10 activists convened at the clock tower in downtown Santa Cruz from 8p til midnight to hold a candlelight vigil for confessed killer Stephen Wayne Anderson as he was scheduled for execution at San Quentin prison just north of San Francisco, California.

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HUFF activists, Robert Norse and Daniel Hopkins filed two complaints against the excessive and unreasonble noise in the form of classical music being pumped out over a loudspeaker to "discourage gathering" at the planter area in front of New Leaf Market between Sushi Now! and Ali Baba's Cafe on Pacific Avenue.

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Santa Cruz and San Francisco are among the ``meanest'' cities in the nation toward poor and homeless people, a national coalition for the homeless declared Tuesday.

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Santa Cruz participates in the National Day of Remembrance and the reading of the names of the homeless people who have died in the past year....Mayor Christopher Krohn and his mother attended the ceremony and read a prepared statement. They left quickly, even before the reading of the names. No other member of the Santa Cruz City Council attended.

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Homelessness and political repression, the Green Party fails the test.

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UCSC students participate in a national day of action aimed at increasing awareness about the use of sweatshop labor to produce collegiate apparel.

On Defects in our System of Elections

After years of denial, the US has finally admitted to using chemical weapons in Iraq. Evidence shows that they may have used extensively.

Audio Interview with Barbara Becknell Tookie Willams advocate/editor talk about the case and what people can do to try to stop the execution set for Dec 13th 2005

An injury to one is an injury to all! Animals are the largest oppressed group. There will never be social justice or peace on earth as long as humans wage war upon the animals. Sexism, racism, homophobia, economic oppression and all other human vs human cruelty is rooted in the abuse of animals.