29 AUG 2018 By ANN GINGER (mclihumanrights.org) End the criminalization of homelessness in the San Francisco Bay Area. Demand political leaders in Oakland and Berkeley agree to the demands of the homeless. On August 24, 2018, the San Francisco Bay Area Landless Peoples Alliance (BALPA) began the campaign to demand political leaders… Continue reading
August 28, 2018 by RobertReich.org Annulment would repeal all of it – recognizing that such appointments, orders, rules, and records were made without constitutional authority by Robert Reich “A malignant bullying megalomaniac who lies like most people breathe, and who’s able to suck the oxygen out of every news cycle, might well pulverize… Continue reading
MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2018 ELINA BLAZHIYEVSKA/STAFF BY JENNY WENG | STAFF UC Berkeley climbs Forbes ranking as best US public university UC Berkeley named No. 1 public university Survey ranks Berkeley High School 87th among California public high schools Berkeley ranks as the third-best city to live in nationwide, according to a… Continue reading
First they came for the homeless August 27, 2018 Three years later, and not adequate for the demand. But it’s a start, right? Or is it so the city can say they are doing something. The ideal situation would be high school lockers in a supervised public space, with no hours… Continue reading
August 26, 2018 Please read this. First thing, the wording on 647e is not “unpermitted,” it’s illegal lodging. Lying on public property is illegal, according to the mayor. It’s city property. But the city is owned by the people. Unpermitted objects? You mean poor people’s property is not allowed. A… Continue reading
August 26, 2018 (johnlaurits.com) Recently, a reader responded to two posts of mine — one that used macroeconomic data to show how much of the nation’s income ends up in workers’ pockets and another that looked into how long a US workweek might be if the US automated as many… Continue reading
Russell Brand Published on Oct 4, 2017 This week I’m joined by Carne Ross, a former high-flying diplomat and Middle East adviser who lost his faith in western democracy but put his trust in people power and is now putting forward the case for anarchism. Pre-order my new book “Recovery:… Continue reading
August 24, 2018 by Common Dreams “If the DNC rejects this, it basically rejects the will of the convention.” by Julia Conley, staff writer Protesters have gathered at the Democratic National Committee’s annual summer meeting to protest the use of superdelegates, which Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) supporters say unfairly swung the 2016… Continue reading
