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Doodá Desert Rock presentation in San Diego - Indigenous Resistance to Coal Development

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 8:43am
Word Beat Center (in Balboa Park) - 2100 Park Blvd - map

Doodá Desert Rock presentation in Santa Cruz - Indigenous Resistance to Coal Development

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 8:27am
Subrosa Infoshop - 703 N. Pacific Avenue, downtown Santa Cruz - map

Doodá Desert Rock presentation in Watsonville - Indigenous Resistance to Coal Development

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 7:40am
At the Brown Berets office in downtown Watsonville: 555 Main St. (behind the old Chavez Furniture Store)

Father Andres Tamayo: Luchando por el Pueblo/Honduras

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 6:29am
Berkeley Fellowship of Unitarian Universalists' Hall 1924 Cedar (@Bonita), Berkeley www.bfuu.org

Justice for Palestine, Rachel Corrie and Tristan Anderson Rally @ Israeli Consulate

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 6:28am
Israeli Consulate 456 Montgomery St between California and Sacramento

Rally Held In Michigan For Medical Pot Patient Fired By WalMart

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 5:59am
A rally was held Sunday in support of Joseph Casias, a former employee of the year and registered medical marijuana patient battling cancer who was recently fired from his job at WalMart for using the doctor-approved herb, reports Dani Carlson at WOOD TV.

How the DEA Scrubbed Thomas Jefferson's Poppy Garden from Public Memory

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 4:54am
Visitors to Monticello don't learn how Jefferson cultivated poppies, and his personal opium use may as well never have happened. The following is an excerpt from Jim Hogshire's "Opium for the Masses: Harvesting Nature's Best Pain Medication" (Feral House, 2009).

The New Jim Crow

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 4:15am
How the war on drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercaste that is still alive and well today after the election of President Obama.

M4 Day of Action-On The March For Public Education

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 3:35am
M4 Day of Action-On The March For Public Education On March 4, 2010, tens of thousands of education workers and students and supporters of public education joined together in rallies and marches throughout California and around the country. This video is about some of the participants in the San Francisco and the East Bay.

Beit Omar peaceful action broken up by Israeli Occupation Forces violence

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:27pm
Beit Omar peaceful action broken up by Israeli Occupation Forces violence.

UCLA Pro-Test Action Alert: Operation Contact Dario's Neighbors (PART ONE)

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:13pm
This is an action against UCLA vivisector Dario Ringach. Comprehensive information about this ongoing campaign is available at http://negotiationisover.com/united-against-pro-test/

Bait Jala Demo-"Stop the Wall!"

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 9:56pm
On Sunday, March 14, about a hundred protesters marched at Bait-Jala against the building of the Apartheid Wall. The building of the wall is going to divide Bait-Jala, and has already taken miles of land belonging to Palestinians. Hundreds of ancient Olive Trees were uprooted in the process. The demonstrators-Israelis internationals and Palestinians, were blocked by Israeli soldiers before reaching areas where the Wall is built. Sound grenades were thrown, but the protesters did not move back. Speeches were made in English and Arabic condemning the building of the Wall. "it is not the gun that we are afraid of, it is the bulldozer" said one of the speakers. After about an hour the demonstration was declared to be over by the Bait Jala Popular Committee.

Ex-Pfizer Worker Cites Genetically Engineered Virus In Lawsuit Over Firing-CCWMD Backs Bec

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 9:32pm
The California Coalition For Workers Memorial Day is backing the case of injure Pfizer biotech worker Becky McClain. McClain who was a molecular biologist doing stem cell research and also the health and safety officer at Pfizer raised health and safety issues and was retaliated against including firing. She was also contaminated with genetic material which Pfizer now denies. www.workersmemorialday.org

FCGOA Pres calls For Tougher Background Checks after Terror Suspect Infiltrated Nuke Sites

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 7:28pm
Guy James President of The International Union, Federal Contract Guards of America stated that "we must always be on the alert at nuclear facilities, federal buildings , airports and other high profile buildings where terrorist groups like Al-Qaida continue to target our infrastructure. The question we face each and everyday is not if a terrorist attack like 9/11 will happen again but when will it happen.

Veg*n Antagonist Lierre Keith Pied in the Face at 2010 SF Anarchist Bookfair

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 11:02am
Bound Together Books and PM Press continue to try to prop up and foist veg*n antagonist Lierre Keith onto the radical community in the Bay Area. Today, at the 15th Annual San Francisco Anarchist Bookfair, where she was scheduled to be a featured speaker, Keith was served her just deserts for her obnoxious attacks on veg*ns in The Vegetarian Myth. She was pied in the middle of her speech in the main auditorium at the SF County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park.

Juana Briones' Birthday in the Park

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 10:13am
Dancing and singing were the order of the day when activists gathered to demonstrate for the preservation of the historic Juana Briones homestead.

Understanding the Workings and Effects of the Israel Lobby

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 9:03am
909 12th Street, Sacramento

Water for Children in Gaza

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 8:58am
Newman Center, 5900 Newman Ct., Sacramento

Free Radio Santa Cruz 15th Birthday Party

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 8:23am
Kuumbwa, 302 Cedar St.

Attorney David Beauvais to Discuss Rare Victory in Mock-Nazi Salute Case

Sun, 03/14/2010 - 8:04am
101.1 FM, Free Radio Santa Cruz, also streaming at www.freakradio.org. Archived later at www.huffsantacruz.org