"October 18th, 2005 - UCSC Students Against War (SAW) organized a nonviolent rally and Queer Kiss-in against the presence of military recruiters on the UC Santa Cruz campus.

About forty students participated in a Queer Kiss-in in protest of the military’s discriminatory “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell� policy. The Queer Kiss-in was staged in front of the military’s tables during the march and rally. From inside the fair, kissers were able to effectively block access to military recruiters without shutting down the entire career fair."

santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18812/index.php

The following photos are from the rally outside and from when students involved in the Queer Kiss-In jubilantly emerged from the job fair.

Is Santa Cruz going to have a protest on Nov. 2nd? for the World Can't Wait event?
www.worldcantwait.org/

San Francisco denied a permit recently.
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After failing with another set of PSAs, der governator jumps back on screen to work his magic for the special election initiatives

Dahr Jamail, one of the few independent and unembedded American journalists in Iraq, presented eye witness accounts and photos of the Iraqi conflict when he dialogued with students and community members on Wendesday at UCSC's Music Center.

James Reston, author of the letter transcribed below, might not be entirely happy about it's release today. Edward S Herman of FAIR described him in a 1996 retrospective as "The Insider's Journalist in the Service of Empire". Certainly his career was a mixed one, rich with accolades but laced with a dangerous excess of sympathy for the insiders who fed him his stories. Is this the tradition that provided us the tainted gifts of Judith Miller? In any case, these pages were lying around as pictures in the archives in Urbana, Illinois and I consider it a public service to render them as text.

This is an emergency request for bail money for people arrested at the
anti-Nazi demonstration in Toledo, OH. Please Western Union money to
Chris Fox in Kent, OH. Call him at 330-389-0891 once the money is
wired.

Local Folk Goddess Diane Patterson will be joining Skidmark Bob LIVE in the studios of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm this Tuesday 10:30am for a special radio performance/interview. TUNE IN!!

Soon.

An update to the ongoing issues surrounding the MHP and their planned "immigration" forum.

WE ARE NOT IMMIGRANTS ~ NO SOMOS INMIGRANTES
RISE UP GENTE AND SPEAK TO THE TRUTH - ANAHUACA (AND THE REST OF IXACHILAN) LIBERATION!

Among the people gathered to protest Bush, was Tim, John and Aaron, three members of Iraq Veterans Against the War. I had the chance to speak with Tim, John and Aaron as well as David, Sue and Rachel. Listen to the interviews to hear all of them call for an end to the War in Iraq, and much more.