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Never trust SBC
If you get local phone service at the "lifeline" (poverty) rate,
you must make sure your phone company receives your renewal postcard each year.
If they (or the U.S. Postal Service) lose your postcard, your bill goes up....
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 7:03pm PST
NRHA Releases National PSA in Response to HIV Rates in Rural Communities of Color
The National Rural Health Association Releases a National Public Service Announcement in Response to the Increasing Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Rural Communities of Color...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 3:17pm PST
BOOM! Sound of Eviction -raise $ for tenants organizing
Check out this month's screening as part of "Televising the Revolution: Radical Film Series" at El Rio and raise some money for St. Peters Housing Committee!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 29, 2004 6:57pm PST
9,000 Hungry People Fed by Charity on Thanksgiving in SF
Some 9,000 very poor people were fed a decent meal on Thanksgiving Day, 2004 in San Francisco, with 3,000 at St. Anthony's Dining Room and 6,000 at Glide Church. Why is this story not publicized and why is this effort not done by labor?...
Posted: Sun, Nov 28, 2004 7:42am PST
US Housing Policies Condemned By International Watch Groups
International Rights Groups Have Condemned The US For It's Lack Of Fair Housing Laws That Have Contributed To Millions Being Homeless Upon The Streets Of Amerika & Abroad. The One Strike Policy (Federal Housing Law) Was Fought From Oakland All Of The Way To The US Supreme Court In The Case Known As Rucker VS Davis....
Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2004 2:08pm PST
College Students raise homeless awareness
Students lived on campus for 3 days to raise awareness for homeless issues....
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 6:43pm PST
PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant FACTS
Close PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant Now!
Phase-out Mirant’s Potrero Power Plant!
We Need Clean, Green Energy, Not Noxious Fossil Fuel Pollution!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 10:53am PST
Mom's Call to Action Against PG&E
Bayview Hunter's Point Mothers Call to Action Against PG&E Polluting Power Plant...
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 10:44am PST
Surviving Bush-- HUD Targets Low-Income Renters
The $388 Billion Spending Bill Has language In It That Offers A Bonus to Housing Agencies That Coerce Tenants Out Of The Nations Housing Assistance Programs, Plus $8 Million In Funding That Was Intended To Operate Public Housing Is Now Being Shifted To The Justice Department To Target Public Housing Renters As Criminals!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 23, 2004 4:48am PST
No Help For Chechnya’s Street Kids
At a petrol station in the centre of Grozny, cars draw up every few minutes and are besieged by a crowd of grubby ten-year-old boys. The boys ask the driver how much petrol he wants, fill up the car, receive a few roubles and mutter a few words of thanks. These are just some of the street children of Chechnya....
Posted: Sun, Nov 21, 2004 7:53pm PST
SF: Stop Censure of Pro-Rent Control Sup Daly
Pro-rent control Supervisor Daly is threatened with censure on 11/23/04 by the pro-landlord Sups. Alioto-Pier and Elsbernd while it is the pro-landlord sups who deserve censure. This red smear routine must be stopped immediately....
Posted: Sun, Nov 21, 2004 9:48am PST
NAACP Outraged By Move To Suppress The Poor Vote
In The News--The NAACP Is Outraged By Efforts To Suppress The Poor Vote, Plus Links To The Human Rights Report Which Details How Hundreds Of Thousands Of Poor People Are Deprived Of Housing For Petty Crimes Or For Only Being Arrested, But Not Convicted Of Anything!...
Posted: Sat, Nov 20, 2004 7:27pm PST
12/10: HUMAN AGENDA TO HONOR MIKE HONDA AT HUNGER BANQUET
Human Agenda, a human rights organization based in San Jose, California, will honor Congressman Mike Honda with the Human Agenda Human Rights Award at its Hunger Banquet on Friday, December 10, 2004. The 6 PM Hunger Banquet is held annually at San Jose City College to celebrate United Nations Human Rights Day....
Posted: Wed, Nov 17, 2004 10:33am PST
12/1: Nationwide Protest- Families Before Fostercare!!
Foster children have families! Foster children have roots! They have a heritage that
must be honored and maintained! Our family trees are becoming stumps and our
children are becoming “Nationalized” by the Child Protective Services…...
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 7:12pm PST
Save Section 8- Call to Action
You Can Help Keep Hundreds Of Thousands Of The Elderly & Disabled From Becoming Homeless By Calling Your Representatives To Save The Section 8 Program From $1.6 Billion In Cuts By The Bush Administration!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 3:33pm PST
Revolution for the Poor - Coal for the Rich
As rents continue to rise, the price of living goes up, and good jobs and wages go down, the "free market" is looking less and less free. Come to the DAAA Collective's "Really Free Market", and see what a community can be when it decides to accept mutual aid over competetion, solidarity over alienation, democracy over authoriatarianism, mediation instead of fear, a community instead of a state....
Posted: Tue, Nov 16, 2004 11:00am PST
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT:100's Of Thousands Denied Access To Public Housing Due To Petty Crimes
Petty Crimes Keep Hundreds Of Thousand Of Americans From Access To Public Housing & The Section 8 Program Is On The Verge Of Being Gutted By The Bush Administration!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 8:18pm PST
Save Inca Gardens Rally on Tues. in San Jose
WHAT: Come to a RALLY LET’s KEEP OUR CITY VIBRANT
Show support to Small Retailers Inclusive/Showcasing
Culture/Diversity
Prior to San Jose City Council Meeting (we have permit)
TIME: 12:45pm-1:30pm
TUESDAY-Nov. 16, 2004
PLACE: In FRONT of San Jose City Hall--801 North First Street
Please allow for parking time
MEET at 12:45pm!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 15, 2004 3:40pm PST
Today: Brunch and "Bum's Paradise", movie about Albany Landfill
Sunday November 7th
1pm - 4pm SPAZ Brunch @ SPAZ North (3rd & Jones in West Berkeley at the railroad tracks)
8:30pm SPAZ Movie Night (Berkeley location. Call 1-800-GUN-NUMB for location info)...
Posted: Sun, Nov 7, 2004 3:00am PST