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Pro-Choice Counter Protesters block anti-abortion Walk for Life in Washington D.C. (audio/mpeg 971.7KB) On Friday January 22, for the 2nd year in a row, a group of militant pro-choice counter protestors met religious right in the streets and stopped the march cold in the capital city. Hear one minute of audio from the streets. (1 minute)...
Posted: Sun, Jan 24, 2016 6:16pm PST
1 Vision! 1 Voice! 1 Victory! Sweets Ballroom
1933 Broadway
Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Sat, Feb 13, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 22, 2016 7:54pm PST
ACLU of CA Report Finds Reproductive Health Abuses in California Jails 
January 19, 2016 - The ACLU of California today released a report that finds county jails are putting people’s health at risk by denying, delaying, and ignoring crucial reproductive health care....
Posted: Wed, Jan 20, 2016 4:44pm PST
Oppose "StandingUp4Lifewalk" Meet at Awaken Cafe, 429 Broadway (Oakland) to converge at 14tth and Broadway by noon....
Event Date: Fri, Jan 22, 2016 11:30am PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 15, 2016 8:58pm PST
"Stand Up for Abortion Rights!" Panel discussion on the Battle over Abortion Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704...
Event Date: Sun, Jan 17, 2016 2:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2016 2:31pm PST
Discussion on the Oppression of Womem Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 12, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 10, 2016 2:19pm PST
Film: Pink Ribbons, Inc. 
909 12th Street, Sacramento...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 8, 2016 11:06pm PST
Screening of: Pray the Devil Back to Hell 
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists’ Hall
1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org...
Event Date: Thu, Jan 14, 2016 7:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Dec 30, 2015 9:28pm PST
"The Abortion Rights Emergency— STOP the War on Women!" Revolution Books, 2444 Durant Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704...
Event Date: Sun, Jan 3, 2016 6:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Dec 30, 2015 2:45pm PST
ACLU Files Lawsuit Against Hospital For Denying Reproductive Health Care SAN FRANCISCO, December 29, 2015 — The ACLU and the law firm of Covington & Burling LLP have filed a lawsuit challenging Dignity Health’s use of religious directives to deny basic reproductive health care to its patients. Filed on behalf of patient Rebecca Chamorro and Physicians for Reproductive Health, the suit argues that withholding pregnancy-related care for reasons other than medical considerations is illegal in California....
Posted: Wed, Dec 30, 2015 1:38pm PST
Victory for the Black Friday 14 
On Black Friday 2014, following the police murder of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, 14 Black activists chained themselves together on a BART transit platform “to prevent trains from moving at the West Oakland station, in response to the seemingly unending war against Black communities.” The 14, a majority of them women, faced criminal charges....
Posted: Sun, Dec 27, 2015 7:29pm PST
Charges Against Black Friday 14 Dropped. Collected Community Statements. 
On December 4, Alameda County district attorney Nancy O'Malley dropped all charges against the Black Friday 14. The following statements were first collected at the Occupy Oakland website....
Posted: Sat, Dec 26, 2015 10:45pm PST
In Palo Alto, Members of the Viagra Review Board Reconvene 
Under a newly introduced bill in the state of South Carolina, men seeking Viagra or any other drug intended to treat erectile dysfunction would have to cool their heels for a 24-hour waiting period and pass psychiatric testing. In Palo Alto, California, members of the Viagra Review Board praised the bill....
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 11:43am PST
Panel to Determine Viagra Distribution 
Today in Palo Alto, California, the Viagra Review Board reconvened upon the occasion of the prefiling of an important bill by State Representative Mia McLeod of Columbia, South Carolina. Under the bill, a man seeking Viagra or any other drug intended to treat erectile dysfunction would have to meet strict guidelines....
Posted: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 11:19am PST
Oakland Report Back from the Rojava Revolution, 12/12/15: audio 
Paul Z. Simmons recently traveled to Rojava, an autonomous region in war-torn northern Syria. Local residents shared with him how they, despite the obstacles, are currently building a society based on principles of direct democracy, gender equality, and sustainability. In Oakland, as part of a Bay Area tour, Paul spoke about his experiences seeing the Rojava Revolution first-hand (full audio below)....
Posted: Thu, Dec 17, 2015 10:38pm PST
Interview with Stephanie Hepburn on Human Trafficking (audio/mpeg 34.5MB) Stephanie Hepburn, independent journalist, author and founder of Good Cloth stopped in for an interview on WTUL News and Views 91.5 FM to discuss her research and work on Human Trafficking...
Posted: Fri, Dec 11, 2015 8:27am PST
Counter-Protest the Walk for "Life" West Coast Powel & Market - at the cablecars...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 23, 2016 12:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Dec 5, 2015 12:43pm PST
Website banking blockade by sheriff foiled 
When Tom Dart urged credit card companies to break their ties with backpage dot com, he was acting as the Sheriff of Cook County, according to a federal appeals court, and "a public-official defendant who threatens to employ coercive state power to stifle protected speech violates a plaintiff’s First Amendment rights". The result is an explicit defense of constitutionally protected freedom of speech against a financial blockade, like the one launched against Wikileaks in 2010 upon the insist...
Posted: Thu, Dec 3, 2015 10:38am PST
It is time to shut down all Fraternity Houses. The “Greek System” is destroying society 
It is time to shut down all Fraternity Houses. The “Greek System” is destroying society, say experts....
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2015 8:04pm PST
ENDURING POWER: The Middle Eastern and Iranian Women’s Story, A photography exhibit 
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 612 Ocean St., Santa Cruz, CA 95060...
Event Date: Fri, Dec 4, 2015 6:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Nov 20, 2015 4:50pm PST
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