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Prisoner Protests Conditions At High Desert State Prison Following is an article I wrote about my son, who is a prisoner at, High Desert State Prison. In an effort to call attention to conditions at the prison, my son is on a hunger strike. I promised that I would advocate for him, and this is one way I am keeping my promise. The article is about the conditons at High Desert, as he described them to me....
Posted: Wed, Sep 29, 2004 7:15pm PDT
Mercury Contaminated Swordfish Found in California Stores Contaminated Swordfish Found in California Grocery Stores;
Mercury Levels in Swordfish Dangerously High Says New Study...
Posted: Wed, Sep 29, 2004 12:19pm PDT
Free Radio Santa Cruz RAIDED Wednesday Morning! Free Radio Santa Cruz has been RAIDED!
Please go down to the Radio Station on Laurel St. at Blackburn in downtown Santa Cruz!
More details from the raid will be posted soon.
Free the Air! Free Radio Santa Cruz...
Posted: Wed, Sep 29, 2004 10:48am PDT
Remember Operation Urban Warrior in Oakland Reading this should make liberals, conservatives, or those who swing both ways feel better about the assault weapons ban that was just lifted....
Posted: Wed, Sep 29, 2004 2:35am PDT
Outsourcing Of Jobs At Valero Refinery Valero has contracted with Altair Strickland to provide refractory services at the Valero Refinery in Benicia. Altair Strickland chose to use Diamond Refractory based out of Texas. Diamond Refractory will be employing a workforce from Texas to perform the service instead of utilizing members of the local community. Further, approximately 800 Texas workers have received training from Bay Area Training Corp. This training is required to work in the refineries in the San Francisco Bay Area. It i...
Posted: Tue, Sep 28, 2004 12:52pm PDT
What About the Children? Bush takes back promised health care funds. At midnight on September 30, 2004, according to a new report issued today by the consumer health group Families USA, approximately $1.1 billion in federal funds previously allocated for the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) will be taken back from the states and returned to the U.S. Treasury. Those funds approximate the annual cost of providing health coverage for 750,000 of the 8.5 million children who are currently uninsured....
Posted: Tue, Sep 28, 2004 11:17am PDT
Make Ancient Forest Logging History On Monday, October 4th HUNDREDS will gather in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers area of southwestern Oregon for a peaceful protest rally to stop the Biscuit Logging Project - the largest logging project in U.S. history!...
Posted: Sat, Sep 25, 2004 12:44pm PDT
CYA Fires Brutal Guards The California Youth Authority has just fired the six guards involved in the vicious
beating of two young wards at a CYA facility earlier this year....
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 8:07pm PDT
Maquiladora Tour in Tijuana all are invited You are invited to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and struggles. Tour to Tijuana's Industrial area:
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 9, 9 am to 3 pm meeting in San Diego, CA...
Posted: Fri, Sep 24, 2004 7:54pm PDT
Give geese a chance if you haven't yet, it's time to call or email the governor to sign SB 1520, the foie gras ban -- deadline is Sept 30th!! http://www.govmail.ca.gov/...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 12:55pm PDT
"DP heavy" versus "DP lite" -- a California dilemma Domestic Partnerships come in two loose sizes -- "heavy" (like Vermont Civil Union) and "lite" (less obligations, less rights, etc.). Each state-registered California couple must SOON decide which, if any, suits their particular needs.
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(Please reprint/forward SUN's commentary freely within California. But please DON'T reprint/forward Rona Marech's report, which is © 2004 by the SF Chronicle.)...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 11:19am PDT
Schwarzeneger 2 For 2 On Gay Bills For the second time in just over a week California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed a major gay rights bill....
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 9:40am PDT
Governor Schwarzenegger Signs Anti-Hate Crime Law New Law Creates Uniform Definition of Hate Crime and Enhances Protection For Persons Associated With Protected Classes...
Posted: Thu, Sep 23, 2004 12:19am PDT
Fascism Prevails Again: Hung Jury in Pepper Spray Case The horror of American fascism has again sunk to greater depths with a second hung jury in the pepper spraying of forest activists' eyes and face by a federal jury in a San Francisco courtroom....
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 9:43pm PDT
The Web: New views on the 'digital divide' This is a great story about the impact of the digital divide....
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 8:25pm PDT
Community Speakout for Immigrants Rights This Saturday A community speak out will be held at 24th and Mission in SF this Saturday at 12 noon to demand the end to raids and full rights for immigrants!...
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 6:17pm PDT
On the grocery workers' struggle About the California & Washington St. grocery workers' struggles: AFL-CIO leaders' sabotage the workers' economic struggles, just as they sabotage the workers' desire to fight the Iraqi occupation...
Posted: Wed, Sep 22, 2004 5:24pm PDT
Will Halloween include Nov. 2nd? Chaos predicted. And who's the leftiest of the left? Nadir, Peltier, Cobb, Parker?...
Posted: Sat, Sep 18, 2004 8:39am PDT
SEIU State Council regarding 1877 decertification This document has been distributed within the SEIU In California to help SEIU staffers explain why San Francisco janitors voted to decertify SEIU Local 1877....
Posted: Fri, Sep 17, 2004 6:44pm PDT
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