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Biofuel threat to indigenous people The natives of Indonesia and Malaysia are among 60 million indigenous people facing the threat of being driven off their lands to make way for an expansion of biofuel crops around the world, the head of a UN panel has said....
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 8:48am PDT
Free Film: Rabbit-Proof Fence Station 40
3030B 16th Street
SF...
Event Date: Wed, May 16, 2007 9:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, May 15, 2007 4:57am PDT
Condemn Police Brutality on Filipino Family Public assembly area outside of the Superior Court, 190 West Hedding St, San Jose, CA, 95110...
Event Date: Tue, May 15, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, May 14, 2007 6:50pm PDT
Lennar Corp. aided by SF City crooks harm thousands in San Francisco Lennar Corp. is harming thousands by polluting the air with dangerous Asbestos Dust laden with numerous other toxic elements - much of it radiological in nature. SF Health Department is helping Lennar Corp. pollute the Bayview Hunters Point. Mayor Gavin Newsom knows about it and has with intent allowed this nonsense to go unabated....
Posted: Sun, May 13, 2007 5:58am PDT
An exclusive interview with Madame Kadiatou Diallo, whose son Amadou was slain by the NYPD Says Meshá Mongé-Irizarry of the Idriss Stelley Foundation, "In May 2003, during her tour of the Bay area, Madame Diallo and I met for the very first time ... for a scheduled interview; which ended in two hours of bonding and Sister Love merging our common grief and struggle for Justice for our Young Black Sons, slaughtered by rogue police."...
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 11:19pm PDT
Black Freedmen Expelled From Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation’s vote to expel many black members, known as Freedmen, could have far-reaching effects as other tribes follow the precedent. While many critics portray the Freedmen as outsiders who take advantage of Native culture and resources, Freedmen say that it is about celebrating a part of their identity. Cynthia Nelson is a media studies graduate student at New College and intern at the Bay View....
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 7:45am PDT
Shame of Mayor Gavin Newsom and Lennar Corp. Shame on Mayor Gavin Newsom and Lennar Corp. With intent these EVIL forces have harmed our children and others in and around a 3 mile radius with Parcel A as the epicenter. Where is the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Environmental Protection Agency and other State and Local agencies such as SF Health Department on this issues linked to Parcel A and Asbestos Dust....
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 6:40am PDT
"Hey, Ken Burns, Why Shun Latinos?" - Juan Gonzalez on PBS WWII Documentary A coalition of Latino organizations have reached an agreement with the filmmaker Ken Burns on a forthcoming World War II documentary that had been criticized for ignoring the role of Latino soldiers. The 14-hour film, “The War,” initially included no interviews with any Latino veterans even though over 500,000 Latinos served in the war. Democracy Now! co-host and New York Daily News columnist, Juan Gonzalez discusses the controversy....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 6:24pm PDT
'Illegal' is racism in disguise At last night's Beret meeting one of our compañeras brought up the issue of the widely used term "Illegal Alien" and its link to the racist eugenics movement. It prompted this letter to the editors of the local corporate press....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 3:47pm PDT
Untouchables sweep to power in India's most populous state India's most prominent Untouchable leader pulled off a surprise election victory in the country's most populous state today, stalling the political ambitions of the Gandhi family's heir apparent....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 6:42am PDT
FILIPINOS IN THE UNITED STATES 
Filipinos in the United States today comprise the largest community of Asians. But knowledge about them is scarce. Instead we find trivialities, cliches and stereotypes about them spread by academics and Filipino historical associations. This review calls attention to one serious approach to the Filipino community, part of the 10 million Overseas Filipinos around the world, from a historical-materialist perspective....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 4:33am PDT
ATTENTION, MOVE! This is America! 
“Attention, MOVE: This Is America!” Philadelphia Police Commissioner Sambor declared through a loudspeaker, minutes before the May 13, 1985 police assault on the revolutionary MOVE organization’s home. This assault killed 5 children and 6 adults, including MOVE founder John Africa. After police shot over 10,000 rounds of bullets into their West Philadelphia home, a State Police helicopter dropped a C-4 bomb, illegally supplied by the FBI, on MOVE’s roof....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 2:27am PDT
O.J. Simpson refused service in a restaurant Who cannot question the motives of the restaurant owner who refused Simpson service. I am not convinced he would be so unforgiving to other unsavory characters....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 10:18pm PDT
Defend Alette* Protect Free Speech* Fight Racism Alette kendrick, a woman of color who was arrested during the Regents protest of October 18, 2006 is now facing a three year suspension from UCSC! Whereas the white male student arrested with Alette received only one quarter of academic probation, Alette's sentence is essentially an expulsion! This struggle is situated within the longstanding history of institutionalized violence against people of color at the University, as well as an unprecedented attempt to suffocate activism at UCSC thr...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 3:12pm PDT
MUNI 15 Bus should be restored its rights to serve the people - now. Bring Back the MUNI 15 bus to serve the people as it has done all these many years. The T-Third Light rail is a mess with long waits - some for over one hour. The performance is getting worse every single day. What has Mr. Nathaniel Ford and Mayor Gavin Newsom to say about this fiasco?...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 6:11am PDT
POWER 10th Anniversary needs Volunteers 9:45AM At POWER offices
32 &th St @ Market
11am-5pm at the Bayview Opera House
4705 Third Street...
Event Date: Sat, May 12, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2007 4:28pm PDT
Lennar Corp and other scum bags exposed in public at City Hall on May 7, 2007. For years the forces of EVIL have been polluting the Bayview Hunters Point aided and abated by Sell Outs. Now, the forces of good gathered before the Land Use Committee on May 7, 2007 and exposed Lennar Corp. and its operations and many scum bags on the take. We call them sell outs....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2007 10:25am PDT
French Muslims Want Sarkozy Assurances PARIS — The election of tough-talking Nicolas Sarkozy has sent shockwaves through Europe's biggest Muslim minority whose members voted en masse to block his confident march to the Elysee....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2007 9:27am PDT
2nd annual Mr. Hyphen Oakland Asian Cultural Center, 388 9th Street, Suite 290, Oakland, CA 94607...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, May 7, 2007 8:24pm PDT
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