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Protest/Leaflet Ringling Bros. Circus in San Jose Starting August 23 SAN JOSE ARENA - Autumn & Santa Clara St. in San Jose
Wednesday 8\23 ........... 6 PM
Thursday 8\24 ........... 6 PM
Friday 8\25 .......... *5:15 PM
Saturday 8\26 .......... *1:15 PM & 6 PM
Sunday 8\27 .......... *1:15 PM & 6 PM
*It's especially important to be prompt, as we leaflet two shows at that time - people coming out of an earlier show and people going into the next show. The people come out all at once, i...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 10, 2006 9:46am PDT
Protest/Leaflet Ringling Bros. Circus in Oakland & San Jose Starting August 17 Please join Citizens For Cruelty-Free Entertainment to educate the public about the inherent cruelty of using animals in entertainment.
Signs and leaflets are provided....
Posted: Wed, Aug 9, 2006 10:27pm PDT
International Museum of Women's "Imagining Ourselves" Exhibit County Government Center, 70 W. Hedding, East Wing, Santa Clara...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 17, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Aug 8, 2006 12:09pm PDT
Raging Grannies Protest in Sunnyvale 
On the eve of the sixty-first anniversity of the bombing of Hiroshima, members of "Raging Grannies" staged a protest at the Sunnyvale Farmers Market, Saturday, August 5, to bring attention to the increasing threat of nuclear materals stored in the Bay Area....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 10:38pm PDT
The New McCarthyism: Academic Freedom After 9/11 Immediately after September 11, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA), founded by Lynn Cheney and Senator Joseph Lieberman, published a report accusing universities of being the weak link in the war against terror and a potential fifth column. As if the general hint at treason was not enough, an appendix to the report listed the names of 117 "un-American" professors, staff members, and students, and the offending statements they had made....
Posted: Sat, Aug 5, 2006 10:06am PDT
Handler at The Elephant Sanctuary is killed in accident DawnWatch: Joanna Burke, beloved member of The Elephant Sanctuary team, is killed 7/21/06...
Posted: Thu, Aug 3, 2006 5:59pm PDT
US, R@an looking to workshop and discussions in towns in Northern, Central, and Bay Area C 
Date Tue, 01 Aug 2006 18:03:52 +0300...
Posted: Wed, Aug 2, 2006 6:45am PDT
Protest San Jose State Police Siezure of Medical Marijuana WHERE: In front of the SJSU PD at 377 S. 7th St.
WHEN: Friday, July 28, Protest and smoke-in begin at 4:20pm,
continues through 9:20pm...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 4:20pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 2:09am PDT
E-Dispensary, Incl. SJ Cops' Seizure of Homeless + Disabled Patient's Medicine WHAT: Protest the San Jose State Police Siezure of Medical Marijuana
from a Homeless Disabled Sleeping Female Patient
WHERE: In front of the SJSU PD at 377 S. 7th St.
WHEN: Friday, July 28, Protest and smoke-in begin at 4:20pm,
continues through 9:20pm
+ more...
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 2:04am PDT
Drug Agents Bust (ANOTHER) South Bay Marijuana Farm Despite extremely rugged terrain, marijuana growers have begun growing marijuana there year-round....
Posted: Fri, Jul 28, 2006 2:02am PDT
Using Journalism As Activism Journalism can be used as a very effective means of activism. There used to be an old saying about the guy who owned the press in town having all the power. It is true there is a “power of the press,” so to speak. It takes time and energy, and mental concentration, or *work,* to write articles in a coherent fashion. But if you want to donate your time to a cause or organization, offering articles is one way you can help them increase donations, membership, and visibility....
Posted: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 11:22pm PDT
RAGING GRANNIES FACE MINUTEMEN as Silicon Valley protests speech by Atty General Gonzales 
While Attorney General Alberto Gonzales addressed members of the Commonwealth Club in the ballroom of the Santa Clara (CA) Marriott, the MINUTEMEN of Arizona rented a separate conference room to take advantage of the press gathered to cover the Attorney General’s speech.
Members of the Raging Grannies Action League were stationed inside the hotel where they met up with the press, hotel security, and later, (gasp!) the Minutemen....
Posted: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 3:01am PDT
Los Altos reverses ban on gay pride proclamations Surprised Los Altos business owners and residents celebrated the
City Council's decision late Tuesday to reverse a ban on city
proclamations related to sexual orientation....
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2006 9:46pm PDT
Pot Worth $40 Million Found In South Bay Narcotics agents discovered thousands of marijuana plants Monday near Mount Umunhum in south Santa Clara County....
Posted: Tue, Jul 25, 2006 11:06am PDT
July 21, Santa Clara: Unwelcome Alberto Gonzales 10 a.m. 12:30 p.m.
Santa Clara Marriott
2700 Mission College Blvd (near Great America Parkway and Hwy 101)...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 10:43pm PDT
San Jose: Protest Israeli Aggression in Gaza and Lebanon San Jose Federal Building
Second and San Carlos Streets
San Jose, CA 95112...
Event Date: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 4:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 7:25pm PDT
Private Property, Raging Grannies, and Electric Cars 
SF Bay Area FOX-TV covered “the intersection of private property, Raging Grannies, and electric cars” in a report aired on July 14, 2006.
The Raging Grannies jumped head first into the fray when the call came from our friends in the Electric Vehicle Association. They had been denied permission to distribute literature about electric cars in front of a San Jose theater showing the movie, "Who Killed the Electric Car?" Grannies sprang into action and descended on tony Santana Row with in-yo...
Posted: Mon, Jul 17, 2006 12:27am PDT
San Jose: The Struggle for Women's Rights, Worker Rights, and Economic Development in Haiti Today SEIU Local 715 Union Hall, Great Room (2nd Floor)
2302 Zanker Rd., San Jose...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 8:55pm PDT
Two Marijuana Gardens Discovered In South Bay The Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Marijuana Eradication Team reported a big pot bust Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Jul 13, 2006 11:11pm PDT
Film showing: "Why We Fight" First Unitarian Church of San Jose
160 N. 3rd St.
San Jose...
Event Date: Wed, Dec 31, 1969 4:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 12:36pm PDT
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