The Partisan was the newspaper published by the Peace And Freedom Party State Central Committee and was published regularly from 1994 to 2009.Past Events Archive
October 30-31st (Saturday-Sunday)
9:00am – 3:30pm
San Francisco State University
1600 Holloway Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94132
We, the people, have the democratic power to beat back these attacks and ensure that our public institutions effectively serve the public. But to do so, members of all regions and sectors — adult-ed, students, workers, teachers, activists, unions, and community organizations — must unite and take action on October 7th, and contribute our voices and thoughts to the October 30-31st conference at San Francisco State University to defend public education.
The purpose of the October 30-31st conference is to democratically propose demands, devise an action plan, and create a structure capable of defending public education and public services for the benefit of all.
KPCC, 89.3 FM, Southern California Public Radio, will hold a forum for the Senate candidates that it excluded previously. Note that we get 20 minutes for four candidates (5 minutes each) while Boxer and Fiorina got an hour (30 minutes each). There will also be call-ins so listen and call if you can. It will be streamed live at www.kpcc.org.
When: Tuesday, October 19 from 1:40pm to 2:00pm
Where: KPCC radio, 89.3 FM
What: Forum for candidates for U.S. Senate
Sponsor: Southern California Public Radio
Contact: www.kpcc.org
Del Norte High School
16601 Nighthawk Lane
San Diego
6:30 p.m.
By Mike Rubin
Posted on October 21, 2012 by the Website Workers Council
In Field v. Bowen, six candidates and voters challenged two specific aspects of Proposition 14, the elimination of write-in votes in November and the prohibition of party labels on the ballot except for parties that are already ballot-qualified. They lost, and are now being threatened with an order to pay legal costs, not of the defendant, Secretary of State Debra Bowen, but of the wealthy backers of Prop. 14 who joined the suit as interverner-defendants.
Please join us in court this Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 9:00 am. San Francisco Superior Court, 400 McAllister at Polk, Room 302. The question before the court will be: Should attorney fees in the amount of $243,000 be imposed on the six plaintiffs in Field v. Bowen, as punishment for challenging in California courts the new anti-democratic election law?
We seek to fill the courtroom to make clear that supporters of basic civil and democratic rights are keenly concerned with the outcome of the proceeding.
Two years ago, the Prop 14 or Top Two new election law banned write-in campaigns and otherwise severely restricted ballot access rights for all third parties. Mona Field and five other plaintiffs, including ballot access expert Richard Winger, sought relief by filing a law suit to challenge this ballot rights atrocity. They lost the suit but were shocked even more when a Superior Court judge imposed $243,000 in attorney fees against them, an unprecedented move. Such fees, under California and federal law can only be imposed on a suit filed in the public interest if it is completely frivolous. Fighting for the right to fully participate in the electoral process is certainly not either!
Read more: 2012-10-24 Support Prop. 14 Plaintiffs in San Francisco
Posted on April 20, 2011 by the the Website Workers Council
The Peace and Freedom party, Peace of the Action (POTA) , CodePINK, Cindy Sheehan, United Progressives, several other entities, and all Vulnerable Folks are calling on us to march, strike, and occupy Sacramento and beyond beginning May Day, 2011.
The strike and occupation will follow a march from numerous parts of the state to Sacramento beginning May 1, highlighted by a thematic mass march from San Francisco to the capital led by prominent peace activist Cindy Sheehan, national organization Peace of the Action, Bay Area Code Pink, California Alliance for Retired Americans, Peace & Freedom Party, Veterans for Peace chapters, and several other entities.
Download and distribute this flyer (print on both sides of letter paper and cut into half sheets).
For updates to this day-by-day schedule, please visit the Strike California website.
May 1
May Day - International Workers Day: Begin Marches across the state to Sacramento. San Francisco, Bay Area: 1130am, 24th and Mission, March with Coalition of Immigrants & Workers to Civic Center (100pm); Depart on March to Ferry Building (300pm); Ferry to Vallejo (600pm)May 2
Myth Busting: We're broke - WRONG! There's ALWAYS $$ for war & rich! DEMAND $$$ for Housing, Health care, the Disabled... Vallejo (a city bankrupt!)May 3
Unions, public sector, education... American Canyon & Napa (Napa Valley College, Napa High School)May 4
Womyn, People of color... Suisun (has a 56% people of color population)May 5
Militarism, Occupation, Rape, Torture...Fairfield Travis military baseMay 6
Poor People, Prisons, Police Brutality … Vacaville (2 state prisons)May 7
Immigrants... Dixon/Winters (large farmworker community, and 40% Latina/o population)May 8
Nuclear radiation, gmo foods, corporate-takeover … Davis (UCD large agricultural 'research' gmo AND NUCLEAR REACTOR owned & operated by UCDavis - UC Davis McClellan Nuclear Research Center!)May 9
May 9 & Beyond: Arrive Sacramento, Join Teacher’s Union Occupation of Capitol, Occupy- Set up Tent City occupation of Capitol grounds
- "Refuse to Move"
- Manage logistics, expand our ranks, employ tactics
- Teach-Ins, Die-Ins, Human Be-Ins, and more
