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- 01‘You’re lucky; that officer shot somebody last week’
- 02West Coast ports shut on May Day
- 03Sean Bell protest
- 04Halt polluting power plant project!
- 05The techno-lynching of Sen. Barack Obama
- 06Johntay Allen Mike Brown
- 07Obama Family
- 08Cynthia Mckinney at May Day
- 09Obama & Wright
- 10JR moderating panel at KPFA's listeners and Unpaid staff meeting
- 11M1 at panel discussion
- 12Alicia Keys
- 13Cynthia Mckinney at Mumia Rally
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Sean Bell’s killers acquittedWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Minister of Information JR In Part 2 of this three-part interview, POCC Chairman Fred Hampton Jr.
and Minister of Culture Mutulu Olugbala, aka M1, of the political rap
group Dead Prez continue discussing the acquittal of three NYPD in the
execution of the 23-year-old unarmed Black man, Sean Bell.
Full Story >> | Our Prop F is winning! And it’s ahead of Lennar’s Prop G!Wednesday, 07 May 2008 | Editorial by Willie Ratcliff “Recent polls conducted by developer Lennar Corp.’s ‘Yes on G’ campaign
show that while the measure is ahead 50 percent to 30 percent, Daly’s
‘companion’ Proposition F is leading by an even wider margin – 58
percent to 31 percent. And even if Prop. G gets more votes, Prop. F
needs only simple...Full Story >> |
West Coast ports shut on May DayWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by Clarence Thomas  The International Longshore & Warehouse Union (ILWU), known for its
militant and democratic traditions as well as its economic and social
justice activism, has written a new chapter in its glorious labor
history by shutting down all 29 ports on the West Coast for eight hours
on May Day.
Full Story >> | ‘You’re lucky; that officer shot somebody last week’Wednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Thomas Pinai My brother, James Smith, was brutally beaten by the Elk Grove Police
Department. We just got hold of the police report and the lies that
they put in it. My brother has no criminal record. His roommates were
also assaulted. The police officers were not justified.
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The people speak: ‘Halt polluting power plant project!’ Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |  San Francisco – Monday, a coalition of 20 environmental, civic and
social justice organizations along with state and local elected leaders
called upon the Board of Supervisors and the mayor to halt the plan to
build a natural gas power plant project in San Francisco. The group
cited problems with pollution, environmental justice and...Full Story >> | US Navy aims its big guns at Latin AmericaWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Lamia Oualalou Choosing to confront the rise in power of left-leaning governments in
its backyard, the United States is recreating the Fourth Fleet, with
the mission of patrolling Latin American and Caribbean waters. Created
during the Second World War to protect traffic in the South Atlantic,
the structure was dissolved in 1950.
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Ocean View activists protest lack of work for community youthsWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Lee Hubbard San Francisco – As cars zipped up and down Plymouth and Ocean Avenues,
Mike Brown, founder and head of Inner City Youth, and fellow activists
could be seen holding picket signs reading “unfair hiring” and “we need
jobs” outside the construction site for the new $6 million Ingleside
Library.
Full Story >> | Taxpayers file landmark lawsuit to prevent $12 billion in prison construction debtWednesday, 07 May 2008 |  Sacramento – Concerned parents, students, teachers, experts and
taxpayers announced Tuesday the filing of their lawsuit to stop at
least $12 billion of prison debt authorized by AB 900 at a noon press
conference in front of the State Capitol. Californians United for a
Responsible Budget, a coalition of community organizations from...Full Story >> |
A poem for Mom on Mothers DayWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Dr. Rodney D. Coates
When my spirit did fail
Death whispered into her ear
He has given up
He has turned to me
He is mine now
Give him to me
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This Week/
The techno-lynching of Sen. Barack ObamaWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: CC Campbell-Rock “Your honor, we find the defendant guilty of guilt by association with
his former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, and sentence him to hang in
the sidelines, without blue collar votes, until either Sen. Hillary
Clinton or Sen. John McCain becomes the president of the United States
of America.”
Full Story >> | Haitians demand foodWednesday, 07 May 2008 |  From seemingly out of nowhere have come the headlines: “Haitians Take
to the Streets to Demand Food.” “Hungry Haitians Storm Presidential
Palace over High Cost of Living.”
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Wanda’s Picks May 7, 2008Wednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Wanda Sabir Happy Birthday to Abdullah Sabir. You can vote now! I hope you’re registered. Adbullah is TaSin and Bilaliyah’s brother.
Full Story >> | Lennar’s Prop G: Vision or mirage?Wednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Randy Shaw Perhaps the biggest illusion surrounding Prop G is the idea that it will jumpstart development in Bayview Hunters Point.
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Up and coming: an interview wit’ the rap group HairdooWednesday, 07 May 2008 | by: Minister of Information JR The Bay Area has a very diverse and eclectic soundscape. While the
average person gets their music fix from doses of corporate playlists,
there is different unique sounding music that wouldn’t fit in the
context of hyphy or neo-soul.
Full Story >> | ‘Give us our mail!’Wednesday, 07 May 2008 |  Statistically, 90 percent of inmates lose all contact with family, friends and loved ones after three years.
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