Santa Cruz IndymediaFeatures of the Santa Cruz IndymediaCouncil votes to continue to do nothing about police spying (again)- January 25, 2006 the policeman spies while the council does nothing a winter leaf falls in the breeze There was a motion before the city council proposed by councilmember Tony Madrigal to request an independent investigation into police spying. The council perhaps signalled it's intentions by placing the motion on the afternoon agenda of their regularly scheduled Tuesday meeting, rather than the more well-attended evening agenda. There were a good many public speakers raising issues with the police internal...http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/17272/index.php Santa Cruz Indymedia's Regional Integration with Indybay.org- January 25, 2006 We are very pleased to announce that the Santa Cruz Independent Media Center's website will now be regionally integrated with Indybay.org, the website of the San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center. The new website address for Santa Cruz Indymedia is Indybay.orgSantaCruz. Together, as media activists in Central and Northern California and throughout the world, we will use the tactic of Indymedia to share news and information from within the struggles for a world based on freedom,...http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/17271/index.php UCSC Custodians Demand Justice- January 20, 2006 January 19. 2006 - At approximately 12PM, hundreds of custodians (and their student supporters) at UC Santa Cruz skipped lunch to demand just wages. <br><br> The workers, part of the union AFSCME, recently found out that custodians at nearby colleges receive 14-30% more than they do, for the same (or less) work. Far from being a living wage, many UCSC custodians are working twothree jobs to make ends meet. This is at the same time that the UC system has raised student fees almost...http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/17270/index.php Paul Ortiz on Emancipation Betrayed- January 20, 2006 On January 9th, Paul Ortiz, UCSC Associate Professor of Community Studies, discussed his latest book, Emancipation Betrayed The Hidden History of Black Organizing and White Violence in Florida from Reconstruction to the Bloody Election of 1920 at the Louden Nelson Center in downtown Santa Cruz. The audio has been recorded in two parts. The first part is the presentation and the second part is Question and Answer. Audio: Download the presentation (56:12 minutes 25.8 MB) Download the Q&A.http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/17269/index.php Audio from WAJE Press Conference- January 18, 2006 On January 17th, members of the Working Alliance for a Just Economy held a press conference to kick off the campaign to raise the minimum wage in the city of Santa Cruz. Campaigners will circulate petitions to city voters to place the initiative on the ballot to be voted on in November. Speakers were introduced by MC David Sweet, board member of the Community Action Board, a non-profit organization working to abate poverty and its impact in the County of Santa Cruz. Speakers included: Tim...http://santacruz.indymedia.org/feature/display/17268/index.php |