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Response to Santa Cruz Sentinel artilce on Plesant Care.
Santa Cruz Sentinel article gives false hope to residents....
Posted: Sat, Jun 23, 2007 8:49am PDT
Agent Orange victims have day in court
Friday, June 22, 2007 : Ken BeSaw/PWW. NEW YORK — In 1964 Nguyen Thi Hong, then a young woman of 17, joined the struggle against the U.S. occupation of her country, Vietnam. She knew that she might lose her life. But she had no idea that she would become sick and remain so for more than 30 years....
Posted: Sat, Jun 23, 2007 8:35am PDT
Street Heat on KFCF 88.1 FM in Fresno -- June 2007 (audio/mpeg 21.0MB)
Pam Whalen interviews Pam Kincaid, Al Williams, and Cynthia Greene who are homeless about the status of the lawsuit against the City of Fresno (for taking and destroying their property), the new anti-camping ordinance, and other attacks against the homeless. Recorded June 22, 2007....
Posted: Fri, Jun 22, 2007 11:02pm PDT
Swim A Mile for Women with Cancer
Mills College Pool
5000 MacArthur Blvd.
Oakland, CA 94613...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 6, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jun 22, 2007 6:36pm PDT
‘Sicko’ energizes health care debate
Friday, June 22, 2007 :Even before it officially opens in thousands of theaters across the country on June 29, Michael Moore’s latest documentary “Sicko” is already impacting the national health care debate....
Posted: Fri, Jun 22, 2007 6:36am PDT
Forum on Universal Health Care
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists Hall
1924 Cedar St. at Bonita (a block above MLK Wy,) Berkeley 94709...
Event Date: Sun, Jun 24, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:36pm PDT
Abstinence Funds Chopped, Ryan White Money Upped
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :(Washington) A controversial federal program that stresses abstinence outside heterosexual marriage has been chopped by $28. million. Previously, under the Republican Congress, the federal government spent about $50 million annually on abstinence-until-marriage education....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:28pm PDT
Death in Los Angeles hospital exposes social crisis in US
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :Edith Isabel Rodriguez died on May 9th while two people called the emergency services phone number, 911, frantically trying to get her medical help. She died just outside the emergency room in Los Angeles’ King-Harbor hospital after spending hours seeking treatment for a steadily worsening condition....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:07pm PDT
Fighting to Win in East Harlem and Beyond
Thursday, June 21, 2007 “For Movement for Justice in El Barrio, the struggle for justice means fighting for the liberation of women, lesbians, people of color, gays and the transgender community. We all share a common enemy and its called neoliberalism. Neoliberalism wishes to divide us and keep us from combining our forces. We will defeat this by continuing to unite our entire community until we achieve true liberation for all.” — Victor Caletre, Movement for Justice in El Barrio...
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 4:56pm PDT
Monday Night feed re-satrts!
Humanity for Homeless helping with donations to keep Monday night feeding alive. Help comes!...
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 11:56am PDT
San Francisco Dyke March: Healthcare for All
Starting from Dolores Park, at 18th and Dolores
Rally and Stage Begins @ 3:00 p.m.
March Takes Off @ 7:00 p.m....
Event Date: Sat, Jun 23, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 11:42am PDT
Santa Cruz Pleasant Care Slated to Close and no one is listening.
Low income nursing center closing due to bankruptcy, greed, poor care, and a faulty system....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 11:31am PDT
White House Official Grilled on Alleged Censorship of Post-9/11 Contamination Risks
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :
A new congressional study has revealed the Environmental Protection Agency misled Lower Manhattan residents about levels of indoor air contamination after 9/11. The report was released during a Senate hearing Wednesday on the EPA's response after the collapse of the World Trade Center. James Connaughton, the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, was questioned about whether the Bush administration manipulated public information about the healt...
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:44am PDT
9/11 Responders Speak Out on Government Failure to Address Environmental, Health Impact of World Trade Center Collapse
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :
Two 9/11 responders join us to talk about the government's neglect of the thousands of people who volunteered for the Ground Zero rescue and recovery effort. Trained emergency medical technician Regina Cervantes is featured in Michael Moore's latest documentary SiCKO and traveled to Cuba for medical treatment. Leading advocate John Feal is president of the FealGood Foundation that assists 9/11 responders who have been denied government benefits....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:43am PDT
HMO Whisteblower Dr. Linda Peeno on the Subordination of Healthcare to a For-Profit System
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :
A decade ago Dr. Linda Peeno made headlines when she told Congress about her work as a medical reviewer for the giant HMO Humana, where she says she denied a man life-saving medical care in order to boost company profits. She would go on to become one of the country's best known whistleblowers about HMOs and the healthcare industry....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:43am PDT
Rep. Conyers Holds Briefing with Michael Moore on Health Care Reform
Thursday, June 21, 2007 : House Judiciary Chair John Conyers (D-MI) and other members of Congress held a briefing and press conference yesterday on Capitol Hill, highlighting the failures of the for-profit health care system and the difficulties faced by millions of uninsured and underinsured Americans. Among the participan......
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:43am PDT
Religious backwardness trumps science as Bush vetoes stem cell bill
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :Bush used the third veto of his tenure on Wednesday to reject a bill that would expand federal funding of some stem cell research. Once again, Bush is seeking to promote right-wing religious conceptions by opposing scientific research that could help millions of people and is supported by the vast majority of the US population....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:39am PDT
US: Nine firefighters perish in warehouse fire in Charleston South Carolina
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :Charleston, South Carolina is mourning the deaths of nine firefighters who perished battling a blaze that raged through a furniture store and warehouse Monday night. Just before dawn Tuesday, the last of the firefighters’ bodies was carried from the wreckage as the ruins of the building continued to smolder....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:38am PDT
City to Install More Pedestrian Signals for the Blind
Thursday, June 21, 2007 :For decades, advocates for the blind have made strides by suing local governments for violating disability law to get basic pedestrian signals installed at street corners. But yesterday, the San Francisco City Attorney and the Municipal Transportation Authority (M.T.A.) announced a pro-active agreement with advocates to install better pedestrian signals in the Downtown area without litigation....
Posted: Thu, Jun 21, 2007 10:36am PDT
Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill for a Second Time, Putting Ideology Above Saving Lives
Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :Bush Vetoes Stem Cell Research Bill for a Second Time, Putting Ideology Above Saving Lives June 20, 2007 After a bipartisan effort that led to the passage of the stem cell research bill in both the House and Senate, George W. Bush vetoed this legislation that would have eased restraints on federally funded embryonic stem cell research, utilizing donated human embryos that would otherwise be destroyed....
Posted: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 8:36pm PDT