Posted in Counter Recruitment, Globalization on Dec 15th, 2007
Santa Cruz County activists, including the Santa Cruz gaggle of the Raging Grannies, demonstrated for peace in front of the Military Recruitment Center in Capitola on December 15th. The last time the Grannies sang songs at the recruitment center on June 26th, they refused to leave the entrance of the Army recruiters after being [...]
Posted in Counter Recruitment, Globalization on Jun 26th, 2007
On June 26, protestors converged on the Military Recruitment Center in Capitola “to end the war in Iraq now, and to work for a future of peace and justice for all beings, in all places.” The Capitola recruiting offices for the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy are staffed by pompous and deceitful representatives [...]
Posted in Education, Globalization on May 16th, 2007
On May 16th, students at UC Santa Cruz were in the Baytree Plaza to spread information about the University of California’s Board of Regents and their ties to the management of the Los Alamos and Livermore nuclear laboratories. Ashley and Tosh are two undergraduate students at UCSC that are part of the 44 University [...]
Posted in Globalization, Labor, Solidarity & Outreach on May 11th, 2007
The Student/Farmworker Alliance announced that May 11th and 12th would be Days of Action vs. Burger King calling on the world’s #2 burger chain to take responsibility for the conditions of farmworkers in the fields. On May 11th, four students from the University of California at Santa Cruz and one loyal Burger King [...]
Posted in Counter Recruitment, Education, Globalization on Apr 24th, 2007
UC Santa Cruz’s Last Chance Job Fair took place on April 24th, but this year the United States Army and United States Marine Corps were not among the participants. With foreknowledge of students planning a large demonstration against the presence of military recruiters at UCSC, both the Army and Marines withdrew a week before [...]
Posted in Education, Globalization on Apr 7th, 2007
On April 7th, 2007, an antiwar rally was held at the Oakland docks to mark the fourth anniversary of the Oakland police attack on protesters, longshoremen and journalists.
Organizers of the event outlined the following key points:
* Stop war shipments.
* Port money for schools & social services.
* Bring the troops home now and give [...]
