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Kevin Cooper As of this writing the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has stayed the execution of Kevin Cooper and prepared the way for a new hearing of his case. The State of California appealed to the Supreme Court which refused to vacate the original decision of the federal appeals court., so, at this moment, Kevin Cooper lives....
Posted: Sat, Feb 14, 2004 9:05am PST
Demonstrators HOLD THE LINE at Santa Cruz Safeway 
About 150 people were at the Mission St. Safeway in Santa Cruz on Wednesday, February 11, to send George Bush the message that, "Healthcare IS Homeland Security... and Steve Burd is a Domestic Terrorist."...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2004 1:10pm PST
SAFEWAY WORKERS support rally: An important announcement coming Friday the 13th. (video/quicktime 6.9MB) SAFEWAY's Unlucky Day:
Friday, Feb. 13th, California labor meets to consider an official boycott of Safeway until it meets the workers demands. One minute QT movie. 7MB....
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2004 9:56am PST
2/14 gay couples rally for marriage rights this Saturday in State Capitol Gay Couples Celebrate Valentine’s Day
With a Rally in Support of Same Sex Marriage...
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 11:00pm PST
2/15-22 Medical Marijuana Week Calendar Our best chance for real change is now. With your help 2004 will be the year that ends the persecution of patients and their caregivers....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 9:35pm PST
Leonard Peltier Nominated for President Kevin Shelley, Secretary of the State of California has announced that Leonard Peltier will be on the
primary election ballot as a candidate for the Peace and Freedom Party's Presidential nomination....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 9:27pm PST
Org Mtg for Anarchist People of Color gathering 
Planning for a Anarchist People of Color gathering in the Bay Area is under way. We need apoc folks to get involved and make it happen....
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2004 4:46pm PST
Supreme Court Rejects Lockyer's Appeal; Cooper & Workingclass Prevail At 8:19 p.m., the US Supreme Court rejected the fascist appeal of that good Democrat, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, of the 9th Circuit Stay of Execution of Kevin Cooper, thus guaranteeing that Kevin Cooper lives to see another day and signaling to the world that the workingclass prevails in this fight against the anti-labor weapon of terror of the capitalist class, the death penalty....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 11:53pm PST
Call the Attorney General's Office Now Send an email message, write a note and fax, and call state Attorney General Bill Lockyer's office and tell him: "I am calling to demand that the Attorney General does not appeal the stay of execution for Kevin Cooper to the Supreme Court. The Kevin Cooper case represents all of the flaws of the death penalty and should not take place."...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 6:44pm PST
Attorney General Bill Lockyer Is Trying To Get Kevin Killed Tonight!! 
California's Attorney General Bill Lockyer, displeased by the temporary stay, appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn it and allow the execution to proceed.
"The stay is contrary to this Court's pronouncements regarding the inappropriateness of granting equitable relief to condemned inmates in the eleventh hour," Lockyer wrote.
"The order of the Ninth Circuit constitutes an unwarranted intrusion on California's ability to carry out a lawful and final judgment tha...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 4:28pm PST
Stay could be lifted at any moment in the next 38 hours We need to let the governor and the courts know that thousands will be marching on San Quentin if they don't stop this legal lynching...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 3:00pm PST
Riverside Protest Against Cooper Execution 
In the heart of the conservative Inland Empire, hardy activists braved a cold, wet night to argue against the execution of Kevin Cooper. Speakers included local clergy, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, and actors Mike Farrell and James Cromwell....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:07am PST
Protest against execution at Gov. Arno's house in Brentwood 
Close to 100 people protested outside the gates to Arrrrrnold's gated part of town...
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 7:03am PST
9th Circuit Justice Browning Says Cooper Had Unfair Trial Ninth Circuit Justice James Browning dissented from the majority opinion of the three-judge panel in the 9th Circuit's rejection of Cooper's latest, but not last, appeal to the 9th Circuit....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2004 12:35am PST
Your Action Needed Monday Re: Kevin Cooper Rev. Jesse Jackson devoted his sermon at Allen Temple Baptist church in Oakland to the case of Kevin Cooper today. It was a deeply moving call for people to take action against the death penalty and to save the life of Kevin Cooper. Jackson announced the march and rally......
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:53pm PST
LA activists protest execution at Gov's home close to 100 protest to stop execution...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 11:35pm PST
Stop the legal lynching of Kevin Cooper Hundreds protested at the California State Building in San Francisco on Feb. 3, at a media conference in conjunction with statewide actions in defense of Kevin Cooper. Cooper is scheduled to be executed by the state on Feb. 10, despite a mountain of evidence suggesting that he is not guilty of the murders he was convicted of....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 9:47pm PST
March 5th, Irvine - March and rally at Taco Bell Headquarters March 2-4 -- March from East LA to Irvine, CA, home of Taco Bell's global headquarters
March 5 -- Rally at Taco Bell headquarters, Irvine, CA -- music, speakers, political theater, and more!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 6:56pm PST
Three jurors in Kevin Cooper case urge postponement of execution SAN DIEGO - Three jurors who convicted death row inmate Kevin Cooper of mass murder stood outside a courthouse and urged that his upcoming execution be postponed....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 3:43pm PST
KEVIN COOPER: Shujaa Graham speaks at the Feb. 3rd demo in San Francisco. (video/quicktime 14.7MB) Shujaa Graham spent four years on death row and underwent four trials before finally being set free. 3.5 minute QT movie. 15 MB....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2004 2:19pm PST
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