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imageCRES Letter Condemning Police Violence
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by Critical Race & Ethnic Studies at UCSC
CRES Letter Condemning Police Violence...
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2018 4:03pm PST
imageAustralian school kids stood against the climate apathy of their adult leaders
mps. 15,000 kids. 8 capital cities. 20 regional towns. Last week, kids across Australia made headlines across the world, taking to the streets to demand action on climate change. They walked out from
by By Sam R and Tessa for the GetUp team
I still have goosebumps. 15,000 kids. 8 capital cities. 20 regional towns. Last week, kids across Australia made headlines across the world, taking to the streets to demand action on climate change. They walked out from school to protect their future. To stand against the climate apathy of their adult leaders. To rally against the politicians deliberately destroying their future for their own short-term self-protection. To fight for a better world....
Posted: Mon, Dec 3, 2018 3:54am PST
calendarMass Solidarity Meeting for Public Education by California Educators Rising
Omni Commons 4799 Shattuck, Oakland, California...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2018 11:00am PST
Posted: Sun, Dec 2, 2018 10:44pm PST
textAre Social Justice discussions taboo to the majority? by Jennifer Quick
Outside of the professors at Sonoma State University that teach Sociology, it has become evident that the majority of all other professors of different majors do not like to have direct, personal conversations about Social Justice issues. Is this the norm for the population outside of a University campus, and if so- we must ask our community, why?...
Posted: Sun, Dec 2, 2018 9:08pm PST
textDepartment of Justice Gives Green Light to Laureate Education to Continue Corruption by Dahn Shaulis
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has decided to close its corruption case against Laureate International Universities. This action will embolden Laureate as it continues to profit from colleges in Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and other countries with questionable human rights records....
Posted: Sat, Dec 1, 2018 2:18pm PST
imageCan Negro Bar State Park continue to exist without change to California Education?
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by Michael Harris
In December 1849, First California Governor Peter Burnett shared his focus on a slavery narrative that mandates disparaging treatment, currently measurable in today's California Public Policy. Clearly, an accurate authentic story of the past, present and future migration by people of African ancestry does not need to solely focus on "an enslavement narrative" in the current California Education System. Why not focus on the first City Treasurer of San Francisco, was a Negro who owned title t...
Posted: Fri, Nov 30, 2018 5:44pm PST
calendar20th Anniversary California State Capitol Kwanzaa ~ Green the Church
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by Michael Harris
California State Capitol 10th and Capitol Sacramento, CA 4th Floor Historic John Burton Room...
Event Date: Sat, Dec 29, 2018 12:00pm PST
Posted: Thu, Nov 15, 2018 4:44pm PST
imageUCSC Students Initiate Petition to Close Campus Due to Poor Air Quality
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by Santa Cruz News
Students at the University of California, Santa Cruz have initiated a petition calling for the closure of campus due to poor air quality from the California wildfires. Over 700 individuals have signed the electronic petition so far. One individual commented on the website that they felt like they were "back in Beijing". Another wrote: "I don't want lung cancer". Sign the petition here: https://www.change.org/p/uc-santa-cruz-administration-closing-campus-due-to-poorair-quality-uc-santa-cruz...
Posted: Thu, Nov 15, 2018 1:51pm PST
imageIs shaming or outing racists online out of their job OK? Mounting pressure campaigns
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by Tim Rumford
Shaming Racists with Pressure tactics out of their job. Examples. Details recent ongoing pressure campaign on Proud Boy Member Comcast Employee who throws white power hand signals wearing his comcast jacket uses as profile pic next to his Comcast logo for employment on Facebook....
Posted: Wed, Nov 14, 2018 7:48pm PST
calendarAnti-Imperial Open House w/ ABSC
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by Anakbayan Santa Cruz
Cowell Ranch Hay Barn UC Santa Cruz 1156 High St, Santa Cruz...
Event Date: Fri, Nov 30, 2018 6:30pm PST
Posted: Wed, Nov 14, 2018 5:00pm PST
calendarBuild Your Own Internet v5 by People's Open Network
Omni Commons Ballroom 4799 Shattuck Ave. Oakland, CA 94609...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2018 2:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Nov 13, 2018 5:40pm PST
imageGo Public Schools Oakland Privatization Scheme With Mike Hutchinson
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by WorkWeek Radio
Mike Hutchinson, a public education advocate in Oakland talks about the role of the Go Public Charter school chain in undermining and destroying public education and the growing corruption scandals through outsourcing and privatization of public education services....
Posted: Thu, Nov 8, 2018 10:10am PST
imageBackfire! How Teacher Union Leaders Helped Tuck & Green Dot Charters Push Their Agenda
ormer Green Dot Charter School operator received support for the school chain from the AFT leadership including AFT president Randi Weingarten. Weingarten and UFT president Mulgrew lauded the school c
by Steve Zeltzer
Marshall Tuck, the former Green Dot Charter School operator received support for the school chain from the AFT leadership including AFT president Randi Weingarten. Weingarten and UFT president Mulgrew lauded the school change and supported the deregulation of public education for these charter schools....
Posted: Tue, Nov 6, 2018 10:09am PST
calendar2018 Veterans Day Celebration, Honoring 500+ Buffalo Soldiers buried at the SF Presidio
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by Khubaka, Michael Harris
San Francisco Presidio Moraga Room 50 Moraga...
Event Date: Sun, Nov 11, 2018 10:30am PST
Posted: Sat, Nov 3, 2018 1:37pm PDT
imagePublic Pensions Attack Workers, SF Prof Abdulhadi Under Attack & Labor & Rise Of Fascism
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by KPFA WorkWeek Radio
KPFA's WorkWeek Radio looks at the use of pension funds controlled by hedge funds to fund anti-labor propositions. It also hears about the attack on SFSU professor Rabab Abdulhadi who runs the Arab and Muslim Ethnicities and Diasporas Studies. WorkWeek looks at labor's role in the defense of Professor Abdulhadi and her students by Zionists and a Nazi signed up for her classes. Last WorkWeek talks about the rise of fascism, the role of Trump and what labor and unions can do about this devel...
Posted: Fri, Nov 2, 2018 5:05pm PDT
image"It's Okay to be White" Flyers Plastered on Martin Luther King Jr. Statue at Cabrillo College
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by Santa Cruz News
On Wednesday, in addition to a stabbing on campus, the well loved statue of Martin Luther King Jr. at Cabrillo College was plastered with flyers containing a handwritten racist message saying "it's okay to be white."...
Posted: Thu, Nov 1, 2018 4:06pm PDT
textUC Berkeley to close People's Park restroom by Preserve People's Park
According to a Berkeley city government document, the University of California is planning on closing the People's Park restroom "in the very near future", as part of the first phase of its development plan....
Posted: Tue, Oct 30, 2018 9:59pm PDT
imageResearch Shows White Workers Get More Lucrative Promotions, Less Likely to Be Fired at UC
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by AFSCME Local 3299
OAKLAND, CA, October 25, 2018 – As 39,000 University of California workers wrap up a 3-day strike over issues of inequality at the state’s 3rd largest employer, a bombshell of a research brief reported by CALmatters has revealed that Black and Latino workers employed at UC are more likely to be fired and get smaller raises when they are promoted....
Posted: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 6:20pm PDT
imageIf We Don't Get It Shut It Down! AFSCME 3299 Workers Strike UCSF Mission Bay Campus
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by Labor Video Project
Hundreds of AFSCME 3299 UCSF workers who were on strike were joined by CWA UPTE workers and Unite Here Local 2 Marriott strikers on October 24, 2018 as part of a three day strike against privatization, outsourcing and attacks on workers conditions and benefits....
Posted: Thu, Oct 25, 2018 11:51am PDT
documentACLU Files Discrimination Complaint on behalf of Black Students at Visalia Unified
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by ACLU of Northern California
School district has ignored bigotry and racial hostility for years...
Posted: Wed, Oct 24, 2018 2:40pm PDT
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