Gov. Brown's peripheral canal increases salinity in delta (tags)
The peripheral canal/tunnel proposal by Gov. Jerry Brown would increase salinity in the delta by removing too much freshwater from the river. The entrance to the tunnel/canal is too far east and would remove freshwater from the Sacramento River without allowing it to enter the delta. Removal of fresh riverwater combined with increasing sea level as predicted by climate change spells doom for the delta.
Film Night at Flor y Canto: March 2003-September 2005 (Part 2 of 2) (tags)
To mark the five-year anniversary of the Eagle Rock Peace Vigil, here is a list of films shown at Flor y Canto over a two-and-a-half year period. These almost-weekly screenings were an outgrowth of the Eagle Rock Vigil. (Links to the rest of this list can be found below in "comments.")
Nazi skinheads disrupt punk concert - riot ensues (tags)
“Several people said fighting broke out after a group of skinheads began shouting ‘White Power’"
The Radical Teen Cheerleaders (tags)
"We're teens, we're cute, we're radical to boot We're angry, we're tough, and we have had enough Are we straight? Are we queer? We're just tired of ignorant fear We're diverse and we're proud, no one's going to keep us down!" -- Radical Teen Cheer
Machine Gun In The Clown's Hand: Jello In London (tags)
A review of Jello Biafra's most recent London performance in support of his latest spoken word recording.
KENT STATE/JACKSON STATE! (tags)
May 2003 marks the 33rd Annual Commemoration of American antiwar students being killed by National Guard Troops. Thirty three years ago President Nixon ordered U.S. Troops into Cambodia... widening the war against Vietnam... campuses all across the U.S. shut down in protest.
2001 Indie Punk Documentary "Rage! 20 Years of Punk Rock - West Coast Style" (tags)
Info on upcoming punk documentary release featuring footage and interviews with seminal West Coast punk artists. Also features new song written for film by TSOL's Jack Grisham.