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Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST): Education & Resistance in Latin America (3/10) 
Andreia Borges Ferreira, of Brazil’s Landless Workers Movement (MST), is coming to Watsonville, CA on Friday, March 10th. The MST is the largest social movement in Latin America, with an estimated 2 million members organized in 23 of Brazil’s 27 states. Since 1985, the MST has peacefully occupied and won title to unused land for over 300,000 landless families. On these lands, the MST has established cooperative farms, constructed houses, schools, and health clinics, and promoted gender equali...
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 6:03pm PST
February Critical Mass in Santa Cruz 
On February 25th, Santa Cruz Critical Massers were riding on West Cliff as the sun dipped behind the pacific ocean....
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 2:28am PST
Son del Centro y El Pinche Simón: El Enemigo Común in Santa Ana (audio/mpeg 5.5MB) On February 18th, about 50 people came out to El Centro Cultural de México in Santa Ana to hear Son del Centro perform son jarocho music and see a premier screening of El Enemigo Común....
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2006 1:02am PST
Ryan Harvey y El Pinche Simón: El Enemigo Común in Santa Cruz (audio/mpeg 3.9MB) On February 16th, about 40 people crowded into the RCNV in Santa Cruz to hear Ryan Harvey perform anarchist folk music and see a premier screening of El Enemigo Común....
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 5:38pm PST
Ten Minutes then Jail 
Santa Cruz considers making it illegal to remain
in parking lots or garages for longer than 10 minutes
"Your city already has too many laws that target homeless people."
--- Michael Stoops, acting Ex. Dir. of the National Coalition for the Homeless...
Posted: Fri, Feb 24, 2006 12:40am PST
U.S. occupation of Iraq assailed from all sides As protest and opposition grow, war-makers step up air attacks...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 11:21pm PST
McPherson must be thrown out of office for his failed judgement on Diebold! Acting as Secretary of State of California, McPherson recertified Diebold voting machines for use in California. Diebold has become famous for scandal. McPherson has exposed the entire state to potential vote fraud. Therefore, McPherson must go!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 8:25pm PST
Act Of Intimidation Committed Against SIPAZ SIPAZ (International Service for Peace) is an international observation program started in 1995, after the Zapatista uprising in 1994, to monitor the conflict in Chiapas, Mexico....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 1:05pm PST
The Web: Dialup not as dead as disco, yet Economy is not as opulent as capitalists claim. Millions seek cheap access to Internet....
Posted: Thu, Feb 23, 2006 9:53am PST
Populist #23 On the Executive Branch; Relating to War Powers, continued...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 9:34pm PST
Fight Back Theater The Fight Back Theater is auditioning actors and actreses, recruiting performance support and financial support for a performance of "Can't Stop the Clock."...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 3:34pm PST
Community Meeting Thurs to Save Our Languages! (2/23) ** SAVE OUR LANGUAGES ***...
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 2:29pm PST
Vigil for the Bill of Rights (2/22) In more than 150 cities across the US, MoveOn.org is organizing a Vigil for the Bill of Rights to protest illegal wiretapping, and the errosion of our Constitutional rights. They happen Wednesday, February 22nd. Meet at 5:30 PM in Santa Cruz at the Clock Tower, and in Felton at the intersection of Highway 9 and Graham Hill Road....
Posted: Wed, Feb 22, 2006 8:57am PST
Four Directions Urgently Seeks Long Term Organizers FOUR DIRECTIONS SOLIDARITY NETWORK
For Immediate Release: 21 February 2006
Contact: Naomi Archer at 828.230.1404
Website: www.eswn.org...
Posted: Tue, Feb 21, 2006 3:39pm PST
Santa Cruzans decry spying 
Posted on Sun, Feb. 19, 2006
Santa Cruzans decry spying
COPS INFILTRATED PARADE MEETINGS
By Ken McLaughlin
Mercury News
photo by Bradley. www.Indybay.org/SantaCruz...
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 11:41pm PST
Death Penalty Focus Santa Cruz Speaks Out Against Capital Punishment 
On February 20, about a dozen people held a vigil at the town clock in Santa Cruz to protest the state-sponsored premeditated murder of Michael Morales. Stanley "Tookie" Williams and Clarence Ray Allen were also killed at San Quentin by the death penalty in the last three months....
Posted: Mon, Feb 20, 2006 10:49pm PST
After Downing Street and CODEPINK Rock Santa Cruz (video/quicktime 47.5MB) "Making Change / Creating Peace" was intended as an antidote for people who find themselves asking, "But what can I do about it??" Local Santa Cruz peace advocates invited Karen Meredith of Goldstar Families Speak Out, David Swanson of www.afterdowningstreet.org and Medea Benjamin of CODEPINK Women for Peace to talk about practical ways people can bring about urgently needed change in the leadership of this country and an end to war....
Posted: Sun, Feb 19, 2006 11:54pm PST
Mayor Mathews Interview On FRSC Sunday 10 AM HUFF, the Human Rights Organization, SAFE, and Housing Now! in Santa Cruz sent two letters to Mayor Cynthia Mathews urging fairer treatment and an end to repressive behavior at City Council. Instead of answering our phone calls and letter, Mathews agreed to meet. The meeting was taped and will be replayed 10 AM Sunday February 19 on Free Radio Santa Cruz. A shorter segment will be played on Thursday evening at 7:30 PM....
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 10:50pm PST
Just Us Voicing Our Concerns to Santa Cruz's Public Safety Committee 
On February 13th, Just Us and the Santa Cruz Trash Orchestra held a press conference and rally to call attention to Santa Cruz Police Department spying and their investigation clearing themselves of any wrongdoing. Police Auditor Bob Aaronson's rejection of the results of the SCPD’s investigation of its own behavior set the tone for the meeting of the Public Safety Committee of the Santa Cruz City Council. The Committee stated that they were not going to make any decisions until they had a ch...
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2006 9:54pm PST
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