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Issues Around the Lawsuit Against Former Chinese Chairman, Jiang
Interview with two Falun Gong practitioners on questions surrounding the controversial lawsuit against former Chinese chairman, Jiang....
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 2:14am PDT
5/21 - Day 12 Fast 4 Education - Cruz Reynoso endorses 2 demands
5/21- Day 12 - Magistrate to the Supreme Court, Cruz Reynoso, met with the fasters and has also endorsed our first two demands....
Posted: Tue, May 25, 2004 5:18pm PDT
Historic Fast Presses On-Day 13 and on
release from faster cesar cruz...
Posted: Sat, May 22, 2004 10:07pm PDT
Ignore her Advice at your Peril: Jane Jacobs
"Her message is that to ignore the poor's plight is to allow this pillar of community (marriage) to warp and disintegreate. Then society as a whole risks sliding into a Dark Age." North Americans must heed the warning signs of the next Dark Age or risk cultural collapse....
Posted: Fri, May 21, 2004 8:17am PDT
URGENT ACTION: FAST 4 EDUCATION FACES ARREST UPON ARRIVAL IN SACRAMENTO
URGENT ACTION: FAST 4 EDUCATION FACES POTENTIAL ARREST IN SACRAMENTO
Fast 4 Education is scheduled to arrive at 3PM to the west end of the
State Capitol. They have been told by Richard Moss from the California
Highway Patrol at 916.445.3876...
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 2:36pm PDT
Day 10 of the Fast - Press release from Fast 4 Education
A press release from the Fast 4 Education folks on day 10 of the fast, as they prepare to travel to Sacramento....
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 10:44am PDT
Remove "Honest Abe" From "Hero" Status
Dishonest Abe Lincoln hung 38 innocent Santee Daktoa "Sioux" men in 1862. Remove his face from Mount Rushmore NOW!...
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 6:16am PDT
Photos and Update from Day 8 of the Fast 4 Education
Today, Wednesday - May 19, the fasters will be having a press conference at noon at Frank Ogawa Plaza before they start to travel to Sacramento to continue the Fast 4 Education at the lawn in front of the capital(I believe that is where they will be anyway in Sacramento anyway)
More details will be posted soon......
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 5:45am PDT
Day 8: Fast 4 Education's last day in Oakland
Today - Tuesday, May 18 - Will be the fasters' last day in Oakland, so whoever can show up today should try to stop by sometime during the day, or at the nightly candle light vigil at 8pm. Last night's event("Put the State on Trial") was very successful in Richmond....
Posted: Tue, May 18, 2004 1:11am PDT
UFW letter of support to Fasters and March 4 Education folks...
Letter of support written by the current United Farm Worker's president Arturo S. Rodríguez to "March 4 Education" and those Fasting for Education. Copies of this letter were sent to the State Superintendent of Public Education and the Governator, and read to the community at the nightly vigil the day after Dolores Huerta visited....
Posted: Tue, May 18, 2004 12:25am PDT
Education protest in San Jose May 17
The 50th anniversary of the landmark Brown vs. Board of Education ruling that desegregated U.S. schools has led to many protests. In San Jose May 17 high school students came out to address issues around the racial balance of their schools--issues, they pointed out, that have still not been addressed....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 8:50pm PDT
Simply Rearing Pagans--Libertarian promotes Christian Ed
Marshall Fritz, a Libertarian and founder of the California-based Alliance for the Separation of School and State, believes that an exodus of Christian children from public schools would destroy secularism....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 7:07pm PDT
5/17 Richmond 6pm: Put the State on Trial - Still Seperate, Still Unequal Schools
OAKLAND/RICHMOND
(510) 452-2728
Mock Trial and Rally, 6-8pm at Richmond High School, 1250 - 23rd Street, Richmond, 94804
Members of a fast for education will also be participating....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 1:08am PDT
Help me to end the law of falling body
Because of my study on magnetic fields I have started to collect data about the law of falling body. I was looking for it under different thermal condition. I didn't find any experiment or mathematical data about it, so I have tried myself, and with great surprise the hottest has a faster acceleration....
Posted: Sat, May 15, 2004 6:42am PDT
Fast 4 Education Rally on Saturday from 12-6pm
Performers and Musicians confirmed for the rally thus far include - Jen Ro, Kiwi, Duce Eclipse, Jason Mateo. Ride from X-felons, Kaira Espinoza, Abbye, and many more. If you are a local artist or poet feel free to stop by and share some words, art, or a piece to celebrate the resistance of the fasters and the community to the State of California's misplaced spending priorities....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 7:23pm PDT
Dolores Huerta visits Fast4Education. Part 3: Vivas for the Fasters (video/quicktime 13.8MB)
Dolores leads everyone in vivas for the supporters and for Fred Jackson, Karina Oliva, Thomas Prather, Jessica Vasquez, Israel Haros, Wendy González, César A. Cruz. Three minute QT movie. 14MB....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 4:39pm PDT
Dolores Huerta visits Fast4Education on the 4th day of the hunger fast.Pt 2:Dolores Huerta (video/quicktime 15.0MB)
In slavery, reading and writing was prohibited for slaves. In present-day America, the poor are denied educational opportunities. Three minute QT movie. 15MB....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 4:29pm PDT
Dolores Huerta visits Fast4Education on the 4th day of the hunger fast. Pt 1: Fred Jackson (video/quicktime 13.9MB)
Closing loopholes for corportions and increasing taxes is necessary. Three minute QT movie. 14MB....
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 4:18pm PDT