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UFCW States Council Fundraiser in California The UFCW States Council Fundraiser in California is to being held this week with Antonio Villaraigosa to be named UFCW person of the year. Jacques is slated to be showcase to the other union presidents for further mergers. Interesting, Jacques, now the biggest gun in the west and some say on his way to be International President but of course, we must first conquer California. Upwards and onwards union soldiers....
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 10:13am PDT
A Day Without Organizers: Youths Honor Their Parents in a Movement of Families Advocacy groups are scrambling to lead and channel the energy sparked spontaneously by immigrants in marches across the country. They risk ruining the intimate, familial nature of the movement. Raj Jayadev is the editor of Silicon Valley De-Bug (www.siliconvalleydebug.com), a project of New America Media....
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 8:16am PDT
THE FIGHT OF OUR LIVES - STOP DEPORTATION NOW! MOBILIZATION - April 24, 2006 WASHINGTON DC Nationwide Immigrant Rights Mobilization to D.C.-Register Now!
On the 10th Anniversary of the Worst Immigration Laws in United States
History...
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 2:28am PDT
support the LA trucka and taxi drivers on May1 In Laa on May1 truck and taxi drivers will add to the nationwide strike to support immgrants....
Posted: Tue, Apr 18, 2006 12:10am PDT
California anti open-coursing "hunt" bill passes committee Dawnwatch: California anti open-coursing bill passes committee, covered by ABC I-Team San Fran 4/4/06...
Posted: Mon, Apr 17, 2006 11:57am PDT
Groups Calls for ‘A Day Without an Immigrant’ LOS ANGELES -- Activists with the March 25th Coalition, organizers of the massive immigration rights protest which took place in Los Angeles two weeks ago, are now calling for an economic boycott to take place next month....
Posted: Sat, Apr 15, 2006 11:23am PDT
Immigrant Rights Protests Rock the Country In an unprecedented wave of protests, as many as two million people took to the streets Monday in more than 100 cities and towns around the country to march for immigrant rights. We hear some of the speakers at the largest rallies in New York and Washington and we speak with some of the demonstrators about why they are taking to the streets....
Posted: Tue, Apr 11, 2006 9:31am PDT
An Alternative to Endless War and Perpetual Poverty 
Todd Chretien is a Green Party candidate running for the U.S. Senate against Dianne Feinstein. This article is reposted from CounterPunch where it was introduced by the statement: "What the Pentagon Budget Could Buy You."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 7:01pm PDT
Immigration Reform, Big Business, NAFTA and the Impact on the African American Workforce On Capitol Hill, the debate over immigration reform is heating up in Congress as protests for immigrant rights continue across the country. We speak with labor journalist David Bacon and University of Maryland professor Ron Walters....
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 8:19pm PDT
Report Exposes Telecom Industry's Astroturf Lobbying Groups 
Common Cause on Tuesday released a new report exposing "Astroturf" lobbying groups and other allies created by the telecommunications industry to pressure lawmakers to enact industry-friendly policies as Congress debates critical issues worth billions of dollars to the industry....
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 9:56am PST
Thousands of Students Defy Lockdowns and Continue Walkouts to Protest Anti-Immigrant Bill Tens of thousands of high school students have staged walkouts in protest over a House bill that proposes a sweeping crackdown on undocumented immigrants. We go to Los Angeles to speak with Jasmine Chavez, a 17-year old student at Montabello High School and Luis Rodriguez, a community activist, poet and writer....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 7:23am PST
The True Story of the Historic 1968 Chicano Student Walkout in East L.A. "Walkout" - a new HBO film tells the story of the 1968 walkout by high school Chicano students in East Los Angeles to protest academic prejudice and dire school conditions. We speak with the executive director of the film, Moctesuma Esparza. An award-winning film producer and community activist, Esparza helped organize the 1968 walkout and was arrested and jailed along with 12 others for conspiracy to disturb the peace....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 7:19am PST
Dianne Feinstein's Husband Why is this story important?
Here is a reminder:
http://stangoff.com/?p=222...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 6:08pm PST
Up to 2 Million Take to the Streets of L.A. To Demonstrate Against Anti-Immigrant Bill Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in downtown Los Angeles Saturday to demonstrate against a new anti-immigrant bill being considered by Congress. Crowd estimates range from 500,000 to 2 million. We speak with longtime immigrant rights activist Javier Rodriguez and United Farm Workers of America co-founder Dolores Huerta....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:14am PST
Hammer Away The Loveall Lie At UFCW Local 588 
The Loveall's leadership at UFCW Local 588 want everybody to mark and mail their merger ballot in today. Here is the problem with their info....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 8:38am PST
3/25: Los Angeles: Half to 1 Million People Protest against Anti-Immigrant Law! Today in downtown Los Angeles, over 1 million people demonstrated in support of immigrant rights. This was the largest demonstration in the history of California....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 1:48am PST
Saint Patrick's Day 
Saint Patrick's Day shouldn't be reduced to drinking lots of tacky green beer and kissing everyone in sight. It's passing presents people with the opportunity to examine the history of nearly 900 years of Irish resistance that eventually led to their independence....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 11:20am PST
Death Penalty Issue Still Alive The California death penalty has a temporary moratorium resulting from medical professionals refusing to participate in the execution of Michael Morales. Now is the time to examine the failures of capital punishment and how the criminal justice system is completely out of control in California and America....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 10:52pm PST
4/7-9: The Faces of Wrongful Conviction Conference Check out this seminal conference on wrongful
convictions...
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 10:12am PST
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