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Sometime between now and the 2006 elections in November, the U.S. Senate will debate one of the most pressing questions facing the American people. No, they will not debate the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and possible U.S. withdrawal. They will not take up the Bush regime’s preparations for war, possibly even nuclear war, against Iran. They will not seriously talk about global warming, the degradation of the environment, preparations for the coming hurricane season, or the Bush regime’s mass...

Sisters, brothers, comrades: do not let this government succeed in throwing environmental activists into prisons. Do not let them instill fear in other activists to the extent that they are no longer effective in their opposition to these insane policies. Do not allow the US government to terrorize anyone who might stand up for humanity, for the environment, for the working class....

On June 7th, UC Santa Cruz students concerned about their missing journalism program asked questions of Bill Ladusaw, UCSC's Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Ladusaw seemed to place blame on UCSC's faculty for the loss of the journalism program, while dodging questions about the misappropriation of funds at the administrative level, including Chancellor Denice Denton's extravagant dog-run. Ladusaw encouraged students to seek support from faculty members and the academic sena...

On Tuesday, June 6, coalitions of students and workers charged UCSC with institutional racism and sexism, declaring that seemingly passive and apolitical administrative practices and policies as well as subtle forms of racism and sexism have the effects of producing inequality, particularly for communities of color. Students and workers demanded affirmative diversity, arguing that for diversity not to be empty rhetoric, UCSC would need to provide infrastructural support for student initated o...

This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 5, 2006...

On June 3, about fifty people gathered in downtown Santa Cruz for a Reclaim the Streets Party. Madness and mayhem ensued. In this segment from The Indynewswire Show, we bring you some sounds and discussion on the event... TRT: 22:28...

A 2005 film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English. The modern day Robin Hood of Madison Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and satirizes modern culture on canvas and directly on hundreds of pirated billboards....

Recently I met several people I was extremely different than, philosophically, yet I had profound respect for them. I realized I was willing to forgive differences with them, I did not forgive in others I merely “tolerated.” Which is why I say maybe “respect” is about trust, about trusting a person’s judgment, having faith in their own competence, even if you don’t understand their choices. Where “tolerance” implies you feel you understand their situation better than the other person, so you ...

While traveling through Watsonville on June 1st, I came across a grid of four inch figures representing "every person who has died in Iraq since we invaded." The exhibition is at Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens and is part of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council exhibit, Sculpture IS, which is showing June 2nd through July 30th. Thirty-nine regional artists are showing over seventy pieces of work ranging from installation and performance art to a variety of sculptures that are kinetic, fu...