Western Service Workers, located at 511 Mission St. in Santa Cruz, is calling for donations and volunteers.

"USA The Movie" was made to speak out for peace and justice.

The Raddisson hotel in Sactamento is hosting the first annual conference on climate change. One area of discussion is about "the forcing or loading of aerosols into the troposphere"

The Resource Center for Nonviolence welcomes the distinguished Israeli academic and activist Tanya Reinhart to Santa Cruz on June 27. Please see below for details and read on for a recent article by Reinhart:

Israel / Palestine:
How to End the War of 1948

An evening with
Tanya Reinhart

Israeli scholar, professor of Linguistics at Tel Aviv University, columnist for Israeli daily Yedoit Aharonot and one of Israel's most eloquent defenders of human rights and self-determination.


7:00 PM
June 27 (Sunday)
The Resource Center for Nonviolence
515 Broadway


"Today Palestinians face either ethnic cleansing or apartheid. Reinhart compellingly shows why and how both must be opposed." - Edward W. Said


Please join us as we welcome this distinguished guest!

A $5-10 suggested donation benefits The Resource Center for Nonviolence and The International Solidarity Movement, NorCal Chapter.


For more information see www.rcnv.org or contact Jake at (831) 423-1626 (x.306) or pushingblocks (at) yahoo.com.

One of Tanya Reinhart's recent articles is pasted below. For more of her work see www.tau.ac.il/~reinhart/ (follow the link to Media Articles for political writings):

It's always fun to watch the pride parade. It's outrageously funny and fun.

...but what were all those banks, realtors, and that car dealer doing at the celebration afterwards?