2008
Yearly Archives: 2008
Bay View Voters Guide
On Election Day, after you've voted and made sure your loved ones have voted, hit the streets and the phones to push the candidates and ballot measures you believe in into the winners' column. And don't stop after Nov. 4. That's when our organizing, our pushing, our demands will win liberty and justice for us and our precious children.
Cindy Sheehan’s progressive response to the financial crisis
I believe healthcare, housing and education are basic human rights, not privileges. Nancy Pelosi, my opponent, can come up with $850 billion when her buddies need it; now, my buddies, THE PEOPLE, need a bailout!
Big victory for California Hotel tenants
In a huge victory for the tenants of the California Hotel, Alameda County Superior Court Judge Richard Keller ruled to keep in place a temporary restraining order against Oakland Community Housing Inc. (OCHI), stopping the corrupt nonprofit housing developer from evicting the tenants or shutting off the utilities at the historic hotel.
Jerry’s Brown-nosin’ with California’s prison guards
The prison guards' union is built on the backs of human beings in cages. Jerry Brown is cozying up to the prison guards and fighting Proposition 5, a measure that offers drug treatment and a second chance to young people, nonviolent offenders and prisoners.
Let Auntie Zeituni stay in the U.S.
Ms. Zeituni Onyango is a 56-year-old woman from Kenya who is seeking political asylum in the U.S. She is also the aunt of Sen. Barack Obama. "Auntie Zeituni," as Obama has referred to her in one of his books, was ordered to leave the U.S. four years ago and she is living in the U.S. illegally.
‘Obsession,’ a $140 million campaign contribution to defeat Obama
A dangerous little DVD inserted into newspapers in 70 cities last month titled "Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West" is a deliberately frightening view of "radical Islam." Imagine those who received it going to a Palin rally and hearing Barack Obama's middle name spat out. These cannot be coincidences.
Staff, listeners struggle for justice inside KPFA
We're leading off the relaunch of SFBayView.com with an array of news and views about the foment at KPFA since police brutalized Nadra Foster, a 12-year unpaid programmer and Black single mom, inside the station after they were called by management and about KPFA's retaliation against Minister of Information and Bay View Associate Editor JR Valrey for covering it.
Wanda’s Picks for Oct. 31, 2008
Fet Gede, a national holiday in Haiti, is the Haitian celebration of All Souls Day, celebrated Nov. 2. It is a time of both jubilant celebration and a time to fondly remember those who have passed on. For this occasion, please wear purple, black and white, the traditional colors for Gede.
Prop H for Clean Energy, Obama for President
Proposition H on the Nov. 4 ballot will put San Francisco on the path to 100% renewable energy. Don't buy PG&E's lies. Bayview Hunters...
Barbara Lopez fights for a School Board that looks like San Francisco
San Francisco has the worst achievement gap in the state of California. With a record high homicide rate, too many young people have been directly affected by violent crime in this city. We need a candidate who can carry out the district's new strategic plan to close the achievement gap.
Arrest of KPFA programmer Nadra Foster by KPFA/Pacifica management
This video was taken by KPFA programmer Weyland Southon of Hard Knock Radio on Aug. 20, 2008, as Nadra Foster was being brutalized by...
Obama song for West Papua
See "Independence or death" to learn more about the struggle for freedom from the brutal oppression of Indonesia and the exploitation of its rich...
All Power to the People!
The SF Bay View has served as a vehicle that forces from various walks of life have utilized to provide information about their respective politics, campaigns, events etc. In particular, the POCC's One Prisoner One Contact Campaign shall definitely be affected: a campaign that assesses and stresses the importance of maintaining communication and contact with those who are held captive behind enemy lines with those who are in the outside communities.
Bridges for Obama
World of Friends: Bridges for Obama - One - The best bloopers are here
Supporters of Sen. Barack Obama have been staging rallies abroad...
In Focus: Congo’s Bloody Coltan
Produced by the Pulitzer Center, "Congo's Bloody Coltan" is a quick glimpse at coltan's role in Congo's civil war. It was featured on "Foreign...
Prop H: PG&E vs. Clean Energy in San Francisco
Vote Yes on Proposition H! The Clean Energy Act will make San Francisco the first major city in the world to require that its...
From Death Row, Mumia Abu Jamal – Part 1 of 3
This introduction to Mumia is Part 1 of three videos from the Partisan Defense Committee, which urges: Free Mumia NOW! Mumia is an innocent...
From Death Row, Mumia Abu Jamal – Part 2 of 3
This introduction to Mumia is Part 2 of three videos from the Partisan Defense Committee, which urges: Free Mumia NOW! Mumia is an innocent...
From Death Row, Mumia Abu Jamal – Part 3 of 3
This introduction to Mumia is Part 3 of three videos from the Partisan Defense Committee, which urges: Free Mumia NOW! Mumia is an innocent...