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Special Conference Invitation The Faces of Wrongful Conviction: a conference examining wrongful convictions and the administration of the death penalty in california...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:42pm PST
Defense lawyer seeks dismissal of Federal criminal charges over NSA spying, entrapment "The government engaged in illegal electronic surveillance of thousands of U.S. persons, including Yassin Aref, then instigated a sting operation to attempt to entrap Mr. Aref into supporting a nonexistent terrorist plot, then dared to claim that the illegal NSA operation was justified because it was the only way to catch Mr. Aref," Kindlon's motion said....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 8:15pm PST
FACTS ABOUT UFCW 588 AND NORTHERN CALIFORNIA’S CONCESSIONARY FOOD INDUSTRY CONTRACTS – 198 Former Local 588 President Jack Loveall and his son, Jacques, have been at the forefront of leading concessionary bargaining with Safeway and Northern California’s other major food employers since the Lovealls took over 588 in 1984. The UFCW 588 impact on bargaining increased when the union merged five local unions in the early 1990’s to expand its membership from 9,500 to 22,000 making it the largest local union in Northern California. No successful labor dispute could be fought if Local 5...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 12:42pm PST
Help Stop Patient Employment Discrimination a victory will give ASA legal ammunition to gain further protections
against discrimination in housing, by the DMV, and in many other areas. A
victory in this case will also help to clarify and reinforce the argument that
state law is sovereign and not pre-empted by federal law....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 9:20pm PST
Schwarzenneger's most noteworthy "feat" as Gov. is the execution of Tookie Williams! The "Govennator" Arnould Schwarzenegger gave the people (fans) who voted him into office just what they deserved?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 12:39pm PST
New Info on Auburn 3 Case New information from the Fresno Bee on Auburn 3 Case...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 8:58am PST
1/20: Please Sign the Petitions to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Bills! We are asking you for your help in collecting signatures for a petition addressed to the Los Angeles City Council requesting they adopt a resolution in favor of the immigrant community....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 9:03pm PST
This is the person medics ID as CS 3 informant in Auburn 3 case 
i am a long-time medic and received this from another trusted medic. it is also posted on portland indymedia.
i am non-violent: this is posted so those who sought care from a sham medic may identify the provider and choose to seek a second opion should they so desire....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 8:40pm PST
The Fight Against Racial Discrimination in the Richmond Shipyards:An interview with Soskin (audio/mpeg 12.6MB) Betty Reid Soskin experienced racism during the 2nd WW in the Richmond shipyards and she
discusses this with Steve Zeltzer from the KPFA Labor Collective.
27.25 minutes 12.6 mb...
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 7:26pm PST
Segregation in the US and Bay Area Trade Unionists (audio/mpeg 7.3MB) This interview exposes the history of segregation and the
effect on SEIU UHW hospital workers....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 7:12pm PST
ASA CA Weekly Alert 3) January 24th, San Jose: Santa Clara County to Vote on Implementing
MMJ ID Card Program
4) January 24th, San Francisco: SF ASA Meeting
5) January 26th, San Francisco: Court Support for Eddy Lepp
**6) January 26th, Sacramento: Sac ASA Meeting
7) January 27th, Sacramento: Court Support for Louis Fowler
8) January 30th, Fresno: Court Support for Dustin Costa
**9) Reminder: ASA is Seeking Submissions for Medical Marijuana Film
Festival
10) Action Alert: Butte, Calaveras, Lake & Tuolu...
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 6:24pm PST
Bay Area Animal Group to Screen Rare Agribusiness Industry Footage 
Each year, more than 19 million egg-laying hens are raised in intensive confinement for the California egg industry. According to the California Poultry Workgroup, nearly 100 percent of these hens are confined to battery cages -- wire enclosures so small that birds are unable to lift even a single wing. This nearly-universal practice violates Section 597t of the California State Penal Code, which requires that confined animals have adequate exercise space....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 11:43am PST
IDA Bay Area Events 1. Help Improve Management of the Oakland Animal Shelter 2. Gopher Gardening at Ocean Beach 3. Fur Protest at Chinese Consulate in San Francisco 4. KFC Protest and Letter Writing Party 5. Film Screening of "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill" 6. Animal Investigation Film Festival 7. Bunnies Need Homes to Escape Euthanasia 7. Compassionate Cooks' February Cooking Class: "Demystifying Tofu and Tempeh"...
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 10:33pm PST
Leather community debates trans exclusion at upcoming contest Resurrected where the San Francisco-born International Drummer
contest left off, the LeatherSIR/Leatherboy will hold a regional
feeder contest in San Francisco in July. The contest has a worldwide
policy requiring its competitors to be "born male," thus excluding
transgender men from competing....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 9:52pm PST
Historic Victory for Clean Elections Bill Bill passes out of Assembly Appropriations Committee, to be heard by full
Assembly next week...
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 9:12pm PST
Jesse, King and the Business of Black Leadership Unfair to Jesse Jackson or not, the claim in a new Martin Luther King Jr. biography that King saw Jackson as an opportunist resonates because of the flashy leadership style and middle-class myopia of today's civil rights leaders....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 6:35pm PST
Angel Raich's Hearing in Ninth Circuit is on March 27 in Pasadena the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set a
hearing date in my case for March 27th, at the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals in Pasadena, Hearing Room 3. For some reason we are not having a
hearing in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2006 11:50pm PST
The Fresno Peace and Social Justice calendar 
A calendar of events in the Fresno area....
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2006 9:08pm PST
25 Years of Rent Control in SF, Berkeley & other Cal cities As the new year begins, a significant 25th anniversary event---directly impacting hundreds of thousands of Bay Area renters----was observed during 2005's final months: the passage, in 1980, of San Francisco's and Berkeley's respective Rent Stabilization and Good Cause Eviction ordinances, commonly known as rent control. Both cities' ordinances became effective from 1979 to 1981....
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2006 7:48pm PST
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