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Monday, April 24th: An Evening with Mustafa Barghouti The Palestinian issue is central to so many of the major conflicts in today’s world (War on Terrorism, War on Iraq, Iranian nuclear weapons, democratization in the Arab World, etc.), yet many in our country do not understand the basic realities of the situation. One cannot consider themselves educated today without understanding the conflict- so take this unique opportunity to learn from and challenge Palestine’s most recognized figures!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2006 7:21am PDT
Boy George Cut and Ran(again!) from student Peace activists on Friday On Friday, over 1,000 Stanford Univ. students, faculty & bystanders joined in to protest the meeting of George W(armonger)Bush with Hoover Inst. VIPs on campus. The students blocked the street of the WHO(White House Occupier)motorcade's intended route, and succeeded in forcing a change in the venue of the meeting to a more secluded & private location....
Posted: Sun, Apr 23, 2006 7:53pm PDT
Stanford protest videos Here are two videos made on the Stanford protest of Bush:...
Posted: Sat, Apr 22, 2006 4:45pm PDT
Hundreds Unwelcome 'Not Our President' Bush in San Jose 
San Jose, California (April 21, 2006) – Hundreds unwelcome “Not Our President” Bush on rare visit to California. Muslim youth detained, hand cuffed, and ticketed for praying near protest zone....
Posted: Sat, Apr 22, 2006 2:48am PDT
4/20: East Palo Alto Residents To March For Our Health And Environment Thursday, April 20th, 2006
Rally and March
Start at 4:45PM at Parking Lot of Home Depot (Donohoe Street and East
Bayshore)
End at 6:00PM at Pulgas and Bay Road...
Posted: Sun, Apr 16, 2006 8:34pm PDT
Stanford Students Support Immigrant Rights! Students organized a rally at Stanford in conjunction with the National Day of Action for Immigrant Rights. They blocked off two traffic arteries off White Plaza to draw attention to the problems of "borders."...
Posted: Mon, Apr 10, 2006 5:25pm PDT
A System Out of Control in San Mateo County San Mateo Probation Department attempts to force those on probation to "snitch" or be violated!!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 5:18pm PST
Ford Dealership Blockade, Palo Alto CA 
The Raging Grannies, RAN, Global Exchange, the Ruckus Society, CODEPINK, Veterans for Peace, and San Mateo Peace Action Team Up to Tell Ford that Urgent Action is Needed to Break America's Oil Addiction!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 22, 2006 9:32pm PST
Taboo Topics 
The latest encounter between activist Carol Brouillet, and Congresswoman Anna Eshoo, highlighting the resistance to "information" that many people don't want to acknowledge....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:21am PST
Impeachment, Peace, Truth, Abolish the Patriot Act? 
If your political activities were noticed and you were removed from your Congresswoman's rolladex and not invited to the upcoming Town Hall Meeting- consider this an invitation...
Make your voice, issue heard at the Town Hall Meeting with Congresswoman Anna Eshoo Saturday, March 4th, Mountain View 9:30 am!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 10:54pm PST
Alert: South San Francisco May RESTRICT Collective Cultivation on Th! Tomorrow night, the Planning Commission will vote on a proposal from the
South San Francisco Police that, if passed, will greatly restrict
collective cultivation....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 1:43pm PST
Military Recruiters Face Grannies' Tough Questions (video/quicktime 17.6MB) A documentary film crew from Germany filmed the Raging Grannies of the San Francisco Peninsula on January 17, 2006, during one of their occasional visits to have tea with military recruiters. One-minute QT movie. 17MB....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 4:34pm PST
Charter School Unionizes Edison Brentwood Academy and Edison-McNair Academy in East Palo Alto are the first Edison Schools Charter schools to unionize. Contract was ratified, and includes increase in pay and limited protection for 5th-year teachers....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:34pm PST
FILM: Affluenza – An unsustainable addiction to economic growth Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. Americans, who make up only five percent of the world's population, use nearly a third of its resources and produce almost half of its hazardous waste. Add overwork, personal stress, the erosion of family and community, skyrocketing debt, and the growing gap between rich and poor, and it's easy to understand why some people say that the American Dream is no bargain. Many are opting out of the consumer chase, redefining the Dream, and making "voluntary simplicity"...
Posted: Thu, Jan 12, 2006 3:53pm PST
Elephant Seals Mate and Relax at Año Nuevo 
A large colony of northern elephant seals are currently mating and taking life easy at Año Nuevo State Reserve. The Reserve is located off Highway 1, between the cities of Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay, on a beautiful stretch of the southern San Mateo County coastline. On January 4, 2006, I took a guided tour of the Wildlife Protection Area of the Reserve and saw lots of cute elephant seal pups and their parents....
Posted: Tue, Jan 10, 2006 2:26pm PST
Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, Jan. 13-15, 2006 The Twentieth Annual Western Workers Labor Heritage Festival, honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s contribution to the civil rights and labor movements, will be held January 13-15, 2006.
The weekend of solidarity in an era of war, racism, and hard times features music, drama, visual arts, spoken word, poetry, photography and more....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 8:41pm PST
CodePink, Raging Grannies, Quakers under Surveillance 
California peace groups including CodePink, Raging Grannies, War Resisters League, Quakers. Food Not Bombs and more have been under government surveillance. See photos by Jackie Thomason and links here, and the full text of Dec 21 press release from ACLU California affiliates seeking information about government spying....
Posted: Sun, Dec 25, 2005 1:35pm PST
Immigrants Abused in INS Detention I bring this to you after being in INS detention for 2 months. I was detained by INS for no specific reason and was slated for deportation to India. While in INS custody I met with other detainees who have been in INS detention for period ranging from a few years to one Sikh detainee who has been in INS limbo for 9 years being shunted form one INS facility to another....
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 1:32pm PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
STANFORD UNIVERSITY HALL OF SHAME 2005 (Cruel and Unnecessary Animal "Research") 
The following are some of the people at Stanford University who abuse animals, in the name of "scientific research", using our federal tax dollars: Alan Schatzberg, Tirin Moore, David Lyons, Emmanuel Mignot, Gregory Corrado, William Newsome, Corinna Darian-Smith, Jennifer Raymond and Krishna Shenoy. For details of how wasteful and unnecessary these experiments are, visit http://www.curedisease.com ....
Posted: Sat, Dec 10, 2005 10:19pm PST
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