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March 12 and 13: Community Forums on HR4437
SUNDAY MARCH 12, 2006
2:00-5:00PM
AT THE RESOURCE CENTER FOR NONVIOLENCE (TOP FLOOR)
515 BROADWAY STREET IN SANTA CRUZ, CA
--AND--
MONDAY MARCH 13, 2006
6:00-8:00PM
AT THE SEIU OFFICE
11-H ALEXANDER STREET
IN WATSONVILLE...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 4:08pm PST
Save the Monterey County Hospital (3/15)
Los politicos quieren cerrar o privatizar el Centro Medico de Natividad. Esto afectara a los residentes de bajos ingresos y sin ningun acesso a seguro medico. Por la insistencia de la comunidad del Condado de Monterey, la Mesa de Supervisores tendra su primer foro publico en Salinas para volverlos mas responsables por sus decisiones....
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 10:55am PST
Students Demand Prioritization of Language Program at UCSC (3/8)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MARCH 6, 2006
CONTACT: Save Our Languages’ press team:
Dominique Biello – 858-539-6810 – dbiello@ucsc.edu
Nata Nam – 650-291-7419 – nnam@ucsc.edu
Steven Terán – 831-750-2845 – steranva@ucsc.edu (habla español)...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 1:05am PST
Imperial Conquest, Torture, and a Little Matter of Genocide
Abandon all hope, ye who enter here....
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 11:39am PST
USFT National Campaign for Fair Trade
National fair trade organization UNITED STUDENTS FOR FAIR TRADE has launched a campaign for 100% Fair Trade certified products at Jazzman's Cafes across the U.S. Jazzman's coffee carts are found in abundance on college and university campuses. As a fast growing company they have the opportunity to affect positive change through a conversion to fair trade products which guarantee sustainable wages, a fair price, small-scale agriculture, and environmental responsibility....
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 6:06pm PST
The QUICKTIME REPORT 5/3/06 - SEE GLOBALLY!
A review of news, opinion, and photography recorded, from the Indymedia Newswire. With times and freqs for tuning in anywhere you can, at your leisure. Free to rebroadcast. The world & recorded for the community archive! Now crystal clear on widescreen!...
Posted: Sat, Mar 4, 2006 11:36am PST
Brazen Squaredance Saturday March 11th
"If I cannot dance, I want no part in your revolution." - Emma Goldman...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 11:27pm PST
Hamas and the Struggle for Palestine (3/9)
LESS THAN 24 hours after the sweeping Hamas victory in the Palestinian Legislative Council elections, it is clear that the consequences of this event are likely to be so profound that they are capable of bringing about a political tsunami. The full impact remains to be seen, and many questions are unanswered--how will Hamas form a governing coalition, what does this mean for the “peace process,” how will this affect the political relationship between the Palestinian Authority and Israel, as w...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 12:39pm PST
Save Our Languages Rally (3/8)
*** SAVE OUR LANGUAGES RALLY ***...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 11:24pm PST
Sweat-Free Campus Campaign Heats Up (audio/mpeg 4.0MB)
United Students Against Sweatshops have been organizing on college campuses around the US, to pressure school officials into adopting policies that strengthen the rights of garment workers who produce university apparel. A clothing optional rally drew about three dozen students to the base of UC Santa Cruz on March 1. Vinny Lombardo has more....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 2:19pm PST
DIY Guide to Santa Cruz
Meaningful projects begin with people who are motivated to put into action their desires for the kind of world in which they want to live. The more we create our own projects that are apart from and in some cases pose a direct challenge to the dominant institutions, the more vital and meaningful our world(s) will be for us. Here is a short list of some of these kinds of projects in Santa Cruz....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 1:23pm PST
Santa Cruz Students Strip for Sweat-Free UC
On Wed, March 1, students at UC Santa Cruz engaged in a creative "clothing-optional" protest against collegiate apparel produced by sweatshop labor. The protest was also against alleged comments by UCSC Chancellor Denice Denton that 'no one cares about sweatshops.' The students, associated with United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS) and the Student and Worker Coalition for Justice (SWCJ), are part of a national campaign to urge colleges to sign on to a designated suppliers progra...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 12:52am PST
UC Students Get Naked For Justice (3/1)
In symbolic protest against the use of sweatshops to make Univeristy of California collegiate apparel, students at 6 UCs including UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis, and Riverside will be getting naked (or in their underwear) in front of their bookstores where collegiate apparel is sold on Wed, March 1st. UCSC's protest begins at 12:30pm and will take place at the base of the UCSC campus....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 11:35am PST
CRISIS AT THE US/ MEXICO BORDER! (3/7)
"Crises on the U.S./México Border" is a
photo-documentary by Francisco Dominguez that relays the struggle and story
of the Latino immigrants....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 10:47pm PST
JUST US at Tuesday's City Council Meeting
Join us at tonight's City Council meeting to remind the Council that it is still up to them to put limits on their police force....
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 4:58am PST
The Project: February 2006
The purpose of The Project, a student organized newspaper from UC Santa Cruz, is to document and inspire strategic radical actions that are relevant to local, regional, and global socioeconomic justice. We believe independent media plays a crucial role in facilitating dialogue, organizing mass mobilizations, and encouraging daily acts of resistance.
The February 2006 edition of The Project can be found at various locations on and off campus, such as cafes, mailrooms and libraries, and is n...
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 11:25pm PST
Two Sides
Two Sides
(A Poem Dedicated to the Organizers of Love Parade San Francisco
and the Participants of the September 24th Peace March)...
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 11:09pm PST
The Need for Ethnic Studies
The Need for Ethnic Studies
Our histories have been stolen from us....
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 11:07pm PST
Say “Supersize Me” With A Smile
Say “Supersize Me” With A Smile;
It May Not Be Long Before You Are at the Other End of that Counter...
Posted: Mon, Feb 27, 2006 11:06pm PST