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Speak Out Against Immigration Raids in Santa Cruz 
On September 15th, an emergency protest was held at the County Government Building in Santa Cruz. Community members, including teachers, students and workers, spoke out against the recent immigration raids in Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Hollister. A bilingual elementary school teacher explained that her students are very scared to go out in public. Other speakers talked about racism in our society and ongoing attacks against workers through imperialism and capitalism....
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 7:38pm PDT
Immigration Raid Protest in Watsonville!! (9/24) JOIN US FOR A PROTEST AGAINST THE RECENT INS (I.C.E.)
IN WATSONVILLE, SANTA CRUZ, AND HOLLISTER!
WE NEED IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PREVENT FUTURE RAIDS!...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 6:23pm PDT
Council Candidate Forums Tonight (Monday 9-18) and Tomorrow (Tuesday 9-19) City Council Forum times...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 4:43pm PDT
The Ecstasy of Exile A black writer looks at the racial politics of Burning Man...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 4:23pm PDT
Religious Leaders Speak Out For Immigrant Rights 
In response to raids in Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Hollister by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE aka INS, la migra) agency of the federal government, religious leaders with Communities Organized for Relational Power (COPA) held a press conference on September 13th to speak from their religious traditions about immigration. ICE sweeps, detentions and deportations, called "Operation Return to Sender," took place on September 7th and 8th according to the corporate media. However, th...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 12:03am PDT
Hopping the Davenport Express Taking the scenic route back from Santa Cruz--an extensive interview with "Hobos from Hell" zine writer, trainhopper, and former Free Radio Santa Cruz broadcaster Lee....
Posted: Sun, Sep 17, 2006 12:26pm PDT
For A Real Debate Between Candidates For Governor 
(Picture Janice Jordan, Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for governor, arrested at the January 20th 2005 demonstrations in downtown San Diego.)...
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 3:13pm PDT
Union Picket at UCSC UCSC MAIN ENTRANCE
(Bay and High St. in Santa Cruz)...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 16, 2006 8:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Union Picket at UCSC (9/16) IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR SINCE UCSC CUSTODIANS HAVE BEEN FIGHTING FOR EQUITABLE WAGES. COME JOIN US TO INFORM THE NEW AND RETURNING UCSC COMMUNITY THAT WE CONTINUE OUR STRUGGLE WITH UC ADMINISTRATION....
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 1:01pm PDT
New prison dispatch from Jeff "Free" Luers (August 28, 2006) When I started this dispatch a few days ago, my thoughts were jumbled. I'm not sure they are any clearer now. But I know what I want to try to say....
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 2:13am PDT
Midnight Mystery Ride: Inner Self saturn cafe at midnite...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 11:45pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 1:38am PDT
Raw Deal: 50 Reasons Not to Vote For Schwarzenegger For Governor 
This has got to be one of the best articles detailing the extensive reasons why we should not vote for Arnold. This was written two years ago before the recall campaign, but are still every bit as relavent today. DON'T FORGET how he tried to destroy unions in California, rob our retirement funds, steal from our schools and harrass Latinos....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:04pm PDT
Struggling on the Street Recently evicted Tenants Rights Union of Santa Cruz founder Donna Deiss, and her partner Shane were evicted last month. Her report from her RV follows....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:58pm PDT
emergency response Reclaim The Streets We will be meeting at the Clocktower downtown (Pacific St. and Water St.)
at 6:00 PM...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:28pm PDT
emergency response RECLAIM THE STREETS! September 15th @ 6 PM On Friday, September 15th, there will be an emergency response Reclaim The Streets in response to the recent mass-arrest of 107 immigrants in Santa Cruz County. We will meet at the Clocktower downtown (Pacific St. & Water St.) at 6:00 PM....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:25pm PDT
The SHORTWAVE REPORT 9/15/06 ¡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. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 5:20pm PDT
AUDIO: Jim Wallis speaks in Santa Cruz 9/12/06 
On 9/12/06 at the First Congregational Church in Santa Cruz, The Resource Center for Nonviolence (www.rcnv.org) and Barrios Unidos (www.barriosunidos.net) hosted Rev. Jim Wallis of the Sojourners spiritual community (www.sojo.net). Rev. Wallis spoke in Santa Cruz to a crowd of nearly four hundred about his new book "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It". From the book jacket: "Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-r...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 5:05pm PDT
FSRN: ICE Raids Shake Up Central Coast (audio/mpeg 5.2MB) The Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of pre-dawn raids last week in Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties, dubbed "Operation Return to Sender." One-hundred-seven people were netted In the sweeps. This week, religious leaders of many denominations and social justice activists, took aim at federal immigration policy and denounced "Operation Return to Sender." Vinny Lombardo reports....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Indynewswire: Doug Keegan on ICE Raids (audio/mpeg 12.1MB) Federal officers from Immigration & Customs Enforcement, or ICE, conducted pre-dawn raids September 7 & 8 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Hollister. Dubbed "Operation Return to Sender," the sweeps netted 107 undocumented immigrants, mostly from Mexico, but also people from El Salvador, Guatemala and India. Doug Keegan is director of the Santa Cruz County Immigration Project. He spoke with Indynewswire's Vinny Lombardo, via telephone, about the recent ICE raids in Santa Cruz, and Monterey Cou...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 12:52pm PDT
Enemy Combatant Radio Interviews Indyjournalist on Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 18.3MB) On September 1st, Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Oaxaca and marched to demand the immediate departure of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO), freedom for political prisoners, the cancellation of 70 government arrest warrants for people involved in the leaderless Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO, by its Spanish initials) and the desire for popular governance. This interview covers the evolution and the current state of this stuggle....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 11:06am PDT
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