“Early in March I read that a number of tourists had cancelled their planned excursions to beautiful little Newfane, VT because its citizens, at a town meeting, had voted to … [Keep reading >>]

Dear Friends,

It was a tough choice. Should I support the local marchers in San Rafael or go to San Francisco and participate in the HUGE rally? In … [Keep reading >>]

Today was a special day in Marin. It was the biggest demonstration the history of the county. Police estimated that there were 10,000 people- 99% latinos. … [Keep reading >>]

Will,

Thought you’d like to know. As a rep of the Golden Gate Audubon Society, I went out to Pleasanton last Sat. to canvas for McCloskey v. Pombo. There were … [Keep reading >>]

Ruth Group reader Warren L sends on this news from England

Thought you might like to see some of the on-the-ground protests and related things in the UK.

Warren

Subject: War criminals not … [Keep reading >>]

Dear Will,

Thanks, by the way, for putting Democracy Action in the Ruth Group e-mail. We went to the event for Francine Busby, contributed, and Dick’s been working the Sunday … [Keep reading >>]

Howdy! I just got home from the Pre-primary convention in Albuquerque……………..

I attended the State’s Central Committee meeting on Friday afternoon then the Pre-Primary Convention Saturday (I was there … [Keep reading >>]

A friend writes from New Mexico:

Hello Ruth Group Volunteers!

I am a subscriber to your newletter emails…………………and am so impressed on your quality of information.

I am also a member of … [Keep reading >>]

Jimmy “Justice” Geraghty reminds Mariners of this:

Life and death at the border.

On Thursday, February 16, photographer … [Keep reading >>]

Jes Richardson, famous locally for his marvellous big Gandhi figure which appears at so many Bay Area events, has a personal story and good links to a growing living remembrance … [Keep reading >>]

Regular Ruth Grouper Dolores Heeb had the chance to meet Paul Hackett the other day. Here is her postcard.

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Paul Hackett was at a fund raiser at … [Keep reading >>]

Jack Kaplan, one of our most prolific and impassioned letter-writers sent this to Senator F.

Dear Senator Diane Feinstein:

If you and every other Democrat in the Senate do not simultaneously … [Keep reading >>]

Michael Ellis, a friend of ours, a first rate naturalist and bonafide Bay Area treasure [check out his web-site, below] often has a Perspective on KQED radio. Today’s will … [Keep reading >>]

Writing from Honolulu, where we are until the end of January. Forwarding this only to make sure you hadn’t missed these two pieces. To my mind, this FOIA … [Keep reading >>]

Friends up in Napa have a group called UNCOIL (United Napans Concerned over Iraq Lunacy!) with a (slightly out of date) website at http://www.uncoil.org/index.html.

John Sensenbaugh [uncoil2005@yahoo.com] sends us periodic … [Keep reading >>]

Rona Weintraub, good friend of Ruth Group events and activities, sends along notice of a SeaFlow on-line auction. Check it out!

Welcome to Seaflow’s second annual Online Fundraiser, “Seaflow’s Auction … [Keep reading >>]

Post Card from Palestine.

[This was sent on to us by friends of friends who are doing reconciliation work in Ireland. It seems to be genuine and wants sharing.]

Date: Wed, … [Keep reading >>]

Post Card from the East Bay.

[Though typically the PostCard feature is for folks writing short notes to us, we thought this note by Ira Eisenberg to Senator Schumer … [Keep reading >>]

A Post Card translation from Liberacion

The Language Behind the Riots
On 27 October, the deaths of two African teenagers sparked off riots in poor northeastern suburbs of Paris. As of today, … [Keep reading >>]

Post Card from Inverness
(for you non Marinites, Inverness is part of the mild mild west where Charlie and Cammy visited last week in search of the ultimate organic…)

Quite an uproar … [Keep reading >>]