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Protestors Arrested 
Protestors gathered and were arrested one by one by a massive police presence of probably 5 to 1 that I could see...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:09pm PDT
UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLES In 1998, representatives of several unrepresented peoples assembled in Barcelona and founded UNPO. Its 2001 Universal Declaration resounds stronger than ever today....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:06pm PDT
Blame SF Board of Supes for Allowing Biotech Conference These conferences are only invited to San Francisco to make money for San Francisco. Since the massive, expensive police presence was obviously planned, then the Board of Supervisors knew that this biotech conference could not make money for the City and at that point, they should have told the conference organizers to find another city for their conference because we cannot afford to waste and lose money....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:05pm PDT
Reclaiming the Commons - Expanding our Critique to include Pharma & Intellectual Property This last couple of days I’ve been in San Francisco when the Bio 2004 conference was being held so I’ve participated in the festivities. The counter forum / mobilization this year is called Reclaim The Commons. The idea is great, get away from a purely negative campaign about the dangers of untested genetically modified food. The idea was to broaden the movement to look at the way all of the biotech industry is taking what was held in common, life itself, and making it in something which can ...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 5:42pm PDT
Group Hug 
After being processed for arrest, Green Bloc lockdown protesters share a group hug with police commander (in blue cap)...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 2:11pm PDT
June 8 Biotech Protests 
As many as 2,000 activists converged outside the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Tuesday, June 8, to confront attendees at the BIO 2004 biotechnology conference....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 1:59pm PDT
Police Chief Heather Fong Supervises from the Street San Francisco - San Francisco Police Chief Heather Fong supervised the riot-geared police contingent from 4th and Howard at the Reclaim the Commons street blockade. The street blockade was conducted in protest of the BIO2004 conference....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 1:34pm PDT
Two Protesters Crawl Under Bus To Prevent It From Getting Into BIO 2004 
During the Reclaim the Commons protests against BIO 2004, two protesters dove under one of the busses bringing in attendees from their hotels. The bus (and several behind it) were delayed for up to a half an hour as the police worked to get them out....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 12:46pm PDT
Pictures From The June 8th Reclaims The Commons Protest At BIO 2004 
Hundreds took to the streets of San Francisco to protest BIO 2004. Several groups locked down and at least 25 people were arrested for nonviolent civil disobedience, protest against the growing corporate control of food and healthcare....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 12:18pm PDT
Pictures From the BIO Lockdown 
Pictures from this morning's lockdown at the Bio2004 Conference...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 10:22am PDT
Energy Attax Start Early In Hachita NM These Lines Begun Just After Sunrise This Morning....alllllll these little towns around NM have been used for experimentation on the population for a long time...there are cia monitors in every city in the world, gauging and reporting NWO progress....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 7:00am PDT
PIX: signs and faces 
Just a couple of photos from the convergence center....
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 3:51am PDT
Photos From Reclaim The Commons 
These are pictures taken by various people at various actions between June 3rd and June 6th. Shutdown Bio-Tech!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 8, 2004 1:28am PDT
RTC Racial Justice Day Video (video/x-ms-wmv 9.2MB) 2:34 min. Windows Movie (Windows Media Player required)As part of Reclaim the Commons week in San Francisco, 200 people rallied for racial justice in front of the SF Federal Building this morning....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 11:02pm PDT
The Plan For Tuesday Important things that you should know about the tuesday action. Such as schedules, plans, and meeting places....
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 11:00pm PDT
Reclaim the Commons Photos--Food Fight 
FOOD FIGHT shots from Fort Mason...
Posted: Mon, Jun 7, 2004 9:55pm PDT
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