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this was sent yesterday, so i changed the title to 25 days...
Posted: Fri, Nov 18, 2005 11:32am PST
In the Senate, identical legislation has been introduced by Sen. Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, a Medal of Honor recipient who during World War II fought in Italy and France with the Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit made up of Japanese Americans whose families were interned by the same government they served in combat. Wounded, Inouye lost his right arm and spent 20 months recovering in an Army hospital....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 9:35pm PST
We are a collective of 8 radical activists and folk musicians who write, perform, and distribute radical folk music at no-to-low costs. We are anti-profit and exist to further the struggle against capitalism and oppression. All our shows are FREE or donation-optional benefits....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 4:21pm PST
Reportes/Informes sobre: La cuestión de educación, el racismo contra
nuestro pueblo, la violencia por parte de la policía y la migra, y
otros asuntos de importancia a nuestra Raza....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 7:23am PST
The unwillingness for the government to recognize and encourage the
Peace efforts of ’92 is one reason why Kam was not surprised to see the
reluctance of the government to remove the death sentence from Tookie
Williams. Kam who spends most of his days talking about peace with young
people in the hoods of South LA trying to get them to turn their lives
around...says it appears that many within the system fear Tookie’s
wisdom and his ability to turn his life around. He says that Tookie’s
...
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 7:18am PST
Two versions of an appeal for clemency for Stan Tookie Williams, an open letter to Gov. and a letter to Williams' supporters. Plays off terminator character, YES, but also Kindergarten Cop, and makes a cogent moral appeal. Execution is set for Dec. 13th....
Posted: Thu, Nov 17, 2005 1:45am PST
One of the demands on the Regents will be to enforce the Regents' Code of Conduct regarding sweatshop production of University apparel. Three-minute QT movie. 20MB....
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 10:58pm PST
The politics of holding the police accountable in Fresno...
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 10:29pm PST
This Wednesday, we are holding vigil across the state for all the youth inside and all the youth we've lost....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 10:20pm PST
More than a dozen other rallies around the state are scheduled in the next few weeks supporting Williams, whose prison teachings have earned him several Nobel Prize nominations. The rallies include a documentary film screening about Williams in San Francisco, hosted by actor Danny Glover; a discussion led by the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael; and a round-the-clock vigil outside the prison from Dec. 4 until the execution, when people from across the country are expected to demonstrate....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 3:03pm PST
Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Mr. Guerdon Stuckey routinely states that there has been a decrease in animal shelter deaths within the past year; however, the facts seem to point to an increase....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 2:32pm PST
Arnold promised he'd fix California's infamous, abusive youth prisons by November 30. The deadline is fast approaching. What can he do?...
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 11:55am PST
Audio Interview with Barbara Becknell Tookie Willams advocate/editor talk about the case and what people can do to try to stop the execution set for Dec 13th 2005...
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 8:57am PST
The Los Angeles Times newspaper last week announced that it was firing longtime columnist Robert Scheer. Scheer has been at the Times for 30 years and was one of the most progressive voices at the paper. In recent years, his columns took on the Bush Administration and its justifications for the invasion of Iraq....
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 6:36am PST
events all over california during the month leading up to the scheduled execution of stanley "tookie" williams- read more about him at http://www.indybay.org/police...
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 4:16pm PST
Audio/Radio PSA to Stop the Execution of Tookie Williams set for Decenber 13th 2005 also special message from Tookie from death row....
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 1:05pm PST
We are asking mothers and wives of prisoners to dress in black and help us surround the three story building where Roderick Hickman, the man in charge of all the wardens, all the guards has his offices. Dec 2 - 10 am til we drop - too many prisoners are dying. They are doing hunger strikes which is very dangerous for them with the current shortage of doctors. The press does not intend to cover hunger strikes after the disaster at Corcoran where so many were criminally prosecuted for doing so....
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2005 9:48pm PST
For more information about this court case, use a good search engine to look up:
"Schlund" + "Bush"
"Schlund" + "torture"
"Schlund" + "FBI"
"Schlund affidavit"...
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2005 1:32pm PST
Establishment of a California Educational Advisory Committe to Commemorate the Conventions of Colored Citizens in California will be announced at the 150th Anniversary Community Rally, Noon, Sunday, November 20, 2005, California State Capitol, you are invited to attend....
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2005 1:48pm PST
So much for the media's protestations of regret for backing the Neocons....
Posted: Sat, Nov 12, 2005 11:46am PST