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Community Organizes in Beach Flats to Denounce ICE Raids 
On Friday May 30th, The Movement Immigrant Rights Alliance (MIRA) organized a rally and press release to denounce the ICE raids that took place last week. Community members, Union members, religious leaders, representatives from human rights organizations such as the resource center for non-violence and migrawatch were represented. Press packets where given to the press and students stuck around for immigrant rights educational workshop and flyer distribution....
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2008 4:16pm PDT
Mayor Ignores Latest Brown Act Violations; Berkeley Councilman on Free Radio Sunday Several weeks ago, I sent the following letter to Mayor Ryan Coonerty demanding the Council rehear various items passed without the required public comment period (in spite of specific requests from the public to speak). On my Sunday radio show tomorrow (6-1) around noon (101.1 FM), Berkeley City Councilmember Kriss Worthington will be calling in for a second time to discuss new legislation to open up Council meetings to the public in Berkeley....
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2008 1:34pm PDT
AFSCME strike postponed -- what's next? AFSCME 3299's strike (planned for June 4 - 5) has been postponed indefinitely. The university administration got scared by the intense organizing and solidarity being built at our campuses. So they broke out their checkbook and hired some professional union-busters, in an attempt to divide workers from one another, and to divide AFSCME from their allies. We have to respond by becoming more united and deepening our solidarity....
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2008 12:06pm PDT
The 16th Annual Santa Cruz Dyke March 
Clock Tower downtown Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Sat, May 31, 2008 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2008 11:41am PDT
Earth First! Radio News for May 29, 2008 (audio/mpeg 27.9MB) Earth First! Radio News is a No Compromise weekly radio program produced at Free Radio Santa Cruz. Focussing on Direct-Action and Bio-diversity, EF! Radio provides Eco-action and activist news, calls-to-action, updates and commentary on current events worldwide. Stories from Earth First!, Sea Shepherd International, Earth Liberation Front, Animal Liberation Front, Greenpeace, Canopy Action Network and actions by many other movements and local groups that defend Mother Earth are included with ...
Posted: Sat, May 31, 2008 12:40am PDT
Picketing and Leafletting at UCSC Base of UCSC campus
Bay and High...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2008 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 7:34pm PDT
Picketing and Leafletting at UCSC Base of UCSC campus
Bay and High...
Event Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 7:32pm PDT
UC's Coordinated "Return to the Bargaining Table" 
Suddenly UC Executives claim that they still have proposals after their "last, best, and final proposal" was announced just last week, which did not come close to ending poverty wages at UC for Service workers and Patient Care Technical workers. The same workers that UC said were not important are now said to be vital to public safety if there was a strike....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 6:55pm PDT
96% of UC Service Workers are income eligible for Public Assistance So you've debunked how UC Executives are constantly crying wolf about the state budget because you know that only 8.6% of the state budget goes to UC Service Workers. And only 1% of student fees contribute to workers' wages....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 6:21pm PDT
Victory at UCSC! GSHIP and USHIP will cover transgender healthcare We just learned today that the UCSC administration officially accepted the joint proposal of GSA, UAW and STIHC (Students for Trans-Inclusive Healthcare) for GSHIP (Graduate Student Health Insurance Plan) and USHIP (Undergraduate Student Health Insurance Plan) benefits. Effective this fall, GSHIP and USHIP will include a $75,000 lifetime benefit for transgender healthcare....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 6:19pm PDT
indynewswire 5.30.08: the friendly fire collective on chevron's global exploitation (audio/mpeg 14.9MB) An interview with david from the friendly fire collective on the protests outside the annual shareholders' meeting at Chevron's San Ramon headquarters: 32 min. 38 sec....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 11:26am PDT
Video of escape from wild fire in Santa Cruz mountains!! Report of status of one family. My sister's house burned down in the wild fire. Here is a video of her family's daring escape from the inferno and a report of their well-being....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 3:20am PDT
Worker Solidarity at UC: The fight has just begun... After 10 months of organizing, we believe the UC is scared of our strength in numbers, and wants to push the strike into the summer, as well as divide students from workers, and workers from other workers....
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 2:28am PDT
Picketing and Leafletting at UCSC Base of UCSC campus
Bay and High...
Event Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 2:22am PDT
Informational Picketing at UCSC Base of UCSC campus
Bay and High...
Event Date: Fri, May 30, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 30, 2008 2:20am PDT
SPRAY: State admits UNKNOWN chemicals will be sprayed State admits chemicals to be sprayed starting in August have not been revealed to the public, this in response to Marin-based doctor's report showing dangers of the spray (carcinogens and endocrine disruptors) that was used on Santa Cruz and other counties last fall....
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 11:54pm PDT
Aerial SPRAY: Bush Administration's Ongoing Assault on Blue-State California The Bush Administration's Ongoing Assault on Blue-State California: Spraying Us to Exterminate the Light Brown Apple Moth
By Paulina Borsook...
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 6:48pm PDT
AFSCME strike against UC postponed by Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) action 5/29 AFSCME strike at all ten UC campuses and five hospitals has been postponed. Stay tuned for alternative action on strike dates of June 4&5....
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 5:37pm PDT
Joint Statement by AFSCME Local 3299 and the UC on Contract Negotiations University of California officials and representatives of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union today (May 29) jointly announced that they will be returning to the bargaining table to continue negotiations for new labor contracts for the more than 20,000 UC patient care and service workers that AFSCME represents....
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 4:19pm PDT
Screening: Our Sacred History & White Man Lies - Free John Graham! 
At the RCNV
515 Broadway, Santa Cruz
(near the intersection of Ocean St. & Broadway)...
Event Date: Wed, Jun 4, 2008 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, May 29, 2008 1:37pm PDT
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