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More Fudge from the Council and SCPD: Gillian Greensite Back on Free Radio June 21 6 PM Gillian Greensite will continue her discussion of the SCPD/Reilly- Coonerty Council coverup of ballooning rape stats in Santa Cruz at 101.1 FM (also www.freakradio.org) on Thursday, June 21 at 6 PM...
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 11:18am PDT
Dear Arnold: Immigrants Do Want to Learn English Tuesday, June 19, 2007 :New America Media, Commentary, Domenico Maseri Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently challenged Hispanic America to turn off its Spanish television set as a way to learn English. NAM commentator Domenico Maceri says that immigrants do want to learn, but learning takes time and resources....
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2007 9:42am PDT
Felton Community Resists Water Giant (audio/mpeg 2.3MB) Residents in the town of Felton, California are using eminent domain to buy back their water supply from a private water company called American Water. Residents complain of price gouging and poor customer service....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 6:58pm PDT
Media Alert: Local public radio station KZSC goes corporate! Local college radio station KZSC Santa Cruz, 88.1fm is going corporate. At the beginning of this month, the self-described "non-commercial" public radio station began airing internal promotions for a contest sponsored by Toyota and Urban Outfitters....
Posted: Mon, Jun 18, 2007 12:59pm PDT
Fudging the Rape Stats in Santa Cruz: FRSC Interviews Gillian Greensite Thursday June 14 Activist, organizer, writer, and past Santa Cruz CPVAW Chair Gillian Greensite speaks out on why she was dumped from the Commission for the Prevention of Violence Against Women for raising issues of police negligence and cooking the books on the vital issue of rape. Gillian will co-host the Bathrobespierre's Broadsides show from 6-8 PM Thursday June 14th at 101.1 FM, streaming at www.freakradio.org...
Posted: Wed, Jun 13, 2007 10:50pm PDT
Important Action to Defend Fired Worker (6/13) 
FORWARD WIDELY!!!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 11:49pm PDT
UCSC to log 150 acres of trees for expansion...? 
The following email from the Coalition for Limiting University Expansion (CLUE) shows that UCSC is preparing to cut down approximately 150 acres of trees on upper-campus to make room for all the new buildings that are part of the much-criticized expansion plan. This would be one of the most serious logging operations on UCSC's campus in decades. While almost everyone is against it, almost no one besides CLUE is organizing to stop it.
In 1991, approximately 100 redwood trees were logged on...
Posted: Tue, Jun 12, 2007 1:38pm PDT
Photographs of Mexico by a Native Son 
Miguel Zafra is of Mixtec background from the Oaxaca region of Mexico. His photographs of Southern Mexico are on display at an art store called Alma Gifts & Cultures from now until July 15. Alma is located at 1705 Mission Street in Santa Cruz. These photographs are from the opening of Zafra's show on June 9, 2007. From now until July 15, the work of Miguel Zafra will be on display at Alma Gifts and Culture in Santa Cruz. Zafra is a gifted artist who works in black and white and hand-color...
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 11:00pm PDT
Not So Public Records 
Repeated attempts to obtain access to public records result in repeated denials, and escalating conditions....
Posted: Sat, Jun 9, 2007 12:53pm PDT
Administrators Back Off from 3 yr. Suspension of Prominent Activist FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 8, 2007...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 2:29pm PDT
UAW Contract Action! Help Improve Workload Protections! (5/12) As an important step toward winning our bargaining demands for improved workload protections, UAW 2865 members around the state are having a grade-in/tutor-in during finals week. Our action will demonstrate to the University of California just how much work it takes to ensure the students at UC Santa Cruz get the quality education they deserve. Come out and show your support for increased workload protections while you get your work done....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 12:22am PDT
Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies – and a public
university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 11:00am PDT
Vive Oaxaca 2007! Guelaguetza en Santa Cruz 23 de Junio 
Press release for a cultural Oaxacan event (Guelaguetza) taking place on June 23rd in Santa Cruz...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Se Necesitan Maestros para Free Skool ¿Tienes unas habilidades y conocimientos únicos? ¿Quieres ver cambio en el mundo? Deseas compartir lo que sabes en una manera interactiva y no autoritaria? ¿Te gusta aprender en un ambiente informal?...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 4:43pm PDT
HOBO FILM FEST at Santa Cruz GDI (6/8) For one night we turn the GDI Fair Ave railroad tracks location into a hobo jungle for a late-into the night hobo film festival. We will feature train riding shorts, documentaries, and feature films...
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 4:34pm PDT
Free Skool Summer Deadline days Summer Quarter runs July 1st to September 31st. The Free Skool Summer Quarter teacher registration deadline is coming up June 10th. We will not calendar classes after this date....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 3:57pm PDT
Los Caminos del Sur: Photo Exhibit at Alma's 
Hola amigos aqui esta una invitacion para una Exhibicion en Santa Cruz.
Si gustan pasar el sabado de 5 a 7 pm. la info. esta en el attachment.
Los Caminos del Sur: es Una Coleccion de Imagenes de los pueblos Indigenas de Oaxaca, Chiapas y Yucatan.
Estara Exibiendose de Junio 9 a julio 9.
Favor de Distribuir a tus contactos que se encuentran por este lado de la Bahia....
Posted: Tue, Jun 5, 2007 2:46pm PDT
GIIP Linux install Fest Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Time: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Location: Namaste Lounge
Street: College 9/10 UCSC
City/Town:Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jun 2, 2007 10:45am PDT
UC Custodians Win! On May 22, 2007, after a year-and-a-half of organizing and mass actions, UC Berkeley, UC Santa Cruz, and UC Santa Barbara custodians declare victory, winning substantial wage increases! Also part of the equity fight, UC Irvine groundskeepers win their in-sourcing campaign! The custodian pay equity campaign helps push UC to settle additional increases for AFSCME low-wage workers statewide – marking a step toward statewide equity in our contract....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 7:51pm PDT
KZSC News on Alette Rally (audio/mpeg 7.5MB) The following radio segment was aired on student-run radio station KZSC on May 24. It has audio from the Defend Alette rally, with clips from Angela Davis, Acting Chancellor George Blumenthal and more....
Posted: Fri, Jun 1, 2007 2:17am PDT
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