[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Monday May 21st 2007

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Monday May 21st 2007
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* Upcoming Events
* University of California Hunger Strike Against Weapons Labs Passes 1-Week Mark
* Action at Burger King in Santa Cruz to Support the CIW
* UC Students Occupy Berkeley "Anti-Poverty" Center in Support of Custodians
* Non-cooperation with ICE Resolution Passes Watsonville City Council

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UPCOMING EVENTS

May 23rd  7:00 PM: Battlefield Without Borders: Kathy Kelly and David Smith-Ferri
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/22/18403796.php

May 24th  7:00 PM: DAM NATION - Dispatches from the Water Underground (Speaker)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/30/18407010.php

May 25th  8:00 PM: KON TIKI and STYLE WARS at GDI (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/21/18419396.php

May 26th  9:00 AM: Free Skool Post-Apocalyptic Survival Weekend (Training)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/21/18419384.php

May 26th  8:00 PM: THE EXONERATED (Concert/Show)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/04/09/18392904.php

May 28th  6:30 PM: REMAINS and REBIRTH: An Evening Around Katrina (Screening)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/19/18418415.php

June  4th  8:00 PM: Thomas Mapfumo at Don Quixote's International Music Hall (Concert/Show)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/13/18415554.php

June 11th  8:00 PM: End the Israeli Occupation of Palestine! Peace Not Apartheid! (Vigil/Ritual)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/08/18412873.php

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University of California Hunger Strike Against Weapons Labs Passes 1-Week Mark
Hunger Strikers Demand UC Board of Regents Sever Ties with Nuclear Weapons Laboratories

A hunger strike initiated by 44 UC students, several alumni and a professor has passed its 1-week mark.  The hunger strikers are demanding that the UC Board of Regents withdraw from their contracts to operate Los Alamos and Livermore National Laboratories based on, “the grounds that the Reliable Replacement Warhead program and Los Alamos Labs’ ongoing preparations to conduct plutonium pit manufacturing both clearly violate Article VI of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.”  The UC has been identified by the hunger strikers as a site of strategic importance in the campaign against new nuclear weapons.

Read More with Photos, Audio and Video
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/15/18416607.php

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Action at Burger King in Santa Cruz to Support the CIW
May 11-12: SFA Days of Action vs. Burger King

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 customer went to the Burger King on Mission Street / Highway 1 in Santa Cruz to drop off a letter to the manager calling attention to the human rights crisis in Florida's tomato fields. 

Read More and View Photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/12/18414634.php

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UC Students Occupy Berkeley "Anti-Poverty" Center in Support of Custodians
The Coup's Boots Riley Withdraws from Berkeley Graduation

On Tuesday, May 8, students from UC Santa Cruz and UC Berkeley occupied the UC "Anti-Poverty" Center protesting poverty wages by demanding that the UC release $8.5 million earmarked for custodians by the State Legislature. The UC administration has been holding up the money - meant for low-paid workers on 4 campuses - in an attempt to force concessions in contract negotiations. Meanwhile, The Coup's Boots Riley joined Danny Glover in boycotting UC Berkeley's graduation speech in support of the custodians' wage-parity campaign.

Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/11/18414378.php

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Non-cooperation with ICE Resolution Passes Watsonville City Council
Watsonville City Council Fails to Support a Notification Clause

The Watsonville City Council meeting was packed on May 8th with attendees in support of a resolution requesting the suspension of random detentions and arrests of residents in Watsonville. Migrawatch, a newly formed network of immigrants rights organizations, called for supporters of immigrant rights to speak up and demand that two clauses be added to the resolution before the council vote. The first clause to make the City of Watsonville a "sanctuary" for undocumented people similar to other cities around the country offering a safe space for members of the community. The second amendment sought by activists was a "notification" clause.

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http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2007/05/10/18413679.php

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