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Why Leftists Mistrust Liberals
Some of my best friends are liberals. Really. But I have found it is best not to rely on them politically....
Posted: Fri, Apr 28, 2006 6:18am PDT
School Beat: Of Rhyme and Reason and Fire
On Tuesday evening, the Board of Education (BOE) of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) simultaneously took money from one quarter to fight one fire and rejected money from another that was intended to battle yet a different fire....
Posted: Thu, Apr 27, 2006 8:41am PDT
May 1st UCSC solidarity demonstration
IMPORTANT SANTA CRUZ CITY MOBILIZATIONS!...
Posted: Tue, Apr 25, 2006 5:58pm PDT
Stanford protest videos
Here are two videos made on the Stanford protest of Bush:...
Posted: Sat, Apr 22, 2006 4:45pm PDT
Santa Cruz County Superintendent of Schools Candidate Forum (4/27)
Santa Cruz County residents will have the choice of five different candidates for Superintendent of Schools. Come by and get to know them better at the Candidates Forum at the Live Oak Grange this Thursday....
Posted: Sat, Apr 22, 2006 4:45pm PDT
Santa Cruz County Book Fair, May 20
The first annual Santa Cruz County Book Fair takes place May 20, 2006. It should be a large gathering and there is still time to register for a booth....
Posted: Sat, Apr 22, 2006 1:24pm PDT
Governor Joins Struggle Against Teachers
Stewart Alexander, candidate for lieutenant governor, oppose Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s move to take control of the LAUSD and says he fully support the position of the teachers, district officials and the union on this important issue....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 9:04pm PDT
Virginia students sit in, 17 arrested in solidarity with campus workers for living wage
Seventeen University of Virginia students were arrested on the Charlottesville campus April 15 because they staged a four-day sit-in at the university president’s office. The students demanded the administration accept its “moral responsibility” and commit to paying a living wage to university workers....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 6:53am PDT
Immortal Technique at Youth and Power 2006 (video/quicktime 7.6MB)
On April 17th, 2006, the Watsonville Brown Berets held the 6th annual Youth and Power. The theme was "Brown and Black Pride" and the event, held on a Monday night, brought together more than thousand people from 'Los Atzlan' to the Bay Area.
Below are nine (9) video segments of Immortal Technique speaking and performing at the 6th annual Youth and Power event organized by the Watsonville Brown Berets. Total time of all nice video segments is about 38 minutes.
In the first vid...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 11:07pm PDT
Greece: Anarchists/Leftists clash with fascists at Panteion University
Greece: Anarchists/Leftists clash with fascists at Panteion University...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 10:55pm PDT
Heads Spin at Youth and Power 2006
On April 17th, 2006, the Watsonville Brown Berets held the 6th annual Youth and Power. The theme was "Brown and Black Pride" and the event, held on a Monday night, brought together more than thousand people from 'Los Atzlan' to the Bay Area....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 10:01pm PDT
RSF "authentic claimants to 1916"
WRITING in the Sunday edition of the Derry Journal journalist and author Éamonn McCann said that in his view, as far as Republicanism was concerned, the most authentic claimants to the political legacy of the 1916 Rising were Ruairí Ó Brádaigh and Republican Sinn Féin....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:54pm PDT
Villaraigosa Offers Plan for LAUSD Control
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa finally provided details to his plan to take over the Los Angeles Unified School District Tuesday during his first State of the City address....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 7:49pm PDT
School Beat: What do YOU Want Our City to Do for Public Schools?
Public education activists always have more than enough possibilities for engagement, but this week two opportunities particularly standout: the Parents for Public Schools' (PPS) Annual General Meeting and the school district's Community Advisory Committee on Student Enrollment, Recruitment and Retention (CACSERR)....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 9:41am PDT
TEACHERS' STRIKE IS TODAY IN OAKLAND
I really don't like Bush too, but today is the 1-day strike of the Oakland Education Association!! Please prioritize this on the front page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 5:46am PDT
The War on Terror: A Credible Threat (4/24)
Teach-in at University of California, Santa Cruz
April 24, 2006, 10am-7pm
The Quarry...
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 1:34am PDT
STRIKE AVERTED, BUT SCHOOLS STILL CLOSED TOMORROW!!!
Just minutes ago the Oakland Education Association reps confirmed that they have reached a settlement and while teachers will be going to work tomorrow, it is still a non-student day ....because the district cannot assure that everyone will get the word and they cannot guarantee safe staffing levels. An extra day will probably be added at the end of the school year....
Posted: Thu, Apr 20, 2006 12:40am PDT
Sustainability Lectures @ UCSC
The Education for Sustainable Living Program is host its 3rd season of incredible lectures! Please come join us @ UCSC. All lectures are free!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 19, 2006 8:36pm PDT