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Campaign For Renters Rights Has Major Housing Victory
Fighting to win, section 8 tenants halt federal government and local politician's efforts to cut their housing subsidies....
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 7:34pm PDT
California Passes Gay Labor Law
he California Senate Monday passed the Omnibus Labor and Employment Non-Discrimination Act. The law standardizes over 30 labor and employment non-discrimination provisions to make them consistent with the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA). The bill now moves to the Governor's desk....
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 1:06am PDT
Nazi fuckbags holding hate-fest somewhere in Nor Cal
William Pierce, the (thankfully now deceased) racist fuck who founded the neo-Nazi "National Alliance", was born on Sept. 11th (hmm, creepy...) So to "celebrate" his followers are having some kind of white-supremacist music festival (they're calling it "Folk the System") from Sept. 11-12 this year, somewhere here in Northern California......
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 12:39am PDT
NICHOLAS BAKER, RECIPIENT OF LOS ANGELES TIMES 'ABOVE & BEYOND" AWARD
TWELVE YEAR OLD STUDENT RECEIVES
AWARD FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE...
Posted: Wed, Aug 18, 2004 12:34am PDT
Soldier Sues Over Tour Made Longer
A member of the California Army National Guard filed suit in federal court here Tuesday challenging the Bush administration's so-called stop-loss policy, asserting that his pending deployment to Iraq "bears no relation to the threat of terrorism against the United States."...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 9:23pm PDT
Crisis at KPFA (updated)
This is a reposting of a letter from pro-democracy, pro-reform staff members at KPFA, with an updated signature list of 37 staff members. It is well worth reading. Please stay tuned....
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 8:35pm PDT
Voices of the Lost and Forgotten-Part One
Homeless families ask: "How can America let this happen to us?"...
Posted: Fri, Aug 13, 2004 8:56am PDT
New KPFA staff letter
Pro-democracy, pro-reform KPFA staff members weigh in on the crisis at the station......
Posted: Thu, Aug 12, 2004 2:14pm PDT
Statewide: Th. and Fri. actions in response to SF marriage decision
In SF:
Thursday--
10am couples to gather in wedding garb to read the decision together
5:30-6:15- gather at Castro and Market, march to city hall, rally at 7
Friday--
couples statewide to go to city halls to request marriage licenses from city clerks...
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2004 5:46pm PDT
Free Campouts At Medicine Lake and Condrey Mt. Threatened Public Forests
There are two hikes to wild places in Northern California in the next two weeks.
This weekend there is a campout and hike on the wild Siskiyou Crest in a threaten area in the Horse Heli timber Sale on public Land on the Klamath River
Then, on August 20th and 21st there will be a campout at the sacred and wild Medicine L:ake volcanic caldera. We will be exploring ice caves, old growth forest, lakes and glass lava flows in this public land where fire meets water. Help us Save Medicine Lak...
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2004 4:18pm PDT
SUVs over 6,000 lbs illegal!!!!!
According to this reprint from Slate, SUVs over 6,000 lbs are illegal. Mobilize now to get the law enforced properly!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2004 9:05am PDT
Greens take off Nader training wheels
California's Greens reject Nader's bid for state ballot. What does it mean that the San Francisco Chronicle, mouthpiece for corporate rule tells a story much closer to the truth than Counterpunch, which is the FoxNews of the left?...
Posted: Wed, Aug 11, 2004 7:06am PDT
STOP MOSKOWITZ
Your fax could not only kill two birds of injustice with one
stone, it could birth two birds of justice in one nest:
It could assist and empower exploited low-income neighborhoods
in California....
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2004 9:45pm PDT
Crossroads for the California Green Party - Will It Be Nader or Cobb?
Today, the Green Party of California, as well as that of Vermont, is engaged in a very sharp debate, and it is not about "process." It is about the political direction of the party. One group supports David Cobb's nomination and defends the central pillar of his campaign, the "smart state" strategy. Another group argues that Cobb's nomination was the result of a rigged convention process that defied the will of the majority Greens by choosing Cobb over Nader/Camejo in orde...
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2004 5:53pm PDT
Bryan Epis Freed
The man whose case has been the prime example of how wrong the federal
government's war on medical marijuana can go, walked out of federal prison
in Long Beach at approximately 4:30pm today, thanks to an order this
morning by an appeals court in San Francisco....
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2004 12:28am PDT
Chico Medical Marijuana Grower Bryan Epis Freed by Appeals Court
WHAT: Press conference and rally with just-released medical marijuana prisoner Bryan Epis.
WHO: Bryan James Epis, 37; his daughter, Ashley Epis, 11; attorney Brenda Grantland.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 10, 2004. 10:00am.
WHERE: Steps of the Federal building, corner of 5th and I streets, Sacramento, California....
Posted: Mon, Aug 9, 2004 5:01pm PDT
California, Take Back the Green Party!
"There's a little rebellion starting," [Peter] Camejo said this week.
Camejo said in California, the bastion of Green registration, "it's a fact: The majority of the party wants to put Nader/Camejo on the ballot." (Carla Marinucci, "Nader's Ballot Hopes Hinge on State's Greens," San Francisco Chronicle, August 7, 2004). . . .
Camejo is telling the truth....
Posted: Sun, Aug 8, 2004 4:01pm PDT
Democratic Party? Where is the democracy?!
Democratic Party gives up on democracy in its desperation to "win"...
Posted: Sat, Aug 7, 2004 6:23pm PDT
6th Annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival
On Saturday, September 11th, the visionary musician, international speaker and human rights worker, Michael Franti and his group Spearhead with Guerrilla Management bring you the 6th Annual 911 Power to the Peaceful Festival at Speedway Meadow in Golden Gate Park....
Posted: Sat, Aug 7, 2004 2:11pm PDT