...Its Foreign Policy* Interview with Ed Bice, executive director of People's Opinion Project, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

Chiapas Peace House Project presented at the RCNV Thursday night

The themes for this year's event are:
- organizing for a new immigration law
- supporting hundreds of D'Arrigo farm workers fighting for contract
- promoting no violence in communities
- healthcare for all

BI-WEEKLY SANTA CRUZ INDYMEDIA UPDATE
MARCH 28, 2004

Mock SHUs

First of the month state-wide actions to abolish the SHU report back

2,700 People Locked in isolation control-units in CalifAtzlan

Stop the System of Genocide!!

Students from the University of Santa Cruz tabled on Pacific Ave, in the heart of downtown Santa Cruz. We collected 75 signatures and handed out flyers to Free Jose Luis Avina, who is currently in a SHU in Corcoran State Prison. While incarcerated for defending himself against a North Amerikan in 1995, Jose Luis participated in the November 1999 hunger strike in New Folsom Prison during which 68 prisoners exposed the brutality there. Governor Gray Davis responded by shipping Jose Luis to the SHU along with six other hunger strikers. His mother, Quetzaoceloaciua, started the Barrio Defense Committee in San Jose to protect their neighborhoods from police assault and to free her son.

Hands Off Venezuela Campaign

The Society for Artistic Freedom and Expression (SAFE) performed on Pacific Ave. on March 24.

On March 25, supporters of Loreto Arizpe and all youth in prison rallied in front of the Santa Cruz County Courthouse to send a clear message to Bob Lee, the District Attorney for Santa Cruz County. The message is that the California Youth Authority (CYA) will only make problems worse and that Loreto is ready, willing, and able to make very positive contributions to his community.

Bob Lee may be well on the way to pushing Loreto Arizpe deeper into the Injustice System by sending Loreto to the California Youth Authority, directly contradicting his public statements. On February 22, Lee stated that Santa Cruz County would join the CYA ban and that "...while there are no local offenders 'in the pipeline' for sentencing, the county is prepared to use other programs and detention facilities...to house sentenced offenders until the CYA hearings are completed and recommendations made."

Loreto's sentencing was scheduled to take place during the rally, but has been postponed to a later date.

Audio: Speak Out for Loreto Arizpe and All Youth in Prison!!

[ rally announcement and background information: Say No to the CYA! I Critical Resistance ]

Audio from the Rally for Loreto Arizpe and All Youth in Prison!!
March 25, 2004

Listen to the Stream

509 Broadway in Santa Cruz

With a bit of luck, we'll be opening April Fools Day!