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Pelosi Surprise Visit to Palo Alto! 
Pelosi Appears with Palo Alto Daily News Box in Midtown.
In this report: Nancy Pelosi attended MoveOn Council 14 meeting where she sidled up to MoveOn field organizer and got grilled by Raging Grannies. On to some shopping, then finally, it was time for a home-cooked meal, courtesy of Cafe Sophia...home-cooking in the true tradition of Afghanistan! Raging Granny theater in the streets, meetings and cafes of Palo Alto....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 7:42pm PDT
Franciscan Priest, Arrested at November Anti-Torture Protest, will Speak in San Mateo Fr. Louis Vitale, Franciscan priest and noviolence action advocate, will speak on Tuesday, May 29th, at 7:30 PM at Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas, San Mateo. His talk is entitled "Torture on Trial" and includes the U.S. role in torture and his upcoming trial for nonviolent action at Fr. Huachuca near Tucson, Arizona....
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 1:04pm PDT
Heroes Rally, Sing, March for Impeachment! Citizens receive Awards! 
Heroic Citizen for Impeachment awards will be presented by Spiderman, Wonder Woman, Superman and Yoda to heroic citizens who have championed Impeachment, Peace, Truth, Justice at a rally, march in Palo Alto, today. They will recruit the public, press, Congress in their efforts to Impeach the greatest threat to our country and the world, those abusing their power who have hijacked the executive branch of government....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 6:40am PDT
Encounters with Minutemen: Raging Grannies 'N' Friends 
Raging Grannies and Friends counter-protest appearances by the Minutemen on the Peninsula. Scenes here are from cities of Redwood City and San Mateo. Next Minutemen counter protest in Peninsula/South Bay area will be in Campbell on May 12. Contact us for details....
Posted: Sun, May 6, 2007 2:44pm PDT
Counter Protest Minutemen in San Mateo May 5 
Cinco De Mayo ACTION Alert: This is from the press release sent out by the Minutemen. Raging Grannies will be there to counterprotest...please help!...
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 10:40am PDT
Banned by Army: Folk Singer Joan Baez Can't Sing to Wounded Soldiers at Walter Reed The Army has denied legendary folk singer and antiwar activist Joan Baez permission to sing at a concert for wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. We speak with Baez at her home in Palo Alto....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 7:45am PDT
Heroes of America - Anti War Activists - Rally for Impeachment 
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
Heroes Rally and March for Impeachment, for Peace in Palo Alto 
Report on the national impeachment movement, and the upcoming impeachment rally in Palo Alto...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 10:17pm PDT
May Day March in Mountain View 
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
Immigrant Rights: Thousands March in Mountain View 
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
Iraq war resisters, Agustín Aguayo and Camilo Mejía, speak out against war in Bay Area 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
An Introduction to War Tax Resistance 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
Minutemen Counter Demonstration Jefferson and El Camino Real...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 28, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 2:30pm PDT
Stanford Students Fasting To Demand Living Wage Policy On Campus Stanford students are fasting to get a living wage policy on campus....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 4:07pm PDT
Stanford Students approach 4th day of fast, Administrators refuse to meet 
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
Dumbarton Dialogue Project--Multi Jurisdictional Meeting 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
4/14 San Mateo forum Food Service Workers' Forum: A tale of two economies Food service workers at High Tech and Biotech companies will give testimony about their
conditions....
Posted: Mon, Apr 9, 2007 5:26pm PDT
Pride at Work Hires Two Youth Organizers 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
CSU Faculty Strike to Hit Bay Area April 11th If No Agreement Is Reached 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
Taser Task Force Meeting in Palo Alto 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
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