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Racial Profiling, Testifying While Black ~ Called Bull Shit By California Senator
Historic pattern of "civic discourse" on full display once again in the State of California. No testifying in court, no education, no access to land, no voting rights moving backwards towards California Statehood. Historical amnesia revisited since open civil discourse limited and certainly not welcomed by most....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 8:11pm PDT
California Supports Winnemem Wintu Tribe: Senate passes Joint Resolution
The California Senate on Wednesday passed a Joint Resolution urging the federal government to restore federal recognition status to the Winnemem Wintu Tribe. The resolution, authored by Assembly Member Huffman, passed with 24 votes. The Tribe has played a big leadership role in the battle to restore the California Delta and Central Valley rivers and stop the raising of Shasta Dam....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 1:16pm PDT
ADVISORY: ACLU says Sacramento police 'racial profiling' similar to rest of U.S.
The Sacramento Chapter of the ACLU today criticized the
Sacramento Police Department for what it calls evidence of "racial
profiling" after an analysis of traffic stops revealed black and Latino
drivers were much more likely to be pulled over by police than other
drivers in Sacramento....
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 2:17pm PDT
Anniversary bombing of Nagasaki - the "Fat Man" atomic bomb that left from Hunters Point.
"Fat Man" one of the Atomic bombs left Hunters Point where it was assembled and placed on a Carrier that took it to the Pacific Ocean. Then loaded on a plane to do it dirty deed. They say over 27,000 people died on that fateful day in Nagasaki. Over 70,000 people over an extended period- died. Did you all know that Karma is something we have to be aware of. No one can just kill so many innocent people and not suffer the consequences? There is war and there is war?...
Posted: Sat, Aug 9, 2008 8:49pm PDT
The Beginning of a New Era for the Bay View Newspaper
After over 16 years of providing Black and oppressed communities with quality news, the BayView newspaper has ceased printing weekly. At this time, our communities are faced with important questions like, "Who else in the 'progressive press' and in the Black press is going to consistently cover Haiti, Colombia, Brazil, El Salvador, France and Zimbabwe as well as East Oakland, Hunters Point, Hurricane Amerikkka, Chicago and New York?" POCC Minister of Information JR asks....
Posted: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 12:05pm PDT
NO MORE EVICTIONS, GENTRIFICATION, DISPLACEMENT- TAKE BACK THE LAND CEREMONY
In front of 1095 Market street @ 7th Street
(Above the Civic Center BART)...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 7, 2008 8:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 9:16pm PDT
So why does Lennar Corp. keep bombarding the Bayview Community - and no one does nothing?
Lennar Corporation - keeps bombarding the Bayview Hunters Point - community with Heavy Metals, Radiological Elements, and of course very toxic - Asbestos Structures . Mayor Gavin Newsom, the SF Health Department, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, the Environmental Protection Agency, others - so called Regulatory Agency - keep looking the other way. All this happening - in our so-called forward looking, Green City - with progressive minds? So, who is really keeping tally of the Car...
Posted: Sun, Aug 3, 2008 8:44am PDT
Oklahoma and Bayview were both bombarded - will history tell the truth?
June 1, 1921 is a day that will be remembered when "Black Wall Street" was bombarded. May 30, 2008 in San Francisco there was another type of bombing - over 138,900 structures per cubic meter - blasted innocent children and elders - mostly of color. If we do not record such events - history will talk of other things but not important events. When mundane events are reported - they over shadow - that what MUST be told....
Posted: Sat, Aug 2, 2008 9:50pm PDT
Supplies and Supporters Still Needed as Occupation at DQ-University Continues
Occupation at DQ-University continues - support still needed!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 31, 2008 6:13pm PDT
West Fresno City Council Member Speaks out About the Frank Ball Center (video/x-ms-wmv 5.5MB)
The 1:29 minute video below is Fresno City Council member Cynthia Sterling explaining her position on the Frank Ball Community Center....
Posted: Wed, Jul 23, 2008 6:06pm PDT
Diversity Gap Grows in UC Med Schools, Says Report
Originally From New America Media
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 : A new report looking at who is enrolled in medical schools in the UC system finds that there is a growing diversity gap. The student body looks less and less like the population its going to serve in a minority majority state like California. NAM Contributor Ekaterina Basilaia has this report....
Posted: Tue, Jul 22, 2008 7:49am PDT
West Fresno Victory - Press Conference (video/x-ms-wmv 41.9MB)
The Rev. Floyd D. Harris held this press conference before the Community Forum at the Frank Ball Center. The video is 11:24 minutes long....
Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 9:40pm PDT
West Side Victory
Residents of west Fresno won a victory by stopping the Police Activities League (PAL) a loved community center. But all was not love and happiness when city officials came to a community meeting at the Frank Ball Center to explain their actions....
Posted: Sun, Jul 20, 2008 8:53pm PDT
Abuses in and around Hunters Point Naval Shipyard - Parcel B and Parcel A - go figure!
Recently, there was a Notice Of Violation (NOV) on Parcel A - read this article for details. On Parcel B - that is contaminated the United States Navy wants to cap the whole area - and issue a Mitigation Plan that favors less then more of a through - clean up. So, now - even the U.S. Navy has fallen in line and is following the orders of very corrupt politicians - one being Senator Diane Feinstein. We had a exceedance of over 138,000 structures per cubic meter of Asbestos - on May 30, 2008 bu...
Posted: Sat, Jul 19, 2008 2:54pm PDT
More White Supremacist Propaganda Posted
"BRING THE TROOPS HOME! and put them on the Mexican Border"...
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 11:45am PDT
Peskin, Maxwell, Dufty and McGoldrick filed Initiative on Combustion Turbines - dirty deed
Aaron Peskin, President of the SF Board of Supervisors, Sophina Maxwell, Bevan Dufty, and Jake McGoldrick should be ashamed of themselves. As Espanola Jackson, long time Bayview resident stated before the Rules Committee - July 17, 2008 - these four Supervisors are Racists. That statement coming from Espanola Jackson - says it all. These four Supervisors again and again - have discriminated against the Bayview Hunters Point - and should be ashamed of themselves - never voting for what is righ...
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 10:25am PDT
Toxic Construction and Environmental Racism in Hunters Point Shipyard
Bayview residents and supporters accuse the San Francisco Department of Public Health of turning a blind eye to Lennar Corp's toxic construction in the Hunter's Point Shipyard....
Posted: Thu, Jul 17, 2008 2:43pm PDT
Modesto Anarcho #8! Out Now! Download PDF
Modesto Anarcho, the Central Valley's insurrectionary journal of class struggle is back with it's summer issue!...
Posted: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 1:04pm PDT
Stop Chevron’s Dirty Crude Refining Expansion plans!
Kennedy High School at 4300 Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA...
Event Date: Tue, Jul 15, 2008 6:15pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 6:51pm PDT
indynewswire: Simba Kenyatta on Overcoming Racism and Building a Racially Just County (audio/mpeg 30.0MB)
Simba Kenyatta is a member of the Coalition for a County Wide Community Dialogue on Race, Poverty, Equality, and Justice, and a political and social activist with decades of work in Santa Cruz. We talked about the Coalition's Listening Sessions that are documenting the experience and reality of racism in the community. 43 Minutes & 42 Seconds, MP3 format....
Posted: Mon, Jul 14, 2008 3:06pm PDT