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'Only God Can Judge Me' -- A Palestinian American Defends His Right to Sell Liquor
The videotaped vandalism of two convenience stores in Oakland has made national headlines. Four members of Your Black Muslim Bakery, a Black Muslim sect have been charged with the crime. PNS contributor Moe Saleh, the owner of one of the markets, has refused to speak with mainstream media. This essay was transcribed from a radio interview on KMEL Street Soldiers Program. Dr. Marshall is the co-founder and Executive Director of the Omega Boys Club. Additional reporting by Kevin Weston, editor-...
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 11:19pm PST
12/10 at 3pm: Witness Against Torture Solidarity Vigil-Berkeley
Join War Resisters League West and local Catholic Workers as we stand for
one simple hour in solidarity with our compatriots who have marched to
Guantanamo and asked to see detainees there.
Black dress recommended, but not required....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 7:52pm PST
"Dream What We Can Become & Rejoice" UC Berkeley
Multimedia exhibit — photos, music, videos, DVDs, smellavision — from the carkness of worker oppression to the light of hopeful organizing....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 6:33am PST
Bill Mandel Loses Show on KPFA (audio/mpeg 6.1MB)
Long-time Eastern-European Scholar, Commentator and Educator Expelled by Paid Staff...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 6:14pm PST
Nabolom Art Opening & Film Screening
Free screening of "We Interrupt This Empire..." plus short films, live music, art, refreshments...etc....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 5:39pm PST
Justice for Delphi Workers Demo, Saturday in Concord
Workers’ Rights March and Rally
Saturday, December 10, 2005
Lithia Dodge
4901 Marsh Drive, Concord
11:00 a.m....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 12:28am PST
Free Berkeley Movie Screening: Redemption The Stan Tookie Williams Story
A free screening of Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story at The Long Haul 3124 Shattuck Ave. Berkeley Sat. Dec, 10th 7pm. 2 blocks from Ashby BART (510) 540-0751
With a speaker from Campaign Against the Death Penalty...
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 2:55pm PST
UCB: "The Big Queer Event!" December 9th
Come to the BIGGEST QUEER EVENT on the Berkeley Campus this friday for fun, refreshments, drag performances and of course, people! The first Big Queer Event last fall was one of the largest events on campus in years with over 250 people in attendance. This year's event promises to be bigger, badder and better....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 7:21am PST
Bay Area Radical Mental Health Collective - Winter Events
Winter Events
1-800-MY-Yahoo #Radicalnut...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 10:57pm PST
Berkeley Honda Rallies, Negotiation
Where: Shattuck & Parker
When: Th., 12/8, 4:30-6:00
Sat., 12/10, 1-2:30...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 11:04am PST
‘People of color are already the majority; we just need to take charge!’
“People of color are already the majority in California; we just need to take charge,” said Steve Phillips, former San Francisco school board member and executive director of PowerPac.org. Phillips’ well-informed voice joined a panel of legislators and policy makers at last week’s Racial Policy Summit held in Oakland....
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 8:55am PST
Liquor Store Attacks Go Deeper than Booze
Mom-and-pop liquor stores have long been a target for blacks angry at the economic disempowerment of their communities. Earl Ofari Hutchinson is a contributing editor at Pacific News Service and the author of "The Crisis in Black and Black."...
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 8:53am PST
Hip-Hop Predicted Liquor Store Trashings Long Ago
Hip hop musicians have long addressed -- and frequently profited from -- liquor sales in impoverished black neighborhoods. PNS contributor Adisa Banjoko is a lecturer and author of the upcoming book "Lyrical Swords Vol. 2: Westside Rebellion." For more information visit http://www.lyricalswords.com....
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 8:51am PST
Counter-Recruitment Rally & March in Solidarity w FAIR v Rumsfeld Supreme Court Case
Berkeley Stop the War Coalition is meeting at 3:00 at Berkeley BART on Shattuck, and taking BART to SF to confront military recruiters. CAN (the Campus Antiwar Network) has been getting lots of press lately, and is beginning to be seen as the frontline of student grassroots antiwar activism. This is a great opportunity to build CAN and to confront military recruiters off campus with some of our allies from SF state, high schools, and community activists. Please come build this event!...
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 10:33pm PST
Vigil for Fr Jean-Juste Dec 10th in Berkeley
Saturday, Dec. 10, 2005 -- 4 - 6 pm
Trinity United Methodist Church of Berkeley - Chapel
Enter at 2320 Dana (between Bancroft and Durant), Berkeley
Street Parking -- Six blocks from Downtown Berkeley BART...
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 9:59pm PST
Berkeley Liberation Radio Benefit and Concert December 10th
Berkeley Liberation Radio holds a 60's blues and rock-inspired concert in Berkeley to raise operating funds and interact with the microradio public on Saturday, December 10th at Roundtree's Rhythm and Blues Hall of Fame Museum....
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 6:16pm PST
no child left behind
USA is planning to test Dangerous Chemicals and Drugs on Orphans and innocent Children worldwide.
Stop the Brutal Attack on children....
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 2:59pm PST
Today:Int'l Day in Solidarity with Political Prisoners, POW's and Political Exiles
Where: First Unitarian Church – 14th and Castro,
Oakland, CA
When: December 3, 2005: 7PM...
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 10:53am PST
12/5 in Oakland: Come help "Move the Movement" for Transportation Justice
December 5th, 2005, 4:00-5:30pm Frank Ogawa Plaza (in front of City Hall) Broadway & 14th Street, Oakland...
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 1:47pm PST