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Mayor Pro Tempore: Manuel Quintero Bersamin - District 1 (audio/mpeg 724.4KB) 2 minutes
(Term expires November 2008)...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
Watsonville High School Students Speak About Walkouts (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) On Thursday, March 30th, I spoke with Watsonville High School students about the walkouts which took place on Monday, March 27th and Tuesday, March 28th. Students share their reasons for walking out, why they do not support attempts to create anti-immigrant laws as well as the actions of fellow students, teachers, administrators and police.
Many of the students discuss instances of police brutality which they saw and heard about from friends. Police brutality included hitting a student in...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:37am PST
Students From Six High Schools March in Santa Cruz Against HR4437 (audio/mpeg 2.4MB) On Wednesday, March 29th, hundreds of students from Santa Cruz High, Santa Cruz Community, Habor, Aptos, Soquel and Cesar Chavez (Barrios Unidos) left class at 10:00am to meet at the Clock Tower and march to the Santa Cruz County Courthouse. They marched for immigrant rights and justice and against HR4437.
After the walkout and march, I went over to Santa Cruz High and spoke to a small group of students. Ricky, a student at Santa Cruz Community and Edwin, a student at Santa Cruz High, dis...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 6:18pm 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
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
Sweat-Free Campus Campaign Heats Up (audio/mpeg 4.0MB) United Students Against Sweatshops have been organizing on college campuses around the US, to pressure school officials into adopting policies that strengthen the rights of garment workers who produce university apparel. A clothing optional rally drew about three dozen students to the base of UC Santa Cruz on March 1. Vinny Lombardo has more....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 2:19pm PST
Islam and Social Justice: Race, Class, Culture & Shirk (audio/mpeg 16.8MB) "Islam, Activism, and Social Justice: Solidarity with the Mustadifin The primary goal of this session is to educate Muslims about the role Islam should play in their lives with regard to social justice activities."...
Posted: Sun, Feb 12, 2006 5:53pm PST
Breakdown FM: An Interview w/ Snoop Dogg & Stan Tookie Williams mp3 download (audio/mpeg 17.7MB) Today December 8th the Governor of California is holding a private hearing for Tookie Williams to hear him out and will later make a decision…we caught up with Snoop who held an impromptu press conference as he was leaving San Quentin and asked him what he thought about the whole situation… He spoke about the spirit of Tookie and how he was moved by him. he talked about what Tookie meant to fellow gang bangers and why he would be better alive then dead....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 11:31am PST
Foothill Anti-Capitalist Action Committee Shuts Down Military Recruiters by Default (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) The Foothill Anti-Capitalist Action Committee spread the word of a protest on November 1, 2005 against the military recruiters who table in the quad every Tuesday at Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California. However on this Tuesday, the military recruiters failed to show up. It looks like the military learned about the protest and thought it would be a better idea to stay away from it, rather than be the focus of the demonstration.
About 15 people marched from the
Smithwick Theate...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 5:30pm PST
Interview with a student at Foothill College (audio/mpeg 541.9KB) (1:09 minutes / 1 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 5:30pm PST
Shut Em Down! Why Military Recruiters are Opposed (audio/mpeg 664.5KB) (1:25 minutes / 1 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 5:30pm PST
Interview with a worker at Foothill College (audio/mpeg 1.7MB) (3:42 minutes / 1.7 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 5:30pm PST
Interview with James, Greg and Megan (audio/mpeg 5.1MB) Students at Foothill College who oppose the military on their campus (11:08 minutes / 5.1 MB)...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 5:30pm PST
Berkeley School Board Votes Against School Name Change (audio/mpeg 5.5MB) The Berkeley School Board has voted not to change the name of Jefferson school to Sequioia. The vote culminated an effort begun by some Jefferson parents two years ago to change the name of the elementary school because Thomas Jefferson owned slaves. (5:57)...
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2005 7:21pm PDT
Oakland Activists Protest "Fiscal Recovery Plan" For Schools (audio/mpeg 1.1MB) IN OAKLAND ON 5/25/05 TEACHERS, STUDENTS, AND PARENTS DISRUPTED THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, PROTESTING STATE-APPOINTED DISTRICT ADMINISTRATOR RANDOLPH WARD’S “FISCAL RECOVERY PLAN.” THEY BLASTED THE PLAN AS PART OF A NATION-WIDE RIGHT-WING ATTACK ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS – AND VOWED TO KEEP UP THEIR NATION-WIDE FIGHT TO DEFEND THEM....
Posted: Thu, May 26, 2005 2:31pm PDT
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