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textWatsonville Students Walk Out by Ramiro
PVHS students walked out today in Watsonville to demand justice for migrant people...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 1:04pm PDT
textHateful crime shuts Scotts Valley High by sentinel report
SCOTTS VALLEY — Scotts Valley High School was shut down Monday by a bomb scare that may have been the work of a white supremacist group calling itself the Scotts Valley Aryans Club, investigators said....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 10:11am PDT
textTexas Lesson – Educators Embrace Bilingualism by New American Media (reposted)
As Washington lawmakers debate the revision of the federal No Child Left Behind policy, California could stand to take some notes from tough-talking Texas. The state has defied partisan politics and embraced early-childhood education and bilingual education. Bruce Fuller, a Berkeley professor of education and public policy, is author of the new book, Standardized Childhood (Stanford University Press)....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 7:51am PDT
calendarCal Student Workers Info Picket and 20% Strike by SWAG
Crossroads Dining Commons (Channing Ave and Bowditch St.)...
Event Date: Tue, May 1, 2007 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 11:48pm PDT
imageMAY 1st WEEK of Action & Awareness at UCSC
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by M.I.R.A. Coalition
The the M.I.R.A. Coalition (Movement for Immigrant Rights Alliance) has organized a week of actions and awareness in support of immigrant rights....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 8:37pm PDT
textStudents Re-Occupy Radio Universidad in Oaxaca City Today by Barucha Calamity Peller
Students who sypathize with the APPO re-occupied Radio Universidad in Oaxaca City today in support for mass mobilizations planned for tomorrow, May 1rst....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 5:51pm PDT
calendarAll Expenses Paid Training for Student Activists by
George Washington University 2121 I Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20001...
Event Date: Tue, May 15, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 2:29pm PDT
calendarCal Student Worker 20% Strike by Student Worker Action Group (SWAG)
Crossroads Dining Commons of UC Berkeley. Corner of Channing Way and Bowditch St in Berkeley....
Event Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 9:10am PDT
calendarInformational Picket by Student Worker Action Group (SWAG)
Foothill Dining Commons of UC Berkeley. Corner of Hearst Ave and Gayley Rd in Berkeley....
Event Date: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 9:05am PDT
textDay 1 Student Worker Blitz Week by SWAG
Student workers and their supporters will be holding an informational picket outside Foothill Dining Commons (Hearst Ave and Gayley Rd/ La Loma Ave) to bring attention to their struggle. Other student workers and supporters will be enacting a 20% at the Crossroads Dining Commons, to make up for the 20% difference in pay....
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 9:02am PDT
textOut of America: Going to college? Watch out for Bush's bandits by UK Independent (reposted)
A scandal over privatisation of student loans has all the hallmarks of this administration's worst habits...
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 10:19am PDT
imageMilitary Avoids Job Fair as Students Protest to "Unplug UCSC from the War Machine!"
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by ~Bradley
UC Santa Cruz's Last Chance Job Fair took place on April 24th, but this year the United States Army and United States Marine Corps were not among the participants. With foreknowledge of students planning a large demonstration against the presence of military recruiters at UCSC, both the Army and Marines withdrew a week before the Job Fair took place. Despite recent attempts by the UCSC administration to repress dissent on campus, Students Against War (SAW) organized unpermitted rallies and a ...
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 5:22am PDT
calendarJane Addams Peace Camp by Wilma Gold
Orchard School, Aptos, California...
Event Date: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 3:09am PDT
calendarBerkeley: The Oaks & The Gym - a Public Forum Featuring Ignacio Chapela, Gray Brechin, L by laili falatoon
105 North Gate- UC Berkeley Campus Euclid and Hearst...
Event Date: Tue, May 1, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 8:39pm PDT
calendarACLU-Marriage, Equality & the Law by
First Congregational Church, 900 High St., Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue, May 15, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 5:49pm PDT
text"Get Up Stand Up"-- Literally by Jen Small
A reaction to a recent anti-war protest held on April 24, 2007 at the UC Santa Cruz campus concerning military recruiters on UC campuses. A call for action amongst the so-called activists that seemingly prevail at UCSC....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 1:11am PDT
textCALIFORNIA: Bill banning teen drivers from talking on cell phones passes state Senate by Johanna
This article discussed the issue of banning cell phone use from drivers under the age of eighteen. I feel it is unfair to single out a particular group when the issue affects everyone on the road....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 12:39am PDT
textA Stance Against U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps Recruitment by sandina
The use of education against war rather than violence and force....
Posted: Fri, Apr 27, 2007 12:06am PDT
textHayward Teachers Settle; The Task That Still Remains by $
On 4/26/07, KPFA's evening news, 6 p.m., reported the Hayward teachers voted overwhelmingly (some 890 to 106 or so) for the union contract giving teachers an 11% raise over 2 years plus a 1% bonus. The teachers wanted 17% in 1 or 2 years originally. The basic funding problems remain because Democrats & Republicans in Sacamento are not taxing the rich....
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 10:37pm PDT
imageSan Francisco State University Students Walk Out!
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by Sam Brown
Today, on April 26th, Students from San Francisco State walked out of classrooms to protest higher fees in education and the privatization of public education....
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 10:07pm PDT
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