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Pacifica Radio Network - Rocked by Discrimination Discrimination at KPFA...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Walgreens & Luxury Condo Plans protested in SF Mission District -- Pt. 2 (video/quicktime 56.4MB) Joseph Smooke tells how BHNC accomplished just what MAC is starting today -- and the proof is right across the street on the opposite corner of Mission & Cesar Chavez. Four-minute QT movie. 56MB....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 4:57pm PDT
Mayor Autry, Stop Hurting the Homeless 
A protest was held in north Fresno today to call attention to the homeless situation in this community. The protestors were attempting to get the attention of mayor Alan Autry, who they say has not fulfilled his promises to improve the lives of the over 8,000 homeless people in Fresno....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 2:53pm PDT
DC Council "Emergency" Resolution OKs Corporate Land Grab DC Council shamefully passes an "emergency" resolution to sell two key pieces of land in NW - including a library - to a favorite developer....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 7:26am PDT
Whole Foods boss investigated over blogs Friday, July 13, 2007 : Somewhere in America, word gets out that the country's top natural foods grocer is setting up shop. Soon property prices start to rocket. Once it's built, the Croc-wearing, Audi-driving "soccer moms" arrive, happy to pay over the odds for organically produced food....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 7:03am PDT
Hospital Makes Transition to Eco-Friendly Medical Supplies Thursday, July 12, 2007 : In a move to become more eco-friendly, the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center announced last week a complete switch away from old IV units that officials said add waste and chemicals to the environment....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:55am PDT
City Cuts Psychiatric Beds – Taking the “Public” Out of Public Health Friday, July 13, 2007 : This year’s budget process has taken the public out of public health. Both in terms of encouraging an open, public debate about how best to serve the health care needs of the people of San Francisco, and the harm that is being done to the public’s health. One case in point is Health Director Mitch Katz’ proposal to “save” $130,000 by shutting down 14 locked psychiatric beds at S.F....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:47am PDT
House Committee Rejects Mean-Spirited TB Amendment Friday, July 13, 2007 : Health care workers and first responders scored a safety and health victory yesterday when the House Appropriations Committee defeated an amendment that would have blocked a rule requiring an annual test fitting of workers' respirators that protect against tuberculosis. The amendment was defeated on a 38-27 vote....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:45am PDT
As garbage ripens, Waste Management locks out 500 workers Friday, July 13, 2007 : OAKLAND, Calif. — As leftovers from July 4 barbecues festered in the hot summer sun, locked-out workers were on the picket line at garbage giant Waste Management here and in other San Francisco Bay Area communities this week. On July 2, just two days after the previous contract expired, Waste Management suddenly locked out 500 workers represented by Teamsters Local 70 at facilities serving Oakland, Emeryville, Castro Valley, Hayward and several other Alameda County co...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:34am PDT
Bus drivers strike to keep heads above water Friday, July 13, 2007 : LOS ANGELES — On the heels of a fare increase for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority comes a strike by coach operators for the neighboring Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The drivers are represented by Teamsters Local 952. According to a report by Kristen Monaco of the University of California at Long Beach, the economic package being offered by the OCTA does not keep pace with inflation....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:33am PDT
Leland Lee Helps Healthcare Insurance Bosses Get Away With Profiteering San Francisco Democrat Leland Yee helped HMO insurance mogols prevent regulation of rates. Apparently Yee is more interested in protecting insurance company profits than the the healthcare costs of the people of San Francisco and California....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 4:24pm PDT
CNN Takes On The Poor: Dr. Gupta's Bias Rachel Sklar and Michael Moore himself have already done a great job taking CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta to task for his biased reporting on SiCKO....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 12:51pm PDT
Black Land Legacy and Property Ownership Issues to be Address by Texas Congresswoman Black and White Farmers unite in Kentucky for historic protest against farm land theft as Harry Young, an 80 year old black farmer operates a one man campaign to get his land back....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 12:39pm PDT
NIFC Statement regarding the Twelfth For over three centuries, the nationalist/republican community has dreaded The Twelfth as the high noon of fury. The annual terror onslaught of countless acts of intimidation including murder, burnings of homes and forced relocations (ethnic cleansings) under British rule...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 12:24pm PDT
Walgreens & Luxury Condo Plans protested in SF Mission District (video/quicktime 48.7MB) Site at Mission & Cesar Chavez contested by Mission residents.
Week of protests opened July 9th with rally and speakers. Three-minute QT movie. 49MB....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 10:06am PDT
Health Administrator Locks Down in Protest at Modesto Health Clinic A physician's assistant and clinic administrator from Delhi chained himself to the door of the Stanislaus County Health Services Agency clinic on Scenic Drive Wednesday morning to protest the treatment provided to a patient....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 9:10am PDT
Settlement In Case Of Lesbian Denied Access To Homeless Shelter Wednesday, July 11, 2007 : (Chicago, Illinois) The New Life Shelter has agreed to insure its facilities will not discriminate against the homeless based on their sexuality in an agreement ending a civil rights complaint by a woman who was denied a bed because she is a lesbian. The American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois filed a complaint in May with the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations and the State of Illinois Department of Human Rights on behalf of Michelle Wang....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 7:58am PDT
Holsinger To Undergo Tough Questioning Today Thursday, July 12, 2007 : (Washington) President Bush's nominee for surgeon general faces a contentious confirmation hearing because of his writings about homosexuality and health. In advance of the Senate hearing gay rights groups, the American Public Health Association and 35 members of the House were lining up in opposition to Dr....
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 7:52am PDT
Supes Move on Wi-Fi Plan, But Will it Bridge Digital Divide? Thursday, July 12, 2007 : After Supervisor Aaron Peskin said he was willing to compromise on the Mayor’s Wi-Fi proposal, the Budget Committee met yesterday to assess the proposed contract with Earthlink to install antennas on utility poles throughout the City. At the meeting, Peskin said that Earthlink must agree to the following to get his support: (a) a shorter contract term, (b) the City’s “right of first refusal” after the contract ends, (c) faster free service, (c) stronger privacy contr...
Posted: Thu, Jul 12, 2007 7:38am PDT
MEDIA ALLIANCE POVERTY RIGHTS COMMITTEE MEETING HOSTS: San Francisco Gray Panthers
1182 Market Street, Ste. 203
Orpheum Theater Building
Office entrance east on Market
(at Civic Center BART & MUNI)
415-552-8800
IMPORTANT NOTE: Bring GP phone number for late building access.
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Event Date: Wed, Jul 18, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jul 11, 2007 11:56pm PDT
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