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One of seven IMCs serving California: Central Valley, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, and SF Bay Area. 11/28 at 7pm in SF: Flying Picket to Remind SF That Local 2 is Working Without a Contract ![]() There will be an informational picket in San Francisco from 12pm to 1pm at the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on the 29th. Read more ![]() Buy Nothing-Related Posts to Indybay Over the Years: 2004: 1 | 2 | "Free" Starbucks Drink | "Free" Gap Gift | Sheep Street Theater 2003: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 2002: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 2001: Summary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 2000: Summary | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 Gift-shopping alternatives do exist. One could support a worker-owned business, or give the gift of a subscription to Fault Lines, for example. More about alternatives to holiday consumerism ![]() Vegetarians and vegans, on the other hand rebelling against meat culture conformity ate absolutely no turkey this Thanksgiving day, but that doesn't mean they went hungry. Many cooked traditional, although turkey-free, meals for themselves and invited others over to share in their bounty. Some vegetarians went out to eat at one of the numerous high-quality, vegetarian-only restaurants in the Bay Area. And others simply passed on putting turkey on their plate, but ate all the other offerings, as they spent the day at the houses of family and friends. There are a wealth of options for those who want to enjoy the holidays without contributing to animal suffering or environmental degredation. Read More In Bakersfied and other cities, Animal Rights advocates rallied in support of a turkey-free Thankgiving. Some events: Bay Area Vegetarians and the Upaya Center present a vegan/raw food Turkey Liberation Day potluck as an alternative to the traditional Thanksgiving meal on Thanksgiving Day at 2pm. Details East Bay Food Not Bombs will hold a Vegetarian Potluck/Give Thanks Feast at 6pm at Ashkenaz. Read more on our new Animal Liberation page. ![]() Thanksgiving could honor those Native Americans and African Americans who became our first freedom-fighters and the unity these two peoples often forged during five hundred years of resistance. Their rich history of heroism and unity deserves a Thanksgiving holiday. Read More in Fault Lines | Indigenous Peoples Sunrise Gathering at Alcatraz | Listen to audio from Alcatraz Meanwhile, thousands of US troops are conducting Operation Plymouth Rock south of Baghdad. Iraq news 11/22/2004
NEWSPAPER OF INDYBAY SIZZLES
![]() Eddie Yuen analyzes the implications of the U.S. election and Kevin Keating provides readers with a historical overview of mutiny during the Vietnam War. In the Arts and Action section you can read how cinema has penetrated the abyss of electoral politics. Other articles include, letter from Angola 3 political prisoner Herman Wallace, insight into the next 5 years in the Middle East by Immanuel Wallerstein, Bay Guardian lawsuit against SF Weekly publisher New Times, US approved carnage in Haiti and life after the oil peak. PDF of the Sixth Issue | Distribution points | Subscribe and help our all-volunteer collective put out FL 11/20/2004
MEG AGREES TO END LOCKOUT OF HOTEL WORKERS
![]() 11/20/2004: From the Newswire - Saturday morning, in negotiations at Mayor Gavin Newsom's office, the San Francisco Multi-Employer Group agreed to end the lockout. UNITE HERE! Local 2 members will return to their jobs next week. Local 2 and the hotels have agreed to a 60-day cooling-off period during which the Union agrees not to strike and the hotels agree not to lock out. Negotiations will continue in an attempt to settle the outstanding issues in the contract: medical benefits, pension contributions, retiree benefits, right to organize, wages, and contract term. [Read more] The Million Worker March Committee, SF Labor Council, UNITE-HERE Local 2, and ILWU Local 10 held a rally and picket Saturday at 11 a.m. starting in Union Square and marching to several hotels and finally to Justin Herman Plaza. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 A separate community solidarity march gathered at 1:30 p.m. at the corner Powell and Market Streets. Photos: 1 | 2 | More on the hotel lockout and labor solidarity protests ![]() Read More on Indybay's LGBTI Page Updated 11/15/2004
RESISTANCE SPREADS TO OTHER CITIES
![]() 11/13: The US has declared "mission accomplished" in Falluja, with the US military claiming to have killed over 1000 people in the week long assault. While an Iraqi Red Crescent aid convoy was allowed to enter Falluja they were only allowed to visit the main hospital and were not allowed to distribute aid to those in the city or the refugee camps that have sprung up around the city's outskirts. "They are dying of starvation and a lack of water, especially the children," a Red Crescent spokeswoman said. Full coverage of attack on Falluja On 11/09, several thousand people gathered at Powell and Market Streets in San Francisco and marched in opposition to the US attack on Falluja. The march route took protesters past many of the hotels where workers are locked out and protesters joined in with the picketers at the hotels demanding an end to the lockout. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 Video: 1 Two tanks were called out into the streets in response to a simultaneous antiwar protest in LA (Video & photos). Read more on Indybay's Anti-War page ![]() ![]() Efforts to implement this policy were inspired by the incident on April 7, 2003, when police fired wooden bullets, sting ball grenades and shot-filled bean bags at hundreds of peaceful anti-war demonstrators at the Port of Oakland. The new policy does not resolve claims for monetary damages by those who were injured as a result of the police action. Federal District Court Judge Thelton Henderson has scheduled those claims for trial in January, 2006. Full story | ACLU/NLG news release | Policy [PDF] | Police State news |