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Massive budget cuts may result in billionaire buying Berkeley’s public housing
December 13, 2011
With tens of thousands of protesters from the Occupy movement hitting the streets in Oakland, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles and cities all across the nation demonstrating against the brutal on-going budget cuts and social inequality leaving families in the cold and hungry, massive budget cuts continue to devastate public housing and the nation’s social programs.
Budget cuts, pathway to homelessness
May 4, 2011
With the passing of HR 1473, which cut around $38 billion from the nation’s domestic programs, the Republicans smell blood. They want even deeper budget cuts to the programs and are scheming to make the rich even richer.
Gov. Jerry Brown’s budget cuts devastate the disabled, poor, sick and elderly
April 3, 2011
Oakland voters who thought they would be spared catastrophic budget cuts by voting for the Democrats and Oakland’s Jerry Brown feel abandoned and double-crossed by the latest round of budget cuts supported by Democrats.
These budget cuts will kill our children
February 22, 2011
Join the rally Tuesday, Feb. 22, 12 noon, on the north steps of the Capitol in Sacramento to oppose California budget cuts to CalWORKS and MediCal that will have a deadly impact on children and families.
KPFA’s working majority gets screwed by CWA job trust
December 9, 2010
I was raised by several generations of labor organizers, and in every labor dispute my side is easily chosen. I don’t cross picket lines, and I always stand with the workers against their bosses. With the recent layoffs at KPFA, it’s terrible to see people losing their jobs, but this is not union busting by any stretch of the imagination.
Do the right thing! Elect James Keys District 6 Supervisor
August 21, 2010
District 6 Supervisor Chris Daly, champion of the have-nots in San Francisco for a decade, has passed the torch and endorsed James Keys, his longtime legislative assistant and campaign coordinator, to be his successor. “James was by my side through my toughest battles,” Daly said.
Wanda’s Picks for September
September 1, 2009
Next month the most important item on my agenda is Maafa Commemoration Month to reflect on the legacy of slavery and how everyone benefited from this human rights travesty except those who did the work. We began Aug. 30 with a successful Maafa 2009: Hurricane Katrina Fundraiser and Reportback, thanks to all the poets and the visual artists who donated art for the silent auction and of course to Tess and Yeme, the proprietors of Shashamane Bar and Grill.
Judge Thelton Henderson to keynote 2009 Justice Summit: ‘Defending the Public and the Constitution’
May 6, 2009
The U.S. Constitution requires that an accused person who lacks the means to hire a lawyer is provided one. Yet budget cuts are forcing public defenders to turn away defendants who have no other legal recourse.
'Chasing Demons': an innerview of DJ Twelvz
April 17, 2009
DJ Twelvz is one of the up and coming dj’s in the Bay Area who has one foot in conscious circles and the other within street rap. In my opinion, this is where the movement needs to go.
