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Video: Dia Internacional de las Lenguas Maternas (21 de Febrero) (video/quicktime 119.3MB)
CECUT celebra las culturas e idiomas indigenas vivientes en Baja California....
Posted: Thu, Mar 5, 2009 2:43pm PST
Why Does McDonald's Hate the Homeless? (video/quicktime 12.4MB)
McDonald's is harassing homeless people by forcing them to purchase,
eat, and leave within 30 minutes. As far as I can tell, they are
only enforcing this policy with homeless customers. If they start
forcing Jewish, African-Americans, or other groups to leave if they stay longer than 30
minutes, I will let you know....
Posted: Sun, Feb 15, 2009 10:34pm PST
Fighting Wal-Martization (video/quicktime 134.8MB)
In 2004 hundreds of trade unionists picketed the construction site of a Wal-Mart in Oakland, California. This documentary is about the affect of Wal-Mart on working people and what they do to communities....
Posted: Sat, Feb 7, 2009 10:14am PST
Fresno Elected Officials Pledge to End Homelessness (video/mp4 123.6MB)
16:56 minute video of the Press Conference held at Fresno City Hall on January 14, 2009. Speaking are mayor Ashley Swearengin, Fresno County Board of Supervisor chairperson Susan Anderson, and Philip Mangano, executive director of the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness....
Posted: Wed, Jan 14, 2009 11:23pm PST
New Footage of Oakland Man Murdered By BART Cop (video/x-flv 2.7MB)
After launching the BLOG Oakland Police COP WATCH yesterday i been overflooded with emails tips testimony's etc.
I Just got a video that was sent to me this morning with ABSOLUTE proof that the COP that Killed OSCAR GRANT did it premeditated and with anticipated intentions to commit FIRST DEGREE MURDER. Please download and distribute widely
http://oaklandcopwatch.blogspot.com...
Posted: Tue, Jan 6, 2009 2:20pm PST
Battle of the Budget - San Francisco - Part 1c (video/quicktime 59.6MB)
After the last speaker, Howard Wallace, the coalition proceeds across the street to San Francisco City Hall. Part 1c is a four-minute QT movie. 60MB....
Posted: Tue, Dec 23, 2008 11:23am PST
The Madera Homeless Tell Their Story (video/mp4 127.2MB)
The homeless in Madera say the police are taking and immediately destroying their property....
Posted: Tue, Dec 23, 2008 8:04am PST
Battle of the Budget - San Francisco - Part 1a (video/quicktime 62.6MB)
A coalition of concerned San Franciscans held a mock funeral on December 11th to demonstrate their opposition to Mayor Gavin Newsom's plan to balance the City's budget. The coalition included the Coalition on Homelessness, SEIU, SRO Families United, Western Regional Advocacy Project, Planning for Elders in the Central City, Network Ministries, Poor Magazine, Seniors Organizing Seniors, Mission Resource Center,Community Housing Partnership, and St. James Infirmary.
Part 1a is a four-minute ...
Posted: Thu, Dec 18, 2008 6:52pm PST
Battle of the Budget - San Francisco - Part 2 (video/quicktime 63.7MB)
Mayor Gavin Newsom and the progressive majority on the Board of Supervisors are in the middle of a fight to determine who in San Francisco will bear the brunt of coming budget cuts. A broad coalition of community groups, labor, and concerned citizens held a mock funeral on December 11th for those who would suffer cuts under the Mayor's plan. They then visited City Hall to present the Mayor and the Supervisors with their own plan for $61 million of cuts.
This is Part 2. Part 1 and Part 3 of t...
Posted: Mon, Dec 15, 2008 4:16pm PST
Schwarzenegger vetoes the Renters' Rebate! (video/quicktime 56.4MB)
Governor Schwarzenegger used his line-item veto power to eliminate $150 million in tax rebates to low-income elderly and disabled renters. This was the governor's single biggest line-item veto in the budget, eliminating all funding for renters under the Senior Citizens Renters Tax Assistance program.
The program, in effect for decades, made senior and disabled renters who earn less than $44,096 eligible for up to $347.50 as a tax rebate. Last year, 467,000 tenant households received paymen...
Posted: Thu, Dec 4, 2008 2:53pm PST
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Vets Hall (video/mp4 1.7MB)
Bill Motto VFW Post 5888 and a host of wonderful volunteers, non-profits, and local businesses will create and host the Thanksgiving Celebration and Dinner at the Veterans Memorial Building in downtown Santa Cruz. It's a party for Santa Cruz, sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5888, and it is our way of saying thank you for providing the Veterans Memorial Building for veterans' use, over the years....
Posted: Tue, Nov 18, 2008 12:06pm PST
Hmong Speak Out About Community Garden (video/mp4 81.0MB)
Below is video from the Press Conference held at the Hmong Community Garden on Monday, October 20. Speaking first is Summer Vue, a spokesperson for the Hmong gardeners. This is followed by several of the gardeners explaining, in their own words, why they don’t want to move. They also say that they did not make an agreement to move the garden to Melody Park. The video is 11 minutes long....
Posted: Wed, Oct 22, 2008 6:51am PDT
Summer Vue (video/mp4 38.3MB)
Summer Vue, a participant at the march, explains why she was there. The video is 3:16 minutes....
Posted: Sun, Oct 19, 2008 1:08pm PDT
Transportation, Land Use and the Environment: Election Forum 2008 (Berkeley, Mayor) (video/quicktime 31.2MB)
Fourteen environmental groups active in Berkeley and the East Bay sponsored an election forum on Transportation, Land Use and the Environment for candidates for Berkeley City Council and Mayor. This is the first (Mayoral) forum....
Posted: Mon, Oct 13, 2008 1:42am PDT
Island Mountain Quarry Will Destroy Eel River (video/mpeg 33.2MB)
Island Mountain Quarry is the real cost of Marin and Sonoma's Train, measure Q. Environmental destruction of gigantic proportions will result if the quarry is allowed to operate. Kill it's sister operation, the SMART Tax ballot measure in Marin and Sonoma, by voting NO on Q....
Posted: Fri, Oct 10, 2008 11:58am PDT
short clip of sali's arabic dancing (video/quicktime 4.5MB)
we will miss you sali... but always remember you dancing and singing...
http://sdhacklab.org/sali-dancing.mov...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2008 12:18am PDT
Victory at Parking Lot #4 -- The beat goes on! (video/x-ms-wmv 56.4MB)
Video of the Sept 10th protest to support the drummers circle with commentary by Tim Rumford & Robert Norse....
Posted: Thu, Sep 11, 2008 4:47pm PDT