Most people living in the United States know little about the International Workers’ Day of May Day. For many others there is an assumption that it is a holiday celebrated in state communist countries like Cuba or the former Soviet Union. Most Americans don’t realize that May Day has its… Continue reading
Post Comments Online Re: E.O. 13777 Make Your Voice Heard! Executive Order 13777 is one of Trump’s attempts to gut EPA regulations. By law, the EPA has to take public comments on the changes Trump wants. Below is an abbreviate guide to doing so. The deadline is May 15th Go… Continue reading
To avoid doing business with socially irresponsible corporations, the city is willing to lose investment income—about $4.5 million a year. Melissa Hellmann posted May 05, 2017 (yesmagazine.org) Renato Quintero, a 50-year-old janitor in Portland, Oregon, has firsthand experience with private prison corporations. Originally from Sinaloa, Mexico, Quintero immigrated to the… Continue reading
Desiree Fairooz, right, an activist affiliated with the group Code Pink, at the confirmation hearing in January on the nomination of Jeff Sessions to be attorney general. CreditAndrew Harnik/Associated Press May 3, 2017 A jury on Wednesday convicted three Code Pink protesters on charges that they disrupted the confirmation hearing… Continue reading
By David Talbot May 2, 2017 (sfchronicle.com) Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle. The Vaillancourt Fountain at Justin Herman Plaza. Lots going on these summery spring days. (Who turned up the heat?) So today’s column will have to do some multitasking. Item No. 1: After watching “Citizen Jane” — the excellent new documentary… Continue reading
It’s been a little over three years since we came together to stop the DAC – the surveillance octopus Orwellingly named the Domain Awareness Center. Out of that effort came the establishment of the Oakland Privacy Advisory Commission by the Oakland City Council. One of its mandates was to propose… Continue reading
