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The State of the Ruin Address 
The State of the Ruin Address is........
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 5:22am PST
Court Clears Execution for Crips Founder (Stanley "Tookie" Williams) A federal appeals court Wednesday refused to consider blocking the execution of Stanley "Tookie" Williams, a founder of the notorious Crips street gang who was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize while in prison....
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2005 9:23pm PST
New RN TV Ad Hits Gov. Schwarzenegger’s Attack on Nurses as ‘Special Interest’ Prominent Hollywood Director, Producers Volunteered to Create Ad - Ad to run on broadcast of dramatization of Schwarzenegger’s life
Press Release from California Nurses Association followed by article in today's SF Chronicle....
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2005 6:39am PST
Californians vow fight vs. pension privatization Labor, retiree and community organizations in California are kicking off a campaign to uphold Social Security against the drive of President Bush and Wall Street to privatize the 70-year-old program serving retirees, the disabled, and families of deceased workers. At the same time, they are gearing up to defeat Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s campaign to privatize the pensions of California state employees....
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2005 12:19am PST
Para Andres Raya... 
El 9 de Enero del 2005, en el parqueadero de una tienda de likor en Ceres, CA Andres Raya emboscó a la policía. Poco antes, Raya disparó al aire, escondió su rifle estilo “assault,” y entró la tienda pidiendo assistencia policíaca. Cuando llegaron, Raya disparó y mató Sgto. Howard Stevenson de la policía de Ceres y hirió gravamente Sam Ryno, policía de Ceres. Raya huyó y murió después de otra confrontación con la policía, en lo cual recibió 18 balas....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 10:08pm PST
CYA Lawsuit Leads to Plans for Sweeping Change Yesterday, the California Youth Authority (CYA) agreed
with what youth, families, and advocates have been saying for decades: the CYA is
completely broken and can't be fixed -- a new model of juvenile justice is needed.
The CYA has committed in writing to totally transform California’s juvenile justice
system....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 7:49pm PST
Ward Churchill Comes Under Fire as He Prepares to Speak at College in New York Prof. Churchill is scheduled to speak at Hamilton College in New York this Thursday, and family members of people who died in the 911 incidents have been protesting his right to speak....
Posted: Tue, Feb 1, 2005 11:27am PST
ACORN Response to California Supreme Court Decision on Predatory Lending Brown, speaking on behalf of particularly California ACORN's thousands of members further contends, "The California Supreme Court's decision today to strike down Oakland's Anti-Predatory Lending Ordinance is really going to hurt many people terribly, particularly low and moderate income folks....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 11:08pm PST
Feds Seek to Forfeit Family's Home for Growing Medical Marijuana In a flagrant violation of California's medical marijuana law, the federal government has filed to forfeit the home of a Calaveras county patient for cultivation. Wesley Crosiar, 52, received a federal forfeiture notice after sheriffs' deputies discovered 134 plants on his land off HawverValley Rd...
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 10:51pm PST
Judi Bari Alert! - Coleman on KGO Radio Tue. 3 pm Judi Bari smear book author Kate Coleman will be on the
Pete Wilson show on
KGO AM 810 talk radio
Tuesday Feb. 1 in the
3 p.m. to 4 p.m. segment....
Posted: Mon, Jan 31, 2005 6:36pm PST
Wireless World: Powell's legacy at the FCC Great story about the FCC Chairman Michael Powell and his career there....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 9:58am PST
Activists Challenge Copyright Restrictions The Brennan Center for Justice, the ACLU of Northern California, and the nonprofit advocacy groups Public Knowledge, the Center for the Public Domain, and the First Amendment Project filed an amicus brief today in Kahle v. Ashcroft, arguing that Congress’s elimination of copyright renewal requirements in 1992 created serious First Amendment problems by radically shrinking the public’s access to works that belong in the public domain....
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 11:52pm PST
New Bill Would Overhaul Entire CYA, Starting by Closing CHAD! :::: HUGE STEP FOR OUR CAMPAIGN ::::
:::: New Bill Would Overhaul Entire CYA, Starting by Closing CHAD! ::::...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 10:16am PST
My Call to My Senator (video/quicktime 2.3MB) A concept video and political commentary...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 9:54am PST
California Compassionate Choices Act - Location Change for February 4 Legislative Hearing The second hearing, regarding issues of mental competency, will be
held on February 4, 2005, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in
Sacramento. Please note: the location of this hearing has been
changed!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 11:36pm PST
LOCAL SHAC alert! Urgent Action Alert
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Take A Quantum Leap At Shutting HLS:
Yet again animal rights activists have infiltrated the business
relationship between our favorite lab and an important affiliate(based RIGHT HERE!)...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 2:43pm PST
State Convention of the Black Citizens of California Join the celebration of 150 years of social and political activism by Black Citizens of California....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 11:41am PST
Protest One Person Short Of Success WASHINGTON, DC—The counter-inauguration protests held in Washington Wednesday were one person short of success, analysts reported Thursday....
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 9:41pm PST
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