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For this reason, I will no longer engage with the Council on this issue. It has become abundantly and painfully clear that the Council has nothing to offer those of us working on protecting people's rights to express dissent locally....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 10:18am PDT
California First Lady Maria Shriver visited Watsonville's Farmer's Market this past Friday afternoon where she was met with skepticism....
Posted: Mon, Jul 24, 2006 3:35am PDT
PDFs of the Santa Cruz Police Department's Police Policy Manual / General Orders...
Posted: Sun, Jul 23, 2006 8:13am PDT
On July 20, area U.S. Representatives Sam Farr and Anne Eshoo voted in favor of a
Republican-sponsored resolution (H. Res. 921) supporting the ongoing Israeli
bombardment of Lebanon and the Gaza Strip and praising President Bush -- who has
blocked international demands for a cease fire -- for "fully supporting Israel" in
its actions....
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2006 10:12pm PDT
Live instudio music and interviews with Anne Feeny, Dave Lippman and George Shrub at 2pm on the Peacetalks Radio program 101fm www.freakradio.org...
Posted: Sat, Jul 22, 2006 11:38am PDT
Some out-of-town "anti-alien" group is trying to organize a rally this weekend in Santa Cruz. Check the website, check out the rhetoric. Come out to meet & greet, Saturday at noon at the town clock....
Posted: Fri, Jul 21, 2006 8:22am PDT
a special Santa Cruz screening of
“I KNOW I’M NOT ALONE” A Film by Michael Franti
Thursday, July 20 at 8:00pm
at the Veterans Memorial Building
846 Front Street (next to the main Post Office), Santa Cruz
831.454.0478 ext.10...
Posted: Thu, Jul 20, 2006 7:47am PDT
July 18, 2006
You probably know that the Pentagon has been spying on anti-war groups.
Now it turns out that Homeland Security has been working hand in glove with the Pentagon—at least in California.
The ACLU of Northern California released two documents on July 18 that reveal Homeland Security as a source of information for the Pentagon on protests at the University of California Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 3:38pm PDT
The Federal Department of Homeland Security provided the Pentagon with information on anti-war protests at UC campuses last year, according to the most recent government documents released to the ACLU of Northern California....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 3:23pm PDT
USCS previously disclosed the existence of its spy who infiltrated the anti-War group. Now it has been disclosed that this spy reported to the FBI, Homeland Security, and other such agencies. The identity of the spy has been blackened out on documents obtained by the ACLU....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 9:43am PDT
We dream of marching in a percussion band made of trash, a bone-shaking recycled orchestra, a superhero sonic force of resistance to be reckoned with....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 8:44am PDT
A program of rollicking and poignant Guerilla Drive-In Subversive Shorts. With the clever and creative Auto-Revision in which artists trans-form an automobile into musical instruments. Stop all the downloading!...
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 8:18am PDT
A mix between Cyndi Lauper, and AC/DC, with a bit of ska thrown in, The Pasties, from Olympia, WA, play indie-dance-folk punk. Tune into Indynewswire on Free Radio Santa Cruz, 101.1FM this Monday, July, 24 at 3pm for a live, on-air performance and interview with The Pasties....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 1:09am PDT
Erik Peterson, otherwise known as, Mischief Brew will join the V-Man, for a live performance and interview on FRSC 101.1 FM, this Sunday, July 23 from 6-8 PM. Later that night, Mischief Brew plays live at the Jury Room, 712 Ocean St., with openers Dun Bin Had & Northern Rail. Show starts at 9pm....
Posted: Wed, Jul 19, 2006 1:01am PDT
Display of Nazi Swaztika in Photographic Display in Santa Cuz Cafe Pergalesi...
Posted: Sun, Jul 16, 2006 1:44pm PDT
At the July 25 City Council meeting, John Barisone will be presenting the following hostile report on the "tax and regulate" local marijuana initiative....
Posted: Sat, Jul 15, 2006 9:21am PDT
Councilmember Mike Rotkin will be my guest on the Sunday July 16 edition of Bathrobespierre's Broadsides defending the behavior of the City Attorney and answering critic's questions....
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 8:13pm PDT
In summer of 2005, KOMY 1340FM in Santa Cruz/Salinas/Monterey Bay became an Air America radio network affiliate. They play about 9 hours a day of AAR programming - the Al Franken Show, 3 hours of the 4hr Randi Rhodes show, and the majority report. The station is owned by the Zwerling family, which openly advertises that they have a conservative perspective. They own a second radio station KSCO, which has mostly right-wing shows including Limbaugh, Savage Nation, and O'Reilly. Recently, the ow...
Posted: Fri, Jul 14, 2006 7:06pm PDT
After numerous delays, a two-page document on SCPD spying took effect July 5. Some locals, who say the new policy does nothing to limit police monitoring of activists, spoke out at the June 27 City Council Meeting, and held a Last Rights DIY Funeral, March July 5.
TRT: 28:53...
Posted: Wed, Jul 12, 2006 10:40am PDT
Local citizen planning group approves new housing proposal...
Posted: Mon, Jul 10, 2006 11:27pm PDT




