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2/26, Pacifica, KFC protests (BART pickup possible) Stick up for Chickens / Protest Animal Cruelty at a KFC Protest!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 4:05pm PST
Injured Workers Protest Corruption (video/quicktime 49.7MB) On February 4, 05, injured workers from protested the growing corruption in the California workers' comp system. They picketed the State Fund which controls over 50% of workers' comp insurance in CA and two hours later the president resigned. 16 min. 49.7MB...
Posted: Thu, Feb 17, 2005 1:37pm PST
Welcoming Chancellor Denton to UC Santa Cruz (video/quicktime 33.6MB) On February 14th (Valentine's Day), the Student & Worker Coalition for Justice, AFSCME Service Workers, CUE Clericals, and other campus unions "welcomed" incoming Chancellor Denise Denton on her first day at UCSC.
Several hundred students and workers marched from McHenry Library to Kerr Hall. At Kerr, the Budget Office was noisily occupied, with the large crowd flowing out onto the upper patio.
(12 minute video -- see comments for a lower resolution version with a quicker down...
Posted: Tue, Feb 15, 2005 10:57am PST
Emergency SCRAP News Conference set for Mon. Feb. 14, 10am Santa Cruzans for Responsible Planning (SCRP)
P.O. Box 7564
Santa Cruz, California 95061
SCRAP Media Contacts:
Ron Pomerantz, (Fire Captain) 423-2293, Katherine Beiers (former SC Mayor) 426-6108, Bill Malone (President, SC People’s Democratic Club) 420-1133, Jim Conway (President, Clear View Court Homeowners Ass.) 212-0205...
Posted: Mon, Feb 14, 2005 11:27am PST
AUDIO: KFC Protest in Santa Cruz 2-12-05 About two dozen people gathered on Saturday 2-12-05 at the KFC on Mission St. in Santa Cruz to protest KFC's continued failure to put a stop to abuses against chickens taking place in the factories and slaughterhouses that provide chicken to KFC. Chickens are routinely scalded alive, beaten and kicked. In addition, the chickens are kept in crowded filthy conditions and pumped full of hormones which frequently results in their inability to stand up or flap their wings.
The protests take place...
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 11:37pm PST
Alternative/Independent Media Conference a Success 
On February 12, 2005 there was an alternative/independent media conference in Fresno. Here is what happened....
Posted: Sun, Feb 13, 2005 7:43pm PST
KFC Protest in Santa Cruz 
(12 Feb, 2005) A number of people protested in front of the KFC on Mission Street on Saturday afternoon in order to raise public awareness of the exceptionally cruel conditions that chickens routinely endure....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 10:15pm PST
Kick the Colonel out of Santa Cruz 
On February 12, animal rights activists protested at the KFC on Mission St. (Hwy 1) in Santa Cruz to call attention to the horrendous practices of KFC chicken suppliers. About 25 people and two chickens marched from the health food store on Laurel and Mission to the KFC a half mile down the road....
Posted: Sat, Feb 12, 2005 8:12pm PST
SF events 2.11 NATIONAL ID CARD LAW / REAL ID LAW is NULL AND VOID.
Relic of soon to be jailed BUSHco....
Posted: Fri, Feb 11, 2005 2:46pm PST
Free Radio Santa Cruz: Tracey James (Slave Revolt Radio) interview Skidmark Bob intertviews Tracey James of Slave Revolt Radio (Berkley Liberation Radio 104.1fm) in the studio of Free Radio Santa Cruz. and talk about the show, the War in Iraq, Condi, Berkley liberation Radio....
Posted: Wed, Feb 9, 2005 12:07pm PST
SF events 2.8 NukeNet Anti-Nuclear Network (nukenet@energyjustice.net)
Mothersalert: http://www.mothersalert.org
But then along came Toshiba, which performs
maintenance and repair work on conventional
nuclear reactors around the world. The company is
trying to develop a new reactor that would run
almost unattended and put out 10 megawatts of
power, about 1 percent as much as a typical United
States plant.
It sees Galena as a test market for a product that
could appeal to other isolat...
Posted: Mon, Feb 7, 2005 7:59pm PST
Global Exchange Event Listings for this Week SHORT EVENT LISTINGS DIRECTLY BELOW
followed by
FULL EVENT DESCRIPTIONS AT BOTTOM...
Posted: Sun, Feb 6, 2005 6:07pm PST
Mattilda: That's Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation 
On February 3, 2005, Mattilda, a.k.a. Matt Bernstein Sycamore, spoke at Bookshop Santa Cruz. Mattilda is the editor of a 37 author anthology called,"That’s Revolting! Queer Strategies for Resisting Assimilation."
Mattilda spoke on a variety of topics, including gay marriage and assimilation, challenging power, and the rejection of queer youth from established gay districts such as the Castro in San Francisco. I began recording as Mattilda was talking about a recent book reading ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 5, 2005 11:18pm PST
updates on BAV advocacy events Just wanted to share the news about some changes in our advocacy event line-up effective February...
Posted: Fri, Feb 4, 2005 6:05pm PST
Marin Humane Society Article: Multi-Issue Opportunity for Letter Writing Humane Society rare mix of advocacy, enforcement...
Posted: Thu, Feb 3, 2005 7:56pm PST
SF events 2.2 phone fax email
Ask your democratic Senator to Fillibuster Gonzales Nomination...
Posted: Wed, Feb 2, 2005 2:50pm PST
SF events 1.28 # Fri Jan 28 5:30pm http://critical-mass.org Justin Herman Plaza
Market @ Embarcadero Bring bike, light, helmet, costume!...
Posted: Fri, Jan 28, 2005 2:28pm PST
SF events 1.25 17 cents fee for plastic and paper bags
sf city hall mtg tonight 5pm...
Posted: Tue, Jan 25, 2005 4:14pm PST
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