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Fish Swim In Water, Not Promises! "Fish Swim in Water, Not Promises."
Zeke Grader, executive director of PCFFA
The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations (PCFFA) praised the U.S. Secretary of Commerce for issuing a fishery disaster declaration on May 1, but said that the emergency relief is only the first of many steps needed to avoid the total destruction of the West Coast salmon fishery. The fishery disaster was caused by collapse of Central Valley chinook salmon populations, the result of massive water e...
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2008 9:31am PDT
Reel Work Film Festival update The Reel Work Film Festival has completed its first week, but its not over yet!...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 6:59pm PDT
Santa Cruz Film Festival VII: The BIG Picture 
Celebrate 9 days of underrepresented voices and independent media at the Santa Cruz Film Festival...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 5:16pm PDT
Oaxacan Perspectives on the Binational Struggles of Mexican Indigenous Migrant Communities (audio/mpeg 18.6MB) On April 24th and 25th, Centolia Maldonado Vasquez and Bernardo Ramirez Bautista, Oaxaca-based members of the Binational Front of Indigenous Organizations, gave presentations in Greenfield and at UC Santa Cruz on indigenous Mexican migration to the U.S. and its impact in the communities of origin, the current political situation in Oaxaca, the role of women in the movement for social justice in Oaxaca, and current challenges of indigenous governing community institutions in Oaxaca.
Audio r...
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 5:01pm PDT
Santa Cruz Film Festival VII: The BIG Picture 
Del Mar Theatre, Riverfront Twin, Cayuga Vault, Rio Theatre...
Event Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 4:58pm PDT
Schwarzenegger Now Working For CDFA. LBAM Spray, CA. Summary: Governor Schwarzenegger allies himself with law-breakers CDFA against the people of California....
Posted: Sun, May 4, 2008 3:02pm PDT
Circus Gatti Coming to Santa Cruz Co. Fairgrounds May 10 and 11, 2008 
Circus Gatti is coming to the Santa Cruz County Fairgrounds on May 10 (shows at 2pm and 7pm) and May 11 (shows at 2pm and 6pm).
Spread the word. Even one person passing out flyers makes a huge difference!
Many people will turn around and leave once they learn how these animals are treated!...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 10:09pm PDT
The Flame of Love: The Legend of Tristan and Iseult 
UCSC Music Center Recital Hall (Heller & Meyer Drives, Santa Cruz, CA)...
Event Date: Sun, May 11, 2008 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 7:06pm PDT
May Day 2008 in Watsonville: ¡Ningún Humano es Ilegal! 
Hundreds of families, students and workers participated in May Day activities in Watsonville which included free legal consultations, a rally in the plaza with speakers, musicians, face painting and a brinkolin (jump house) for kids. Homemade signs stated, human rights start with immigrants, legalization now, end the war, we are not criminals, fuck Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), lets help people!, yes we can, and asked the fundamental question, "Whatcha gonna do when they come for...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 6:40pm PDT
May Day 2008 in Watsonville: Los Derechos Humano Start w/ Immigrants 
Hundreds of families, students and workers participated in May Day activities in Watsonville which included free legal consultations, a rally in the plaza with speakers, musicians, face painting and a brinkolin (jump house) for kids. Homemade signs stated, human rights start with immigrants, legalization now, end the war, we are not criminals, fuck Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), lets help people!, yes we can, and asked the fundamental question, "Whatcha gonna do when they come for...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 6:09pm PDT
May Day March from UCSC to San Lorenzo Park Is Re-Routed to Beach Flats 
On May 1st, May Day (International Workers' Day), hundreds of students and workers rallied at UC Santa Cruz and marched to Santa Cruz to demand rights for immigrants, workers and students, including freedom to transcend man-made borders. The intersection at the base of UCSC was briefly barricaded with pallets, a dumpster, tables and various other devices as the march crossed crossed High Street and continued down Bay Street. Onlookers and car passengers clapped, gave thumbs-up and raised thei...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 3:58pm PDT
Central California Radical Community Campout in June 
This 4 day campout will happen in the sierra national forest it is an opportunity for radicals from all over central california to come together and enjoy themselves, network, get to know each other in a beautiful, fun, comfortable, non-political environment....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 3:29pm PDT
May Day Rally at UC Santa Cruz Demands Rights for Immigrants, Workers and Students 
The Movement for Immigrant Rights Alliance (M.I.R.A.) is a coalition of UC Santa Cruz students, community members, and diverse organizations working together to build a unified voice for people with migrant backgrounds, particularly those labeled undocumented. M.I.R.A. aims to raise public awareness about the rights and living conditions of immigrants who are continuously attacked and dehumanized by corporate media and public policy. Through dialogue, action, and reflection, M.I.R.A. strives ...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 1:39pm PDT
Calif Moth PesticideTesting to be done in . . . TEXAS 
Texas -- who'd have guessed? There's apparently no place in all of California qualified to do the testing for the spray for the light brown apple moth (LBAM). So it has to happen in the Bush/Execution state? Home of Enron, that the gropernator let off with our money? Just more that stinks about all this. Remember, each spraying costs millions and a large chunk of the millions goes to Suterra. The planes are a surveillance company out of Virginia that does work in Iraq. All Rethug donor...
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 10:54am PDT
Earth Day Lite- inSanity Cruz! Editorial The City sponsored Earth-Day Celebrations were pretty lame.
In a parking lot!
BUT, there's some great celebrations coming up- in our Central Park....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 7:08am PDT
santa cruz guerilla gardening projects the title is somewhat self expanatory, there are projects underway and others that could happen. imagine vacant lots growing beautiful, useful flowers and other plants. its just a sows throw away! looking to connect with likeminded individuals....
Posted: Sat, May 3, 2008 2:09am PDT
May Day UCSC (video/quicktime 35.4MB) may 1st at UCSC. Students rallied at the bookstore, then marched to the beach flats and celebrated may day some more....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2008 8:54pm PDT
May Day, 420, & the Election - An Editorial As a longtime activist, you'd think I'd know better than to attend any protests during an election year. The damn things are just too depressing. And yet, on May 1st, once again I found myself racing through town, trying to locate the local May Day march, and hopefully also an answer to the age old question, "when the fuck is capitalism gonna implode?"...
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2008 11:38am PDT
Truth in Recruiting meeting with Adam Kokesh Resource Center for Nonviolence, 515 Broadway, just uphill from Ocean St., Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Mon, May 5, 2008 1:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2008 12:08am PDT
May Day attack on santa cruz McDonald's McDonald's is a major sponsor of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the international spectacle used around the world to excuse attacking poor people, the environment, and freedom (such as the recent assault on Tibet).
We celebrated May Day by smashing a window or two at the Mission st. McD's in solidarity with those suffering from McDonald’s international capitalism....
Posted: Thu, May 1, 2008 1:20pm PDT
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