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Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity
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Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 6:17pm PDT
Reclaiming the Streets of Santa Cruz
Invitations were distributed to Reclaim The Streets of Santa Cruz on June 3rd with a free street party for everyone. Slowly but surely, musicians, artists, chalkers, dancers, bikers, disc tossers, walkers and other party goers began arriving at Pearl Alley in anticipation of Saturday night's "experiment in spontaneous urban uprising."...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 11:21pm PDT
Indynewswire Show: SC Reclaim the Streets Coverage (audio/mpeg 10.3MB)
On June 3, about fifty people gathered in downtown Santa Cruz for a Reclaim the Streets Party. Madness and mayhem ensued. In this segment from The Indynewswire Show, we bring you some sounds and discussion on the event... TRT: 22:28...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 9:06pm PDT
Why you really should consider voting this Tuesday, even if you're an anarchist
Santa Cruz County sits on the brink between some progressive breakthroughs or environmental degradation. At the county level, there will be a power vacuum when 3rd District Supervisor, Mardi Wormhoudt, leaves her seat. Will Santa Cruz follow a progressive, sustainable path or will it yield to the millions of dollars offered by developers and megamalls who have been licking their chops in anticipation of this moment? Cast your vote this TUESDAY, JUNE 6th.
(Image: Chris Krohn delivered f...
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 6:06pm PDT
ART & CRIMES OF RON ENGLISH at Santa Cruz GDI (6/9)
A 2005 film about the culture-jamming and billboard-liberation antics of Ron English. The modern day Robin Hood of Madison Avenue, Ron paints, perverts, infiltrates, reinvents and satirizes modern culture on canvas and directly on hundreds of pirated billboards....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 8:34am PDT
Five Days until Free Skool Deadline.
Five Days until Free Skool Lummer Quarter Deadline....
Posted: Mon, Jun 5, 2006 7:41am PDT
Shakey Bones Brings the Ruckus to Freak Radio Santa Cruz
I came across Shakey Bones playing music on Pacific Avenue and we arranged for a live in-studio performance on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101 fm. They were kicked out of the Santa Cruz Farmer's Market on Wednesday, but on Thursday the ruckus music of Shakey Bones was welcomed on Freak Radio, our renowned community pirate radio station. Shakey Bones formed in January of 2006 in Walnut Creek, a "boring suburban town in the east bay."...
Posted: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 5:10pm PDT
Counting Lives Lost, Making Tangible an Abstract Measure of Grief
While traveling through Watsonville on June 1st, I came across a grid of four inch figures representing "every person who has died in Iraq since we invaded." The exhibition is at Sierra Azul Nursery and Gardens and is part of the Pajaro Valley Arts Council exhibit, Sculpture IS, which is showing June 2nd through July 30th. Thirty-nine regional artists are showing over seventy pieces of work ranging from installation and performance art to a variety of sculptures that are kinetic, fu...
Posted: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 2:59pm PDT
Shakey Bones: Live on FRSC (audio/mpeg 31.9MB)
Shakey Bones performed live on 6/1/06 in the studios of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101 FM. The show was hosted by ~Bradley & Vinny. TRT: 69:45...
Posted: Sun, Jun 4, 2006 1:48pm PDT
Interview and Call-In to Bad Cop No Doughnut Host Ron Anicich Sunday June 4 11 AM PDT
I will be interviewing Ron Anicich on Sunday June 4 at 11 AM PDT on Free Radio Santa Cruz. Ron hosts the richly informative Bad Cop No Doughnut show which airs every Thursday on Free Radio Santa Cruz. His Toronto studio was recently invaded by local police....
Posted: Sat, Jun 3, 2006 8:57am PDT
FOOD NOT BOMBS
Delicious community meal and free food for all! We serve 4 PM every Wednesday, under the magnolia trees at the Farmer's Market....
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 12:40pm PDT
RECLAIM THE STREETS! (6/3)
Reclaim the Streets! Free street party for everyone!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 2, 2006 12:19pm PDT
The Op-Ed Piece the Sentinel Wouldn't Print
An endorsement for Chris Krohn for 3rd District Supervisor by the Berkeley Daily Planet's Executive Editor....
Posted: Thu, Jun 1, 2006 2:42pm PDT
UCSC Workers, Students Grill Chancellor, Give June 5 Deadline
On Tuesday, May 23, UC Santa Cruz's custodians, part of the union AFSCME, continued their hard-fought wage parity campaign by staging a respectful protest inside Chancellor Denice Denton's Brown Bag event. The workers are frusterated over the Chancellor's lack of support for custodians and their families. While the Chancellor consistently refers to 'market rates' to justify top admin salaries (she earns upwards of $400,000/yr.), she has yet to support custodians whose poverty wages are up to ...
Posted: Tue, May 30, 2006 3:57am PDT
Federal judge orders Pentagon to expedite UC student's FOIA request
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Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 12:08pm PDT
Last Day to Request Vote-By-Mail Ballots is Tuesday, May 30
Last Day to Request a Vote-By-Mail Ballot for the June 6, 2006 Election is Tuesdsay, May 30....
Posted: Sun, May 28, 2006 11:49am PDT
Take Back the Night 2006
On Thursday, May 18, students at UC Santa Cruz held the annual Take Back the Night. Starting with a rally at 6:30pm in Baytree Plaza, there were speakers and live performance addressing issues such as prison violence, sterilization, borderline violence, and institutionalized patriarchy. After marching through the colleges on East side of campus, the march stopped outside the College 9/10 Multi-Purpose Room for performances by UCSC's Slam Poets Team, before making their way through the rest of...
Posted: Sat, May 27, 2006 3:34pm PDT
Santa Cruz Genetrification Laws
Content of a page on the HUFF web site documenting and explicating various and sundry elements of the Santa Cruz municipal code used to harass poor and homeless people. Comments and feedback are appreciated, and will be integrated into the page as appropriate, with or without attribution as desired. They may be made here, or sent to me via email....
Posted: Fri, May 26, 2006 1:00pm PDT
UC Regents Meeting reportback 5/17 (audio/mpeg 6.0MB)
On Wednesday 5/17 the UC Regents held a meeting at UCSF. Students, Workers and unions were present, primarily in response to UC's plan to cut workers' pensions. The unions were united & unapologetic, cheering loudly as three California State Senators including Figeroa (D) and Maldonado (R), called for Dynes' resignation....
Posted: Tue, May 23, 2006 2:44pm PDT