Are you struggling to relate to an election, where your “realistic” choices are between a neoliberal and a neo-fascist? Are you sick of having no voice or representation, of never being heard? There are elections where your choices can make a real … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2016
A Fossil Fuel Resistance Victory Story
There Will Be No Coal In Oakland! No Coal in Oakland (NCIO) was one of the most dynamic and successful local campaigns focused on keeping extreme fossil fuels in the ground and out of the Bay Area. The campaign united labor and faith communities … [Read more...]
Workers & Greens v Phillips 66 & Contra Costa, Aug 30
The case against Phillips 66 and Contra Costa County, whose outcome will have enormous impact on the oil industry's intended switch to dirtier extreme crudes, gets its second hearing before Superior Court Judge Barry Goode on Tuesday, August 30th. … [Read more...]
Meet Wenonah in Richmond, Sept 15
You're invited! Join Food & Water Watch's dynamo Executive Director Wenonah Hauter as she comes to Richmond Progressive Alliance headquarters to present her new book, Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment. Reserve … [Read more...]
Support Resistance to the Dakota Access Pipeline
Lend your support to more than 4,000 Lakota Sioux and other protesters from around the county, who are gathered in the Camp of the Sacred Stones, blocking the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Lakota Sioux tribes and others living along the … [Read more...]
Rock Against the Trans Pacific Partnership, Sept 9
Top musicians are launching a national “Rock Against the TPP Roadshow” to sound the alarm against the Trans Pacific Partnership. Come to their free concert in San Francisco! “Corporate lobbyists want to sneak the TPP through Congress quietly. That … [Read more...]
Demand Zeneca Clean Up Toxic Mess in Richmond, Aug 24
Join the Richmond Southeast Shoreline Community Advisory Group to demand that Zeneca clean up the toxic mess it left in its former chemical evaporation ponds on the Richmond Shoreline, very near the SF Bay Trail. The California Department of Toxic … [Read more...]
Protest the Dakota Access Pipeline, Aug 24
Stand in solidarity with Native Americans and others fighting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. The planned $3.8 billion pipeline would extend 1,134 miles through four states, connecting the Bakken shale oil fracking fields and Three … [Read more...]
Promote 100% Green Energy in SF, Aug 22
Join the Sierra Club and CleanPowerSF to promote 100% green energy in San Francisco's new Community Choice Energy program. We’ll call Sierra Club members and community choice energy supporters and urge them to sign up for CleanPowerSF and choose the … [Read more...]
Sunflower Alliance General Assembly: Fighting Fracking, Aug 28
Join us for a discussion with Ella Teevan, Northern California organizer for Food and Water Watch, about successes and challenges of the anti-fracking movement in California. Plus updates on our campaigns. We need your participation and your … [Read more...]
Fossil Free California Ice Cream Social, Aug 27
Quick, before the planet melts! Join Fossil Free California for an ice cream social and fundraiser on August 27th in Oakland. Learn about our ongoing divestment campaigns: CalPERS, CalSTRS, municipal funds, and more! Find out how to divest … [Read more...]