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Digital Filmmaking Workshop: Documentary San Francisco School of Digital Filmmaking
2331 Third Street
San Francisco, CA 94107...
Event Date: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 3:20pm PDT
UC Berkeley custodians protest sub-poverty wages and workload doubling 
On Thursday, September 14, 2006, around 3:30 pm, about 100 UC Berkeley custodians and their supporters protested on campus in order to demand living wages and to end worload doubling. Demonstrators marched from Lower Sprould Hall to California Hall to voice their frustration....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:15pm PDT
School Beat: Drumming Up Dollars The school year is new but some of the challenges are familiar, especially the need for more dollars at our schools and in our classrooms. While there has been an increase in state funding for targeted programs (such as playground equipment and tutoring to help kids pass the California High School Exit Exam), discretionary dollars are still hard to come by. This type of money is what can really make a difference for students. When their teachers and principals are given sufficient resources t...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:45am PDT
Detroit teachers vote narrowly to end strike In a close vote, Detroit teachers on Wednesday voted to end their 16-day strike and return to work on the basis of their previous contract, pending a mail ballot on a tentative contract approved by the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) the day before. The new contract includes an estimated $60 million in concessions....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:35am PDT
Scholars discuss recent Israeli-Lebanon conflict to packed house at UC Berkeley More than 300 attendants packed UC Berkeley’s Dwinelle Hall Thursday to hear a panel discussion on the history and context of the recent military conflict in Israel and Lebanon....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 5:30pm PDT
Defend the teachers! Mobilize Detroit workers against strike-breaking! As the Socialist Equality Party’s candidate for US Congress in the 12th Congressional District, I fully support the stand taken by the Detroit teachers and call on all working people to defend them against the strike-breaking injunction issued by Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Susan Borman....
Posted: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 8:25am PDT
Detroit teachers defy injunction, but Democrats prepare new trap for strike At a mass meeting held Sunday afternoon in Cobo Hall in downtown Detroit, striking teachers indicated their determination to defy a strikebreaking injunction handed down Friday by Wayne County Circuit Judge Susan Borman....
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 6:21am PDT
Detrot Teachers Strike STILL ON Despite the Union Leadership Detroit Teachers enter their third week of a strike against demands for massive concessions, and for their historic slogan from their 1999 wildcat strike, "Books! Supplies! Lower Class Size!' But the strike is being sabotaged by the corrupt leadership of the Detroit Federation of Teachers....
Posted: Mon, Sep 11, 2006 1:36am PDT
Detroit teachers hold strike rally Thousands of teachers rallied on Friday at Fisher Auditorium in downtown Detroit, voicing their anger over demands from school administrators that they accept pay and benefit cuts....
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 8:22am PDT
DroppingKnowledge.org : Table of "Free" Voices Dropping Knowledge, (dk) an international non-profit organization based primarily in Germany ( In the U.S., dk is a project of the Tides Center ) gathers 112 thinkers, artists, writers, scientists, social entrepreneurs, philosophers and humanitarians from around the world on September 9th, 2006 in Berlin to answer 100 questions in an experimental forum....
Posted: Sat, Sep 9, 2006 6:09am PDT
Activism & Social Change BA and MA Information Sessions 766 Valencia, Rm 24...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 12, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 6, 2006 12:04pm PDT
Film Presentation - Berkeley in the 60's Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Avenue
Berkeley, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 9:28pm PDT
Free Skool Community Picnic, Sep 9th Noon 
A picnic, music, food, frolicking, and Free Skool workshops....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 1:28pm PDT
Aspartame Awareness Weekend This weekend with Aspartame Awareness globally we will be mailing out the Report to Schools on the release, new reports from world experts on what aspartame does to the brains of our children, in our Save the Children project. Everyone should get involved. It can save the lives of thousands....
Posted: Tue, Sep 5, 2006 11:25am PDT
GANDHI DAY- Non Violence & Peace Day Fremont Main Library; 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont, Ca...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 11:30am PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2006 3:55pm PDT
Documentary on self-directed education The Long Haul Infoshop
3124 Shattuck Ave.
Berkeley
(2 blocks from Ashby BART, Across from La Peña Cultural Center)...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 17, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 1, 2006 3:25pm PDT
Exciting News and Updates from the Student/Farmworker Alliance! Thousands of students are returning to campuses across the country and crafting their organizing plans for the year. This fall and beyond, the stakes are high in the struggle for fair food as McDonald's continues its attempts to undermine the CIW's movement for decent wages and dignified working conditions in Florida's fields......
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 2:11pm PDT
School Beat: It's A Whole New Year Again Monday morning brought yet another year's fresh start to students, teachers and parents throughout San Francisco. For many, the new school year means progressing on to the next step in a successful academic career. We can see those successes mirrored in report cards, parent teacher conferences, classroom work, and yes, even standardized test scores....
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 7:47am PDT
Sellout danger in Detroit teachers strike With the strike by 7,000 Detroit teachers only three days old, a sellout concessions deal between the leadership of the Detroit Federation of Teachers (DFT) and the school district is already in the works. On Wednesday it was reported that DFT negotiators along with those from the school district had agreed to a court-imposed gag order....
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 7:44am PDT
Youth Action Team forms to Combat Military Recruiting 
The Alternatives to War through Education "Youth Action Team" got off to a great start this week with a training/retreat in the Sierra foothills. The students, from high schools in Oakland, Berkeley, Richmond, Hayward and Daly City, will spend the year educating and organizing their peers to speak out against aggressive military recruiting and war. The program is sponsored by the Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors....
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 10:56pm PDT
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