Resistance Through Art: UCSC Faculty Signs Solidarity Statement with Freedom Theatre
Ahmed Tobasi, the artistic director of the Freedom Theatre, was woken by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) pounding on the door of his house in Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank. Immediately, he knew it was another raid. Dec. 13 was the beginning of...
No To APEC: People Over Profit
Thousands of people lined the streets of San Francisco on Nov. 12, in front of Embarcadero Plaza, ready to march against the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Conference. To energize the mobilizers before the march, the GABRIELA USA choir sang “Mother’s Day,” a song about...
Santa Cruz County Debates New Main Jail
Santa Cruz County’s Main Jail was at capacity the day it opened in 1981. In years since, the jail has been so overcrowded, that at times, it has housed over 500 incarcerated individuals – despite only having beds for 319. Problems including overcrowding, maintenance failures,...
“Never Again is Now:” Remembering Japanese-American Women Activists through New Exhibit at UCSC
A glass kimono sits in the middle of the room, made from 244 frames strung together with copper wire. Each frame contains photographs of artist Reiko Fuji’s relatives and friends, as well as the Japanese American community during their imprisonment. The piece represents around 125,000...
The Festival of Monsters: A Place To Discuss the Critical Monster Within
The Girl in the Green Ribbon shimmies with a satyr, fiddling with the bow that is keeping her head from tumbling onto the dance floor. Medusa and her sisters dance in the corner, trying not to turn the DJ to stone, while a werewolf howls...
The Chancellor’s House: On Campus for Decades, Now Off Campus Indefinitely
Flowers bloom in the front yard and line the path to a big metal gate. Strapped to its bars, a sign reads: NO TRESPASSING. Behind the gate, at the end of a long, winding driveway, sits a two-story Tudor-style house. The house’s address is 120...