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The Political Theology of the New Right
The new right-wing movements try to create a state of emergency with the help of apocalyptic rhetoric enabling them to suspend rules and procedures. Apocalyptics long for the final struggle between good and evil. Eschatologicsts are driven by a theology of hope. The feeling of completely losing control is the motivational driver for accepting right-wing offers....
Posted: Sun, Sep 29, 2019 5:39pm PDT
UAW GM Strikers Solidarity Action & Songs In San Leandro
Supporters of striking UAW GM workers rallied and sang out at a GM dealership in San Leandro. Many drivers showed support....
Posted: Sun, Sep 29, 2019 3:07pm PDT
SF Action To Free Julian Assange And Chelsea Manning
Persecuted Whistleblowers Need Support...
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 6:22pm PDT
That Impeachment Inquiry? Now is the time to take to the streets
1590 Bryant (at 15th Street), San Francisco...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 1, 2019 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 12:42pm PDT
It's Not Free Speech Radio Anymore
Hypocritical attempt to dislodge vigilant Pacifica board member. I do hope you can get through this, and especially the last 3 or 4 paragraphs - then go back and read about the sausage-making if that's easier. Please forward to any you think care about Pacifica. I don't agree with this newsletter always, but I think this is important. I hope others will write to the board as article suggests - if nothing else, for the record. They may not be able to ignore thousands of emails....
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 12:08pm PDT
The Trump/Pence regime must GO—Now!
3358 Cesar Chavez Street, San Francisco...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 3, 2019 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 10:45am PDT
San Jose Students Demonstrate, Ready to Act for Climate Justice
An estimated 1,000 students expressed their commitment to a clean climate and a more just world...not only that, they have plans to make that happen.
[Photos: Chris Cassell, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]...
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 10:00am PDT
Ties Exposed Between Westlands and Aurelia Skipwith, USFWS Director Nominee
“Aurelia Skipwith’s deep ties to the swamp and special interests were enough for former mega-lobbyist turned-Interior Secretary Bernhardt to consider her qualified to head up Fish and Wildlife Services, despite her strikingly scant resume,” said Jayson O’Neill, Deputy Director of Western Values Project...
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 5:00am PDT
Transportation Justice Conference
Cabrillo College Horticulture Building
Cabrillo College Dr, Soquel, CA 95073...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 5, 2019 9:30am PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 1:34am PDT
Climate Strike Santa Cruz 9-27-2019
This last week has been Climate Strike Week with the youth demonstrating and striking around our country and all around the world!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 1:02am PDT
Rally to Stop the Massacres in Haiti
Old Federal Building SF
450 Golden Gate Avenue @ Larkin...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 30, 2019 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 12:24am PDT
Newsom Vetoes Bill to Protect Endangered Fish Species from Attacks by Trump
Mary Creasman, CEO of the California League of Conservation Voters (CLCV), issued a statement responding to the Governor’s veto of SB 1 that accused Newsom of “siding with Trump and corporations over California’s families and wildlife” and noting that the Governor is “sending a clear message that California’s values are up for grabs.”...
Posted: Sat, Sep 28, 2019 12:18am PDT
Berkeley Students Say System Change Needed, Rally and Walk Out from Campus on Global Climate Strike Day
Three days before the international Climate Strike of September 20 in which students at UC Berkeley participated on a grand scale, the University of California committed to urgent action to address the climate crisis. Students expressed despair, worry, and shock about the state of the climate already.
[Photos by Bob Shonkoff, Pro Bono Photo. Please credit the photographer]...
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 11:24pm PDT
Voluntary Services First Coalition Meeting
Senior and Disability Action
1360 Mission Street #400 (between 9th and 10th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 4, 2019 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 5:52pm PDT
SF Forum: The Arnautoff Murals, Identity Politics, Privatization & Public Education
518 Valencia St.
San Francisco, California...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 5, 2019 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 5:50pm PDT
Klamath-Trinity Salmon Runners Join Run4Salmon after 50 Mile Trinity Connection Run
This Wednesday runners from the Run4Salmon on the Sacramento River watersheds and runners from the Klamath River Salmon run joined together to run together on the first ever Trinity Connection run for the Winnemem Wintu Tribe’s Run Salmon. The runners followed the route of the Trinity River diversion from the Lewiston Dam, down the Clear Creek watershed, then met the Run4Salmon at the Shasta Dam for a No Dam Raise rally....
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 4:42pm PDT
Harvest Festival at West Oakland Farm Park
2847 Peralta Street, Oakland CA 94608...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 26, 2019 11:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 3:48pm PDT
Report To Pacifica Supporters & Listeners
KPFA Local Station Board Member and Pacifica Network Board Member Tom Voorhees talks about a planned take-over of Pacifica and top down management...
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 2:57pm PDT
Santa Cruz United Continues to Deceive the Public About its Paid Signature Gatherers
Despite an admission caught on video from a professional petition signature gatherer from San Jose, who said he was being paid to collect signatures for Santa Cruz United, the organization behind the recall campaign continues to push the false narrative that they are "all volunteer". Santa Cruz United's "I Want to Help/Get Involved" page on their website still currently reads, "we are all-volunteer and our expenses are low - but we could use your financial support." On September 24, Santa Cru...
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 11:14am PDT
New Senate Bill Combats Shell Companies United Nations Debates Tax Havens
Washington DC - A bipartisan group of Senators introduced the "Improving Laundering Laws and Increasing Comprehensive Information Tracking of Criminal Activity in Shell Holdings (ILLICIT CASH) Act" to stop the creation of shell corporations in the United States....
Posted: Fri, Sep 27, 2019 10:20am PDT