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From the Barricades: Oaxacan Teachers Speak 38 minute interview (in Spanish) with two Oaxacan teachers recorded 10.14.06 at La Ley Barricade, which protects an occupied Radio in Oaxaca City. Posted to radio.indymedia. English language transcript below....
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 6:13pm PDT
UC Regents coming to UCSC! the infamous Regents of the University of California will be touring the UCSC campus this wednesday and thursday (October 18-19,2006). everyone is encouraged to come to the action being held at BAYTREE PLAZA on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18 at 2:45. there will be a march, rally & action to protest the undemocratic ways of the Regents. it is their legal obligation to provide a 15 minute comment period during their visit, which is going to be held at the new Humanities building near Cowell College on we...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 12:25pm PDT
Al Rojas and Fernando Mendoza from APPO speak in Watsonville (audio/mpeg 3.1MB) On Thursday 10-12-06 Al Rojas and Fernando Mendoza from the Peoples Popular Assembly of Oaxaca spoke to a packed house at the Watsonville Brown Beret office about the situation in Oaxaca. Al introduces Fernando and speaks a little of his role as a stateside organizer. Fernando tells us the history and present situation in Oaxaca, Mexico. Unfortunately, a dead battery prevented me from capturing the very beginning of Fernando's speech but it is nothing you couldn't find on the wealth of art...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 1:08am PDT
Via Campesina in Watsonville this Monday! ¡Via Campesina en Watsonville este lunes! A trilingual (Thai-English-Spanish) event featuring speakers from northern Thailand and Chiapas Mexico on international farmer and farmworker movements. A video from Thailand will be shown, with a lecture and Q & A to follow.
Un evento trilingue (Tai-Ing-Esp) con presentadores de Tailandia y Chiapas, Mexico hablando sobre los movimentos de campesinos y agricultores en el mundo. Un video y presentaciones con tiempo para preguntas y discusiones después....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 7:05pm PDT
Interim victory on Frederick Street Park! Planning Commission denies project--more to come!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 8:04am PDT
13 Years of Marching for Peace and Unity 
On October 7th, 2006, friends and families of the victims of violence, as well as community activists, passionately marched through different Watsonville neighborhoods demanding an end to all violence, including war and government oppression during the the 13th annual Peace and Unity March....
Posted: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 12:07am PDT
Local Coffee Shop owner Manthri Srinath at it again - threatens homeless man 
by Tim Rumford
It is a sad day in Santa Cruz when a terminally ill person is forced to the streets, only to be told how useless and unwanted he is - harassed and forced to call the police for help -- only to receive the opposite....
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2006 8:21pm PDT
Santa Cruz Businesses That Don't Care About Workers' Lives Since early 2006, some Santa Cruz businesses have been aggressively fighting a minimum wage increase proposal. Then, in September an independent study concluded that the propsed minimum wage increase of $9.25 would not significantly harm the local economy, including local businesses. Still, these Santa Cruz businesses persist fighting this proposal that would provide a meager wage increase for people who live in one of the highest rent districts in the entire U.S. Here is an incomplete lis...
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 8:27pm PDT
FSRN: Lettuce Recall Prompts Calls For More Oversight of California Produce Industry (audio/mpeg 4.0MB) Last month's outbreak of E-Coli contaminated spinach, which killed three, and sickened 199 others in the US, has many consumers on edge about food born pathogens. It was the ninth deadly E. coli outbreak from leafy greens that originated in California's Salinas Valley over the last decade. Another e.coli scare occurred this week when Salinas-based Nunes Co. recalled some 8,500 cartons of its Foxy brand 'Green Leaf Lettuce' from seven states. FSRN's Vinny Lombardo reports on the problems with ...
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 10:55am PDT
Brazen Square Dance - Sun Oct 15th 5pm 
live music, dancing in the streets
reclaiming public space...
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 8:28am PDT
AMELIE at Guerilla Drive-In Friday, October 13th 8pm 
Amelie, a wistful, lonely dreamer driven by her desire to touch the lives of others....
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 7:59am PDT
Veterans Day Poetry Reading Louden Nelson Community Center, 301 Center Street (at Laurel), Santa Cruz, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 11, 2006 7:30pm PST
Posted: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 3:52pm PDT
Medieval Mystery Ride A merry band of thirty medieval bycycles rode forth on blustery autumn day in search of Dragons, Damsels and Dungeons....
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 11:57pm PDT
Bike Cafe in Santa Cruz A group of local velo-thusiasts are organizing the first Bike Cafe in Santa Cruz. It is going to be a combination of free skool and a-cafe, but with bikes! The event is going to be held on November 12 from 2-8pm and will be centered at the Bike Church....
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 8:49am PDT
Indynewswire: Marching in Watsonville for Peace and Unity (audio/mpeg 34.6MB) Series of sounds and interviews recorded Sat, Oct 7, 2006 with participants in the Peace and Unity March in Watsonville....
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2006 7:38pm PDT
Oaxaca en Crisis: APPO representantes a la reunión de los Brown Berets (10/12) 
Indigenous representatives from Oaxaca, Mexico are speaking in Watsonville on the very critical situation in the state of Oaxaca. Come and learn about the Mexican government’s attempt to send in the Mexican military as a solution to crush the peoples’ right to demand the resignation of Governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz. Ruiz Ortiz uses police and paramilitary squads to inflict violent acts of fear and intimidation against people who oppose the Oaxacan state government....
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2006 1:26am PDT
Free Skool SC WINTER QUARTER 
WE WANT YOU TO TEACH FREE SKOOL SANTA CRUZ!...
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 11:03pm PDT
13th Annual Watsonville Peace and Unity March 
About 150 community members marched and rallied for peace at the Thirteenth Annual Peace and Unity March. The participants came together to honor those who have died in violence, listen to family members of community members who had been murdered, and pray, bless, rally, and support el pueblo de Watsonville with peace. Also, families who have lost a member to violence, set-up memorials, or altares,to remember them and for the community to see....
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 11:48am PDT
Peace + Unity 
Photos from the 13th Annual Peace & Unity March which took place Saturday, October 7th 2006.
Fotos del decimotercero anual Marcha de Paz y Unidad que pasó el Sábado 7 de Octubre 2006....
Posted: Sat, Oct 7, 2006 10:44pm PDT
West Cliff/Beach walk 
This is a human interest piece showing some events from the morning of Saturday Oct 7 in Santa Cruz, including the police dog demonstration at the Hot Rod show in the boardwalk parking lot....
Posted: Sat, Oct 7, 2006 5:15pm PDT
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