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11/8 Charleston, SC: After an unrelenting campaign, victory for the Charleston 5 – union dockworkers charged with "inciting to riot" following a January 20, 2000 protest. Negotiated settlement report. When 150 longshore workers, members of the predominantly black ILA local 1422 and its fraternal Local 1771, picketed the loss of their jobs to a non-union stevedore company, they were attacked by 600 riot police in the port of Charleston, SC. The unions and its members were fined $1.5 million do...

A student coalition has organized a protest to take place in front of the downtown Berkeley Taco Bell at 12pm. Farm workers from South East Florida have been traveling the country informing people about the abuse they have experienced working for one of the nations leading tomato growers, a contractor for Taco Bell, their largest client....

The workers\\\' struggle for a first time contract at the SF Marriott Hotel continues. On July 31, a 16-hour picket line was held to mark the one-year anniversary of the historic two-day strike at the hotel. Despite the escalating anti-union campaign launched by management, 75% of the workers scheduled to work honored the strike and did not cross the picket line. The intent of the noisy protest was to raise guests' awareness of the boycott and lengthy labor dispute at the hotel. Watch video o...

12/13: Oakland day laborers are holding a march and rally calling for a repeal of the city’s "Anti-Solicitation Ordinance." The act has caused police to continually harass the workers, forcing the loss of numerous jobs. The day laborers are also demanding that city officials respect their rights and address their needs- for instance, by providing adequate, accessible bathroom facilities. The combination of an impending recession and escalating anti-immigrant sentiment following 9/11 has had...

Katie Sierra, the West Virginian High School sophomore suspended for having flyers for a proposed anarchy club in her possession and wearing a shirt, which read: "When I saw the dead and dying Afghani children on TV, I felt a newly recovered sense of national security. God Bless America.", is fighting back. Local School Board members have deemed her a "traitor." She is suing the School Board for the right to wear her shirts and to start the club, and requesting to have the suspension stricken...

1/16: As the Enron organized crime scandal keeps accelerating out of control (British report, recent Presidential speech), the Bush Oil Cartel is faced with startling accusations into their co-operation with fundamentalist terrorists. Watch an oil industry "journalist" brush aside some tough questions (and a threat to "blow up all the pipelines") about US foreign policy – or is it oil policy – in Asia. Audio. In Palo Alto, activists are demanding a Congressional inquiry into the ...

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Keep pressure on the governor, other elected officials, and the Public Utilities Commission (PUC). Tell them that throwing money at the utilities to bail them out does absolutely nothing to solve the underlying problems driving the crisis. If we are going to spend money, we need to take over power plants and the grid and establish conservation, efficiencey, and green energy programs that really work! Governor Gray Davis State Capitol Bldg. Sacramento, CA 95814 Phone: (916...

2/4/01 teach-in in Berkeley: report | video | Medea Benjamin   Hundreds marched through SF in protest on Jan. 24th. One person was arrested.  More photos of 1/24/01 See video from Jan 5 and Jan 9 protests in SF. Just say NO to a bailout. And say YES to a state power authority and YES to reliable, clean, affordable energy. Do something to make a difference!...

Community leaders and other Californians have been petitioning Gov. Davis to stop using sorely-needed tax dollars for the bailout of utility companies. Instead, the utilities should go bankrupt and be taken over by the state (this would not involve any interruption of electricity to consumers). Activists are rallying to build a movement that will turn the utility companies into public power utilities, answerable to consumers, not high-paid executives. This campaign attempts to bu...