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San Francisco Bay View: The end of an era, the dawn of a new day 
Six hundred and ninety-seven papers ago, on Feb. 3, 1992, Willie Ratcliff and I watched with wonder as the noisy old Oakland Post press rolled out copy after copy after copy of our first edition of the newspaper then called the New Bayview. Instinctively, I picked one up and hugged it like a miraculous newborn baby. Last week I hugged the July 2, 2008, edition when I had to accept the verdict that, for the time being at least, it will be the last edition of the San Francisco Bay View to be pu...
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 1:17pm PDT
The fate of Black Newspapers: Interview with Willie Ratliff of the SF Bay View (audio/mpeg 11.3MB) Analysis of the fate of Black Newspapers with Paul Cobb, Publisher of Oakland Post, Herb Boyd, journalist in New York - Contributor to Amsterdam News, Willie Ratliff, Publisher of San Francisco Bay View, and Dr. William Lee, Publisher of the Sacramento Observer....
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 1:13pm PDT
Breaking: Big Win for Net Neutrality! The FCC just voted to punish Comcast for violating Net Neutrality...
Posted: Fri, Aug 1, 2008 12:39pm PDT
Thanks to Everyone For Your Support Covering Indybay's Costs 
We want to send a big THANKS! to all the people, organizations, collectives, and movements that have helped to cover Indybay's financial costs. We recognize these donations as an expression of appreciation for Indybay and the Indymedia websites we host....
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 2:41pm PDT
Meeting/Future of Public Access As part of this process a second public meeting has
been scheduled to gather public comment on these issues:
6:00 PM, Tuesday August 12, 2008
The LGBT Center
1800 Market Street
San Francisco, CA 94102...
Posted: Wed, Jul 30, 2008 9:46am PDT
"Kick Them All Out" Radio Show with Bruce McDonald, Monday, July 28, 8-10 pm 
On Questioning War- Organizing Resistance, Bruce McDonald, webmaster of the Kick Them All Out Project, which suggests that ousting all of Congress is the best remedy for the current political, economic, social crisis, will be discussing his plan to redeem and save the country....
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 11:28am PDT
Journalists Fired for Union Organizing: 
Within weeks of forming a union, employees of Bay Area News Group were shocked at the seemingly retaliatory firings of at least 20 journalists who had worked to form the East Bay bargaining unit.
Last week the Northern California Media Workers Guild filed unfair labor practice charges with the National Labor Relations Board.
Bay Area News Group East Bay includes the Oakland Tribune and other papers....
Posted: Fri, Jul 25, 2008 2:18am PDT
KPFA's "Alternative Home Shopping Network" finds a new form, same game new double speak. FRIENDSHIP IS A TWO WAY STREET: WHEN KPFA GETS A MANAGEMENT THAT UNDERSTANDS THIS THEY WILL NOT HAVE TO PLAY MADISON AVENUE GAMES TO GET $UPPORT FROM THE COMMUNITY...
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 10:58pm PDT
DOS AMERICAS: A Night of Immigrant Worker Justice from New Orleans to San Francisco! 
The Women's Building
3543 18th St. btw. Valencia and Guerrero
San Francisco, CA 94110...
Event Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 10:51pm PDT
Privatizer SF Community TV CEO Zane Blaney Warns That Community Access May Shutdown Zane Blaney Executive Director of SF Community Access is now warning that the community access station in SF maybe forced to shutdown due to funding cutbacks. The policies of Blaney and his rubber stamp board hand picked by him has driven community access producers off the station and his agenda has been to turn the station into a operation for non-profits. This has left no money and driven away community and labor support...
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 8:23am PDT
FCC Chairman to Seek Enforcement Action Against Comcast 
Giant Cable Company Guilty of Blocking Internet Traffic and Not Adequately Disclosing Bandwidth Restrictions...
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 3:23am PDT
Modesto Anarcho #8! Out Now! Download PDF 
Modesto Anarcho, the Central Valley's insurrectionary journal of class struggle is back with it's summer issue!...
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 1:04pm PDT
Google Hands 12 Terabytes of Data to Viacom; How Much is About You? 
Earlier this month Viacom demanded that Google hand over identifying information on Youtube users.
Why? Because 4.1 billion videos are there, about 38% of all videos online.
And some of them, are copyrighted. That means there is money to be made. Lots of it.
As, Mark Getty, founder of Getty Images, once said, "Intellectual Property is the oil of the 21st century."
PHOTO: Members of the Raging Grannies and Veterans for Peace campaign for Internet Freedom...
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 4:48pm PDT
Kiilu Nyasha on Ruchell Magee 
ABU-JAMAL-NEWS.COM: With our recent publication of this essay about Ruchell Magee, we are excited to introduce the author, Kiilu Nyasha, as a new featured writer at Abu-Jamal-News.com. Nyasha was a Black Panther and has been part of the international struggle for nearly 40 years. She is currently host of a weekly TV program, "Freedom Is A Constant Struggle," on SF Live (Cable 76), a columnist for the SF BayView newspaper and a member of the SF8 Committee....
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 1:22pm PDT
Krip-Hop Project is looking for Disabled Hip-Hop Artists & Media Coverage 
Krip-Hop Mixtape Series
My name is Leroy Moore and I produce Krip-Hop Mixtapes. Krip-Hop Nation is a project of disabled hip-hop artists. I'm looking for artists for upcoming Krip-Hop Vols. Read below for more info.
Why Wait Get your Music to me know for Vol.3 of Krip-Hop
If you miss Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 1 (that came out Jan 5, 2007 limited run), and Vol. 2 (coming out soon) please get on it for Krip-Hop Mixtape Vol. 3 You ask how? This is how it worked last time. If you're a d...
Posted: Sun, Jul 13, 2008 12:07pm PDT
Preventing Global War Radio Show with Michael Andregg, July 14th, Mon 8-10 pm (Pacific) 
On the weekly Questioning War-Organizing Resistance radio show, Michael Andregg, author of The Causes of War, and producer of the film- Rethinking 9/11: Why Truth and Reconciliation are Better Strategies Than Global War will be discussing preventing global war with Carol Brouillet, Bay Area activist....
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 5:37pm PDT
Between the Minutes at KPFA, June 14 Scenes & sketches from the KPFA board meeting of June 14, 2008...
Posted: Fri, Jul 11, 2008 1:13pm PDT
Friendly Fire Newsletter - July 08 
-------------to subscribe to this newsletter send us an e-mail at friendlyfirecollective@gmail.com-------------...
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 1:56pm PDT
Injured 9/11 Iron Worker Responder To Visit South Bay During Laborfest-New Event 
John Sferazo, a NYC Local 361 Iron Worker who was injured working as a first responder during the 9/11 incident will present the continuing struggle to get healthcare for injured workers and the public. Also screening will be "9/11 Dust And Deceit" by Penny Little.
Also there will be an event on the fight to re-open the Charity Hospital in New Orleans which is the largest public WPA constructed hospital in Louisiana. Brad Ott, chair of the Committee To Reopen Charity Hospital will give a rep...
Posted: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 9:17am PDT
Homeland Security Seizes 32 Computers Bound for Cuba at Texas-Mexico Border 
Federal agents seized 32 computers from Pastors for Peace as they attempted to cross the Pharr International Bridge early this morning at the US-Mexico border....
Posted: Thu, Jul 3, 2008 2:44pm PDT
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