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Isaac "Chef" Hayes leaves South Park Over Scientology Jokes
Singer Isaac Hayes is to stop providing the voice for a character in cartoon South Park because he objects to its "inappropriate ridicule" of religion....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 4:38pm PST
GRAPHIC DISSENT: Art of Jason Justice Now on Exhibit at Thoreau Galleries, SF
Art of Jason Justice now on exhibit through April 20, 2006...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 1:00pm PST
STAY TUNED FOR YOUTH AND POWER 2006
YOUTH AND POWER APRIL 17TH IN WATSONVILLE, CA....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 12:56pm PST
Gadabout Film Festival at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In
The Gadabout is a nationally touring film festival that screens a program of 20+ international short films. Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for filmmaking....
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 11:18pm PST
Caricatures, Carnage & Colonialism
At the time of writing, the month is February, and the year is 2006. Millions of Iraqis, Afghanis, and Palestinians are living under American and Israeli military occupations. Daily, civilians are killed, homes are ransacked and destroyed, and new refugees are born. The leaders of so-called "Western" countries continue to make menacing moves in the region that bode badly for Syria and Iran. Most of the region's leadership is either shockingly silent, or quietly collaborating behind-...
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 8:01pm PST
Future of Music is Topic of McChesney's Media Matters Now
Guests today will be Jenny Toomey and Michael Bracy, both of the Future of Music Coalition. The FMC's primary goal is to educate musicians and the public at large about some of the critical issues that are shaping the policy debate in the music/technology space....
Posted: Sun, Mar 12, 2006 11:03am PST
All to Blame (video/x-pn-realvideo 9.2MB)
Satirical video montage with soundtrack by Sum 41 [3m37s]...
Posted: Sun, Mar 12, 2006 8:42am PST
3/11 David Rovics w/ Attila the Stockbroker, Ryan Harvey and Folk This!
A ROCKIN' BENEFIT CONCERT FOR COMMON GROUND COLLECTIVE IN NEW ORLEANS!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 11:31pm PST
Black Cuisine in the Bayview
Black Cuisine celebrated its 25th Anniversay in the Bayview and drew a good crowd both from the neighborhood and far off places. With the dawn of an event such as the recent power grab by SF Redevelopment it is the culture of the neighborhood that one has to be aware of. SFRA are greedy and culture really does not matter to these scumbags. What matters to them is money and they will do anything to grab land and make money. Even destroy a good culture....
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 8:47pm PST
Veteran Says - Dishonorable Commander and Chief
author: Joseph DuRocher
e-mail:e-mail: PDJWD@aol.com
A Veteran's Letter to the President:
"I Return Enclosed the Symbols of My Years of Service"...
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 2:14pm PST
Palestinians urge Roger Waters to boycott Israel
Roger Waters, a founder member of the rock group Pink Floyd, is under pressure to cancel a planned concert in Tel Aviv in June as a protest against Israeli policy towards the Palestinians....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 9:40pm PST
Vanessa Redgrave Calls Cancellation of Rachel Corrie Play an “Act of Catastrophic Cowardic
A New York theater company is coming under criticism for backing out of an agreement to stage a play based on the life of U.S. peace activist Rachel Corrie. The play’s producers are calling the decision censorship. Corrie was killed in Gaza nearly three years ago when she stood in front of an Israeli bulldozer set to demolish a Palestinian home. We speak with actor and activist Vanessa Redgrave....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 5:26pm PST
Feminist Radio Show: Int'l Women's Day w/ Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene (audio/mpeg 39.6MB)
Ann Simonton and DJ Shatter host this week's Int'l Women's Day edition of The Feminist Radio Show. Folk goddess, Dianne Patterson along with partner Kelle Greene, play some of their inspiring music, and talk about the Global Women's Strike, Int'l Women's Day, and the struggle for equality. (1 hour and 55 minutes)
More info about Dianne and Kelle:
http://www.greenfestivals.com/green_bio.php?bioid=1961...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 4:46pm PST
February Protests - Calls for Impeachment Rising
State Senator Alan Bates of Oregon and the San Francisco
Rules Committee are recommending impeachment of the Bush
Administration....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 3:14pm PST
TRAILER FOR NEW DOCUMENTARY FILM ABOUT GRENADA
View the trailer for Grenada: The Maroon Spirit, a new documentary film about the island of Grenada...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 2:06pm PST
Theater Still Hopeful on 'Rachel Corrie'
NEW YORK -- A prominent off-Broadway theater says it still hopes to present "My Name Is Rachel Corrie," a politically charged play about a young American student who was killed while trying to stop the Israeli destruction of a Palestinian home in Gaza....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 7:06am PST
Who is Afraid of Rachel Corrie?
An Open Letter to Jim Nicola, Artistic Director, New York Theater Workshop...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 6:25am PST
GLEANERS AND I at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In (3/10)
Agnes Varda's mischievious and magical documentary about scavengers, recyclers, and dumpster-divers across France. A film of empathy, skill, curiosity, wit, poetry and passion for life. Not only a brilliant documentary, but a surprisingly personal and touching film....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 2:10am PST
Action Alert: The New York Times Distorts Cancellation of Rachel Corrie Play
New York Times cultural critic Edward Rothstein comments on the New
York Theatre Workshop's "postponement" of the play "My Name is
Rachel Corrie", about American activist Rachel Corrie who was crushed
to death by an Israeli bulldozer while attempting to prevent the
demolition of Palestinian homes in Rafah in the Gaza Strip on March 16,
2003....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:36pm PST
Oscar Winning Hip Hop Song Promotes 'Culture of Death'
The Oscar winning song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp" promotes the culture of death, so writes NAM contributor David Muhammad. Muhammad is the Executive Director of The Mentoring Center in Oakland....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 8:45am PST