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Here's some initial #s and details from some of the more prominent actions around the Central Coast today. Note that the #s are almost all from the corporate press or cops, so if you have a better estimate, please comment!...

On Monday, May 1st, International Workers Day, students and workers at UC Santa Cruz walked picket lines at the base of campus and west entrance to support the rights of immigrants and all people. In the United States, grassroots organizers of May Day 2006 called for a day of, "No Work, No School, No Buying, No Selling" to help illustrate the critical role that migrants play in the United States and global economy....

Two Calls from Bakersfeild where cops are preventing march and start arresting. caller was aperently grabbed by cops....

Interviews from the early morning May Day pickets at UCSC. Entrivista con Andres Campos, un trabajadora servicio comida a UCSC. Interview with Andres Campos, a campus dining hall worker. Translation by Rebecca Valenzuela....

One thing that we should note about the Bay Area, is that it’s the home of political activism and movements. As the Immigration debate rages on, we should note the increased visibility of the Watsonville Brown Berets. The Berets of course have a long and rich history that date back to the 1960s. But like their comrads in the Black Panther, they saw their influence and ranks dimisnished by the Cointel-pro tactics of the FBI. (33:47 minutes)...

Many businesses will be closed on Monday, May 1st, as Santa Cruz prepares for a May Day work stike and consumer boycott. No Work, No School, No Buying, No Selling. UC Santa Cruz will be shut down from 6:00am to at least 12:00pm when UCSC students march to downtown Santa Cruz and join up with a demonstration starting in the Beach Flats....

The pamphlet attached below was created by members of the no borders network and deletetheborder.org for outreach during Mayday actions and beyond. It is bilingual and includes a space to promote local events and resources....

Here's a PDF of the April/May 2006 calendar for the newly opened art/community/infoshop space(s) in downtown Santa Cruz, the Werkshop Museum and the Galley, presented by the Playing in Sand collective. Follow the PDF link below to view. Here's some of the text from the calendar:...

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Most people do not realize there is an area of law called “Conflict of Law.” Laws conflict and this is a specialty area in law, which navigates around laws that hit each other head on in conflict. I live in the swirling world of the “Conflict of Law” between Free Speech and Peace Disturbance/Obscenity Laws. I have been arrested, ticketed and/or charged with property rule violations for obscenity and peace disturbance for busking (or street performing) since 1978, including 8 peace disturbance...