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Brown Berets Chapter Emerges in Salinas
Brown Berets Chapter Emerges in Salinas
Workshop Tracks Announced for Santa Cruz Anarchist Convergence
Workshop Tracks have been announced for the 2009 Santa Cruz Anarchist Convergence, May 7th to 11th.
Amnesty International Lobby Days
Amnesty International USA Lobby Days
Curtis Reliford vs. Starbucks
Curtis Reliford and his Follow Your Heart Action Network sued Starbucks for slander after the Starbucks manager tried to have Curtis arrested for panhandling.
T4CW 3.16.09: PVFT's Pat Lerman on Teacher Lay-Offs
Teachers For Class War spent a second Monday in a row discussing massive cuts to education. This week: Teacher Lay Offs! CFT Field Representative Pat Lerman of the Pájaro Valley Federation of Teachers took some time out to speak with us: 57:20, MP3, mono.
FREE Event to STOP THE SPRAY
The Way of Life Sponsors:
SPRING INTO GREEN a Benefit for California Alliance to Stop the Spray (CASS) March 20, 2009 7-9pm
Rio Theater, 1205 Soquel Ave,
Santa Cruz
Border Control
CABRILLO COLLEGE, WATSONVILLE CENTER
318 UNION STREET (IN THE DANCE STUDIO ROOM 4330)
Attack on KFC
attack of KFC, mission st.
PVUSD Board attacks Class Size Reduction, votes to lay off hundreds
The Pajaro Valley Unified School District board of trustees approved Thursday night a budget that closes a $14 million dollar deficit. The cuts eliminate Class Size Reduction in Kindergarten and 3rd grade (eliminating 50 teacher positions from the elementary schools), slash funding for nurses, custodians, aides, and counselors, but leave top-level administrators' contracts untouched.
Devin Cohee: A passionate fighter for justice
Alessandro Tinonga pays tribute to Devin Cohee, a dedicated activist and socialist.
Free Skool Spring 2009 Calendar Available!
The Free Skool Spring 2009 calendar is out! The best place to pick them up is at the SubRosa, 703 Pacific Ave.
AETA 4 Updates
Result of Last Thursdays Trial
Snitch Hunt
After reading the federal complaint for the arrest of animal rights activists on Animal Enterprise Terrorism charges, which I wrote about yesterday, this case still doesn't add up. Some of you have posted comments that if these activists had actually assaulted someone, or if there was an imminent threat of violence, they would have been arrested long ago. Instead, the FBI spent time and money building a case based on supporting evidence that includes First Amendment activity like chalking, flier distribution, and protests.
Police Torture Activist & Poet, Raul (Curly) Estremera
[Raul (Curly) Estremera was wrongly arrested and brutally beaten by the Hayward police. He is a poet with a long history of standing up for human rights and against police brutality, including his active support for victims of police brutality in Santa Cruz and support for U.S. political prisoner Mumia Abu Jamal. Curly is known here in Santa Cruz because he never hesitated to make the trip over the hill from San Jose in support of the Santa Cruz Five at protests, forums, trials, and Citizen Police Review Board meetings and he was very active with the Santa Cruz Coalition to Free Mumia Abu Jamal. On the day Raul (Curly) Estremera was arrested and tortured he was returning home from a rally and march in Oakland for Oscar Grant III who had been murdered by a Bart police agent. In custody Raul (Curly) Estremera was brutally beaten and, among many other things, denied needed medicines, water, warmth, and competent medical treatment. What he endured should be considered torture and can easily be considered attempted murder. The police smashing of his megaphone, another of the many crimes against Raul (Curly) Estremera, is symbolic of this police attempt to silence an important voice for justice. Here, Raul (Curly) Estremera tells the entire story in his own words. Justice for Raul (Curly) Estremera! -Steven Argue]
New State Study Supports Concerns About Aerial Pesticide Spray; More Questions Remain
Santa Cruz, CA. February 27, 2009. A report, released last week and authored by a group of researchers from various organizations supports concerns Californians have had about the aerial spraying of pesticides in the Monterey Bay area in 2007. The study clearly shows the correlation of the unprecedented bird die off and red tide with the timing of the spraying of the pesticide Checkmate. Other questions remain unanswered.
Unwanted Raid yet again on Medical Marijuana
Update on Roger Mentch and the Hemporium
Solidarity with the AETA 4!
On February 19th and 20th, the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force arrested Adriana Stumpo, 23; Nathan Pope, 26; Joseph Buddenberg, 25; and Maryam Khajavi, 20 - 4 people it described as "terrorists". Their "terrorism" apparently consisted of writing with chalk on a sidewalk, wearing bandanas while protesting, and distributing flyers about animal research at UCSC. No, seriously.
