Tears and Smiles – Mothers Day at the SF County Jail
May 17, 2013 | No Comments
At the women’s county jail on Mother’s Day, San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi announced the department’s doula program for pregnant inmates, a humanitarian program which aims to improve family-based services for inmates, formerly incarcerated men and women, and their families.
Marketing 101 for Activists
May 16, 2013 | 3 Comments
If you have ever been to Bourbon Street in New Orleans, there is one thing that you would have noticed for sure. No, I am not talking about the babes and the beads. I am referring to a bunch of guys holding signs like “Repent” and “Trust Jesus, He Hates Sin.” Millions of drunk guys and gals have walked by these sincere advocates, but how many people do you think instantly dropped their shots and accepted Jesus into their hearts?
Climate Change Ushers In Early California Fire Season
May 13, 2013 | 2 Comments
California’s wildfire season began early this year as nearly a dozen fires fueled by record high temperatures and extremely low water levels broke out across the state during the first week of May.
Groups Allege California Prison Policies Amount to State-Sanctioned Torture
May 02, 2013 | 1 Comment
Earlier this month during Oakland’s monthly First Fridays/Art Murmur event, a candlelit vigil was held by a couple dozen protesters – many wearing T-shirts with the message “Stop Torture CA” – to bring attention to California state prison solitary confinement policies which they say amounts to state-sanctioned torture.
Syria and Chemical Weapons of Mass Destruction
May 01, 2013 | 1 Comment
Evidence of alleged sarin gas use has supposedly come from human tissue samples. A few dozen Syrians are said to have been killed. If true, did Assad forces or the opposition forces use these chemical weapons and why was only a small amount of sarin used?
‘Dead Man Walking’ Author to Speak in SF
April 29, 2013 | No Comments
Author and anti-death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, whose bond with a condemned man inspired the Oscar winning film Dead Man Walking, will speak in San Francisco May 9 in a free, community event presented by the San Francisco Public Defender’s office.
Civil Grand Jury Wants More Attention From City Leaders
June 26, 2008 | No Comments
By Melissa McRobbie June 26, 2008 San Francisco’s civil grand jury has released a report claiming city leaders don’t pay enough attention to its reports and recommendations. The report, posted on the grand jury’s Web…
Japanese Water Powered Car
June 25, 2008 | 4 Comments
June 25, 2008 Tired of paying $5 a gallon for gas? Check out this little gem of an invention. The Reuters reporter doesn’t tell us how much the technology costs, or if the energy generator…
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Sandra Lee Fewer Campaign Kick-Off
June 25, 2008 | No Comments
From the Campaign to Elect Sandra Lee Fewer June 25, 2008 Candidate for San Francisco School Board Sandra Lee Fewer will kick off her campaign today at the historic Cathay House Restaurant, 718 California Street…
Lessons Ethics Should Have Learned
from the Carolyn Knee Case
June 25, 2008 | 1 Comment
San Franciscans for Affordable Clean Energy campaign treasurer Carolyn Knee, flanked by defense attorney David Waggoner (left) and her husband, Richard Knee, crack smiles when the Ethics Commission finds July 9, 2007, that minor campaign…
Joe O’Donoghue: “Laconic Officials In Catatonic Mien,
Sleep Unperturbed, Indifferent”
June 25, 2008 | No Comments
By Joe O’Donoghue June 25, 2008 The late Jean-Michel Folon, a Belgian artist, illustrated brilliantly, in bright color form, the desolate voids of 20th century cities and their inhabitants. This blank verse entitled “A Political…
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Supes Urge City to Explore Transmission-Only Options
to Close Power Plant
June 25, 2008 | No Comments
By Ari Burack June 25, 2008 San Francisco supervisors Tuesday approved a resolution urging the city to further explore energy transmission options from outside the city in order to close an aging, heavily polluting power…
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PG&E Cable Failure Caused Vault Explosion
June 25, 2008 | No Comments
By Maya Strausberg June 25, 2008 A Pacific Gas and Electric Co. spokeswoman said they have determined that what fire officials called an underground vault explosion in San Francisco yesterday was caused by cable failure.…
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Emergency Official Witnessed Dead Bodies In WTC 7
June 24, 2008 | 1 Comment
World Exclusive: WTC7 Survivor Barry Jennings Account By Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet June 23, 2008 Exclusive video of emergency official Barry Jennings discussing explosions inside WTC 7 before either of the twin towers had…
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George Carlin: The American Dream
June 23, 2008 | 2 Comments
June 23, 2008 George Carlin’s most reverberating and lasting message…
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McKinney Joins Forces With Sheehan
to Unseat Pelosi
June 23, 2008 | 6 Comments
By Luke Thomas June 23, 2008 Two’s company. Former Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney announced today she has joined the campaign to elect Cindy Sheehan to Congress. Citing Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s record on “hope-reversing” policies, McKinney will…
Life and Death in Baghdad
June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Terry Canaan June 23, 2008 Los Angeles, Miami, maybe? If you were to guess where that photo above was taken, Iraq would probably not be your first guess. In our minds, that country looks…
Avalos Kicks Off Campaign For District 11 Supervisor
June 21, 2008 | 4 Comments
District 11 candidate for Supervisor John Avalos discusses his campaign platform Saturday with residents and supporters during a campaign kick-off event held at Excelsior Playground. Photos and Video by Luke Thomas By Luke Thomas June…
OPEC Chief Dismisses Calls To Boost Production
As ‘Irrational’
June 20, 2008 | 2 Comments
From Free Internet Press June 20, 2008 Crude oil prices rose sharply on the world’s commodity markets Friday night after the head of OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) dismissed as “irrational and illogical”…
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Have You Had Enough Yet???
Democrats Hand Telecoms Immunity
June 20, 2008 | No Comments
From the Campaign to Elect Cindy Sheehan to Congress June 20, 2008 On the very heels of Nancy Pelosi’s House giving George Bush more money than he asked for to fund the occupations of Iraq…
Man Accused in 2007 S&M Death
of Haight Activist to Stand Trial
June 20, 2008 | No Comments
By Ari Burack June 20, 2008 A man charged in the death of a Haight-Ashbury neighborhood community activist during a bondage session at the man’s home in 2007 pleaded not guilty to murder today in…
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U.S. House Passes Wiretap Bill Protecting Telecoms
June 20, 2008 | No Comments
From Free Internet Press June 20, 2008 The U.S. House Friday overwhelmingly approved a sweeping new surveillance law that effectively would shield telecommunications companies from privacy lawsuits for cooperating with the Bush administration’s warrantless wiretapping…
Jackie Speier Says No to Wiretapping
House Passes FISA Bill Anyway, 293-129
June 20, 2008 | No Comments
From the Office of Congresswoman Jackie Speier June 20, 2008 Washington, DC – Today, Congresswoman Jackie Speier (San Francisco/San Mateo) voted against HR 6034, the FISA Amendments Act of 2008. Following is her statement to…
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