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Attila the Stockbroker FRSC 101fm Benifit (part 2) LIVE at the Sacred Grove (audio/mpeg 31.8MB)
Part 2 Multimedia of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm Benifit and 11yr Celebration featuring David Rovics and Attila the Stockbroker performing to a full house recorded LIVE at the Sacred Grove on 03-13-06...
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 8:44am PST
David Rovics Attila the Stockbroker FRSC 101fm Benifit (part 1) LIVE at the Sacred Grove (audio/mpeg 23.0MB)
Part 1 of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm Benifit and 11yr Celebration featuring David Rovics and Attila the Stockbroker performing to a full house recorded LIVE at the Sacred Grove on 03-13-06...
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 8:26am PST
Santa Cruz County Workers Strike Cripples Services for a Day (audio/mpeg 4.1MB)
Eighteen-hundred Santa Cruz county employees represented by SEIU Local 415, staged a one day strike March 14, crippling road maintenance, payroll processing, social work, and many other services. Vinny Lombardo reports....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 9:22pm PST
UCSC Sweat Free Coalition present Chancellor with ‘sweat free’ cake
On Thursday, March 16, about a dozen members of the UCSC Sweat Free
Coalition presented Chancellor Denton with a ‘sweat free, sugar free’
cake after putting on “The Naked Truth Fashion Show” in front of the
Bay Tree Bookstore....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 7:30pm PST
UCSC anti-war group SAW makes demands of administration concerning career fair.
On Wednesday morning at UCSC, members of the group SAW (Students Against War) delivered a letter to the administration concerning the future of military recruiters at job fairs on campus....
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2006 12:35am PST
Monterey Sherriff break arm and attempt coverup
So you break an arestees arm, what do you do. Well most times they would whip up a good story,
but this time they try and cover it up...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 7:57pm PST
Pentagon listing has made them 'credible'
Turning up on a Pentagon surveillance list has become a badge of honor for
members of a student anti-war organization at UC Santa Cruz -- and made
them a national face of the peace movement....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 12:11pm PST
SEIU 415 Workers Strike and Rally at the Santa Cruz County Building
On March 14th, 1,800 Santa Cruz County workers launched a one-day strike against the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors which they say, "so far refuses to provide wages comparable to that of comparable workers in comparable counties."...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2006 1:39am PST
PSA: March 25 Iraq War Speakers Event (audio/mpeg 1.4MB)
Please join us at the Veteran's Memorial Building in downtown Santa Cruz, on Saturday March 25 at 2:30 PM for an emergency public discussion about Iraq, Iran, and the constitutional crisis in the US....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 12:43pm PST
Scholars Affirm Cheney Complicity in 9/11
Experts conclude Vice President possessed foreknowledge and suggest Moussaoui trial a "distraction"...
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 10:33am PST
Why I Didn't Strike On March 14th 2006
On March 14th I decided to do something I had never done and never expected to do. I walked through strike lines and worked while all my co-workers spend the entire day, sometimes in heavy rain, fighting fo a better contract. But, I had to disagree with my union....
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 10:09am PST
SEIU Strike Rally Shakes SC County Building
After 6 months of working without a contract and County administrators' attack on workers' salaries and health care, the 1,800-strong SEIU 415 went on strike on March 14. Pickets were set up all across the county - from Santa Cruz to Watsonville - yet the highlight of the day was a mid-afternoon rally at the County Building where, after reportedly marching through 5 stories of the building, hundreds of workers danced in the streets to old school hits and more by SEIU's own DJ. With solidarity...
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 3:23am PST
Santa Cruz County Workers’ Strike: A Success
From http://www.seiu415.org/chapters/county/contract/StrikeSuccess.htm...
Posted: Wed, Mar 15, 2006 2:31am PST
Midwest Immigrants and Allies Pour into Chicago Against HR4437
On Friday, March 10, 2006, downtown Chicago saw a pro-immigrant march estimated at tens of thousands, perhaps hundreds of thousands, of people, all rousing opposition against the infamous anti-immigrant Sensenbrenner Bill. Protesters carried hand-lettered signs saying "No Human Being is Illegal," "George Washington Was An Immigrant," "We are America," "My Mexican immigrant son died in Iraq," "I'm a dishwasher-not a criminal," and "Don't d...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 5:34pm PST
STAY TUNED FOR YOUTH AND POWER 2006
YOUTH AND POWER APRIL 17TH IN WATSONVILLE, CA....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 12:56pm PST
!!!!!March For Immigrant Rights This Friday in Santa Cruz!!!!!
!!!!MARCH FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS THIS FRIDAY!!!!!
DENOUNCE HR4437!!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2006 11:53am PST
Gadabout Film Festival at Santa Cruz Guerilla Drive-In
The Gadabout is a nationally touring film festival that screens a program of 20+ international short films. Independent in every sense, these films share the same willingness to challenge the conventions set for filmmaking....
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 11:18pm PST
STRIKE Support!!! Tue. 3/14 Join SEIU 415 picket lines
The strike is on!
Your action is requested to support 1,800 Santa Cruz County workers who are striking on Tuesday, 14 March.
Please forward this message to co-workers and progressive email lists so we can spread the word about this ONE DAY action....
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 8:46pm PST
County Workers Appeal for Equal Treatment
This week, Santa Cruz county workers will strike for 1 day. There will likely be a longer strike after March 27th if the Board of Supervisors does not show more leadership.
We are the 1,800 people who work to serve the health, safety and quality of life of this community. We are public health nurses, road maintenance workers, social workers, computer operators, secretaries, child support workers, lifeguards and much more.
The last thing we want is to be out on strike rather than servin...
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 8:28pm PST
No Poor in the Parking Garages! (3/16)
Downtown Commission to Consider New Anti-Homeless Law
Parking Lots & Garages to be Off-Limits to the Poor!
Speak Out and Chow Down !
OUR FREE FOOD AND YOUR FREE SPEECH
7:45 AM Thursday 3-16 City Hall 809 Center St....
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2006 7:44pm PST