Tune in this wednesday at 7pm on Free Radio Santa Cruz 101fm www.freakradio.org for exclusive interview with Palden Gyatso a Tibetian Monk inprisoned for over 30yrs by Communist China's occupation.

I recently stumbled upon the "Public Assitance" board game in a thrift store. It is a telling game of racial and class-based stereotypes that should really be archived in a museum somewhere. I have taken the time to document this bit of American race and class history.

The "Guerrilla Video Primer," produced by Eugene's Cascadia Media Collective, is a community-based primer, packed with practical, cutting-edge information...The "Guerrilla Video Primer" goes far beyond being a video primer. It is a guerrilla primer.

The criminal "justice" system in America is a two party system. In the criminal system, you will be probably be abused by prosecutors and not get decent help from a public defender. And no, there is nowhere else for you to turn. Just like this year's elections.

As George Bush was preparing to accept the GOP preidential nomination, Veterans for Peace gathered in New York's Union Square to reflect on the sacrifices made by soldiers who fought in the Iraq War. FSRN producer Vinny Lombardo was there and brings us this short collage.

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Santa Cruz residents held a gathering at the clock tower on September 9 to mark the 1000th dead American solider in Iraq. Veterans For Peace and others held signs and spoke at an open mic to call for peace and the withdrawal of US soldiers from Iraq. (announcement)

audio: Interview with Vietnam Vet for Peace I photos

comment from media watch:
"You both left when it JUST started to get huge -- there were over 200 people with candles lining both sides of the street. It was really moving to see SO MANY people I hadn't seen before -- they also had signs printed up 1000 dead and my friend had a big one 10 thousand iraqi women children men dead and I held a big WHY? anyway sorry you missed the better part of it."

Related audio: Vigil for the Fallen as Bush Accepts GOP Nomination

On September 9, Santa Cruz residents held a gathering at the clock tower to mark the 1000th dead American solider in Iraq.

Short interview with Vietnam War Vet Richard Anderson who was attending a Santa Cruz Vigil marking the 1,000th US soldier killed in Iraq.
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A day of experiential exercises and practices that help us transform our despair about the state of our world into authority to act to save it. Based on the work on Joanna Macy

Tibetans are gaining a new voice with their won photos, exhibits and a soon to be released DVD