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Military and FBI Recruiting Protested at UCSC "Career" Fair 
The tradition of students un-welcoming the military to UC Santa Cruz and disrupting their attempts to recruit is alive and well, as demonstrated during the "Career" Fair on April 22nd. Students Against War rallied in the Baytree Plaza and marched to the "Career" Fair held in the multipurpose rooms for Colleges 9/10. Campus police, administrators, faculty, other staff and students collected backpacks and identification cards from the students who entered the "Career" Fair. Colorful helium ball...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 3:21pm PDT
Aerial Spray Lawsuit Thur. April 24, 8:30am Dept 4 
SC City and SC County have combined legal actions against CDFA. Our day in court is here!
We MUST fill the courtroom!!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 2:50pm PDT
FUN WITH SCRAP METAL with Trash Orchestra and the Bike Church! (4/26) A Trash Orchestra Build Day with the Bike Church...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 2:14pm PDT
Students Rally and March Against Military Recruiters at UCSC "Career" Fair 
The tradition of students un-welcoming the military to UC Santa Cruz and disrupting their attempts to recruit is alive and well, as demonstrated during the "Career" Fair on April 22nd. Students Against War rallied in the Baytree Plaza and marched to the "Career" Fair held in the multipurpose rooms for Colleges 9/10. Campus police, administrators, faculty, other staff and students collected backpacks and identification cards from the students who entered the "Career" Fair. Colorful helium ball...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 1:47pm PDT
PeaceTalks: Interview about the 7th Annual ReelWork 2008 May Day Labor Film Festival (audio/mpeg 20.0MB) George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 FM interviews Jeffrey Smedberg, one of the organizers of the 7th Annual ReelWork 2008 May Day Labor Film Festival....
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 11:41am PDT
How the Light Brown Apple Moth Got Me to Boycott Fiji (bottled) Water I've been boycotting Fiji bottled water because the owner of Fiji water is spraying me....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 2:51pm PDT
May Day Rally at UCSC and March to Santa Cruz 
12pm Quarry Plaza
2 - 4pm March to San Lorenzo Park...
Event Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 9:48pm PDT
March, Rally and Direct Action Against Military Recruiters at UCSC on April 22nd 
As students of UC Santa Cruz, we oppose the presence of military recruiters on campus. As an employer that uses predatory and discriminatory practices in recruitment, recruiters directly represent the homophobic, sexist and racist ideologies that have no place in this University. Furthermore, the military’s inhumane treatment of soldiers during and after tours of duty – through, for example, the neglect of the psychological and medical consequences of war – demonstrates that they view troops ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 7:48pm PDT
Students Blaze at UC Santa Cruz on Four Twenty, 2008 
Thousands of students from around the Monterey and San Francisco Bay Areas participated in a "Four Twenty" celebration in Porter Meadow at UC Santa Cruz on April 20th, 2008. Four Twenty (420) is a time of day when people, often a group of friends, smoke cannabis together or eat foods cooked with it. For that reason, April 20th has evolved into a counterculture holiday where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. Porter Meadow at UCSC has traditionally been the largest 420 gathering ...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 1:02am PDT
Thousands Celebrate 420 at Porter Meadow thousands of people got stoned on Four Twenty, 2008, despite university attempts to harsh their mellow. crowd participants noted the numbers appeared to be the biggest crowd ever for 420. diversity was awesome. "nadie es ilegal" and "disarm ucsc no war" appeared on large banners. there were kites, drum circles, face painting, all kinds of joints, bongs, pipes and ounces rolled into blunts....
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 6:37pm PDT
Lawrence Lessig: The Future of the Open Internet in America (audio/mpeg 24.1MB) Audio of Lawrence Lessig presentation to the FCC on the future of the open Internet in America. "Preserve what has worked in driving this economy -- and what has worked is a neutral network."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 6:59pm PDT
Monterey Counter-recruitment event Monterey Public Library
625 Pacific St.
Monterey CA 93940...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 1:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 2:39pm PDT
INW: Jill Friedberg update on Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 13.1MB) Jill Friedberg discusses her most recent film, Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad (a little bit of so much truth), recent events in Oaxaca including the murder of two indigenous radio activists on their way to an independent media conference: MP3 audio, mono, ~30 min....
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 10:56am PDT
FCC Public Hearing: Public Comment period on Internet Practices, PALO ALTO Audio of Public Comment period and Closing Remarks during the FCC Public Hearing on Internet Practices hosted by Stanford Law School's Center for Internet & Society on broadband network management practices and Internet-related issues Thursday, April 17, 2008. Dinkelspiel Auditorium PALO ALTO, Calif....
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 9:40pm PDT
In response to UCSC 4/20 lockdown Bay Tree Book Store Quad UCSC campus...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 10:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 7:19pm PDT
UCSC Reefer Madness! Campus lockdown! 
Campus lockdown in anticipation of April 20th...
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 2:20pm PDT
"Reel Work" The 7th Annual Santa Cruz May Day Labor Film Festival 
The 7th Annual Reel Work May Day Labor Festival features events running from April 25 through May 11 in Santa Cruz, Monterey, Watsonville, and Santa Clara County. This year’s Reel Work is celebrating International Workers’ Day (May 1) with music, films, dramatic performances, slam poetry, and conversations with documentary film makers, immigrant activists, union organizers about the past, present, and future of the labor movement. Reel Work is using our 7^th annual festival to encourage Centr...
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 10:05am PDT
"Real Real Issues: Latinos & 2008 Elections" w/ Matt Gonzalez and Peter Camejo Watsonville Vets Hall
215 East Beach Street'
Watsonville, CA 95076...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 4:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 9:51am PDT
UCSC Counter Recruitment March! 
Bay Tree Plaza
UC Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008 10:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2008 9:06pm PDT
Is San Francisco's 911 Ready for LBAM? Chronicle Indicates No. The SF Chronicle reports that 911 emergency services are critically understaffed and delayed on over 50% of emergency calls. How will they handle the hundreds of calls that are likely to come in when the aerial spraying starts this summer? This article explores this vital issue....
Posted: Sun, Apr 13, 2008 3:46pm PDT
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