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SubRosa Community Space

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 19, 2023) by Wes Modes
SubRosa is an anarchist community space on the main street of downtown Santa Cruz

An anarchist and radical space offering anarchist books and literature, coffee and tea, shows, art, and a garden courtyard social space….

Adventure Club

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 11, 2019) by Wes Modes
Artist Eric Drooker provided some of the evocative inspiration for Adventure Club

Adventure Club is post-apocalyptic revolutionary logistics training. Think of Adventure Club as radical skill-share, ranges from rather tame to semi-hardcore direct action. …

Inspiration Comes in the Night

Posted on November 18, 2019 (October 3, 2024) by Wes Modes

A weblog about art, technology, and the creative process…

Santa Cruz Community Safety Workgroup

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes

A Community Workgroup: “Without police, wouldn’t there be chaos?” and “What about the bad people?” We get asked these legitimate questions all the time. It’s time we began to wrestle with some possible answers….

Blue Light Safety Project

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes
Blue light house. Photo by Kevin A Slotemaker

A Community Project: The Blue Light Safety Project is a Santa Cruz local community effort to provide temporary safe spaces for people who are feeling unsafe….

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Police Obsolescence Workgroup

Posted on November 9, 2019 (November 22, 2019) by Wes Modes
Laugh Out Loud Cats by Adam Koford

An ongoing workgroup working toward a world without police. Some of the efforts of this workgroup include CopWatch, know your rights, police accountability, alternatives to calling the police, and education about police, courts, and jails….

Brazen Squaredance

Posted on November 9, 2019 (December 4, 2019) by Wes Modes

A sporadic Santa Cruz event, in which scores of squaredancers take over public space, moving to increasingly brazen locations…

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