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“Dual Excentrik” East Bay Express Article about Local Palestinian Musician

Posted May 3, 2012 / AROC

Tarik Kazaleh shores up individual identity in the guise of Palestinian activism. By Rachel Swan, East Bay Express Anyone who knows Tarik Kazaleh as the bartender and cocktail-menu conceiver at The Layover would have a hard time believing that he

categories: Allies, AROC in the News, Blog, Campaigns, Immigrant Rights, US News

Safe SF Civil Rights Ordinance Unanimously Passes Public Safety Committee!

Posted March 2, 2012 / AROC

On Thursday March 1st, nearly 100 community members and advocates showed up to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors Public Safety Committee. AROC was present alongside member organizations of the Coalition for a Safe San Francisco and diverse other community

categories: US News

Over 2,600 Activists Arrested in the US Since Election: The Resistance in Obama Time

Article reposted from Counter Punch, by Bill Quigley Since President Obama was inaugurated, there have been over two thousand six hundred arrests of activists protesting in the US. Research shows over 670 people have been arrested in protests inside

categories: Uncategorized, US News

The Muslim Community Center at Ground Zero: a Manufactured Controversy

By ANTHONY DiMAGGIO (from CounterPunch) A substantial racist uproar is taking place in conservative America, particularly in right-wing radio and television. Reactionary pundits are drawing increased attention to plans to build an Islamic community center in downtown Manhattan, near Ground

categories: Campaigns, US News

AROC Launches Census Campaign!

April 1st of this year is officially “Census Day”, and in the days and weeks surrounding this date, households across the US will be filling out their Census forms to be counted in the countries population. There are two central