[Sfbay-news] Indybay News Update for Wednesday January 27th 2010

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Indybay News Update for Wednesday January 27th 2010
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IN THIS NEWS UPDATE:
* Upcoming Events
* San Francisco Is Pro-Choice and Proud
* WAMM Remains Vigilant While Settling Case Against Feds  
* On One-Year Anniversary of Obama Presidency, Homeless Advocates Demand Real Change
* Hidden in Plain Sight: Media Workers for Social Change, Chapter 3
* Global Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Colonial Convergence Against the 2010 Winter Olympics
* “Our Education, Our Workplace, Our University”, Banner Drop At UC Davis 
* 8th Year of Guantanamo Commemorated With Giant Posters in San Francisco 
* Left Wing Comic Brings Biting Humor to San Francisco this Week
* Largest Earthquake in 200 Years Devastates Haiti
* Protest at Tesla Motors' Menlo Park Dealership
* Gaza Freedom March in Cairo on First Anniversary of the Assault on Gaza



UPCOMING EVENTS

January 27th  5:00 PM: People's State of the Union Party (Party/Street Party)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/18/18635632.php

January 28th  7:00 PM: Never Again For Anyone (Panel Discussion)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635902.php

January 28th  9:00 PM: life sucks. let's dance. (Party/Street Party)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/23/18636019.php

January 29th  2:00 PM: THe Amazing Runaraound (Fundraiser)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635879.php

January 29th  7:00 PM: Film: Forever Activists: Stories from the Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/11/18634997.php

January 30th  3:00 PM: LMNOP Weekly Peace Walk, 3PM (Protest)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/12/27/18633656.php

January 30th  5:00 PM: Fundraiser for Haiti (Fundraiser)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/27/18636353.php

January 31st 10:30 AM: talk on poor people movements and radical politics (Other)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/26/18636255.php

January 31st  3:00 PM: LMNOP Weekly Peace Walk, 3PM (Protest)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/24/18636136.php

More Events On Indybay's Calendar:
http://www.indybay.org/calendar/



San Francisco Is Pro-Choice and Proud
Counter-Protest at SF "Walk For Life"
01/24/10 - poverty | womyn
January 22nd marked the 37th Anniversary of  Roe v. Wade.   The January 23rd  "Walk for Life" was smaller than in past years.  By its own estimate, the group against reproductive choice was 20,000 to 30,000. However, the San Francisco Chronicle estimated the size at "several thousand", not the "tens of thousands" that the pro-lifers claim.  More than 200 pro-choice activists, while a smaller group, had a significant presence. Queer and feminist activists blocked the "Walk for Life" march for a brief period by extending a 25-foot banner reading "Religious Bigots Unwelcome in San Francisco" across the Embarcadero at the moment the march began.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/24/18636101.php


WAMM Remains Vigilant While Settling Case Against Feds  
Settlement Reached in WAMM's Lawsuit Against the Federal Government
01/23/10 - drugwar | santacruz
The Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (WAMM), a collective providing cannabis under California’s 1996 Compassionate Use Act (Prop. 215), along with the city and county of Santa Cruz, have reached a settlement in their unprecedented lawsuit against the federal government. WAMM's case was prompted by the US Drug Enforcement Administration's raid of their medicinal garden in Davenport on September 5, 2002, in which armed agents terrorized residents and patients, and seized more than 160 cannabis plants.
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/23/18636042.php


On One-Year Anniversary of Obama Presidency, Homeless Advocates Demand Real Change
Hundreds Gather to Rally and Organize for HUD Funding to Eradicate Homelessness
01/21/10 - poverty
Despite threatening thunderstorms, hundreds of people gathered in San Francisco's Justin Herman Plaza on January 20 to demand that the Obama administration provide significantly increased HUD funding in the federal budget to eradicate homelessness. Following a music filled rally in the plaza, they marched to Nancy Pelosi's office and on to Civic Center, making their way through puddles left by the recent downpours.  
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/21/18635909.php


Hidden in Plain Sight: Media Workers for Social Change, Chapter 3
Profile of Bill Hackwell
01/20/10 - indymedia
This is the third in a series of profiles of activist and alternative media workers in the Bay Area by Indybay contributor Peter M. Featured in this profile is Bill Hackwell, a photographer/activist who lives in Oakland.  His career spans four decades.  
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/01/20/18635792.php


Global Anti-Capitalist and Anti-Colonial Convergence Against the 2010 Winter Olympics
Convergence Feb. 2010: "All Out Against the 2010 Winter Olympic Games" 
01/15/10 - race | globalization | international