On Wednesday April 20, there were workshops and presentations at Tent University Santa Cruz. I came late to a presenation about the eploitation of workers in maquiladoras (sweatshop factories) and the way that workers are organizing to form networks of resistance and awareness. Strategies were discussed for pressuring the UC and other institutions into making socially-responsible purchases.

Lunch was really great. We had veggie patties, hummus, mixed salad, cabbage and a mixture of peanut butter and banana. Both meals I eat at TUSC were very healthy and delicious. I wish I had a community like that to eat with more often! After lunch, I learned a little bit about Moutain Justice Summer which is taking place in the Appalachia mountains.

Around 7:30pm, we gathered in the big white tent to discuss where we would sleep and what we would do. Cari was kind enough to come down to Santa Cruz from the Bay Area to give tips on DIY legal observation and coordination. She stressed the importance of documenation and the vital role played by independent media makers during Monday night's altercation with the UC Administration and Police. At about 8:15pm, we decided to march as a group to the Quarry Ampitheater where we continued discussing both short and long-term goals for our university and our lives.

On April 20, after people held a rally for education at the Santa Cruz County Building, they decided to take their messages to the corners of Ocean and Water Streets.

On April 20, about 150 people marched from the base of the UCSC campus to the County Building in downtown Santa Cruz. Once at the County Building, there were a rally with elementary students and parents from Watsonville, students from Santa Cruz High School, UCSC students and supportive members of the Santa Cruz community.

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, and Cuba.

4-21-05 -- photos by MATT FITT -- SEIU 415 held an informational rally from noon-1pm at the base of the Santa Cruz pier to raise awareness about labor conditions for workers at Sunshine Villa.

The 12th Annual Women of Color Film and Video Festival: "Disrupting Borders: Seeing Silences and Imagining Trans-Formations"

Fri-Sun, April 22-24, 2005

This year's film festival will explore the possibilities of seeing silences and imagining trans-formations as a disruption of borders--borders of the family, violence, survival, race and nationality, history and memory, immigration and queerness.

Introduction - the Necessity of Democracy to Our Prosperity

This wednesday students and workers marched through Santa Cruz city streets, from UCSC to the county buildings, in a statewide protest against the budget cuts to education. The march was organized by the Action In Defense of Education (AIDE) network.

This short headline was read by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! this morning!

Check the photos. The face is familiar! This face has appeared frequently in association with aggressive UCSC police force action. Citizen investigative reporter's -- help us learn more.