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The Campaign to End the Death Penalty, along with the California Save Tookie Campaign, is calling for a NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION to SAVE TOOKIE on Wednesday, November 30....

Nazi Schwarzenegger got the defeat his $70 million special election deserved, and his defeat was led by labor, as it must be. The anger was so great at this unnecessary, viciously anti-labor special election that the voters defeated all of the state propositions with a Bingo NO!...

Arnold's power play seems to be going down with only the anti-labor initiative showing a chance. The initiative from the people who want to define in the CA constitution that a fetus is an unborn child is also going down. The re-regulate electricity (people seem to have forgotten Enron and our big energy f*#koff) and the non-BigPharma drug discount initiatives are going down by big margins. (Big Pharma put over $80 million into defeating the discount initiative and promoting their own to ...

In a dramatic stroke of a pen, Federal Magistrate Gregory Hollows told U.S. Attorney John Gisla that he needed to explain to the court why plaintiff Ron Kiczenskiís hemp is not covered by the 9th Circuitís ruling that hemp is not under the jurisdiction of the DEA....

Various Authors, Nov 04, 2005...

Today is ELECTION DAY. The first thing you will do is VOTE TODAY! The polling places are open 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Remember to Nix the First Six, so Vote No on 73-78; Yes on 79 and 80....

When California voters go to the polls November 8 for the state’s special election, they will be confronted with a series of right-wing measures. The majority of the eight initiatives on the ballot are aimed at further eroding the living standards and democratic rights of working people. None of the initiatives that voters will be asked to decide on express the concerns and needs of ordinary people in California....

On November 5, a small group of animal rights activists demonstrated in front of the KFC on Mission St., a busy road which is also Highway 1 in Santa Cruz. The number of customers in the restaurant quickly dwindled and passing motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, KFC customers and an employee that encountered the protesters were either very supportive of the demonstration or willing to listen to and learn from the protesters. I spoke with one activist to find out why he protesting in front ...

California's November 8 special election ballot is led by Proposition 73, a "parental notification" initiative aimed at making it more difficult for young women to get abortions. As part of that difficulty, it creates bureaucratic red tape for abortion providers and seeks to intimidate judges, who would have the power to authorize a young woman to get an abortion without telling her parents about...

KFC Bay Area PETA Campaign Hello everyone, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has a campaign website called KentuckyFriedCruelty.com asking KFC to eliminate the worst abuses that chickens suffer in the factory farms and slaughterhouses of its suppliers. These abuses include live scalding, life-long crippling, and painful debeaking....