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Act Now to Ban Pet Cloning in California
Despite widespread concerns about the ethics of cloning and the risks it may pose to public health, unscrupulous companies have started selling cloned cats as a way to "replicate" deceased pets. However, cloned animals are subject to abnormally high rates of miscarriage, early death, deformity, disease and other serious medical conditions. While some wealthy consumers have paid $50,000 for cloned cats, millions of healthy animals will be euthanized in shelters this year for lack of ...
Posted: Tue, Apr 26, 2005 10:54am PDT
Assembly Committee to Hold Hemp Bill Hearing, April 27 at 1:30
California Considers Industrial Hemp Bill; Assembly Committee to Hold Hemp Bill Hearing, April 27 at 1:30...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 11:49pm PDT
Bear Bile Business Makes Its Way to SF and California
DawnWatch: Cruelty of bear bile industry on San Fran front page 4/25/05...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 6:43pm PDT
STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL TO PREVENT LGBT DISCRIMINATION IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS
ON THE VERGE OF HISTORIC MARRIAGE HEARING, STATE ASSEMBLY PASSES BILL TO PREVENT LGBT DISCRIMINATION IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS...
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 4:32pm PDT
Bay Area Group Exposes The Myth Behind California’s Happy Cows
East Bay Animal Advocates (EBAA), a San Francisco Bay Area-based animal advocacy organization, unveiled the findings of its investigation of the California dairy industry....
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 1:02pm PDT
California battles lucrative bear bile trade
"Crush cages" with brackets force the bear's body down so it cannot move while its bile is being extracted from its belly which is spiked with crude, dirty, often-infected devices to allow the farmers to "milk" their bile twice a day and sell the fluid secreted by the liver....
Posted: Mon, Apr 25, 2005 12:12pm PDT
Calling All Anarchafeminists
Seeking Anarcha-Feminists in the Bay Area, to possible put together a forum for thoughts/ideas/actions. Also, I'd like to find other anarcha-feminist midwives/herbalists to have discussions with....etc....
Posted: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 1:57pm PDT
6 wild horses legally rounded up, killed
DawnWatch: 6 wild horses go to slaughter -- LA Times and Chicago Tribune 4/22/05...
Posted: Sun, Apr 24, 2005 12:18pm PDT
Join the Marriage Equality Caravan to the Capitol on Tuesday
AB 19: Assembly Judiciary Hearing
Tuesday, April 26th 9:00am
Room 4202 at the State Capitol...
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 10:28pm PDT
Dr Jay Cavanaugh hospitalized in extremely grave condition
Dr Jay has been an inspiration and a desert rose in Southern California
politics. He has been on the frontline with California's most vulnerable
patients and is an amazing advocate for those in need....
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 10:15pm PDT
Free Buses To Sacramento On Workers Memorial Day
Buses will be availble for workers to participate in the protest at the Sacramento state capitol on Thursday April 28, 2005. Thousands of workers are facing devestation as a result of the deregulation of the insurance companies operating with workers' Compensation....
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 10:32am PDT
Stop FRIST's Attack on Democracy
TELL Senator Frist to Stop the Abuse of Power ... stating the Democrats are "attacking people of Faith" is a viscous & devisive attack on AMERICA!!...
Posted: Sat, Apr 23, 2005 9:43am PDT
Attica to Abu-Ghraib Interview (audio/mpeg 7.4MB)
Interview about the Attica to Abu-Ghraib Conference this weekend....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 5:14pm PDT
Supporting Equality in California
A number of organizations, including the California Commission for
Women, support AB 169 (Enforcement of Equal Pay) and SJR 7
(Designation of Equal Pay Day). I hope you, and the organizations
you are affiliated with, will too!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 4:24pm PDT
Wireless World: Mobile phone boom portents
A story about the evil lobbyists blocking free wireless....
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 10:28am PDT
Who is UCPD officer D. Roby?
These links show that we've seen UCPD officer D. Roby at least twice in the last four days at protests at both UCSC and UCB (he might have been at the AIDE mobilization on Wednesday. If you can confirm this please do)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 22, 2005 1:15am PDT
Schwarzenegger apologizes for 'close the borders' remark
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger publicly apologized Wednesday for his earlier statements that California should "close the borders" with Mexico to control illegal immigration, saying he had misspoken because of a "language problem.''...
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 11:50pm PDT
IT’S ON IN APRIL: Faith Leaders Step Up, Youth-led Town Hall Coming Up
IT’S ON IN APRIL: Faith Leaders Step Up, Youth-led Town Hall Coming Up...
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 11:47pm PDT
California Public Defenders Association Honors Public Radio's Amy Goodman with 'Gideon Awa
California Public Defenders Association Honors Public Radio's Amy Goodman with 'Gideon Award'; CPDA Awards Next Week...
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 11:39pm PDT
State justices refuse PETA a hearing on the life of cows
The court denied review without comment....
Posted: Thu, Apr 21, 2005 8:41pm PDT