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PUBLIC POWER RALLY AT PG&E H.Q.
Scores of public power and utility reform advocates descended on PG&E corporate headquarters to protest PG&E's infectious greed. A mini-play with life-size puppets of a greedy "PiG&E," plus caricatures of Willie Brown and George Bush, was also featured....
Posted: Mon, Sep 30, 2002 10:20pm PDT
SF 10/3: Report from Anti-FTAA Mobilization in Ecuador
A benefit for SF Indymedia and the Bay Area Social Forum -- join us at ATA to learn about South America's ongoing mobilization against Neoliberalism and the FTAA....
Posted: Mon, Sep 30, 2002 8:14pm PDT
SF Public Power Pro & Con Endorsements
Now is the hour for public power, which is why all San Francisco voters should vote Yes on D on the November 5, 2002 ballot . The endorsements for both sides are stated here....
Posted: Wed, Sep 18, 2002 7:14pm PDT
Sept 18 in SF: End Corporate Rule: Global Struggles Against the World Bank & IMF
The 50 Years is Enough 2002 Teach-In Tour comes to San Francisco on Wednesday, September 18th, 7:30 pm, New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street. Speakers: Demba Dembele, Carola Kinasha and Rebecca Malay will speak on Global Struggles Against the World Bank & IMF....
Posted: Sun, Sep 15, 2002 10:25pm PDT
Computers for Ecuador are being assembled in Oakland. (video/x-pn-realvideo 24.8MB)
Folks are needed to help assemble about 300 pcs and macs to ship to Ecuador. The Location is ACCRC, 5725 International Blvd, Oakland. This is short bus ride from Fruitvale Bart. By car take High St. Exit from 880....
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2002 8:09pm PDT
Song: Ode to the International Debt (audio/mpeg 1.5MB)
Susan Appe, Casey Connor, and Alicia Littletree sing an updated version of Sweet Honey and the Rock's "Ode to the International Debt," with three part harmonies. First aired on "Truth to Power" on KZYX FM in Mendocino County 8/30/02. Total time 2:39, good quality mp3....
Posted: Sun, Sep 1, 2002 6:29pm PDT
Vallejo City Council approves LNG safety study
"A crowd of about 500 people swarmed into City Hall as the council reconsidered its previous approval of a feasibility study of the Mare Island project. The lone vote to kill the project came from Councilman Gary Cloutier, who received a standing ovation from the audience."...
Posted: Sun, Aug 25, 2002 11:32am PDT
LNG critics question ballot idea
Bechtel and Shell would have almost unlimited funds to persuade people in their favor....
Posted: Fri, Aug 23, 2002 4:09pm PDT
Linux Crowd Marches for Intellectual Property Freedom
A hoard of Linux supporters including Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann marched through the streets of the city Thursday to lobby for the newly proposed Digital Software Security Act (DSSA)....
Posted: Thu, Aug 15, 2002 6:46pm PDT
The Tour of Shame--Summit/Sutter Officials Exposed
A Firestorm Of Rage Has Swept Across The East Bay As Patients Testify About The Abrupt
Closure Of A Pain Clinic That Has Now Left
Many At Risk! Three Suicide Attempts Have Been Made Since Notice Of The Pain Clinic
Closure Reached The Patients!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 6, 2002 2:30am PDT
Open Letter to Sutter/Summit CEO-Warren Kirk
I urge all others to condemn the actions of Sutter/Summit CEO-Warren Kirk, and to flood his office with letters expressing outrage for hurting the most vulnerable in todays society....
Posted: Wed, Jul 31, 2002 4:03am PDT
Ralph Nader, Berkeley, 12 July 2002 (video/x-pn-realvideo 6.6MB)
Ralph Nader discusses his new book Crashing the Party, civic responsibility and corporate crime. The talk runs for 55 minutes....
Posted: Tue, Jul 30, 2002 11:15pm PDT
No to Vallejo Terminal and Powerplant-Power play in Vallejo
Two months ago -- out of the blue one Saturday morning -- Vallejoans were informed by their "excited" Mayor Tony Intintoli that he had been negotiating in secret with Bechtel and Shell for a year and that the two firms would build a huge complex at the southern end of Mare Island consisting of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) regassification facility and 1,500 megawatt power plant....
Posted: Thu, Jul 18, 2002 10:58am PDT
Emergency Protest against ChevronTexaco in solidarity w/ Nigerians
Emergency Protest against ChevronTexaco in solidarity w/ Nigerian women. Friday from 5-6pm at 575 Market Street in front of ChevronTexaco offices. Bring signs to raise awareness and pressure the corporation to give in to the protestors demands....
Posted: Wed, Jul 17, 2002 12:32pm PDT
Berkeley Lawyer Advocates Legal Ban of non-Fair Trade Coffee
Another neo-liberal lawyer advocates pushing Berkeley one step closer towards a militant left-wing police state where even coffee is regulated by the government....
Posted: Tue, Jul 9, 2002 1:43am PDT
SFGate.com: Don't blame us, we're incompetent!
SFGate.com tries to explain why it can't do its job....
Posted: Wed, Jun 26, 2002 4:51pm PDT
FastTrack II (video/quicktime 3.9MB)
David Bacon tells what happens when workers file complaints under agreements facilitated by FastTrack. QT movie - 1.6min - 3.8MB...
Posted: Wed, Jun 12, 2002 9:48am PDT
Stop FastTrack III (video/quicktime 7.0MB)
Kevin Danaher explains how we got in this bind at the June 5th rally at Senator Feinstein's office.
QT movie - 3min - 7MB...
Posted: Wed, Jun 12, 2002 9:28am PDT
A Welcome From Jerry Brown
Feel free to contact the pigs below to offer them a warm reception from the Bay Area.
Join in the Gala Festive planned events to protest the pigs when they go to Oakland....
Posted: Tue, Jun 4, 2002 1:37am PDT
Don't let Gray Davis get away with using Enron as a scapegoat.
Those Hideous, Awful Enron Memos Gray Davis uses a disgraced company as a political scapegoat....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2002 10:10pm PDT