[scimc-news] Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Thursday December 16th 2010

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Santa Cruz Indymedia Update For Thursday December 16th 2010
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* Upcoming Events
* 'Smart' Meter Protests Spread as PG&E Officials Implicated in Spy Scandal
* Protests in Santa Cruz to Support Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange
* Picking the Colonizers' Vegetable
* A Decade of Making Media and Making Trouble

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UPCOMING EVENTS

December 18th  7:00 PM: "War is a Lie!" Book talk and Poetry Slam!!!
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/12/18666422.php

December 19th 12:00 PM: Santa Love
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/05/18665685.php

More Events On Santa Cruz Indymedia's Calendar:
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'Smart' Meter Protests Spread as PG&E Officials Implicated in Spy Scandal

On December 14th, hundreds of PG&E customers, outraged about the health damage caused by wireless 'smart' meters, ramped up protests by testifying at county government meetings and shutting down payment centers in both Santa Cruz and Marin Counties to demand an immediate halt to the program. Protesters are also angry about PG&E's attempts to cover up the growing health scandal and recently revealed espionage carried out against their customers concerned with increasing reports of nausea, headaches, and bouts of dizziness from the meters. The protesters, backed by 22 local governments and an increasing number of scientists and medical professionals, are demanding that PG&E halt any further installation of smart meters.

Read more and view photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/15/18666719.php

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Protests in Santa Cruz to Support Bradley Manning and WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

Private First Class Bradley Manning is facing up to 60 years in prison for allegedly leaking information through WikiLeaks that expose U.S. war crimes. Among these is helicopter gunship video that shows U.S. troops nonchalantly mowing down two journalists, first aid respondents, and children with machine gun fire. The perpetrators of these crimes are not being punished, even with video proof of the cold blooded murders. Instead, the military brass are prosecuting Bradley Manning.

Read more
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/12/14/18666537.php

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Picking the Colonizers' Vegetable

The California coast, from Davenport south through Santa Cruz, Watsonville and Castroville, is Brussels sprouts country. Most of this vegetable in North America comes from these fields, although a growing harvest now takes place in Baja California, in northern Mexico. In both California and Baja California, the vast majority of the people who harvest Brussels sprouts, like those who pick other crops, are Mexican.

Read more and view photos
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/22/18664826.php

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A Decade of Making Media and Making Trouble

Indybay has not only survived but thrived for ten years now.   On November 13th, 2010, Indybay acknowledged everyone who has contributed over the last decade to the many projects of the SF Bay Area and Santa Cruz Independent Media Centers.  We hosted a media conference with speakers, panels, and workshops — and then we threw a benefit party with radical musicians into the night.  Thank you to everyone who came out!  

Read more with photos, audio and video
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/11/22/18664805.php

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