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OVER THE EDGE at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In (6/23)
This 1979 film pits bored, aimless, white middle-class suburban kids (including a very young Matt Dillon) trapped in a hellish planned community against parents and police concerned about the "youth problem." Intelligent, honest, and with attention to detail, filled with a feeling of teen-age frustration and paranoia. This film is a funeral service held at the graveside of the suburban dream....
Posted: Sun, Jun 18, 2006 9:02am PDT
South Central Farm Solidarity Actions
At 8:30 am Friday morning, demonstrators staged a blockade at a central Santa Cruz intersection (at Laurel St. & Mission St/Hwy 1) as a gesture of solidarity with the hundreds of families who lost their land in Tuesday's forced eviction of the South Central Farm in Los Angeles....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 3:23pm PDT
the flyer handed out at today's S.C.F. solidarity action
Here are PDF files and the text of a leaflet that was handed out during this morning's brief blockade of a Santa Cruz intersection. We had little time to throw it together and it's far from ideal, but perhaps the PDF file will be useful for people to print and distribute at simliar actions in their areas....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 1:54pm PDT
Hwy 1 Banner Drop in Solidarity With South Central Farmers
During rush hour on Friday morning, June 16, 2006, a banner reading "REMEMBER SOUTH CENTRAL FARM--FUCK RALPH HOROWITZ--FUCK LAPD--SOUTHCENTRALFARMERS.COM" was dropped over Highway 1 in Santa Cruz, California....
Posted: Fri, Jun 16, 2006 1:20pm PDT
Norse Hearing Postponed from Friday June 16th to early August TBA
A hearing prior to the jury trial of Robert Norse (aka Robert Norris Kahn) to investigate complaints against arresting officer Steve Clark will be postponed from Friday June 16 to early August time TBA....
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 4:58pm PDT
Vigil for 2500 U.S. Soldier Deaths This Friday
This Friday, there will be a vigil commemorating the 2500 US soldiers that have been killed in the war in Iraq....
Posted: Thu, Jun 15, 2006 1:47pm PDT
Protest Thu. 6/15: support SEIU Head Start Workers
Thursday Emergency Protest...
Posted: Wed, Jun 14, 2006 11:34pm PDT
Special Showing of ANGRY BRIGADE (6/15)
"You can't reform profit capitalism and inhumanity. Just kick it til it breaks."
-Angry Bridage, Communique 8...
Posted: Wed, Jun 14, 2006 5:51pm PDT
Students for a Democratic Society - now forming in Santa Cruz!
If you agree that we need to end the war NOW and that the Bush administration is a clear and present danger to the health and well being of the average American citizen and to liberty and freedom, then you need to join SDS and help bring the noise....
Posted: Mon, Jun 12, 2006 11:59am PDT
Denton giving in to watching the students' skit (video/quicktime 12.7MB)
Unsatisfied with more of Denton's ambiguous statements, students pull off a skit in front of her (Actual skit not filmed). Afterwards, Denton leaves surrounded by the voices of discontent from the crowd....
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 9:13pm PDT
Asking Questions About UCSC's Missing Journalism Program
On June 7th, UC Santa Cruz students concerned about their missing journalism program asked questions of Bill Ladusaw, UCSC's Vice Provost and Dean for Undergraduate Education. Ladusaw seemed to place blame on UCSC's faculty for the loss of the journalism program, while dodging questions about the misappropriation of funds at the administrative level, including Chancellor Denice Denton's extravagant dog-run. Ladusaw encouraged students to seek support from faculty members and the academic sena...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 7:53pm PDT
Surprising Denton (video/quicktime 32.7MB)
Students and workers fighting for diversity at UC Santa Cruz silently gather outside a meeting with Chancellor Denton inside and surprise her...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 4:13pm PDT
Students & Workers charge institutional racism & sexism; Demand affirmative diversity
On Tuesday, June 6, coalitions of students and workers charged UCSC with institutional racism and sexism, declaring that seemingly passive and apolitical administrative practices and policies as well as subtle forms of racism and sexism have the effects of producing inequality, particularly for communities of color. Students and workers demanded affirmative diversity, arguing that for diversity not to be empty rhetoric, UCSC would need to provide infrastructural support for student initated o...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 11:41am PDT
UCSC Charged With Disadvantaging Students, Faculty and Workers of Color
On June 6th, UC Santa Cruz students and workers held multiple rallies and confronted Chancellor Denice Denton to demand affirmative diversity on campus. Workers and students are charging UCSC with active institutional racism and sexism by sustaining hidden systematic policies and practices that have the effect of disadvantaging students, faculty and workers of color. Affirmative diversity means actively working against the status quo of institutional racism and sexism at UCSC. The Diversity C...
Posted: Wed, Jun 7, 2006 1:43am PDT
Recruiting Lives. Student documentary About Military Recruitment. (video/mpeg 27.6MB)
This is a short documentary about military recruitment and counter-recruitment in colleges and high schools. About 6.5 minutes long in MP4 (QuickTime)....
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:13pm PDT
Affirmative Diversity Talking Points
STUDENTS AND WORKERS RALLY TO DEMAND AFFIRMATIVE DIVERSITY!...
Posted: Tue, Jun 6, 2006 8:05pm PDT
Students and Workers Rally to Demand Affirmative Diversity
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June 5, 2006...
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