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Not Revising History on Tom Lantos Tom Lantos is being lauded as a great "humanitarian". The facts tell a different story when
it comes to Palestinians....
Posted: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 8:15am PST
Court Decision Denies Extraordinary Rendition Victims Their Day in Court SAN JOSE, CA - A federal court yesterday bowed to pressure from the Bush administration and dismissed a case against Boeing subsidiary Jeppesen Dataplan, Inc. for the company’s role in the CIA’s “extraordinary rendition” program. The lawsuit, brought by the American Civil Liberties Union, charged that Jeppesen knowingly aided the program by providing flight planning and logistical support services for aircraft and crews used by the CIA to transport victims to U.S.-run prisons or foreign intel...
Posted: Thu, Feb 14, 2008 6:47pm PST
Signs Say UNION POWER! 
Las Abuelitas Enojadas y Unionistas
WAVING BANNERS HIGH for Hotel Workers...
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 2:19pm PST
Google THIS: HOTEL WORKERS RISING! 
Scenes here from what Google's hi-tech employees saw as they headed home on Feb 7, 2008:
HOTEL WORKERS RISING in Charleston Park adjacent to the GOOGLE EMPIRE
***JUSTICIA PARA LOS TRABAJADORES***...
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 1:37pm PST
Hotel workers stage protest at Google Headquarters (video/mp4 24.2MB) Google wants to build a four-star hotel and conference center on city land in Mountain View, CA, but has so far refused to offer union organizing rights for the development's workers. On Feb. 7th, 100 members of UNITE HERE Local 19 and community supporters staged a protest and picnic at Google Headquarters to demand respect, fair wages and the right to organize for Google's future dishwashers, housekeepers and banquet servers....
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 3:08am PST
Luis Valdez' Mummified Deer at San Jose State Luis Valdez' Mummified Deer at San Jose State
University
Luis Valdez—playwright and film director known as the
father of Chicano theater, who was recently named as one
of United States Artists 2007 Fellows - will have one of
his stage plays, Mummified Deer, performed at San Jose State
University this February. It will be directed by the Associate
Artistic Director of El Teatro Campesino, Kinan Valdez....
Posted: Sun, Jan 27, 2008 6:30pm PST
1/17-1/20: National Conference on the Death Penalty in San Jose Its not too late to sign up!...
Posted: Tue, Jan 15, 2008 5:38pm PST
Iraq Moratorium: Community Vigils and Actions (Peninsula and South Bay) San Mateo, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Jose, and various Caltrain stations...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 18, 2008 7:30am PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 10, 2008 3:37pm PST
Ban Taser Meeting DeBug - 701 Lenzen(corner of Lenzen and
Stockton) San Jose, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 12, 2008 10:00am PST
Posted: Tue, Jan 8, 2008 5:00pm PST
NEW Year call for NO Torture: Demo in San Jose 
January 1, 2008: Activists SKATED , SANG, and DEMONSTRATED
at the downtown San Jose Ice Rink where Jeppesen Dataplan displays a corporate banner...
The company handles the logistics for the CIA’s torture flights and continues to be a sponsor of the city's ice rink,
despite the fact that THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS recently went on record as
supporting the Torture Outsourcing Prevention Act and
MENTIONING JEPPESEN BY NAME as implicated in the outsourcing of torture...
Posted: Tue, Jan 1, 2008 9:32pm PST
Family of Man Tased to Death Demand Action by Santa Clara District Attorney's Office Family of Man Tased to Death Demand Action by Santa Clara District Attorney's Office
SAN JOSE, CA -- On Monday December 17, 2007 Noreen Salinas, eldest daughter of Steve Salinas (who was tased to death by SJPD on May 25, 2007) along with other Justice for Steve Salinas campaign members met with Assistant Santa Clara District Attorney David Tomkins....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 2:22pm PST
Second Annual Skate Against Torture Holiday Ice Rink in downtown San Jose
120 South Market St, San Jose 95112...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 1, 2008 12:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 1:39pm PST
Lucy's Last Hours ~ Contact Needed! URGENT ~ PLEASE CALL Lucy, the dog, NEEDS our help! PLEASE!!!!!!...
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 11:50pm PST
URGENT - anyone have media contacts in the SF area for Lucy We need a strong effort over the next few hours to save Lucy's life. An underhanded City Attorney (see # 3 below for contact info) has issued the order for Lucy's execution despite the fact the he knows that an effort is being made to reverse or appeal the decision. He has ordered the Shelter which houses Lucy to end her life. They do not want to see this happen, but will be legally compelled to comply by 7:00 pm west coast time tonight....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 5:31pm PST
South Bay Labor Council Newsletter: December 18, 2007 lots going on...
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 1:28pm PST
Torture is Sin: My Speech in Front of Jeppesen On Friday, November 16, I spoke at a rally in front of a building in downtown San Jose, California in front of the offices of Jeppesen International, a flight planning company that reportedly is in charge of organizing the flights used by the CIA to move terror suspects to countries where they are tortured. The text of my speech is below. This speech was published on UPI’s Religion and Spirituality Forum on Nov. 19, 2007....
Posted: Thu, Nov 29, 2007 11:06am PST
Dayamani Barla: Indigenous Journalist and Activist from India San Jose Peace Center
48 S Seventh St., San Jose, CA 95112...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 1, 2007 4:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Nov 24, 2007 11:26am PST
Lawsuit To Stop Santa Cruz Checkmate Spraying in San Jose Court 10AM Nov 20 The USDA is attempting to dismiss the lawsuit that may stop the Checkmate spray from being applied in Santa Cruz and Monterey Counties...
Posted: Mon, Nov 19, 2007 7:19pm PST
Iraq Moratorium: Antiwar Leafletting at Caltrain Stations Caltrain stations up and down the Peninsula...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 16, 2007 7:30am PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 15, 2007 4:09pm PST
The Iran Agenda: A Talk by Author and Veteran Foreign Correspondent, Reese Erlich 
First Unitarian Church
160 North 3rd St, San José, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Dec 4, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Nov 13, 2007 10:58pm PST
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