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AUDIO: Jim Wallis speaks in Santa Cruz 9/12/06
On 9/12/06 at the First Congregational Church in Santa Cruz, The Resource Center for Nonviolence (www.rcnv.org) and Barrios Unidos (www.barriosunidos.net) hosted Rev. Jim Wallis of the Sojourners spiritual community (www.sojo.net). Rev. Wallis spoke in Santa Cruz to a crowd of nearly four hundred about his new book "God's Politics: Why the Right Gets It Wrong and the Left Doesn't Get It". From the book jacket: "Since when did believing in God and having moral values make you pro-war, pro-r...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 5:05pm PDT
FSRN: ICE Raids Shake Up Central Coast (audio/mpeg 5.2MB)
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted a series of pre-dawn raids last week in Santa Cruz, and Monterey Counties, dubbed "Operation Return to Sender." One-hundred-seven people were netted In the sweeps. This week, religious leaders of many denominations and social justice activists, took aim at federal immigration policy and denounced "Operation Return to Sender." Vinny Lombardo reports....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 1:03pm PDT
Indynewswire: Doug Keegan on ICE Raids (audio/mpeg 12.1MB)
Federal officers from Immigration & Customs Enforcement, or ICE, conducted pre-dawn raids September 7 & 8 in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, and Hollister. Dubbed "Operation Return to Sender," the sweeps netted 107 undocumented immigrants, mostly from Mexico, but also people from El Salvador, Guatemala and India. Doug Keegan is director of the Santa Cruz County Immigration Project. He spoke with Indynewswire's Vinny Lombardo, via telephone, about the recent ICE raids in Santa Cruz, and Monterey Cou...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 12:52pm PDT
Enemy Combatant Radio Interviews Indyjournalist on Oaxaca (audio/mpeg 18.3MB)
On September 1st, Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets of Oaxaca and marched to demand the immediate departure of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO), freedom for political prisoners, the cancellation of 70 government arrest warrants for people involved in the leaderless Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO, by its Spanish initials) and the desire for popular governance. This interview covers the evolution and the current state of this stuggle....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 11:06am PDT
Update on the Santa Cruz City Council Race
If you haven't found it yet, you should really check Bruce Bratton's online newsletter every week. He always has his ear to the ground and does a great job covering local politics. His website is: http://www.brattononline.com...
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 10:51am PDT
Anti-Capitalist Ecology versus ''Neo-Primitivist'' BULL
An Anti-capitalist/ Eco-Socialist reply to Ted Kassinsky and the religion of ''neo-primitivism''....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 8:59am PDT
Peacetalks: Mumia Abu Jamal, legal update (audio/mpeg 26.5MB)
Interview with Robert R Bryan, lead counsel for Mumia Abu Jamal about the latest developments in Mumia's case....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:51am PDT
Peacetalks: Sonali Kolhatkar on Afghanistan (audio/mpeg 24.4MB)
Interview with Sonali Kolhatkar about the current situation in Afghanistan and the book she co-authored with James Ingalls, "Bleeding Afghanistan....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 6:34am PDT
THE TRUMAN SHOW at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show," a 24-hour-a-day cultural TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge or consent....
Event Date: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 11:12pm PDT
THE TRUMAN SHOW at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In (9/15)
Truman Burbank is the star of "The Truman Show," a 24-hour-a-day cultural TV phenomenon that broadcasts every aspect of his life -- live and in color -- without his knowledge or consent....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 11:09pm PDT
Oaxaca Reportback at Brown Berets Meeting (9/14)
Thursday, September 14
7:00pm
Brown Berets Office
406 Main Street (Suite 408b)
Watsonville
http://brownberets.info...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:12pm PDT
Faith Community responds to recent Immigration Sweep (audio/mpeg 2.5MB)
Audio from Press Conference called by COPA
Duration of files: RevJosephLee-2:45 RevDavidGrishaw-Jones-4:50 AlecArago-1:45 LizShilling-3:30...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:09pm PDT
Oaxaca Reportback at Brown Berets Meeting
Brown Berets Office
406 Main Street (Suite 408b)
Watsonville
http://brownberets.info...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 6:05pm PDT
Stand Up for Peace in Iraq (9/22)
The Declaration of Peace Week of Action Sept. 21-18...
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 4:08pm PDT
Silent Peace Walk
Gather at the fountain at Mission Plaza, near Holy Cross Church. We’ll walk together for about an hour...past the town clock, along the river, through downtown...ending with a brief ceremony at Mission Plaza....
Event Date: Sat, Sep 23, 2006 10:30am PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 3:48pm PDT
Die-In & Rally to end the War in Iraq
At the Sister Cities Circle in Santa Cruz (Mission / Front St. near the Post Office)...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 3:41pm PDT
Stand Up for Peace in Iraq
Held on 100 busy corners all over Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 3:32pm PDT
Press conference re: immigration sweep / abductions by Federal officers
Resurrection Church in Aptos, 7600 Soquel Drive, Highway 1 South to State Park Drive exit. Left turn over freeway to Old Dominion Court. Left on Old Dominion Court. Driveway on right. Or Highway 1 North to State Park Drive exit. Right on State Park Drive and quick left at Old Dominion Court. Driveway on right....
Event Date: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 3:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 10:04am PDT
Friday: Old School Bike Ride
Do you miss the old days back in the school yard. Well, wait no longer because they’re back and on bikes! On September 15, get ready for a bike blast from the past with fun and games for everyone.
By the way, this ride directly supports the replacement of war demanding cars with muscle building calves (on bikes)....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 8:44am PDT
FLASH: Report of US Marine incursion into VENEZUELA
Thanks to popular and peasant movements in southern Venezuela,
sources of "popular intelligence" [apparently a civilian effort to
defend Venezuelan sovereignty] state they have been able to detect an
incursion on Venezuelan territory by a commando group of US Marines....
Posted: Wed, Sep 13, 2006 8:06am PDT