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Bay Area Labor rallies for Local 2 in Union Square oct. 12th (video/quicktime 30.3MB)
The Bay Area labor community turned out to support Local Two on Oct. 12th. In Part 1 of the video report, we see and hear Francisco Herrera, Father Louis Vitale, Rev. Jesse Jackson, Mike Casey, Tom Walsh, Ernie of the Teamsters, Tom Ammiano, and Tim Paulson....Lybon Mabasa, a founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, is in a separate video down below....Part 2, also down below, has Matt Gonzalez, Mike Casey, and Francisco Herrera -- and an uninvited observer in the St. Fran...
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2004 12:13pm PDT
Medical Marijuana Prisoners Seek New Federal Trial, Bail
Hollywood Actor One of Three Alleging Entrapment by San Francisco
Police...
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2004 9:08am PDT
PG&E solar conference insensitive to union workers and the public
SF unions are picketing the Hyatt, where the Conference is being held. Hotel workers have been locked out of their jobs for weeks because they had the nerve to ask for economic security and health benefits. San Francisco is a union town. Why hasn't the conference been moved to another location? Is the confrence to help "We the people" or PR for Corporations?...
Posted: Mon, Oct 18, 2004 1:48am PDT
SF- take Muni to Warhol, Pather, Smack Dab, more
Shocktober 17 thru 20, Sun Day thru Wotan's Day...
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 9:29am PDT
Lybon Mabasa supports Hotel Workers at Local 2 Rally (video/quicktime 9.6MB)
Lybon Mabasa is one of the founders of the Black Consciousness Movement in South Africa, currently president of the Black National Convention and chair of the International Tribunal on Africa.
"Africa has a strong interest in Local 2's victory," Mabasa said at the Oct. 12th rally. QuickTime movie: 1.5min 9MB....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 5:31am PDT
Map of Locked-Out Hotels
Map of Multi Employer Group scab hotels in San Francisco. Note: A "flying picket" to support locked-out hotel workers has been announced for this evening at 7 p.m., meeting at Powell & Geary....
Posted: Sun, Oct 17, 2004 5:21am PDT
Safeway Grocery Workers' Rally (audio/mpeg 3.2MB)
excerpts from Saturday's grocery worker rally and march at the Market/Duboce Safeway Friday, Oct 15th; the rally was held to kick off the start of new contract negotiations for the NoCal grocery workers; (7 minutes)...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 8:21pm PDT
Hotel Strike
Here are a few photos of some of the strikers. If you spot a friend of yours, let them know their picture is online....
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 4:39pm PDT
Bike for Renee Tomorrow!
Please join us in supporting Renee Saucedo's campaign for Supervisor -District 9 and get a little exercise while you're at it: "Bike for Renee -- Parade and Outreach in District 9" (Mission, Bernal Heights, Portola)...
Posted: Sat, Oct 16, 2004 3:59pm PDT
Operation: Hard Drive-by
Take Action in solidarity with Indymedia!
Monday, October 18th, Media Democracy Day
Operation: Hard Drive-by
more info soon......
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 11:57pm PDT
Hotel Striker Attacked!!!!
Hotel Striker gets attacked by hotel security!!!!!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 7:50pm PDT
Unembedd Yourself
Indymedia presents the first Unembedded Film Series at the Victoria Theater. For eleven days, October 21-31, Unembeddded films will counter the effects of the corporate-government information cartel. Radical filmmakers and activists will present little-seen stories, from Iraq to NYC to the Bay Area and beyond, as we countdown to one of the most polarized elections in American history....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 4:13pm PDT
Unembedded Film Series :: Oct. 21–31st in San Francisco (audio/mpeg 943.0KB)
60-second radio PSA....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 1:45pm PDT
Were you strip-searched in SF jails?
You may be able to join a class-action lawsuit....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 9:50am PDT
Save the Castro Theater
the Castro Theatre is in serious
trouble. The owner of the business, in his desire for sure profit, has
made drastic staffing cuts and is on the verge of fucking things up for
good by monkeying with programming....
Posted: Fri, Oct 15, 2004 12:42am PDT
Photos of Operation Federal Hard Drive-By
Indymedia Offers Feds More Hard Drives...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 11:23pm PDT
Private Developer Deception cancels Broadcast by KPOO Radio
A Private Developers deception cancels the Broadcast of a scheduled Community Benefits Workshop by KPOO 89.5 FM San Francisco Radio Station. This was a Public Noticed Meeting by the San Francisco Redevelopment Agency...
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 7:25pm PDT
Bike Ride for Renee Saucedo, SF District 9 (video/quicktime 15.3MB)
Renee and supporters in District 9 last Sunday: Four-minute QT movie - 15MB.
Join in every Sunday from Oct. 17th to the election. Renee Saucedo headquarters: 977 Shotwell at 24th St. 11am....
Posted: Thu, Oct 14, 2004 5:17am PDT
Stop Deliveries to Scab Hotels
Tell the Teamsters and all other delivery people to the scab hotels that Picketlines Mean DON"T CROSS! Tell the bosses that SF Police Code 9.5 prohibits professional strikebreakers (including lockouts)....
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2004 7:23pm PDT