Posted in Globalization, Mexico, Solidarity & Outreach on Aug 29th, 2006
Oaxaca City is almost entirely closed today… I am the only tourist staying at my hostel today… even the Zocalo is eerily quiet… The radio transmissions for Radio La Ley were cut-off sometime during the (early morning hours). Radio La Ley, a corporate radio station owned by … Clear Channel, was recently taken over in [...]
Posted in Globalization on Aug 9th, 2006
On August 9th, Nagasaki Day, 11 civilian weapons inspectors drove up Empire Grade Road and marched the last 1/2 mile to the gates of Lockheed Martin where the public road ends. The Santa Cruz Weapons Inspection Team (SCWIT) led the march marking the annihilation and devastation delivered to the people, animals and plants of Nagasaki, [...]
Posted in Arts & Creation, Globalization on Aug 6th, 2006
On August 6th, the Santa Cruz Weapons Inspection Team (SCWIT) dismantled a Trident II D5 nuclear submarine missile during a skit on the Pacific Garden Mall to mark the 61st anniversary of the U.S. nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. A 4,400 acre Lockheed Martin facility at the end of Empire Grade in Bonny Doon manufactures and [...]
Posted in Environment, Globalization on Aug 4th, 2006
On August 4th, advocates of peace and justice gathered on the corner of Front and Water Streets in downtown Santa Cruz to denounce US backed Israeli mass murder of Lebanese and Palestinians. At least twice as many people demonstrated at the clock tower in support of Israel. Members of the International Socialist Organization (ISO), ANSWER [...]
Posted in Environment, Globalization, Solidarity & Outreach on Jul 9th, 2006
On July 9th, about 60 people paraded through downtown Santa Cruz as part of the international days of solidarity with the South Central Farm in Los Angeles. Marchers carried colorful anti-development signs and banners, handed out leaflets, taped posters up everywhere, and played improvised drums.
A majority of sidewalk onlookers were curious and willing to read [...]
