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Senator Feinstein to Co-Sponsor DREAM Act
U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) announced Thursday that she is co-sponsoring the Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, which would provide an opportunity for permanent resident status to undocumented high school students who wish to attend college or serve in the military....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 6:54am PST
Send a message of peace to the world on Sunday March 12th!
Be a part of the image: Sunday, March 12th, 2pm to 4pm. Arlington West Memorial
(Santa Monica Beach, just north of the pier.) Sign up below & let us know that
you'll be in the image on March 12th....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 11:31pm PST
Two dead, 100 injured in Los Angeles County jail riots
On Saturday, February 4, racial riots broke out in Los Angeles County jails between black and Latino inmates. The rioting continued for more than two weeks, involving thousands of prisoners at several different facilities. More than a hundred have been injured, many critically, and two inmates are dead....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 7:06am PST
Son del Centro y El Pinche Simón: El Enemigo Común in Santa Ana (audio/mpeg 5.5MB)
On February 18th, about 50 people came out to El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana to hear Son del Centro perform son jarocho music and see a premier screening of El Enemigo Común....
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 1:02am PST
The Green Scare and the Government’s “Case” Against Rod Coronado
The federal government has been chomping at the bit to put Rod Coronado back in prison since the moment he got out, and his indictment in San Diego for an exercise of pure speech is a flimsy pretext to do just that. [ed: Updated 02 March 2006]...
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 12:45am PST
Democrats force antiwar candidate out of Ohio Senate race
Iraq war veteran and antiwar activist Paul Hackett withdrew from the US Senate race in Ohio February 14, after his campaign for the Democratic Party nomination was sabotaged by the top national Democratic leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and Senator Charles Schumer of New York, chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 10:21pm PST
Global Warming Threatens California’s Major Ethnic Populations
SAN FRANCISCO -- Barbara Lott-Holland’s most fervent wish is that her 11 grandchildren thrive in a habitable world. She sees a clean environment as a basic human right, one that has not been guaranteed for her and others in her Crenshaw neighborhood in Los Angeles....
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:23am PST
Mad Max in Borderland -- Overnight With the Minutemen
Since 9.11, individuals calling themselves "Minutemen" have formed loosely structured volunteer associations that patrol the Southern U.S. border and have been vilified as racist vigilantes for their armed actions against undocumented immigrants. After camping out with the Minutemen of Campo, Calif., Russell Morse discovers the unexpected, even conflicting, reasons these men spend their lives in the desert. Morse, Furtado and Rojas are editors at YO! Youth Outlook Multimedia a Proje...
Posted: Sat, Feb 18, 2006 9:21am PST
Anti feminist neo-con's are going to teach Iraqi women to build Democracy
Administration Chooses Anti-Feminist Group to Train Iraqi Women
Jim Lobe
OneWorld US
Tue., Oct. 5, 2004...
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 3:59pm PST
Cheney, "A Beer or Two," and A Gun
Vice President Dick Cheney, who was forced to leave Yale University because his penchant for late-night beer drinking exceeded his devotion to his studies, and who is one of the small number of Americans who can count two drunk driving busts on his driving record, may have been doing more than hunting quail on the day that he shot a Texas lawyer in the face....
Posted: Fri, Feb 17, 2006 7:55am PST
Congressional report condemns government response to Hurricane Katrina
A select committee of the US House of Representatives is set to release a report Wednesday on the US government’s handling of Hurricane Katrina. From drafts leaked to various news publications this week, it is already clear that the report presents a picture of an extraordinary lack of preparation and a completely incompetent response, which contributed to the deaths of over 1,000 people and the virtual destruction of a major American city....
Posted: Tue, Feb 14, 2006 8:12am PST
6/1-6: Border Social Forum
Planning Meeting
Reunion de coordinacion
February 18 (Saturday) 2006
18 de Febrero (sabado) 2006...
Posted: Fri, Feb 10, 2006 11:26pm PST
IDA e-news: 2/08/06
ACTION ALERTS - 1. IDA Exposes Negligence at Waveland Animal Shelter 2. New York Could Make Using Animals in Crimes a Felony 3. IDA Files Petition to USDA Against Zoos for AWA Violations - CAMPAIGN NEWS & UPDATES - 1. IDA February Guardian of the Month - Karen Smith 2. IDA's Matt Rossell Speaks Out Against Bullhooks in Nebraska 3. USDA Defies American Horse Slaughter Bans...
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 11:04pm PST
ongoing prison rape in local prisons
I am a California State prisoner and have been incarcerated since July 7, 1994, and I am a victim of prisoner rape...I am writing to you at this time to share with you my own stories of prisoner rape in hopes that this information might be beneficial in helping prevent the abuse of convicted felons. Thank you for your efforts and considerations in this extremely important matter....
Posted: Thu, Feb 9, 2006 11:28am PST
2/10 Picket at the San Diego Hyatt Hotel
Please show your solidarity by attending a massive picket to be held this Friday
(Feb. 10) at 5 PM at the San Diego Hyatt Hotel, located on the corner of Market St.
and Harbor Drive in Seaport Village (downtown San Diego)....
Posted: Wed, Feb 8, 2006 11:19pm PST
Bush proposes $2.8 trillion budget to boost military spending and slash social programs
President Bush sent a $2.77 trillion budget plan to Congress on Monday that includes record spending for the military and cuts funding for a wide range of social programs. Included is $65 billion in cuts to entitlement programs over the next five years, more than half of this from Medicare. Bush is also seeking to make his first-term tax cuts permanent....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 9:05am PST
Telcos Roll Out Astroturf Advocacy
Phone companies push astroturf-advocacy as they seek changes in telecommunications rules....
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2006 8:30am PST
Thirty Years is Enough fact sheet and petition
July 2nd is the thirty year anniversary of the Supreme Courts decision
that reinstated the death penalty in this country after a four year ban....
Posted: Mon, Feb 6, 2006 11:18pm PST
Gays Lose Advocate With Death of Mrs. King
With the death of Coretta Scott King, could the King family name be used to promote homophobia?...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 9:46am PST
VIDEO OF BUSH STEP DOWN PROTEST IN HOLLYWOOD
video i shot and edited of jan 31st rally in hollywood runtime 9:11...
Posted: Sat, Feb 4, 2006 2:36am PST