Santa Cruz, CA. - On April 28, e-squared and the Ethnic Student Organization Council (ESOC) at UCSC presented the 4th Annual Speaker Blowout: An evening with Bobby Seale, cofounder of the Black Panthers.

(1 hour and 55 minutes / 39.4 MB -- this includes 10 minutes of introduction and 25 minutes of Q&A)

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Nonviolent protesters have occupied the administration building of the Univ of Hawaii, calling for end to military weapons development facility.

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The Campaign for Innocent Victims in
Conflict (CIVIC), the organization founded by Marla
Ruzicka, the 28-year-old aid worker who was killed in a
suicide bombing in Iraq last week, is calling on people
throughout the United States to honor and promote Marla
and Faiz's work by commemorating their life work and
taking action on behalf of civilian casualties of war.

by Admin.
(No verified email address) 24 Apr 2005

Here's a decent article I came across in the Reader.

This article is from the Madison IMC.

Thursday, April 28
Del Mar Theatre, Santa Cruz • 7 pm

Proclamation to honor Reel Work and the 100th Anniversary of the IWW

presented by City of Santa Cruz Mayor Mike Rotkin

May 1 is Mayday, the anarchist day of remembrance and rage in spirit of the activists who were framed and murdered by the government of Chicago on May 1, 1886. It is the tragedy of the Haymarket Martyrs that reminds us all of the very real threat of police and government violence towards outspoken individuals. Working people who demand their rights have always felt the fear of retribution: many activists for human rights ironically live with the knowledge that they could be imprisoned or killed for standing up and speaking out. Refusal to bow down to these pressures is the driving force behind Mayday actions, strikes, and rallies all over the world. [see Supersphere.com]

In Santa Cruz, May Day 2005 will include an International Workers Day Parade organized with the support of the Reel Work May Day Labor Film Festival, Art & Revolution and the newly formed Santa Cruz General Membership Branch of the Industrial Workers of the World. The IWW will gather at the Tom Scribner statue at 11:30am and then march to the Town Clock. At 12:00pm, labor organizer Fred Hirsh will speak at the Town Clock rally about struggles faced by local workers. People will then march to the Poet & Patriot (320 Cedar St) for a 1:00pm screening of "The Wobblies." Following the film, there will be a discussion about the future of the labor movement.

At 6:00pm at the Portuguese Hall (216 Evergreen St), the Monterey Bay Central Labor Council is sponsoring a film screening, International Workers Day Dinner and a discussion with California State Treasurer Phil Angelides and Deborah Burger, President of the California Nurses Association. "Wal-Mart's War On The Workers" is a short film made by the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) and details the anti-union tactics of Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, which has proposed to open a store in Pajaro.

See also: IWW 100th Anniversary May Day Celebration and Santa Cruz Branch Formation || Industrial Workers of the World || May Day and the Haymarket Martyrs || Lumberjack - By Tom Scribner || About Tom Scribner

Alex Jones' new documentary, "Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State" is available!