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QUALITY OF LIFE graffiti film comes to Santa Cruz 1/19
Shot on location in San Franciso's Mission District, the award-winning QUALITY OF LIFE tells an authentic and gripping story of two young graffiti writers whose friendship and lives unravel after they get arrested.
This is the Santa Cruz premiere at the Rio on Fri 1/19 at 8pm. The Filmmakers (both UCSC grads) will be in attendance with after-party afterwards at the Cardiff Lounge....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 2:15pm PST
Protest at the San Jose Mexican Consulate on Dec 22nd
Our brothers and sisters in Oaxaca are still suffering repression from the Mexican government and mass incarceration of activists! Please join us in this very important protest!
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22nd, 2006
MEXICAN CONSULATE in SAN JOSE - 540 North First St., San Jose, CA.
7AM (Yes, in the morning! The consulate's hours of operation are usually 8AM-3PM)
SAN FRANCISCO, SANTA CRUZ -- ALL COME TO SAN JOSE!...
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 12:05pm PST
Action Alert: Marina City Council to Vote on Dispensary Ban Tonight @6:30
WHEN: Tonight, December 19th 2006 6:30pm
WHERE: City Hall, City Council Chambers 211 Hillcrest Ave.Marina CA 93933
WHY: Patients will be allowed to speak for up to 3 minutes....
Posted: Tue, Dec 19, 2006 5:54pm PST
Last Night DIY Parade Returns in Full Force
When we ask permission to live our lives, to celebrate, to come together, to express dissent, we legitimate the power of institutions over us. We give up our power to make our own choices. We refuse to ask permission to be free....
Posted: Tue, Dec 19, 2006 3:32pm PST
Week of Winter Woe
Protests, meals, meetings, phone numbers, and other tools of transformation in the next few days for any and all who want them.
As the weather goes from cold to sub-freezing. With "shelter space" available for less than 10% of the Santa Cruz City homeless....
Posted: Tue, Dec 19, 2006 1:09pm PST
Bigotry on Parade: Scotts Valley City Council Passes Camping Ban
Scotts Valley City Council Chambers at 1 Civic Center Drive, Scotts Valley (off Scotts Valley Drive)....
Event Date: Wed, Dec 20, 2006 6:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2006 3:40pm PST
Thaw Out the Snowman: Demo and Meal Noon at City Attorney's Friday the 22nd
Gather and gobble at 333 Church St. Friday noon in front of the City Attorney's office (across from the City Council parking lot and down from the Civic Auditorium). The goal: to ask Barisone to recommend what the LA City Attorney and Police Chief have done--suspend sleeping ban tickets so people can sleep safely in some part of the city....
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2006 2:13pm PST
Last Night Un-Planning Meeting
Next Un-organizing meeting is Monday night...
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2006 10:41am PST
AUDIO: Scott Ritter and Jeff Cohen at Louden Nelson on 12-9-06.
SCOTT RITTER and JEFF COHEN spoke on Dec. 9 about the war and the media's role in creating it....
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2006 11:47pm PST
Scotts Valley Sleeping Ban Ordinance
New Scotts Valley Ordinance aginst sleeping on Public Property. There is one last meeting on Wed 20th at the Scotts Valley City Council for public input....
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2006 7:13pm PST
Signs Signs Everywhere there's signs - a response to Mike Rotkin
Response to Mike Rotkin's article regarding signs and fliers....
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2006 9:40pm PST
Protest at the San Jose Mexican Consulate!
540 N. First St., San Jose, Califas...
Event Date: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 7:00am PST
Posted: Sat, Dec 16, 2006 2:16am PST
Executions Halted Indefinitely in California
A federal judge in California imposed a state-wide moratorium on executions today....
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 3:56pm PST
Food Not Bombs Founder on Santa Cruz Free Radio Sunday (not Monday)
Keith McHenry, co-Founder of the international Food Not Bombs movement will be a guest on The Wake Up Call at 8:30 AM on Sunday December 17th at 101.1 FM (also streaming at www.freakradio.org and archived at www.huffsantacruz.org under Bathrobespierre's Broadsides.
The show will air Sunday (not Monday) December 17....
Posted: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 10:25am PST
Vigil at Gilroy WalMart Supercenter
7150 Camino Arroyo in GILROY, Supercenter Store #2002...
Event Date: Fri, Dec 15, 2006 5:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Dec 14, 2006 12:44am PST
The L.A. Struggle Over the pro-homeless Jones decision and its implications for Santa Cruz
L.A. writer Gregory Afghani will call in to Free Radio Santa Cruz Thursday December 14 at 7 PM. to discuss the L.A. homeless situation in the wake of the key 9th Federal Circuit Court Jones decision last April, overturning the L.A. Sleeping Ban with significant implications for Santa Cruz and cities in 9 other Western states....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 10:40pm PST
Monday the 18th Humanity for Homeless will be putting on our largest meal of the year.
From local donations, we will serve ham, mashed potatoes, homemade cranberry sauce, apple pie, rolls, hot apple cider and homemade bread. Musicians are welcome as this will be a festive atmosphere. Children with adults are welcome and some will be serving. We ask anyone who wants to help or just join us to come on down - 6pm Monday the 18th in front of New Leaf Market on Pacific Ave....
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 12:52pm PST
Congress Votes 368-31 to Back Mumia’s Racist Frame-up
“It is not the first time that an international mobilization has taken place in favor of American citizens who are unfairly sentenced in their own country. Such was the case for Nicola Sacco, and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, between 1920 and 1927, for Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who died on the electric chair in 1953, and subsequently in 1972 for Angela Davis initially sentenced for murder, before being acquitted of all charges." Press release of the City of St. Denis in response to pressures from the...
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2006 7:23pm PST
A Last Night Manifesto
We want to live in a world full of play and celebration, where self-expression is a matter of course. A world full of surprises, in which relationships are authentic and open-ended. A world in which we share a direct connection to the world around us. Where one does not have to ask permission of authorities to realize one’s dreams of adventure and possibility....
Posted: Tue, Dec 12, 2006 7:55am PST
The Doohickey Project - workshops/discussions on DIY reproductive & sexual health (12/14)
Where/When: Thursday, December 14th
5:30pm at the RCNV, 515 Broadway, Santa Cruz!
What: A community discussion with workshops on menstrual cycles, abortion options, and sexual health.
This Santa Cruz event is part of a cross-country tour....
Posted: Sun, Dec 10, 2006 12:27am PST