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Execution Cancelled; Victory for the Workingclass The spirit of Stanley Tookie Williams prevails: The death penalty for Michael Morales has been postponed indefinitely! Victory, Victory is our Cry! The Class Struggle is the Reason Why!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 6:29pm PST
Indybay is having technical "issues" with web server (2/20/06) Are you getting a weird error message when you post? If so, please wait and try to post again in a little while. Indybay is having some difficulties with its server, and we need to buy a new one very soon....
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 10:53am PST
Death Penalty Focus Santa Cruz Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment 
On February 20, about a dozen people held a vigil at the town clock in Santa Cruz to protest the state-sponsored premeditated murder of Michael Morales. Stanley "Tookie" Williams and Clarence Ray Allen were also killed at San Quentin by the death penalty in the last three months....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 10:49pm PST
End the War, Meet Workers' Needs: Peace and Freedom Party, Candidates Submit Statements The Peace and Freedom Party and six of its statewide candidates last week submitted brief statements to be included in the Voter Information Guide sent to all registered voters by the Secretary of State. The statements summarize key points of the party’s program of ending the war in Iraq and transforming society to meet the needs of working people in California....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:05am PST
DIEBOLD RE-CERTIFIED IN CA! Secretary of State McPherson seems to have a thing for making major announcements late on Fridays just before holidays. Following in what seems to be a pattern of his, he announced late this afternoon that he was certifying Diebold Optical Scan and AccuVote TSx (touch-screens) for use in elections in the state....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 5:04pm PST
California HMOs to Provide Interpreters alifornia has taken the first step towards giving non-English speaking patients equal access to healthcare. At a press conference yesterday at Asian Health Services in Oakland’s Chinatown, community groups lauded the release of the first draft of regulations by California’s Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) that requires all HMO plans in California to provide healthcare in the patients’ primary language....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:24am PST
DPF Execution Alert The Governor has decided that the state of California should execute Michael Morales on February 21, 2006. The death penalty demeans us as a society and serves no legitimate purpose. Michael Morales should be sentenced to life without parole just like his co-defendant....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 9:04pm PST
Indian Groups Contest California Textbook Content HAYWARD, Calif. – Even as the California Board of Education (CBE) is trying to grapple with the contentious and loudly debated issue of what corrections requested from Hindu groups in proposed textbooks for sixth-graders, another group is trying to make its voice heard over the din....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 7:22am PST
Take Action During Medical Marijuana Week Every year during the
week of February 15 medical marijuana patients around the country take time to
raise awareness about and celebrate the passage of California's Proposition
215. Also known as the Compassionate Use Act, Prop. 215 helped to spark the
modern-day medical marijuana movement!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 16, 2006 12:02pm PST
BUILDING PRISONS IS NO SOLUTION Schwarzenegger wants to build more state prisons to reduce overcrowding, however building more prisons will be wasteful spending and misguided planning....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 10:15pm PST
DiFi and the Royal Democrats: The Curious Withdrawal of Cindy Sheehan Last week, that noble antiwarrior, Cindy Sheehan, declined to challenge Senator Diane Feinstein in the upcoming Democratic primary. Ms Sheehan reiterated that Party officials had not pressured her against running. It reminded me of how the Party had so thoroughly squashed the stridently anti-war candidacy of Howard Dean in 2004, that every time the good doctor surfaces now to speak, he’s looking over his shoulder.
Feinstein should be challenged. Feinstein is one of the “Royal Democrats,"...
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 7:15am PST
2/15: Steve Kubby Preliminary Hearing Press Release 1. Allow Mr. Kubby to medicate with medical cannabis while in custody, and
2. Properly provide for his medical needs, or
3. Release Steve to house arrest where his
physical needs can properly be attended to...
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 12:52am PST
Kubby Hearing 2/15, Cannabis at Capitol 4/9 Hello California Marijuana Party, Drug Policy
Forum of California, and Americans for Safe
Access to Medical Marijuana Listesrv Recipients,
Steve Kubby is in court on Wednesday. The
National Compassionate Coalition meets that night
in Sacramento. And Cannabis at the Capitol, our
annual Medical Marijuana Rally, is fully booked....
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 11:17pm PST
Medical MJ Prisoner Rylee Mistreated in Sacto Jail Federal medical marijuana prisoner Vern Rylee remains
incarcerated in the Sacramento Main Jail. There he is suffering the
customary indignities and abuses of the prison medical system, as
described in the following message from his daughter Angelena. - DG...
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 11:15pm PST
BUSH PROPOSES TO SELL 85,000 ACRES OF CALI PUBLIC FOREST, KLAMATH NF ALONE IS 50 MILES 
THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION PROPOSED TO SELL OFF 200,000 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND: Mostly in Northern California.The Bush administration shocked Americans this week by proposing to sell of 200,000 acres of public lands to pay for rural schools in his budget. The Klamath National Forest would be the hardest hit in the national with about 50 square miles to be sold from the Klamath River...
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 3:58pm PST
ARF Brings it Home to Stanford Labs 
“Hey Stanford, what do you say?”...
Posted: Mon, Feb 13, 2006 11:53am PST
Medical Marijuana Week & ASA CA Weekly Alert Monday, February 13th, San Francisco: California Marijuana Party's Art Party
Tuesday, February 14th, San Francisco: Spread the Love Valentines' Seed
Planting
Wednesday, February 15th, San Francisco: 215's 10 Year Anniversary Party
Wednesday, February 15th, San Diego: Celebrating Freedom 215 Party
Thursday, February 16th, Oakland: Medical Marijuana Film Fest
Friday, February 17th, San Francisco: Comedy Night
Saturday, February 18th, San Francisco: SF Medical Cannabis Town Hall
Sunday,...
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2006 11:16pm PST
February is COMMITMENT month - Get Engaged in the Fight for Equality This month, Equality California (EQCA) has launched a month-long campaign to galvanize millions of people around the cause of ending marriage discrimination against same-sex couples. As you read these words, EQCA's Get Engaged Tour is hitting the road, carrying the message of marriage equality to virtually all 58 counties in California. You can learn more about the Get Engaged Tour by visiting www.eqca.org/get_engaged2006, and by bookmarking the page, you can stay informed of Get Engaged acti...
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2006 8:43pm PST
Dr Mikuriya's Appeal- a Last-Minute Twist oddly enough, i got a different version of this by email, but i looked it up and found it on counterpunch, so i'm reposting counterpunch's version...
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2006 12:32am PST
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