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imageSolidarity in War Against the Poor in Santa Cruz and Gaza
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by Robert Norse
The Santa Cruz City government and the Israeli regime are both creating and criminalizing homeless refugees. This flyer--self-explanatory--was distributed at two U.S./Israel Out-of-Gaza rallies as well as at the Town Clock and downtown, among unhoused folks....
Posted: Sat, Nov 11, 2023 2:06am PST
imageFarmworker communities protest new regulation of cancer-causing pesticide as racist
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by Safe Ag Safe Schools
November 7th, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) sent its new regulation for 1,3-D use regarding residential bystanders to the Office of Administrative Law, setting the target exposure level at 0.56 ppb – allowing for 14 times more 1,3-D in the air than the State’s official lifetime cancer risk warning level, and aligning perfectly with Dow Chemical’s stated desires....
Posted: Thu, Nov 9, 2023 11:14am PST
imageCeasefire Now: More Deaths Will Not Bring Peace to the Middle East
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by Sean Dougherty for Congress CA-19
November 4, 2023 - We need an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, a return of all prisoners, and a halt to all forms of violence against civilians and collective punishment, including bombing of ambulances and refugee camps, and deprivation of food, water, medicine, electricity, and outside communication....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2023 10:28am PST
textConference on the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism launches new Institute by Emmaia Gelman
The newly-formed Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) will hold its inaugural bicoastal conference, Battling the “IHRA Definition”: Theory & Activism, on October 13-14. Through the lens of research on structural racism, state violence, and social justice movements, the conference will analyze political campaigns that seek to codify the “IHRA definition” of antisemitism, and efforts to oppose IHRA policies. This is the first research conference focusing on IHRA campaigns, which ...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2023 9:37am PDT
audioWe Lit the Fire and Trusted the Heat: An Interview with Maria Gaspar (audio/mpeg 106.1MB) by John Malkin
Interview with Chicago-based artist Maria Gaspar about her first West Coast solo exhibition "Compositions" at the UC Santa Cruz Institute for the Arts and Sciences (IAS) Gallery from September 26 to March 3, 2024. The opening celebration is Friday, October 6, 6 to 8 PM. An Artist Talk and Performance happens Saturday, October 7, 4 to 5:30 PM....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2023 1:00pm PDT
documentUpdated Santa Cruz Free Guide Downloadable in Hard Copy
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by santacruzfreeguide.org/ (comments by Norse)
After an exchange of ,e-mails and phone messages, the creators of the Santa Cruz Free Guide [SCFG] released an updated edition. I reprint the hard copy sent me a week ago. The update may not be a finished one. In any case, I encourage readers to share their experience accessing these services to save weary future folks in need unnecessarily futile efforts....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2023 9:15pm PDT
imageProtests Planned in Advance of Ron DeSantis Visit to Salinas
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by NO DeSantis Salinas!
Florida Governor and Republican Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis will be visiting Salinas on September 28 to attend a high-price fundraiser hosted by Salinas ag-industry leaders at an undisclosed location. In response, community members have planned protests to occur on September 24 at 3pm and September 27 at 5pm. Both protests will start at the Salinas Amtrak Station off Market St. (11 Station Pl.). Community members will then make their way down Main St. and stop in front of Taylor Farms...
Posted: Sat, Sep 23, 2023 8:25am PDT
textSouthern Sea Otters to Retain Federal Protection by Environment California
Oakland, Calif., September 19, 2023 – The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) announced on Tuesday that southern sea otters will remain protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. The decision came after a 12-month review by the agency, initiated by a petition from the California Sea Urchin Commission and the Commercial Fishermen of Santa Barbara calling for the government to “delist” these otters....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 8:20am PDT
imageCivil Rights Groups Warn UCSC Attempts to Censor Pro-Palestine Scholarship May Violate Federal Laws
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by Palestine Legal
On Wednesday, Palestine Legal and the Center for Constitutional Rights wrote to the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) warning them to cease attempts to unlawfully censor the upcoming Institute for the Critical Study of Zionism (ICSZ) convening, “Battling the ‘IHRA definition’: Theory & Activism”, which is set to be jointly held at UCSC and New York University (NYU) on October 13th and 14th. The convening is a working meeting of the Institute’s community of scholars and activists, ai...
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2023 7:32am PDT
audioMusic for Abolition: Interview with Terri Lyne Carrington (audio/mpeg 96.4MB) by John Malkin
Audio interview with jazz drummer, activist Terri Lyne Carrington. 52 minutes. Originally broadcast in September, 2023 on KZSC and KSQD....
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2023 8:44am PDT
imageStriking Back at Brutal Bullies: Russell Files Claims Against the City
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by Robert Norse
Barton Russell Jackson recently filed two Claims against the City for sweeps resulting in property destruction and false arrest. The claims were heard behind closed doors last Tuesday. Since the City Administrator/Clerk suppressed the language of the claims, I present then here in his own words....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 3:44pm PDT
documentStreet Shit Sheet #172: Update the Outdated SC Free Guide !
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by Robert Norse
A few more blurbs from the byways along with a reprinted copy of the badly outdated Santa Cruz Free Guide on the reverse side. Guide manager Evan Morrison and his staff, have so far maintained silence around concerns that their "Guide" is leading folks to closed services, full waiting lists, and other dead ends--truly needing updating....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2023 2:13pm PDT
imageFour California Foothill Yellow-legged Frog Populations Protected Under Endangered Species Act
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by Center for Biological Diversity
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 28, 2023 — In response to a Center for Biological Diversity petition and lawsuits, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today protected four populations of foothill yellow-legged frogs in California under the Endangered Species Act. The protected frog populations are in the southern Sierra Nevada foothills, North Feather River, Central Coast and South Coast....
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2023 11:15am PDT
documentReturn of the Santa Cruz Street Shit Sheet
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by Robert Norse
Absent for nearly fifteen years, the Santa Cruz Street Shit Sheet is back with issue #170. The Shit Sheet published pretty frequently in the late 80s and early 90s, and sporadically since in the early 2000s. Whether it will continue to regularly appear is still an uncertain and open question, but here is a contemporary sample of the kind of news and views it covers....
Posted: Sat, Aug 26, 2023 9:43pm PDT
documentViolence, Sweeps, and Seizure--Escalating SCPD Policy
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by Robert Norse
In spite of court decisions and massive COVID-era appropriations as well as decades of protests and petitions, police have continued and seem to be escalating "drive 'em out of town" sweeps with new cruelties and illegalities. Yesterday at the Mime Troupe, I passed out a flyer denouncing unusually explicit and recent threats, seizures, and citations attacking each encampment as it arises....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 12:16pm PDT
audioSan Francisco Mime Troupe - Interview with Daniel Savio (audio/mpeg 85.0MB) by John Malkin
Interview with SF Mime Troupe musical director Daniel Savio...
Posted: Fri, Aug 18, 2023 8:57am PDT
imageInitiative for March Ballot Needs Signatures and Signature Gatherers
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by Housing for People - Santa Cruz
Over the last year many of you have asked what you can do to help citizens regain a voice and some control over the massive developments planned for our town in the next few months and years. Well, here it is: WE HAVE A PETITION ON THE STREETS right now called Housing For People - Not Unaffordable Luxury Towers....
Posted: Wed, Jul 26, 2023 10:04am PDT
imageTwo Faces of War
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by Lee Horstman
June 20 Marks World Refugee Day...
Posted: Tue, Jun 20, 2023 9:48am PDT
imageCalifornia Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over Monterey Oil, Gas Drilling Restrictions
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by Center for Biological Diversity
Residents to Rally at Local Courthouse in Support of Measure Z...
Posted: Wed, May 24, 2023 12:58pm PDT
imageEast Meadow Update 5/15/23
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by East Meadow Action Committee (EMAC)
There has been a significant new development in the long-running struggle over SHW and the East Meadow: a month after the UCSC administration got the Regents to approve a proposal that was supposed to make the project immune to litigation, a group (not EMAC) filed suit not only to invalidate that action, but also to bar UCSC from proceeding with the project until all pending litigation has been resolved. We of course cannot predict how this latest litigation by others will play out, but it i...
Posted: Tue, May 16, 2023 6:37pm PDT
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