Publish to Newswire
Add an EventNewsitem List
769 of 822 
Long Beach Implements MMJ Moratorium Following is the recommendation to adopt a Moratorium by the City Attorney
and the notes from my speech before the City Council Tuesday, April 12th....
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 12:41am PDT
Americans for Safe Access Legal Campaign Update Americans for Safe Access (ASA) and its Legal Campaign has begun 2005 with a
bang! With patients continuing to be cited and prosecuted for conduct that
has been lawful for more than 8 years, ASA thought it was time to fight
back!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 15, 2005 12:37am PDT
UC San Diego Strike on 4/14/05 UC San Diego witnessed 1000 strikers and 300 at a solidarity rally today, April 14, 2005 in a long overdue labor action at all 9 University of California campuses and other UC facilities....
Posted: Thu, Apr 14, 2005 7:01pm PDT
UC Workers Striking Tomorrow List of all the pickets and contacts...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 1:16pm PDT
The Web: New rules for onling gambling The Web: New rules for online gambling...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 12:43pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Donors' Fraud Could Cost Calif. Taxpayers $400 Million Gov. Schwarzenegger Donors' Fraud Could Cost Calif. Taxpayers $400 Million; AIG's Stock Decline in Wake of Investigation Hits State Retirement Systems Hard...
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 12:06am PDT
State Sanctioned Assisted Suicide Bill Narrowly Approved by Assembly Judiciary Committee The Assembly Judiciary Committee today approved AB 654 (Berg/Levine), the bill that sanctions state sponsored doctor assisted suicide. The vote did not follow party lines with five members of the committee voting to support and four voting to oppose....
Posted: Wed, Apr 13, 2005 12:04am PDT
Occupied Territory: Of Ballot Boxes and Dreams (May 20-22) Occupied Territory II: Of Ballot Boxes and Dreams, will be taking place in the Ventana Wilderness from May 20th -22nd!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 9:04pm PDT
Mike Farrell at the 24-Hour Read-In in Salinas (audio/mpeg 5.8MB) On April 1, Mike Farrell shared some of his feelings about the closing of the Salinas Libraries during the 24-Hour Read-In which took place at the Cesar Chavez Library in Salinas. Mike also read some of his favorite quotes and passages from books. We hear words from great authors and activists such as Cesar Chavez and John Steinbeck as well as Maya Angelou on the life and death of Ossie Davis. Mike also read important words about racism and dissent written by Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 6:32pm PDT
More Politically Expedient Sleaze from MoveON.org there's no limit to the dishonesty of these people, see the following article by Zeynep of Under the Same Sun, with my comments about why there was no "mistake" afterwards...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 5:14pm PDT
Peter Kwiek of the Salinas Action League speaks about Saving our Libraries (audio/mpeg 4.1MB) On April 1, I spoke with Peter Kwiek of the Salinas Action League. Peter has been a core activist in the struggle to Save the Libraries in Salinas. (9 minutes)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 12:10pm PDT
Thousands of feral pigs to be killed on Santa Cruz Island DawnWatch: "Thousands of feral pigs will be killed" -- LA Times 4/9/05...
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 9:37pm PDT
California Clients Fight Forced Mental Health Treatment In a move that has angered mental health clients and spurred mounting allegations of voter betrayal, state officials announced Tuesday that counties will likely be allowed to use taxpayer money from recently passed ballot measure Proposition 63 to fund involuntary treatment, including court-ordered outpatient commitment. In response, clients have launched a letter-writing campaign to demand the state reverse its course....
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 8:24pm PDT
Wireless World: Mobile-phone ads growing A story about the evil advertisers spamming us on mobile phones....
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 6:07pm PDT
Murderous Thugs! I implore you to wake up and take some effect action to stop these criminals!...
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 2:05pm PDT
STOP SCHWARZENEGGER'S COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT Santa Monica College Santa Monica College has invited Governator Schwarzenegger to be the 2005
commencement speaker. Many faculty and staff consider this choice to be very
inappropriate for a community college - but they were never consulted. Please
contact the SMC administration and Board of Trustees to express your opinion....
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 4:35pm PDT
Indybay Solidarity, Reaching Out and The Take On April 6, Santa Cruz Indymedia volunteers presented a free film screening of The Take at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos. The importance of Indymedia was explained and money was collected to help buy a new server for Indybay....
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 2:00am PDT
State Officials Betray Voters, Hijack Mental Health Tax to Fund Forced Treatment Flouting the will of the voters and the dismissing mental health clients' demands, the California Department of Mental Health announced Tuesday that the agency will allow counties to use funds from Proposition 63, the recently passed Mental Health Services Act, for involuntary treatment, including court-ordered outpatient commitment. In response, the California Network of Mental Health Clients has launched a letter-writing campaign to stop the provision from taking effect....
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 9:48pm PDT
Anti-Arnold Protests Paying Off: Gov Backs Down on Pensions (maybe) At least rhetorically, Schwarzenegger has backed down on his proposals to privatize California public pensions. While he denies it has anything to do with the thousands of teachers, nurses, cops, and firefighters who have been dogging him out at every fundraising event, we all know better. It's not time to let down our guard, though, as his apparent retreat is not set in stone and there's still plenty of anti-worker evil in the works....
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 9:49am PDT
769 of 822