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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
Aug 18 Tenant News- 250 Left Out Of 1,200 Alameda Evictions
As Of August 18, Out Of 1,200 Facing Eviction, There Is Only Around 250 People Left At What Was Once Known As Alameda's Most Diverse Property Called The Harbor Island Apartments!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 19, 2004 12:17am PDT
August 17, Tenant/Housing Disaster News
It's Half Way Through The Month Of August And Indications From Around The Nation Show That This Nation Is Definitely Having A Housing Crisis!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 17, 2004 5:44am PDT
8/16 Tenant/Housing News Update
Oakland And Alameda Face Mass Evictions! 80 Units Of Housing At Risk For The Elderly Section 8 Tenants In Oakland At The Park Village Apartments! 1,200 People Face Eviction In Alameda With No Help From City Officials To Block The Evictions! The Housing Crisis Unfolds In Cities Around The Nation!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 16, 2004 5:45pm PDT
Guy Debord on capitalist food
Article by Guy Debord (1985) on food in capitalist society. First time in English translation....
Posted: Sat, Aug 14, 2004 4:10pm 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
Cops: Golden Gate Park
Cops beating down on the homeless in Golden Gate Park...
Posted: Thu, Aug 12, 2004 12:52pm PDT
Bush Regime Plans To Demolish 100,000 HUD Rental Units
The Nation Is Facing A Monumental Housing Crisis At This Point In Time While The Bush Regime Plans To Demolish 100,000 Rental Units Across The Nation!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 12, 2004 2:15am PDT
Justice for Trinity Plaza Tenants: History of Our Struggle
On Tuesday, July 6, 2004, tenants rights in San Francisco were given a booster shot when we submitted approximately 20,000 signatures for the Housing Preservation Initiative. And on Friday, August 6, 2004, the Department of Elections certified the Initiative -- we are now known as PROP M....
Posted: Tue, Aug 10, 2004 11:47pm PDT
And Free To Sleep Under A Bridge, Too
Three activists of the Vanguard of Red Youth were detained on Sunday during a small rally outside the Federation Council in Moscow. The three, all of whom are participants in a hunger strike which began nearly two weeks ago, were protesting a bill that will replace social benefits with cash payments, which was just approved by the Federation Council. Another four participants in the rally were hospitalized with dehydration....
Posted: Mon, Aug 9, 2004 2:20pm PDT
8/7 Tenant News/ 1,200 Evictions/ Just Cause Under Attack
Renters Across The Nation Are Under Attack By The Greedy Landlords And The Bush Regime Which Still Wants To Gut The Section 8 Program Even Further!...
Posted: Sun, Aug 8, 2004 1:56am PDT
SF: 8/11 Protest North Beach Evictions
Protest Wave of North Beach Evictions By
North Beach Partners, LLC
Real Estate Investment Company Evicting Dozens of Long-Time
North Beach Tenants in 6 Buildings!
Wednesday, August 11, 424 Francisco (at Powell) 4:30 PM...
Posted: Thu, Aug 5, 2004 7:18pm PDT
What is Privatization?
"Privatization aims at opening up ever-greater areas of society for private profit maximization. Those who don't have enough money are excluded from essential public goods. This leads to de-solidarity and social polarization.."...
Posted: Wed, Aug 4, 2004 11:54am PDT
Common Cents Coalition Emergency Action to Make BofA Pay
$4.6 million could save young people's lives!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 3, 2004 1:07am PDT
8/2 Tenant/Housing News- Alameda Mass Evictions & More
Low-income Renters Across The Nation Are Taking A Beating From Section 8 Cutbaks And Gentrification Schemes!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2004 8:00pm PDT
More than 400 West End Alameda Residents Face Eviction - Update 8/02
Update and News on the Harbor Island Apartments Evictions in Alameda....
Posted: Mon, Aug 2, 2004 6:29pm PDT
Jul 31 Housing News- Fed's Raid Section 8 Complex
Some Of The Latest In Tenant/Housing News From Around The Nation...The Fed's Are Turning The Screws On Section 8 Tenants Since They Recently Organized To Fight Against The Funding Shortfalls That Occured After April 22, 2004!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 31, 2004 1:27am PDT
RELEASE: Former Prisoners/ Community Demand Rights
Peace & Justice Community Summit: Saturday, July 31,
2004, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the First Unitarian
Church, 685 14th Street in Oakland, (near 12th Street
BART)...
Posted: Fri, Jul 30, 2004 12:37pm PDT
7/31 at 12:30pm in Oakland - Say No To Corporate Welfare, Yes To Community Benefits!!
Saturday, July 31 2004 12:30pm
Intersection of I-880 & Hegenberger Road...
Posted: Thu, Jul 29, 2004 8:30am PDT
Marin County Affordable Housing Crisis
Marin County Faces An Affordable Housing Crisis Due To Funding Cutbacks To A Large Number Of Affordable Housing Projects....
Posted: Wed, Jul 28, 2004 8:49pm PDT