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On April 14 2006 some students at San Francisco State University were forcibly removed from Careeer Expo, and subsequently banned from campus....

UCSC student arrested and taken into a classroom for taking pictures!! Here he is doing an interview right after his release. A release that was prompted by the demanding voices of support from students who gathered right outside the College Eight building to demand a release....

We just heard that a few folks are going to be coming from Aptos and some from Watsonville to attack the School Bd about the resignation of the Superintendent. They want to criticize the school board members who "drove" out our old superintendent. WE NEED TO SHOW OUR FRIENDS ON THE SCHOOL BOARD OUR SUPPORT. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT! Next regular board meeting is: April 12 , 2006 COME SPEAK AT 7:00PM Note: This meeting's Closed Session Begins at 5:30 pm. District Office Board...

There will be a special free screening of "Walkout," a movie about the East L.A. Student Walkouts of 1968, at CSUS on Friday, April 14, from 6:30 to 10 pm. Don't miss this - I've heard that the film is great!...

On April 11th, 2006, about 200 students marched and rallied to get the military out of UC Santa Cruz. Students rallied outside the McHenry Library before marching to the Job Fair held at College 8. This is the third time in a row that the military has been confronted by large student demonstrations while trying to recruit at UCSC Job Fairs....

Students Kick Military Recruiters Off UC Santa Cruz Military Prevented from Recruiting for Third Straight Job Fair (for more information, photos or press contacts, goto saw.revolt.org)...

Just over a year ago, on April 5, 2005, Students Against War organized over 300 students to kick military recruiters (and the CA Dept. of Corrections, randomly) out of a campus job fair. It was a starting point for many things on the UC Santa Cruz campus. It was the first major event in a whole Spring of radical actions that shook the school, as it was the first opportunity for many students to realize their own power. The protest also landed the students on a list of "credible threats&q...

Rally to Honor the Student Walkout Leader Driven to Suicide By Our Education System and to Demand an Education System that Works for All Youth...

Eighth grader Anthony Soltero shot himself through the head on Thursday, March 30, after the assistant principal at De Anza Middle School told him that he was going to prison for three years because of his involvement as an organizer of the April 28 school walk-outs to protest the anti-immigrant legislation in Washington. The vice principal also forbade Anthony from attending graduation activities and threatened to fine his mother for Anthonys truancy and participation in the student protests...

On Friday, March 31st, thousands of students from local schools, including Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, Aptos High and Renaissance High, marched and rallied against HR 4437 in Watsonville. In anticipation of the walkout, both Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High decided to close their school doors in an effort to keep students safe. Here are some photos from the march from St. Patricks Church to the Watsonville Plaza, Mayor Antonio Rivas and Vice-Mayor Manuel Quintero Bersa...