Immigration Policy Doomed to Repeat History
James Crawford,

A wise person once said, "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it." This is especially true when it comes to the U.S. and immigration policy. The following article explains why groups such as the minutemen have begun to appear and why Congress is on the verge of repeating history. Use this information to educate yourselves and your congress-person so that they do not repeat the mistakes of the past!
Read more >>

France: Racism, poverty fuel rebellion
Fred Goldstein,

The working class leadership in France has been weak on this question and downright reactionary at times. Right now they need to stop retreating. They must not confine themselves to mere protests against reactionary measures of repression. They need to demand that all the cops be withdrawn, that the emergency decrees be revoked. They need to come out for the justified rebellion.

The rebellious youth must be embraced as part of the working class. They may be unemployed, underemployed and/or unorganized, but right now they are potentially the greatest allies of the organized workers. They have overwhelmed a part of the state. They are mobilized and if they were to be joined by a solidarity strike against racism, poverty and oppression, the entire working class could push the ruling class offensive back.

It would be a mirror, but on a grander scale, of when the French workers in 1968 followed the students with a general strike and shook the ground under French capitalism. It is the lack of understanding of the national question, of the colonial question, of the importance of coming out against national oppression, that now stands in the way of a united struggle against capitalist exploitation itself. This must be overcome.
Read more >>

Solidarity with the Rebels of France
o.r.g.a.n.i.c. ,

The o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective wishes to extend our feelings of
solidarity to the rebels of the migrant communities of France. It is clear to us that the recent uprising which has spread across the country is a reaction against years of bitter racism that has ruined countless lives as well as a reaction against racist immigration policies based on that racism.
Read more >>

The US/Mexico Border
Corrie Ort,

A program at Miramar College Nov. 18 at 6:30 pm in room I-101 will address the militarization and globalization of the US/Mexico border.
Read more >>

Uprising against racist policies spreads
repost from corporate media,

From the associated press:

France imposing curfews under emergency law as rioting spreads to nearly 300 cities and towns

LE BLANC MESNIL, France – "It's the start of war, cried one teenager. "We hate the police," yelled another.

Read more >>

The Fall 2005 Free Press is Out!
san diego indymedia,

The San Diego Free Press for Fall 2005 is out! Including stories and photos from all of the Anti-Minutemen, Anti-Border actions all summer as well as stories on police killings in San Diego, interviews with local activists, interviews with survivors of Katrina and more! En espanol tambien! We will be having a meeting this week so that folks can come by and pick them up and help us distribute them.

Read it online here!
Read more >>

Paris Migrant Insurrection Continues, Spreads
lotu5, repost from various sources,

A week of riots in poor neighborhoods outside Paris gained dangerous new momentum Thursday, with youths shooting at police and firefighters and attacking trains and symbols of the French state.

Facing mounting criticism, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin vowed to restore order as the violence that erupted Oct. 27 spread to at least 20 towns, highlighting the frustration simmering in housing projects that are home to many North African immigrants.

Police deployed for a feared eighth night of clashes, after bands of youths lobbing stones and petrol bombs ignored President Jacques Chirac's appeal for calm a day earlier.

 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/03/ap/world/mainD8DL87FO3.shtml

Read more >>

Terminate the Terminator
TTT,

Join us as we build an altar on the Day of the Dead to remember the 3600
migrants that have died since Operation Gatekeeper was established 11 years
ago, listen as experts tell us why we need to vote NO on Propositions 74,
75, 76 & 77, learn more as to how the militariztion of the border not only
abuses human rights but also damages the environment, we need to vote for
the rights of all people regardless of race or lifestyles. Learn the
realities of immigration and discover who the minutemen really are. Forum
will bring in experts that ate on the front lines of these issues and will
convince you that we need to TERMINATE THE TERMINATOR
Read more >>

Save the Bay of La Paz & Gulf of California
Rainbow Hawk,

This is an effort to save the most biologically diverse body of water on Earth.
Read more >>

The No Border Movement Goes to Sacramento
djlotus, c/o phone reports from sacramento,

The mintuemen had planned a press conference on the steps of the california capitol today to announce their initiative for the california border patrol and show how great they are. A diverse group from all over California including working class people and directly affected communities showed up to say otherwise.

Update: Press Release on Arrests
 http://indybay.org/news/2005/10/1779473.php

Photos:
 http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/1721346.php
 http://santacruz.indymedia.org/newswire/display/18890/index.php

The minutemen were walled off from the protesters by CHP, horses and riot cops. About 350-500 protesters from San Francisco, San Diego and other cities were there to try to disrupt the event and provide a counterpoint to their racist messages. Less than half as many people, 150, were at the Minutemen rally.

While the Minutemen were making their speeches, numerous people tried to get past the lines to disrupt the activities. The Sacramento police used tazers numerous times. The sound of tazers clicking were "all over the place". One protester was held to the ground and tazered at the same time. There were 3 arrests, including one felony arrest with a 30,000 bail for a protester who was allegedly "resisting arrest". Demonstrators describd the police actions as "brutal", saying they were charging the crowd and "a lot of people were getting beat up".

Listen to the phone reports from Sacramento here:
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/7501.php
Read more >>

Minutemen Facilitating Cocaine Movement?
ii,

Minutemen Facilitating High Level Cocaine Movement?
Read more >>

Who's Behind the Minutemen?
Alex Gould,

Contrary to the official story, the USA is not one nation of many immigrants, but a prison of oppressed nations, including Latin@s. In the year 2004, another racist threat emerged against Latin@ and other immigrant workers: the Minutemen.
Read more >>

Chicano Park Wireless Network/DiaDeLosMuertos
Heads On Fire, posted by sd indymedia,

El Ombligo de los Barrios (the Chicano Park WiFi network) launches with a free family-oriented celebration of Dia de los Muertos from 12pm to 4pm. This fun-filled, family-oriented day honors the Day of the Dead holiday traditions , celebrates the distinctive Barrio Logan culture, and provides an opportunity for all to explore the benefits that wireless technology can bring to a community. The event is free and open to all.
Read more >>

In This World @ UCSD: Film on Afghan Migrants
posted by sd imc,

World Refugee Action @ UCSD presents "In This World"
Wednesday October 26th at 7pm
Where: PC Theatre
Read more >>

Great Political Plays at 6th @ Penn
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

6th @ Penn Theatre, 3704 Sixth Avenue in Hillcrest, is presenting on its so-called "off nights" (Sundays through Wednesdays) through November 16 an intense, profoundly moving program of plays united by the theme of inhumanity. The subjects of the plays include the genocides in Rwanda and Sudan, lingering anti-Jewish prejudice in America and the U.S. practice of "extraordinary rendition" — kidnapping terror suspects and flying them to countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt so they can be tortured. Their styles range from wrenching, realistic drama to circus-like satirical farce, but all four works combine a sense of political commitment with a passionate, artistically integral sense of drama.
Read more >>

TODAY@CHICANO PERK: MINUTEMEN DOCUMENTARY
xicanafarian,

* * * *

Join us for a special screening and engaging plática
at Chicano Perk!

Rights on the Line: Vigilantes at the Border
Co-produced by AFSC, ACLU, and PROJECT WITNESS

Tuesday, October 25, 2005
6:30 - 8 PM
Read more >>

Minutemen fire shots at legal observers
repost from SD Union Tribune by lotu5,

This has gone too far. These people have to be stopped.

'Two days later, two women who were trying to deliver a letter to Jim Chase said they heard a shot as they drove away after speaking with a member of the group, though they didn't know where it came from.

Chase, in an e-mailed response to Claudia Smith of the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation, one of the women in the car, said he had learned she had been "shot at." He said the shot could have come from Mexico or from hunters.'

Read more >>

A Warning ?
Ben,

Where would we really find the principal danger to civil liberty in a republic? Not in the governors as governors, not in the governed as governed, but in the governed unequipped to function as governors. The chief enemies of republican freedom are mental sloth, conformity, bigotry, superstition, credulity, monopoly in the market of ideas, and utter, benighted ignorance. Footnote 1 to ADDERLEY v. FLORIDA, 385 U.S. 39 (1966), JUSTICE DOUGLAS, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE FORTAS concur, dissenting.
Read more >>

SWARM the Minutemen - Phone JAM NOW!
SWARM the Minutemen,

The Minutemen are really ramping up their media campaign, including a major rally in Sacramento to promote their California Border Patrol initiative, an attempt to further militarize the border and our communities at the cost of more people's lives. Recently, they testified before congress (  http://www.dakotavoice.com/200510/20051018_6.html ) to ask that congres declare a state of emergency along the entire border. Clearly, they want more policing of our lives and communities, they want unrestricted fascism on the border. Still, resistance to the Minutemen (  http://www.deletetheborder.org/ ) has been powerful and is still growing, all across North America.
Read more >>

Dia de la Raza Celebration attacked by Police
reposted from MEChA by sd indymedia,

MECHA DE SDSU WON'T BE Intimidated !

At approximately 12:20pm during the Día de la Raza celebration at San Diego State University today (october 12) campus police tried to shut down and intimidate organizers and speakers who were celebrating the life and struggle of the oppressed people's throughout the world for land, peace and freedom from 513 years of European/U.S. colonialism.
Read more >>

Anti-Fascist Action Around the Country
repost from Chicago IMC, Columbus IMC by sd indymedia,

Toledo Erupts into Insurrection in Response to Nazi's - columbus indymedia report

A plan by Neo-Nazis to march through a neighborhood in northen Toledo Saturday October 15, incited a riot. The ISO (international socialist organziaton), ARA (anti-racist action) and various members of the community came to counter-demonstrate against the Nazi's which were comprised of members from the NSM (national socialist movement) and National Alliance. When the protesters arrived there were only about 8 nazis including Bill White spokesperson of the NSM. When police tried to escort the nazis out in the neighborhood they were pelted by rocks and a crowd of up to 600 residents gathered in protest. Tear gas was used to push back people but the police were unable to control the crowd as they were hit by rocks when they would try to advance. Read Full Article

Related: Opposition to Neo-Nazi March in Toledo

Anti-immigrant Conference Faced Protest, Blockade, Arrests: [permalink] Dozens, and then hundreds [ 1 | 2 | 3 ], of Chicago-area community members delayed, in dramatic fashion, a national anti-immigrant organization's meeting in Chicago's Arlington Heights suburb on the morning of October 15, 2005. Activists linked their bodies arm in arm to form a human chain at the gates of the school where a meeting of the Minuteman Project was slated to take place.



Chicago Indymedia Newswire coverage: iNo Pasaran! Stop the Minutemen! | Arrests In Arlington Heights | Report from the Chicago Anti-Minutemen Protest | Minutemen: Media Coverage Report



Other Indymedia coverage: San Diego: Minuteman efforts | Arizona: Beyond the Minutemen | LA: Minuteman protests | Mexico: Cierre del Proyecto Minuteman | Indymedia US: Two People Reportedly Run Over by "Minutemen" Racists



Additional Information: South West Action to Resist the Minutemen | deleteTheBorder | Immigrant Solidarity Network: Minutemen Watch
Read more >>

Homeland Security head:Expel 100% of illegals
http://www.breitbart.com,

Michael Chertoff has said that we need to expel 100% of illegal border-crossers. That's a good, if belated, idea. But it may be easier said than done. Do we have the huevos not only to close the border, but to handle the economic problems that will follow our coming off our addiction to cheap, illegal labor "cold turkey"?
Read more >>

Ohio Uprising Against Nazis and Racist Cops
repost from Columbus Indymedia c/o sd imc,

As the nazis started their march people started throwing baseball-sized rocks at them and the police protecting them. The police were overwhelmed as the crowd surged forward and forced the nazis to retreat to their cars and leave the city. What followed was large-scale rioting against the police, with participants targeting police cars, media vehicles, and a military recruiter's vehicle.
Read more >>

G20 ups effort to increase liberalization
Chiquita (someone's dog),

The G20 group of wealthy and developing nations have pledged to continue efforts to carry out the necessary reforms to increase global free trade.

World's major economies call for stable oil prices, free trade XIANGHE, China (AFX) - The Group of 20 most industrialized and largest developing countries called for stable oil prices and greater efforts to free up trade to reduce poverty and sustain economic growth
Read more >>

The Mindless American: A Tragedy In The Making
Doug Soderstrom,

As a result of nine-eleven’s jarring impact upon our nation, journalists have discovered a near paranoid rise in retaliation against individuals attempting to expose governmental malfeasance.
Read more >>

War, Poverty, Racism: Time for an Alternative
ISO San Diego,

War, Poverty, Racism: Time for an Alternative!
Southern California Socialist Conference
October 29th, 10am-7pm

East Los Angeles College
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park
Read more >>

Rally against the Minutemen! Disrupt the Minutemen!
deanosor,

Rally Against the Minutemen in Sacramento! English followed by Spanish
Read more >>

In Search of My Daughter: A Desert Death
ellee,

Mr. Cesario Dominguez will speak tomorrow night, 7-8:30pm at the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice on the USD campus. His daughter died while attempting to cross through the desert to the United States and the border patrol was unable to find her body. Frustrated and angry, he set out to find her alone.

Thursday night, he will share the story of his struggle.

For more information about the event  http://www.sandiego.edu/csl/liberty.html or call 619-260-4784
Read more >>

Report from Campo/Jacumba
Carlos Cantu,

On saturday October 8th elements from Gente Unida, The Organic Collective, and La Tierra es de Todos linked up at about noon at the border camp just below the Pacific Crest Trail head in Campo CA. The group included a total of seven Anarchists two of which came from LA. Both LA-ISO and ISO San Diego were absent.
Read more >>

Copwatch Conference Update
Bob Alba,

The following is the lastest update for the Copwatch Conference including the protest and schedule of workshops/panels. Some items are still being worked out and may be subject to change.
Read more >>