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Midnight Mystery Ride on Friday 11/10
Come ride throught the night with us dressed as devil or angel....
Posted: Thu, Nov 9, 2006 6:23am PST
receive text msgs about Oaxaca and SF emergency response actions!
PLEASE FORWARD
as you may know, on the day after the next police attack on Oaxaca, we
here in the Bay Area will be responding by coordinating emergency actions
at the:...
Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 9:12pm PST
FSRN: Global Threats to Ocean Diversity (audio/mpeg 4.0MB)
A new study by a team of marine scientists outlined in the November 3 edition of Science Magazine asserts a decline in marine biodiversity in the Earth's oceeans. Overfishing, pollution, and other environmental factors will wipe out the global seafood supply by 2048, if steep declines in marine diversity continue at current rates. But as FSRN's Vinny Lombardo reports, its not too late to change the outcome and protect ocean wildlife. TRT- 4:24
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Posted: Wed, Nov 8, 2006 11:18am PST
Free Skool Santa Cruz DISTRO DAY II (11/8)
You are invited to pick up a Winter 2006 Free Skool Calendar or help pass 'em out at the Farmer's Market this Wednesday, November 8 starting at 4pm. Take 'em to your friends, leave them at the places you hang out, give one to your mom! You can also leave them in our awesome new DIY calendar boxes posted around town (see locations below)....
Posted: Tue, Nov 7, 2006 12:06pm PST
Rotkin Campaigners Vandalize Opposition's Materials and Stalk Opponents
Friends of Mike Rotkin tore down opposition flyers, followed those who had posted the flyers and then stalked them all the way to their home. Rotkin responded by saying that posting unsigned flyers is "not the way to do politics."...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 11:37pm PST
Liberation News Voter Recommendations
While the system is stacked against working people and the poor through rampant electoral fraud and the corrupt corporate buying and selling of candidates to the American people, Liberation News suggests people vote as one part of a broader struggle for change....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:49pm PST
Please Don't Forget About Us on Election Day
In response to the well-funded, glossy-flyered No on G campaign, workers in Santa Cruz are creating awareness in whatever way they can. This includes the homemade flyers recently posted around town....
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 7:00pm PST
Bike Cafe! (11/12)
BICYCLISTS OF THE WORLD UNITE! It's festival time! Join fellow bicyclists for a day dedicated to skills sharing, workshops, discussion, and play! We'll be gathering at the HUB/Bike Church @ 2pm - lot's of cool workshops and games lined up as well as merch, literature, and crafts!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 6, 2006 1:52pm PST
Mike R's Anti-Campaign
We're not associated with any parties and don't advocate any candidates. Honestly, we don't even advocate voting. But IF you vote, for fuck sake don't vote for Mike....
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 7:50pm PST
Santa Cruz, Santa Barbara, Santa Monica to Vote on MMJ LLEP Initiatives on 11/7
it was hard for me to find the most recent article about this to post to indybay, but this article has links to the group that organized the initiative in each town....
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 12:31pm PST
No on Measure G Campaign for Low Wages!
When we hear reports on raising the minimum wage in Santa Cruz to $9.25/hr, the opponents (such as Bookshop Santa Cruz, Goodwill Industries, the Seaside Company) claim it will "close businesses" "force business owners to cut health care benefits" and "hurt family-owned businesses." But has this happened in the cities where the minimum wage HAS been raised? What about the fate of workers who must try to pay for rent, food, and transportation in one of the most expensive counties in the count...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 12:07pm PST
Measure H will fund Police 4x more than fixing roads
This 1/4 cent sales tax increase proposal is hawked as a measure to repair potholes and damaged roads. But only 9% is earmarked for Public Works while 37% will go to the best-paid department in the City of Santa Cruz: the police...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 11:57am PST
Percy Schmeiser tour
Join Cal GE-Free coalition partner CCOF for GE-Free Education and Dialogue with Percy Schmeiser, the Canadian farmer whose canola fields were contaminated with GE seed, and in turn was sued by Monsanto.
Speaking at five locations around the Bay Area in November!...
Posted: Sun, Nov 5, 2006 2:45am PST
Two From Santa Cruz Join Mid East Delegation
Scott Kennedy, Coordinator of the Middle East Program of the Resource Center for Nonviolence in Santa Cruz has departed for Jerusalem, leading a two week delegation of 14 persons to Israel and the occupied Palestinian West Bank. Kennedy is co-leading the study tour with Miryam Rashid from the American Friends Service Committee/Quakers in Chicago. The delegation includes one other person from Santa Cruz, Ken Carlson and others from Los Gatos, CA, Ohio, Ontario, Canada, Illinois, Indiana, Ma...
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 2:44pm PST
Political Killings in the Philippines, Film Screening at UC Santa Cruz (11/9)
In response to the rapidly increasing number of political killings perpetrated by Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s regime, the Critical Filipina/o Studies Cluster of UCSC will be holding a special film screening at 6:30pm, Thursday, November 9th at Oakes Learning Center. Come and learn about what’s going in a country severely affected by U.S. imperialist interests....
Posted: Fri, Nov 3, 2006 2:27am PST
"Downtown For All" protest tabling at Lulu Carpenter's postponed
Petitioning and flyering near Lulu Carpenter's, originally scheduled for 4-8 PM Friday November 3rd will be postponed on account of weather and organizing considerations....
Posted: Thu, Nov 2, 2006 11:06pm PST
The Warriors (cult-film) Mystery Bike Ride (11/13)
Mid-Evening Mystery Ride, with Activities, Community and Spunk!
Warning: Hillz and Dark are upon us....bring legs and a flashlight!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 31, 2006 3:00pm PST
Monday, Oct. 30 Report from Oaxaca
While the global media conglomerates call this a solution to the Oaxaca Problem, and claim that the government has reestablished order and taken control of the city center, today it is obvious that they are lying....
Posted: Mon, Oct 30, 2006 4:16pm PST
Free Skool Santa Cruz Winter Quarter Begins
Free Skool Santa Cruz Winter Quarter begins next Wednesday!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 29, 2006 5:57pm PST
Halloween Critical Mass Tonight! (10/27)
Halloween Critical Mass is tronight! Friday October 27
Meet at the clocktower on Pacific and Water at 5:30, we leave at 6!
Wear a costume for this month's Critical Mass! Bring noisemakers and treats!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 11:02am PDT