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Thu Dec 15 2005 (Updated 07/19/06)
Students Denounce Pentagon Surveillance of Counter-Recruitment Activities
SANTA CRUZ, CA – According to a document obtained by NBC News, the Pentagon has been spying on 1,500 “suspicious incidents,” including anti-war and counter-recruitment meetings and actions throughout the nation over the past 10-month period. Among the first pages of more than 400 released, 10 college anti-war protests were listed, including UC Santa Cruz Students Against War (SAW)’s counter-recruitment protest of April 5, 2005, which was the only one to be labeled both credible and a “threat.”
Despite having dealt with both undercover police and university agents involved in the acts of surveillance and repression, the news came as a little shock to many SAW members, reaffirming long-held beliefs about the nature of the U.S. military. 3rd year student Jen Low noted the hypocrisy of the government’s messaging, reminding us that, "the notion of the Pentagon spying on peaceful protesters is a major threat to the freedoms that they claim to protect."
While the Department of Defense has not commented on the allegations, student activists assert that the rising unpopularity of the Iraq War and the inability of military recruiters to meet their quotas make the counter-recruitment movement a strong candidate for repression by a “homeland security” apparatus run amok. Read more
[ Original MSNBC story ] [ DoD Database of domestic 'threats' (.pdf) ]
Audio: Rockin' the Boat: DoD Spying on Counter-Recruitment Organizers
see also: Pentagon spying at UCSC: Standards for our Country, Standards for Ourselves
from Pittsburgh IMC: POG returns to Oakland Recruiting Station
previous coverage: Wanted - information about under-cop || Rally, Queer Kiss-in Greet Military Recruiters at UCSC || UCSC Students Kick Military Recruiters Off Campus
Despite having dealt with both undercover police and university agents involved in the acts of surveillance and repression, the news came as a little shock to many SAW members, reaffirming long-held beliefs about the nature of the U.S. military. 3rd year student Jen Low noted the hypocrisy of the government’s messaging, reminding us that, "the notion of the Pentagon spying on peaceful protesters is a major threat to the freedoms that they claim to protect."
While the Department of Defense has not commented on the allegations, student activists assert that the rising unpopularity of the Iraq War and the inability of military recruiters to meet their quotas make the counter-recruitment movement a strong candidate for repression by a “homeland security” apparatus run amok. Read more
[ Original MSNBC story ] [ DoD Database of domestic 'threats' (.pdf) ]
Audio: Rockin' the Boat: DoD Spying on Counter-Recruitment Organizers
see also: Pentagon spying at UCSC: Standards for our Country, Standards for Ourselves
from Pittsburgh IMC: POG returns to Oakland Recruiting Station
previous coverage: Wanted - information about under-cop || Rally, Queer Kiss-in Greet Military Recruiters at UCSC || UCSC Students Kick Military Recruiters Off Campus
Sat Dec 24 2005 (Updated 04/07/07)
Happy Holidays... to Everyone
While families get together to celebrate the holidays this season, and corporations smile at their record profits, many Santa Cruzans won't be seeing any gifts, food, or even a warm place to sleep.
In this 'season of giving' (so are all other seasons, times for 'not giving'?), iPods, XBoxes, jewelry and golf clubs, find their way under trees (dead or petrolium-based plastic) or next to the latkes or candle stick holders. Yet, although everything made in overseas sweatshops are brought into the home, our own homeless population remain mostly-forgotten on the street.
The whole year is a 'season of giving' for capitalism.
Happy Holidays.
You can find more archives of Santa Cruz Indymedia (SC-IMC) by visiting the following links to SC-IMC's Features, Newswire, and Other Press.
In this 'season of giving' (so are all other seasons, times for 'not giving'?), iPods, XBoxes, jewelry and golf clubs, find their way under trees (dead or petrolium-based plastic) or next to the latkes or candle stick holders. Yet, although everything made in overseas sweatshops are brought into the home, our own homeless population remain mostly-forgotten on the street.
The whole year is a 'season of giving' for capitalism.
Happy Holidays.
You can find more archives of Santa Cruz Indymedia (SC-IMC) by visiting the following links to SC-IMC's Features, Newswire, and Other Press.
You can also use the Internet Archive Wayback Machine to view screenshots of the santacruz.indymedia.org homepage from 2001 - 2005.
Read about Santa Cruz IMC's Regional Integration with Indybay.org || Lee sobre CMI Santa Cruz que se esta Integrando con Indybay.org
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