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Observation Of Police Brutality
Internationalilation of Police Brutality...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 3:17pm PST
An Open Letter to the SC Activist Community
We need to talk. Why? Because our tactics aren't working....
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 3:10pm PST
HR4437 Protest 03/15/06
100+ take to the streets in Monterey in oposition to HR4437...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 3:07pm PST
HR 4437 March Photos
Photos from the HR 4437 March in Santa Cruz!!!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 3:06pm PST
Speakers from Santa Cruz Rally Against HR 4437 (audio/mpeg 2.7MB)
About 500 people rallied at the Santa Cruz County Building, before a march to Beach Flats Park, to express outrage against HR 4437; one of many anti-immigrant bills making its way through Congress. HR 4437 would make it a felony offense to be in the U.S. without proper documentation. This would push undocumented immigrants further underground, and increase the potential for exploitation by employers. This bill would also criminalize nurses, teachers, clergy, social workers, and anyone else wh...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 2:41pm PST
Uranium bombing in Iraq contaminates Europe
The average radioactive dose, according to official government index based calculations, was about 23 million radioactive particles for the average adult male in Britain and Europe....
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 11:04am PST
Faces of Immigrant Rights (3/17 photos)
"More than five hundred people joined rallies and marches against HR 4437 in Santa Cruz on March 17th. The rally started at the Santa Cruz County Building and then marched to Beach Flats Park, with the community running out of their homes and into the streets throughout the night. People then left the Beach Flats, headed up Pacific Avenue, and back to the County Building for a final rally of the night.
HR 4437 would make it a felony offense to be in the U.S. without proper documentati...
Posted: Mon, Mar 20, 2006 3:02am PST
Parade spying undermines community trust in police
Keith Sugar, Santa Cruz mayor blasts SCPD and City Council for indiference to constitutional violations in police spying scandal...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 10:35pm PST
Ten Minute Trespass Law + Protest March 23 8:30 AM
The repressive Ten Minute Trespass Law proposed for all city garages and parking lots received an initial hearing before the advisory Downtown Commission last Thursday. On Thursday March 23 8:30 AM, the public hearing will continue (though with additional public testimony banned or restricted) at 809 Center St. in City Council Chambers. Activists will supply chow; you supply the bodies!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 7:41pm PST
Photos: 3/17 Immigrant Rights March
"More than five hundred people joined rallies and marches against HR 4437 in Santa Cruz on March 17th. The rally started at the Santa Cruz County Building and then marched to Beach Flats Park, with the community running out of their homes and into the streets throughout the night. People then left the Beach Flats, headed up Pacific Avenue, and back to the County Building for a final rally of the night.
HR 4437 would make it a felony offense to be in the U.S. without proper documentati...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 7:40pm PST
Peace March with Fernando Suarez del Solar This Saturday in Watsonville
March will pass through the central coast...
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 5:08pm PST
Report from Friday's Marches and Rallies in Santa Cruz
For over three hours 500 Santa Cruzans united and rallied on Friday night. Messages include but are not limited to: “Sí se puede,” “NO to HR 4437,” “We deserve respect for our civil and human rights,” “we unite for justice Now!” etc. The rally began at SC's county building, then marched onto Ocean St., into El Barrio Beach Flats to rally there, then to Pacific St. and rallied again at the county buildings....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 12:55pm PST
HR 4437 Attacks Our Community: Act Now to Unite Our Community for Civil and Human Rights
Many organizations and individuals are realizing more and more that the Federal and State governments' attacks on immigrant communities and people of color MUST STOP NOW! In this article you will find ways to promote and celebrate immigrant, migrants, and people of color, San Francisco based Immigrant Legal Resource Center (ILRC)'s summary of HR 4437, and ways to ACT NOW to STOP HR 4437....
Posted: Sun, Mar 19, 2006 12:26pm PST
Immigrant Rights Rallies and Marches Through Downtown and the Beach Flats
On March 17th, more than four hundred people rallied at the Santa Cruz County Building and marched to Beach Flats Park to express their united outrage against HR 4437; one of many anti-immigrant bills which may become a law later this year. At the park, we heard more information about the laws and the importance of uniting our communities as well as theatrical and musical performances. We then marched out of the Beach Flats, up Pacific Ave., and back to the County Building for a final rally o...
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 10:50pm PST
Por que somos emigrantes, Por que somos ilegales, si señor.
Estamos en el año 2006, pero podemos ver que la gente sigue siendo ignorante, y sigue teniendo miedo a todo lo diferente a si mismo, no encuentro otra razon para el racismo. Desde hace mucho tiempo en este pais hay una guerra silenciosa, entre algunos de los que se dicer ser "Americanos", y la gente que emigra de cualquier parte del mundo, especialmente de Mexico, persiguiendo el "sueño Americano", y yo me pregunto ¿Quien es el verdadero dueño de estas tierras? bueno eso a...
Posted: Sat, Mar 18, 2006 5:00pm PST
David Rovics Attila the Stockbroker FRSC 101fm Benifit LIVE!
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 10:10am PST
David Rovics Attila the Stockbroker FRSC 101fm Benifit (part 3) LIVE at the Sacred Grove (audio/mpeg 26.6MB)
Part 3 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 9:04am PST
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