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Local Activists Continue to Press the Issue on the BearCat and Militarization Community Concern Over BearCat Purchase Continues to Grow...
Posted: Thu, Feb 12, 2015 3:14pm PST
Protest War Criminal Netanyahu’s Speech to Joint Session of Congress 
Israeli Consulate, 456 Montgomery St., at California St....
Event Date: Tue, Mar 3, 2015 5:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Feb 11, 2015 3:19pm PST
Dear City Council, Santa Cruz Does NOT Want a BEARCAT Sin Barras, Without (Prison) Bars, wants the Santa Cruz Police Department to rescind its agreement to purchase a Bearcat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck)....
Posted: Mon, Feb 9, 2015 3:12pm PST
Forum: IMPERIALISM GONE CRAZY? Imperialism, Inter-Imperialist War and Labor 
A forum was held on 2/7/15 in San Francisco with the title Imperialism, Inter-Imperialist War, Labor And Capitalism Are We Headed Toward An Imperialist World War? As the presenters pointed out the US has a long history of intervention in Central and Eastern Europe and Asia....
Posted: Sun, Feb 8, 2015 11:44pm PST
Rally to GIVE BACK the BearCat Military Vehicle 
Santa Cruz City Hall, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 10, 2015 4:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Feb 5, 2015 5:59pm PST
Indians 201: Indian Rebellions at the California Missions 
While it is not uncommon for some textbooks to give the impression that the California Native Americans passively accepted the missions, Spanish domination, and conversion to Christianity, this was not the case. In fact, the initial reception of the Franciscans by the California Indians was anything but hospitable. Resistance to the Spanish Franciscans was organized by village chiefs and influential shamans and this resistance was expressed through attacks on both the Spanish soldiers and the...
Posted: Wed, Feb 4, 2015 3:57pm PST
March for Justice: End US State Terrorism Against People of Color 
Familiar names? Oscar Grant, Salvador Allende, Victor Jara, Che Guevara, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Aiyana Stanley Jones, Darrien Hunt. High School students in Mountain View rallied in front of City Hall on Wednesday June 28th, with the faces of these people on placards, asking that they not be forgotten....
Posted: Fri, Jan 30, 2015 2:16am PST
Reclaim MLK - Third World for Black Power Lockdown at Federal Building in Oakland, 1/16/15: photos 
In solidarity with Black Lives Matter activists across the country who set out to "Reclaim Martin Luther King's Legacy" for MLK Day 2015, Oakland's Anti-Police Terrorism Project (APTP) called for 96 hours of direct action in the San Francisco Bay Area. Launching the four-day weekend of actions in the Bay Area was a surprise Friday morning lockdown of the two main entrances to the Ronald Dellums Federal Building complex. Over two dozen activists arrived at the federal building before dawn and...
Posted: Thu, Jan 29, 2015 1:34pm PST
Activists Say Santa Cruz Police Lied to Secure Armored Vehicle Purchase (video/quicktime 115.9MB) On January 27, community members held a press conference at Santa Cruz City Hall to reveal information which has added to their belief that police essentially lied in December when seeking the city council's approval to purchase a BearCat (Ballistic Engineered Armored Response Counter Attack Truck) they claim will be used county-wide as an "emergency" vehicle. The purchase of the BearCat, which will be paid for with $250,000 in Homeland Security Department grants, has been widely protested i...
Posted: Wed, Jan 28, 2015 8:59pm PST
A Year in the Streets: Resistance in the Bay in 2014 
From the blockading of Google buses to the blockading of major freeways. From riots against white supremacy and police in Oakland to anti-tech and gentrification brawls in San Francisco, 2014 was an explosive year. Battles erupted in a variety of places and around various issues. Against surveillance, against the eviction of squats and homeless camps, against Israeli attacks on Gaza at the Port of Oakland, and in workplaces and neighborhoods across the region. While the bay changed for the wo...
Posted: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 2:36pm PST
Tanks, No Thanks Give Back the BearCat Armored Military Vehicle 
Santa Cruz City Council, 809 Center Street, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 27, 2015 4:30pm PST
Posted: Thu, Jan 22, 2015 12:10pm PST
Public Records Released by the SPCD on the Bearcat 
The documents below reached me about a week and a half ago. I circulated them to some activists. One interested critic of the Bearcat asked me to make them available to him. Sorry I was slow in putting out this info. They need to be carefully examined and followed up on--particularly since I believe that further anti-militarization protests are in the cards for the next City Council....
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2015 10:44pm PST
Hundreds Protest Approval of Police Attack Vehicle Purchase at SC City Council Meeting 
On January 13, hundreds of residents attempted to attend the Santa Cruz City Council meeting to oppose the council's December decision which approved a police department request to accept Homeland Security grants totaling more than $250,000 earmarked for the purchase of an armored attack vehicle. When residents first found out in early December about the proposed purchase, police described it as an "emergency response and rescue vehicle" in a report sent to city council members prepared by De...
Posted: Sun, Jan 18, 2015 4:11pm PST
Give Back the BEARCAT!!, and Create an Inclusive Public Process! Santa Cruz City Hall
809 Center Street...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 13, 2015 4:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 12:32pm PST
March For Black Community Control Of The Police! 
OAKLAND UHURU HOUSE...
Event Date: Sat, Jan 17, 2015 12:00pm PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 12, 2015 11:14am PST
Lara Kissam from A.R.O.C.K from SF Giving information on Settingthestandard 
Lara Kissam from A.R.O.C.K from SF Giving information on Settingthestandard...
Posted: Sun, Dec 21, 2014 10:44pm PST
From Palestine to Ferguson: Expressing Solidarity, Blocking Traffic in San José 
Speakers at a rally in San Jose, California drew parallels between the shooting of black teenager Mike Brown and the crushing of protesters in the aftermath, and the treatment of Palestinians under Israeli despotism. They said that police deployed tactics to attack unarmed protesters in Ferguson and that these are the same tactics used by Israel-trained police. They said the connection is not coincidence....
Posted: Mon, Dec 1, 2014 12:50pm PST
11-16-14 Tristan Anderson benefit (audio/mpeg 182.9MB) Art House Gallery 11-16-14 concert to support Tristan and his lawsuit against Israel...
Posted: Tue, Nov 18, 2014 3:06pm PST
Peace Activists 'Banned for Life' from Bookshop Santa Cruz for Protesting Leon Panetta 
On November 10, peace activists in Santa Cruz protested a book signing appearance by Leon Panetta, the one-time Secretary of Defense and CIA Director. Panetta is currently on a book tour promoting the release of "Worthy Fights: A Memoir of Leadership in War and Peace." Bookshop Santa Cruz hosted the event, which was held in the sanctuary at Peace United Church of Christ, with a crowd of hundreds in attendance. Initially, the book store and the church both attempted, with what little means the...
Posted: Mon, Nov 17, 2014 2:39am PST
Dennis J Bernstein Interviews Keith McHenry, Founder of Food Not Bombs 
Food Not Bombs is a national organization that distributes free food to the growing armies of hungry Americans from coast to coast. While you would think that the government would laud support such a noble cause, Food Not Bombs food givers face regular arrest and possible jail time for distributing food to the very hungry, a growing number of children and veterans among them. As of this interview, In Florida, a 90-year-old member of Food Not Bombs is in jail for food-giving. Dennis J Bernstei...
Posted: Thu, Nov 13, 2014 6:48pm PST
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