Fwd: Talk tomorrow, Nov. 14, 7:30 pm Public Commons vs. Corporate Privatization

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Here's the latest in Shaping San Francisco's Fall Talks 2007 series. 
Indy Arts is honored to support this effort. Get down to CounterPulse 
at 1310 Mission Street x 9th St. for the latest in this stimulating 
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>Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:29:24 -0800
>From: "Chris Carlsson" <carlsson.chris at gmail.com>
>To: shapingsf-talks at lists.artsandmedia.net
>Subject: Talk tomorrow, Nov. 14, 7:30 pm Public Commons vs. 
>Corporate Privatization
>
>Please join us!
>
>At CounterPULSE, Nov. 14, Wednesday evening 7:30 pm til 10...
>
>Public Commons vs. Corporate Privatization
>
>November 14
>
>With Mayor Newsom trying to give away the city's wi-fi space to a 
>corporate consortium, efforts by Bechtel and other private 
>contractors to take over our public water system, the ongoing 
>scandal of PG&E selling us our own "public" power and their current 
>efforts to take over alternative power, incessant pressure to 
>privatize the public schools, a national culture that blindly 
>accepts corporate interests as preferable to public interests, we'll 
>talk about how the San Francisco Bay Area can begin a concerted push 
>back. Ted Nace ("The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of 
>Democracy"), Aliza Wasserman, Jessica Bell, Matt Leonard... just 
>added: David Cobb and Shannon Tracey from Democracy Unlimited of 
>Humboldt County will be talking about their successful measure T in 
>2006 to eliminate corporations from local politics...
>
>
>Then, after Thanksgiving, don't miss this fantastic panel:
>
>Food Security & Urban Agriculture
>
>November 28
>
>Our food system is being refashioned by new urban farmers, farmers 
>markets and community-supported agriculture, and importantly, by 
>savvy shoppers who demand local, organic and safe food. Still, food 
>security is tenuous for too many of our neighbors. Amy Franceschini 
>(Victory Gardens, past and present), Willow Rosenthal (City Slicker 
>Farms), Jason Mark (Alemany Farm, and editor of Earth Island 
>Journal).
>
>
>
>--
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>Fall-Winter Talks 2007-08: 
><http://www.counterpulse.org/fall-winter-talks.shtml> 
>www.counterpulse.org/fall-winter-talks.shtml
>The Nowtopian (my blog): 
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