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Report from 1/21 Immigration Alert Forum
We felt it was necessary to understand the legislation currently in Congress, and the way each legislative proposal would affect workers, unions and community organizations....
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 2:09pm PST
Costa Mesa mayor joins Minutemen, unveils extremist anti-immigrant agenda
Costa Mesa is the first US city to agree to work with US Customs to help deport "illegal" immigrants accused of crimes. The CM policy requires "serious" crimes, but the Mayor would like to be able to stop immigrants, ask for their legal status and deport them, according to remarks he made January 25, 2006....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 3:55pm PST
Racial Tensions Surface Among Los Angeles Homeless
LOS ANGELES – Kimberly Johnson doesn’t like to go outside. She'd prefer her four children don’t even go downstairs.
For seven months now, Johnson and her family have been living at the Union Rescue Mission on downtown's Skid Row, where danger is a constant companion. Their dorm room sits four floors up, and many days they remain there, even isolating themselves above the common areas below....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 5:07pm PST
Tell your senator (i.e. Feinstein) to filibuster on Alito, says NOW (Nat'l Org for Women)
Without a Filibuster, A No Vote is a Yes Vote on Alito
Alito Must Not Be Confirmed - Demand a Filibuster Today
Please call your Senators today and ask them to support a filibuster in opposition to this nomination....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 4:07pm PST
Special Conference Invitation
The Faces of Wrongful Conviction: a conference examining wrongful convictions and the administration of the death penalty in california...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:42pm PST
1/20: Please Sign the Petitions to Oppose Anti-Immigrant Bills!
We are asking you for your help in collecting signatures for a petition addressed to the Los Angeles City Council requesting they adopt a resolution in favor of the immigrant community....
Posted: Sat, Jan 21, 2006 9:03pm PST
This is the person medics ID as CS 3 informant in Auburn 3 case
i am a long-time medic and received this from another trusted medic. it is also posted on portland indymedia.
i am non-violent: this is posted so those who sought care from a sham medic may identify the provider and choose to seek a second opion should they so desire....
Posted: Fri, Jan 20, 2006 8:40pm PST
Jesse, King and the Business of Black Leadership
Unfair to Jesse Jackson or not, the claim in a new Martin Luther King Jr. biography that King saw Jackson as an opportunist resonates because of the flashy leadership style and middle-class myopia of today's civil rights leaders....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 6:35pm PST
Angel Raich's Hearing in Ninth Circuit is on March 27 in Pasadena
the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals set a
hearing date in my case for March 27th, at the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals in Pasadena, Hearing Room 3. For some reason we are not having a
hearing in San Francisco....
Posted: Wed, Jan 18, 2006 11:50pm PST
Rebuilding New Orleans: The Struggle Continues
We look at the the ongoing struggles around rebuilding New Orleans after the Hurricane Katrina disaster. We speak with Marc Morial, president of the National Urban League and a former mayor of New Orleans and Tracie Washington, an attorney representing a number of evacuees in New Orleans who are staying in hotels and are facing eviction....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 8:10am PST
The 'Paper Ceiling' -- Undocumented Youths Face Barriers at the Brink of Adulthood
At an age when most teenagers are getting their driver's licenses, working their first jobs and applying to college, more and more young people are coming face to face with what it means to grow up without papers....
Posted: Fri, Jan 13, 2006 7:39am PST
Did Costa Mesa Police Chief John Hensley target a civil rights activist?
In the picture below, taken from video footage shot by a Minuteman supporter at the Tuesday, January 3, 2006 meeting of the Costa Mesa City Council, Police Chief John Hensley is ordering his men to arrest Coyotl Tezcalipoca for allegedly disrupting a public meeting. The only problem, however, is that a few moments before he made this order, Mayor Allan Mansoor declared twice over the microphones that the meeting was in recess. Did Hensley order his men to make an illegal arrest?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 9, 2006 1:30pm PST
HSUS APPLAUDS GREENLAND FOR ENDING ALL IMPORTS OF CANADIAN SEALSKINS
WASHINGTON (January 6, 2005) - The Humane Society of the United States and its international arm Humane Society International/Canada today congratulated the Greenland government for choosing to eliminate all purchases of Canadian sealskins through its sealskin trader and tannery, Great Greenland. The decision, announced today to the Greenland and Danish media, will be a significant move forward in the campaign to end Canada’s cruel commercial seal hunt....
Posted: Sun, Jan 8, 2006 3:20pm PST
Call for Volunteers - Stop San Diego from Suing the State over Prop 215!
On Tuesday, January 10th, activists in San Diego will be protesting
before the board meets and testifying at the meeting. We are calling on
Bay Area activists to volunteer at ASA's Oakland office on Monday to help mobilize
patients and advocates in San Diego....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 1:07pm PST
After 'Brokeback Mountain,' the Deluge: Gay Escort Predicts a Rise in Clientele
The film "Brokeback Mountain" is released nationwide and in England this week, and PNS contributor R. Hagen, a male escort and writer in West Hollywood, predicts it will unleash a deluge of repressed feelings among closeted men. Hagen has a degree in engineering....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 9:01pm PST
Biodiesel Bulletin
Temporary Waiver Granted for B2 Requirement in Minnesota
Two Weeks Left to Register for Biodiesel Conference
Biodiesel Projects Funded Through USDA, USB
First Biodiesel Plant a Reality for Indiana
World Energy Wins Platts Energy Distinction
Bonnie Raitt Raises Money for Biodiesel Outreach in Tennessee
Biodiesel On and Off the Clock: Willamette Valley Vineyards...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 10:14pm PST
Gang Killings Close to Home
It happened without any fanfare, weeks ago in Pomona. A young Latino boy, popular among kids of his age and a student at the Pomona Alternative School, attended a party with some friends. An overtone of hostility began to replace the enjoyment of the early evening, and the group of boys left to go home. They were followed. Expletives were shouted, followed by fists. Gunshots sounded and Bobby Guerrero fell, mortally wounded. The shooter was a member of an established gang, though nobody was a...
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 9:30am PST
2/17-19: California Transgender Leadership Summit- Register Now
A Gathering of Transgender Persons and Allies
February 17-19, 2006 (Presidents Day Weekend)
University of Southern California...
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 4:19pm PST
Minutemen now hunting immigrants in MEXICO!!
Racist immigrant hunters are now organizing to search for immigrants while they are still in Mexico!...
Posted: Sat, Dec 24, 2005 3:57pm PST