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calendarRally and March to protest Regents at UCSC! by
BAYTREE PLAZA UCSC...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 18, 2006 2:45pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 8:18pm PDT
textMexico: Government ultimatum against striking teachers by wsws (reposted)
The Mexican government has threatened striking teachers in the city of Oaxaca with police and military repression this week unless they accept a negotiated agreement between the Vicente Fox government, the teachers union and the Oaxacan Peoples Popular Assembly (APPO). On October 12, striking teachers voted to reject the deal....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 7:36am PDT
textToday's Youth: Efficient, Harmonious and Creative by Thomas Pany
For 40% in England, neither career nor consumption are in first place in their desires but downshifting, exchanging a financially attractive but stress-filled career for a less streneous but more fulfilling way of life with less income....
Posted: Tue, Oct 17, 2006 5:00am PDT
calendarNew College Media Studies MA Program - Information Session by Jon Garfield
New College Theater, 777 Valencia Street, San Francisco...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 27, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 11:22pm PDT
textBush slams Christians, bunch of Nuts by Timothy V. Johnson
Bush White House officials secretly mocked evangelical leaders and their trailer trash followers...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 1:55pm PDT
textUC Regents coming to UCSC! by p
the infamous Regents of the University of California will be touring the UCSC campus this wednesday and thursday (October 18-19,2006). everyone is encouraged to come to the action being held at BAYTREE PLAZA on WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 18 at 2:45. there will be a march, rally & action to protest the undemocratic ways of the Regents. it is their legal obligation to provide a 15 minute comment period during their visit, which is going to be held at the new Humanities building near Cowell College on we...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 12:25pm PDT
textThe Stressed New Generation by Thomas Pany
Adults have fear of the world because they don't know how to deal with that world.. The traps are different. They look very frightening for those over 50 because there is a new communication system that most elders can no longer grasp....
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 5:11am PDT
audioAl Rojas and Fernando Mendoza from APPO speak in Watsonville (audio/mpeg 3.1MB) by Agusto Cesar Sandino Segundo
On Thursday 10-12-06 Al Rojas and Fernando Mendoza from the Peoples Popular Assembly of Oaxaca spoke to a packed house at the Watsonville Brown Beret office about the situation in Oaxaca. Al introduces Fernando and speaks a little of his role as a stateside organizer. Fernando tells us the history and present situation in Oaxaca, Mexico. Unfortunately, a dead battery prevented me from capturing the very beginning of Fernando's speech but it is nothing you couldn't find on the wealth of art...
Posted: Mon, Oct 16, 2006 1:08am PDT
textStudent Debt Vampires, CollectCorp by Indentured Grad
CollectCorp Inc. is a Candadien company that has gotten all hooked on the debt collection nipple of the U.S. ......
Posted: Sun, Oct 15, 2006 11:40pm PDT
imageLights On!
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by Richard Silfverberg
Students taking to the streets rallying for after school acitivity programs....
Posted: Fri, Oct 13, 2006 2:04pm PDT
textRefurbish our Schools -- Yes on Prop. A and Prop. 1D ! by Lisa Schiff, Beyond Chron (reposted)
Three years ago, San Francisco voters passed a school facilities bond called Proposition A. That victory was a major accomplishment, indicating that public trust had been greatly restored as a result of some serious financial and administrative house cleaning. A sad history of corruption and greed had troubled the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), particularly in the area of facilities work. But the then relatively new Superintendent Arlene Ackerman brought order to the mess, exp...
Posted: Thu, Oct 12, 2006 8:59am PDT
textMinuteman Founder Jim Gilchrist Storms Off DN! Debate With Columbia Student Organizer by Democracy Now (reposted)
The anti-immigration group the Minuteman Project announced yesterday that they are seeking to strip Columbia University of federal funding for what they say are violations of their civil rights. Last week, student demonstrators disrupted a speech by Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist who was invited to the school by the College Republicans. Gilchrist and student organizer Karina Garcia joins us for a debate that ends when Gilchrist abruptly pulls the plug....
Posted: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 7:49am PDT
textShould Progressives Support Proposition 88? by Paul Hogarth, Beyond Chron (reposted)
As California continues to be the 43rd state in the nation in education spending (due to Prop 13 and Arnold Schwarzenegger), some education advocates have placed Proposition 88 on the November ballot to address this problem. Funded by Netflix founder Reed Hastings and venture capitalist John Doerr, the $50 parcel tax would raise $470 million a year to fund the state’s public schools. Locally, Prop 88 has the support of the San Francisco Bay Guardian – whose endorsement carries enormous weight...
Posted: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 6:48am PDT
textStudent/Farmworker Alliance Days of Action! by SFA
1-2 Punch! Nationwide McDonald's actions Oct. 27-28th From 'sweet spot' to sore spot!... This October 27-28th, join students and young people across the country in standing with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers to end sweatshops and modern-day slavery in the fields!...
Posted: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 8:38pm PDT
calendarIndigenous Peoples’ Night of Resistance by Daisy Lora
Pauley Ball Room MLK Building (Corner of Bancroft & Telegraph Ave) UC Berkeley...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 14, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2006 12:04am PDT
calendarFree Skool Teacher Deadline by Free Skool Santa Cruz
Cyberspace or In The Streets...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 10, 2006 11:45pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 6:46pm PDT
audioRadio Journalism 101.1: A Free Skool Class on the Basics of Broadcast News - Pirate Style (audio/mpeg 1.8MB) by Vinny Lombardo
In this Free Skool class on the basics of radio news production you'll learn the fundamentals for producing your own radio news report. From story selection; and interviewing; to research and fact-checking; to writing, editting and voice techniques; we'll cover the bases. Radio Journalism 101.1 will be a hands-on course. Students will produce their own radio pieces, and will work in collaboration to produce a thirty minute news cast. Bring lots of questions, great ideas, and a desire to learn...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 5:36pm PDT
imageFresno School Board Bloc Fails to Serve
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by Larry Moore
The photo below is Dr. Tony Vang McLane High, District 4. Dr. Vang is endorsed by the Fresno Teachers association. Vote for Dr. Tony Vang!...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 5:33pm PDT
textHumboldt State Budget cuts, Suspicion other schools affected, call for allies / to action! by K. Scott Perry
Humboldt State Budget cuts, Suspicion other schools affected, call for allies / to action!...
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 9:23pm PDT
textHumboldt State Budget Cuts / Call For Allies by K. Scott Perry
Current HSU budget crisis. Suspicions other schools affected. Call to action / for allies....
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 9:20pm PDT
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