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Labor Studies Courses at SJCC San Jose City College is gearing up for classes starting at the end of this month! Unions want more people to become informed and active in the challenges ahead. Help get your colleages involved by enrolling in one of our 5 week mini classes(Marked *) or our special programs to become a Mediator or assistant with our immigrant Community! These are practical classes taught by excellent instructors that are committed to helping to create a more just society....
Posted: Thu, Jan 19, 2006 10:04pm PST
1/24 Resolution To Be Presented to the Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission 6 p.m.
Santa Clara County Human Relations Commission
Board of Supervisor Chambers
70 W Hedding...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 10:50pm PST
Strategy, Tactics and Structure for the Anti-War Movement in the South Bay Please RSVP by Thursday, January 12, to vidagol@aol.com or call 408-998-8504...
Posted: Wed, Jan 11, 2006 10:47pm PST
Photos of 12/13 Vigil for Rudy Cardenas 
State Agent Michael Walker was acquitted of manslaughter on December 13 in the killing of Rudy Cardenas. Walker thought Cardenas was another man. He shot him in the back after a high speed chase through downtown San Jose. The verdict was met with disappointment and outrage. 60 gathered on the evening of the 13th at the spot Cardenas was killed in downtown San Jose. Rudy's daughter Regina Cardenas, speaking for the family and their supporters, said she is "Completely appalled. We didn’...
Posted: Sun, Jan 8, 2006 4:12pm PST
Support Action to Protect Medicine Lake 
Protest at Calpine against Power Plant Proposed
at Sacred Medicine Lake near Mt. Shasta
Pit River Indian Tribe members to be joined by community and environmental justice groups in protest and cultural gathering at Calpine corporate offices
Friday, January 27, 2006, high noon
Calpine Headquarters, 50 W. San Fernando Street in San Jose...
Posted: Sat, Jan 7, 2006 5:33pm PST
Honoring Eric Kleemeyer a year after being murdered by SCPD On Tuesday night 3rd January at 11:00pm, about 50 people gathered at the corner of Clara Vista Ave. and Serra Avenue in Santa Clara to honor Eric Kleemeyer’s short young life, cut very short by the trigger happy and blood thirsty thugs in blue gangstas, a.k.a. SCPD....
Posted: Wed, Jan 4, 2006 3:30am PST
Vietnamese and Latinos Connect Through Art SAN JOSE — “Intersections: Reflections of Home and Migration,” is the artistic expression of a local neighborhood of mostly Latino and Vietnamese immigrants. Hector Dio Mendoza, pictured with glasses, who came to the United States from Mexico 15 years ago, portrays the idea of memory and a new life in a vibrant mix of artifacts, photography and interactive media....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 9:28am PST
Sheriffs harassing/profiling downtown again Eyewitness account of Santa Clara County Sheriffs harassing folks downtown San Jose on a Friday night (no surprise)....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 8:36pm PST
Please support Martin Rodriguez in his upcoming hearing on 12/19 Martin Rodriquez has a court hearing on Monday 19th December at 9:00am at Dept. 49, not sure which floor, at the Hall of Corruption and Injustice at 190 Hedding Street in San Jose....
Posted: Sun, Dec 18, 2005 6:00pm PST
Another Murdering Killer Cop Walks Free Michael Walker committed 1st degree murder when he shot Rodolfo "Rudy" Cardenas in the back on 17th February 2004 and killed him. He was found not guilty by an almost all European-American and most likely all middle class jury on Tuesday 13th December 2005. To those of us who sat in the courtroom, hearing the prosecuting attorney District Attorney Lane Liroff prove beyond any reason of any doubt that Michael Walker was guilty and watching the lame defense of the defense attorney, Cr...
Posted: Sat, Dec 17, 2005 1:27am PST
Pirates Start Free Radio San Jose Tune in this Saturday at Noon as the Community Takes Back the Public Airwaves!!!...
Posted: Fri, Dec 16, 2005 10:06am PST
Justice Denied: A History of the Walker Trial 
Below is Regina Cardenas, the daughter of Rudy Cardenas, who was slain by State Agent Michael Walker on February 17, 2004. She is shown at the Santa Clara County Courthouse after a day in the courtroom watching Walker's trial for manslaughter in that killing. Walker was acquitted December 13....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 10:17pm PST
Agent Walker Found Not Guilty This morning, a San Jose jury reached a 'not guilty' verdict in the voluntary manslaughter trial of state drug agent Michael Walker. According to a Mercury News online report, a scuffle erupted outside the courtroom when 2 dozen protesters encircled Walker's defense attorney as he adressed reporters. No arrests were made.
If convicted, Walker would have faced a maximum of 11 years in prison for fatally shooting Rodolfo 'Rudy' Cardenas on Feb 17, 2004....
Posted: Tue, Dec 13, 2005 1:34pm PST
ADC-SF Press Release - DeAnza 8 We call on the Santa Clara County District Attorney to immediately drop any further prosecution of these cases...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 5:38pm PST
Support Students Racially Profiled and Brutally Arrested at Campus Anti-War Protest! Last month CODEPINK, South Bay Mobilization, ANSWER, De Anza College students, faculty and others participated in a three day protest against former Secretary of State Colin Powell at De Anza College Flint Center in Cupertino. On November 11, 2005, eight students were arrested at the event; one student was arrested inside the hall for disrupting Powell's speech. The seven youth arrested outside were all youth of color. They were singled out and brutally arrested though they had not broken any...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 2:15am PST
Support the De Anza Students Brutally Arrested at Campus Anti-War Protest Following the November 11 protests against war maker Colin Powell at De Anza College and the Santa Clara Sheriffs' brutal attack and arrest of seven young students, six of whom were Muslim and all of whom were of color, supporters came together at the request of the arrestees.
Take Action to Demand: Drop the Charges Now! Stop Racial and Religious Profiling!...
Posted: Mon, Dec 12, 2005 12:55am PST
Indybay Introduces New Regional Coverage, Redesign, and More The website of the SF Bay Area Independent Media Center has expanded and continues to evolve!
Expanding to Include Regional Pages
Get Involved with Indybay
Indybay's Redesign: A New Look and Feel
Updates to How the Site Works
We Want to Hear Your Thoughts...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 9:35pm PST
Concern For Tragedy, Or All Talk And No Walk? Mercury News item:
After a San Jose police shooting that left two children without a mother and triggered an outcry among Vietnamese-Americans, the long legal saga of Bich Cau Thi Tran ended Tuesday with a $1.8 million settlement of a federal lawsuit...In exchange for the payment, all claims against officer Chad Marshall, former police chief William Lansdowne, then-assistant police chief Tom Wheatley, and current Chief Rob Davis will be dropped with no admissions of liability..."Our b...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 1:50am PST
Walker Trial Update from Rudy's Daughter We're anticipating that the trial should be coming to
an end soon...
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 12:29am PST
Holiday Peace Fair peace and justice groups offer alternative gifts, musical entertainment, food...
Posted: Thu, Dec 1, 2005 10:12pm PST
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