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Sam Husseini: Clinton Health Care Scam Revisited Monday, June 18, 2007 :"I know you've all seen the ads. You know, the kind of homey kitchen ads where you've got the couple sitting there talking about how the President's plan is going to take away choice and the President's plan is going to narrow options, and then that sort of heartfelt sigh by that woman at the end, 'There must be a better way' -- you know, you've seen that, right?...
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 9:14am PDT
Can Matt Gonzalez Reunify San Francisco’s Left? Tuesday, June 19, 2007 :At San Francisco’s June 2 Progressive Convention, there were only smiles and applause as over a dozen elected officials claimed unity behind a progressive agenda. But it soon became clear that the supervisors attending the Convention were not on the same page. Supervisor Chris Daly, who called for the Convention, soon announced a budget plan that he saw as a progressive alternative to Mayor Newsom’s....
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 9:02am PDT
Nurses, Doctors Announce "Scrubs for SiCKO" Campaign in Conjunction with Debut of Michael Moore's Film Monday, June 18, 2007 : Unprecedented National Coalition Will Work to Recruit Caregivers in "SiCKO Scrubs" to Each Film Premiere Theater Nurses and Doctors Begin Bus Tour Today to Build Support for Campaign...
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 9:01am PDT
Democracy Now: An Hour with Michael Moore on Sicko and Healthcare Monday, June 18, 2007 :
Academy Award-winning filmmaker Michael Moore sits down with Democracy Now! ahead of the release of his new film SiCKO. The film is a seething indictment of the US healthcare system. It focuses not on the more than 40 million people who don't have healthcare but on the 250 million who do - many of whom are abandoned by the very health insurance industry they paid into for decades. "They are getting away with murder," Moore said of the health insurance companies. "T...
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 7:07pm PDT
Landless Rural Workers Confront Lula Monday, June 18, 2007 :Last week the Brazilian Movement of Landless Rural Workers (MST) held its fifth National Congress in Brasília, the country's capital. The power the MST has garnered throughout its 23 years was palpable, as more than 17,500 delegates from 24 states and almost 200 international guests marched to the Square of the Three Powers, situated between the buildings of the Executive, Judicial and Legislative branches of government....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 7:03pm PDT
Felton Community Resists Water Giant (audio/mpeg 2.3MB) Residents in the town of Felton, California are using eminent domain to buy back their water supply from a private water company called American Water. Residents complain of price gouging and poor customer service....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 6:58pm PDT
City of Fresno Wants to make Camping a Crime 
The City of Fresno wants to pass an ordinance that would ban camping as a way to end homelessness....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 5:26pm PDT
FDA Irridated Food comments by July 3 http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/0706/goldie.html
FDA’s new food irradiation follies: Déjà vu again...
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 10:09am PDT
UN Blames Darfur on Food, Water Shortage CAIRO — In a theory similar to what Khartoum has advocated for years, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon believes the Darfur conflict has its roots in water and food shortage caused by climate change....
Posted: Sun, Jun 17, 2007 7:47am PDT
Oxfam Quits Darfur's Largest Camp KHARTOUM — Decrying repeated attacks on aid workers, British aid agency Oxfam said on Saturday it was withdrawing permanently from Gereida in Sudan's Darfur region, home to the largest population of Darfuris driven from their homes over four years of conflict....
Posted: Sat, Jun 16, 2007 11:11pm PDT
Michael Moore Joins Nurses in Sacramento to Push for Single Payer Health Care 
Academy Award winning filmmaker Michael Moore joined members of the California Nurses Association in Sacramento June 12 for a rally in support of the single-payer healthcare reform bill, SB 840, authored by southern California State Senator Sheila Kuehl. Over 1,000 nurses, healthcare workers, and members of the California School Employees Association rallied at the state capitol after Moore spoke at a legislative briefing sponsored by Sen. Kuehl for some of the 42 co-authors of SB 840....
Posted: Fri, Jun 15, 2007 11:35am PDT
Impact of Junk Food on Kids Thursday, June 14, 2007 :Washington Afro American , News Feature, Valencia MohammedThe politics of food, as with the poltics of oil, is often tied to money. Commonsense tells us that lack of exercise and other factors contribute to the increasing obesity epidemic....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:59am PDT
"Ahead of "Sicko" Release, Michael Moore Brings Health Care Campaign to California State Assembly Thursday, June 14, 2007 :
Michael Moore's campaign to overhaul the nation's health care industry has officially begun. On Tuesday, the Academy Award winning filmmaker joined 1,000 members of the California Nurses Association in a rally outside the California State House to secure guaranteed health care for all in this country. Moore also testified at an unofficial legislative briefing inside the State House. The organizing coincides with the upcoming release of Sicko, Moore's new documenta...
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:48am PDT
SF Schools Made Good Progress in 2006-07 Thursday, June 14, 2007 :School ended this week, bringing a welcome break not only to kids, but to parents, teachers, principals and no doubt our Board of Education (BOE) and the district administrators who together create and implement the plans and programs that serve our children. The previous year ended with calls for increased attention to community voices and a focus on thoughtful planning....
Posted: Thu, Jun 14, 2007 8:44am PDT
Australia: Fatal train accident highlights infrastructure decay Wednesday, June 13, 2007 :On June 6, a semi-trailer collided with a passenger train, killing 11 people and injuring more than 20 at a level crossing just outside Kerang in rural northern Victoria. The tragedy—and the official response to it—exposes the continuing neglect of public infrastructure and the indifference of successive governments to the lives of ordinary people....
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 11:15pm PDT
Subprime Housing Market Really Tanking Wednesday, June 13, 2007 : Wow. Heard this last night on American Public Media's " Marketplace " program, and had to pass it along. We knew the subprime housing loan mess was, well, a mess, but these stats show the nation's housing market is in a big-time disaster:...
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 6:29pm PDT
Will the local media hold Alan Autry Accountable? 
Fresno mayor breaks promise - the homeless suffer. The photo below is the land the city of Fresno might purchase to set up a “free zone” for the homeless. Neighboring business owners expressed their outrage at the idea at yesterday’s Fresno City Council meeting....
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 3:02pm PDT
New York Times Preaches Inequality is Good to Wealthy Readers Wednesday, June 13, 2007 :The June 10 Sunday New York Times magazine features a story by Roger Lowenstein (The Inequality Conundrum) that attributes rising economic inequality in the United States to the genie of American prosperity. In other words, the rich are getting richer not due to political decisions, but because of the market, and, according to Lowenstein, there is not much that politicians can do about this....
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 7:26am PDT
The Hammer Comes Down 
Homeless people in Fresno are evicted from Caltrans land. The mayor reneges on a promise to provide homeless people with a safe place to sleep. City council members don’t want to rock the boat....
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 8:08pm PDT
Michael Moore & one thousand nurses descend on Sacramento Sacramento Bee
June 12, 2007
By Bobby Caina Calvan...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 4:07pm PDT
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