KEERTI GOPAL (levernews.com) Waorani Indigenous people attend an event promoting a referendum on not extracting oil in Yasuní National Park. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)SHARE Good things are happening! Voters in Ecuador are putting Big Oil in its place (underground), while Maine invests in heat pumps. Plus, a conservative activist known for… Continue reading
-Rep. Katie Porter comes to the Mission with the SF Latinx Democrats!/La representante Katie Porter, candidata al Senado de California, viene a visitar la Misión-Building Latino Power/ Construyendo el poder latino-Sign up to volunteer!/Oportunidad de ser voluntarioJoin us with Rep. Katie Porter for U.S SenateÚnete a nosotros con Rep. Katie… Continue reading
Sam Whiting Aug. 24, 2023 Updated: Aug. 25, 2023 (SFChronicle.com) In jail for drug possession, Jay Thelin was regrettably unable to attend the San Francisco funeral procession that marked the Death of the Hippie. But he was there for the birth of it. Thelin and his older brother Ron ran… Continue reading
FRI, 8/25/2023 – BY GABRIELLE PICKARD-WHITEHEAD (Occupy.com) In 2017, Nils Pratley, The Guardian’s financial editor, wrote that “Labour’s water renationalisation plan is a damp squib… Jeremy Corbyn’s manifesto pledge would be expensive – a simpler remedy would be tougher regulation.” But fast forward five years, and the same newspaper recently published… Continue reading
FRI, 8/25/2023 – BY CARL GIBSON (Occupy.com) Despite four criminal indictments totaling 91 felony charges, two impeachments, 26 women with sexual misconduct allegations, and arguably an act of sedition and an attempt to incite a civil war, Donald Trump remains the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. But what this… Continue reading
by JOE ESKENAZI AUGUST 24, 2023 (MissionLocal.org) Plucky billionaire-funded outfit TogetherSF released a report this week about what’s ailing San Francisco government. And in only 76 pages, it managed — amazingly! somehow! — to say the very same things that TogetherSF’s billionaire backer Michael Moritz said in his curious February New York Times op-ed…. Continue reading
Discover Art and Community at the Summer Breeze Art Show! Dear Ingleside Gallery Supporters,Get ready to be blown away by creativity at the Summer Breeze Art Show, a neighborhood reunion of talented artists from our Ingleside gallery roster. This special exhibition is a celebration of freshly created artworks that capture the… Continue reading
By Adrienne Fong Please post your actions on Indybay: https://www.indybay.org/calendar/?page_id=12 See Indybay for other listings of events Please include Accessibility and ASL info in your events! And if your action is ‘child friendly’ These are JUSTICE issues!! *** ASL interpretation – Let me know if your event needs this service .*** ARTICLES: A. Japan Releases… Continue reading
People participate in a March on Billionaires event on July 17, 2020, in New York City. (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The act offers a powerful mechanism that can break the vicious cycle of unchecked wealth accumulation we now find ourselves trapped inside: a wealth tax tied directly to our level… Continue reading
By Sakura Murakami and Tom Bateman August 23, 2023 (Reuters.com) TOKYO, Aug 22 (Reuters) – Japan said on Tuesday it will start releasing into the sea more than 1 million metric tons of treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant on Aug. 24, going ahead with a plan heavily criticised… Continue reading
