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New Documents: US spying on Occupy Movement April 2013

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New OWS Spying Documents Reveal that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Monitors Peaceful Demonstrations and Activists as a Matter of Policy PCJF Releases Newly Obtained Government Documents  By Partnership for Civil Justice Fund Censored News  DHS surveillance of protests in Asheville, NC; Tampa; Ft. Lauderdale; Jacksonville; Lansing, MI; Denver; Kansas City; Los Angeles; Boston; Dallas; Houston; Minneapolis; Miami; Jersey City; Phoenix; Lincoln, Nebraska; Chicago; Salt Lake City; Detroit Government documents obtained by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund (PCJF) through its FOIA records requests reveal that the Department of Homeland … Continued

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Fighting Elder Abuse By Contra Costa County & Wells Fargo Bank.

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Protest at Wells Fargo on March 28, 2013. Photo 2: Quanah Parker Brightman with his father Lehman Brightman, founder of United Native Americans, and victim of Wells Fargo fraud and home seizure. It’s Really Shameful that Contra Costa County, which has Violated Public Law 100-606 & Are the One Whom Claim to Be Conservator of My Father’s Person & Estate Have Allowed My Father’s Home to Become Foreclosed by Wells Fargo. Wish The County Would Have Protected My Father’s Estate by Applying for the Veterans United Home Loans, HUD Sec … Continued

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Mayor Quan Resigns!

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In a unexpected move, Mayor Jean Quan resigned today. She announced her decision at a hastily called press conference outside of City Hall. Citing her poor judgement, her inability to govern and her lack of interest in City Government, Quan said that “Oakland was better off without me.” The Mayor issued an apology to Occupy Oakland, noting “You were right all along. I pandered to the interests of the one percent in Oakland; I cut the wages of city workers while enriching Oakland’s most fortunate; I did nothing to reform … Continued

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March 15 International Day Of Action: Defend ILWU – Stop Mitsui Union Busting

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ILWU Local 4 Picket United Grain

RALLY   TO   DEFEND   ILWU ! International Day Of Action     Stop Mitsui Union Busting and Concessionary Contracts Fight the Lockout of ILWU by United Grain in the Port of Vancouver, Washington                         Friday March 15, 2013 -  4:30PM 1 Montgomery/Market Sts., SF   On March 15, 2013 there will be international actions and protests against the union busting lockout of ILWU Local 4 members by the Mitsui-owned company United Grain in the Port Of Vancouver, Washington. Since the concessionary contract at EGT in Longview, Washington, other grain handlers have … Continued

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GA moving back home to OGP

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GA Hand Raising

When: Next Sunday at 2pm and every Sunday thereafter. Where: Our rightful home, OGP. Why: Now that all of the unconstitutional stay-away orders have expired we are not forced to pick between the safety of our comrades and being kicked out of our original home. OGP is more comfortable, accessible and visible. Let’s reclaim our home! How: Those in attendance at the 3/10 GA decided unanimously to move the meetings to OGP. What: Over the months the Occupy Oakland GA has evolved/devolved into a much less process-bound meeting. People come … Continued

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Live Stream of Symposium on Fukushima March 11-12, 2013

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  (From http://www.nuclearfreeplanet.org/symposium.html)   Symposium: The Medical and Ecological Consequences of the Fukushima Nuclear Accident  March 11-12, 2013   The New York Academy of Medicine, New York City, NY A unique, two-day symposium at which an international panel of leading medical and biological scientists, nuclear engineers, and policy experts will make presentations on and discuss the bio-medical and ecological consequences of the Fukushima disaster, will be held at The New York Academy of Medicine on March 11-12, 2013, the second anniversary of the accident. The public is welcome. A project … Continued

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Displacement: Place, Power and Race

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Displacement: Place, Power, and Race The Foreclosure Defense Group presents its second event in the “Welcome to Class Warfare” series Friday, March 8th 6:30-9:30pm $?  Free!! First Congregational Church 2501 Harrison St, Oakland, CA Gentrification, foreclosures, “urban redevelopment”…. all are facets of the same brute force we feel acutely in our daily lives : Displacement, the uprooting and shifting of communities serving the demands of speculative capital and white supremacy. We offer this forum to hear voices from different struggles, to deepen understanding of the powers at play, and to … Continued

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Hayward police involved in shooting

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3,3,13 HAYWARD — Police were investigating an officer involved shooting Sunday morning, the third time Bay Area police opened fire on suspects this weekend. The shooting happened around 3:20 a.m. near the intersection Fletcher Lane and Watkins Street, said Hayward police. It wasn’t immediately clear if the suspect was dead. According to media reports police pulled over the suspect who later tried to back his vehicle into officers who then opened fire. This incident followed police shootings in San Jose and San Francisco. Both incidents involved car chases and ended … Continued

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“Occupy the Bay” Screening March 7

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“Occupy the Bay,” a local documentary about Occupy in the Bay Area will be shown on Thursday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m. at Theater Artaud, 425 Alabama St., S.F. The film explores links with ILWU workers’ strike and includes eviction of Occupy Oakland, port shutdown, Occupy the Farm, killing of Alan Blueford, police brutality, black bloc tactics, and more. 47334

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Boy dependent on blood transfusions for 6 years meets his donors

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OAKLAND, Calif. — A six-year-old San Ramon boy was reunited in Oakland Friday with a small group of blood donors who helped keep the boy alive for six years. Dillon Low came into this world sick, diagnosed with Diamond-Blackfan anemia, a rare genetic disorder that causes low red blood cells. “He had increased heart rate,” said Carol Low, Dillon’s mother. “Within minutes they rushed him to the NICU and they immediately gave him a blood transfusion,” Dillon needed blood transfusions nearly every day for six years until he was able … Continued

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