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Santa Cruz Indymedia activists were given a copy of The Take, a new film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein about worker expropriation of factories in Argentina after the 2001 economic collapse. There will be a free screening of this excellent documentary on Wednesday, April 6th, 7:00pm, at Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel Ave)....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 12:32pm PST
el 10 de abril todos a la honrar la lucha del GENERAL EMILIANO ZAPATA
ZAPATA VIVE, LA LUCHA SIGUE
VIVA ZAPATA...
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 2:35am PST
On March 23, 2005, a female sergeant and a recently resigned female deputy filed a sex discrimination lawsuit against the Sonoma County Sheriff's Department. This occurred just three months after all 13 of the department's female deputies signed a joint 14 page letter of protest over sexist working conditions to the sheriff. This is the same department that in 2002 was ordered by federal court to pay $1 million to the children of slain domestic violence victim Maria Teresa Macias, for the She...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 10:16pm PST
Movie of Tinkerbelle the elephant...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 11:27am PST
note that Tinkerbell passed away shortly after this was written...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 10:48am PST
Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian amended his bill AB 253 making it felony child abuse for parents to use drugs in the presence of their children after the bill failed the Public Safety Committee 2-4....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 11:20pm PST
* March 17th: Bringing the Solutions to the Capitol
* March 22nd: Three Major Events Around the State!
* “System Failure,” Now an Award-Winning Film!
* Thank You, Working Assets Members! Making It Happen for the Ella Baker Center!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:50pm PST
Please write your letters today to the Members of the Committee who will be first to hear the bill to remove protections for kangaroos!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 10:26am PST
Join a delegation of concerned individuals to visit the Governor's Sacramento office
to ask for a moratorium on executions!
Friday, March 25th at 11am
Meet at the West Steps of the Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 12:04am PST
Charles "Eddy" Lepp's appearance in Federal Court yesterday on cannabis cultivation charges revealed Judge Marilyn Patel's support for medical cannabis use by defendants already out on bail....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:42pm PST
Consumer advocates with Election Watchdog announced today that they had received from the California Attorney General the title and summary of their prescription drug reform necessary for circulation of a ballot petition, but have decided they will not proceed to collect signatures for the measure....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 11:00am PST
Randy Thomasson, the founder and president of California‚s largest
anti-LGBTI organization Campaign for Children & Families (CCF), will be in
Yuba City Tuesday, March 22nd, 2005....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:54am PST
EQUALITY CALIFORNIA ANNOUNCES STATEWIDE GRASSROOTS EFFORT TO PASS COMPREHENSIVE 2005 EQUAL RIGHTS LEGISLATION FOR LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER CALIFORNIANS...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:23pm PST
We invite you to join Death Penalty Focus, California People of Faith Working Against the Death Penalty, Equal Justice USA, Amnesty International USA and the California Catholic Conference of Bishops on Good Friday, March 25th, for a statewide day of action and protest against the death penalty!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 3:45pm PST
California nurses recently won a well-publicized battle against Gov.. Schwarzenegger and the hospital owner's lobby, but this isn't the first time the lobby has tried to manipulate regulations designed to protect patients....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 11:21pm PST
Friday April 8 - Sunday April 10, 2005
Alternative Fuels Summit
Mercey Hot Springs
26964 Little Panoche Road
Firebaugh, CA 93622...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:45pm PST
Currently, ASA is aware of at least 24 city-wide moratoriums and three county
moratoriums that have been established by public officials to assess the
situation and decide how to proceed. While moratoriums do often prohibit the
establishment of new dispensing collectives, they also represent a commitment by
government to develop policies around this type of conduct....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:41pm PST
Assemblyman Greg Aghazarian (R- Stockton) is
sponsoring a bill that would make it a felony for parents to use
marijuana or other controlled substances in the presence of minors
under their care.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0251-0300/ab_253_bill_20050208_introduced.html...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 9:07pm PST
Over the next year we have set a goal of building our grassroots
volunteer network up to 15,000 people statewide. No matter how busy you are,
we believe you can help us by circulating our sign up sheets amongst
friends, family and to local businesses that agree to circulate our
materials. Here are a few simple things you can do....
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 7:38pm PST
