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Donna Warren Letter to Black Caucus on Nader
In 2000, Congressman Julian Dixon sold me out like a $2 dollar whore when, as ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee, he announced the CIA was not complicit in the destruction of the inner cities by crack cocaine. I'm tired of being sold out like a $2 dollar whore by Black people living the good life as my representative in our nation's capitol....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 4:37pm PDT
A Question of Safety,The 'Ugly Mug Prom' Santa Cruz, Ca. July 17th
queer bashing police neglect and the question of a right to safety...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 4:20pm PDT
CYA crisis in Chino facility! Black youth face death threats and families denied visits!
CYA authorities minimize the seriousness of threats to incarcerated youth at the Chino facility! Situation grave!...
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 2:36pm PDT
Fault Lines Issue 2: Hung Jury in Araujo Murder Trial
On June 22, after nine days of deliberations, Judge Harry Shepard declared a mistrial in the case of three men accused of murdering Gwen Araujo, a transgendered teen from Newark, CA, because the jury failed to reach a unanimous decision. Community outrage over the hung jury resulted in a march for “tranny” rights through the streets of San Francisco on June 26, marking the beginning of a series of rallies to celebrate Pride Week....
Posted: Sun, Jul 18, 2004 10:40am PDT
Committee Launches Campaign to Support Three-Strikes Initiative
Supporters of Proposition 66 announced today what they have organized a
"Yes On 66" committee to support the November ballot initiative that
will amend California's three-strikes law....
Posted: Sat, Jul 17, 2004 12:19am PDT
CLAREMONT Professor says police framed her
CLAREMONT, Calif. - A former Claremont McKenna College psychology professor accused of vandalizing her own car and falsely reporting it as a hate crime said police officers falsified their reports to help prosecutors win a conviction against her....
Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2004 5:00pm PDT
Bay Area anti-imperialist of color and allies organize against RNC
Bay Area anti-imperialist of color and our white allies...
Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2004 3:48pm PDT
Tonight on PBS: Movie "Thirst"
"THIRST"
National Broadcast Premiere Tuesday July 13, 10pm (check local
listings) on PBS's acclaimed "P.O.V." (Point of View) series....
Posted: Tue, Jul 13, 2004 3:34pm PDT
Summer Hikes to Save Medicine Lake from Calpine
Come campout and hike in the amazing volcanic caldera at Medicine Lake and see the wild public forest that Calpine corporation plans to destroy for energy production.....
Posted: Mon, Jul 12, 2004 6:42am PDT
Demand a Time-Out on Executions!
We plan to meet with the Governor on March 25, 2005 and we want to show him
that Californians overwhelmingly agree that we need a moratorium on executions....
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 10:03pm PDT
Womyn anti-war activists needed in Marin, 7/10.
Womyn anti-war activists are needed for a group nude photo in Marin County, Saturday, July 10....
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 9:15am PDT
Women invited to participate in Marin peace photo
Marin county artist/activist Donna Sheehan asks womyn to join in a nude photo, spelling out the word VOTE, on Saturday, July 10....
Posted: Fri, Jul 9, 2004 8:09am PDT
FIGHT BACK AGAINST CA'S UNLAWFUL SEIZURE OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA! Deadline: 8/17
Americans for Safe Access (ASA) is launching a "Return of Property"
campaign to make law enforcement think before they seize!
Medical marijuana patients in the state of California who have had their
medicine confiscated have a RIGHT to get it back or be justly
compensated for its loss. We need to send a message to cities and
counties across the state that bad medical marijuana enforcement
procedures can cost them!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 8, 2004 5:54pm PDT
Letter from SHU Prisoner at Pelican Bay
You will find this pretty interesting!!
As you well know Ray is locked up at Pelican Bay
S.H.U., the time that he does spent outside in another hole is so minimal that all he has is wasted time. In order to stay SANE he either draws or reads and one being Trend Kaufman I have forward my brother letter and I did not add or take anything out exactly how you read it is how it came. I want their stories exposed by who better than a liberal org. than you guys let me know
if you do okay thanks s...
Posted: Thu, Jul 8, 2004 1:25pm PDT
State Controller proposed anti-torture investment policy; defense contractor goes into att
California State Controller Steve Westly called Tuesday for the California State Teacher’s Retirement System to become the first among the nation’s largest pension funds to restrict investments in companies engaged in torture....
Posted: Wed, Jul 7, 2004 3:21pm PDT
SF events 7.6
NO condos in Presidio: http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/07/1687939.php
NO RFID in SF public Libraries: http://www.libraryusers.org http://www.saveourlibraries.com...
Posted: Tue, Jul 6, 2004 12:20am PDT
Santa Cruz Indymedia is Having an OPEN HOUSE! on 7/10
Santa Cruz Indymedia is having an open house at our new home at Barrios Unidos on Saturday, July 10, from 3 - 6 pm...
Posted: Mon, Jul 5, 2004 5:33pm PDT
Master Petroleum in the Trinity Alps
Master Petroleum,Inc., Proposes open pit mining on the Eligible Wild and Scenic Canyon Creek adjacent to the Trinity Alps Wilderness...
Posted: Mon, Jul 5, 2004 2:59pm PDT
Save Home Care for Disabled and Elderly
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Plans to cut and terminate the In
Home Care Support Services Program
This program helps elderly, sick and disabled people to live independently in their own
homes....
Posted: Sat, Jul 3, 2004 11:22pm PDT
Governor's Prison Proposals Fail to Produce Big Savings
Experts Charge "Titanic" Prison System Will Sink California Budget without Prison Closures...
Posted: Fri, Jul 2, 2004 2:05pm PDT