Resistance to Minutemen in Socal
sdimc volunteer, adapted from LA-IMC and US-IMC feature,

As cities across the country celebrate Labor Day Weekend & the beginning of fall with a week of demonstrations calling for fair and comprehensive immigration policy reform, and respect for all workers, resistance to vigilante rascist minutemen continues in southern California.

UPDATE: Charges against No More Deaths humanitarian activists dismissed (AZ-IMC)

UPDATE-2: Workers Repel Minutemen Incursion in Wilmington (LA-IMC)
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“Creating Chaos” Teach-In Explores Middle East
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

A teach-in called "Creating Chaos" in Golden Hill August 25, sponsored by the Middle East Cultural and Information Center (MECIC), featured three Arab-American speakers who challenged the view of Middle Eastern politics, especially the Israel-Lebanon war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq, commonly presented in the mainstream U.S. media. The speakers said the chaos created in the wake of the U.S. conquest of Iraq was deliberate and denounced the American peace movement for refusing to support the armed struggles of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in occupied Palestine and the resistance in Iraq.
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No Borders
c,

expect more of this....oh yeahhhhhhhhh.......
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MidEast Money Launderer Dwight Cantrell dead
Tony Ryals,

Note the link to the Houston Chronicle obituary that does not mention either cause of death nor that Mr. Cantrell was a major 'player' in Endovasc of Montgomery,Texas,a penny stock fraud that dumped worthless penny stock shares around the world including through the Kuala Lumpur and Dubai boiler room Bellador Group.The Houston Chronicle and houston.bizjournals.com are both proof of why Texas needs its indymedias and Houston needs houston.indymedia.org . Thank you Houston and Texas indymedia people.The FBI certainly won't investigate either.



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Stop the G8 in Mexico City! Movie Night Wed
lotu5,

Are you concerned about war, climate change or migration? The leaders of the 8 richest nations in the world, known as the G8 or group of 8, will be meeting in Mexico City from October 3-4th to further their policies which create war and climate change while restricting migration.

Wednesday, August 23rd at 7pm, San Diego Indymedia will be showing two films about the G8 at Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway in downtown San Diego. A 15 minute short called "Why Close the G8" about the need to abolish the G8 and a feature called "Berlusconi's Mousetrap" about the G8 meetings in Genoa and the ensuing police repression. If Seattle was Star Wars, this is the Empire Strikes Back.

Please help us distribute the flyer and get the word out about this important event! The flyer can be found here:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/08/117378.shtml

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A World Beyond Capitalism Conference.NoCharge
diversity,

The Second Annual International Multiracial Alliance Building Peace Conference, known as the 2006 A World Beyond Capitalism Conference is set to begin August 26th in Portland. It will continue from August 26th-28th, 2006. There is no charge for anything!  http://aworldbeyondcapitalism.org
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Video: Call for Blockades of G8 in 2007
repost from imc uk,

Watch the video here:

Blockade, from protest to resistance

 http://media.de.indymedia.org/rtsp/2006/08//154985.rm
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Minutemen founders fall out
repost from The Arizona Republic,

The honeymoon is over for the Minutemen.


More than 16 months after the civilian border patrol movement took root in
Arizona, the co-founders of the original Minuteman Project are feuding
publicly, and some former loyalists are calling for detailed accounting of
the estimated $1.6 million to $1.8 million in donations the group has
received.
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Remember the Hunger Strikers: Continue the Fight for Freedom
Janice Jordan - Peace and Feedom Party Candidate for Governor,

I returned last week from an eight day trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland. Every year the month of August in Belfast is filled with street festivals in many of the city's communities. This year is especially active, because 2006 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Ten Irishmen who gave their lives in the name of Irish freedom! The history of Irish liberation is a part of every day life. Support for the people of Palestine and Lebanon was visible in the pubs, on the streets and in the music halls. Recognizing and acting on the struggles of occupied and oppressed people around the world is something the Irish do without effort.
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Tracing the Trail of Destruction in Lebanon
Walden Bello*,

BEIRUT, Lebanon - The wounds of war were evident shortly after we crossed the Syria-Lebanon border at 1130 in the morning on August 12. At Haissa, about three kilometers from the Dabboussiyeh border crossing, we come across the ruins of a bridge hit by Israeli war planes just the day before. Villagers tell us 12 people were killed and 10 wounded, all civilians.


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Minutemen Swarming San Diego Day Labor Sites
Diane,

The Minutemen, the Citizens' Brigade, and other related groups are swarming day labor sites through out San Diego County, and they've become increasingly aggressive. They harass and abuse workers, both physically and verbally, chase away employers, harass customers who patronize businesses near the day labor sites, and threaten bystanders. Here are photos of 10 of the 20+ Minutemen and Minutewomen who frequent the day labor site near Home Depot on Fairmount Avenue (San Diego). Minutemen are at the site every Saturday and Sunday.
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Roots of Resistance: Summer Organizing Camp
rich,

September 8-10 @ the Circle-A Urban Ranch, San Diego
From www.organiccollective.org We are making Lightning!!!!!!
Let's break the apathy and fragmentation in our communities and burst through the cracks in this violent, racist, and boring control society! Our goal is to bring together an inspired group of radical folks looking to share and learn, network and strategize in a critical and constructive setting.
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Human Rights Conference, Tucson, October
Mark,

Amnesty International USA's Western Regional Conference is an annual three-day conference that brings together Amnesty members and human rights advocates from across the 13 Western United States. This year we hope you can join us in Tucson, Arizona. The focus of this year's conference will be "Human Rights Have No Borders." As the world has changed to face ever more daunting adversaries to human rights and sees abuses becoming justified in places like the United States itself, the conference will address a host of human rights challenges.

Amnesty International USA will be partnering with the Hopi Foundation & Borderlinks to bring you speakers from diverse backgrounds.
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Protest Immigration Hearing Wednesday
repost from Border Angels,

This Wednesday, August 2, the House Judiciary Committee will be holding yet another sham 'public hearing' on immigration reform in San Diego. Billed under the topic, "How Does Illegal Immigration Impact American Taxpayers and Will the Reid-Kennedy Amnesty Worsen the Blow?" it's obviously just another attempt to give a platform to anti-immigrant opponents of comprehensive reform.

Details for the hearing are as follows:

Where: Bayview Restaurant, Marine Corps Recruitment Depot
3800 Chosen Avenue, San Diego, CA 92140
When: Wednesday, August 2 at 2:00 pm
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Israel's Racism
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Historically Jews have been among the world's victims of racism, but since the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948 the Jews who run Israel and support it in the rest of the world have turned into the perpetrators of racism. Israel's current attacks in Lebanon and Gaza show the essentially racist nature of Zionism — particularly its regard for Jews as a sort of "master race" and its belief that one Jewish life is worth hundreds or even thousands of Arab or Palestinian lives — and the striking similarities between how Israel treats its neighbors and how Nazi Germany treated the Jews.
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SD Titan Corp,Skyway Communications,cocaine..
Tony Ryals,

Ranked among the 100 wealthiest Americans, Rainwater backed George W. Bush in four separate business ventures, including the Texas Rangers baseball team from which Bush, who had been drilling “dry holes” until then, profited handsomely. In a heated 1994 Governor’s race, Texas Democratic Governor Ann Richards charged Rainwater “owned" her Republican opponent Bush.

- Daniel Hopsicker , www.madcowprod.com
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Tijuana Report On the Edge: Juarez Femicides
Yolanda,

Between 70 and 80 people were in attendance at the Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana for Steev Hise's film On the Edge: The Femicides in Ciudad Juarez.

Lourdes Diaz, Director of Tijuana’s Women’s Municipal Institute gave the introduction. After the film about 80% of the audience stayed for over an hour of discussion with Steev Hise and Mrs. Sara Ruiz, moderated by Carmen Valadez of the Feminist Binational Collective.

Mrs. Ruiz’s daughter Sarita was abducted, assaulted and thrown from a moving car last December on to the streets of Tijuana by Pueblo Amigo, about four blocks away from the San Ysidro Port of Entry. She died six days later. Mrs. Ruiz carried out a 9-day hunger strike in June and says many mothers whose daughters have been victimized are afraid to speak out and have asked her to carry on for them also.

Majority awareness and actions are needed to halt and stop the spread of out-of-control atrocities. As evidenced by the reception of the screenings in San Diego and Tijuana this last week, On the Edge is an important step in this direction.
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Juarez Femicides Film Screening
queer-j brad,

For more than a decade, the cities of Chihuahua and Juarez, near the US-Mexico border, have been killing fields for young women, the site of over 400 unsolved femicides. Despite the horrific nature of these crimes, authorities at all levels exhibit indifference, and there is strong evidence that some officials may be involved. Impunity and corruption has permitted the criminals, whoever they are, to continue committing these acts, knowing there will be no consequences.

A significant number of victims work in the maquiladora sector - sweatshops that produce for export with 90% destined for the United States. Despite the crime wave, they offer almost no protection for their workers.

Small advances in the struggle for justice are due to the perseverance of victims' families who cannot be silenced despite the efforts of state and federal authorities to keep them quiet. Often grassroots groups work in a climate of threats and defamation by government officials for making one simple demand - STOP THE FEMICIDE!

On Wednesday, 26 July, SDIMC, in collaboration with the Young Adult Mystery Squad and Voz Alta, showed two documentaries concerning the situation in Juarez at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Hillcrest: On the Edge, by Steev Hise, and The Mothers of Juarez, by Zulma Aguiar. Steev Hise introduced the films and answered questions following the films. Audio Duration: 1min 50sec, 1min and 27min 50sec.

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Resist the G8 in Mexico Oct 3-4th!
repost from Rising Tide North America,

CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW! Call for Organized Opposition to counter the G8 + 5 Climate Summit: October 3-4 in Mexico City!

¡Enfrente la G8 + 5 Cumbre del Clima! Octubre 3-4 en Ciudad de México: ¡Justicia Climatica Ya!

October 3-4, 2006, Mexico City
Oppose fraudulent G8 climate negotiations!
Stop carbon trading, stand up for climate justice!
A zero emissions world is possible! Make it real!


On Tuesday, October 3 in Mexico City, the Energy and Environment Ministers from the "Group of Eight" (G8) industrialized countries are scheduled to begin negotiating a climate change deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012.
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EU migration policy and colonialisation ....
no-racism.net,

Between May 3 and May 5, 2006, several summits and an "International Conference for Inner Security" took place in Vienna. This initiative of the Austrian EU-council-presidency assembled high-ranking political deputies, police representatives from more than 50 countries (among them the USA) and various international organisations. Together, they were developing strategies in order to impair people's rights while at the same time trying to safeguard wealthy societies...
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Immigrant Round-ups Remniscent of the Nazis
Jorge Garcia,

As "raids" and "round-ups" of undocumented workers continues, there is a feeling of fear in San Diego, specifically from the Chicano/a and hispanic communities who are threatened by an ever-growing racist police state. People like Elliot Spagat and other members of the community show us why.
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All Out to Confront the Nazis in Southeast Wi
Milwaukee Anti-Racist Action,

shut 'em down
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Immigrants Are Lost In American Politics
Stewart A. Alexander,

Over the past 25 years Americans have enjoyed the benefits of immigrants for cheap labor; now the Washington leadership, that has relaxed enforcement and has permitted over twelve million immigrants to establish residency in the United States, is now reversing direction because cheaper labor is now in abundance in Asia. Washington is acting to protect the interest of corporate America, however there are many ramifications, families that are now part of the American fabric, working with us, living with us and are now part of our society.


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Protest Calderon's theft @ Mexican consulate
Todos los votos, voto por voto!! ,

Theft of the election by Calderon comes at a perfect time for the Bush regime and their money hungry NAFTA/WTO/PPP sponsoring corporations thirsting for the agua, labor, bosques and cultural lifeblood of Mexico's southern Sierra Madre mountains, petroleum reserves etc.. Let's not allow Calderon, another imperialist lapdog from Fox's PAN party, to steal the Mexican presidency! Choicepoint and other corporate voter fraud devices need to be removed from interfering with the democratic electoral processes..
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Police Violence in Hollywood, Cops Riot
la indymedia repost,

MEANWHILE, in LA...

HOLLYWOOD, July 8, 2006 - Police violence erupted in Hollywood today as a crowd of anti-Minutemen protesters and innocent bystanders were caught in the midst of a spontaneous police riot. As the Minutemen and their supporters held a protected rally on the southeast corner of Hollywood Blvd. and Argyle Street, the opposition overflowed to the nearby corners with the biggest crowd on the southwest corner. Having already surrounded the opposition protestors, members of the LAPD aggressively approached. This despite the fact that the opposition activists were non-violent even when approached by Minutemen provocateurs that frequently drifted across the street. Full Story by Next Move | | Also from the newswire: anti-Minutemen protest photos by Bob Morris VIDEO: video of protestors beat up at minutemen protest by phuk minutemen

UPDATE: Press Conference to Denounce LAPD Brutality this Tuesday

Film Screening: Juarez Femicides -- July 26th
sdimc,

FILM SCREENING:
On the Edge: The Juarez Femicides by Steev Hise
The Mothers of Juarez by Zulma Aguiar
Discussion with Steev Hise
Wed July 26 6:30 p.m.
Bard Hall, First Unitarian Universalist Church
4190 Front St. Hillcrest
$5 Donation Proceeds to Nuestras Hijas de Regreso A Casa (May Our Daughters Return Home) and SDIMC.

For more than a decade, the cities of Chihuahua and Juarez, near the US-Mexico border, have been killing fields for young women, the site of over 400 unsolved femicides. Despite the horrific nature of these crimes, authorities at all levels exhibit indifference, and there is strong evidence that some officials may be involved. Impunity and corruption has permitted the criminals, whoever they are, to continue committing these acts, knowing there will be no consequences.
Small advances in the struggle for justice are due to the perseverance of victims' families who cannot be silenced despite the efforts of state and federal authorities to keep them quiet. Campaigns by local, national and international non-governmental organizations are also important. Often grassroots groups work in a climate of threats and defamation by government officials for making one simple demand - STOP THE FEMICIDE!

Rather than provide an easy, murder-mystery style solution to the crimes, On The Edge sets out to explain the social, cultural, and economic factors that have created this situation where the killings can continue, and continue to go unpunished.


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Cocaina, Campeche: CIA, Republicanos Y PAN
Antonio Ryals,

Mientras que las noticias de México estan discutiendo el escándalo de los 5.5 + toneladas de cocaina capturado por el ejercito mexicano en el aeropuerto de Ciudad Del Carmen,Campeche, Mexico en Abril 10,2006 ninguna de ellos estan escribiendo sobre los origenes del avion DC-9 con matrícula N900SA.

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Hate groups infiltrating the US military
repost from boingboing.net,

Snip from a New York Times story by John Kifner about a report just issued by the Southern Poverty Law Center...


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Low Turnout, Negative Campaign Sank Busby
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The victory of Republican Brian Bilbray over Democrat Francine Busby is being hailed throughout much of the political establishment and the corporate media as an indication that Republicans don't have to worry about losing Congress this year. San Diego Democratic party chair Jess Durfee and activist Ira Lechner spoke to the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club June 22 to challenge that notion. According to Durfee and Lechner, what really sank Busby's campaign were low voter turnout and a relentlessly negative campaign by both candidates that discouraged many people from voting at all. Durfee argued that Republicans in particular deliberately run such negative campaigns to solidify their base while driving down turnout among those likely to vote Democrat.
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Palast Skewers Democrats in New Book
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Journalist, economist and activist Greg Palast came to San Diego June 10 in defiance of his publishers to promote his new book, "Armed Madhouse." The book attacks American politicians of both major parties and celebrates independent figures like Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez, former U.S. Presidential candidate H. Ross Perot and the late Louisiana governor Huey Long. It also offers a provocative explanation of what the war in Iraq is really about — not getting Iraq's oil, but quite the contrary: keeping it off the market in order to raise the price and increase the already swollen profits of Big Oil.
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