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Take Back the Night 2006 
On Thursday, May 18, students at UC Santa Cruz held the annual Take Back the Night. Starting with a rally at 6:30pm in Baytree Plaza, there were speakers and live performance addressing issues such as prison violence, sterilization, borderline violence, and institutionalized patriarchy. After marching through the colleges on East side of campus, the march stopped outside the College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room for performances by UCSC's Slam Poets Team, before making their way through the rest of...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
Santa Cruz Genetrification Laws Content of a page on the HUFF web site documenting and explicating various and sundry elements of the Santa Cruz municipal code used to harass poor and homeless people. Comments and feedback are appreciated, and will be integrated into the page as appropriate, with or without attribution as desired. They may be made here, or sent to me via email....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 1:00pm PDT
UC Regents Meeting reportback 5/17 (audio/mpeg 6.0MB) On Wednesday 5/17 the UC Regents held a meeting at UCSF. Students, Workers and unions were present, primarily in response to UC's plan to cut workers' pensions. The unions were united & unapologetic, cheering loudly as three California State Senators including Figeroa (D) and Maldonado (R), called for Dynes' resignation....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 2:44pm PDT
Anti-Nuke Activists Disrupt UC Regents Meeting 
Thursday, May 18, 2006 - For the second straight year, anti-nuke/demilitarization activists from around the state disrupted the University of California Regents meeting at UC San Francisco. In addition to concerns of corruption on behalf of top UC officials, students continued the decades old tradition of opposition to UC's vital role in the production of weapons of mass destruction. Through it's management of both Los Alamos National Lab and Lawrence Livermore, UC employees have designed eve...
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 5:41am PDT
We Are All Animals; Circus Gatti Comes to Watsonville to Benefit the Police 
MJG Entertainment, Inc's Circus Gatti, based in Hemet, California, operates approximately 450 circuses in 150 towns each year. The performances include acrobats, jugglers, a high-wire act and captive wildlife such as horses, tigers and elephants which are trained to entertain young children and their adults. On May 20th and 21st, Circus Gatti brought their show to Watsonville in a benefit for the Watsonville Police. People concerned about the rights of the animals being exploited by Circus Ga...
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 11:25pm PDT
Staff Reports for Parking Lot Paranoia Law 
Scanned PDF images of the various otherwise unavailable staff reports associated with the Parking Lot Paranoia Law, including the "call logs" cited as evidence of a flood of problems. Also includes ACLU Letter....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 6:08pm PDT
Best radio in Santa Cruz: YOUTHTOPIA: KUSP's teen health show The hope of Santa Cruz is the youth: check this radio
YOUTHTOPIA: KUSP's teen health show...
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 5:47pm PDT
BIRDY at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In (5/26) 
BIRDY: A veteran returns from the war in Vietnam mentally shattered and convinced he's a bird. Nicholas Cage is another veteran who visits him in a military hospital every day, determined to bring Birdy back to reality. A haunting 1984 film about friendship and survival....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 8:48am PDT
Free Skool Summer Quarter deadline coming up 
We want you to teach Free Skool Santa Cruz....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 11:48pm PDT
Norse Trial Postponed to September; Pitchess Hearing 9 AM June 11 Dept 1 My jury trial for "disrupting a meeting" and "obstructing an officer" has been postponed to September 11 in Dept. 1 (probably at 9 AM)....
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 7:19pm PDT
FRSC: Jim Page LIVE In Studio Interview/Performance 
In studio interview /performance with Jim Page singer
songwriter political activist. Also sharing tracks from his
new upcomming release "Head Full Of Pictures"
The Interview took place on 06-17-2006 Live on Free Radio Santa Cruz...
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Dump Two Dumb Laws and Diss the Demonic Duo Tuesday May 23rd 2:15 PM Neal Coonerty, Bookshop Santa Cruz owner and Supervisoral candidate, is largely responsible for the 1994 Downtown Ordinances--specifically the harsh law restricting or eliminating much peaceful sparechanging.
Ryan Coonerty, his son, City Councilmember, has been pushing the Parking Garage Paranoia Law. He works at Bookshop SC....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 12:50am PDT
First Anual Intertribal Gathering May 20th 
Intertribal Gathering May 20th at the Santa Cruz County fairgrounds. This is a drug and alcohol free event....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 12:02am PDT
The Project, May 2006 The Project is a monthly radical newpaper for the UCSC campus and Santa Cruz Community. It is run in a non-hierarchical fashion mainly by UCSC students, with an emphasis in anti-capitalism and local activism aimed at democratizing the university system.
The purpose of this newspaper collective is to document and inspire strategic radical actions that are relevant to local, regional, and global socioeconomic justice. We believe independent media plays a crucial role in facilitating dialogue...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 4:14pm PDT
How to Keep it Up (Momentum, That is) The Project, Page 11
Momentum in social justice movements globally and locally....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:37pm PDT
Shout Out to May Day: Unidos Estamos, Nos Quedamos The Project, Page 8
Immigrant rights groups all over the U.S. called for a general strike on May 1st, International Worker's Day. This article gives an explanation of what happened in different cities such as Santa Cruz, Watsonville, Salinas, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles and so forth on May 1st when an estimated 1.5 million people all over the country showed up to protest against HR4437....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:23pm PDT
Dear Supporters of Students Against War The Project, Page 5
A thank you letter for the support following the counter-recruitment demonstration on April 11th....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:12pm PDT
An Open Letter of Solidarity... The Project, Page 4
This is an open letter of solidarity to Students Against War at San Francisco State University....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 2:51pm PDT
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