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Death Penalty Focus Upcoming Events events all over california during the month leading up to the scheduled execution of stanley "tookie" williams- read more about him at http://www.indybay.org/police...
Posted: Mon, Nov 14, 2005 4:16pm PST
11/8 Labor Victory Statewide; SF's Mixed County Results Nazi Schwarzenegger got the defeat his $70 million special election deserved, and his defeat was led by labor, as it must be. The anger was so great at this unnecessary, viciously anti-labor special election that the voters defeated all of the state propositions with a Bingo NO!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 6:32am PST
Animal Rights Activists Return to KFC on Mission St. (audio/mpeg 2.5MB) On November 5, a small group of animal rights activists demonstrated in front of the KFC on Mission St., a busy road which is also Highway 1 in Santa Cruz. The number of customers in the restaurant quickly dwindled and passing motorists, pedestrians, bicyclists, KFC customers and an employee that encountered the protesters were either very supportive of the demonstration or willing to listen to and learn from the protesters.
I spoke with one activist to find out why he protesting in front ...
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 3:50am PST
11/11: Veterans Day March to Honor LGBT Vets 
VETERANS DAY MARCH TO HONOR LGBT VETERANS AND DENOUNCE DISCRIMINATORY “DON’T ASK, DON’T TELL” POLICY...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 12:21pm PST
11/5-11/8 Get Out The Vote Weekend for No on 73-78, Yes on 79&80 Your help is needed this weekend through election day, November 5 through 8, 2005, to defeat the fascist attack on our state by Nazi Schwarzenegger with his $70 million special election. Voter turnout is crucial to defeating this thug's anti-labor program, Props 73 through 78. Everything from precinct walking to phone banking to putting labels on doorhangers is needed now to push the opponents of Props 73 through 78 to the polls and to urge the absentee voters to complete their ballots and ...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 3:18am PST
Keynotes from the 3rd Annual Practical Activism Conference at UC Santa Cruz 
The 3rd Annual Practical Activism Conference, Tools for Local and Global Change,
was a day-long conference which took place on October 29, 2005 at the University of California at Santa Cruz. It offered
a series of workshops addressing activism and change in the local and global context, as well as
keynote speeches from Daniel "Nane" Alejandrez and Nzingha Dugas.
Daniel "Nane"
Alejandrez is recognized for his commitment to developing alternatives to youth violence, his work
in the En...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 2:14pm PST
Immigrant Rights Activist to go before Judge 8:30 am Thursday The arraignment of Joshua Ramirez, a young immigrants right activist arrested at the protest against the Minutemen vigilantes on Saturday, was changed to 8:30 a.m. today....
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 2:15am PST
Death Penalty Focus Action Items & Events Stanley Tookie Williams "Teach-In Week" for Teachers, Youth Organizers, and Youth Ministries
November 14th - 21st...
Posted: Wed, Nov 2, 2005 7:43pm PST
SF Events 11.2 Drive Out Bush Regime NOON CIVIC CENTER SF
9am UCB walk out at sproul plaza 11am BART to noon civic center SF...
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 3:25pm PST
RACE VS. CLASS: Hear SLAVE REVOLT RADIO today TUES NOV 1ST 3:00PM -- with TRACEY JAMES! RACE VS. CLASS: You've heard JA hold down the debate on Indybay at http://indybay.org/news/2005/10/1772589.php. (Of course many of the posts have been 'mysteriously' deleted.) Hear SLAVE REVOLT RADIO today TUES NOV 1ST 3:00PM on Free Radio Santa Cruz at http://freakradio.org , http://freakradio.org/listen.html or at 96.3fm in Santa Cruz: "THE ECONOMIC COLOR OF WHITENESS". An analysis by Tracey James....
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 2:59pm PST
Arraignment Set for Tuesday for Demonstrator Jailed at Capitol Anti-Minuteman Rally Here's the press release for tomorrow's arraignment of Joshua Ramirez of Santa Cruz, who was arrested at the protest against the Minutemen at the State Capitol on Saturday....
Posted: Mon, Oct 31, 2005 4:00pm PST
Recap and Photos of Actions Against the Minutemen 
A summary and reflections on the protests against the Minutemen rally at the state capitol on Saturday...
Posted: Mon, Oct 31, 2005 11:42am PST
Press Release on Arrrests at Minuteman Rally Saturday This is the press release that was sent out on Saturday night right after the demonstration against the Minuteman Project. The Sacramento Bee reported that 600 people counter-demonstrated against the Minutemen and only 200 showed up at their rally on the Capitol's west steps. I hope to do a longer update later today or tomorrow morning. Cres and Scott are trying to get people to attend the arraignment on Tuesday; for more information call them at the numbers listed below....
Posted: Mon, Oct 31, 2005 7:08am PST
The People Confront Racist Minutemen 
A reprint of an article from Santa Cruz Indymedia on the Sacramento actions against the Minutemen on Saturday October 29....
Posted: Mon, Oct 31, 2005 5:02am PST
Free Radio Santa Cruz: No On Prop 73 Interview with Cynthia Mathews George interviews Cynthia Mathews of Planned Parenthood Santa Cruz and Vice Mayor about prop 73
Termination of Minor's Pregnancy. Waiting Period and Parental Notification....
Posted: Sat, Oct 29, 2005 11:23am PDT
Int'l Critical Mass round-up What happened on the different branches of the San Francisco halloween critical mass of 10/29/05? There were several thousand people in costumes, for a traditionally big ride. After the broadway tunnel, the group of people around me went to the mousetrap. I heard others went towards the Castro. If you have photos, upload them.
The ride was a lot of fun with several elaborate art bikes, and a very long route, and police were effective at halting side streets for a couple minutes as the para...
Posted: Sat, Oct 29, 2005 9:34am PDT
10/29-11/8 Phone Banks & Precinct Walks to Defeat Arnold Props 73-78 (update) We have only 13 days before election day, including just 2 weekends, with thousands of people unaware of this important election, and an urgent need to identify all opponents of Props 73 through 78 so we can push them to the polls during Get Out The Vote Weekend. WE NEED YOU TODAY TO DO PRECINCTS BY PHONE OR ON FOOT....
Posted: Fri, Oct 28, 2005 5:21am PDT
PIX: Santa Cruz Candlelight Vigil 
On Wednesday evening, more than one hundred people gathered at the Santa Cruz Clock Tower for a candlelight vigil marking the 2,000th US soldier to die in Iraq since the March, 2003 invasion....
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2005 6:30pm PDT
SF events 10.27 Samhain Sat Oct 29 11:59pm / Midnight / Sun Oct 30 12:00 am
BEGIN DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME SET CLOCK BACK 1 Hour.
"Spring forward, Fall back"...
Posted: Thu, Oct 27, 2005 3:31pm PDT
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