[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update for Saturday June 21st 2008
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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update for Saturday June 21st 2008
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* Upcoming Events
* On the Greenspace vandalism
* Donald J. Vodicka's High Price For Integrity
* Major Fires Off of Highway 1 in Aptos-Watsonville Consume Homes
* Aerial Pesticide Spraying for LBAM Over Cities Stopped
* PRO IP Act and ACTA Interview with John Anderson
* Iraq Veterans Against the War Benefit Concert on June 27
* With Students Gone, UCSC Tree-Sit on Alert
* Smashed ATMs on UCSC Campus
* The University is Unsustainable: A Presentation by Darwin BondGraham and Will Parrish
* Felton Prevails in Six-Year Fight to Acquire Water System from Cal-Am and RWE
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UPCOMING EVENTS
June 21st 7:00 PM: Celebrate the 2nd Annual Hip Hop Exchange with Cuba
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/10/18505732.php
June 21st 7:30 PM: Freedom Theater Benefit
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/09/18505544.php
June 22nd 1:00 PM: School of the Americas Watch (Meeting)
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/19/18508915.php
June 27th 5:00 PM: Resource Center for Nonviolence Annual Dinner with Jeff Halper
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/19/18508968.php
June 27th 6:00 PM: IVAW Benefit Concert
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/18/18508416.php
June 29th 7:30 PM: David Ray Griffin: Debunking 9/11 Debunking, An Answer to Popular Mechanics
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/10/18505784.php
More Events On Santa Cruz Indymedia's Calendar:
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On the Greenspace vandalism
anarchist writes, "To everyone who read that Greenspace lost a window to "anarchists" and cringed: This incident is not representative of the greater revolutionary struggle or anarchists in general. One person claiming their inconsequential vandalism with a communique, especially does not represent the tactfulness and potency that most anarchists act with – both in our contribution to existing social conflicts, and even more so, in our autonomous actions."
Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/21/18509721.php
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Donald J. Vodicka's High Price For Integrity
When a prison riot between inmates and guards broke out in a maximum security facility, Salinas Valley State prison in California on Thanksgiving Day in 1998, corrections officer Donald J.Vodicka's life would be changed forever. In an attempt to document evidence of injured inmates, Vodicka was behind the camera that day. What was normal standard procedure would be shunned on by a group of guards, and Vodicka was told by other guards to get rid of the photos and evidence of injured inmates. To cover-up evidence.
Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/20/18509707.php
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Major Fires Off of Highway 1 in Aptos-Watsonville Consume Homes
At approximately 2:00 p.m. on June 20th, fires started off of Highway 1 between Mar Monte Road and Airport Road. By 6:00 p.m., 1,000 acres had already burned and several homes destroyed. It is currently burning out of control and continues to threaten the health and safety of people and animals in the area.
Read More and View Photos of the Smoke
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/20/18509627.php
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Aerial Pesticide Spraying for LBAM Over Cities Stopped
On June 19th, the California Department of Food and Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced that aerial pheromone application will no longer take place over urban areas and will be "limited to agricultural land and undeveloped regions as a tool of last result" to control the Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM). “The bottom line for eradicating this pest has always been safety,†said Sam Farr, representative of the 17th Congressional District of California. “The public was never convinced that spraying was safe or the only option, and the result has been protests, anger and a series of lawsuits."
Read More and Listen to Audio
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/20/18509511.php
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PRO IP Act and ACTA Interview with John Anderson
Skidmark Bob of Free Radio Santa Cruz interviewed media analyst John Anderson about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to be discussed at the G8 summit in Japan and H.R. 4279, the Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property (PRO IP) Act of 2007. Although ACTA's title might suggest that the agreement deals only with counterfeit physical goods (such as medicines), what little information has been made available publicly by negotiating governments about the content of the treaty makes it clear that it will have a far broader scope, and in particular, will deal with tools targeting "Internet distribution and information technology." The PRO IP Act proposes to make substantial changes to federal copyright law, including the appointment of a copyright Czar.
Read More and Listen to Audio
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/19/18509076.php
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Iraq Veterans Against the War Benefit Concert on June 27
Musicians and artists from the bay area are coming together in Santa Cruz on Friday, June 27th in order to raise money for Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and to help the brand new Santa Cruz Chapter get off the ground. IVAW has 3 objectives -- 1) Immediate withdrawal of troops from Iraq, 2) Reparation for the Iraqi peoples, 3) Proper care, treatment and support for Iraqi and Afghani vets.
Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/18/18508780.php
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With Students Gone, UCSC Tree-Sit on Alert
During summer break, the UCSC tree-sit is on high-alert of a possible attack. In Berkeley this week, police, professional tree climbers, and cherry pickers were used to cut the climb and supply lines of tree-sitters. Similar techniques could be used in Santa Cruz to remove protesters who've been in the trees since November 7, 2007.
Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/18/18508566.php
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Smashed ATMs on UCSC Campus
Evening of June 14. As part of an ongoing local and international momentum of revolutionary solidarity with social prisoners as well as POWs of ecological struggles, the Bank of America and Wells Fargo ATMs on the University of California Santa Cruz campus had their screens smashed by a chunk of granite.
Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/15/18507565.php
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The University is Unsustainable: A Presentation by Darwin BondGraham and Will Parrish
On June 2nd, the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP) class at UC Santa Cruz hosted an evening entitled "The University is Unsustainable: militarism, nuclearism, corporatism and the UC." Student researchers Jono and Leah presented on UCSC's Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) while UCSC alumni Will Parrish and Darwin BondGraham focused on the University of California from 1868 to 2008, from the genocide of Indigenous Nations, the Spanish American War and the Manhattan Project, through to the present: a time of renewed nuclear-militarism and increasing corporatization and privatization of the University.
Read More and Listen to Audio
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/12/18506329.php
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Felton Prevails in Six-Year Fight to Acquire Water System from Cal-Am and RWE
The community of Felton prevailed in its six-year fight to acquire its water system from California-American Water (Cal-Am), a subsidiary of the German multinational corporation RWE. Cal-Am and the San Lorenzo Valley Water District (SLVWD) announced a purchase agreement on May 30th, less than a week before the planned start of an eminent domain trial where a jury would have set the value of the water system. “This win, combined with the failure of RWE to efficiently and affordably deliver water to the residents of Felton is yet another example of why water utilities should be managed by the public," said Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director of Food & Water Watch.
Read More
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/09/18505543.php
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