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The despicable war on the homeless & unhoused is contemptible
The garbage trucks sweeping up the possessions of the homeless and unhoused in homeless encampments locally and all across the nation, are reminiscent of scenes of the garbage trucks used to sweep up the poor, hungry, desperate, and dispossessed citizens from the streets, in the 1973 classic film, Soylent Green....
Posted: Sat, Aug 10, 2024 4:39am PDT
Arrest Billionaires Not the Homeless! Rally at SF City Hall to Protest Attack on Homeless
A rally was held at San Francisco City Hall on August 1, 2024 to protest the arrest of homeless and those with health care problems by Mayor London Breed. London Breed and California governor Gavin Newsom joined with the reactionary fascist US Supreme Court to have a ruling that allow homeless to be jailed for being homeless....
Posted: Fri, Aug 2, 2024 10:04am PDT
Protest to Oppose Newsom's "Hide Out or Get Out" Executive Order Banishing Those Outside
Protests are continuing against the step-up in attacks on those living in survival encampments in Santa Cruz. One response to the cruel "clean-up:" operation in Pogonip last Monday (7-29) is a Protest against the cruel "Housing Matters" hoax 4-6 PM Monday August 5 on the corner of River St. and Highway 1. National groups also denounce Governor Newsom's Executive Decree....
Posted: Wed, Jul 31, 2024 9:27pm PDT
Police Raid of Encampment In Pogonip, Santa Cruz
Pogonip Forest In Santa Cruz. Park on River St and walk up Golf Club drive all the way up to the green gate entrance to Pogonip....
Event Date: Mon, Jul 29, 2024 8:30am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 26, 2024 1:04am PDT
Kamala Harris Charged with Covering up Corruption by Residents of Radioactive Treasure Island
Former residents of radioactive Treasure Island charged that Kamala Harris was involved in covering up corruption by the developers and politicians who have pushed building million dollar condos on the former nuclear military training facility. Many residents, children and sailors were poisoned and sickened by the radioactive material on the Island and the cover-up by the politicans and government agencies responsible for health and safety of the people of California....
Posted: Mon, Jul 22, 2024 8:09am PDT
Two Flyers at the Recent Protest Against the Gaza Genocide and the S.C. Anti-Homeless Raid
At recent protests as part of what some of us call the Vigil against Two Wars (the Gaza Genocide and the S.C. War Against the Poor), I distributed two flyers--mostly concerned with the City's ongoing camp-destroying campaign against folks living outside....
Posted: Sat, Jul 20, 2024 2:41pm PDT
Labor Union Sues UC for Awarding Contract to Company that Covered Up Worker's Death
Labor Union Sues University of California for Awarding $120,000,000 Contract to Company that Covered Up Worker's Death...
Posted: Tue, Jul 16, 2024 10:06am PDT
Antwon Cloird - My 'Freedom From Active Addiction'
A story of Antwon Cloird's recovery from active addiction....
Posted: Mon, Jul 15, 2024 11:54am PDT
Supreme Court Decision Guts Key Civil Rights Protection for Unhoused People
ACLU lawsuit challenging San Francisco’ costly and ineffective response to homelessness will continue...
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 10:35am PDT
Nurses denounce San Benito County Health Care District board vote
Nurses vow to stop the sale of this vital public asset at the polls...
Posted: Thu, Jun 6, 2024 8:18am PDT
Flyers Passed Out Recently at the Saturday Food Not Bombs "Soupstock" Anniversary
These self-explanatory flyers criticize the City's #1 shelter-and-service provider, the so called "Housing Matters" which is more aptly termed :"Funding Matters" urging greater unity between oppressed workers, students, tenants, and unhoused folks....
Posted: Wed, May 29, 2024 10:52pm PDT
Tips to Avoid Paying for B@ART: 101 Guide for Fare Evasion
If you don’t know by now, BART has publicly stated they are investing $90 Million to replace all 700 BART fare gates, like the new ones that are 7 feet high at West Oakland Bart Station, to deter people from jumping over or pushing through with force.
BART has plans to install these new gates at Civic Center, Powell, Montgomery, 24th Street, SFO, Fruitvale in Oakland, Richmond and Antioch Bart stations; however, in the meantime feel free to use the following tips to avoid paying for BART....
Posted: Mon, May 27, 2024 10:47am PDT
Everyone Should Be Safe - UC Santa Cruz Mobile Crisis Response Team (audio/mpeg 77.7MB)
Interview about the University of California Santa Cruz Mobile Crisis Response Team offering a non-police response for mental health crises with director MaryJan Murphy and supervisor, Beth Chiarelli....
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2024 12:02pm PDT
Palestine Solidarity Encampment Launched at UC San Francisco
On May 13, a Palestine Solidarity Encampment was launched at UC San Francisco at Kalmanovitz Library. A rally has been organized for today (May 13) at 3 pm at the encampment, according to the Instagram page UCSF Palestine Solidarity Encampment....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 11:38am PDT
Carpenters Union Opposes Contractor Bidding on UC Santa Cruz Housing Project
On May 3, members of Carpenters Union Local 505 distributed information at the base of the UC Santa Cruz campus about W.E. O’Neil Construction Co., which is bidding on the 17-acre Family Student Housing development proposal slated for the East Meadow. The union is currently appealing UC Santa Cruz’s refusal to disqualify W.E. O’Neil for the construction project, claiming the company falsified the bid. “W.E. O’Neil attempted to hide the fact that a worker was killed by electrocution on a recen...
Posted: Mon, May 6, 2024 8:09pm PDT
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project
W.E. O’Neil Construction Co. Unqualified to Bid on U.C. Santa Cruz Student Housing Project, Carpenters Union Alleges
University of California should reject W.E. O’Neil bid based on new evidence. Carpenters Local Union 505 Says Construction Company Falsified State Bid...
Posted: Fri, May 3, 2024 3:00pm PDT
Community Ready Corps (CRC) Provides Week of Service in Black and Brown Neighborhoods
CRC supports positive engagements with low-income families by participating in the Positive Pull Up this weekend, which aims to promote cleaner and safer neighborhoods by finding solutions to local problems. CRC will organize a week of community service that includes street cleanups free food, and music. These events have been scheduled from April 27 to May 4, 2024....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 11:06am PDT
Demonstrators Demand: Keep Masks in Healthcare Settings and Jails in San Francisco! Pt 2
Photos by Dan Ryan @pictopticon from a rally last week to demand that San Francisco Department of Public Health keep in place its mask mandate for workers in healthcare settings and jails which is set to expire on 4/30/2024. Pt 2 is Focus on Speakers...
Posted: Sun, Apr 21, 2024 1:34am PDT
Demonstrators Demand: Keep Masks in Healthcare Settings and Jails in San Francisco! Pt 1
Photos by Dan Ryan @pictopticon from a rally this week to demand that San Francisco Department of Public Health keep in place its mask mandate for workers in healthcare settings and jails which is set to expire on 4/30/2024....
Posted: Sat, Apr 20, 2024 3:21pm PDT
Neuro-Linguistic Programming & UC Santa Cruz - Interview w/ Robert Dilts and Michael Hall (audio/mpeg 108.0MB)
Interview with teachers/authors Robert Dilts and Michael Hall on the history of NLP, it's development at the University of California Santa Cruz in the mid-1970's and the recent January, 2024 Neuro-Linguistic Programming Leadership Summit in Santa Cruz, California. This interview was originally broadcast on KZSC 88.1 (UCSC) on March 21, 2024. It was re-broadcast on KSQD, Santa Cruz....
Posted: Wed, Apr 17, 2024 9:52am PDT