Center For Progressive Action

01/17/2012

With $140 million of Oakland tax payer money already spent, no change in murder rates, and another $60 million on the way, the Oakland City Council will discuss a new round of funding for Measure Y programs this Tuesday. Make sure to take 5 min out of your day to let them know how you feel about Measure Y (see article for details!)

News-flash: Oakland has been ripped apart by violent crime for a long time now things only seem to be getting worse. Back in November of 2004, Oakland Residents voted into law a ballot initiat...

10/17/2011

http://www.livestream.com/occupyfdsf

OccupySF on Livestream. In solidarity with the the movement, we are occupying San Francisco Financial District. - Watch live streaming Internet TV. Broadcast your own live streaming videos, like OccupySF in Widescreen HD. Livestream, Be There.

10/11/2011

Organisers the Stop The War Coalition claimed 5,000 people attended the protest in central London's historic Trafalgar Square. London's Metropolitan Police did not give a figure.

10/11/2011

A message from former Afghan MP and Parliamentarian in the National Assembly Malalai Joya. She was ousted for denouncing the presence of warlords and war criminals in the Afghan parliament. She is the author of A Woman Among Warlords.

09/29/2011

Not just media outlets, but numerous Democratic pundits, heap scorn on the grassroots activism

09/28/2011

The Obama administration has found a good way to avoid both the domestic political and international fallout that comes of waging constant warfare: let machines do the dirty work. Of course, the Obamaites don’t get the full credit for the discovery – drone attacks in Afghanistan and Pakistan were p...

09/28/2011

by Gregg Prescott, M.S. September 27, 2011 - TAMPA, FL -In a bizarre twist of fate, a growing movement of New York City Police Department officers are banding together with the Occupy Wall Street movement, while the main stream media continues to ignore this escalating event.

09/28/2011

We are the 99%. And we will not tolerate the corporate influence that is controlling our government.

09/28/2011

09/27/2011

http://stoptheinjunction.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/action-on-october-4-stop-city-council-from-filing-more-gang-injunctions-new-youth-curfews/

All out to City Hall for the Council Meeting on October 4! At Thursday morning's Rules Committee meeting, Oakland City Council Members hashed out the agenda for the October 4 full City Council ...

09/27/2011

Amy Goodman has been named "Truthdigger of the Week" for taking the Democracy Now! camera and crew to Georgia for what turned out to be a marathon examination of the emotional events leading up to the ex*****on of Troy Davis.

09/27/2011

Protesters clashed with police Monday night outside a private club in downtown Vancouver where former U.S. vice-president Dick Cheney was promoting his new book.