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Decriminalization of Prostitution Will End Illegal Brothels and Stop Trafficking of Women SWOP-USA is pushing prostitution decrim ballot initatives in Berkeley and San Francisco. Removing the laws against prostitution will eliminate the black market need to traffic enslaved women and children....
Posted: Sun, Jan 25, 2004 8:25am PST
Roe vs. Wade demonstration (audio/mpeg 2.5MB) On the 31st anniversary of Roe vs. Wade pro-choice advocates in California took stock of the achievements and setbacks of the last 31 years, and are taking hard looks at the fight for safe reproductive choice for all women. Currently, 97 percent of rural areas do not have a known abortion provider and only 603 hospitals around the country provide abortion services. More than two thirds of women pay for abortions themselves, with very little access to insurance or state funds. 4:21 min...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 8:30pm PST
Roe v. Wade: March: San Francisco: 14MB QT movie. 2 minutes. (video/quicktime 14.5MB) The march from Market & Powell celebrating the 31st anniversary of Roe v. Wade (1973). Two-minute QuickTime movie. 14 MB....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 12:43pm PST
Roe v Wade March pix pt.2 
More photos from the Thurs nite march in SF celebrating and defending Roe v Wade abortion rights....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 4:11am PST
Roe v Wade March pix pt.1 
Photos from Thurs nite march in SF to celebrate and defend Roe v Wade....
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 4:02am PST
The 13th Annual Sparks Fly event benefiting women political prisoners Come out and support women political prisoners. Hold the date! Pass this on!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 23, 2004 12:37am PST
Pictures from Roe v. Wade 31st Anniversary 
Pictures of some signs from the Roe v. Wade demo on Thursday, January 22nd...
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 10:34pm PST
Save The Date : February 1 Activist Parents Organizing Meeting A small group of East Bay parents has been meeting with the idea of setting up a Family Activist Resource Center--a drop-in center where parents and caregivers can come with their children and do their political work while their children are cared for in ways that honor the
unique and creative individuals they are and, where possible, engage them in age-appropriate political activism and education....
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2004 8:39pm PST
70 Year-Old Files Initiative to Stop Criminalization of Prostitution Berkeley Decriminalization Initiative Filed
Thursday, January 15, 70-year-old Lois Rowan filed an initiative on behalf of Sex Workers Outreach Project-USA....
Posted: Tue, Jan 20, 2004 11:01pm PST
1/20 Code Pink Sorry State of the Union Speakout Come speak out with CodePink before, during, and after Bush's 6pm State of the Union
address. Have more fun than you've ever had talking about the very serious state of
our union...
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 11:41am PST
1/17 Urgent Update from Kate Raphael Well, the hearing in my case today did not go well. The judge felt I was acting in
bad faith and had, in fact, only thought about making Aliyah after signing the
agreement to leave on the 17th. Gaby (attorney) thinks it is important that people fax the Minister of Interior, preferably by
Sunday morning but after is still good....
Posted: Sat, Jan 17, 2004 11:28am PST
1/29 Herstories Project Benefit in Oakland The Herstories Project is a community based multi-disciplinary performance and art
project collecting and bringing into interactive performance women's contemporary and ancestral
stories of difference, struggle, resistance, community, survival and achievement....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2004 10:50am PST
CodePink Woman of the Month: Natalie Wormeli 
Every month CODEPINK celebrates an outrageous, outspoken, and unreasonable woman for peace. If you know of a woman that fits this description, send information into webmistress@codepinkalert.org. Check back for more stories of amazing women!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 10, 2004 12:02pm PST
1/9: Challenging Abercrombie & Fitch A lighthearted, educational picketing and leafleting event outside of Abercrombie & Fitch in San Francisco to bring attention to the clothing retailer's discriminatory hiring practices and exploitative use of sexuality to sell clothes to kids....
Posted: Thu, Jan 8, 2004 10:21am PST
Deeg Gold: Update on Kate Raphael's detention by Israel. Jan. 6th. 4min. MP4 audio. 1.6MB (video/mpeg 1.6MB) Deeg Gold spoke at the protest at the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco. (Is MP4 an accessible format? It is about 1/10th the size of other formats. It plays on QT6.3, Explorer 5.2.2, and Netscape 7.1. It won't play on WindowsMediaPlayer, RealOne, nor Netscape 4.77.) About a minute into the clip the audio is bad for 20 seconcs; then it clears up....
Posted: Wed, Jan 7, 2004 11:21am PST
1/6 Protest Detention of Kate Raphael by Israel Activists from several groups in the Bay Area are calling a demonstration for Tuesday, January 6, from 4-6 p.m. at the Israeli Consulate in San Francisco, 456 Montgomery St. (at California). The demonstration will make several demands of the Israeli government (read below)...
Posted: Sun, Jan 4, 2004 10:37pm PST
Bay Area QUIT Activist Held in West Bank People from the village of Budrus, joined by peace activists demonstrated against the construction of the separation Wall on Palestinian land. Israel arrested several people, including Kate Raphael, an International Women's Peace Service activist from the Bay Area....
Posted: Thu, Jan 1, 2004 8:54pm PST
Free Radio Santa Cruz Interviews The Indigo Girls listen to the report (sound: mp3 @ 26.3 megs)...
Posted: Wed, Dec 24, 2003 7:59pm PST
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