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PSA: The People's Resistance in Oaxaca - March 1 & 2 (audio/mpeg 1.0MB)
The People's Resistance in Oaxaca: Short Films & Reportback
Thursday, March 1, 2007 8 pm Watsonville Brown Berets Office, 406 Main St. Watsonville, behind Ritmo Latino
Friday, March 2, 2007 7:30 pm Veterean's Memorial Building, 846 Front St. Santa Cruz, next to Main Post Office
Short Films and Reportback on the People's Resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico
Vladimir Flores and Shannon Young, Oaxaca correspondents for Free Speech Radio News, will be on hand to present a series of films prod...
Posted: Wed, Feb 28, 2007 12:16am PST
Free Skool Spring Quarter Calendar is Available
Dang, Free Skool keeps getting more exciting. 84 classes. Everything from Bicycle Touring to Survival Gourmet to our Free Skool Post-Apocalyptic Survival Weekend....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 10:23pm PST
PVUSD Teachers Underpaid
Mary Anne Mays returns to the PVUSD, works half-time her previous schedule, and still makes double what a teacher makes....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 1:34pm PST
Humanity For Homeless now partially funded by the homeless
Update on the status of Humanity for Homeless, a loose nit organization that feeds and provides cloths to the homeless as well fighting for their rights. Idea for Poor Peoples Union discussed....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 9:28am PST
UCSC Rallies for 'Wages Not War!'
On Thursday, February 15, hundreds of students and workers at UC Santa Cruz joined more than two dozen schools across the nation in taking action against war. Locally, this meant calling for a reprioritization of resources to focus on the needs of low-paid service workers rather than on weapons development and war. Poverty-struck workers in the UC system have been promised and allocated money by both the CA state legislature and the UC system itself, yet UC President Robert Dynes has refused ...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 3:28am PST
Universes: Live from the Edge (2/22)
Catch a live, rockin, innovative, multi-cultural, political theatre troupe from New York- at the Rio Theatre this Thursday night (February 22), 8pm....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 12:45am PST
UCSC Student Government Resolution for Wage Parity
A few weeks ago, the official (Regent-endorsed) student government of UC Santa Cruz, the Student Union Assembly, unanimously approved the following resolution demanding that low-paid workers receive wages in accordance with other nearby institutions. The UC promised thousands of dollars to the lowest paid workers, many of which are members of AFSCME 3299, yet, up to this date, have not released this money.
60 workers were arrested outside the UC Office of the President last Thursday, Febru...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 5:33pm PST
Watch The Cops As They Watch You
The recent crackdown on Homeless in Santa Cruz Ca...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 9:25am PST
S.T.O.P. Slow To Observe Police
Word to the wise: Today there is a coordinated effort by the Police to crack down on bicyclists and drivers who roll through stop signs. A little after 9:00 am this morning, I saw no less than three SCPD cruisers hidden on side streets of Pacific Ave.; lying in wait for bicyclists and drivers who blow through stop signs... Then, as I approached a stop sign on Cedar St. by Maple, another bicyclist warned me about another cop waiting to give me a ticket. Needless to say, I hit the brakes just i...
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 9:47am PST
The People's Resistance in Oaxaca: Short Films & Reportback (March 1 & 2)
Short Films and Reportback on the People's Resistance in Oaxaca, Mexico
Thursday, March 1 at 8pm, Brown Berets Meeting, 406 Main St., Watsonville
Friday, March 2 at 7:30 PM, Vet's Hall, 846 Front St., Santa Cruz
Vladimir Flores and Shannon Young, Oaxaca correspondents for Free Speech Radio News, will
be on hand to present a series of films produced by Mal de Ojo TV. Both evenings will also have a reportback and slideshow from Daniel and Ariel, Santa Cruz residents who spent three m...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 11:59pm PST
10th Annual Homelessness Marathon to Air Tuesday on Free Radio Santa Cruz
As it usually does, Free Radio Santa Cruz (101.1 FM, www.freakradio.org) will air--broadcast conditions willng--the 10th Annual Homelessness Marathon from 4 PM Tuesday February 20th to 6 AM Wednesday February 21st....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 7:08am PST
Free CHIP FITZGERALD! BPP Comrade up for Parole March 29!!
Chip Fitzgerald is the longest held Black Panther comrade in captivity. He is up for parole on March 29, 2007. Legally, he has every reason to be given his FREEDOM!!
HE NEEDS YOUR LETTER OF SUPPORT! HE NEEDS HIS COMMUNITY!!...
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 11:08pm PST
Santa Cruz Homeless crack down in full selective force
Rise in Homeless harassment...
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 4:20pm PST
FRSC/Peacetalks: Normon Solomon Media in times of War (audio/mpeg 34.6MB)
Audio from speech given by Norman Solomon media in times of war at UCSC on 02-07-07 where he received the Ruben Salazar journalism award....
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2007 11:32am PST
"Occupation Project" at Congressman Sam Farr's Office in Santa Cruz
On February 16th, 2007, a protest targeting Sam Farr, Representative for the 17th Congressional District, was held at the Santa Cruz County Building. In a comment posted on Santa Cruz Indymedia, Steven Argue explained the primary reason behind the protest, "While Sam Farr has voted against supplemental war appropriations, He has voted for well over a trillion dollars in “defense” (actually war funds) since the beginning of the Iraq war. Besides being used to put the world in terror of U.S. co...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 7:16pm PST
War on the Poor
Humanity for Homeless concerned about recent media propaganda....
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 12:36pm PST
Downtown Ordinances Now Easily Available
Four PDFs, one for each page of the downtown ordinances flyer that Robert Norse has been passing out to educate people for the past several years....
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 9:07pm PST
Alleycat Bicycle Race - THIS FRIDAY - 2/16/07
Where's The Love?
It's that special time of the year again, so what better way to shrug off that post-valentine's day rubbish with a bit of no-nonsense bicycle mania?
Leave your sweetheart at home, but do bring yourself and a bike
4pm Friday @ clocktower
3$ sliding scale
bag & lock could be useful...
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 7:44pm PST
Valentine's Day is Marriage Equality Day!
Santa Cruz County Building
701 Ocean Street
Santa Cruz, Ca 95062...
Event Date: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 12:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 7:12pm PST
Vice-Mayor Ryan Coonerty declares war on homeless people
In the February 13th issue of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, a front-page article by Shanna McCord quotes Coonerty as saying "There is a sense of urgency now because people don't feel comfortable downtown. We have to respond to that." Coonerty, Counilmembers Lynn Robinson and Cynthia Mathews have teamed up to increase police funding, staffing, and enforcement of the new 15-minute law which criminalizes anyone but a city worker from remaining in a parking structure for longer than 15 minutes, subje...
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2007 9:55am PST