Time for 12

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Saturday October 25, 2014 · 9:16 AM PDT

2014/10/25 · 09:16

When my comrades and I took on this task the fight for fifteen was still a gleam in some organizers eye. Now it is a reality.

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Friday October 10, 2014 · 12:32 PM PDT

2014/10/10 · 12:32

I live in a small town, Eureka California. It has about 26,000 residents and is the seat of Humboldt County. I have lived here for a little over a decade and would not want to live anywhere else. Mild winters, cool summers, although global warming has started to change that. The surrounding countryside is some of the most spectacular you will ever see anywhere in the world.

Sounds Idyllic but here is the problem, our little town is being crushed under the weight of poverty. I will not get into the environmental exploitation that killed off the Salmon and most of the other fishing while clear cutting the forests killed the timber industry right along with the streams. The problem we face today is like many small communities, big box retail, Target and most recently Walmart have come to town and devastated our local business districts. Their low wage go to the food bank pay scales are impoverishing everyone in our community. We are at a 19% poverty rate compared to California's state wide average of 15%.

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Wednesday September 17, 2014 · 1:11 PM PDT

2014/09/17 · 13:11

The folks over at Brave New Films Were kind enough to make some visuals to Aid our cause. What is that cause you might ask, or you might not. We are in the process of raising our city minimum wage. The Eureka Fair Wage Act is finally going to come to a vote of the people. More and Video after the Jump

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Tuesday July 09, 2013 · 2:27 PM PDT

2013/07/09 · 14:27

California prison officials say 30,000 inmates refuse meals

I live in the town of Eureka on the California coast, the furthest west you can find a town of much size, (population 25,000 and the seat of Humboldt county), in the contiguous United States. Two hours north of us in Crescent City California is the Pelican Bay State Prison. On the 8th of July 2013 a group of people made that 2 hour trip to stand in Solidarity with striking prisoners and to try and amplify the voices of those crying out for justice within the walls of the California Department of Corrections
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Saturday December 01, 2012 · 2:47 PM PST

2012/12/01 · 14:47

To any progressive Artists out in the community The Eureka Fair Wage Act Needs some help.

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Monday January 09, 2012 · 10:12 AM PST

2012/01/09 · 10:12

Since the 7 of October I have been down on the curb at 5th and I street in Eureka California occupying the county courthouse lawn. Like most places the movement here has been subjected to constant police harassment and denial of 1st and 4th amendment rights. So much so that they have fenced us off the lawn and away from much of the building. The situation here is not unique, we have lots of folks with no home and a plethora of problems that we are trying to help survive while trying to convince the community to wake up and smell the fascism much as many of the small town occupations are doing. I write this diary to raise awareness about our DA and a brand of paranoia that may be comming to your town.

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Thursday September 03, 2009 · 11:12 AM PDT

2009/09/03 · 11:12

Spent a pleasant Wednesday afternoon at a Town Hall meeting on health care reform. The event was sponsored by California Congressman Mike Thompson. The sun was shining for a change and by the time I rode my bike up the last hill into Redwood Acres I was a bit on the sweaty side.

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Friday August 07, 2009 · 10:36 PM PDT

2009/08/07 · 22:36

Congress has passed and President Obama signed into law a bill with $2 billion in additional funding for the CARS or Cash for Clunkers program. My roommate and I took advantage of the program so I thought I would share our experience.

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Monday September 01, 2008 · 4:53 PM PDT

2008/09/01 · 16:53

Earlier today debbieleft put up a diary on the Redwood Parks of California that Disappeared all too fast. It was a casualty of the Palin bashing so I thought that I would put up a few of my shots from the region as a little respite from the bitterness.
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Monday May 12, 2008 · 3:28 PM PDT

2008/05/12 · 15:28

I have spent a bit of time arguing amongst the community here about health care and the need for "Single Payer" the latest euphemism for socialized medicine. Now that we have two nominees that favor continuing the current model of for profit insurance companies running the system with a few minor modifications my hopes for universal care are over. Both McCain and Obama have laid out programs that will tinker around the edges but do little to improve the everyday lives of people that are consumers of health care in America.

Rather than bemoan the facts or belabor the point I am attempting to do something positive. Please read the whole diary before trying to defend Obama’s plan in the comments.

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Saturday March 29, 2008 · 12:22 AM PDT

2008/03/29 · 00:22

This week has seen two milestones in Iraq, the 5th anniversary of the invasion and the 4,000th us death. The President made a speech, the news media ran a few retrospective reports and the Vice President took Senator McCain and a few other loyal supporters on a victory tour in an attempt to polish up the legacy of the last 7 years.

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Thursday March 20, 2008 · 8:13 PM PDT

2008/03/20 · 20:13

It occurs to me that I have been a bit somber in tone in my postings here. In an effort to balance things I decided to lighten up a bit and talk about impressionists.

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Time for 12

Saving a Small Town, a Path Out of Poverty.

The Fight For 12

California prison officials say 30,000 inmates refuse meals

Graphic help needed

A Warning from Occupy Eureka

Town Hall meeting, West coast style

Cash for Clunkers, a video odyssey

California Redwood Interlude

Have you gotten your Bribe yet?

Iraq 5 Years After

McCain reprises "That's My Bush"