[Sfbay-news] SF Bay Area IMC: News for August 12, 2005

Fri Aug 12 18:22:25 PDT 2005

WEEKLY INDYMEDIA UPDATE, AUGUST 12, 2005
http://www.indybay.org/

Current featured news for the week of Friday, August 12:

EXTRA ! EXTRA ! EXTRA ! FAULT LINES PARTY

SF Bay Area Independent Media Center’s newspaper, Fault Lines, Shakes the Bay! ??Celebrate one year of making independent media with the Bay Area’s best radical community newspaper- Fault Lines! ??The Fault Lines collective invites you to the ABCO art space in West Oakland on August 13th for a night filled with music, fun, delicious drinks and dancing. Make sure you bring your friends- this party is NOT to be missed! ??Our eclectic birthday jam promises to shake the bay (and your booty) with local rockers GHENGIS KHAN, tongue-in-cheek punks INSTANT ASSHOLE, plus off-the-hinges live hip-hop from The AWAKE CLIQUE, MEGABUSIVE and down-tempo beats and vocals provided by SF’s MS. BROWN. Even Fault Lines staffers themselves will DJ naughty house and techno beatz into the A.M. to keep the dance floor going. ??Best of all, while you are having the time of your life, you will also be helping Fault Lines. Your support at this event will help Fault Lines continue to print alternative n!
 ews and viewpoints from the SF bay and around the world, and ensure that everybody, from amateurs to pros, can make media! ??Head over to the ABCo artspace in West Oakland for live music, dancing & a full bar. $3-$10, sliding scale, no one turned away for lack of funds. 3135 Filbert St, one block west of San Pablo & 32nd streets. Doors at 8 p.m.

More info :
http://www.indybay.org/calendar/event_display_detail.php?event_id=7311&day=13&month=8&year=2005
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RAGING GRANNIES ORGANIZE '' HUGE'' STREET THEATER EVENT FOR UNION SQUARE

This Saturday, Grannies will perform spoof of governator for spying on them

"The biggest political street theater ever west of the Mississippi" is scheduled to take place in Union Square at 2:30pm on Saturday August 13th. Raging Grannies from throughout California and the US will be joined by the recently released Tuscon Raging Grannies, the Ronald Reagan Home for the Criminally Insane, and others for street theater to say "No More Torture!"

Read more : http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3497&category_id=12
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KPFA WORKERS FILE COMPLAINTS ABOUT WORKING CONDITIONS

Women workers file complaints about station manager Roy Campanella 

8/11/2005: Eight women workers at KPFA announced that they are filing complaints with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) against the station's General Manager, Roy Campanella II, charging gender descrimination and sexual harassment.

More info :
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3496&category_id=12
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VACAVILLE RESIDENT CINDY SHEECHAN CAMPS IN CRAWFORD

Mother of killed soldier demands that Bush tell her why her son died

Last week, Vacaville resident Cindy Sheehan decided that she would pay a visit to George Bush while he is on vacation at his ranch in Crawford. Sheehan's son Casey was killed in action in Iraq on April 4th, 2004. Ms. Sheehan arrived in Crawford on August 6th and plans to camp out until he “tells me why my son died in Iraq. I’ve got the whole month of August off, and so does he.”

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http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3490&category_id=12
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MADERA DEMANDS JUSTICE FOR EVERARDO TORRES

Everardo Torres

A march and rally was held in Madera California (about 20 miles North of Fresno) demanding justice in the murder of Everardo Torres. Torres was killed while handcuffed in the back of a police car. Madera police officer Marcy Noriega shot him through the heart at point blank range.

More info :
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3491&category_id=12
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WHAT DOES AUGUST 15TH MEAN FOR GAZA ?

Israeli settlers to be removed from Gaza strip

On August 15th, Israel will start removing settlers from the Gaza Strip. "After 38 years of ugly occupation, they are leaving and they will never come back," Qureia said to the some 10,000 Palestinians gathered at a  HYPERLINK "http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1757746.php" mass rally in the Parliament building in Gaza City in celebration Israel's upcoming withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

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http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3492&category_id=12
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SAN JOSE POLICE TO PRESENT LIMITED TASER REFORMS TO CITY COUNCIL

San Jose police do not recommend getting rid of tasers

The San Jose Police Department Chief presented its limited Taser training and tracking recommendations to the city on Tuesday, August 9th at a San Jose City Council meeting. The City Council had a long day of  HYPERLINK "http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/08/1758576.php" meetings that began with a 1:00pm ceremony. ??The Taser recommendations are in response to the Santa Clara County Civil Grand Jury's report on tasers.

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http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3484&category_id=12
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PROTESTS IN LIVERMORE, AND NATIONWIDE, TO DEMAND ABOLITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

60th anniversaries of atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be marked in US

Marking the anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings,  HYPERLINK "http://www.indybay.org/news/2005/07/1753880.php" a protest was held at the Livermore Lab on August 6 calling for an end to nuclear armaments. Demonstrators planted sunflowers at the gate to the Lab, the flowers being a symbol of nuclear protest.

More info :
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3475&category_id=12
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FOREVER IN OUR HEARTS JUSTICE FEST 2005

August 6th festival celebrates life of Eric Kleemeyer

The "Forever in Our Hearts" Justice Fest 2005 was held at Saint James Park in downtown in San Jose on Saturday, August 6th, from 2pm to 9pm. The event featured rock bands in the afternoon, funk bands in the evening, and exhibits such as the Stolen Lives Wall. The event was organized in memory of Eric Kleemeyer, who was killed by Santa Clara police in January.

Read more :
http://www.indybay.org/archives/archive_by_id.php?id=3477&category_id=12

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