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Spanish Baroque Music & Dance with Iberian Flare!
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall
Heller & Meyer Drives
Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 26, 2008 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 10:39pm PDT
Thousands Celebrate 420 at Porter Meadow
thousands of people got stoned on Four Twenty, 2008, despite university attempts to harsh their mellow. crowd participants noted the numbers appeared to be the biggest crowd ever for 420. diversity was awesome. "nadie es ilegal" and "disarm ucsc no war" appeared on large banners. there were kites, drum circles, face painting, all kinds of joints, bongs, pipes and ounces rolled into blunts....
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 6:37pm PDT
WHEN THE US CONGRESS DENIED THE MASSES OF AMERICANS THEIR POSSIBLE FREEDOMS !
Currently there are reported to be 100,000 falsely imprisoned Americans living along with the estimated 2,000,000 US prison population nationwide.America now has the very unique distinction of not only being rated the #1 in the World for having the largest prison population,but America also has the distinct rating of having the largest wrongfully imprisoned prison population in the World as well.Our US Congress affords themselves all the perks and salary most Americans could only dream about,...
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 1:56pm PDT
Free to be freed (sooner than later)
On February 28th, 2008, my friend and political prisoner Jeff ‘Free’ Luers received his long-awaited sentence of 10 years by Judge Billings in Eugene, Oregon. This outcome was a long time coming— Jeff was arrested in June 2000, sentenced June 2001 and his appeal was filed January 2002. February 14, 2007 saw his sentence of 22 years and 8 months, imposed by Judge Lule Velure, thrown out. After waiting for so long and my belief that this so-called justice system could be fair long eroded, I dou...
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 11:35am PDT
Santa Cruz Peace Chorale Concert
Mount Calvary Lutheran Church-2402 Cabrillo College Drive, Soquel...
Event Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 10:16pm PDT
Peace Camp
Orchard School, Aptos, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 9:12pm PDT
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
Luchas binacionales de las comunidades indígenas mexicanas migrantes: Perspectivas Oaxaqueñas
Cervantes and Velasquez Rm D
Bay Tree Bldg. (3rd piso del Bay Tree)
Universidad de California, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 6:02pm PDT
Binational Struggles of Mexican Indigenous Migrant Communities: Oaxacan Perspectives
Cervantes and Velasquez Rm D
Bay Tree Building (3rd floor above book store)
University of California, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 5:59pm 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
Dahr Jamail: "Beyond the Green Zone: The Reality on the Ground in Iraq"
Cowell College Dining Hall
UCSC...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 9:57am PDT
VERMONT AFL-CIO CALLS ON WORKERS TO SUPPORT WEST COAST WORK STOPPAGE AGAINST WAR
The Executive Board of the Vermont AFL-CIO, representing thousands of workers in countless sectors across Vermont, have unanimously passed an historic resolution expressing their “unequivocal” support for the first US labor work stoppage against the war in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:13pm 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
Three Penny Opera
Pacific Cultural Center
1307 Seabright Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062...
Event Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 2:31pm PDT
UCSC Reefer Madness! Campus lockdown!
Campus lockdown in anticipation of April 20th...
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 2:20pm PDT
April 2008 Newsletter from riseup.net
This newsletter (sent by riseup.net in english, spanish, portuguese, french and russian) is for all riseup.net list admins and mail account users. It contains vital information, technical tips, and news about Riseup....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 11:25am 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
Book talk: Jim Douglass, author/activist
Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz, uphill from the intersection of Ocean and Broadway...
Event Date: Sun, May 4, 2008 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 1:03am PDT