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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Live Stream of Symposium on Fukushima March 11-12, 2013
(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
J28 Class Action Suit -We need stories/documentation
ATTENTION! People arrested on J28! A class action law suit against OPD and mutual aid police departments is being filed! We need your stories, videos, twitter feeds, and anything else that can help piece together what happened on that day and the following days spent in Santa Rita and Glen Dyer. Particularly of interest: accounts of police brutality, felony charges, and situations where personal/medical needs were not met. Please contact ASAP Yolanda Huang at 510-392-2140, j28.legal@gmail.com † And please, SPREAD THE WORD!!! 45493
International Day of Action Against Smart Meters – October 4, 2012
Digital Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) devices, or so-called ‘Smart’ meters, have caused fires, injured health, displaced people from homes, raised bills, violated privacy, removed experts who recognize gas leaks like the one that blew up San Bruno from our neighborhoods when meter readers were eliminated, and damaged plants and chased away bees. No energy savings as claimed by energy companies have materialized since such meters wereinstalled. For more info see http://smartmeters.org Events throughout California are listed below. Please check the link for events elsewhere, and if none are listed … Continued
Occupy Monsanto Global Day of Action, September 17, in Davis
Shut Down Monsanto! September 17, 2012 – 6am (all day) 1910 – 5th Street, Davis, California Whether you like it or not, chances are Monsanto contaminated the food you ate today with chemicals and GMOs. Monsanto controls much of the world’s food supply at the expense of food democracy worldwide. Take action against Monsanto during the week of September 17th, 2012. Organize locally to take action for a decentralized occupation of Monsanto facilities around the world on September 17, 2012 For more details about the Davis action, … Continued