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Norman Finkelstein speaks at Santa Cruz Vets Hall 3-15-06 
Norman Finkelstein spoke on the realities of the Israel/Palestine situtation in Santa Cruz, California on 3-15-06. The event was organized by the Resource Center for Nonviolence (http://www.rcnv.org) and cosponsored by a host of local organizations including SC WILPF, Comittee for Justice In Palestine UCSC, Students Against War UCSC, and Santa Cruz Women in Black....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 9:58am PST
DRAFT POLICY ON POLICE SPYING 
It is the policy of the Santa Cruz Police Department to ensure that the First Amendment rights guaranteed by the United States Constitution are protected for all individuals and to permit police involvement in the exercise of those rights only to the extent necessary to provide fir the legitimate needs of law enforcement in investigating criminal activity....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 2:29am PST
ACLU Letter to City Council RE Police Spying Policy 
ACLU to Santa Cruz City Council: Do the Right Thing...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 2:17am PST
Watsonville High Walk Out 
Watsonville High Schol students walk out on March 28th to show opposition towards prop....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 10:25pm PST
Help Student Protesters 3/29 Teacher & Ally Meeting @4PM Watsonville Pass to all who would be interested in attending...
YWCA Watsonville
4-5:30PM
340 East Beach Street
Watsonville CA 95076...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 9:43pm PST
Accounts of Police Violating Civil Rights of Students in Watsonville on 3/27 (audio/mpeg 6.4MB) On Monday, March 27th, 2006, high school students went on strike to protest against HR 4437. In Watsonville, police responded by violating the civil rights of students, including detaining students at 2:00pm for "walking out of school" even though their school, Renaissance High School, had gotten out at 1:15pm. Another student at Renaissance was arrested after refusing to get on a bus. She was already out of school and did not walkout. (Audio is 18 minutes and 30 seconds)...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 5:34pm PST
Antiwar Speakout at Vets Hall Santa Cruz 03-25-06 (audio/mpeg 23.1MB) mp3 audio Medea Benjamin, Scott Ritter, Ray Mc Govern, at Antiwar event at Vet's Hall Santa Cruz Ca. 03-25-06...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 3:09pm PST
Rep. Murtha steals the show at Panetta Lecture The Panetta Lecture Series starts its 2006 run and features John Murtha, Slade Gorton, and Richard Haass in debate about democracy and Iraq...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 3:03pm PST
3/27 Watsonville HS Walkout Photos 
here are some pictures from the student walkout @watson.......my self along with other berets were able to walk with the students to make sure that police was not harrassing them. I was able to take these pictures...
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 2:58pm PST
FRSC: Jenn and Ramiro of the Brown Berets discuss Student Walkouts, HR 4437 and more (audio/mpeg 4.2MB) Agusto Cesar Sandino Segundo talks with Jenn Laskin and then Ramiro Medrano. Jenn and Ramiro called into the Global Local program on Freak Radio Santa Cruz, 101.1FM on Monday, March 27 to discuss the student walkouts which took place at local high schools....
Posted: Tue, Mar 28, 2006 7:49am PST
Students' peaceful immigration rights rally turns ugly WATSONVILLE - More than 800 high school students from Watsonville and Aptos walked out of school and onto the street this morning in support of immigration rights....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 8:59pm PST
Parking Lot "Homeless Cleansing" Likely on April 11th Agenda According to Public Works Parking Authority Czar Matt Farrell, the Ten-Minute Trespass Law (which may be modified to allow a 'generous' 15 minutes) should hit the City Council agenda on April 11th, second Tuesday in April, at the Council's next Council meeting....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 8:54pm PST
Marches In Watsonville and Salinas for Peace and Immigrant Rights! 
Images from the March 25 March for Peace and Immigrant Rights in Watsonville...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 7:49pm PST
New Afternoon Vigil at Lockheed Martin Santa Cruz (3/28) Greetings, fellow activist --
The Santa Cruz Civilian Weapons Inspection Team (SCWIT) is excited to announce a new afternoon vigil at the Lockheed Martin Santa Cruz facility, on March 28 from 2:15-4:30 pm....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 4:39pm PST
Student Walkouts at Pajaro Valley and Watsonville High Schools Against HR 4437 On Monday March 27th, word spread fast around high schools in the Pajaro Valley School District that students would be walking out of their classes at 11:00am in protest of anti-immigrant legislation known as HR 4437. The message of the students was that the United States is nothing without Mexicans and HR 4437 is nothing short of racist....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 2:24pm PST
3/25/06 Watsonville March contra HR4437 
More Photos of the massive march through Watsonville on March 25th, against HR4437, the war, and much else. Thanks to all who attended!!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 12:44pm PST
Anti-Homeless "No Smoking" Measure on 3-28 Council Agenda Item #20 on the Tuesday March 28th Afternoon Council session will ban smoking in San Lorenzo and Grant Ave. Parks. Community activist Sherry Conable wrote the following letter to City Council opposing it. Go thou and do likewise. The measure is likely to come up between 3 and 4 PM....
Posted: Mon, Mar 27, 2006 12:36pm PST
Last Night Parade Organizers' Civil Rights Violated by SCPD Spying, Report Says (audio/mpeg 9.1MB) Results of the independent investigation into Santa Cruz police spying on New Year's Eve parade planners were made public March 21. Bob Aaronson, the independent police auditor, concluded in his report that SCPD officers may not have violated any local laws or policies by infiltrating the group, but the undercover operation more than likely violated the civil rights of parade organizers. The report also said that while the organizers contemplated an act of civil disobedience, the minor infrac...
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 7:45pm PST
Short Interviews about the Watsonville March for Peace and Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 707.9KB) On March 25th, I recorded three short interviews during the march for peace, justice and immigrant rights which took place in Watsonville. The first mp3 is in spanish and has two interviews. The second mp3 (scroll down!) is an interview in english with Carlos of the Watsonville Brown Berets....
Posted: Sun, Mar 26, 2006 4:28pm PST
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