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The Struggle Continues: UCSC Custodians Demand Wage Parity The Project
March 2006
page 4
Worker exploitation at the foundation of western capitalism has never gone unchecked. From slave ship mutiny, to the implementation of the weekend and child labor laws won by early labor unions, to the victory of AFSCME workers for a better contract from the UC last April, labor has always found new ways to influence the decision-making bodies that impede their progress towards fair, safe, and dignified employment. Even in the wake of major social victorie...
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 7:22pm PST
Dying to Avoid Rape in Iraq The Project
March 2006
page 9
Can anyone think of something more horrible or brutal than dying on the battle fields in Iraq? Recent leaks in various underground news sources provide an even worse scenario for women soldiers overseas; a rape threat so strong that it has been compromising countless lives....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 7:16pm PST
Nonviolence, Power, and Liberation The Project
March 2006
page 6 and 7
The popular idea of power assumes that it is an intrinsic trait of those who hold it; that subjects are dependent on their rulers for support; that power is “... a ‘given,’ a strong, independent, durable (if not indestructible), self-reinforcing, and self-perpetuating force.” The dictator is powerful because he seemingly stands at the head of government, commands the nation’s army, and has unilateral control over the nation’s laws. This model justifi...
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 7:07pm PST
CHEMTRAILS ARE REAL!! -SENATE BILL 517 FAST TRACK To establish the Weather Modification 
THE ACTUAL SEANTE BILL 517: It is the purpose of this Act to develop and implement a comprehensive and coordinated national weather modification policy and a national cooperative Federal and State program of weather modification research and development....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 6:57pm PST
Derribemos Las Fronteras Page 3 of The Project
March, 2006
Borders work to divide human kind. The United States government has encouraged this division by building three tangible barriers in the form of fences over the last decade. H.R.4337 will only criminalizes immigrants but it also takes away their human rights. The DREAM Act will allow respite from HR 4437 as a reward for military service....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 6:46pm PST
March Against Anti-Immigration Bill H.R. 4437 (3/17) Gather at 5 pm on Friday, March 17 in front of the Santa Cruz County Building located at 701 Ocean St. for a rally against HR 4437. March will leave the County Building at 6pm, and end at the Beach Flats Community Center, located at 133 Leibrandt Ave, for a vigil with testimonials and street theater from the immigrant community....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 12:57pm PST
Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene at FRSC on International Women's Day 
On March 8th, International Women's Day, Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene were special guests of The Feminist Radio Collective on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM....
Posted: Sat, Mar 11, 2006 12:44pm PST
FSRN: Day Labor Abuse Hotline Launched in Santa Cruz (audio/mpeg 2.9MB) Law enforcement in Santa Cruz, CA this week, launched a 24-hour, Spanish language hotline for day laborers to anonymously report abusive employers. FSRN reporter Vinny Lombardo has more.
3:10 (Lede included)...
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 2:20pm PST
David Rovics & Attila the Stockbroker FRSC Benifit 03-13-06 
Benifit Concert with David Rovics & Attila the Stockbroker Monday March 13th 8pm at the Sacred Grove 924 Pacific ave also performing is Sean Burns....
Posted: Fri, Mar 10, 2006 10:59am PST
CSUMB holds "Funeral for the CSU" 
CSU Monterey Bay holds a funeral mass for their livlihoods while the final Presidential candidate is being introduced...
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 7:30pm PST
Iraqi Women Speak Out Tour with Scott Ritter (3/25) Don't miss this incredible opportunity to hear Faiza Al-Araji, Scott Ritter, Pablo Paredes and Fernando Suarez
SAT. AFTERNOON MARCH 25th 2:30PM VETS HALL
Donation at the door to fund Iraqi Women Tour, Global Exchange and more!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 5:06pm PST
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 3/10/06 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 3:18pm PST
Students Rally to Prioritize Languages at UCSC 
On March 8, more than 100 students held a rally outside the UC Santa Cruz Academic Senate's quarterly meeting to demand the prioritization of the language program at the university. They expressed frusteration over lucrative salaries and perks for top-administrators, and excessive amounts of money going towards war in Iraq, while students and workers are told there is a 'budget crisis' that requires cuts to needed programs.
Wednesday's 'Save Our Languages' rally marks a second consecutive ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 9, 2006 4:33am PST
EDUCATION & RESISTANCE IN LATIN AMERICA (3/10) INTERNATIONAL GUEST SPEAKER
Andreia Borges Ferreira,
Brazilian Land Activist
The MST is the largest social movement in Latin America, with an estimated 2 million members organized in 23 of Brazil's 27 states....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 4:48pm PST
Feminist Radio Show: Int'l Women's Day w/ Dianne Patterson and Kelle Greene (audio/mpeg 39.6MB) Ann Simonton and DJ Shatter host this week's Int'l Women's Day edition of The Feminist Radio Show. Folk goddess, Dianne Patterson along with partner Kelle Greene, play some of their inspiring music, and talk about the Global Women's Strike, Int'l Women's Day, and the struggle for equality. (1 hour and 55 minutes)
More info about Dianne and Kelle:
http://www.greenfestivals.com/green_bio.php?bioid=1961...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 4:46pm PST
CSUMB Presidential Search Nearly Complete 
CSUMB's process to select a successor to Dr. Peter Smith is nearly complete. The candidates are visiting campus this week to introduce themselves, but is the process transparent or excessively non-inclusive?...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 12:17pm PST
AFSCME Workers Take Struggle to UCSC Chancellor's Doorstep 
On the night of March 7, custodians of AFSCME 3299 and their families, along with student and worker supporters, marched to the gates of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton's on-campus home. The more than 200-strong crowd demanded the Chancellor support workers' struggles for dignity and justice, including wage parity with other regional colleges where workers make dollars more per hour for the same (or less) work.
The march, organized by AFSCME 3299 in coordination with MEChA de UCSC a...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 5:06am PST
GLEANERS AND I at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In (3/10) 
Agnes Varda's mischievious and magical documentary about scavengers, recyclers, and dumpster-divers across France. A film of empathy, skill, curiosity, wit, poetry and passion for life. Not only a brilliant documentary, but a surprisingly personal and touching film....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 2:10am PST
War Resister Pablo Paredes Interviewed by AC Sandino II 
This is a 29 minute interview of Pablo Paredes conducted by Agusto Cesar Sandino Segundo of Free Radio Santa Cruz. AC Sandino II and Pablo talk about his life and experiences, military service, other options for youth besides military service and much much more....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 12:26am PST
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