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Former UN AIDS Envoy Slams G-8 As Morally Bankrupt Monday, June 11, 2007 : (Vancouver, British Columbia) The former UN special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa is accusing the G-8 of abandoning its commitments to health and social equality in Africa, suggesting its leaders are having trouble finding their moral compass....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:51pm PDT
Alexander Applauds Michael Moore’s Movie “Sicko” The major problem with Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” is that the movie is right on; the movie takes aim at America’s healthcare system and how profit and cost has taken priority over patient care....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 6:26pm PDT
Alexander Applauds Michael Moore’s Movie “Sicko” The major problem with Michael Moore’s new movie “Sicko” is that the movie is right on; the movie takes aim at America’s healthcare system and how profit and cost has taken priority over patient care....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 4:20pm PDT
Protesters Demand Federal Mortgage Aid On June 6th, dozens of members of the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now or ACORN held a press conference in front of the Federal Reserve Bank in the Financial District to demand the Federal Reserve finally step in to protect homeowners from unregulated sub-prime loans. "We're asking the Federal Reserve to use the power that it has to regulate the industry more strictly so that brokers and lenders take some responsibility for their actions, said predatory lending victim Jac...
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 7:14am PDT
Newsoms Housing Authority Plan Ignores Available Federal Funds Monday, June 11, 2007 :Since San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom took office in 2004, the city has failed to apply for $355 million in HOPE VI grants that HUD has made available for upgrading housing projects. Newsom is the only mayor of the past three who has failed to apply for this money, and his Administration does not intend to apply for funds this year either....
Posted: Mon, Jun 11, 2007 7:13am PDT
Soldz: Open Letter to the President of the American Psychological Association Saturday, June 6, 2007 : To Sharon Brehm, Ph.D. President American Psychological Association...
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 7:19pm PDT
Colonialism is Bad for Your Health - This week: AIDS in Africa 
Berkeley scientist contends that many AIDS cases in Africa are actually illnesses caused by severe poverty, malnutrition and poisonous environmental conditions faced by African people....
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 3:19pm PDT
North Beach tenants lose eviction ruling SF Chronicle
by Bob Egelko
June 9, 2007...
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 7:51am PDT
Ellis Act Reform Delayed in State Senate Friday, June 8, 2007 :Senate Bill 464, the bill to reform the Ellis Act by limiting its scope to landlords who have owned the property for a certain number of years and sponsored by Assembly member Mark Leno and State Senator Sheila Kuehl, has failed to garner the 21 votes needed to pass. The bill appeared to come within a single vote of passage, only to have San Jose's Elaine Alquist switch to a "no," killing any chances for passage this year....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:09pm PDT
Town Hall meetings held every Thursday to educate constituents about Lennar BVHP LLC. Every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Grace Tabernacle Community Church situated at Ingalls and Oakdale in the Bayview a Town Hall is held to educate constituents about the adverse impacts initiated Lennar BVHP LLC. LENNAR - the most corrupt and irresponsible Real Estate Developer in the United States. Lick your chops Kofi Bonner the President of Lennar Corp. Bay Area, who hails from Ghana and thinks he is doing the right thing with all the wrong decisions. Kofi will say all the right things for al...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 7:16am PDT
Victoria Rowell Commonwealth Club
595 Market St., 2nd Floor
San Francico, CA 94105...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 20, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:42pm PDT
Hartford, Conn: Union Leaders Arrested Over Health Care Thursday, June 7, 2007 :Twenty-two union leaders were arrested at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., June 1, as they called for universal health care. The arrests were made at different locations throughout the Capitol building amid a heavy police presence. The union leaders were sitting-in outside the offices of the governor, the speaker of the House and the president of the Senate when they were grabbed by the police....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:39pm PDT
Rejected on Social Security, Bush Stealthily Tries to Privatize Medicare Thursday, June 7, 2007 : Two years after the American people rejected the Bush administration's plan to privatize Social Security, the White House now is trying quietly to privatize Medicare....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:30pm PDT
Africa Fails To Meet AIDS Goals Thursday, June 7, 2007 : (New York City) Not a single country in sub-Saharan Africa is on target to meet U.N. goals of cutting extreme poverty by half, ensuring universal primary education, and stemming the AIDS pandemic by 2015, a new U.N. report says....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:24pm PDT
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You: Customer Service Failures at UCSF Would you hire a mechanic or hairdresser who never answered the telephone? How about a doctor? UCSF claims to be a highly-respected institution, but patients routinely find themselves in "voicemail hell." Now, one Bay Area man is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 12:30pm PDT
First Thursdays: El Sabor de Fruitvale Fruitvale Transit Village
3411 East 12th Street
Oakland, CA 94601...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 9:48am PDT
Activists and Residents Protest HUD Secretary's Arrival in New Orleans As Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Alphonso Jackson joins Mayor Ray Nagin and Michaels Development Company in New Orleans tomorrow, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will join residents and grassroots organizations to protest the housing authority's continued enforced closure and planned demolition of New Orleans public housing developments -- despite massive housing shortages throughout the city....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:20am PDT
Newsom Plays Politics With the Health Departments Budget Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :On May 22nd, Gavin Newsom told members of SEIU Local 1021 (i.e., City workers and non-profits who contract with the City) that they will be pleased with the upcoming budget. He also said that the City will avoid outsourcing jobs, even if its going to cost us more money....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:13am PDT
First Official Day of Paid Sick Leave Finally Arrives Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :Yesterday, members of the Coalition for Paid Sick Days announces the first official day of paid sick days after the end of a 120 day transition period. The press conference featured street theater to educate workers on the new law. The law provides paid sick days to workers to care for themselves and their families when they fall ill....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:13am PDT
G8 fails to meet aid pledges to Africa Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :British Prime Minister Tony Blair had hoped that the G8 summit to be held in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June would provide a booster shot to the campaign hailing his supposed “legacy” before leaving office. He is to stand down as British prime minister in June....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 6:38am PDT
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