Month October 2002

No kidding??? Water privatization a touchy issue for California The apparent breakdown of a deal between private Cadiz Inc. and the public Metropolitan Water District (MWD) to build a $150-million water storage facility in the Mojave Desert has called into…

More Sunday L.A. Protest info Just added speaker, Ron Kovik, author “Born on the Fourth of July” Parking map. Arrive early!

Haven’t enough to worry about? US general fears asteroid explosion could trigger nuclear war

Not In Our Name ad in L.A. Times Not In Our Name is the umbrella organization for the upcoming nationwide anti-war protests on Sunday.  When their full page ad appeared in the New York Times last month, they started getting…

Dock strike, the major issue (and it’s not money) The big stumbling block to a renegotiated labor agreement is technology. Shipping and terminal companies want to replace hundreds of unionized clerks with labor-saving devices, such as bar codes and scanners.…