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Lawrence Lessig: The Future of the Open Internet in America (audio/mpeg 24.1MB)
Audio of Lawrence Lessig presentation to the FCC on the future of the open Internet in America. "Preserve what has worked in driving this economy -- and what has worked is a neutral network."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 6:59pm PDT
Monterey Counter-recruitment event
Monterey Public Library
625 Pacific St.
Monterey CA 93940...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 2:39pm PDT
INW: Jill Friedberg update on Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 13.1MB)
Jill Friedberg discusses her most recent film, Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (a little bit of so much truth), recent events in Oaxaca including the murder of two indigenous radio activists on their way to an independent media conference: MP3 audio, mono, ~30 min....
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 10:56am PDT
FCC Public Hearing: Public Comment period on Internet Practices, PALO ALTO
Audio of Public Comment period and Closing Remarks during the FCC Public Hearing on Internet Practices hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues Thursday, April 17, 2008. Dinkelspiel Auditorium PALO ALTO, Calif....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:40pm PDT
In response to UCSC 4/20 lockdown
Bay Tree Book Store Quad UCSC campus...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 10:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 7:19pm PDT
UCSC Reefer Madness! Campus lockdown!
Campus lockdown in anticipation of April 20th...
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 2:20pm PDT
"Reel Work" The 7th Annual Santa Cruz May Day Labor Film Festival
The 7th Annual Reel Work May Day Labor Festival features events running from April 25 through May 11 in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Watsonville, and Santa Clara County. This year’s Reel Work is celebrating International Workers’ Day (May 1) with music, films, dramatic performances, slam poetry, and conversations with documentary film makers, immigrant activists, union organizers about the past, present, and future of the labor movement. Reel Work is using our 7^th annual festival to encourage Centr...
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:05am PDT
"Real Real Issues: Latinos & 2008 Elections" w/ Matt Gonzalez and Peter Camejo
Watsonville Vets Hall
215 East Beach Street'
Watsonville, CA 95076...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 9:51am PDT
UCSC Counter Recruitment March!
Bay Tree Plaza
UC Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 9:06pm PDT
Is San Francisco's 911 Ready for LBAM? Chronicle Indicates No.
The SF Chronicle reports that 911 emergency services are critically understaffed and delayed on over 50% of emergency calls. How will they handle the hundreds of calls that are likely to come in when the aerial spraying starts this summer? This article explores this vital issue....
Posted: Sun, Apr 13, 2008 3:46pm PDT
DERRICK JENSEN speaking at UCSC Monday night (Apr. 14)
On Monday night, Derrick Jensen will be speaking at UCSC, hosted by the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP). The event will take place at Classroom Unit 2 and is open to the public.
Derrick Jensen is the bestselling author of A Language Older Than Words and Endgame. Author, teacher, activist, beekeeper, and leading voice of uncompromising dissent, he regularly stirs auditoriums across the country....
Posted: Sun, Apr 13, 2008 1:58pm PDT
Trash Orchestra Wants You!
Join Trash Orchestra and make a big noise....
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2008 3:55pm PDT
Coonerty to Face Challenge in Obama Delegate Selection 2 PM Sunday
African-American activist Metteyya Brahmana urged all those voting in the Obama caucus at Cabrillo College Sunday April 13th to vote down Mayor Ryan Coonerty. The caucus will begin at 2 PM at the Environmental Horticulture Center, Room 5005 "Top of the Campus" 6500 Soquel Drive, Aptos. Delegate candidates will be competing for two seats for the 17th Congressional District, one male and one female. Brahmana forwarded me some e-mail correspondence between himself and the Mayor which shows C...
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2008 1:47pm PDT
The 5th Annual CineMaiZ: Latin American Film Festival
UCSC Media Theatre...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 11, 2008 6:25pm PDT
Ghostbike Memorial Ride Pics 4/9/08
Pictures from Wednesday's memorial bike ride in honor of Christopher Evan Rock, killed by semi-truck trailer this past Tuesday....
Posted: Fri, Apr 11, 2008 10:53am PDT
Santa Cruz Resident Matt Childers Testifies at Winter Soldier (Testimony Attached)
Santa Cruz resident Matt Childers, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, testified at the Winter Soldier hearings held last month in Silver Springs, Maryland. Matt served two deployments to Iraq as an infantryman with the U.S. Marines. Originally from West Virginia, he now makes his home in Santa Cruz and is a student at Cabrillo College. His photography and artwork, including a graphic art book "James Blames Himself Today," about coming home from Iraq, is available online at http://w...
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 10:26pm PDT
PeaceTalks: Micah Posner Of People Power On Death of Bicyclist On Mission St. and Protest (audio/mpeg 12.4MB)
George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM interviews Micah Posner of People Power. On Tuesday, April 8, 2008, around noon, another cyclist was killed at the intersection of Mission and Bay Streets. That is two deaths and one major injury within the last 12 months. People Power has a protest planned for Wednesday April 9th at 5pm, meeting at the town clock and riding bikes up the right lane of Mission Street....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 1:53pm PDT
Bicyclist Killed at Intersection of Bay and Mission
Tuesday, April 8, 2008, around noon, another cyclist was killed at the intersection of Mission and Bay Streets. That is two deaths and one major injury within the last year, due to a street design and a culture of driving that does not allow for our existence. Less than 10 years ago, Caltrans widened Mission Street to four lanes and refused to put in bike lanes....
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 10:56am PDT
Ghostride Tonight - Safe Streets Now!
Clocktower...
Event Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 9:13am PDT