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Union Rights at La Bahia Rally Recap
A repost of an email sent out by Ned Van Valkenburgh of the Northern California Carpenters Regional Council to the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council's email list....
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2007 4:13pm PDT
Protest the spray! First meeting in Prunedale (10/24)
Protest the spray! If you feel that the spraying is unnecessary please come and protest!...
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2007 12:15pm PDT
Student of Color Conference
The 19th annual Student of Color Conference will be held at UCSC at colleges Eight, Porter and Oakes....
Event Date: Sat, Nov 10, 2007 9:00am PST
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2007 1:30am PDT
Council Kills Public Space in the Parking Lots
It will now be illegal to hang out (i.e. trespass) in any of the city's 20 downtown public parking lots. This amounts to at least 5 square blocks of previously accessible public space. If you are parking or retrieving a car or bike, you will have 15 minutes to do so, but it will be illegal to sit in and stay near your car (for more than 15 minutes). There is no requirement that police warn you before ticketing you....
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 10:24pm PDT
Border Militarization, Humanitarian Crisis Continue
For the fifth straight year the number of bodies recovered from the Arizona desert surpassed two hundred. While 237 bodies of unauthorized border crossers were recovered in 2007, the number who actually died was likely much higher, their bodies to lie in wake among the thousands of square miles of desert along the migrant trail. The Arizona body count is tracked by fiscal yea...
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 8:21pm PDT
lbam - CDFA (dis) Informational Public Hearings
University Inn and Conference Center, 611 Ocean St., Santa Cruz. 4:30-7:30 p.m.: Open house. 7:30-8:30 p.m.: Presentation. 8:30-11 p.m.: Public comment....
Event Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 4:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 10:41am PDT
David Barsamian on "Targeting Iran"
Louden Nelson Center,
310 Center St., Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Tue, Nov 13, 2007 7:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 9:19am PDT
Hatred and Ignorance on Display for "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week"
This report is published to raise awareness and as a call out for people to counteract the messages of hate, ignorance and bias on display at UC Santa Cruz and other college campuses.
Three young men sat behind a table in the Baytree Plaza at UC Santa Cruz on October 22nd as part of "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week." The men and their table of hate-charged literature denouncing Islam were largely ignored for the hour they sat in the plaza. The table had a black, green and red sign for "Islam...
Posted: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 12:45am PDT
Interview With Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerald: 38 Years Locked Down (audio/mpeg 11.2MB)
Romaine "Chip" Fitzgerlad is the longest held Black Panther prisoner. Locked down for 38 years, Chip was due his parole a long long time ago. Still strong and still revolutionary, Chip discusses his history, his case, and most importantly...his commitment and wisdom on the current struggle for social justice and freedom. Currently housed at Imperial Valley State Prison, Chip's supporters include the Monterey Bay NAACP, the Anarchist Black Cross, the Watsonville Brown Berets, the Prisoners o...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 9:44pm PDT
Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Make Your Voice heard
Support the Baldwin Amendment, which would add gender identity back into the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA)...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 2:25pm PDT
Bioethics expert to speak on ethical, social issues
Bioethics expert to speak on ethical, social issues @ Stevenson College...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 12:39pm PDT
Post-Apocalyptic Film Festival at Santa Cruz GDI
APOCALYPTIC WASTELAND LOCATION: From Santa Cruz, go north on Highway 1, turn left on Coast Road (about 4 miles north of Santa Cruz), if you are driving, park there on Coast Road (being respectful not to block the road or people's driveways), from here you are on foot. Near the north end of Coast Road is an access road with a gate (and Do Not Enter signs -- silence along this part) -- walk down the access road toward the beach and the railroad tracks. When you reach the railroad tracks, tur...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 12:23pm PDT
Post-Apocalyptic Film Festival at Santa Cruz GDI Fri Oct 26th
I have been looking forward to this showing all summer, no for as long as we've been doing GDI, no maybe my entire life. Since I was wee I imagined a twisted, blasted landscape in which I, the sole survivor, could finally live out my dreams of freedom and watch the earth regrow and reclaim the cancerous works of mankind. On Friday we water the seeds of the apocalypse. Come join us. -Rico...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 12:23pm PDT
Labor, Community to Protest La Bahia Project (10/23)
Rally for Union Rights
6 pm-6:40 pm
Tuesday, October 23
Beach and Westbrook in Santa Cruz (across from La Bahia site)
Then we will go to City Hall for 7 p.m. public comment period.
We'd love to see you and anybody else you can bring to the demonstration (chanting, picket-line, signs, some speeches at the end)!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 12:13pm PDT
Rally for Union Rights in Santa Cruz
6 PM on Tuesday, October 23
Beach & Westbrook (across from the La Bahia) for a
Labor, Neighbor, Community Rally
Then!!!
7 PM on Tuesday, October 23
Santa Cruz City Council
809 Center St in Santa Cruz for
Public Comment Presentations...
Event Date: Tue, Oct 23, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 10:59am PDT
A Paul Baker Concert and Talk
De Anza Clubhouse
Delaware Ave, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Oct 22, 2007 12:10am PDT
Pussies for Peace demonstrating October 27th
Meeting at 9am at the County Building on Ocean Street and driving to SF...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2007 10:58pm PDT
Step It Up! Action to Stop Global Warming
Pacific Avenue in front of Bookshop Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 3, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2007 10:42pm PDT
2007 Practical Activism Conference at UCSC (10/27)
This year's conference will take place on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2007.
Practical Activism is a free, student-led conference providing learning opportunities and tools to create local and global change.
This day-long conference takes place at the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Workshops, Speakers, Tabling Organizations, Creative Activism Activities, Live Music, and More....
Posted: Sun, Oct 21, 2007 8:37pm PDT