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Hartford, Conn: Union Leaders Arrested Over Health Care Thursday, June 7, 2007 :Twenty-two union leaders were arrested at the State Capitol in Hartford, Conn., June 1, as they called for universal health care. The arrests were made at different locations throughout the Capitol building amid a heavy police presence. The union leaders were sitting-in outside the offices of the governor, the speaker of the House and the president of the Senate when they were grabbed by the police....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:39pm PDT
Rejected on Social Security, Bush Stealthily Tries to Privatize Medicare Thursday, June 7, 2007 : Two years after the American people rejected the Bush administration's plan to privatize Social Security, the White House now is trying quietly to privatize Medicare....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:30pm PDT
Africa Fails To Meet AIDS Goals Thursday, June 7, 2007 : (New York City) Not a single country in sub-Saharan Africa is on target to meet U.N. goals of cutting extreme poverty by half, ensuring universal primary education, and stemming the AIDS pandemic by 2015, a new U.N. report says....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:24pm PDT
Don't Call Us, We'll Call You: Customer Service Failures at UCSF Would you hire a mechanic or hairdresser who never answered the telephone? How about a doctor? UCSF claims to be a highly-respected institution, but patients routinely find themselves in "voicemail hell." Now, one Bay Area man is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore!...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 12:30pm PDT
First Thursdays: El Sabor de Fruitvale Fruitvale Transit Village
3411 East 12th Street
Oakland, CA 94601...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 5, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 9:48am PDT
Activists and Residents Protest HUD Secretary's Arrival in New Orleans As Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Alphonso Jackson joins Mayor Ray Nagin and Michaels Development Company in New Orleans tomorrow, Amnesty International USA (AIUSA) will join residents and grassroots organizations to protest the housing authority's continued enforced closure and planned demolition of New Orleans public housing developments -- despite massive housing shortages throughout the city....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:20am PDT
Newsom Plays Politics With the Health Departments Budget Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :On May 22nd, Gavin Newsom told members of SEIU Local 1021 (i.e., City workers and non-profits who contract with the City) that they will be pleased with the upcoming budget. He also said that the City will avoid outsourcing jobs, even if its going to cost us more money....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:13am PDT
First Official Day of Paid Sick Leave Finally Arrives Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :Yesterday, members of the Coalition for Paid Sick Days announces the first official day of paid sick days after the end of a 120 day transition period. The press conference featured street theater to educate workers on the new law. The law provides paid sick days to workers to care for themselves and their families when they fall ill....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:13am PDT
G8 fails to meet aid pledges to Africa Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :British Prime Minister Tony Blair had hoped that the G8 summit to be held in Heiligendamm, Germany, in June would provide a booster shot to the campaign hailing his supposed “legacy” before leaving office. He is to stand down as British prime minister in June....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 6:38am PDT
Could Newsom Be Forced to Spend the $28 Million Housing Package? Tuesday, June 5, 2007 :I took a lot of heat for suggesting that progressives should not run a candidate for Mayor, but what policy goals are not getting accomplished because Newsom is in office? If the Mayor won't support legislation, progressives can often gather enough votes at the Board of Supervisors to override a veto....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 2:40pm PDT
REVISED: Tassafaronga Hope Vl Proposal Threatens Oakland's Poor Oakland Housing Authority Is Using Local Section 8 Reserve Funds, & Local Section 8 Administrative Reserve Funds As A HUGE Slush Fund, For It's Notorious Hope Vl Projects!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 4:14am PDT
Repeal or Replace Medicare Part D? Host Howard Vicini examines the question, "Repeal or Replace Medicare Part D?" with guests, San Francisco Gray Panthers, Michael Lyon and Mitzi Raas....
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 10:40pm PDT
New Homeless Evictions in Fresno 
The California Highway Patrol is in the process of evicting homeless people in a downtown Fresno encampment....
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 12:56pm PDT
Nigeria brings criminal charges against Pfizer over 1996 drug test Nigerian government officials last week brought criminal charges against the Pfizer Pharmaceutical Company for the drug giant’s role in the deaths of children who were treated with an unapproved drug during a meningitis epidemic....
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 6:47am PDT
Obama in Second Place: PAUL KRUGMAN - Health Plan; FRANK RICH + KRUGMAN: The Obama health care plan is better than I feared but not as comprehensive as I would have liked.
THE COMPLETE ARTICLE AND MORE...
Posted: Mon, Jun 4, 2007 5:30am PDT
Forget TB precautions, USDA orders packers to NOT test for madcow WASHINGTON: The Bush administration said Tuesday it will fight to keep meatpackers from testing all their animals for mad cow disease.
The Agriculture Department tests fewer than 1 percent of slaughtered cows for the disease, which can be fatal to humans who eat tainted beef. A beef producer in the western state of Kansas, Creekstone Farms Premium Beef, wants to test all of its cows....
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 3:40pm PDT
Oakland's Tassafaronga Hope Vl Proposal Threatens The Poor Oakland's Section 8 Housing Voucher Reserves Are Being Looted To Fund A Proposed Project That Intends To Displace Oakland's Low-Income Community At The Tassafaronga Public Housing Village!...
Posted: Sun, Jun 3, 2007 1:03am PDT
UK G8 Protest: Thousands set for poverty protest Rock stars Midge Ure and Annie Lennox have given their support to a major demonstration against global poverty....
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 7:55am PDT
'SiCKO' goes to Sacto: Join Michael Moore and local nurses in Sacramento on June 12 This message was sent by Bill Lackemacher, group organizer for Sacramento For Democracy:...
Posted: Thu, May 31, 2007 9:51pm PDT
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