominantly people of color out of the Mission through evictions and pro-developer and business City Hall policies are hopefully over. An organization that has driven the struggle against gentrification and displacement has been the Mission Anti-Displacement Coalition (MAC). On 8/15, MAC convened a neighborhood meeting to discuss and improve the People's Plan...
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2002 12:00am PDT
Livermore, CA: Demonstrators Rally Against Nuclear Weapons Lab 8/5: In a symbolic and well-played out demonstration, anti-nuclear activists sang, danced, and sat down against jingoist politicians, the corporate-military-industrial complex, and the threat that nuclear weapons pose to humanity and the world. The Livermore Nuclear Weapons Laboratories was the site of this year's annual demonstration, attended by scores of activists from all over Northern California. Photos: 1 | 2 | Audio: 1 | Personal account | Demo announcement 8/6 marked the anniversary ...
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2002 12:00am PDT
Rally and March for Immigrant Rights in Santa Rosa Draws Hundreds 
8/5: Nearly 500 Chicano/Latino activists marched in Santa Rosa on 7/28, calling for the creation of a law that would allow undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver's license. Demonstrators also denounced the government's militarization of the US/Mexico border and the daily brutality of the INS and the police against immigrants. Photo essay: part 1 | part 2 | Demo announcement...
Posted: Mon, Aug 5, 2002 12:00am PDT
Berkeley, CA: Hotel workers fight for better wages and health care 
On 8/1, hundreds of hotel workers and supporters rallied and marched decrying the anti-union practices of the Claremont Resort & Spa's management. The demonstration, organized by the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees Local 2850, saw 50 people arrested after blocking an intersection near the hotel. As one hotel worker said, “We are here today to fight for better wages and health care.” While offering the workers a meager contract, KSL Recreation, the hotel's owner, has hired the service...
Posted: Mon, Aug 5, 2002 12:00am PDT
Uruguay Economic Crisis Leads to Protests, Police Repression 
More than 13 supermarkets were looted in poor neighborhoods of Montevideo today to the shouts of "we are hungry." Riot police were dispersed throughout the city, shooting rubber bullets at people as they tried to get food. The Minister of the Interior has called for "people to remain peaceful," but to whom does he speak? The families of children who eat grass in the schoolyard? Uruguay's crisis exploded this week when the government ordered all banks to remain closed, preventing people from g...
Posted: Thu, Aug 1, 2002 12:00am PDT
Port of Oakland Contract 
The ILWU is facing a contract expiration that covers 10,000 West Coast longshore men and women faced with a threatened lockout by the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) – and the danger that President Bush will invoke the Taft-Hartley Act in the event of a strike or slowdown. Over 700 portworkers and supporters rallied on 7/24 at PMA bosses' headquarters. Contract negotiations have stalled. Photo | details | rally flyer
At a 6/27 rally, union leaders representing transport workers from ...
Posted: Thu, Jul 25, 2002 12:00am PDT
Mattole struggle continues, treesits ongoing Recent actions in defense of the forest have included litigation and an early morning road
blockade on July 8 on the Long Ridge/Taylor Peak area, where two logging plans are located.
One person was arrested. The Taylor peak logging plan, under court challenge but with no
injunction, contains old growth trees, like a number of other approved plans in the Mattole.
Meanwhile in Freshwater, Remedy, a tree-sitter in one of the old growth redwoods
has been up for over one hundred days, ...
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2002 6:01pm PDT
Occupation of ChevronTexaco's Nigerian Oil Terminals Stand Strong 7/18: A 10-day occupation by over 600 unarmed women of a ChevronTexaco flow station in Nigeria ended as a new work contract was signed. The women, from surrounding communities, were demanding jobs, education services, community services and economic investment in their communities. The multinational oil conglomerate stands accused of siphoning money and resources out of the country while putting little back in, all with the help and encouragement of both the Nigerian and US governments. Never...
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2002 12:00am PDT
Rare victory at the Berkeley Police Review Commission 
In a rare victory in the struggle against police brutality, 2 activists, arrested on 2/9/01 during an emergency action in solidarity with uprisings in Ecuador, were vindicated by the Berkeley Police Review Commission's upholding of almost all of the police violations cited in the plaintiffs' complaints. Read more | Full details: Bay Area RTS website | Past coverage...
Posted: Mon, Jun 17, 2002 12:00am PDT
Social Control 101: The RAVE Act The Senate is on the verge of passing legislation that would give federal prosecutors extraordinary powers to shut down raves or other musical events in yet another backwards step in the so-called "War on Drugs." The bill would increase the poorly-named "crack house statute," enabling the government to shut down clubs where drugs are found even if the owner isn't involved in any way. The legislation ostensibly is aimed at "protecting children" and "reducing drug use," but instead is another f...
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2002 12:00am PDT
Latin America: Where there is repression, there is resistance Mexico: The standoff between farmers and police has ended for the time being, as hostages were released by both sides. The farmers rebelled against the government's plans to build an airport on their land, barricading freeways, burning cars, hijacking Coca-Cola trucks, and fighting pitched battles with the Mexican police. First-hand account | Kazm.net | Argentina IMC | Mexico IMC
Paraguay: Two demonstrators were killed, scores injured, and hundreds arrested as as Paraguayans have risen up ag...
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2002 12:00am PDT
Oakland Riders Trial Delayed as Jury Selection Continues until September 
7/17: The trial of three of the Oakland Riders, the police gang accused of planting drug evidence, kidnapping, and severely beating innocent people in West Oakland, has been delayed until perhaps September, as jury selection is continuing. A rally was held on 7/15 on what would have been the trial's first day, and activists made a call for criminal prosecution of the Riders, reparations to all victims, a public apology from the Mayor and OPD, and justice for all victims of OPD brutality, incl...
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2002 12:00am PDT
San Salvador Atenco Erupts against Mexican Governmentor Atenco Farmers in the San Salvador Atenco region, 18 miles south of Mexico City, have rebelled against the government's plans to build an airport on their land.
The demonstrators have barricaded freeways, burned cars, hijacked Coca-Cola trucks, and fought pitched battles with the Mexican police in a heroic act of insurrection. The uprising started last Thursday, with farmers attempting to blockade a road. They were attacked by police, and responded with rocks, machettes and petrol bombs.
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Posted: Sun, Jul 14, 2002 12:00am PDT
Oakland Riders Trial Delayed as Jury Selection Continues until September 
7/17: The trial of three of the Oakland Riders, the police gang accused of planting drug evidence, kidnapping, and severely beating innocent people in West Oakland, has been delayed until perhaps September, as jury selection continues. A rally was held on 7/15 on what would have been the trial's first day, and activists made a call for criminal prosecution of the Riders, reparations to all victims, a public apology from the Mayor and OPD, and justice for all victims of OPD brutality, includin...
Posted: Sat, Jul 13, 2002 12:00am PDT
SF Liberation Radio: Radio Rebels Reclaim the Airwaves Local microradio station San Francisco Liberation Radio has relocated from the westside of the city to a new perch high on the eastern shoulder of Twin Peaks - thus expanding its listening range to half of SF as well as the East Bay. With a new omnidirectional antenna beaming the 100-watt signal in all directions, Stephen Dunifer (of Free Radio Berkeley) ranks SFLR as the Bay Area's widest reaching microradio station to date. At 93.7 MHz on your FM dial - just to left of KPFA - and streaming...
Posted: Fri, Jul 12, 2002 12:00am PDT
Oakland, CA: Just Cause Initiative on November ballot The Oakland City Council voted whether the Just Cause Anti-Eviction initiative will make the it on to the city's Nov 5, 2002 General Municipal Elections and Ballot Measures. November's vote will be the culmination of years of struggle to provide for the bare minimum of protections for tenants in a city that has done much to court big business but relatively little to assist tenants coping with astronomical rents.Vote results | Read more | Just Cause Oakland...
Posted: Sat, Jul 13, 2002 12:00am PDT
Liaoyang 5 On 7/10, a rally and press conference took place in front of the Chinese Consulate to protest the jailing of the Liaoyang 5, five Chinese union representatives. These unionists were elected by the workers to negotiate with the authorities, and then promptly arrested by the authorities and charged with "organizing illegal demonstrations." They are currently awaiting trial.
Tens of thousands of workers in Daqin and Liaoyang, China, have mobilized in rallies, sit-ins and other actions in resp...
Posted: Mon, Jul 8, 2002 12:00am PDT
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