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NICHOLS: More lies from Livermore nuclear weapons lab
"A group of citizens of the Bay Area are seeking a lawyer to take legal action to stop the open air explosions set off by Livermore Lab in Tracy, California......
Posted: Sat, May 12, 2007 1:19pm PDT
Action at Burger King in Santa Cruz to Support the CIW
The Student/Farmworker Alliance announced that May 11th and 12th would be Days of Action vs. Burger King calling on the world's #2 burger chain to take responsibility for the conditions of farmworkers in the fields. On May 11th, four students from the University of California at Santa Cruz and one loyal Burger King customer went to the Burger King on Mission Street / Highway 1 in Santa Cruz to drop off a letter to manager calling attention to the human rights crisis in Florida's tomato field...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 10:06pm PDT
Day of Solidarity with Jeffrey Free Luers - Eugene, Oregon event
Dear Friends,
With the June 9th, 2007 Day of Solidarity with Jeffrey Free Luers now only one month away, we wanted to update you on the event planned for Eugene, Oregon. If you are in another city and want to organize an event, please let us know ASAP and we will help you publicize it. Event suggestions include rallies, demonstrations and critical mass bike rides highlighting the connection between Jeff's case, global warming, and political repression. (It ties in nicely with the June 8th ...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 4:47pm PDT
'Illegal' is racism in disguise
At last night's Beret meeting one of our compañeras brought up the issue of the widely used term "Illegal Alien" and its link to the racist eugenics movement. It prompted this letter to the editors of the local corporate press....
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 3:47pm PDT
Alleged Plotter in Rainbow Warrior Bombing Selling Weapons to U.S. Government
"In 1985, the Rainbow Warrior, a vessel operated by Greenpeace, was blown up in Auckland harbor. It had been sent there to protest French nuclear testing in the Pacific. It subsequently emerged that the bombing—which killed a photographer on board—was a French government operation. The man who ran it, according to French press accounts, was Louis-Pierre Dillais, a lieutenant-colonel in the General Directorate for External Security."...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 3:42pm PDT
Boots Riley Withdraws Plans for Berkeley Grad Speech in Support of UC Custodians
Boots Riley Withdraws Plans for Keynote Speech at Saturday's UC Berkeley's Black Graduation
Comes Out in Support of Custodian Union's Fight to End Poverty-Level Wages...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 1:23pm PDT
Can Hunger Stop Nukes?
Students take new action against UC's role in the bomb
By John Williams
City on a Hill Press...
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 2:35am PDT
FUEL THE REVOLUTION: BIOFUELS CONFERENCE & SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPO
University of California, Santa Cruz Women's Center
1156 High St, Santa Cruz 95064...
Event Date: Sun, May 20, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 12:04am PDT
Fuel the Revolution: Biofuels Conference & Sustainable Transportation Expo
University of California, Santa Cruz
1156 High St, Santa Cruz, 95064
UCSC Women's Center...
Event Date: Sat, May 19, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, May 11, 2007 12:02am PDT
Hunger Strike across UC Campuses: No More Nukes in Our Name!
Quarry Plaza, UC Santa Cruz campus...
Event Date: Fri, May 11, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 11:05pm PDT
The Shortwave Report 5/11/07 ¡Listen Globally!
A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia....
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 5:34pm PDT
Free Skool Summer Quarter deadline weeks away
Do you have unique skills and knowledge? Do you want to see change in the world? Are you willing to share what you know in a non-authoritarian and interactive way in an informal setting?...
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 2:44pm PDT
Parking Lot Panic Expansion Law Headed for Downtown Commission 5-24
Back from the graveyard: an expansion of the current Parking Garage Paranoia Law to include every single surface parking lot in the Downtown area banning those without cars and bikes and requiring those who use the lots to time themselves and make sure they spend no more than 15 minutes going to and from their vehicle or waiting in their vehicle....
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 1:35pm PDT
Presidential Candidate: Senator Reid was Right, War is Lost
Reid is now opposing the Iraq War because the U.S. is losing; he initially supported the war and backed the invasion. The war is another imperial adventure by the U.S. and there is a growing divide, by those supporters of U.S. imperialism, that a continued war is weakening U.S. imperialism....
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 10:47am PDT
The Lone Star Iconoclast - News
Please accept this as an official Ghost Troop alert to the prospect of more government treason like 9/11. Please do not read my remarks as a prediction. The nature of the information contained in your article and my observations is not specific enough for this command to issue a prediction....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 9:13pm PDT
GMO News From Around the Globe
GMOs are Going Down: watch the evidence mount and knowledge spread....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 3:53pm PDT
Defend Alette* Protect Free Speech* Fight Racism
Alette kendrick, a woman of color who was arrested during the Regents protest of October 18, 2006 is now facing a three year suspension from UCSC! Whereas the white male student arrested with Alette received only one quarter of academic probation, Alette's sentence is essentially an expulsion! This struggle is situated within the longstanding history of institutionalized violence against people of color at the University, as well as an unprecedented attempt to suffocate activism at UCSC thr...
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 3:12pm PDT
Non-cooperation Resolution Passes But Without Notification Clause
The room was packed at the Watsonville City Council chambers on Tuesday May 8. Attendees were there to comment on one of the evening's agenda items, a resolution Requesting the Suspension of Random Detentions & Arrests of Residents in Watsonville....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 3:04am PDT
Action at Burger King to Support the CIW
a group is meeting at the base of UC Santa Cruz
@ 3 PM
to head down to the Burger King on Mission St....
Event Date: Fri, May 11, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 1:35am PDT