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Full-Length Critique of Police Repression Against the Santa Cruz 11 & Occupy Santa Cruz The current issue of Street Spirit newspaper (September 2012), which can be found in the main public library (or perhaps in a few days), features local activist and potential jailbird Lighthouse Linda Lemaster, writing her views on the activist takeover of the 75 River St. vacant bank building, leased by Wells Fargo. Lemaster goes to trial October 15th at 9 AM in Dept. 2 for peacefully supporting a Right-to-Sleep protest on the steps of the courthouse in August 2010....
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 2:31pm PDT
The Sentinel as Wells Fargo Critic? Two Articles in Two Days While the SCPD police blog is bragging about homeless sweeps destroying hundreds of campsites for those who have no shelter alternatives, and cty officials are busy posting areas as "forbidden no trespass" zones used by homeless people for survival camping, the Wells Fargo Foreclosure machine is busy ripping off middle-class folks struggling to keep above water as the election eve circus bangs on, ignoring these issues. The Sentinel, for the first time in several years, is actually focusing...
Posted: Fri, Sep 7, 2012 8:25am PDT
City Ends Successful Bicycle Distribution Program in Secret Back-Room Deal Since 1996, the City had made unclaimed bicycles available for nonprofits to give away to youth in need. Earlier this year, without any public process or notification, the SCPD and Vice Mayor Hilary Bryant ended this program, diverting the bikes to the for-profit business the Bike Dojo, which also partners with a business owned by Bryant’s husband (Cruzin Pedicabs), and which is now selling many of the bikes to fund their program, in clear violation of City policy....
Posted: Mon, Sep 3, 2012 10:10am PDT
Getting Through to Groundzero Gary Johnson in Jail Here's some info on how to contact Gary Johnson, currently being held in the Rountree Jail facility out in Watsonville, which I got by phone today from Diana. Gary was found guilty of "lodging" for peaceful sign-carrying and sleeping at the PeaceCamp2010 demonstration. I think he'd appreciate letters in jail and $ on his books....
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 2:10pm PDT
Homeless "Solution" in Santa Cruz I sent this letter to the editor of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, expressing my feelings about the front page article today. Even if it's not published there, I want it published here. And watch for an event posting as well....
Posted: Thu, Aug 30, 2012 1:40pm PDT
UCSC Alum seeks support for literacy project in the Dominican Republic PROYECTO ALGARABÍA TO HOST FUNDRAISER IN SUPPORT OF COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC....
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2012 10:18pm PDT
New Informant & Grand Jury Subpoena in Santa Cruz Arson Investigation New Grand Jury Subpoena & Informant in Santa Cruz Arson Investigation...
Posted: Mon, Aug 27, 2012 9:20am PDT
Robbery Follows Exclusion from the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center for Disabled Woman Andrea Morgan, a disabled 5'1" homeless woman, has been forced to sleep outside--something that is illegal for all homeless people in Santa Cruz. Excluded from the Homeless (Lack of ) Services Center [HLOSC] property programs, she called me this morning reporting she was robbed last night while she slept. Taken from her were her coat, purse, medications, ID, and other essentials. I interviewed her subsequently on my Free Radio show....
Posted: Sun, Aug 26, 2012 9:36pm PDT
Video Times for the Second Santa Cruz Eleven Community TV Forum Last month, a forum featuring defendant Brian Adams, attorney Brian Hackett, legal worker Steve Pleich, National Lawyer's Guild attorney Phil Crawford and former defendant Grant Wilson was aired on Community TV. See http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2012/07/02/18716800.php for the audio. A second forum featuring Pleich, defendants Becky Johnson and Robert Norse, and convicted activist/attorney Ed Frey will be shown on Community TV in the days ahead....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2012 11:08am PDT
Free Radio Santa Cruz Back to Full Power After suffering a near miss from a lightning strike in May, Free Radio Santa Cruz - 101.3 FM - has returned to full power operation....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 9:20pm PDT
U.S. Socialist Stewart Alexander Leaves the PFP I have met many wonderful and dedicated activists throughout my experience with the Peace and Freedom Party, and hope to maintain many of those friendships in the upcoming years.
While my position with regard to this past weekend's PFP Convention may be unpopular, I feel obliged to express the motivation behind my resignation. My commitment to the Peace and Freedom Party extends as far as the Party's commitment to socialism....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2012 7:52am PDT
Discrimination Against the Disabled Homeless? Forum w/Mayor Lane, John Colby, Steve Pleich An hour-long Community TV show between disability activist John Colby and Mayor/Board of Director of the Homeless (Lack of) Services Center with Sandra Leigh firing the questions....
Posted: Tue, Jul 31, 2012 6:27pm PDT
California’s dysfunctional alliance between suburban greens California’s dysfunctional alliance between suburban greens...
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2012 3:22am PDT
Police Plan to Raid Homeless Camps in Santa Cruz On July 9th, the Santa Cruz Police Department and the department of Parks & Recreation and Public Works issued a joint press release announcing an impending sweep of homeless camps located within the City of Santa Cruz over the next 30-45 days. Apparently SCPD has identified specific individuals in these camps that they plan to target, and in addition to busting up the camps, SCPD also plans to arrest individuals who have previously been cited in association with various ordinances that ban s...
Posted: Tue, Jul 10, 2012 12:30am PDT
Santa Cruz Eleven Forum Archived in Audio Form, Coming Up in Living Color on Community TV Gail Page organized a Community TV taping of an informative and lively forum discussing the Santa Cruz Eleven--activists and reporters targeted by the SCPD and D.A. Bob Lee in the wake of a peaceful occupation of a 3-years vacant Wells Fargo leased bank property last year. The audio portion of the show was broadcast on Free Radio Santa Cruz yesterday and is archived for those who want to hear it. Those who want to see the full visual can see it at the times scheduled below....
Posted: Mon, Jul 2, 2012 11:10pm PDT
Save Mart Workers Attacked by UFCW’s “Person of the Year”! This past week Save Mart/Lucky workers were devastatingly ATTACKED by UFCW's Person of the Year...
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2012 11:08am PDT
Socialist Presidential Candidate Stewart Alexander Condemns Coup in Paraguay “The impeachment of President Lugo was a coup carried out by Conservative forces in the Congress against the will of the people of Paraguay,”...
Posted: Wed, Jun 27, 2012 10:28am PDT
Fortune corrupt marriage Galindo Soza - Medina Gantier Fortune corrupt marriage Galindo Soza - Medina Gantier...
Posted: Mon, Jun 25, 2012 4:28pm PDT
Mayor Don Lane opens conversation about Homeless Services Center and River St. Shelter Yesterday morning, on June 18, 2012, Mayor Don Lane left me a voicemail inviting me to converse with him on issues I have about the Homeless Services Center (HSC) and the River Street Emergency Shelter (RSES). Because I deeply believe in open, transparent government which is held accountable for its actions or lack of action, I am opening this up as a public conversation with my email response to Mayor Lane's invitation for a (personal) conversation. I hope that Mayor Lane will not take offen...
Posted: Tue, Jun 19, 2012 8:29am PDT
How Public Outcry Impacts A Mayor Previously Running For Cover: Lane Agrees To Interview The violent slaying of Camouflage owner Shannon Collins prompted a wave of opportunistic political proposals responding to gentrification bigots and a series of proposed homeless service cutbacks, criminalizations, and controls. Mayor Don Lane and Homeless (Lack of) Services Center [HLOSC] Director Monica Martinez seem to have surfed along with these proposals as well as continuing their own collaboration with a criminalize-innocent-homeless-conduct agenda. In response I asked Lane for an i...
Posted: Fri, Jun 15, 2012 11:01pm PDT
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