Rally to Save the Ocean Beach Library November 15th
OCEAN BEACH, CA. Local Ocean Beach residents are rallying to save the Ocean Beach branch of the San Diego library…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing
California educators, writers, and advocates call on SEIU President to stop retaliation against reformers
Staff November 13, 2008 2 Comments on California educators, writers, and advocates call on SEIU President to stop retaliation against reformers
BERKELEY, Calif.- More than 50 prominent educators, writers, and worker advocates have sent a letter to SEIU President Andy Stern…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Labor, Organizing
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been
Staff November 13, 2008
By Bill Ayers: Looking back on a surreal campaign season – On the campaign trail, McCain immediately got on message….
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election
Obama Needs a Protest Movement
Staff November 13, 2008
By Frances Fox Piven: The astonishing election of 2008 is over. Whatever else the future holds, the unchallenged domination of…
Posted in: Election, Organizing, Peace Movement
Blackwater To Be Fined Amid Allegations Over Shrink-Wrapped Weapons
Staff November 13, 2008
Blackwater USA, the State Department’s largest personal security contractor in Iraq, is set to be hit with a multi-million dollar…
Posted in: War and Peace
Tagged: Blackwater
City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back
Frank Gormlie November 12, 2008 2 Comments on City Council & Residents Question Mayor’s Budget Cuts & Sanders Snarls Back
Ocean Beach Library & 6 Others Plus Rec Centers On Mayor Sander’s Chopping Block OCEAN BEACH, CA. Mayor Jerry Sanders…
Posted in: Economy
Reader Rant: There is no ‘temporary’ closing of a library
by Jon Christensen After a career in public finance I know how common it is for Libraries and Parks to…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy
Tagged: budget, library
Branch Closings and Budget Cuts Threaten Libraries Nationwide
American Libraries / November 7, 2008 – revised Nov. 10 City governments across the United States prepared in early November…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Media, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Tagged: budget, library, Mayor Jerry Sanders
Save the O.B. Library ! – Save ’em all !
Rally In Front of OB Library – Saturday Nov. 15th Being Planned OCEAN BEACH, CA. Opposition to the closure of…
Posted in: Economy, Education, Ocean Beach
Tagged: budget, Mayor Jerry Sanders, OB Library
Posted in: Civil Rights
Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures
Frank Gormlie November 7, 2008 6 Comments on Scheduled Closing of Ocean Beach & Other Libraries Causing Stir – Library Commissioners Vote to Oppose Closures
SAN DIEGO, CA. Mayor Jerry Sander’s announcement on Wednesday, November 5th, that for budgetary reasons, he was set to close…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Economy, Education, Ocean Beach, Organizing
Peace Activists Welcome Obama, Will Push Him
by Aaron Glantz / OneWorld / November 6, 2008 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 6 – An organization that has made headlines…
Posted in: Civil Rights, Election, Organizing, Peace Movement, War and Peace
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