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A heroine lives among us: abortion rights activist and political cartoonist Pat Maginnis When asked how many leaflets she thought she had distributed in her lifetime, octogonerian Pat Maginnis responded that she had stopped counting after a million....
Posted: Sat, Sep 8, 2012 1:52am PDT
Free Bradley Manning Protest in Menlo Park 
In coordination with 25 cities nationwide, members of Peninsula Direct Action and supporters took their message to Democratic campaign headquarters in Menlo Park, California today. After protesting outside the office for over one hour, they convinced Mike Aydelott, Campaign Manager for the Democratic Volunteer Center, to take their prepared letter demanding that the Obama free Bradley Manning and send it to the President....
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 11:43pm PDT
11th Anniversary of the US/NATO War in Afghanistan Oscar Grant Plaza
14th & Broadway-OAKLAND...
Event Date: Sun, Oct 7, 2012 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 10:45pm PDT
March and Rally on the 11th anniversary of the Afghanistan war 
Rally: Powell & Market Sts.
March to Grand Hyatt in solidarity with Lo. 2 hotel workers
(at Stockton and Sutter, near Union Sq.)...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 6, 2012 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 11:03am PDT
Crash the DNC in SF! Free PFC Manning! 
San Francisco [Updated. See Below.]...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 6, 2012 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 5:02pm PDT
Remembering 25th Anniv Brian Wilson Run Over @ Concord Blocking Munitions to Central Amer. 
DIRECTIONS: I-680N to CA-242N toward Pittsburg. Exit Port Chicago Hwy/CA-4 W
3B, toward Richmond;
Take the Port Chicago Hwy North exit on the left. Go North approx. 1 mile to
CNSW and THE TRACKS...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 1, 2012 11:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 31, 2012 3:42pm PDT
Xicana Moratorium Interview (audio/x-wav 79.3MB) XICANA MORATORIUM COALITION talking about the day of resistance, and community....
Posted: Sun, Aug 26, 2012 11:47pm PDT
Veterans arrive for sit-in at Obama campaign office in Oakland (video/mp4 103.9MB) Three IVAW members enter the Obama campaign office in Oakland with supporters holding the doors open. When we tried to walk to the middle of the office to sit down, we were pushed by the staffers. Nobody was hurt.
Duration: 2:53...
Posted: Sat, Aug 18, 2012 10:29am PDT
Hundreds rally at Obama campaign offices for PFC Bradley Manning, vets arrested 
OAKLAND CA (August 16, 2012) -- Six veterans and activists in Oakland, CA, and six more in Portland, OR, were arrested last night at Obama campaign offices for occupying the spaces in solidarity with accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower PFC Bradley Manning. Dozens of veterans and anti-war demonstrators coordinated a West Coast set of actions that also included protests in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, and Seattle....
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2012 12:10pm PDT
Our Vanishing Civil Liberties - Why It Matters Now! Part 3 (video/quicktime 36.5MB) Part Three:
Art Persyko, Organizer
Grace Shimizu, Organizer, Asian Americans for Peace & Justice
Twelve-minute QuickTime movie. 38MB....
Posted: Wed, Aug 15, 2012 3:47pm PDT
Lincoln Exhibit ~ 150th Anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation 
William Jessup University is hosting a major traveling museum exhibit called Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War. A man with a biblical name served our nation during a very difficult time and helped begin a new path for people of African ancestry in America, yet his authentic legacy remains cloaked in mystery. William Jessup University, at a major gateway to Gold Rush California, has provided an opportunity for regional educational opportunity through the National Constitution Cente...
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2012 4:06am PDT
Our Vanishing Civil Liberties - Why It Matters Now! Part 2 (video/quicktime 76.6MB) Part Two:
Arthur Persyko, Organizer
Shahid Buttar, Executive Director, Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Eighteen-minute QuickTime movie. 80MB....
Posted: Mon, Aug 13, 2012 12:02am PDT
Pro-Israel War Ads on Municipal Buses San Francisco's Municipal Transportation Agency has a policy against political ads on its buses, but an ad being displayed now comes pretty close. The ad says, "In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel. Defeat jihad."...
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2012 5:48pm PDT
Our Vanishing Civil Liberties - Why It Matters Now! (video/quicktime 20.7MB) Part One:
Dolores Perez Priem, Organizer
Rev. Jeremiah Kalendae, Minister
Six-minute QuickTime movie. 22MB....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 10:49am PDT
Alameda County Proclaims Palestinian Cultural Day Despite Opposition 
Alameda County became the second California county to recognize Palestinian residents as a people, having a rich culture, and contributing to the community. An earlier attempt by opponents to scuttle the proclamation in June was overcome by negotiations between residents and county supervisors. Supervisors Nate Miley and Wilma Chan presented the proclamation on behalf of the entire Board on July 24, 2012....
Posted: Sun, Jul 29, 2012 2:56am PDT
Obama protest, Cannabis Initiative march Part Two 
The save Harborside cannabis march was followed by an Occupy Oakland march....
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 12:49pm PDT
Obama protest, Cannabis Initiative march Part One 
The save Harborside cannabis march was followed by an impromptu Occupy Oakland event....
Posted: Wed, Jul 25, 2012 11:45am PDT
Medea Benjamin on her new book "Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control" (audio/mpeg 9.9MB) On July 20, I interviewed Medea Benjamin about her new book "Drone Warfare: Killing By Remote Control," a comprehensive look at the growing menace of robotic warfare, with an extensive analysis of who is producing the drones, where they are being used, who “pilots” these unmanned planes, who the victims are and what some of the legal and moral implications are. Her book also looks at what activists, lawyers and scientists are doing to ground the drones, and ways to move forward....
Posted: Fri, Jul 20, 2012 2:14pm PDT
Foreclose on the Bomb, Not the People William Payne Park - across from Livermore Nuclear Weapons Lab
Vasco Road & Patterson Pass Road
Livermore, CA 94550...
Event Date: Sun, Aug 5, 2012 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 19, 2012 10:14pm PDT
Bradley Manning SF Pride 2012 Contingent 
A hundred friends marched for accused WikiLeaks whistle-blower Army PFC Bradley Manning on June 24, 2012, as an official contingent of the San Francisco Pride Parade. Photos by Jeff Paterson....
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2012 10:19am PDT
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