[Sfbay-news] Indybay Weekly Update For Saturday April 7th 2007 Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2007 15:06:05 -0700 -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Sfbay-news] Indybay Weekly Update For Saturday April 7th 2007 Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2007 10:43:21 -0700 (PDT) From: sfbay-web@lists.indymedia.org Reply-To: sfbay-web@lists.indymedia.org To: sfbay-news@lists.indymedia.org Indybay Weekly Update For Saturday April 7th 2007 http://indybay.org Use this link to Publish an Article on Indybay! http://indybay.org/publish.php Publish Upcoming Events on the Indybay's Calendar! http://indybay.org/calendar/event_add.php * Upcoming Events * Golden Cross Workers Deserve Better * Humanity For Homeless Halts Monday Night Meal * U.S. Marine Robert Zabala Granted Conscientious Objector Status * Homes Not Jails Rally, March and Occupation * Hayward Teachers Go On Strike * New Olivera Egg Farm Unwelcome in the San Joaquin Valley * Rockin' the Boat: Dec. 22, 1999 - Conversation with Mr. Bradlee, aka Brad Will * Immigration Forum and Community Organizing in Watsonville * US Supreme Court Refuses To Uphold Habeas Corpus * Reporter Josh Wolf Freed UPCOMING EVENTS April 7th 10:00 AM: Justice at San Jose Airport- Good Friday Vigil (Screening) http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389896.php April 7th 11:00 AM: Rally April 7th to Stop the War Shipments (Protest) http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/01/18387510.php April 7th 12:00 PM: homes not jails rally and march (Protest) http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389634.php April 8th 3:30 PM: Raging Granny Easter Bonnet Parade (Protest) http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389867.php April 9th 12:00 PM: Picnic for Peace Chez Pelosi (Protest) http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388294.php April 10th 5:00 PM: Emeryville: March for Justice for Woodfin Workers! (Protest) http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/03/22/18381659.php More Events On Indybay's Calendar: http://www.indybay.org/calendar/ Golden Cross Workers Deserve Better 04/06/07 - labor | centralvalley Workers at a Fresno Convalescent hospital in Fresno are fighting for a living wage. Today they held an informational picket line. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/06/18390753.php Humanity For Homeless Halts Monday Night Meal Weekly Feeding Program in Santa Cruz Comes to an End 04/05/07 - poverty | santacruz Tim Rumford writes: "It has been a sad and difficult time for me. During possibly the most important time in the war on poverty, I have had to stop the feeding program due to health reasons. I simply cannot do the physical part any longer. I am searching for help. Help comes easy, volunteers have come and gone who want to serve food, but volunteers who will really step up and pick up the food weekly and serve it is a different story. It takes the right kind of person, someone who can deal with a multitude of different people and treat them all equally. A person who can relate and get to know the people it is serving. If such a person steps up, the feeding will continue." http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389904.php U.S. Marine Robert Zabala Granted Conscientious Objector Status San Jose Judge Tells Military to Discharge UCSC Grad Within 15 Days 04/05/07 - antiwar | southbay | santacruz Robert Zabala, a UC Santa Cruz alumni currently living in San Jose, is finally receiving his release from the U.S. Marines. They had previously denied his Conscientious Objector application, filed in 2004. On Tuesday, April 3, a federal judge in San Jose ordered the Marines to discharge him within 15 days. He was supported by the GI Rights Hotline, including counselors from the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389888.php Homes Not Jails Rally, March and Occupation Homes Not Jails 04/05/07 - poverty On Saturday, April 7th, Homes Not Jails activists will be occupying a long-vacant building in San Francisco from which all the tenants were Ellis evicted several years ago. The housing takeover will be a protest against real estate speculation that has been leading to homelessness. At 12pm, supporters will rally at Mission and 24th St and then march to the site of the occupied building. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389866.php Hayward Teachers Go On Strike Hayward Teacher Strike 04/05/07 - labor | education On April 5th, over a thousand teachers in the Hayward Unified School District went on strike. Pickets took place throughout the day in front of the 38 school sites in the 20,000-student Hayward district. There was also a noon rally of parents, teachers and other supporters in Birchfield Park. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389865.php New Olivera Egg Farm Unwelcome in the San Joaquin Valley Coalition Opposes 900,000-hen Factory Farm Proposed Near Stockton Residential Area 04/05/07 - environment | animalliberation Animal rights and welfare groups have joined Stockton residents in opposing the development of a massive egg factory farm. "The last thing that the Stockton area needs is another factory farm poisoning our community, polluting our environment and abusing animals," stated resident Karen Courtemanche. Despite numerous past complaints against Olivera, the San Joaquin County Planning Department is planning to grant the approval for the farm without an Environmental Impact Report. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/05/18389635.php Rockin' the Boat: Dec. 22, 1999 - Conversation with Mr. Bradlee, aka Brad Will A lost edition of Rockin' the Boat w/ the V-Man featuring Brad Will 04/04/07 - santacruz V-Man writes, "While looking through some old cassette tapes, recently, I found this archived edition of Rockin' the Boat, dated December 22, 1999. This show features an interview and conversation with Mr Bradlee, aka Brad Will, who was murdered October 27, 2006 by government paramilitary forces in Oaxaca, Mexico, while documenting the popular uprising there." http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/04/18389245.php Immigration Forum and Community Organizing in Watsonville Speakers, Theatre and Discussion about ICE in the Monterey Bay 04/04/07 - immigrant | santacruz On March 30th, 2007, César Chávez Day, the MigraWatch Network sponsored a forum on immigration at St Patrick's church in Watsonville. The forum featured guest speakers, a performance by Teatro Sin Fronteras, and group discussion of a plan of action for when Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes back to California's Central Coast. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/04/18389240.php US Supreme Court Refuses To Uphold Habeas Corpus Show Trials and Gag Orders For Gitmo Detainees 04/03/07 - us On April 2nd, the US Supreme Court refused to grant review to a lower court ruling which upheld the constitutionality of the habeas corpus-stripping provision of the Military Commissions Act. The Australian David Hicks was the first Guantanamo prisoner to plead guilty; in exchange for being released in nine months he was ordered to not talk to the press until after the upcoming Australian elections. Several higher profile detainees were transfered from more secretive CIA run prisons to Guantanamo last September; Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and Abd al-Nashiri both confessed to a series of "terrorist" attacks, but al-Nashiri admitted that he only confessed to avoid additional torture. http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388526.php Reporter Josh Wolf Freed Sharing of Unedited Video and Minor Grand Jury Cooperation Leads to Release 04/03/07 - police | indymedia | sf On April 3rd, independent reporter Josh Wolf was freed from federal custody after spending 7 1/2 months in prison for refusing to turn over video footage to a federal grand jury. That morning, Josh wrote on his blog, "During the course of this saga I have repeatedly offered to allow a judge to be the arbiter over whether or not my video material has any evidentiary value. Today, you the public have the opportunity to be the judge and I am confident you will see, as I do, that there is nothing of value in this unpublished footage." http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/03/18388445.php ---------------------------------------------------------------- The San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center is a non-commercial, democratic collective of bay area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network. _______________________________________________ Sfbay-news mailing list http://lists.indymedia.org/mailman/listinfo/sfbay-news