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Santa Cruz Students Strip for Sweat-Free UC

by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
On Wed, March 1, students at UC Santa Cruz engaged in a creative "clothing-optional" protest against collegiate apparel produced by sweatshop labor. The protest was also against alleged comments by UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton that 'no one cares about sweatshops.' The students, associated with United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) and the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice (SWCJ), are part of a national campaign to urge colleges to sign on to a designated suppliers program that ensures dignified labor conditions.
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The students had announced:

"Stripping down to their skivvies, students at UC schools will be protesting sweatshop-made UC collegiate apparel. Bearing the slogan: “We tried to find sweat-free clothes in our bookstore and this is what we came out with” (i.e. nothing), students hope to highlight the widespread practice of producing collegiate apparel in factories with poor labor standards, said Kate StormoGipson a UC San Diego student activist affiliated with the nation wide student organization United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS)..."

http://www.indybay.org/news/2006/03/1805519.php

The spirited UC Santa Cruz protest was one of six planned in the UC system - the others being Berkeley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis, and Riverside.
§The Naked Truth
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§I'd Rather Be Wearing Cardboard
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Sweat Free
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§I'd Rather Wear a Paper Bag
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Denton Doesn't Give a Damn
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Apparel + Uniforms Made in Sweatshops
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§UC Uses Sweatshops
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§No Sweat on My Back!
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Denton + Dynes, Make UC Sweat Free!
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Informing the Intersection
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Spreading the Info
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Speaking to Campus Press
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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§Another Type of Naked
by josh sonnenfeld (sugarloaf (at) riseup.net)
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