Minutemen Training Disrupted
lotu5,

A group of around 50 demonstrators showed up at the Scottish Masonic Rite Center this morning to interrupt and stop the Friends of the Border Patrol training session. During almost half an hour of intense confrontations, activists tore down the table and flag where registration was happening and entered the hall chanting "No Borders, No Racists, No Borders, No Nations" and "We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us". For a time the activists also blocked off the entrance to the hall.

After a while, the police showed up. Immediately, they assisted the racists by handcuffing and detaining anyone who they pointed out and made accusations about. The police told the group they had to move to the sidewalk or be arrested. After a while of chanting at the training attendees coupled with "Let Them Go", the two people detained were released. The white activist was released after only giving his name, while the person of color detained was cited with a misdemeanor charge.

The protests to date have been so effective that the Friends of the Border Patrol have been sent basically into hiding. They did not have any identifying signs at the Scottish Rites Center. They apparently had a special arrangement with the ownership to be identified as a bird watching group. Still, minutemen volunteers had on t-shirts saying "Undocumented Border Patrol" and were very violent towards protesters. One person with the Minutemen literally tackled and jumped on a demonstrator and was quickly pulled off and pushed back.

Legal trainings are taking place now at the convergence space, Voz Alta. At 2pm, the caravan meets at Chicano Park to drive out to Calexico.

4 interviews by people who were at the morning protest, 37MB around half an hour:
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/09/6780.php

Complete schedule of events here:
 http://deletetheborder.org/?q=node/196

Tune in after 5pm PST for live coverage from radioActive sanDiego at  http://radioActiveradio.org



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Stop the Minutemen, Actions and No Border Camp, Sept 16-18
the o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective,

We call on people everywhere to converge on the San Diego/Tijuana region and the Mexicali/Calexico region of the Mexico/US border in order to stop the vigilante operation being planned there by the Friends of the Border Patrol, beginning on September 16th. We also call on those who cannot travel to these areas to organize solidarity actions in their home towns rejecting the Minutemen, Borders and the racist ideologies that Borders are built on.

En Español Aqui

Our goal for Sep. 16th-18th is to take action and directly shut down the Minutemen operations. [Complete Calendar of Events, Housing and Ride Information]

Other Minutemen actions and stories: Stop the Minutemen in Campo, Sept 11th | From a Buenas Noches Brigade... A Call for Autonomous Direct Action to Smash the Rise of Fascism and Racism In Our Communities | Phone Jam the Minutemen in New York | Human Rights Coalition of California Campaign Against the Minutemen
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Homeland Security Signs Order to Finish Triple Border Fence and Bulldoze Endangered Species Preserve
San Diego Indymedia,

From NBCSanDiego.com: The Bush administration said Wednesday that it will fortify the westernmost stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border over the objections of environmentalists and California regulators, who feared the project would harm a refuge for endangered birds. [Full NBC Story | Other corporate reports]

The Triple Fence will require bulldozing major portions of the Tijuana Estuary, including a preserve for endangered plant and animal species. The No Border Camp and mobilization to stop the Minutemen this weekend will include protests and actions at Border Field State Park, the proposed construction site for the rest of the Triple Fence.

Such a move was made possible by the REAL ID act, which contained a small section in it which allows the Department of Homeland Security to waive all laws when building fences along the border.

Report on Border Ecosystem from Maryknoll | Previous REAL ID act coverage

Meanwhile, 2005 has become the deadliest year on record, with 385 recorded deaths to date – surpassing the previous record of 383 set in 2000. Over 3,300 people have died trying to cross the Mexico/US border. Tens of thousands have been incapacitated trying to cross. Millions of migrant people live their entire lives in hiding in the US.
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Bush to fortify westernmost stretch of Border
SD Union Trubine, c/o sd imc volunteer,

SAN DIEGO – The Bush administration said Wednesday it will fortify the westernmost stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border over the objections of environmentalists and California regulators, who feared the project would harm a refuge for endangered birds.
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HRCC Proposes Immigration Policy Reform
Human Rights Coalition of California,

The Minutemen's solution is to DEPORT and "ship out," as one Californa Minuteman put it,the undocumented people in America by the thousands. We need a solution which is both fair and rational. Our Coalition Board and I have decided to table the action item to seek public input on the proposition. We wish to ensure that the proposal is fair to consensus of fellow human rights organizations and concerned people. To provide your input or questions please e-mail us at  HRCC@Representative.com; Subject "Proposed Legislation." We greatly appreciate your time and participation.
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Human Rights Org. Patrols with Minutemen
Cristian Aguilera,

HRCC Protest Against California Minutemen September 11. The Human Rights Coalition of California was on hand for the launch of the California Minutemen Border Watch along the Campo,Ca border.
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A Call For Solidarity
David Agranoff,

David mailed me this statement asking for solidarity and asked that I post it on IndyMedia. There are only a few spelling errors/typos in David's letter because he had to write this in a bit of a hurry, but I will try to make them coherent while keeping as much of David's writing in it's original form as possible. Hopefully I don't add my own typos as I type this out.

- Bob Alba
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Shut Down the Minutemen Recruitment Drive
ARA,

HATE GROUP TO MEET IN BABYLON, NEW YORK!
Phone Jam to Shut Down the Minutemen Recruiting Drive!
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JOIN US SEPT. 11 AGAINST MINUTEMEN AT CAMPO
HRCC President Ed Herrera,

Join the Human Rights Coalition of California against the RETURN OF THE CALIFORNIA MINUTEMEN. Jim Chase, California Minutemen Founder has announced a Border Watch to begin SEPTEMBER 11, 2005. Join the Human Rights Coalition of California and other human rights activists at the VFW in Campo, CA to protest the racism of the Minuteman Project.




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From A Buenas Noches Brigade...
The Buenas Noches Brigade,

...to a Buenas Noches Army!

A Call for Autonomous Direct Action to Smash the Rise of Fascism and Racism In Our Communities

A Call for Autonomous Direct Action to Smash the Borders That Capitalism Depends On

This is a call to all people who will be converging on the San Diego/Tijuana, Campo and Calexico/Mexicali regions to engage in autonomous direct action to stop the Minutemen, document it and share it with the world.
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HRCC Announces Camp. Against Minutemen Racism
Claudia Vasquez,

Human Rights Coalition of California Officially announces its Campaign against the Minuteman Project
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ACLU: Inland Border Sweeps Based on Race
Brenda Gazzar, Daily bulletin,

A civil rights group contends that hundreds of government documents released on last summer's Border Patrol sweeps in inland areas "seem to confirm the agency targeted people based on race," though border officials vigorously dispute that claim.


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Minutemen on Campo and the Encuentro
san diego anarchist,

"Now mind you, many people at Campo experienced personal triumph over difficulty (like facing goons with no police on your own in the dark night desert, that was different) and individual victories such as dealing with fear. But that has nothing to do with why we were there. I agree totally that the goons won. They wanted us to be miserable and unhappy and not be able to sleep unless they wanted us to and they GOT AWAY WITH IT."


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"CAUTION" by DoEAT
Dept. of Ecological Authoring Tactics, Inc,

If you happened to be crisscrossing the border on August 26, 2005, you might
have caught site of those ubiquitous yellow caution “3 People Running Across” signs along Interstate 5 and Interstate 905 between Tijuana and San Diego that were modified to say "Free Market", "Wanted", "No Benefits", and "Now Hiring".
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Nazi Rally in Lake Forest
:{I,

Nazi Rally in Lake Forest. Come protest the next David Dukkke.
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The No Border : the history of the part 1
vincent / blast furnace radio,

audio is stored >>>

history of the border part 1
 http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13907
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no border encuentro _ conference
~Bradley,

On August 28, a No Border Encuentro conference was held at the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego.
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no border encuentro _ beats against borders
~Bradley,

On the night of August 27, a benefit concert known as "Beats Against Borders" was held at Voz Alta in San Diego. The concert featured Dias Tristes, a Tijuana punk band, Southern California hip hop and break-beat dj's Boomerang Politick as well as the Bay Area's Entartete Kunst. We also heard from Roy San Filipo of the former Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation.
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(mp3) history of the border part 2
vincent / blast furnace radio,

part 2 history of the border

audio located >>>  http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13916
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no border encuentro _ maquiladora tour
~Bradley,

August 27 was the first day of the NoBorder Encuentro which took place in Tijuana and San Diego. The encuentro provided a time and space to become informed and fightback against the border, racism, capitalism and empire. We struggle for dignity, autonomy and freedom of movement for all peoples.
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Join Us for a Movement Against All Borders
o.r.g.a.n.i.c.,

Stop the Minutemen Project in September - Actions and No Border Camp to Shut down the Minutemen, Sept 16-18th. We call on people everywhere to converge on the San Diego/Tijuana region and the Mexicali/Calexico region of the Mexico/US border in order to stop the vigilante operation being planned there by the Friends of the Border Patrol, beginning on September 16th. We also call on those who cannot travel to these areas to organize solidarity actions in their home towns rejecting the Minutemen, Borders and the racist ideologies that Borders are built on.

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What's wrong with the ISO?
infoshop.org,

First is the selling of the newspaper. So much emphasis was placed on this activity alone that it was a requirement listed on the membership card that one signs upon joining. The ISO considered themselves the only legitimate heirs of Trotsky and Lenin, and their newspaper, Socialist Worker, the new Iskra. This was the main vehicle through which we were going to spread "socialist ideas and revolutionary consciousness." Never mind that the paper reads like a grade-school synthesis of the bourgeois press with some stock socialist phrases tacked on to the end of each paragraph.
...
While there might be an appearance of democratic debate within the group at the branch level, ultimately, everything is pretty much decided by the center in Chicago.


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An Encuentro Against All Borders
sd indymedia,

The No Border Encuentro took place on August 27-28th at the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego/Aztlan. Two days of events including a maquiladora tour, a benefit concert and a day of forums, panels and encounters took place with over 100 people from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Orange County, Eugene, Portland, Tijuana, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia participating. On the walls hung photos of recent actions to stop the Minutemen, a poster of the PGA Hallmarks, and maps of Calexico, where the No Border Camp will be in September. [Complete Summary, another account]

Radio coverage was done all weekend by Blast Furnace Radio, due to some technical difficultues at radioActive sanDiego.

Audio: Beats Against Borders with Dias Tristes, Boomerang Politick and Entartete Kunst | Encuentro Opening and Border History Panel | History of the Border Part 2 | Closing presentation by Ashanti Alston | Migration and Indigenous Nations 1 | 2

Photos: Maquiladora Tour | More | Beats Against Borders | Encuentro

This is only part of a large movement against the MinuteMen, La Migra and the Border itself. Thursday night before the conference, La Raza Rights Coalition held a community forum to present their demands around these issues to legislators. Next weekend, Sept 2-4, BorderHack 2005 will be taking place in Tijuana. Also that weekend, on the 3rd, is a forum against the Minutemen in Chula Vista.

The Encuentro was planned as a space to strategize about how to create a world without borders, how to effectively challenge racism and how to put an end to the Minuteman Project. These strategies will be put into action from September 16-18th in a series of actions and a No Border Camp in Calexico.
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(mp3) history of the border
vincent / blast furnace radio,

a talk about the history of the border

audio stored >>>  http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13907
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no border encuentro: ashanti alston
vincent / blast furnace radio,

great final talk at the no border gathering

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(mp3) music from no border encuentro
vincent / blast furnace radio,

audio is stored >>> san diego:
 http://www.radio4all.net/proginfo.php?id=13869

a bit echo-y but a good listen
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Protest Bush in San Diego
sd indymedia,

Two events are planned for Bush's visit to San Diego:

Candlelight Vigil: President Bush, Our loved ones are dying in an unjust war. WHY?
Monday Evening, August 29, 2005 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
WHERE: On Coronado Island along Ocean Blvd. Near Flora Ave and Rh Dana Place. (Directions: Take Coronado Bridge to Orange Ave. Left on Orange Ave. to Rh Dana Place. Right on Rh Dana Place - becomes Ocean Blvd.. Vigil will be on Ocean Blvd. along the beach.) No parking will be permitted along Ocean Blvd. on Monday and Tuesday. Carpool if you can and park as near the Hotel Del as you can.

Demonstration at NAS NORTH ISLAND MAIN GATE on Alameda. Main Gate on Alameda, Coronado, Tuesday, August 30, 6 a.m. Gates will open at 6:00 a.m. for the 10,000 "invited guests" and the ceremony will take place at 8:00 a.m. True to form, this will be a harbor-side event so protestors can be kept far from this location. However, the road leading to North Island in Coronado would be a good protest location. Since parking in Coronado is scarce and parking laws are enforced, the North County Coalition for Peace and Justice will be using public transportation to get there. Directions from North County are below; San Diego people should check with the bus company to figure out best route for themselves to arrive at demonstration location: NAS NORTH ISLAND MAIN GATE on Alameda.
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BorderHack 2005
Tj IMC,

Once again we call for a borderhack.

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Maquiladora Tour from Border Encuantra
Zachary Miles Baddorf,

Gringos and gringas visit Tijuana factories and communities and see the effects of NAFTA up close
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No Border Encuentro Wrap Up
lotu5,

Over a hundred people came out to Sunday's events at the No Border Encuentro and around a hundred came out to the benefit show, Beats Against Borders. Thank you so much to all who showed up and worked with us to create a world without borders.
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