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Thousands of Students March and Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights 
On Friday, March 31st, thousands of students from local schools, including Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, Aptos High and Renaissance High, marched and rallied against HR 4437 in Watsonville.
In anticipation of the walkout, both Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High decided to close their school doors in an effort to keep students safe.
Here are some photos from the march from St. Patricks Church to the Watsonville Plaza, Mayor Antonio Rivas and Vice-Mayor Manuel Quintero Bersa...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:51pm PDT
No School: Rally in Watsonville for Immigrant Rights (audio/mpeg 17.8MB) On Friday, March 31st, thousands of students from local schools, including Watsonville High, Pajaro Valley High, Aptos High and Renaissance High, marched and rallied against HR 4437 in Watsonville.
In anticipation of the walkout, both Pajaro Valley High and Watsonville High decided to close their school doors in an effort to keep students safe.
The following three bilingual audio mp3s were recorded on Friday, March 31st. The first mp3 is from the rally in the Watsonville Plaza and star...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 1:20pm PDT
interview with Faiza Al Araji and son Raed Jarrar (audio/mpeg 27.7MB) Interview with bloggers Faiza and Raed, who are visiting from Iraq. Their goal is to let Americans know what Iriaqis are experienceing and how we can help. Visit their journals at afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com and raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com...
Posted: Fri, Apr 7, 2006 12:30pm PDT
280 High School Students attend Student Initiated Outreach Programs (4/7) PRESS ADVISORY...
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 9:24pm PDT
The Bizarro Baloney Show tours SF Bay Area & West Coast (audio/mpeg 7.9MB) Cartoonist Dan Piraro tours a multitude of cities to benefit PETA and Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine....
Posted: Thu, Apr 6, 2006 7:35pm PDT
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest at Santa Cruz GDI (4/7) 
Implacable rabble-rouser Randle Patrick McMurphy is committed to an asylum and inspires his fellow patients to rebel against the authoritarian rule of head nurse Mildred Ratched. A blistering attack on American society, that is at once exceptionally emotional and eternally uplifting....
Posted: Wed, Apr 5, 2006 7:57am PDT
UPDATE ON CHARGES AGAINST THE BROWN BERETS BY THE WPD FOR PEACEFUL MARCH WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 4, 2006 1:36pm PDT
BROWN BERETS PRESENT YOUTH & POWER 2006: w/ IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE 
Revolutionary hip-hop and activism!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 3, 2006 5:40pm PDT
PSA: Iraqi Bloggers Speak in Santa Cruz on April 7 (audio/mpeg 1.5MB) Come to the Louden Nelson Center at 7 PM on Friday, April 7 and hear the perspective of two Iraqi Bloggers! Faiza Al Araji and her son, Raed Jarrar will present a short film, share their experiences of living in a warzone, and answer questions....
Posted: Sat, Apr 1, 2006 5:26pm PST
GREENFIELD STUDENT WALK OUT AGAINST HR 4437 Greenfield students stand up for immigrant rights
3 day walk out against HR 4437
COMMUNITY SUPPORT NEEDED~ SUNDAY APRIL 2 MARCH IN SALINAS 10 AM ALISAL ST....
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 7:54pm PST
From Iraqi War Zone to Santa Cruz (4/7) 
Come hear two Iraqi’s perspective of this war!!
Baghdad Bloggers: Faiza Al Araji (http://afamilyinbaghdad.blogspot.com) and her son, Raed Jarrar
(http://www.raedinthemiddle.blogspot.com) will share their experiences, a short film and more!!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 12:48pm PST
Watsonville High School Students Speak About Walkouts (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) On Thursday, March 30th, I spoke with Watsonville High School students about the walkouts which took place on Monday, March 27th and Tuesday, March 28th. Students share their reasons for walking out, why they do not support attempts to create anti-immigrant laws as well as the actions of fellow students, teachers, administrators and police.
Many of the students discuss instances of police brutality which they saw and heard about from friends. Police brutality included hitting a student in...
Posted: Fri, Mar 31, 2006 4:37am PST
Pajaro Valley School District says, "No School Friday" NO SCHOOL TOMORROW (FRIDAY)...
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 11:34pm PST
Santa Cruz Public Safety Committee Meeting on SCPD Spying (audio/mpeg 4.4MB) A special meeting of the Public Safety Committee took place March 29, to discuss the results of the Police Auditor's investigation into SCPD infiltration of Last Night Parade planners (the report found that the police spy operation "more than likely" violated the civil rights of parade organizers), and draw up a new policy governing the SCPD's use of surveillance....
Posted: Thu, Mar 30, 2006 4:26pm PST
Students From Six High Schools March in Santa Cruz Against HR4437 (audio/mpeg 2.4MB) On Wednesday, March 29th, hundreds of students from Santa Cruz High, Santa Cruz Community, Habor, Aptos, Soquel and Cesar Chavez (Barrios Unidos) left class at 10:00am to meet at the Clock Tower and march to the Santa Cruz County Courthouse. They marched for immigrant rights and justice and against HR4437.
After the walkout and march, I went over to Santa Cruz High and spoke to a small group of students. Ricky, a student at Santa Cruz Community and Edwin, a student at Santa Cruz High, dis...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 6:18pm PST
Faces of the Peregrinacion Por la Paz - Watsonville (3/25) 
On March 25th, between 2,500 to 3,000 members of the Watsonville community joined Gold Star Families for Peace member Fernando Suarez del Solar, and Iraq War resister Pablo Paredes for the 5 mile Watsonville leg of their 241 mile peace march from Tijuana to the Mission District in San Francisco. Along with chants for peace, the marchers were taking a stand against the draconian anti-immigrant bill HR4437. Some say the march was the largest in Watsonville's history....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 3:50pm PST
Peregrinacion Por la Paz - Watsonville (3/25) 
On March 25th, between 2,500 to 3,000 members of the Watsonville community joined Gold Star Families for Peace member Fernando Suarez del Solar, and Iraq War resister Pablo Paredes for the 5 mile Watsonville leg of their 241 mile peace march from Tijuana to the Mission District in San Francisco. Along with chants for peace, the marchers were taking a stand against the draconian anti-immigrant bill HR4437. Some say the march was the largest in Watsonville's history....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 3:42pm PST
Derrick Jensen speaking in Santa Cruz tonight (3/29) Derrick Jensen will be speaking in Santa Cruz tonight at the Vet's Hall downtown, as a benefit for the legal fees of eco-prisoners arrested in the recent 'green scare'.
"All across the country, I ask activists and others, 'Do you believe our Culture will undergo a voluntary transformation to a sane and sustainable way of living?' Out of hundreds of people I've asked, not a single one has answered even remotely in the affirmative." -Derrick Jensen...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 2:13pm PST
Commentary: Immigrant Movements, Xenophobia, Racism The legislation, entitled the “Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005” lumps different reactionary symbols together creating a powerfully xenophobic, racist, and militaristic trope. All at once it evokes themes of threatening terrorist who seek to destroy America with swift and violent action, alongside the threat of a racial other who will destroy America slowly via a silent invasion....
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 12:00pm PST
Silent ART Auction (3/31) Silent Art Auction
Santa Cruz High School Cafeteria
Friday March 31st 5-7:30 PM...
Posted: Wed, Mar 29, 2006 11:23am PST
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