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Anti-Corporate Xmas Caroling with Santa Cruz Art and Revolution 
After receiving standing ovations on Pacific Avenue and during the Christmas - Chanukah - Quanzaa - Solstice Celebration at the Friends' Meeting House, Santa Cruz Art and Revolution sang songs of holiday cheer and liberation in Capitola on December 22nd as part of their 8th Annual Post-WTO Anti-Corporate Xmas Caroling mini-tour. Anti-corporate Xmas carols were performed in front of a busy credit union, the Capitola Mall and "Traitor Joze." The familiar tunes with unfamiliar lyrics brought smi...
Posted: Wed, Dec 26, 2007 12:55am PST
Delivering Food to Tree-sitters at UCSC on Christmas 
In 2003, the Princeton Review ranked UC Santa Cruz as having the 'most beautiful campus' in the nation. This year's rankings are in and UCSC placed 8th in the 'most beautiful campus' category for "The Best 366 Colleges: 2008 Edition."
Since November 7th, 2007, Coast Redwood trees on UCSC's Science Hill have been bases of resistance to campus expansion with students sitting on platforms situated in the crowns of numerous trees. Many students, staff and faculty at UCSC, as well as residents ...
Posted: Tue, Dec 25, 2007 8:37pm PST
Update: Solstice Celebration at the Tree Sit 
The gathering planned on Science Hill in observation of the Winter Solstice will be taking place from three o clock today, on until dark. We plan to observe this change of the seasons with music, a potluck, poi spinning (instruction & practice) and other festivities near the trees occupied by individuals dedicated to protecting the forest of upper campus....
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 2:03pm PST
Santa Cruz Mayor Lashes Out, Stonewalls on Public Meetings; Lethal SCPD Harassment Surges In response to repeated requests for his Public Meeting schedule, a list of prior meetings with lobbyists, and a face-to-face meeting, Santa Cruz Mayor Ryan Coonerty responds with the following letter cutting off discussion, stonewalling on information required by the Public Records and Sunshine laws, and attacking the journalist. Meanwhile police are stepping up Xmas-time harassment downtown....
Posted: Sat, Dec 22, 2007 5:31am PST
Parking, Protest and Security on Science Hill 
On December 21st, security guards at the Physical Sciences Building diligently watched over the parking lot on Science Hill where tree-sitters have been occupying Coast Redwoods since November 7th in protest of UCSC's Long Range Development Plan. Someone up in the cluster of trees dubbed "Tree 1" confirmed what Grrr reported in a comment on SC-IMC, that on December 20th, two carloads of cops accosted the Raging Grannies in the parking lot and then arrested a young woman who allegedly attempte...
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 8:41pm PST
Arrest of UCSC tree-climber- Thurs 3:45pm 12/20/07 A female UCSC student, wearing a climbing harness, was arrested by two cars of cops on Thurs 12/20 at the base of one of the tree-sits. Witnessed by the Raging Grannies at 3:45pm 12/20/07....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 5:37pm PST
Last Night DIY Parade & Street Party 
Start at sunset at Saturn Cafe parking lot....
Event Date: Mon, Dec 31, 2007 5:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 1:16pm PST
Report & more photos from Dec. 17 police actions at UCSC tree-sit 
The police action on Monday morning (Dec. 17) at the Science Hill Tree-Sit was little more than an intimidating ruse. About five uniformed officers and at least as many plainclothes officers accompanied a "clean-up crew" consisting of a backhoe, a giant dumpster, a cherry-picker and a street-sweeper with accompanying workmen. But what did they find to fill their gargantuan dumpster with?...
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 1:10am PST
Audio from "Not at Home for the Holidays" Protest at Capitola Military Recruitment Center (audio/mpeg 10.1MB) On Saturday, Dec. 15, peace activists gathered for a "Not at Home for the Holidays" protest and vigil in front of the Military Recruiting Center in Capitola....
Posted: Tue, Dec 18, 2007 5:15pm PST
Brown Beret Toy Drive 
There will be a Toy Drive distribution this weekend in Watsonville sponsored and organized by the Brown Berets....
Posted: Tue, Dec 18, 2007 12:20am PST
UCSC Police Visit Tree-Sit, Sweep, Leave 
This morning's tactical visit to the Science Hill Tree Sit involved a cherry-picker, street sweeper, a dumpster's worth of branches, a work crew, lots of familiar cop faces, and the removal of the larger banner from between two of the platforms....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 10:19pm PST
Street Spirit Editor Denounces Mayor Coonerty As "Repulsive" Street Spirit, a monthly newspaper sold by homeless newspaper,
recently published Humanity for Homeless activist Tim Rumford's
story about Mayor Ryan Coonerty and the Santa Cruz Sleeping Ban.
Editor Terry Messman gave me his permission to print his response
to Mayor Coonerty's subsequent e-mail on the subject....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 6:50pm PST
LRDP Tree Sit Being Attacked! Police arrived at the UCSC Tree Sit and removed things from under the trees....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 12:41pm PST
Police Stand Ready to Invade Santa Cruz Tree Sit! Solidarity Needed! Early this morning police arrived at the autonomous tree sit zone with gear - prepared to violently remove tree sitters who have occupied the space in opposition to the UC's Long Range Development Plan....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 9:28am PST
Sharon Delgado speaks at Capitola Book Cafe 12-12-07 (audio/mpeg 63.3MB) On Wednesday December 12th 2007, Sharon Delgado read selections from her new book "Shaking the Gates of Hell: Faith led resistance to Corporate Globalization" at the Capitola Book Cafe. Delgado is a former organizer with the Resource Center for Nonviolence, a Reverend of Earth Justice Ministries, and a global justice activist. Sharon walked us through portions of her book, and some of the ideas and philosophies behind her resistance to Corporate Globalization. This file is an un-edited r...
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 7:36pm PST
Raging Grannies Raging at Military Recruitment Center 12-15-07 (audio/mpeg 9.3MB) On Saturday December 15th, an action called Not Home for the Holidays was held at the military recruitment center on 41st avenue in Capitola. This was the second event of its kind designed to draw attention to the thousands of enlisted service people who will not be home for the holidays because they are on one of the hundreds of military bases that the US has worldwide that are used to support the US's military heavy foreign policy. To help draw attention to this situation, the Raging Gran...
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 5:28pm PST
"Coonerty's Greatest Hits": On FRSC Sunday AM & In Front of His BookStore Sunday PM Pirate (FRSC) Radio at 101.1 FM will be playing selections from Mayor Ryan Coonerty's November TV Debate on the Sleeping Ban. The clips and response from Bathrobespierre Robert Norse will air between 9 & 10 AM today Sunday December 16th. The clips will be rebroadcast as full video on the sidewalk shortly after 2 PM in front of Coonerty's Bookshop at 1520 Pacific later today. Come one, come all!...
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 7:59am PST
"Not at Home for the Holidays" Protest at Capitola Military Recruitment Center 
Santa Cruz County activists, including the Santa Cruz gaggle of the Raging Grannies, demonstrated for peace in front of the Military Recruitment Center in Capitola on December 15th. The last time the Grannies sang songs at the recruitment center on June 26th, they refused to leave the entrance of the Army recruiters after being denied entry into the building and were eventually arrested and escorted to the police station in handcuffs. This time around, the Navy and other branches of the milit...
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 1:34am PST
Winter Break at the UCSC Tree-sit Dear friends and supporters of the UCSC tree-sit,
December 7 marked the first month of the tree-sit on Science Hill. In that month, we have been able to do a lot: discussions about the LRDP, Biomedicine, the use of police force and the future of our campus have been sprouting up all over the place. Connections have been made with off-campus community members, many forums have been held and more are planned, and a campus coalition of students, graduate students, and faculty has formed to ...
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2007 10:31pm PST
LUNAFEST Breast Cancer Fundraising FIlm Festival (1/26) LUNAFEST: Films By, For and About Women
Co-Sponsored by UCSC Women’s Center...
Posted: Sat, Dec 15, 2007 10:05pm PST
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