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Alan Benjamin To Speak on Directions for Labor & Working Class
If you are interesting in hearing about and discussing “Directions for Labor and the Working Class in the 21st Century on," come to this outstanding event on Feb. 10!...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 11:26am PST
Pictures from the World Social Forum
These pictures were taken at the march on the opening day of the World Social Forum. Local media is reporting that there were over 200,000 participants in the march. There are over 100,000 registered participants at the conference which is being held in Porto Alegre, Brazil. The theme is A NEW WORLD IS POSSIBLE....
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 4:48am PST
Should the Anti-war Movement Support the Iraqi Resistance?
A discussion on strategy and tactics in the anti-war movement...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 4:32am PST
Modesto @ Cafe' is shut down for "loitering" by authoritarians
D.(direct)A.(action)A.(anti-)A.(authoritarians) Collective has been tabling in Modesto (The @ Cafe') in the downtown area for a year or more now & distro's litature to the public, in the return for a conversation, debate, & good clean fun! But today we were met by security & police telling us that we cant "loiter" in the downtown area?...
Posted: Sat, Jan 29, 2005 1:52am PST
Upcoming Marriage Equality California Events in Sacramento
As you may have heard, your organization, MECA, is traveling throughout California on a "Get Engaged Tour." Nine teams of 8-10 activists will build coalitions, share resources with local organizations and develop more chapters throughout the state....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 10:58pm PST
Gaza pullout could worsen health crisis
A humanitarian disaster in the Gaza Strip is looming, and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's disengagement plan might be the final nail in the coffin, an Israeli report has warned....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 5:04pm PST
Author Richard Heinberg Speaks in Sacramento on Feb. 28
Don't miss the talk by Richard Heinberg, the author of "Powerdown: Options and Actions for a Post-Carbon World" on Feb. 28 in Sacramento....
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 10:42am PST
Picture that goes along with Anarchist Cafe announcement
this jpeg was supposed to be in the body of the text for the sacramento anarchist cafe. enjoy!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 8:17pm PST
ANNOUNCING THE FIRST SACRAMENTO ANARCHIST CAFE ON FEB 26!!!!!
We are holding an Anarchist Cafe on Saturday, Feb 26, 2005 at the Washington Neighborhood Center (400 16th street) in Sacramento. We will host a night of speakers, performers, presenters, workshops, food, fun and much more at the Washington Neighborhood Center from 3:00-9:00pm. The event is totally free to all.
The event will feature speaker Josh Harper from S.H.A.C., the poets Straight Out Scribes, music from the Myth of Progress and John Tushinski, and much more!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 8:04pm PST
Stockton authoritarians shut down D.I.Y. venue
The BlackWater Cafe' has been an underground music mecca for over a year now and it faces legal problems. Stay tunned for city council meetings...SUPPORT D.I.Y. MUSIC!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 10:58am PST
A New World is Possible
First report from the World Social Forum in Porto Alegre Brazil by Indymedia reporter Mike Rhodes...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 10:39am PST
2/18-20: UC Davis hosts 16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conf.
UC Davis hosts 16th Annual Western Regional LGBTQIA College Conference
Putting the Puzzle Together: Connecting Communities and Identities”...
Posted: Thu, Jan 27, 2005 10:30am PST
Cutting the Wire
The Brazilian Landless Workers Movement is the largest social movement in Latin America and one of the most successful grassroots movements in the world. Hundreds of thousands of landless peasants have taken onto themselves the task of carrying out a long-overdue land reform in a country mired by an overly skewed land distribution pattern. Less than 3% of the population owns two-thirds of Brasil's arable land....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 6:57pm PST
The Participatory Budget
Story from Porto Alegre, Brazil - the site of the World Social Forum, taking place from January 26 - 31....
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 6:52pm PST
OPPOSE ALL BUS NOMINEES/APPLICANTS; THE ONLY LEGAL VICTORY/ALLOWANCE
OPPOSE ALL BUSH NOMINEES/APPLICANTS; THE ONLY LEGAL VICTORY/ALLOWANCE
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Those Interested in Reclaiming or Reforming you Government (Making things Better, not worse)...STUDY THE NEW SCIENTIFIC GOVERNMENT TRAINING PROGRAMS AND APPLY FOR OFFICES-YOURSELVES......and support no change from the "status quo", without your full-scrutiny over all aspects of such changes......WHICH ONLY OCCURS WITH MANDATORY JURY TRIAL...
Posted: Wed, Jan 26, 2005 1:38am PST
The Radical Side of Martin Luther King, Jr. and other events
Don't miss the "Radical Side of Martin Luther King, Jr." event on Wednesday, January 26, sponsored by the Freedom Bound Center and the Sacramento Area Black Caucus...
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 11:55pm PST
Modesto Breakaway March Pictures
Pictures from the "Still Not Our President" Breakaway March. What did we break from, why away of course!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 11:57pm PST
Why has India blocked foreign tsunami aid to the Nicobar and Andaman islands?
The remote Andaman and Nicobar group suffered a devastating blow from the December 26 tsunami. The low-lying and mostly uninhabited chain of 572 islands in the Bay of Bengal was the closest Indian territory to the epicentre of the massive earthquake. As well as being swamped by the sea, it was hit by a series of substantial aftershocks....
Posted: Mon, Jan 24, 2005 9:52pm PST
We un-inaugurate Bush on Fresno PeaceCorner
We un-inaugurate Bush on Fresno PeaceCorner. 1 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 11:55am PST
Letter to Sac Antiwar Honchery re B Boxer
This is an email sent out Friday morning to a few prominent Sacramento "progressive" activists. Let's see what kind of a response it gets? And keep watching the Bee & other Democrat voices. How far will BB go with this? That is the question......
Posted: Sun, Jan 23, 2005 11:17am PST