Stop The Cuts! Hundreds of CCSF Students & Faculty Protest 300 Class Cuts AT BOT 
Hundreds of students and faculty protested at the San Francisco Community College Board of Trustees meeting against the 300 class cuts by CCSF chancellor Mark Rocha. The board had previously voted give to big raises to executives at the community college. The cuts will also close down the senior class program....
Posted: Sat Dec 14, 2019 6:32AM
This Is America #99: Inside The UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strike (audio/mpeg 125.7MB) Welcome, to This Is America, December 12th, 2019.
On this episode, we are lucky enough to speak with two grad students involved in the growing wildcat strike that is demanding a cost of living adjustment on the University of California (UC) campus of Santa Cruz, located south of the bay area in Northern California....
Posted: Fri Dec 13, 2019 5:29PM
Teachers, Students & Community Rally To STOP Massive Cuts At SF City College By Rocha 
A rally was held on 12/10/19 at SF City hall by faculty, students and community members to protest the massive cut of 300 classes.
This will eliminate whole programs and also end senior classes....
Posted: Thu Dec 12, 2019 2:42PM
California graduate students on wildcat strike 
Beginning Monday, a group of graduate students at the University of California, Santa Cruz began a wildcat strike demanding a cost-of-living wage increase. The graduate students are demanding an end to their precarious financial situation, which many students report results in regularly skipping meals, spending some 50-80 percent of their income on housing in one of the most expensive rental markets in the US, and overall heightened stress levels in struggling to meet basic needs....
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 5:03PM
Santa Cruz Faculty Association Solidarity with Graduate Students 
The SCFA sent the following message to faculty on 12/11/19...
Posted: Wed Dec 11, 2019 9:59AM
No COLA, No Grades. We Will Not Submit 
Our response to administration's latest attempt to intimidate us...
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 9:15PM
UCSC Give Graduate Students a COLA! 
Anakbayan Santa Cruz Stands in Solidarity with the Strike of Grad Students...
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:40PM
UC Davis solidarity with UCSC striking grad students We UC Davis graduate students, undergraduate students, campus workers, and alumni fully support the striking graduate students at UC Santa Cruz and their demands for a Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) in one of the most expensive areas to live in the world(1). Graduate students perform essential labor for the university, teaching classes, grading assignments, and helping students in office hours. The University administration knows exactly how much we get paid and how much housing costs, and ...
Posted: Tue Dec 10, 2019 2:30PM
2019 Sacramento Kwanzaa: A Special Karamu Celebration 
The notion of "potluck" Kwanzaa in the 21st Century is a challenging local tradition that should not be a salient notion or limiting factor toward embracing Umoja year round and throughout the Kwanzaa season, Matunda ya Kwanza....
Posted: Thu Dec 5, 2019 5:05PM
Matunda Ya Kwanza: Our “California Grown” Pan African Celebration of Life 
In Dr. Maulana Karenga’s own words he says, “The origin of Kwanzaa on the African continent are in the agricultural celebrations called the ‘first fruits’ celebrations and to a lesser degree the full or general harvest celebration. 2019 Sacramento Kwanzaa and California State Capitol Kwanzaa continues our journey toward expanding California Pan African Global Trade and Investment....
Posted: Thu Dec 5, 2019 4:04PM
Bay Area Youth Evade Unjust BART Fare San Francisco, California. Today, Friday November 29th, Bay Area (born and raised) youth evaded unjust fares and hopped the turnstiles en masse, stating their concern for their communities and a desire to hold BART accountable for attacks towards them. They say that many people from the Bay regularly hop as a basic point of survival and likewise, they have no intention of stopping these evasions....
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 4:45PM
UC Berkeley Climate Strike: UC Green New Deal 
Sproul Plaza, UC Berkeley, Bancroft Way, Berkeley, California 94720...
Event Date: Fri Dec 6, 2019 10:00AM
Posted: Mon Nov 25, 2019 9:04AM
Ann Coulter Protest Draws Over a Thousand Demonstrators 
The scene on November 20 at the University of California, Berkeley....
Posted: Sat Nov 23, 2019 11:49AM
CIIS has denied Chicana Professor Sandra Pacheco pay for over a year for raising pay equity 
Dr. Sandra Pacheco wanted equal pay for herself & her colleagues. Instead, CIIS retaliated by forcing her onto unpaid leave mid-semester & trying to silence her. On Latina Equal Pay Day, Dr. Pacheco and Medina Orthwein demand #EqualPayforSandra....
Posted: Wed Nov 20, 2019 7:25AM
UCSC Grad Student Association resolution calls for UC withdrawal from TMT at Mauna Kea 
The UCSC Graduate Student Association approved a resolution on November 5th calling on the University of California system and UC Santa Cruz to (a) divest from the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea and (b) use their unique leverage concerning the fate of the TMT to make sure construction of it never occurs on Mauna Kea. The resolution, written by members of UCSC Mauna Kea Protectors, passed by an overwhelming margin of 13-2 (with four abstentions)....
Posted: Sat Nov 16, 2019 6:55AM
Students March for Education Funding 
Simultaneous demonstrations in San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland
Photos: Leon Kunstenaar, Pro Bono Photo...
Posted: Sun Nov 10, 2019 12:12PM
Ahead of SCOTUS Hearing on DACA Hundreds of Immigrant Youth Walk Out of Schools Across the Country 
Students are raising their voice to tell the Justices to Preserve DACA, move local officials to do more to protect their families, and declare their home is here and they're here to stay....
Posted: Fri Nov 8, 2019 9:02AM
UC Santa Cruz to Discuss Future Land Use During Series of Community Meetings 
UC Santa Cruz has announced a series of community meetings to discuss the new proposed land use maps pertaining to the UC Santa Cruz 2040 Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) (see pdf below for a slideshow of the presentation). The meetings are scheduled for 12-2pm on December 2 at the Stevenson Event Center at UCSC, 6-8pm on December 2 at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz, and 6-8pm on December 3 at the Capitola Community Center. The group Save Santa Cruz, which describes itsel...
Posted: Thu Nov 7, 2019 1:09PM
Bring Back Claudia! SFUSD Parent, Students,Teachers & Community Supporters Protest 
Dozens of parents, students, teachers and community members rallied at 24th and Mission St. in San Francisco on November 6, 2019 to protest the retaliation and removal of Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 Principal Claudia DeLarios Moran.
Union busting superintendent Vincent Matthews has also sought to cut $300,000 from MLK Middle School and he and his SFUSD board are seeking to outsource the school bus drivers to non-union operators and Zoom UPBER operators....
Posted: Wed Nov 6, 2019 10:40PM
Anakbayan Santa Cruz Condemns Duterte’s Raids in Negros, Samar, and Metro Manila 
Stop the Attacks! Activism is Not A Crime!...
Posted: Tue Nov 5, 2019 1:56PM