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California Assembly Passes Bill Aimed to Increase Development in Wildfire Zones 
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 23, 2024 — The California Assembly passed a bill on Wednesday that would pave the way for more development across the state’s very high fire hazard severity zones. Assembly Bill 3150 would streamline large-scale developments by allowing developers to petition to redesignate risky wildfire zones to a lower classification....
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2024 10:32pm PDT
The Founding of Food Not Bombs - May 24, 1980 
Bitter tear gas clawed at our eyes as National Guard clubs smashed against our frames. Several thousand arrived in this little New Hampshire town intent on gaining access to the Seabrook Nuclear Power Station construction site to stop the nuclear power station from going on line....
Posted: Fri, May 24, 2024 9:56am PDT
ACLU Responds to Reintroduction of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act ACLU Responds to Reintroduction of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, Calls on Congress to Address Police Brutality...
Posted: Thu, May 23, 2024 4:35pm PDT
Israeli Accusations Against UNRWA Debunked as Gaza Needs Grow 
In examining its role in Gaza since the October 7 invasion into Israel by Hamas and its aftermath, on May 20 a distinguished panel of experts at the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank, stressed both the agency’s importance and how it has responded to Israel’s continued accusations of being complicit with the terrorist organization....
Posted: Tue, May 21, 2024 6:02pm PDT
UNRWA and Co: Netanyahu's war against the truth Journalists and Israel critics as Hamas accomplices
The Netanyahu government has also been very successful in spreading narratives that declare anyone who supports the Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid, reports on their suffering and criticizes the actions of the Israeli government as Hamas accomplices, Hamas misunderstanders and anti-Semites....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 3:08pm PDT
Food Empowerment Project Embraces Shared Leadership to Advance Justice and Equality (video/mp4 221.5MB) The new collective organizational model streamlines communication, nurtures creativity and drives more impactful initiatives...
Posted: Tue, May 7, 2024 8:18am PDT
Brasil contra el hambre: Otra agricultura es posible 
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Contra el hambre urge la construcción de otros modelos agrícolas, aumentar los alimentos básicos y nutritivos...
Posted: Tue, Apr 23, 2024 2:28am PDT
Kansas At last Allows Removal of Racist Property Covenants 
At long last, on April 5, the Kansas state legislature passed HB 2562 by a vote of 123 to 0. The bill includes a provision concerning racial covenants attached to property documents allowing property owners for a fee to “… release such covenants from their property by recording a certificate of release of prohibited covenants with the Register of Deeds.” Governor Laura Kelly approved and signed the bill into law on April 19....
Posted: Fri, Apr 19, 2024 5:37pm PDT
Disabled Communists and Anarchists: Disability Action Research Kollective 
In January, we posted a Call for Submissions for a project inviting volunteers to write and submit a short, single-paragraph biography about radicals with disabilities. That project is still underway, and the creator of the call has shared the first product, Disabled Communists and Anarchists: Disability Action Research Kollective, and this note is below....
Posted: Fri, Apr 12, 2024 3:07pm PDT
Demo Congressman Ro Khanna of CA Helping To Bust Up Medicare For Insurance Industry Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna is proposing to deregulate medicare and turn it over to the states which would allow more privatization. He is being supported by the insurance industry which want to privatize medicare....
Posted: Tue, Apr 2, 2024 6:44pm PDT
Newborn Dairy Calves Endure Long, Grueling Journeys Across the United States 
Government records reveal that hundreds of thousands of dairy calves are routinely transported 1,000 miles or more, compromising animal welfare and human health....
Posted: Tue, Apr 2, 2024 11:44am PDT
California Bill Would Clamp Down on Dangerous Idle Oil, Gas Wells 
Measure Ramps Up Plugging Duties for Oil Industry...
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:52pm PDT
U.S. Tries to Force Potentially Hazardous GM Corn on Mexico 
U.S. Position Based on Sham Regulatory Regime That Does Not Ensure GMO Safety, Mexico Fully Justified in Prohibiting GM Corn for Staple Corn Products...
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:36pm PDT
Modern societies cannot function without a welfare state Modern societies cannot really function well without a general social security system. That's why we need a security system for the whole of society that everyone pays into. In addition, growing social inequality is also a major economic risk....
Posted: Sun, Mar 10, 2024 5:17pm PDT
U.S. Geological Survey Will Restore Annual Counts of About 400 Farm Pesticides Pesticides Applied to Seeds to Remain Uncounted...
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:25pm PST
The Mad Covid-19 Tea Party Public Health Policy regarding Covid-19, is unscientific and deadly madness...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2024 10:56am PST
AT&T Landlines Under Immediate Threat in California 
he California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is considering a formal request by AT&T to eliminate Carrier of Last Resort (COLR) regulations that require the company to provide landline telephone service to customers in its service area. Such a move would likely mean the end of the traditional telephone network for most residents in California, a controversial policy opposed by many consumer and safety groups, who say such a move is preposterous and that landlines are needed now more t...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2024 4:38pm PST
Martin Luther King Junior’s Death from Prostate Cancer and the Absence of Universal Prosta Men do not get universal screening for prostate cancer but women get universal screening for breast cancer--a tragedy...
Posted: Mon, Jan 29, 2024 5:35pm PST
Law Center Statement on 12% Increase in Homelessness Point in Time results must drive housing investments, not despair...
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2023 11:57am PST
Fairer Taxes and Inheritance for All! A few people own the majority of the wealth, the rest share what remains. Star economist Thomas Piketty wants to change this. He has developed reform proposals that distribute the wealth of our society more fairly and make our lives more democratic. The most important pillars of his reforms are economic co-determination, fairer taxes and a stronger welfare state....
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2023 7:24am PST