Toy (fo)R Us
everardo carvajal,

Waffling company missteps into volatile immigration issue. First baby of 2007 contest, showing true colors, or thoughtless mistake?
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Blackwater considering San Diego facility
Anne Krueger (repost from SDUT),

A North Carolina-based security company is proposing to build an 824-acre firearms and tactical training facility on land that has been used for chicken and cattle ranches.

An application for the project by Blackwater USA is under review by the county Department of Planning and Land Use. The Potrero planning group voted 7-0 on Dec. 14 for early approval of the project.
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Martial Law in Baja, Mexico!
rocky neptun,

De-facto martial law now exists in the northwest corner of Baja state. Over 3,000 troops and federal officers have moved into the region, disarming the entire 2,300 Tijuana police force. Check points on the major roads and highways are manned by armed, nervous, young men with dark skins (the poor, mostly indigenous youth, are the few who can't buy their way out of compulsory military service).

As my lover (a Mexican national) and I drive through check-points, with machine guns pointed at our heads; as we walk the city streets swarming with armed troops, stopping people at will, we are saddened for the future of this wonderful country. The brutality of militarization, unleashed against peasants in Atenco, then workers, teachers and the poor in Oaxaca, has now come north. Young soldiers from Durango can now look across the fence at young soldiers from the California national guard.

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Campamento Zapatista
stopthegenocidecampaign.blogspot.com,

AL ANUNCIAR EL LLAMADO POR UN CAMPAMENTO, EL Delegado Zero DIJO:
“Decidimos mandar un mensaje urgente a los Mexicanos y Chicanos al norte del Río Grande para venir y maximizar el número de personas aquí, crear un espacio seguro, y proteger a las comunidades Cucapá y Kiliwa durante la temporada de pesca.” Después detalló que estos activistas van a formar un campamento de paz en la comunidad y brigadas que van a acompañar a los pescadores y pescadoras al río. Marcos prometió, “la única cosa que no nos hará venir aquí es un pedido formal de las autoridades Kiliwa y Cucapá.”

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Sin Fronteras! Global Day of Action and Camps
Participants at Zapatista Encuentro,

This proposal we read at the Encuentro with the Zapatista Communities and the People of the World in Oventic on January 2nd 2007 in the plenary setion for the Intergalatic Encuentro as a proposal for a theme to the Intergalactic and a Global Call to Action.

In this effort we are organizing No Border Camps for 4-5 days in the fall 2007 in the border region in Calexico and Mexicali and also actions against the border between Mexico and Guatemala. We are making a international call to Tear Down the Wall! We know that this is not the first wall and will not be the last.

Esto documento fue leido en el plenaria final de El Encuentro de Pueblos Zapatistas con el PUeblos del Mundo como un propuesta para un tema en la Intergalactica y tambien como un llamada a accion global.

En este esfuerzo, estamos organizando un campamento contra las fronteras con duración de 4 a 5 dias en el otoño de 2007 en la región fronteriza en Mexicali y en Calexico y a la par organizar diferentes acciones contra la frontera entre México y Guatemala. Hacemos un llamado internacional a Derribar el Muro! Sabemos que no es el primer muro y tampoco va a ser el último.
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Reports from San Diego Delegation to Oaxaca and Chiapas
Oaxaca Delegation 2006,

Activists from San Diego recently traveled to Oaxaca to deliver donations of media resources from San Diego folks and to Chiapas for the Zapatista Intergalactic Encuentro. Below is a compilation of their reports to date, which are being posted to Delete the Border.

From Luciente Zamora (dec 22): Concepcion said that she's not the same woman she was before all this happened... She wants to raise people's consciousness not just about the release of all the prisoners -- which she is fiercely fighting for -- but also to look around and see all the hunger, malnutrition, and ask why things are the way they are and do something about it. --Read More+Photos--

From donkilo (dec 24): After months of planning and a few weeks of worrying after all of the horrifying stories that we have heard by people who were in Oaxaca, the whole delegation is sitting in an internet cafe in Oaxaca, safe and sound. We are a few blocks from a federal police barricade. --Read More--

From j (dec 24): buses and trucks full of police drive through the streets. the police march through the zocalo. five indigenous women are violently harassed by these protectors of civil order. the police try to take the money the women made from their artesian work. the police grab one of the women. someone approaches this oppressive racist-classist scene, while two video cameras follow. the police walk away. an indigenous reality. --Read More--

Fom lotu5 (dec 24): The teacher introduces us to a man from the church who begins to tell us of their struggle. He says that even though the government says there have been 14 people murdered by the government, the community says there are more like 90 people murdered. --Read More--

From lotu5 (dec 27): I had read reports that the APPO decided to take down the barricades and decided to hand over radio universidad. But the personal story is very different. One of the women teachers answers me when I ask why was the cinco senores barricade taken down? She says that it was because 25 people from the barricade were taken away by the police and had their shoes taken off and were shot at point blank with rubber bullets in their feet. So parents of people in the barricades didn´t want their children to be tortured and they decided to take them down. --Read More--

From lotu5 (dec 29): we're in san cristobal now. lots of people are here from around the world to go to the zaptista encuentro. its so good to see old friends again and have a beer with them before spending a week in the jungle. --Read More--


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sandiego blogging from oaxaca and chiapas
lotu5,

This is the first of a number of blog entries I´ll be writing about my trip to Oaxaca and Chiapas, along with a group of people. You can read all of our entries here:

 http://deletetheborder.org/oaxaca-delegation-2006

and the rss feed is here:

 http://deletetheborder.org/feed/oaxaca-delegation-2006

We stayed up until 3am the night before packing, burning dvds, running errands, picking up things to bring. We got up at 6 to get across the border and take the flight from Tijuana to D.F. Got on the plane fine, got to D.F. fine. Took two different metro lines and walked many blocks to get the the CML. Everyone at the CML was very friendly and the folks from Radio Planton, who had just come up from Oaxaca, said that things were calmed down and that we should consider going... [click the title to read the rest of this entry]

j´s entry: Zocalo:  http://deletetheborder.org/node/1827

every entrance to the zocalo in oaxaca city is barricaded by the police
equipped in riot gear.
colonial walls and arches are painted in a patch work to cover all the
graffiti from the APPO occupation.
i can almost hear their words for justice echoing but it is not true all
that echos is an orchestra playing european christmas music.

thousands of pointsetias are planted in the ground for capitol comfort.
it reminds me of the blood that shed on this ground.
90 died to assure THIS `order´.
all i see are wealthy people at bourgie cafes.

buses and trucks full of police drive through the streets...

donkilo´s entry: La llegada , Our Arrival :  http://deletetheborder.org/node/1840

Pues por fin aquí estamos en Oaxaca. Después de meses de planificación y semanas de preocupación con todos los reportes que hemos escuchado, toda la delegación ya esta sentada en un internet café en la ciudad de Oaxaca, seguros y sanos. Estamos unas cuadras de una barricada de la PFP. Lo pasamos con un representante de la Seccion 22 del sindicato de maestros y no había ninguna molestia. Las huellas de las acciones de las semanas anteriores todavía existen. Hay pinta por todos lados cubriendo la grafiti de resistencia de antes. Todavía quedan algunos carteles y mensajes. Ya con el acuerdo de desmovilización con el gobierno, la gente habla abierta del APPO y de la lucha, pero esta vez con más “inteligencia”. Pero a la misma vez, nadie tiene pensado que van a reocupar al zócalo tampoco. Hace dos días hizo la gente del APPO una marcha pacifica de 10.000 personas demandando la libertad de los presos políticos que quedan encarcelados de los estados norteños de Mexico. No había ninguna confrontación con la policía...

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San Diego Con Oaxaca 22 Diciembre
compiled by san diego indymedia volunteer,

El viernes 22 de diciembre el grupo de la otra campana se reunio en el parque Chicano en solaridad con nuestros hermanos de Oaxaca.

Grandes y jóvenes hicieron presencia en ese día de solaridad. Aunque el grupo fue pequeño pero no fue pequeño su corazón, su lucha y su esperanza de un mundo mejor. Junt@s vimos que podemos cambiar el mundo que además otro mundo es posible siempre y cuando existan luchadores tenaces como nuestros compañeros. La esperanza vive en cada uno de nosotros y no esta muerta. Hoy con nuestra sola presencia dimos a conocer a los de arriba que nuestros compañeros de Oaxaca no están solos. Junto a ellos exclamamos al unísono ¡Por Oaxaca! --Leer Mas+fotos por Juan Sajche--

UPDATE 12/27: Festival Político Cultural, organizado por La Coalición vAPPOroaxaca, como una respuesta al llamado del EZLN para una jornada de movilización mundial en solidaridad con el pueblo de Oaxaca. El 22 de de Diciembre fue convocado para que todos, nos manifestaramos en contra de ese brutal estado de terror y guera que enfrentan nuestros hermanos oaxaqueños. El 22 de Diciembre vAPPOroaxaca se manifesto en Chicano Park por la tarde y en la mañana en el Consulado Mexicano. La Coalición vAPPOroaxaca, que desde Octubre de este año ha venido trabajando y haciendo actividades de solidaridad con Oaxaca. --Leer Mas+fotos por Angel Lita--

Related:
From ~Bradley- On December 22nd, hundreds of people came together in Mexico City to honor the peoples of Oaxaca, Acteal and Atenco during a global day of remembrance and solidarity. The demonstration was held at the Hemiciclo a Juárez in Mexico City's Historic Center where people spoke about Oaxaca and the demonstrations taking place around the world. --Read More via Santa Cruz Indymedia--

From Xochitl- There are still frequent patrols of municipal police, and we tensed up every time one came near. We are not sure whether we are on their lists for apprehension and deportation, or worse. We were astonished and overjoyed to be released after just 4 hours of detention, but they may want to ask us more questions now. Or they may have released us as a strategic move, to follow us detain our friends. We do know that some of the people we know and love, and who we spent time with in these last days in Oaxaca, are on those apprehension lists, so we were all always on the alert. --Read Reports via LA Indymedia--

From Sean Donahue- My friend Todd sat up late at night with one of the artists who painted the banner on the Municipal Palace. The teenager pulled out small figurines of animals, relics from the archaeological site near the center of town. "These are a gift from my grandparents," he said, "The gift my grandparents gave me is resistance." --Read More via Portland Indymedia--

From an Unnamed Wobbly- It's a constant struggle to understand how best to be in solidarity from here. On the one hand, you want to be where all the action is -- that is, the physical, dangerous, and public stuff. On the other hand, the dishes need to be washed at the CIPO collective house, and it's my day to mop the floors. Trying to be an "observer," or independent journalist, seems to be a cop-out, an easy road for the already privileged First Worlder in a conjuncture in which thousands of Oaxacans are risking much more than deportation... On the one hand, you want to play a part in history. On the other, you only sometimes understand the colonia slang, and somehow ended up with the barricade name "Nacho," when others have "La Maestra," "El Comandante," "Ursula," or "Batman." --Read More via Infoshop--

Up-to-date Oaxaca Coverage Español: Centro de Medios Libres | CMI Chiapas | CMI Oaxaca | APPO ||| English: Narco News | Indybay | NYC Indymedia | el enemigo común


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Repression in Oaxaca Deepens, APPO Movement Driven Underground
Repost: Xochitl, via LA Indymedia,

A collection of dispatches from Oaxaca tell a personal story of continuing government repression and the targeting of foreign nationals in Oaxaca. Special thanks to Xochitl for their contribution to the newswire and the risks taken to tell the story of the people of Oaxaca.
Summation of reports from the newswire by Xochitl:
THE LAST DAYS IN OAXACA - A REPORT BACK BY XOCHITL
13th Day in Oaxaca - A Report
9th & 10th Days in Oaxaca - A Report
Day 8 in Oaxaca - A Report
7th Day in Oaxaca - A Report
Sixth Day in Oaxaca - A Report
5th Day in Oaxaca - A Report
4th Day in Oaxaca - A Report
Many days in Oaxaca

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Immigration group may not be what they seem
repost,

By Michele R. Marcucci, STAFF WRITER
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¡Oaxaca Vive! Art show and benefit dinner Fri
dj lotu5,

Just a reminder that Oaxaca Vive! Art for the resistance! is happening Friday night, Dec 15th, from 7-10pm at the ASD community center in City heights at 4246 Wightman.

There will be live music performed by Angel Lita and special guests and traditional Oaxacan food served. You can still submit art to the show and silent auction to benefit the resistance in Oaxaca by emailing lotu5 at resist d0t ca.

All funds raised at this event are going directly to the people of Oaxaca.

You can get the flyer here:
 http://deletetheborder.org/node/1748

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Teacher on PFP Terror in Oaxaca
interview, transcription, translation by O, J, B, R, E and K,

This is the testimony (via phone) of a teacher from an outlying village on November 21, the day after she participated in a women's march in Oaxaca City that was was attacked by Mexican Federal Preventative Police (PFP), who have been occupying Oaxaca since October 29. She talks about the attack on the march, repression of and violence against women and children, the failure of organizations such as Amnesty International to help and the importance of international solidarity. (Spanish with english translation)

"Right now in Oaxaca there is a generalized repression, but since last week, another form of repression started, one that is geared towards children and women. When we walk by the streets where the men of the PFP, with the excuse of looking for weapons, they search us. Touching all of our bodies, both men and female, and if that was not enough, they made fun... That is why the day before yesterday, the women decided to mach and protest against the violence towards our gender, and of course against their power and violence."

"The comrades of the village asked us (women) to lead the march, because they are angry at what they (PFP) are doing (to us)... Just as we were passing by the attacks started. There was an incredible amount of tear gas that did not let us breathe or see where we were headed. We had to protect the children with our bodies and hide them under our clothes trying to get them away and we would scream that there were kids and old people there. That they needed to stop the aggression, but they had it all prepared. There was no sense in running, they were attacking from all four sides. It was then that the youth from the university arrived and began taking the kids away from the area. We were able to see that some of the guys were pulled. That is why we were so anguished, and we wanted to know what had happened to our youth. And we were told that they (PFP) pulled a female too. For about two or three hours after that, they were shooting tear gas to where we were running. And well, they had us in that state of terror, and in those moments all we could do was to pull back to the church, and to ask for medical assistance."

"We also insisted that the people we had heard were present, from amnesty international; to show up and testify the state of terror and violence they have had Oaxaca in for more than 5 months now. Unfortunately, they told us they could not come, because they had a very busy agenda."

"I world like to say that it saddens me a lot to be in the streets, and to see that I am becoming part of a now normal and typical panorama, that these aggressors, these invaders are here in our streets. It is sad to see that the warm, beautiful Oaxaca filled with brave people now is invaded by these people (PFP). And I think to my self: how long will they be here; intimidating us?"

"I know that somewhere in this world there are many hearts that will hear and understand our call, and I can assure you that we feel those invisible hands, that even though we do not see, we know they are fighting for our dignity. Especially the women: don’t leave us alone. We are not afraid, we are filled with indignation, rage for what they are doing. Keep on answering our calls. I have a lot of confidence in the help of the international community, and of course of our people. We are going to accomplish it. This century will change all the things that need to change."
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Call for submissions - Oaxaca Vive!
Oaxaca Vive!,

Call for submissions for Oaxaca Vive! Art for the Resistance!

Oaxaca Vive! will be a night of art to support the resistance in Oaxaca
on December 15th. We are looking for submissions of artwork of any kind
for our silent auction. Please help us raise funds for the struggle in
Oaxaca by either making art about Oaxaca or donating some artwork that
you've already made. A number of people from San Diego are travelling to
Oaxaca in December and plan to take the funds raised directly to the
people in the struggle against Ulyses Ortiz Ruiz and for autonomy.



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Vigil, Mayor's office
ad hoc sdimc volunteer,

PLEASE JOIN US *FOR A PEACEFUL VIGIL *

*IN FRONT OF MAYOR JERRY SANDERS' OFFICE *

Let's Stand Together for Peace, Justice & Human Dignity in our Communities
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SATURDAY FORUM ON IMMIGRATION ISSUES
ad hoc sdimc volunteer,

December 2, 9 am - 11 am at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral in the Hillcrest/Banker's Hill area.

We will present a two-hour informational forum on the topic of immigration reform, offering the community a chance to learn more about this critical issue. Three high caliber speakers will discuss the theology, practicality, and reality of immigration, followed by Q&A.
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Make Dec. 1 Rosa Parks Human Rights Day
Boston Rosa Parks Human Rights Day Committee,

Make December 1 Rosa Parks Human Rights Day

Friday, Dec. 1
1:00pm - Rally/March
Dudley Square, Roxbury, MA
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Socialist Party Makes Big Gains In The Nether
Steven Argue ,

Dutch voters were fed up with both the ruling Christian Democrat (CDA) government led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenede as well as the powerful Labor Party (PvdA) and Liberal Party (VVD). All three parties have carried out the policies of austerity and privatization that are components of the drive for higher corporate profit as well as integration into the capitalist European Union.
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Manifesto Presented to Consul as Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Closes
san diego indymedia volunteer,

With a press conference and presentation of a Manifesto to the Consul, the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had occupied the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate since the invasion of Oaxaca City by Federal Preventative Forces (PFP) on October 29, closed Tuesday and moved to Chican@ Perk in Sherman Heights.

The Camp had become a center for education about the corrupt government in Oaxaca, ongoing repression and the resistance, as well as a hub for organizing activity. The Plantonistas communicated their messages using diverse tactics, including marches, rallies, banners, chants, photos, sidewalk chalk art, flyers, video showings and conversations.

As the Camp was being dismantled, the Consul Luis Cabrera presented himself to receive a copy of the VAPPOR-OAXACA Manifesto, signing a statement that he would forward it to outgoing President Vincente Fox and fraudulently elected incoming President Felipe Calderón.

Christy Will, who was present at the Camp Tuesday morning, introduced herself to the representative of the government that is violently repressing the resistance her brother Brad was documenting as he was murdered and that is sheltering his assassins. She earlier read a statement on Radio Universidad thanking the Plantonistas for their solidarity with the people of Oaxaca, expressing support for the demands of The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) and announcing the formation of a foundation to "support and contribute to nonviolent groups dedicated to the advancement of underserved people and communities throughout the world."

The Manifesto declares the solidarity of VAPPOR-OAXACA with the people of Oaxaca and their representatives, APPO. It connects the dots between the current struggle, the role of the international capitalist system stretching back 514 years to the European invasion, and the repression of Oaxaqueños and other migrants in the border region. It also submits demands paralleling those of APPO: immediate withdrawal of Mexican federal forces; a complete end to repression, harassment, torture and psychological warfare; freedom for all political prisoners and disappeared, with compensation; and the removal and immediate arrest, judgment and punishment of the corrupt governor Ulises Ruiz.

The Plantonistas reclaimed public space in front of the Consulate and held the space day and night despite harassment by cops and Consulate personnel in a heavily gentrified neighborhood of Little Italy, where private security forces aided by cops have made it nearly impossible to sit down, much less lie down, without buying crap.

The Camp was maintained by a coalition of individuals and groups operating on a consensus basis that came to be called VAPPOR (Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia) OAXACA, including Oaxaqueños in San Diego County, Adherents to the Zapatista Sixth Declaration, Anarchists, Students, Migrant Advocates and others. Members of VAPPOR OAXACA plan to continue their educational efforts and actions elsewhere in San Diego.

Numerous other solidarity actions around the world have been raising awareness of ongoing repression and resistance in Oaxaca, despite a corporate media near blackout.

The Seventh MegaMarch, called for by APPO with the intention of surrounding PFP troops in the Zócalo of Oaxaca City and ejecting them on November 25, is in progress. For live coverage, check out Radio Universidad (go here and look to the right column to find the latest reliable streaming links).

Video 8min 20sec: Press Conference (espanol), Christy Will (english and espanol) and dismantling of the Camp.
Video:12min 17sec Presentation of Manifesto to Consul (espanol)
Press Release and Manifesto

Continuing Updates: espanol: 1 2 3 | english 1 2 3

UPDATE: Photos From Last Day of Planton

SD Reports: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

SD Audio: 1 2 3

SD Video: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Features: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Rally in Solidarity with Oaxaca Nov 19
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday November 19, a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

The Rally included numerous speakers discussing the situation in Oaxaca and the courageous resistance of the people, a reading of the manifesto written by VAPPOR OAXACA (Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia), the companer@s who been maintaining the Solidarity Camp, a phone call to Radio Universidad from a cousin of Brad Will who happened upon the Camp while visiting relatives in Little Italy, passionate and energetic music, and the dramatic arrival of marchers from another part of the city.

The Rally was part of a series of events leading up to November 20, for which the Zapatistas called for international actions in solidarity with the resistance in Oaxaca. Numerous events were held in the u.s. and globally, including a blockade of major roadways in Chiapas, a blockade, march and critical mass ride in San Francisco, and Oaxaca video showing, street theater and dance in Barcelona.

Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Nov 19 Rally Part 1
Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Nov 19 Rally Part 2

Past SDIMC Features on Oaxaca and the Camp: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Rally - Part 2
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday, November 19 a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

Video: Part One shows rally setup, interactions with cops, introductory ceremony, two speakers, cousin of Brad Will from Los Angeles speaking by cell phone to Radio Universidad, arrival of marchers and music. 13min 24sec 17.8 Mbytes

Video: Part Two shows the reading of a Manifesto by the VAPPOR OAXACA Solidarity Camp, two speakers and music. 11min 54 sec 15.8 Mbytes

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Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Rally - Part 1
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday, November 19 a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

Video: Part One shows rally setup, interactions with cops, introductory ceremony, two speakers, cousin of Brad Will from Los Angeles speaking by cell phone to Radio Universidad, arrival of marchers and music. 13min 24sec 17.8 Mbytes

Video: Part Two shows the reading of a Manifesto by the VAPPOR OAXACA Solidarity Camp, two speakers and music. 11min 54 sec 15.8 Mbytes

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OAXACAN SOLIDARITY BENEFIT, Fri, Dec 15th
Oaxaca Vive!,

Oaxaca Vive!
Art for the Resistance
Solidarity Benefit

Friday, December 15, 2006
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

//

¡Oaxaca Vive!
Arte por la Resistencia
Evento Benéfico de Solidaridad

Viernes, el 15 de diciembre, 2006
7 p.m. a 10 p.m.

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Video: Nov 21 VAPPOR OAXACA Camp Press Conference
san diego indymedia volunteer,

At a press conference on Tuesday, November 21, VAPPOR OAXACA, the group that has been maintaining the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp outside the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, announced that the Camp would move to Chican@ Perk to continue its mission of bringing attention to the repression in Oaxaca and the courageous resistance of the people.

Video: 8 min 20 sec, includes statement to press (espanol), phone call to Radio Universidad by Christy Will, Brad Will's sister (english and espanol), and dismantling of the Camp.
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VAPPOR Press Release and Manifiesto Bilingue
donkilo,

El manifiesto en español esta al fondo.
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Okupa! Video about squats in Southern Europe
dj lotu5 and the platform,

This is an early, rough cut of this film. I'm not sure what direction I want to go with this and am looking for feedback.

Okupa investigates Deleuze's figure of the urban nomad, engaging in war with the state through the creation of smooth spaces. The video shows the activities and struggles of 4 occupied social centers or squats: Dezguace, Seco and Labo 03 all in Madrid and Casa de Iniciativas 1.5 in Málaga. The film shows the hacklabs, theater productions and workshops that are the daily activity of the social centers as well as the struggles against eviction.

The video is a rough cut, and as such has small editing glitches. Also, it is partially subtitled, but not contiguously subtited, so if you don't speak spanish and the subtitles stop, skip ahead to the next section of the film.

(can anyone help me translate this email into español?)

Watch the video here:
MP4 at video.indymedia.org
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Video: Operation Bigger Fences Fewer Families
Private Pipi and General Giggles,

CIRCA (The Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army) returns to the Home Depot where day laborers are trying to find work and the Minutemen are trying to stop them.


YouTube - Operation Bigger Fences, Fewer Families!:
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8xmJcmD7_Y

High(er) Quality Quicktime Version :
 http://video.indymedia.org/en/2006/11/591.shtml
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The Minuteklan Rallies: Observer Arrested
Rachel,

The Minuteklan rallied in Vista and Carmel Valley Nov. 18th.

I was at the Home Depot on Fairmount in Mission Valley. No Minutemen came there today. It was very quiet.

Beginning at 7am this morning, a group of Minutemen amassed themselves at a day labor site outside a Vons shopping center in Vista. When we heard the Fairmount Minutepeople were in Vista, my compatriot and I headed up there, too. The group of Vista racists was perhaps 50 strong or more, bearing large signs demanding the deportation of undocumented immigrants and a policy that would establish an impermeable border. In addition to the Minutemen, a collection of 20 or so community members were present, demonstrating their solidarity with the day laborers whose ability to find work today was obstructed by the racist rally. Before I arrived on the scene, one community member had already been arrested for allegedly skateboarding without identification.

The Minutemen disbanded and made for the Carmel Valley Canyon at about 11am. The migrant population that rests in the Carmel Valley Canyon had left by the time of the Minutemen and their observers' arrival, leaving the space to a barricade of police, maybe a hundred Minutepeople, a couple of skinheads, the 15 or so who stood by to represent an opposition to racist vigilantism, a few Brown Berets, and the baffled residents of the sprawling tract housing development adjacent to the canyon.

See Also: America's Most Racist City
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Oaxaca Solidarity Camp: Rally 2PM Sunday
san diego indymedia volunteer,

VAPPOR OAXACA Rally
(Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia)
2PM Sunday November 19
Mexican Consulate, 1549 India St. Little Italy

The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp has continuously occupied the sidewalk outside the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, 24/7, for 21 days, since the invasion of Oaxaca by Mexican federal troops on October 29, in solidarity with the Oaxacan resistance's demands put forth by The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO): that the murderous governor Ulises Ruiz be removed, that the federal troops leave Oaxaca, and that all political prisoners be released and the disappeared be returned.

The Camp has been educating the community about the human rights violations occurring in Oaxaca and the ongoing resistance through banners proclaiming Fox and Ruiz as murderers and listing the demands of the resistance, photographs showing the invasion and the people's resistance, flowers and a Dia de los Muertos altar, flyers, rallies and marches, chants, one-on-one discussions and videos. People waiting in line outside the consulate in the morning have been particularly receptive to these messages. Corporate media showed modest, sound-bite-level interest in the events in Oaxaca and the Camp early on, but characteristically lost interest in one of the most important stories of repression and resistance of this century.

The Camp has weathered the unsuccessful efforts of consulate personnel and cops to repress its solidarity actions, including illegal detentions, surveillance, attempts at infiltration, violent threats and actions against marchers, including ramming a copcar into the wheelchair of a protester, and endeavoring to turn local businesses and residents against the protesters. Although relations with residents of the high-priced neighborhood surrounding the consulate were rocky at first, with some complaints about noise, the warmth of the people occupying the camp and the power of their message has won over the locals, leading to friendly relations, expressions of support and donations of food.

Numerous solidarity actions around the globe are planned for the days leading up to Nov 20, when the EZLN has called for solidarity blockades, including a rally at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, 1549 India St in Little Italy on Sun Nov 19 at 2PM.

Highlights/Reports from the camp since the Oaxaca Solidarity March on Nov 5:
The Attitude of the Mexican Consul Nov 6-7: Since the Mexican government is a strict hierarchy it is no surprise that the local Mexican consul is of course their echo. Instead of acknowledging that his role is to understand and service the requests of all Mexicans, he is concerned only with offering up Mexico (and its population) to foreign tourists and investors, not caring if Oaxacans barely survive while living at the mercy of fear, exploitation, torture and murder. Read More

Meeting Held at Mexican Consulate Nov 8: Groups, organizations, collectives and individuals met in a formal attempt to develop a more consistent coordination with all people in solidarity with the Oaxacan struggle, lead by the APPO, about the responsibility of the encampment in front of the Mexican Consulate. Read More

SD Street Party: A little birdie told me that people are planning to go the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy the night that the corrupt, murderous governor of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz, announces his resignation, which is the principal demand of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, a coalition of teachers, students, farmers, indigenous groups and other social movements. Read More

Sister of Brad Will Visits Solidarity Camp Nov 10: Yesterday, Christy Will (Brad Will's sister) came to visit the Solidarity encampment in front of the Mexican consulate in San Diego. She thanked us for what we are doing and was visibly moved by the show of support that our encampment has made for the people of Oaxaca. Read More

Morning Videos Nov 15-17: Campers have been showing the video Victoria Todos Santos (PFP attack on the University repelled - Nov 2) on a laptop to the people standing in line waiting to enter the consulate in the mornings while explaining the situation in Oaxaca and the purpose of the Camp. The video helped to make real the difficult situation people in Oaxaca face and their courage and determination. Especially moving to the viewers was the interview with a young boy participating in the battle to protect the University. Watch the Video from Mal de Ojo TV

Continuing Updates: espanol: 1 2 3 | english 1 2

SD Reports: 1 2 3 NEW: 4 5

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NEW: 13 14 15 16 17

SD Audio: 1 2 3

SD Video: 1 2 NEW: 3 4


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Border Angels Press Conference Video
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Enrique Morones from Border Angels describes an agreement between property owners, city officials and migrant advocacy groups that will keep racists Minutemen away from the homes of San Diego's hardest working people. Video 2:48, english then espanol at 1:39.
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America's Most Racist City?
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UPDATE: Enrique Morones from Border Angels describes an agreement between property owners, city officials and migrant advocacy groups that will keep racists Minutemen away from the homes of San Diego's hardest working people. Video 2:48, english then espanol at 1:39

PRESS CONFERENCE
Friday 3:30PM Downtown
Broadway Circle in front of NBC studios

Many San Diegans are outraged at the recent portrayal of the undocumented community in the recent undercover NBC report by Ana Garcia of NBC channel 4 in Los Angeles. Her one sided story, not only has created fear in the canyon communities where some migrants live, but has energized hate groups such as the minutemen and hate radio such as Rick Roberts to ridicule and create a circus atmosphere at the very site many of the hardest working members of our community have lived for decades.

We will not allow the Minutemen or any other racist groups to continue to practice their hate and violence on our migrant brothers and sisters or anyone else, as this represents the worst of the American Spirit.

Enough! We demand that Mayor Jerry Saunders, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and the community at large say Enough, Basta!!! The whole world is watching and we can in a blink of an eye go from “Americas Finest City”, to “Americas Most Racist City”

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