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URGENT!!! support Tent University Santa Cruz, defend freedom of assembly!!!
Tent University Santa Cruz (TUSC) is an experiment in radical education reform to take place at UC Santa Cruz, April 18-22. The university and the police want to shut it down. TUSC needs support from communities surrounding to resist the potential eviction of this creative effort toward liberating education!!!!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 9:31pm PDT
Rockin' the Boat: UCSC Counter-recruitment protest (audio/mpeg 4.9MB)
On April 5, some 300 students and community members held a raucous demonstration at the UC Santa Cruz campus, where US military recruiters had a booth at the school's Job and Internship fair....
Posted: Tue, Apr 12, 2005 11:40am PDT
new report confirms widespread historic distribution of salmon and steelhead above klamath
The report by the American Fisheries Society confirms what the Klamath River tribes, recreational anglers and ocean commercial trollers have contended for decades - salmon historically returned in large numbers to the Klamath and its tributaries above the PacifiCorp dams - and restoration means taking down the dams!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 11:47pm PDT
Peter Kwiek of the Salinas Action League speaks about Saving our Libraries (audio/mpeg 4.1MB)
On April 1, I spoke with Peter Kwiek of the Salinas Action League. Peter has been a core activist in the struggle to Save the Libraries in Salinas. (9 minutes)...
Posted: Mon, Apr 11, 2005 12:10pm PDT
Celebrate spring Ap24 Berko, May1 SF, more...
+ Bizarre Flea, Somalia, free health fair, U-U pagan "moon circles", free lunch, Alioto-Pier, Baghdad, censored news stories, "weird" costumes at electro-music fest, sexwork fest, art show to help homeless youth, falcons, more
+ news links on zombie animals, Pride, Arnie's backdown,
online counter-culture, wounded queer soldier......
Posted: Sun, Apr 10, 2005 9:30am PDT
Indybay Solidarity, Reaching Out and The Take
On April 6, Santa Cruz Indymedia volunteers presented a free film screening of The Take at Santa Cruz Barrios Unidos. The importance of Indymedia was explained and money was collected to help buy a new server for Indybay....
Posted: Sat, Apr 9, 2005 2:00am PDT
4/28 Workers Memorial Day Protest
This statewide rally will honor the workers who have been killed or injured on the job and will protest the destruction of workers comp and the lack of healthcare for all....
Posted: Fri, Apr 8, 2005 12:45am PDT
SF events 4.5
Protest Governator tonight 5pm
Ritz Carlton 600 Stockton @ Pine...
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 1:00pm PDT
April 22nd National Poetry Month Reading with A.D. Winans and Neeli Cherkovski
The Wired Wash Cafe is proud to present an April 22nd National Poetry Month Reading featuring A.D. Winans and Neeli Cherkovski. As part of an ongoing celebration for National Poetry Month readings to take place in and around Santa Cruz. The Wired Wash Cafe will feature two critically acclaimed San Francisco poets, Neeli Cherkovski and A.D. Winans, who will be reading from their original works....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 10:15am PDT
East Bay Free Skool
The Barrington Collective is starting a free school, which will include peer to peer skillsharing aswell as address the current crisis in the OUSD by holding neighborhood meetings, offering free a afterschool/summerschool program for the children and youth of Oakland, and provide adult education classes in things like ESL...
Posted: Sat, Apr 2, 2005 10:19pm PST
April 6, film screening of "The Take" in Santa Cruz to benefit Indybay
Santa Cruz Indymedia activists were given a copy of The Take, a new film by Avi Lewis and Naomi Klein about worker expropriation of factories in Argentina after the 2001 economic collapse. There will be a free screening of this excellent documentary on Wednesday, April 6th, 7:00pm, at Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel Ave)....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 12:32pm PST
Four Successful Events, Two Film Awards, and One Big Thank You!!
* March 17th: Bringing the Solutions to the Capitol
* March 22nd: Three Major Events Around the State!
* “System Failure,” Now an Award-Winning Film!
* Thank You, Working Assets Members! Making It Happen for the Ella Baker Center!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 8:50pm PST
on now: Critical Mass Radio Network (audio/x-mpegurl 0.0KB)
Tune in to the Critical Mass Radio Network today from noon to midnight (PST)....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 2:37pm PST
Movie Producer Penny Little Comes to San Jose to Finalize Filming of Electile Dysfunction
On Saturday, March 26th at 2:00 P.M. at the St. James Senior Center in San Jose (199 North Third Street), speakers, musicians, and concerned citizens will meet to discuss the problems with the voting machines used in the last presidential election and plan actions to get an open, secure, and accurate voting system in place for the future. Penny Little, the producer and director of the movie “Electile Dysfunction” will be there, camera in hand, to film activists, organizers, and members of the...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 5:40pm PST
Judge Patel Supports Medical Cannabis, But Lepp's Release Still Uncertain
Charles "Eddy" Lepp's appearance in Federal Court yesterday on cannabis cultivation charges revealed Judge Marilyn Patel's support for medical cannabis use by defendants already out on bail....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 1:42pm PST
Out of Iraq! March 19 March & Rally
Thousands came out in San Francisco in spite of forecasts of rain to protest two years of war and occupation in Iraq.
The march and rally started at Dolores Park and headed through the Mission to Civic Center Plaza....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 9:10pm PST
SF & 725 Other Communities Say "End the War!"
This weekend, on the two-year anniversary of the Iraq War, San Francisco will join 725 other towns and cities around the United States in calling for the troops to come home now....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 9:22am PST
92% of UC Service Workers Vote to Strike
Low-Wage Workers Say 'Disrespect' and 'Bad-Faith Bargaining' Are Key...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 8:46am PST
Gay Marriage Advocates in Santa Cruz Celebrate Judge Kramer's Ruling
On March 15, 2005, The GLBT Alliance, a Santa Cruz queer political organization, held a rally at the Town Clock to celebrate a decision in San Francisco Superior Court that same-sex marriage could be legal in California. At the rally, I spoke with Thomas Leavitt, co-chair of The GLBT Alliance. (4:56 / 2.3 MB)
Audio: Download the mp3...
Posted: Tue, Mar 15, 2005 11:06pm PST
Santa Cruz Professor Attacked as Lesbian After Removing Hate Literature
Commentary on the News *Exclusive to Indymedia*Nationally prominent University of Santa Cruz professor Nancy Stoller was attacked on a SF Chronicle -linked website as a "lesbian" who was ganted tenure "because she was a lesbian."...
Posted: Mon, Mar 14, 2005 5:59pm PST