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CAAC Water Forum Features Speaker on Water Privatization in South Africa "Safe and Affordable Water, at Home and Abroad" will be the theme of the CAAC Water Forum on June 7....
Posted: Sun, May 9, 2004 12:59am PDT
Solidarity actions for anarchist prisoner Marco Camenisch About 100 people, including a Black Bloc, participated in an unauthorized march in solidarity with anarchist prisoner Marco Camenisch, passing by the court in which Marco will appear on May 10....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 5:39pm PDT
5/15 - A Taste of Change - Fundraiser Brunch for People's Grocery 
Join Us in Celebrating our Success and in Envisioning New Possibilities for West Oakland
* Find inspiration in a powerful and fun presentation on the accomplishments and exciting new directions for People's Grocery. * Enjoy a delicious meal made from farm fresh local ingredients cooked by leading local chefs....
Posted: Sat, May 8, 2004 5:35pm PDT
Who Will Stop CAFTA Contest Quest for Peace of the Quixote Center will run a full-page, New York Times signature ad in opposition to CAFTA- the Central American Free Trade Agreement. The 44,000 dollars and 2,500 signatures it takes is being raised from engaged citizens like you, who wish to proudly and publicly say "No" to CAFTA. The state with the highest number of signers (as a percentage of the state's total population) will be specifically acknowledged in the New York Times Ad. Show the country and Mr. B...
Posted: Fri, May 7, 2004 7:46am PDT
Reclaim the Commons - Tales from Possible We never thought it would happen here, in San Francisco; a major mobilization on a global justice issue. We never thought any of the institutions of corporate globalization would schedule a meeting in this hotbed of activism....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 11:52am PDT
Update on June 7th Water Forum The CAAC Water forum will feature Sagie Govender, who will speak on water privatization. Other speakers include Nancy Price of the Alliance for Democracy and Tod Bedrosian of the Hoopa Valley Tribe. Juliette Beck of Public Citizen will MC the event. Make sure you put this on your calendar1...
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 11:02am PDT
SUPPORT THE GUADALAJARA INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER 
Summary:
Guadalajara will be the site of the 3rd ALCUE summit of European Union
and Latin American heads of state in late May. Uninvited NGOs and
activists will attend to present alternative proposals and mobilizations
against these neoliberal economic policies. A Independent Media Center
is an indispensable part of these programs of alternatives and
resistance to cover the summit and break the barriers of mass media. We
request your help in making this Guadalajara IMC possible....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 2:34pm PDT
Roy -- How Deep Shall We Dig? "...wherever you go... you have TV monitors in which election promises have already come true.... You only have to close your ears to the sickening crunch of the police man’s boot on someone’s ribs, you only have to raise your eyes from the squalor, the slums, the ragged broken people on the streets and seek a friendly TV monitor and you will be in that other beautiful world....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 1:57pm PDT
Gobal Exchange vs. Nike CEO of No Sweat Apparel to challege sweatshop practices at Union Square Niketown, May 5, 1pm...
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 2:56pm PDT
IMPORTANT Message for WTO arrestees (at 1st & Broad) 
For arrestees at the 1999 WTO protests:
The judge agreed to the settlement so now people must TURN IN THEIR PAPERWORK BY JUNE 22nd to be included in the class and receive the $$ they are due. It's no longer just a possibility, this is happening and the time frame is short so please help now....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 11:22am PDT
The False Promises of Finance Capitalism: Interview with Walden Bello "Capitalism in the North had a clear Keynesian orientation up to the 1980s. In the time after the great world economic crisis and after the Second World War, state interventions played a dominant role for stabilizing the economy.." Walden Bello was awarded the 2003 Alternative Nobel Prize....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 9:48am PDT
Sea Turtle Protest At Sacramento Safeway! The Sea Turtles are coming to Sacramento! I encourage everybody to participate in this lunch time protest to protest Safeway Stores' selling of swordfish and failure to post mercury warnings. Sacramento activists - let's give the Sea Turtle Restoration Project a big and spirited welcome!...
Posted: Mon, May 3, 2004 6:43pm PDT
Photos from community organized May Day March 
Community organized May Day March at Powell and Market. Targeted Disney and Levis....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 3:23pm PDT
May Day and the Haymarket Martyrs 
In memory of Albert Parsons, August Spies, George Engel, Adolph Fischer, Louis Lingg, Michael Schwab, Samuel Fielden and Oscar Neebe. Your courage and sacrifice for the emancipation of labor will never be forgotten. - The Chicago Independent Media Center, 2004...
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 2:49pm PDT
Cinco horas de protesta en Quito/1o de Mayo en Am Latina Ayer, en las marchas por el Día de Trabajo participaron alrededor de 40 mil personas. Representantes de los movimientos sociales se ubicaron detrás de una gran bandera roja donde se leía: "Trabajadores y fuerzas populares, fuera Gutiérrez, Gobierno popular"....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 8:58am PDT
The IMF and the World Bank: Disaster as a Natural Law "With TINA-There is no Alternative, British prime minister Margaret Thatcher stylized worldwide free trade as a natural law. The IMF and the World Bank were the new institutions that forced these concepts on reluctant poor countries dependent on credits and donations.."...
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 7:51am PDT
Woman gets arrested at MayDay Street Party 
Does one person jaywalking merit that person being chased down and thrown on the ground? Can people observe the arrest? Can they find out where the people who were arrested are being taken to?...
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 7:29pm PDT
Pictures of First Arrest From MayDay Street Party 
By my count, there were four arrests at the MayDay march today. Here are photos of the first person who I saw arrested....
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 6:55pm PDT
5/15 Sacramento Marxist School anniversary talk Joel Kovel Talk at the Sacramento Marxist School...
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 9:05am PDT
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