Martin Nicolaus

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Protest of Post Office Privatization

Post Office Sit-In Continues

Dave Welsh posted this via email: Bulletin #3 – Day 12 of Tent City on steps of Berkeley’s Post Office Tent City to privateers: Hands off the public commons! Halt the heist of the Post Office! Berkeley, California, August 7, 2013 – The Tent City on the steps of Berkeley’s main post office is now in its 12th day. Two dozen campers have been sleeping there to rally opposition …

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Save the Post Office – Media coverage

Occupella’s Hali Hammer sends this roundup of links to videos and media coverage of the Post Office issue: YouTube video of the the demonstration at the Berkeley Post Office July 27: Another video of the second day of demonstrations: NBC coverage video of July 28 event, click here.  (Link may work only in Firefox) Contra Costa Times …

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Kid makes good

Hey, listen up!  Y’all go out and pre-order this record, and get the t-shirt with the two wristwatches, OK? Click here! I mean, click here! Have you clicked yet? OK, why the heavy promo?  Could it have anything to do with the coincidence of the artist’s last name being the same as mine?  Busted!  Yep, …

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Vacation highlights

Here’s a few pics from our recent visit to the North Coast of Oregon.  We stayed in a rented house (through Airbnb) near Sunset Beach in Warrenton, and took side trips to Cannon Beach, Astoria, Cape Disappointment (in WA) and other points. The photo album is on Google+, click here to see it (17 pix). …

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Save the Post Office

While the Administration remains silent, the management of the U.S. Post Office continues to kowtow to the Republican right wing and its drive to hand over choice Post Office real estate and its most profitable services to private corporations.  As in numerous other cities, the historic Post Office building in Berkeley is slated to be …

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An Endangered Species

Had the privilege of an invitation yesterday to a meeting of concern about the Trayvon Martin injustice.  Titled “Turning Tragedy into Triumph,” the event was hosted by the Oakland Brotherhood of Elders Network at Geoffrey’s Club on 14th Street in downtown Oakland, a traditional civil rights venue just around the corner from my old law …

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