Choke the chicken!

The chicken in question is, of course, Steven Burd, CEO of Safeway.

A friend who was arrested for civil disobedience yesterday at Vons headquarters reports he and others happily spent their time in jail planning how to build stronger picket lines and most especially, how to build for the big labor rally on Jan 31.

If you live in LA, the best possible way to aid the stike is to come to the rally. Let’s make this massive!! Tell everyone you know, and bring them along! The march and rally is being jointly organized by UFCW locals, the LA County Federation of Labor, the State Federation of Labor and by now, probably also the national AFL-CIO. Yes, they are bringing in the big dogs for this one. Be there!

Massive march & rally
Sat Jan 31, noon
Supporting Striking & Lock-out UFCW Workers
Great Western Forum
3900 W. Manchester Blvd. (at Prairie Ave.)
Inglewood CA

And check the UFCW Local 770 Strike calendar often.

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Draft Camejo for President!

To follow up our original post on Camejo for President

From Forrest Hill, initiator of Draft Camejo:

Ralph Nader has decided not to run for President on the Green Party ticket next year.

Many Greens and Progressives, however, believe that given these circumstances it is time to draft a proven Green candidate to carry our message to the electorate in 2004. I believe that candidate is Peter Camejo.

As the Green Party’s candidate for governor of California in 2002, Camejo received over 10% of the vote in 11 counties, and beat the Republican challenger in San Francisco and Alameda County. During the 2003 California recall election, Camejo appeared in all six televised debates and was often declared the winner by the mainstream press.
 
In fact his appearance on television, during the only debate that Arnold Schwarzenegger participated in, helped expose the Green Party to people not familiar with the nation’s largest third party. Peter could accomplish the same thing at the national level should he become the Green Party nominee for President.
 
I believe that Peter would provide a new voice and vision for progressives thoughtout America. If you agree, please sign the Draft Camejo for President petition.

Hey, Greens (and anyone else), sign the petition!

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Sharon may face corruption charge

Prosecutors in Israel are considering charging Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and his deputy in connection with a bribery scandal.

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Connecticut governor a goner

Gov. John G. Rowland’s approval numbers have dropped so low they now match former President Richard Nixon’s just before he resigned, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday.

Their latest poll showed that 68 percent of registered voters in Connecticut believe Rowland should resign from office. That’s up from 56 percent in a similar Quinnipiac poll released on Jan. 7. Also, 56 percent of voters believe the state legislature should impeach and remove Rowland from office, up from 42 percent two weeks ago.

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