By amanda via Santa Cruz IMC The room was packed at the Watsonville City Council chambers on Tuesday May 8. Attendees were there to comment on one of the evening’s agenda items, a resolution Requesting the Suspension of Random Detentions & Arrests of Residents in Watsonville. An emotional public comment period lasted for over an [...]

Please attend the Watsonville City Council meeting this Tuesday @ 6PM in support of a strong and just city resolution for migrant rights. Your participation and support is ESSENTIAL! Tuesday, May 8th @ 6PM at the Watsonville City Council Chambers on Main St. WE NEED YOUR STRONG SUPPORT!!

Corporate media’s accounts of the Watsonville May Day march Marchers unite against raids Posted: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 BY: AMANDA SCHOENBERG As he stood next to a handwritten sign proclaiming “we are not terrorists,” Jesus Rodriguez said immigration raids in Watsonville, Hollister and Santa Cruz in September frightened many locals into staying home and keeping [...]

Gloria Velasquez will speak in the Brown Beret general meeting’s Each One Teach One session on Thursday, May 3rd, 2007. The meeting will begin at 7:00PM and the speaker will be given the floor at around 8:00PM. Gloria L. Velasquez is the author of a bilingual collection of poetry titled I Used to Be a [...]