On Monday, January 4, 2016, Join Uaptsd.org as we will hold a press conference on Monday, January 4th 2016 at 11:30am at the San Diego Police Headquarters, 1401 Broadway, San Diego, CA 92101 to release our list of those who had their lives stolen at the hands of the San Diego Police Department. Continue reading
In 2016, the California Water Resources Control Board will hold hearings regarding the permits needed to change the point of diversion for the Tunnels. This means the Tunnels proponents must get a legal permit to take water from the north … Continue reading
Antonio Tizapa is the father of Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño one of the 43 students that disappeared while being in the Police’s custody on September 26th, 2014 in Iguala, Mexico. While the holiday season is always painful for many immigrants who fear for their families in Mexico, this year is particularly difficult to Antonio Tizapa who has been looking for his son for more than a year, and for the hundred of thousands of victims of the ongoing violence in Mexico. Continue reading
Homeless rights activists have been occupying Sacramento City Hall for 2 weeks now, demanding an end to the city’s unconstitutional anti-camping ordinance. Every day and night, these brave people have maintained a presence on City Hall property, where they provide … Continue reading
Public Pressure and Allies in Congress Keep “Rider” Blocking State Labeling of GMOs Out of Spending Bil On December 16th, 2015, Center for Food Safety praised Congress for not including a policy rider in the “must-pass” federal omnibus spending bill … Continue reading
Occupy Sonoma County presents a Body Oppression Teach-in with Laurie Toby Edison, photographer, and Debbie Notkin (from Occupy Oakland and Strike Debt Bay Area). Laurie and Debbie have collaborated on Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes, with Laurie’s photographs and Debbie’s text, on Familiar Men: A Book of Male Nudes, with Laurie’s photographs, and text by Debbie and others, and on Women of Japan, a photographic suite focusing on beauty and identity of women of various ethnicities who live in Japan. Continue reading
HAPPENING NOW, TODAY, Tuesday, October 20 @ 1pm-4pm The Assata Shakur-Guillermo Morales Center @ CCNY Presents STOP Police Terror ~ Which Side Are You On? #RiseUpOctober: “Harlem Prep-Rally” @ City College 160 Convent Avenue – Harlem, New York (Bet. W140th/W.135th … Continue reading
Sonoma County, Northern California An overflow crowd spilled into the lobby at California State Senator Mike McGuire’s August 13 promised Town Hall. Many were alarmed by an article at the top of the front-page of the prior day’s pro-wine industry … Continue reading
“Grapes Versus Eggs”—Sonoma County’s Goliath vs. David Story Sonoma County, Northern California “Grapes versus eggs,” reports an excellent August 6 article in Sonoma County’s daily Press Democrat (PD). The Windsor Oaks Vineyard and Winery, seeking to expand its events, forced … Continue reading
A coalition of human rights advocates, faith leaders, and local activists will host a press conference, rally and march to the US Mission to the United Nations to highlight ongoing, widespread human trafficking in Malaysia and its connection to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal.
Join them outside the Consulate General of Malaysia, 313 E 43rd Street, Manhattan at noon, August 4, Continue reading