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Invitations were distributed to Reclaim The Streets of Santa Cruz on June 3rd with a free street party for everyone. Slowly but surely, musicians, artists, chalkers, dancers, bikers, disc tossers, walkers and other party goers began arriving at Pearl Alley in anticipation of Saturday night's "experiment in spontaneous urban uprising."

Free loaves of challah and a jug-band got the party started in Pearl Alley. At about 8pm, people drifted into slow-moving traffic on Pacific Avenue to "take over the streets and reclaim community space for community use!"

People left Pearl Alley then marched down Pacific Avenue to Laurel where they danced and played in the intersection before continuing up Laurel and then Cedar. Reclaim The Streets continued up Cedar and got word that the Dyke March was on Pacific and heading towards the Town Clock. The street party acted swiftly to join the Dyke March, bringing an interesting twist to both events. Read more and view photos

Audio: Indynewswire Show: SC Reclaim the Streets Coverage

They were kicked out of the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market on Wednesday, but on Thursday the ruckus music of Shakey Bones was welcomed on Freak Radio, Santa Cruz's renowned community pirate radio station. Shakey Bones formed in January of 2006 in Walnut Creek, a "boring suburban town in the east bay." ( Audio | Photos)

Shakey Bones plays, "RUCKUS MUSIC. New tunes, old tunes, rewritten tunes and all kinds of other madness. We make all our own cds, and send them out ourselves. Up the punx. Fuck the naysayers. Bash the fash. Eat the cake. Save the world." Read more

audio (mp3): Shakey Bones Live on FRSC (1 hour 10 minutes / 32 MB)

Interview and in-studio performance on Free Radio Santa Cruz with singer, songwriter and political activist Jim Page. The rich tradition of topical song writing is alive and well. Jim Page's songs bring a phenomenal mix of humor, irony and lyrical brilliance to exposing the outrages and absurdities of our times. Read more

audio (mp3): Performace and Interview with Jim Page (61:17 minutes / 56 MB)

"Not Enough Space" is a traveling art exhibition commemorating 25 years of political imprisonment of Puerto Rican Political Prisoners Carlos Alberto Torres and Oscar López Rivera.

The Opening Reception for "Not Enough Space" will be held on Friday, May 19th from 6pm to 10pm at the Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts Gallery (2868 Mission Street in San Francisco). The event will include special guest José E. López, the Executive Director of the Puerto Rican Cultural Center (Chicago), who is also the brother of Puerto Rican Political Prisoner Oscar López Rivera. The John Santos Quintet will perform. Authentic Puerto Rican Hors D'oeuvres will be served.

The exhibit will be in San Francisco until June 16th. A Closing Cultural Event will take place on Sunday, June 11th from 4pm-8pm, with music and dance by Rico Pabón, Son Borikua, and Cacique y Kongo. In following months, the exhibit will travel to places such as Michoacan, Mexico, New York City, and Vieques.

Mission cultural Center for Latino Arts (MCCLA) | National Boricua Human Rights Network | Not Enough Space Catalog | Puerto Rican Cultural Center of Chicago | John Santos | List of Political Prisoners Held in the US

The 2nd Annual Bay Area Anarchist Music Festival will take place on Friday, May 19th at the Edinburgh Castle (950 Geary St. at Larkin) in San Francisco, from 10pm onward. The event will be a benefit for the Kate Sharpley Library (KSL). Performers will include Emcee Lynx, Drowning Dog & Malatesta, and Nate Mezmer. Barry Pateman from the KSL will speak.

The Kate Sharpley Library was named in honor of Kate Sharpley, a World War I anarchist and anti-war activist, one of the countless "unknown" members of the movement who have been ignored by "official historians" of anarchism. Read more about the event

Read more on Indybay's Global Justice and Anti-Capitalism News Page

The 6th annual Youth And Power 2006, put together by the Watsonville Brown Berets, was a great success. It attracted youth from Watsonville, San Jose, Salinas, Santa Cruz, Aptos, the Bay Area, as well as L.A. and other locations. "Brown And Black Power" was the theme of this years event. Youth were educated about issues that affect us as a community and the social justice movement as well as entertained with great performers and special guests. The vets hall was full to its capacity, it was peaceful throughout the night and seeds were planted in young minds, the future soldiers of the movement. Read more and view photos

see also: An Open Letter to the Hip Hop Community on Immigration

Photos: Heads Spin at Youth and Power 2006
Videos: Immortal Technique at Youth and Power 2006
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On Friday April 14th an evening of anti-border fun was held to benefit the Bay Area Coalition to Fight the Minutemen. The event at Balazo Gallery featured a Chican@ dinner at 6pm and a lineup of bands at 7:30. Firme, Fuga, Myth of Progress, Baader Brains, Entartete Kunst, Chest Full of Arrows, the Wills Wilde performed, and DJs Bonnie Blue and Zapatita kept the dancing going on into the night.

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