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Rally at noon in Oakland? Read all and reply right away
So email me if you can show up for a spontaneous rally today at noon. We will meet
by the columns at the end of the lake closest to Highway 580. You can exit Lakeshore
or Grand Ave from 580. There is free parking in a lot under the highway....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 10:20am PDT
HURRICANE CARE, NOT WARFARE! Press Release: Fri Sept 23 Oakland Action
Friday, September 23: Oakland, CA
RALLY: 4 PM, Chevron Gas Station
Telegraph Ave. and Grand Ave.
MARCH/DIRECT ACTION: 5 PM, Armed Forces Recruiting Center,
2116 Broadway, between 21st and 22nd St.
www.CourageToResist.org...
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 12:37am PDT
Bay Area demonstrators: ‘Immigrant rights, not vigilante violence’
Immigrant rights are human rights. Protesting armed vigilante groups....
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 12:57pm PDT
Altamont Wind Farm Vote this Thursday - help reduce bird kills
The Altamont Wind Farm has killed an estimated 17,000-26,000 raptors since the project began and at least 11 state-designated species of special concern....
Posted: Wed, Sep 21, 2005 10:07am PDT
Suspect Shot By Brentwood Cop Had Phone, Not Gun
A multi-agency investigation into an officer-involved shooting outside a Brentwood bank last week has revealed that the suspect was carrying a cell phone, not a firearm, when he was shot....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2005 11:10pm PDT
Berkeley Commission Says Police Failed to Act In Man’s Death
Berkeley police waited too long to call for paramedics as a man died in their custody last year, a three-person panel of the Berkeley Police Review Commission concluded....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2005 11:01pm PDT
City Slicker Farms back yard garden Volunteer Orientations
Date: Saturday, October 8th
Time: 11am - 1pm
Meet: Center Street Farm, corner of 16th & Center Streets, West Oakland
Date: Saturday, October 22nd
Time: 11am - 1pm
Meet: Center Street Farm, corner of 16th & Center Streets, West Oakland...
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2005 10:23pm PDT
Our BIG Event: Thursday 7-9pm: Celebrating Families of Incarcerated Children
THIS THURSDAY
September 22nd, 7-9pm
First Congregational Church, Oakland
PLEASE RSVP TODAY: monet@ellabakercenter.org or 510-428-3939 x228....
Posted: Tue, Sep 20, 2005 5:56pm PDT
Bay Area’s Black workers face crisis of low-wage jobs
New UC Berkeley study shows 64% of young Black workers work but stay poor...
Posted: Mon, Sep 19, 2005 7:47am PDT
Berkeley Honda Still On Strike: Pictures From September 17th Rally
Labor activists and former employees gathered in front of Berkeley Honda Saturday to protest management attacks on workers....
Posted: Sat, Sep 17, 2005 5:21pm PDT
10/2N. CA Forum-The Fightback Against Union Busting&Concessions In The Airline Industry
On Sunday October 2, 2005 at 3:00 PM there will be an educational forum on the conditions and struggles
in the airline industry. The educational forum will be held at ILWU Local 6 on 99 Hegenberger Rd.
in Oakland near the Oakland airport....
Posted: Sat, Sep 17, 2005 9:04am PDT
Schedule of ALL Weekend Events at Green Gathering the Weekend in Oakland
This is the schedule of events happening at the Green Gathering at Laney College this weekend in Oakland at the event titled Back to School Not War. It's basically an event open to all and for Greens around the state to come together in meetings, discussions, workshops, etc....
Posted: Fri, Sep 16, 2005 4:02pm PDT
ASA Weekly Alert- Stuff Happening All Over California!
As usual, there's a lot coming up in the next two weeks. We hope to see
you at some of these events. If you have any questions or would like me
to post an alert, just shoot me an email....
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 11:55pm PDT
9/20- Memorial Service for 2 Korean Men Killed by Police in Dublin, CA
Place: Dublin City Hall, 100 Civic Plaza, Dublin, CA
Date: Tuesday, Sep. 20, 2005 - 6pm
coalition endorsement/fact sheet attached...
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 11:22pm PDT
HURRICANE CARE, NOT WARFARE RECRUITMENT!!; FRI SEPT 23
HURRICANE CARE, NOT WARFARE!
No Recruitment, No Draft.
Support GI Resisters: AN ARMY OF NONE!...
Posted: Thu, Sep 15, 2005 9:39pm PDT
Commentary: KPFA Workers Call for Violence-Free Station, No Harassment
We believe that Pacifica should not allow workers and women to be treated by the manager in ways that justifiably outrage progressives when they happen to workers at Mitsubishi or Denny’s. The Pacifica National Board has the power to overturn the Local Station Board’s vote and remove Campanella, but it needs to hear from concerned listeners....
Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 8:25pm PDT
Critical Resistance's Oakland Chapter Call-out for Interns!
Critical Resistance's Oakland Chapter is looking for interns and volunteers for our workgroups and in the office. Points of interest include copwatching in Fruitvale, organizing to support prisoners and familly members in New Orleans and more!...
Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 4:57pm PDT
New UN Scrutiny of U.S. Actions Under Patriot Act, Guantanamo, and Abu Ghraib
The NGOs contacted were the ACLU, Meiklejohn Civil Liberties Institute,
World Organization for Human Rights USA, and The Tandem Project. The UN sent
this request to Meiklejohn Institute after the City Council of Berkeley sent
the Committee copies of the Institute's 574 page book report, "Challenging
U.S. Human Rights Violations Since 9/11" (Prometheus Books), describing 180
violations by the U.S. in 30 categories, including failures to act on
environmental issues leading to m...
Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 4:43pm PDT
Justice Served? Two Murder Convictions in Araujo Case But No Hate Crime
"...But the fact that the jury did not see this for the hate crime it obviously was, plus the release of one of her murderers, means we still have a lot of work ahead of us,” said Riki Wilchins,...
Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 1:23pm PDT
Weekend Green Gathering to Feature Camejo, Aimee Allison, David Zirin, Dr. Agha Saeed, etc
sliding scale . . . workshops and rally Sat., forum (debate) with Peter Camejo and former Green Party Mayor of Santa Monica Michael Feinstein, on Sunday....
Posted: Tue, Sep 13, 2005 12:07pm PDT