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imageHeroes of America - Anti War Activists - Rally for Impeachment
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by Carol Brouillet
A great music video featuring the anti-war movement has inspired the theme of the next Impeachment Rally. "Be a Hero! Stand Up and March for Impeachment, for Peace, for Justice!" Calling all super-heroes, all citizens willing to put themselves out for Truth, Peace, Justice and IMPEACHMENT!...
Posted: Wed, May 2, 2007 11:23am PDT
imageHeroes Rally and March for Impeachment, for Peace in Palo Alto
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by Carol Brouillet
Report on the national impeachment movement, and the upcoming impeachment rally in Palo Alto...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 10:17pm PDT
imageMay Day March in Mountain View
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by Charles Slay
Hundreds of people marched through downtown Mountain View Tuesday, May 1, in support of immigrant's rights. Many people brought their entire families. A rally followed in City Hall plaza with entertainment by the Peninsula Raging Grannies....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 10:09pm PDT
imageImmigrant Rights: Thousands March in Mountain View
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by Granny Ruth
Thousands marched in an Immigrant Rights March in Mountain View, CA on May 1, 2007. The rally was organized by the Day Worker Center of Mountain View....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 8:10pm PDT
textIraq war resisters, Agustín Aguayo and Camilo Mejía, speak out against war in Bay Area by Courage to Resist
Iraq combat veterans, Agustín Aguayo and Camilo Mejía, will be joined by fellow war resisters Pablo Paredes and Robert Zabala for a series of Northern California events May 9-18....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 12:35am PDT
calendarAn Introduction to War Tax Resistance by Mike Caggiano
Unitarian Universalists of San Mateo 300 E. Santa Inez San Mateo, CA 94402...
Event Date: Thu, May 10, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 6:00pm PDT
calendarMinutemen Counter Demonstration by Lisa Ballard
Jefferson and El Camino Real...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 2:30pm PDT
textStanford Students Fasting To Demand Living Wage Policy On Campus by Stanford Labor Action Coalition
Stanford students are fasting to get a living wage policy on campus....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 4:07pm PDT
imageStanford Students approach 4th day of fast, Administrators refuse to meet
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by Stanford Labor Action Coalition
SLAC members entering 4th day of fasting for a REAL living wage through a Code of Conduct. Current Living Wage Policy for subcontracted workers effectively covers no workers due to many restrictions which the presidents own advisory committee recommended to be lifted. Despite years of protest, petitions, student senate bills, and the advisory committee's recommendations urging the restrictions to be lifted, administrators continue to refuse to lift the restrictions or meet with students or wo...
Posted: Sat, Apr 14, 2007 9:00pm PDT
textDumbarton Dialogue Project--Multi Jurisdictional Meeting by Rochelle Johnson
The Dumbarton Dialogue will continue with the community dialogue to define the top 10 criteria for projects on Saturday, April 28 from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the City of East Palo Alto Municipal Building, 2415 University Avenue, East Palo Alto. The meetings will bring to together interested individuals from the six participating cities – East Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto and Redwood City. The public is encouraged to attend and participate. For more information c...
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 3:34pm PDT
text4/14 San Mateo forum Food Service Workers' Forum: A tale of two economies by reposted
Food service workers at High Tech and Biotech companies will give testimony about their conditions....
Posted: Mon, Apr 9, 2007 5:26pm PDT
textPride at Work Hires Two Youth Organizers by Paul Hogarth, Beyond Chron (reposted)
For years, organized labor and the LGBT community have achieved important victories by working together. In the 1970’s, Harvey Milk teamed up with the Teamsters Union to boycott Coors Beer. Two years ago, LGBT activists and the United Farm Workers joined forces to support each other’s causes – a boycott of Gallo wine, and the passage of marriage equality. Central to these struggles has been Pride at Work – a group within the AFL-CIO that represents LGBT workers....
Posted: Wed, Apr 4, 2007 7:22am PDT
textCSU Faculty Strike to Hit Bay Area April 11th If No Agreement Is Reached by Proud CSU Alumnus - Press Release
Teachers of the California State University system -- the most affordable higher education institution in the state -- vowed to strike if the CSU administration did not offer an acceptable contract. Central to the California Faculty Association's objections are the university system's proposal to drastically increase student tuition by more than 200% over the next couple of years, and a substandard salary schedule that leaves many teachers struggling to survive on less than most k-12 teacher...
Posted: Fri, Mar 30, 2007 11:36pm PDT
textTaser Task Force Meeting in Palo Alto by Carol Brouillet
The public needs to challenge the adoption and use of tasers by the Palo Alto Police Department. This meeting will be one of the few oportunities which will allow public input- please come. March 27, 2007, 1305 Middlefield Road, Lucie Stern Community Center...
Posted: Mon, Mar 26, 2007 1:24pm PDT
imageTaser Task Force and the Death of Innocence (unedited)
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by junya
This is a recap and follow-up to a previous story on the Palo Alto Taser task force ("Strange Fruit: The Task of Forcing Tasers on Palo Alto" at http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/06/18373044.php), detailing the players and their tricks. It was originally posted on the online forum of the Palo Alto Weekly newspaper, where passages were removed by Palo Alto Weekly staff....
Posted: Sat, Mar 24, 2007 4:37am PDT
imagePics from Anti-War Rally in Palo Alto
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by D Boyer aka a TG person
Pics from Anti-War Rally in Palo Alto on Saturday March 17th....
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 9:48am PDT
textEast Palo Makes Good with Crime, Killings, and Violence by Francisco Da Costa
East Palo Alto (EPA) makes good by working hard and bringing the community, Community Based Organizations, Faith Based, City Officials, and the local Businesses to address Quality of Life issues in their neighborhood. This is the right method and it will bring great success. In San Francisco our City Attorney, Dennis Herrera, has been using the tool and wrong ploy of "Injunction" - it will , never ever work. Time to learn from EPA!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 16, 2007 12:56pm PDT
imageLove Life, Liberty? Impeach Bush/Cheney Rally/March in Palo Alto
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by Carol Brouillet
Activists will rally at Lytton Plaza in Downtown Palo Alto at 1:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 14, 2007 to voice their opposition to government policies and demand that Congress launch the “Impeachment” of Bush and Cheney. The rally will conclude with a presentation of demands at Congresswoman Anna Eshoo’s Emerson Street office. Like Pelosi, Eshoo doesn’t want to touch “Impeachment.”...
Posted: Wed, Mar 14, 2007 8:19am PDT
calendarPalo Alto: Anti-War Rally - Out of Iraq Now! by Peninsula Peace and Justice Center
City Hall Plaza 250 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto...
Event Date: Sat, Mar 17, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Mar 9, 2007 5:33pm PST
imageSan Francisco - Nuclear Weapons Lab Backs Down
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by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
Bob Sarvey: We have achieved ... a major victory....
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2007 9:20am PST
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