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Call for Art, Performance, Papers, and Workshops for GenderQueer/GenderEnders Conference
GenderQueer/QueerGenders is a multidiscplinary, multimedia conference
that will take place in Santa Barbara, CA, this coming February. It
will be a forum for people who?ve been thinking about queerness and
gender from different places (institutions, geographic locations,
identities) and through different means (performance, scholarship,
organizing, cultural politics, etc)....
Posted: Fri, Sep 3, 2004 11:32pm PDT
Nixon-loving Ahnult told lies in RNC speech
while the mainstream press reports it as a "gaffe" and some Austrians are forgiving of his historical indiscretion, it is obvious that our governor lied about his experiences with Soviet tanks and socialism as a child (unless, of course, he is delusional like his other hero Reagan and mistakenly "remembers" liberating German prisoner camps, too, as the gipper once claimed he had)...
Posted: Fri, Sep 3, 2004 11:08am PDT
Pepper Spray Trial delayed ONE DAY
One day delay in the pepper spray trial....
Posted: Thu, Sep 2, 2004 11:26pm PDT
Take the Red/Green Pill -- Join the Green Alliance
Discontent that the Green Party missed a great opportunity to capitalize upon a giant gulf between the pro-war Democratic Party elite and anti-war rank-and-file Democrats and other voters on the left in 2004? Angry with the Democratic Party's undemocratic violation of voting rights of supporters of Ralph Nader/Peter Camejo and other candidates on the left? Want a political party that grows out of, and in turn helps grow, social movements on the left? Join the Green Alliance....
Posted: Thu, Sep 2, 2004 5:04pm PDT
Northern California Medicinal Cannabis Farmer Raided By DEA
On 08/18/2004 Eddy’s Medicinal Gardens And Multi-Denominational Ministry Of Cannabis And Rastafari was raided by several Government Agencies, 32,524 plants were destroyed....
Posted: Wed, Sep 1, 2004 10:58am PDT
8/31 Arnold again mocks "girly-men"
California's RINO Governator fascinates Republican conventioneers in NYC....
Posted: Tue, Aug 31, 2004 10:23pm PDT
SB 1520 - foie gras ban, action needed
California's foie gras legislation passed the Assembly floor by a wide margin but we need citizens to take action now and call the governor to be sure he signs it into law....
Posted: Tue, Aug 31, 2004 1:39pm PDT
Operation Sibyl Drops Some Knowledge
Five people - including local Bay Area seminarian, Becky Johnson - were arrested on Thursday after dropping a "Bush/Truth" banner down the face of the Plaza Hotel. They are currently facing trumped-up charges which could put them in jail for up to 7 years....
Posted: Mon, Aug 30, 2004 3:42pm PDT
Pirate Radio to Moor at Republican National Convention
Susan's article on Critical Mass Radio ran today in the LA Times, as well as the Chicago Tribune....
Posted: Fri, Aug 27, 2004 2:03pm PDT
Keep irradiated food out of your childs' lunch
Urge the Governor to sign AB 1988 into law!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 8:51pm PDT
United Front to Abolish the SHU Confronts CDC Chief Deputy Director, Aug 20, 2004
Our Coalition hit up Sacramento to protest the genocide of Mexican and African people by the US Prison System!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 2:37pm PDT
Judge Hears Bid To Overturn California Domestic Partner Law
A law granting same-sex couples nearly identical legal rights and responsibilities as married spouses hangs in the balance after a Superior Court judge heard arguments Tuesday on whether the measure should be upheld or overturned....
Posted: Thu, Aug 26, 2004 12:07am PDT
Five Mattole activists arrested, camera stolen by Humboldt Sheriffs
Five Mattole Forest Defenders are being held at Eureka jail for standing in a state park road at Fox Camp Gate. They were not on Maxxam/Palco property yet were accused of trespassing by Carl Anderson. Humboldt Sheriff deputies confiscated camera that recorded vehicular assault by Palco/Columbia Helicopter logging trucks....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 10:30pm PDT
Nuclear fuel rods missing from Eureka Atomic plant waste pool (PG&E)
Apparently there are no records of the missing atomic waste since 1968. PG&E is not in as much trouble as Saddam, though this missing Nuclear material is very real......
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 1:06pm PDT
Organizing Six Million Nader/Camejo Supporters
For leftists, an electoral campaign like Nader/Camejo 2004 is a means, not an end in itself. Use the campaign as an occasion that allows us to go out and discover our allies who have not met us -- and one another -- yet....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 12:12pm PDT
Agribusiness going after GMO bans
(Repost) The Sacramento Bee reports on industrial agriculture's attempts to prevent further GMO bans and overturn existing bans in California and nationwide....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 9:41am PDT
CAL bigots attack domestic partners
Attackers and defenders of DP each claim Prop 22 is "clearly" on their side.
Like two armies on a battlefield, each claiming "God's on our side"....
Posted: Wed, Aug 25, 2004 6:00am PDT
Defending Democracy from the "Anybody But Nader" Gang
The Democrats claim that they are campaigning for "Anybody But Bush." That is either a lie or a bad faith. Their creed is, in truth, Anybody But Nader....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2004 6:59am PDT
All campers to pay Ticketmaster??
The Government is promoting the "imbedded" fee model because they feel the public's perception of a seamless and free reservation system is desirable....
Posted: Mon, Aug 23, 2004 10:30pm PDT