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Redding - MMJ Patient Caregiver Arrested Justin Watt, who runs a MMJ patients' delivery service in Redding,
was arrested by Shasta County sheriffs for possession of MJ & hashish
in his car. Watts says he was picking up medicine for his patients
in full legal accordance with SB 420....
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 3:19pm PST
Nurses Protest At Governor's Super Bowl Party 
A small but out spoken group of activists from the California Nurses Association staged a protest outside the gates to the governor’s Brentwood estate today. The protest was held today at the mansion in response to the governor’s lavish Super Bowl party planned for tonight....
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 11:44pm PST
Mattilda: That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation 
On February 3, 2005, Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, spoke at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Mattilda is the editor of a 37 author anthology called,"That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation."
Mattilda spoke on a variety of topics, including gay marriage and assimilation, challenging power, and the rejection of queer youth from established gay districts such as the Castro in San Francisco. I began recording as Mattilda was talking about a recent book reading ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 11:18pm PST
Super Bowl Party at Arnold's...Nurses, Patients, Students, Disabled Protest at Gov's Home When: 2 PM, Sunday, February 6
Where: 12989 Chalon Road/ Corner of Mandeville Canyon Road & Chalon (North of Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles)...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 11:13am PST
Chiapas Support Calendar of Events Ramon Peñate Díaz, La Red de Defensores Comunitarios por los Derechos Humanos (the Network of Community Defenders for Human Rights), Chiapas, Mexico And Miguel Pickard,
Center for Economic and Political Research for Community Action (CIEPAC), Chiapas, Mexico will be talking at these events.....
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 4:47pm PST
2/5: Madera to be invaded by anti-gays The Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a Sacramento-based group, has called for two rallies this month in support of traditional
marriage and in opposition to AB 19. The "California Rallies to Protect Marriage" will take place in Madera on February 5, and in Sacramento on February 14....
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 11:57pm PST
New RN TV Ad Hits Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Attack on Nurses as ‘Special Interest’ Prominent Hollywood Director, Producers Volunteered to Create Ad - Ad to run on broadcast of dramatization of Schwarzenegger’s life
Press Release from California Nurses Association followed by article in today's SF Chronicle....
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2005 6:39am PST
Californians vow fight vs. pension privatization Labor, retiree and community organizations in California are kicking off a campaign to uphold Social Security against the drive of President Bush and Wall Street to privatize the 70-year-old program serving retirees, the disabled, and families of deceased workers. At the same time, they are gearing up to defeat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign to privatize the pensions of California state employees....
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2005 12:19am PST
Para Andres Raya... 
El 9 de Enero del 2005, en el parqueadero de una tienda de likor en Ceres, CA Andres Raya emboscó a la policía. Poco antes, Raya disparó al aire, escondió su rifle estilo “assault,” y entró la tienda pidiendo assistencia policíaca. Cuando llegaron, Raya disparó y mató Sgto. Howard Stevenson de la policía de Ceres y hirió gravamente Sam Ryno, policía de Ceres. Raya huyó y murió después de otra confrontación con la policía, en lo cual recibió 18 balas....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 10:08pm PST
CYA Lawsuit Leads to Plans for Sweeping Change Yesterday, the California Youth Authority (CYA) agreed
with what youth, families, and advocates have been saying for decades: the CYA is
completely broken and can't be fixed -- a new model of juvenile justice is needed.
The CYA has committed in writing to totally transform California’s juvenile justice
system....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 7:49pm PST
Feds Seek to Forfeit Family's Home for Growing Medical Marijuana In a flagrant violation of California's medical marijuana law, the federal government has filed to forfeit the home of a Calaveras county patient for cultivation. Wesley Crosiar, 52, received a federal forfeiture notice after sheriffs' deputies discovered 134 plants on his land off HawverValley Rd...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 10:51pm PST
Judi Bari Alert! - Coleman on KGO Radio Tue. 3 pm Judi Bari smear book author Kate Coleman will be on the
Pete Wilson show on
KGO AM 810 talk radio
Tuesday Feb. 1 in the
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. segment....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 6:36pm PST
Activists Challenge Copyright Restrictions The Brennan Center for Justice, the ACLU of Northern California, and the nonprofit advocacy groups Public Knowledge, the Center for the Public Domain, and the First Amendment Project filed an amicus brief today in Kahle v. Ashcroft, arguing that Congress’s elimination of copyright renewal requirements in 1992 created serious First Amendment problems by radically shrinking the public’s access to works that belong in the public domain....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 11:52pm PST
New Bill Would Overhaul Entire CYA, Starting by Closing CHAD! :::: HUGE STEP FOR OUR CAMPAIGN ::::
:::: New Bill Would Overhaul Entire CYA, Starting by Closing CHAD! ::::...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 10:16am PST
California Compassionate Choices Act - Location Change for February 4 Legislative Hearing The second hearing, regarding issues of mental competency, will be
held on February 4, 2005, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in
Sacramento. Please note: the location of this hearing has been
changed!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 11:36pm PST
LOCAL SHAC alert! Urgent Action Alert
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Take A Quantum Leap At Shutting HLS:
Yet again animal rights activists have infiltrated the business
relationship between our favorite lab and an important affiliate(based RIGHT HERE!)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 2:43pm PST
Freedom, January 20, Santa Cruz (video/quicktime 11.9MB) Inaugurate the People - Reclaim Our Democracy!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 21, 2005 3:30am PST
inaugural protests in the Emerald Region, California Activists throughout Humboldt and Mendocino rejoice in successful protests & parades...
Posted: Thu, Jan 20, 2005 11:15pm PST
Freewayblog the Inaugural and win $100! Please join us on the freeways on January 20th to celebrate four more years of shock and awe....
Posted: Wed, Jan 19, 2005 2:49pm PST
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