Emergency actions are taking place at numerous locations on California's Central Coast. Actions and Rallys have been planned at Vandenberg Air Force Base, the Military Recruitment Center in Capitola, Clock Tower and County Buildings in Santa Cruz, several Candle Vigils in Monterey, and a HUGE action in San Francisco's Financial District.

The Vandenberg Action Coalition has called for an EMERGENCY CIVIL RESISTANCE MOBILIZATION starting March 21, 22, and 23 consisting of a backcountry action preparation/training, campfire spokescouncil/convergence, scouting, camp set up, and a backcountry security zone occupation at Vandenberg Air Force Base to disrupt the targeting, guidance, and command systems for the assault of Iraq.

These upcoming actions at Vandenberg have been reported in other media outlets, such as a March 9 article in the Santa Barbara News Press, a March 10 article, Armed Forces Day protest set, in the Santa Maria Times, and on March 15 an Associated Press article, Vandenberg Air Force Base authorizes `deadly force' against trespassing protesters, ran across the nation.

Some very interesting and informative audio recordings from an action at Vandenberg AFB on May 19, 2001 can be heard here: Action Report and Sound Collage.

If the United States invades Iraq, the Iraq Action Network of Santa Cruz recommends the following non-violent actions:

* 5:00pm, the day war begins, meet at the Santa Cruz Clock Tower (Pacific & Water Streets). * Bring noisemakers - pots and pans to bang, musical instruments to play and your voice to be heard!

* 7:00-7:05pm Moment of Silence and Lights Out for the victims of the U.S. oil war.

* 7:15pm Large Peace Rally at the Santa Cruz County Building (Ocean at Water St.)

For more information, please visit the Resource Center for Non-Violence's emergency 24hour "Convergence Center" located at 515 Broadway (at Ocean).

[ A Call for Action | Action at Vandenberg - Meeting Thursday | Armed Forces Day Rally at Vandenberg AFB (5/17/03) ]

Protests are intensifying over the arrival of heavily armed soldiers at Kmarts, Walmarts, and Rite Aids around the country. The soldiers are not guarding the retail giants from attack. They are toy soldiers armed with assault rifles and machine guns, and they have replaced the traditional front-and-center chocolate bunny in children's Easter baskets. Whether the Christian holiday or the pre-Christian Ostara is your style, Easter is a holiday about life, birth, rebirth, joy, and above all peace.

Join Santa Cruz County Friends of Chocolate Bunnies Sunday at 3:00pm, outside the Kmart on 41st avenue in Capitola, just east of Highway 1. Bring your bunny ears, non-violent spirits, and creative signs!

[ Announcement for Capitola Demo | Report on Informational Picket | Photos from Demo ]

The 24-hour ongoing vigil against two wars has been moved twice by Santa Cruz police within the last twelve hours. It is currently at Jamba Juice (1550 Pacific Ave) near the downtown post office. This is the first time that the new "Move Along Law" has been used in Santa Cruz against political tablers.

In another attack on our peaceful vigil, the owner of Lulu Carpenter's downtown assaulted several vigilers who had gone there for breakfast. The man, who we believe was named Manfree, threw plastic cups at one of our vigilers and then continued to tell them that they had to leave and could not have breakfast there because he did not welcome "their kind" in his coffee shop.

After the vigilers left, he came out to the vigil where they had constructed a sign describing their experience at the coffee shop and threw a cup of hot coffee at another vigiler. Because of this horrifying attack on our movement, we are also asking people to boycott Lulu Carpenter's coffee shop and call (see article for suggested phone calls) to express your concern about this incident.

[ Article | Selective Enforcement -- Updates ]

If the government launches a new attack on Iraq, concerned people will converge on Vandenberg Air Force Base for a nonviolent security zone occupation to challenge, confront, and disrupt its global surveillance, weapons targeting and guidance satellite launch complex (also used to guide nuclear missiles and Star Wars weapons).

EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACTION starting the weekend after the new attack on Iraq begins, people are asked to gather at the Vandenberg action peace camp/base camp land (contact Vandenberg Action Coalition for directions).

In addition to the Emergency Response Action, there will also be a rally on Armed Forces Day, May 17, 2003 with Medea Benjamin, Roy Bourgeois, Kathy Kelly, Tensie Hernandez (Guadalupe Catholic Worker), Bud Boothe (Los Olivos resident), Guari Delgado (builder and poet), and more fabulous people, along with nonviolent backcountry action May 17 through May 24.

The Vandenberg 2002/2003 actions and resistance campaign is endorsed by Voices in the Wilderness, Global Exchange, School of the Americas Watch, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Tri Valley Cares, Salinas Action League (831-754-5554) and others. These upcoming actions at Vandenberg have been reported in other media outlets, such as a March 9th article in the Santa Barbara News Press and a March 10th article Armed Forces Day protest set, in the Santa Maria Times.

[ Article on Upcoming Actions | Military Globalization Project | Previous Actions Repoted in GroundWork News ]

Come to a student run teach-in Wednesday March 12th at 7:00pm in Classroom Unit 1 at UCSC. Find out how America's Universities are in service of the warfare state, how University of California at Santa Cruz exemplifies the academic-military partnership, how these forces are transforming the campus, and what you can do about it.

For more information about the organized efforts at UCSC to resist war and create peace while exposing and challenging the academic-military partnership, read these earlier posts on SC-IMC: UCSC says NO! to War in Iraq, UCSC Faculty Senate Passes Anti-war Resolution, UCSC, Weapons Research, and Universities in the Service of the Warfare State, and March 5th Anti-War Day of Action at UCSC.

[ Teach-In | UC Demilitariztion Project | Standing United for Peace ]

Here’s the latest from our striking Sisters & Brothers at UTU Local 23

Economically, most Afghans see neither an improvement in their personal lot, or view the rebuilding of their country happening at an acceptable pace.

...and the resignation of Marcela Davison Aviles, the ED of the Plaza!!

Off, on, off on... geez do these people ever make up their minds? the MHP have now re-invited Simcox for November, though apparently not confirmed. Either way, it's time to lay the cards on the table. !Ya basta con sus trucos!

Read more about this ever-changing situation on the website, then sign!

Anarchist Action Organizing Forum October 9th, 12:30 - 3 PM. The New Valencia Hall—1908 Mission Street @ 15th St. Featuring an introduction to Anarchist Action, how people can organize through the forum, and a presentation of ongoing projects being worked on by Anarchist Action in San Francisco.

Yes, the corporate media actually mentioned the demonstration in DC which drew more than 100,000 protesters.......it's true. Their reports were generally about 15 seconds in length, and mentioned nothing about the impassioned call for impeachment by former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark or any of the other speakers at the Rally.