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10/23-11/8 Phone Banks & Precinct Walks to Defeat Arnold's Props 73-78
It is barricades time to defeat Nazi Schwarzenegger's propositions on the California ballot, Props 73 through 78. We need you now, whether or not you are a voter, and regardless of age, to make phone calls and walk precincts 7 days a week, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m....
Posted: Sat, Oct 22, 2005 6:08pm PDT
Homophobes slow petitions; more news
links, incl.: fight to preserve choice; late-nite health services needed by Q men; same-sex marriage bill must wait until 2007; etc.
Please VOTE on 8 Nov. 2005 (or earlier by absentee ballot)....
Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2005 9:19pm PDT
10/21: ASA Weekly Alert
*1) October 22nd, El Dorado: AAMC Meeting
2) October 22nd, San Francisco: Phone Banking for HHS Action
3) October 23rd, Los Angeles: LA ASA Meeting
4) October 23rd, San Francisco: Art Party & Phone Banking for HHS Action
5) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Dustin Costa
**6) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt
7) October 24th, San Francisco: SF ID Card Program Community Meeting
8) October 25th, San Francisco: Board of Supervisors to Vote on
Dispensing Regulations
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Posted: Fri, Oct 21, 2005 5:36pm PDT
ASA Weekly Alert from 10/14
**7) October 23rd, Los Angeles: LA ASA Meeting
8) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Dustin Costa
**9) October 24th, Fresno: Court Support for Joe Fortt*
*10) October 25th, San Diego, Santa Ana, LA & Santa Barbara: Get on the
Bus!*
*11) October 26th, San Francisco: Time's Up: Demand HHS Reclassify
Marijuana Now!...
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 7:53pm PDT
California Special Election Proposition Analysis
The California Special Election slated for November 2005 is the most audacious, gargantuan display of corporate wealth deployed to win an "election" the state has ever seen; it is arguably the worst behemoth of greed and glut that any state has ever seen. The shameless spending by corporations that will benefit from the public’s approval of their ballot measures makes Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger look like Jabba the Hut....
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 3:35pm PDT
SWARM the Minutemen - Phone Jam NOW!
The Minutemen are really ramping up their media campaign, including a major rally in Sacramento to promote their California Border Patrol initiative, an attempt to further militarize the border and our communities at the cost of more people's lives. Recently, they testified before congress ( http://www.dakotavoice.com/200510/20051018_6.html ) to ask that congres declare a state of emergency along the entire border. Clearly, they want more policing of our lives and communities, they want unre...
Posted: Thu, Oct 20, 2005 10:39am PDT
Hold Clear Channel Accountable to Bay Area Communities
Media behemoth Clear Channel is seeking renewal of its Bay Area radio licenses. Take action to demand that the FCC require local accountability at Clear Channel's Bay Area radio stations....
Posted: Wed, Oct 19, 2005 10:30pm PDT
Sacto. Green Party Voting Recommendations
Voting Recommendations from the Sacramento County Green Party...
Posted: Tue, Oct 18, 2005 6:52am PDT
CFW Initiates Campaign to Raise the Minimum Wage
Californians for Fair Wages, a labor group founded by the Green Party, has begun its campaign to raise the minimum wage....
Posted: Mon, Oct 17, 2005 8:44pm PDT
Foster Farms Cruelty Segment on KPFA
EBAA's Investigation in the News......
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 9:22pm PDT
Common Ground Collective:Updates from the Gulf Coast Basin
Common Ground Collective formed in the wake of the Katrina disaster. From five people to now over 300 people on the ground in five parishes, the work has grown immensely with much support of many,many commited people from the Bay Area from all walks of life....
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 7:35am PDT
A Weekend of Networking at the LPFM Radio Roundup in Davis, California
On October 8th and 9th, KDRT hosted the Low Power FM Radio Roundup in Davis, California, an event which brought together volunteers from both long established and emerging community stations around California and Oregon.
The conference provided a space for volunteers from all these stations to network and share skills and experiences. The event included trainings in radio journalism, internet streaming, radio theater, and covered a variety of station management and legal issues....
Posted: Sun, Oct 16, 2005 12:24am PDT
The Biggest Free Speech Soap Box this Community Has Ever Seen
This articles brings us up to date on the effort to bring Public Access TV to the Fresno area. There is both good and bad news. The good news is that the City of Fresno has renewed the contract with The Buske Group who are consultants and that “levels the playing field” in the negotiations with Comcast. The bad news is that the County of Fresno is about to agree to a contract with Comcast that does NOT include a Public Access channel or Community Media Center....
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2005 2:01pm PDT
Schwarzenegger veto of SB60 spurs wide opposition
Latino immigrant rights leaders are responding to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s veto of SB 60 with a joint mobilization to defeat all Schwarzenegger-backed propositions in the Nov. 8 election. The bill would provide driver’s licenses for over 2 million undocumented workers here....
Posted: Fri, Oct 14, 2005 6:58am PDT
We're Number 1!
Fresno has the highest concentration of poverty of any large U.S. city....
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 8:30pm PDT
SF & Cal Props: No on A,B,F,H & Yes on I; No on 73thru78; Yes on 79&80
There are 9 San Francisco Propositions and 8 California Propositions on the November 8, 2005 ballot which mandate your immediate attention and your vote. You still have time to register & vote by mail....
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 6:31pm PDT
SF Village Voice (audio/mpeg 14.2MB)
Live interview on Environmental racism, local and global implication of radioactive contamination. Lauren Moret, former president of the Association for Women Scientists Maurice Campbell, Director of Community First Coalition, anchor on KPOO Radio "Connecting the dots" Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner...
Posted: Wed, Oct 12, 2005 2:48pm PDT
Execution Alert - Three Men's Dates Set
The Attorney General has announced it will be seeking execution dates in three California death penalty cases.
Stanley "Tookie" Williams - December 13th...
Posted: Tue, Oct 11, 2005 9:20pm PDT