The CPRB was always a weak fig leaf, but in the last year it had begun investigations, which might have generated public support for a stronger model. With no CPRB, it’s even more important to watch and report incidents of police misconduct publicly, if they happen to you directly, if you see them (such as illegal checkpoints), or if you hear about them. Please document Santa Cruz Police Department behavior and publish words, photography, audio, and video on SC-IMC.

[ CPRB Dismantled I Stand Up Tuesday I 2nd Reading on CPRB I CPRB Records To Be Destroyed I Q & A From Local Activist ]

[ Letter to the Sentinel | Letter to Vice-Mayor | CPRB in Exile ]

Rev. James M. Lawson Jr., a longtime crusader for civil rights and nonviolent solutions throughout the world, was the keynote speaker at UCSC's annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Convocation on January 21 at the Santa Cruz Civic Auditorium.

[ James Lawson Jr. Photo and Quotes I MLK Jr. Convocation I Workshops on the Draft ]

In a late night session December 10, the City Council, despite eloquent pleas from the community, drove a potentially fatal stake through the heart of the Voluntary Guidelines.

[ Full Story I Corporate Media Lies I More Lies ]

Drug Enforcement Administration agents raided the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana in Santa Cruz earlier this morning. WAMM Director Valerie Corral and Mike Corral have been arrested, and the DEA is obliterating the marijuana crop they have grown for use by Californian medical marijuana patients.

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We further need to expand the commons for music, art and charity. We desensualize, sterilize and diminish our society by turning downtowns and cities into monocultural malls - standardized, privatized and slickly totalitarian.

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Bill Mandel
had to face two U.S. Senate and one House of Representatives witch-hunt
committees (as shown in 'Good Night and Good Luck,'), Bill can compare
McCarthyism and the Patriot Act like very few people, as he can Iraq,
Vietnam, and Korea. His knowledge and experience, gained from struggle and
study, is a must for our free speech radio.

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THIS WEDNESDAY, November 30th -
DE-Nuke UC Day of Action

Join students from 12 - 2 PM in the Quarry Plaza to speak-out against UC's continued
involvement in the nuclear weapons business! STUDENTS ARE GATHERING ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AND ON EVERY UC CAMPUS!

Health Care For All Event with State Senator Sheila Kuehl at Louden Nelson Center, November 28th, at 7:30 p.m.