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Cinthya Munoz of CAUIL and other activists are sponsoring an immigrants rights forum on Saturday, April 28, 10 am, at the Luther Burbank High School Cafeteria....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 4:00pm PDT
FRESNO, Calif. -- One year ago, people like Maribel Rosendo of Sacramento, María Cadena of Stockton, Susan Rico of Delhi, Rosa Letona of Modesto, and Norma Orozco of Selma joined millions of others in taking to the nation's streets on May 1, 2006, to demand comprehensive immigration reform....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 6:54am PDT
Award-winning broadcaster and journalist Larry Bensky is retiring from Pacifica Radio's KPFA after thirty eight years of working for the public radio network. The last program of his acclaimed weekly talk show, Sunday Salon, will air Sunday, April 29th at 9am on KPFA Radio 94.1FM or online at kpfa.org....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 12:13am PDT
Would like to remind the FBI agents investigating John Doolittle's involvement with lobbyist Jack Abramoff to remember Doolittle's interference with FDIC regulators who attempted to investigate C. Hurwitz's role in the Texas S&L collapse!!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 5:00pm PDT
I encourage people to show up at the Capitol on Friday to show support for the Klamath River Indian Tribes and fishermen, who will be driving to Omaha to protest the PacifiCorp dams owned by Warren Buffett....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:34pm PDT
On April 28, 2007 at 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM from injured workers and their advocates will rally on the South
steps of the Capitol in Saramento to memoralize those workers killed and injured on the job.
Injured Workers and their families have faced torture and terrorisim from insurance
companies and their representative who refuse to take care of their injuries...
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 2:43pm PDT
Activists at Representative's Doris Matsui's offices in Sacramento and Washington D.C. will simultaneously protest her vote to fund the Iraq War on Monday....
Posted: Sun, Apr 22, 2007 3:42pm PDT
Hundreds in a coalition of contracted-out workers, students, professors, local elected officials, UC union members, and community members will take part in a major, dramatic action on May 1st to protest the University’s continued contracting out of food service workers, who are forced to endure disrespectful treatment, a lack of health care, and poverty wages....
Posted: Sun, Apr 22, 2007 1:46pm PDT
On Thursday, April 19, a Sacramento Jury found that Sacramento County Sheriff's Deputy Rebecca Purdy used "unreasonable force" while processing an environmental activist who had been arrested outside the State Capitol Building.
Article from the Sacramento Bee...
Posted: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 12:34pm PDT
Recently the Peace and Freedom Party launched a nationwide presidential search campaign seeking candidates for President of the United States; this week Stewart A. Alexander is the first candidate to formally announce his candidacy as a Peace and Freedom Party candidate for president....
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 7:27pm PDT
Don't miss the Restore the Delta event, entitled "Healthy Delta Communities," in Stockton on May 2....
Posted: Fri, Apr 20, 2007 6:55pm PDT
Peace activist Maggie Coulter left for Washington, D.C. on Wednesday to lobby Representative Doris Matsui to cut funds for the Iraq War....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 6:19pm PDT
Actions for immigrant justice, around and on, May 1st, 2007. All happing on Crows Landing Road, Modesto CA....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 2:41pm PDT
Friday, April 20. 7 PM. $5.00. A Screening of "The End of Suburbia: Oil Depletion and the Collapse of The American Dream." With Dan Jacobson from Environment California in attendance. Fools Foundation - 1025 19th St, Sacramento....
Posted: Thu, Apr 19, 2007 1:03pm PDT
Closing arguments will be on April 18th, 2007 at 9am in dept. 45 of the Sac Superior court....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 5:59pm PDT
Some events brought to you by the fine folks with Modesto Anarcho Crew....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 4:00pm PDT
The Progressive Alliance and Peace Action are teaming up to organize an anti-war protest at CSUS today at 11 a.m....
Posted: Tue, Apr 17, 2007 8:12am PDT
This sounds like an excellent event. However, the event is posted as starting at 6 pm in the calendar and 7 pm on this announcement. I tried to call the numbers on the announcement, but nobody was there at the time. If anybody sees this, please respond about what is the correct time!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 16, 2007 4:50pm PDT
Don't miss this first hand account by California labor activists about heath care in Cuba. The event will also feature Dr. Luther Harry, who is in the movie SALUD, and Dr. Cedric Edwards, the person from the u.s. to graduate from the new medical school in Cuba....
Posted: Fri, Apr 13, 2007 10:09pm PDT