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textAnnan presents grave Aids report at NY meeting by SABC (reposted)
Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, had harsh words for leaders at the start of a three-day Aids meeting in New York (NY). He presented a grave report on the non-achievement of a 2001 declaration. The report shows the epidemic is showing no sign of letting up and that women vulnerability is continuing to increase with more than 17 million women infected worldwide. This is nearly half the global total....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 10:52pm PDT
textThe Role of Pharmaceutical Companies and Access to HIV Treatment in the Developing World by Democracy Now (repost)
We look at the issue of H.I.V and AIDS by examining the role of pharmaceutical companies and access to treatment. Last week, the World Health Assembly adopted a resolution that would increase pressure on companies, governments and the WHO to reform the system for producing and distributing drugs in developing nations....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:39am PDT
textPills Profits Protest: A Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement by Democracy Now (repost)
A excerpt of the documentary "Pills Profits Protest: Chronicle of the Global AIDS Movement." The film examines the international grassroots response to the AIDS crisis and takes an in-depth look at the battle for access to HIV treatment among the poorest and most marginalized communities around the world....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:38am PDT
textIs U.S. AIDS Policy Undermining the Global Fight Against the Disease? by Democracy Now (repost)
The United Nations General Assembly Special Session on AIDS opened on Wednesday. Protesters gathered outside the UN building in New York City to calling on world leaders to fulfill their commitments to fighting AIDS and accused the Bush administration of undermining the international drive against the disease in its global AIDS policy. We speak with David Bryden of the Global AIDS Alliance....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:37am PDT
textTenants to Rally Against Ellis Act Eviction by Beyond Chron (reposted)
A group of tenants facing imminent eviction will demonstrate publicly today with demands that their McAllister St. building’s new owners rescind the evictions. Though the story is not uncommon in today’s San Francisco—a rent-controlled building converted to market-rate condominiums at the expense of its residents—the tenants are joined by a surprisingly large group of supporters who see this attempted Ellis Act eviction as a watershed....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:32am PDT
textAIDS: 25 Years Later by Tommi Avicolli Mecca (reposted)
The StopAIDS Project in San Francisco recently hung 90 huge handmade paper irises on shop awnings and telephone poles throughout the Castro to mark the upcoming 25th anniversary on June 6 of the reporting of the first AIDS cases by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control. As part of this installation, the flower shop Ixia put up a 43-foot-long display of these same irises on the corner of 18th and Castro. The flower was chosen in part because it was the favorite of the ancient Greek god...
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 9:31am PDT
textChronicle Again Comes Out Against A Measure To Protect Tenants by Beyond Chron (reposted)
After more than 25 years of siding against tenants on every measure put on the city's ballot, it wasn't surprising to see the San Francisco Chronicle come down against Proposition B over the weekend. The measure would require property sellers to notify potential buyers early on if the eviction of a senior or disabled tenant occurred there, and the minor inconvenience it could cause landlords virtually guaranteed a 'No on B.' What was surprising, however, was the flippant way the Chronicle dis...
Posted: Wed, May 31, 2006 7:09am PDT
textEarthquake Death Toll Tops 5,400 in Indonesia; 200,000 Left Homeless by Democracy Now (repost)
The death toll from a weekend earthquake in Indonesia has topped 5,400. More than 20,000 people were injured in the disaster and as many as 200,000 people have been left homeless, many without shelter or food. We go to Java to speak with an officer with the United Nations Children's Fund....
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 8:50am PDT
textWill Change Finally Come to San Francisco Planning Commission? by Beyond Chron (reposted)
A majority of San Francisco’s Planning Commission will soon be up for reappointment. Although the Commission includes four mayoral and three Board of Supervisor appointees, Commissioner Christina Olague (whose term is not expiring) is the only member whose votes consistently reflect the Board’s progressive majority. Although voters approved the split appointment process in 2002, two of the three appointees by then Board President Tom Ammiano---Sue Lee and Kevin Hughes---have voted identically...
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 8:40am PDT
textVigilance Needed in Fight Against Human Trafficking by New America Media (reposted)
SAN FRANCISCO – In 2005, the term human trafficking turned from an abstract notion into a household word. The media depicted cases of modern-day slavery. Stations aired movies and a miniseries that portrayed the stories. The evening news and local newspapers covered the latest law enforcement raids. What the media left untold is the impact of human trafficking on you and your community....
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 9:31am PDT
textEarthquake kills more than 5,100 on Indonesian island of Java by wsws (reposted)
A major earthquake struck the heavily-populated Indonesian island of Java early on Saturday morning, leaving a terrible trail of death and destruction near the city of Yogyakarta. Major buildings and thousands of homes have been flattened, rail and road transport disrupted and the city’s international airport was closed after the runway cracked....
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 9:24am PDT
textBAY BRIDGE CLOSURES COMING THE NEXT 2 WEEKENDS: JUNE 2-11 by bicyclists and 511.org
The western approaches to the Bay Bridge will be closed in one or both directions during portions of the next TWO weekends (June 2-5 and June 9-12), according to CalTrans and the MTC's 511.org. The following information was accurate as of 3:57 PM Sunday, but things change rapidly....
Posted: Mon, May 29, 2006 12:56am PDT
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Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 8:21pm PDT
text Indonesia quake toll passes 3,000 by BBC (reposted)
More than 3,000 people have been killed and thousands more injured by a strong earthquake that struck the Indonesian island of Java, officials have said....
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 10:10am PDT
textCaste-ism vs. ‘Merit’: India’s toilers should reject framework of reservation debate by wsws (reposted)
The plans of India’s United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government to expand caste-based reservations in central government-funded universities, including a series of elite professional schools, have provoked widespread student protests and an outcry from the corporate media and big business. Doctors in Delhi, Mumbai and many other cities have mounted walkouts in support of the students and the Indian Medical Association has lent its voice to the protests....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 11:18am PDT
imageFresno Homeless Under Attack
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by Mike Rhodes
The homeless in Fresno are under attack. This is the latest in a series of reports about the treatment of the homeless in this community....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 10:43am PDT
textRent Ordinance Measure Moves Forward at City Hall by Beyond Chron (reposted)
The movement to protect tenants’ rights gained critical ground Wednesday when the Board of Supervisors Land Use and Economic Development Committee recommended that a tenant protection measure move forward. The residential rent ordinance would clarify existing law and require landlords to prove just cause when severing services included with a rental unit. The specific services in question were primarily related to common areas including access to garages and parking spaces, laundry facilities...
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 8:50am PDT
textYouth have no place to congregate and be safe in the Bayview Hunters Point area by Francisco Da Costa
The Lee Gym is under construction by the Bayview Opera House and youth hang at the corners. The Gyms on Kiska Road are shut and the youth have no where to go. In the mean time the Mayor is talking WiFi and inviting the Governor's wife to make vain speeches that defy the truth. San Francisco is a Racist City and the Mayor is heading the diatribe that makes it so....
Posted: Thu, May 25, 2006 4:13am PDT
text BREAKING THE CHAINS OF SILENCE AND PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPRISONMENT by Lauren
Presenting a free auotbiography online from a Native Northern Californian. She is breaking the silence of incest and domestic violence abuse (non physical). She is breaking the chains of poverty as well, by liberating herself through her story and helping others in the process. From the memoirs of her own diary she will take you through tunnels of hell and triumph. There is no ending....
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 6:39pm PDT
textParadise Lost: A Recipe for Gentrification in Chicago, San Francisco, and Beyond by Beyond Chron (reposted)
The San Francisco Redevelopment Agency’s plan to take over more than 1,300 acres in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood is the opening salvo in the final struggle for the soul of San Francisco. Combined with the 500 acres of the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard that are currently undergoing redevelopment by the Florida-based Lennar Corporation, close to three-quarters of the Bayview Hunters Point area may soon come under the control of the City’s Redevelopment Agency. Although there has been m...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2006 8:13am PDT
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