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Talk-Back to the FCC! Public Hearing 4/17 at Stanford. Speaker Training in SF, BK, PA
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is meeting April 17th at noon at Dinkenspiel Hall on the Stanford Campus for a public hearing triggered by recent incidents with Verizon blocking text messages from the Abortion Rights Action League and Comcast interfering with legal peer to peer file exchanges....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 12:28pm PDT
Iraq Moratorium #7
Members of the Raging Grannies Action League, who have now participated in all 7 Iraq Moratorium Events, seen here in Palo Alto, California shortly before midnight March 21.
Photo by Pam Walton of Pam Walton Productions.
Watch for Pam's upcoming documentary on the Grannies.
http://pamwaltonproductions.com/raginggrannies.shtml...
Posted: Tue, Mar 25, 2008 10:05pm PDT
attack on chevron
In the early morning hours of Mar. 19th, we cut six pumps and glued eight credit card slots at Chevron in Daly City, in response to its involvement in the Iraq war...
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 4:10pm PDT
Students Demand a Democratic UC Board of Regents and No More Nuclear Weapons; 12 Lockdown
Outraged over the undemocratic nature of the University of California Board of Regents and the Regents’ continued management of the national nuclear weapon labs, on March 19th, 2008, students from the Coalition to Free the UC took nonviolent direct action at the UC Regents meeting at UCSF Mission Bay campus in an attempt to obstruct their ability to meet....
Posted: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 10:18am PDT
Palo Alto Rally Against The War
As the fifth anniversary of the American invasion and occupation of Iraq approaches, a protest rally was held in downtown Palo Alto on Saturday, March 15. Several hundred people attended the event sponsered by the Peninsula Peace and Justice Center. The Raging Grannies opened the event....
Posted: Sun, Mar 16, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Hungry For Impeachment Hearings?
Palo Alto and San Jose offices of Congressmembers Anna Eshoo, Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren (member of Judiciary Committee)...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 18, 2008 9:00am PDT
Posted: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 7:20pm PDT
New Energy and Project Earth Radio Show with Adam Trombly March 17, 8-10 PM PST
Weekly Questioning War- Organizing Resistance Radio Show dialogues with one of the most influential and unorthodox scientists of his generation, Adam Trombly. Trombly was menored by Buckminster Fuller and has devoted his life towards a deep understanding of global problems and solutions, particularly in the realm of energy where his work and he were literally "gagged" by the US. government. For decades he has been the director of ProjectEarth.com....
Posted: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 10:23am PDT
Vigil and Leafletting on the Fifth Anniversary of the Iraq War
Lytton Plaza
University Avenue & Emerson Street
Palo Alto...
Event Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 6:09pm PDT
Working Toward Peaceful Resolution of Conflict on Intn'l Women's Day
Non-Violent Communication...it's NOT Just for Women...but as one of the female board members of San Mateo Peace Action noted,
"definitely a concept women can relate to."
Male or female, cultural conditioning often leads our attention in directions unlikely to get us what we want.
With that in mind, San Mateo Peace Action sponsored a workshop led by Silvia Chiesa where participants practiced skills
that encourage a flow between ourselves and others based on a mutual giving from the h...
Posted: Sat, Mar 8, 2008 6:21pm PST
Wikileaks.org Is Back, Judge Dissolves Injunction
First Amendment Rights of Internet Users Upheld in Today's Hearing...
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 9:29pm PST
Indybay Urgently Needs Your Financial Support Now
INDYBAY NEEDS TO RAISE $5000 in order to continue operating.
Indybay has expenses that amount to several hundred dollars every month for hosting this website. Indybay also has other smaller expenses that relate to outreach and having a mailbox. It's been over a year since Indybay last had a fundraising drive and now we need to ask for donations again to cover our costs into the foreseeable future. We'll be happy to end this drive as soon as we reach our goal. Please donate now so we ca...
Posted: Fri, Feb 29, 2008 8:11pm PST
EFF, ACLU Move to Intervene in Wikileaks Case
San Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Northern California (ACLU-Northern California) Tuesday filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit where a federal judge ordered the disabling of one of the domain names associated with "Wikileaks," a website designed to give whistleblowers a forum for posting materials of public concern....
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 7:57am PST
US district court judge orders shutdown of whistleblower web site
Thursday, February 28, 2008 :In an extraordinary act of censorship, lawyers representing the Swiss bank Julius Baer (BJB) obtained an injunction against the Dynadot corporation, US domain name registrar for the Wikileaks web site. Judge Jeffrey White of the Federal District Court in San Francisco issued the injunction February 15 in a lawsuit BJB filed against Wilikeaks and Dynadot....
Posted: Thu, Feb 28, 2008 7:52am PST
Free Forum: "Fidel Steps Aside"
Community Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
Free and open to the public
Wheelchair accessible...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2008 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 12:53pm PST
Swiss Bank's attempt to hide money laundering backfires
Swiss Bank Julius Baer convinced Federal court Judge Jeffery White to disable the website wikileaks.org to prevent access to leaked documents that implicated them of money laundering. The ensuing controversy has cast suspicion on the IPO bid of their US operation....
Posted: Fri, Feb 22, 2008 9:32am PST
California judge deletes Wikileaks indie journalism site
stephen soldz
Mon Feb 18, 2008 at 06:20:15 AM PST
One of the most important web sites in recent months has been Wikileaks.org. Wikileaks has upset the Chinese government enough that they are attempting to censor it, as is the Thai military junta. Wikileaks is now under attack from a censorship effort by a California court....
Posted: Mon, Feb 18, 2008 7:45am PST
Not Revising History on Tom Lantos
Tom Lantos is being lauded as a great "humanitarian". The facts tell a different story when
it comes to Palestinians....
Posted: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 8:15am PST
Reflections on Palestinian Activism: A Queer Jewish Perspective
Stanford University
Women's Community Center
First Floor, Old Fire Truck House
433 Santa Teresa Street
Stanford, CA 94305-3010
Directions: http://www.stanford.edu/group/womenscntr/wccmap.html...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 19, 2008 7:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Feb 16, 2008 7:26am PST
Right/Left Face to Face: Mtn View Recruiting Center
Protesters v. Counter-Protesters...
Posted: Fri, Feb 15, 2008 5:09pm PST
Signs Say UNION POWER!
Las Abuelitas Enojadas y Unionistas
WAVING BANNERS HIGH for Hotel Workers...
Posted: Fri, Feb 8, 2008 2:19pm PST