Immigration Activists Clash at Queer Democratic Club
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Immigration-rights attorney Lilia Velasquez and Mary Moreno Richardson, reverend canon of St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral, were brought in to speak at the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club May 24. While they largely agreed on the need to protect immigrants' rights against abusive Border Patrol enforcement and private Minuteman vigilantism, they disagreed dramatically on the merits of the current "compromise" immigration bill before the U.S. Senate. Richardson hailed the bill as a start for a long-needed discussion on the issue, while Velasquez denounced it as repressive and said that no bill at all would be better for immigrants than the one being proposed now.
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Spartacist League Says Don't Run Minutemen Of
The Internationalist,

Accompanying state repression against immigrants in post-9/11 America, racist vigilantes have escalated violent anti-immigrant attacks. The most prominent of these sinister groups is the so-called Minuteman Project which has staged armed "border patrols" hunting "illegal aliens" along the Mexican border. We have warned: "The Minutemen are shot through with fascist outfits.... These are not just racist bigots: they are armed and dangerous." Last October Minuteman founder Gilchrist fled the stage when student protesters unfurled a banner defending immigrant rights. Now the Spartacist League says students should not "disrupt" or shut down Minuteman events on campus. The SL pretends these racist vigilantes are not fascist, only "fascistic," and denies that they advocate or carry out deadly violence against the oppressed. The SL's whitewash of the racist vigilantes is a repudiation of Trotskyism and its own past actions, and an act of sabotage of the struggle to defend immigrants against government and vigilante terror. The Internationalist Group calls for organized immigrant/worker defense to sweep away these deadly immigrant hunters.
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Alexander: Immigrants Beaten Coast to Coast
Stewart A. Alexander,

On a day when Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton spent the evening in rallies with thousands of immigrants, to make amends for the terrible beatings that hundreds of immigrants and reporters received at the Los Angeles May Day rallies, President Bush, along with key Democrats and Republicans, took their tern beating up 12 million immigrants coast to coast.
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G8: Germant Govt Bans Demonstrations
Gipfelsoli Infogruppe,

All demonstrations in the vicinity of Heiligendamm have been prohibited
under a General Ban issued by the German Office for Association. The
grounds behind the fence and a 4 kilometre area around the perimetre of
the fence fall under the ban. With this ban, the protests are to be held
at a 6 kilometre distance.

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$10,000 Reward Offered in Migrant Camp Vandalism Case
Diane,

A $10,000 reward is being offered to anyone with information leading to the arrests of the vandals who destroyed several migrant camps in the Rancho Penasquitos area in January.

At a press conference last week, representatives from several Latin@ organizations announced that they had raised $9,000 to augment the $1,000 reward already offered by Crime Stoppers. --Read More--

Minutepeople who want a pocketful of cold, hard cash can rat out their former friends, colleagues or lovers by calling the Crime Stoppers ANONYMOUS, TOLL FREE tip line: 888-580-8477.

Video Report by Diane

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UpcomingEvents at the City Heights Free Skool
City Heights Free Skool,

Calendar and updates at  http://ciyheightsfreeskool.org !

Fri, May 25th, City Heights Free Skool Benefit Party!

8pm, Benefit Dance Party Begins!
Kegs and Bands!

Music by:
Chaz
Dr. Bird from Jehova's Fitness
DJ Lotu5
DJ Selectakon 43

$5 donation or a bike part or garden tool for a donation!
Vegan Cupcakes! Prizes, drinks, art, zines!!!

4246 Wightman St, San Diego, 92105
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Progressive website devoted to border issues
BorderVoz ,

A voice for immigrant rights movement...

BORDERVOZ
www.bordervoz.org
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New featured articles:

Immigration crackdown affects union organizers, border walls across the globe, New statistics on detentions, Analysis of right-wing, anti-immigrant organizations, Why the May 1st marches mattered,video footage of police attack on LA march, why organized labor should support legalization, wages fall (even lower) in the maquiladoras and more...

www.bordervoz.org
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Overthrow the Circus! DIDM show 2
dj lotu5,

Here's the second show of Desiring (Incendiary Devices) Machines. Onto doesn't join me, but Private Pipi from the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army does and we talk about the Circus of (Im)Migration, the No Borders Camp in November, creative resistance and healing laughter.

Music by: Lady Sovereign
and music from the new Entartete Kunst album!!!

Listen here - 17MB Mp3
 http://bang.calit2.net/rasd/system/files/didm-2007-05-14.mp3

Comment here! Please!
 http://bang.calit2.net/rasd/comment/reply/50#comment-form

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The Circus of (Im)migration is Coming!!!
CIRCA Boredom Patrol,

C.I.R.C.A. Boredom Patrol's Traveling CIRCUS of (Im)migration! A benefit for the No Border Camps in Calexico and Mexicali, the second week of November 2007.

Join us for stories, ridicule of fascism, creative resistance, tearing down walls and building community! ...including Fantastical feats of Fire, Lion Taming, Tight Rope Walking, Knife Throwing, Burlesque, Theater of the Oppressed, Videos, oh yeah and clowns too! ...all the walls are falling down, falling down, falling down...

Sunday May 13 7PM
The Rubber Rose 3812 Ray St North Park
619-296-7673
$5 suggested donation or bring some art about your vision of a world without borders

About the No Border Camp (from the no border camp zine (pdf) | español): As long as the US/Mexico border has existed, people have been struggling against it. It is a highly militarized, violent boundary marking an internal space of strict migration controls while allowing for unrestricted movement of capital and wealth. This border exists in a global context of apartheid borders, restriction of movement, and the division of indigenous peoples. For years around the world people have been tearing down fences, freeing detainees and fighting for the rights of migrant people. A global movement is rising. One of the many tactics in this movement is the no border camp – a space for direct action and community.

About the No Border Camp (from deletetheborder): The camp is intended to be a spectacular intervention in a discourse that at times ignores, and at other times justifies, the systematic violence, indignity and exploitation experienced by migrants in this country. The mobilization will bring many of us together in one place to share and learn. It is of equal importance to us that this not be just one isolated event that lasts a few days in one specific location. We view this mobilization as a process. It is a process of creating an anti-capitalist network for freedom of movement. For this mobilization to be a success, groups and individuals from a diversity of locales and experiences must make this project their own. We hope that others see this as an opportunity to build a platform from which this struggle can be demonstrated and articulated.

More info: deletetheborder | Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army
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Photos: International Workers Day in San Diego
reclaimer cynthia,

May 1st is International Workers Day, which originated in 1889 to commemorate the Haymarket Martyrs, who were executed on bogus charges because of their effective advocacy of the eight hour work day and anarchist philosophy. On May 1st, thousands of San Diegans marched and rallied in support of (Im)Migrants.

Millions of workers marched worldwide, including Oaxaca, Zurich, Tehran and Istanbul. In Los Angeles, police rioted, attacking a peaceful crowd of families with children using tear gas, batons and rubber bullets

Photos From San Diego.
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Jeremy Scahill Denounces Blackwater in San Diego
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Jeremy Scahill, author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Missionary Army," spoke in San Diego May 1 and La Mesa May 2 on Blackwater U.S.A., the politically connected "security" firm supplying more than 120,000 personnel to the U.S. occupation of Iraq — including at least 40,000 mercenaries in combat operations — and its secretive radical-Right founder, Erik Prince. He was brought to San Diego by opponents of the 824-acre training camp Blackwater wants to build in the quiet southeastern San Diego community of Potrero, and he discussed the company's Republican political connections, its involvement in Iraq and the Katrina response, and the failure of the U.S. mainstream media to cover these issues more critically.

Previous Coverage of Blackwater West: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
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No se tienta corazon para indocumentados
Coalición Pro-defensa del Migrante,

BOLETÍN DE PRENSA

Fecha: 7 de mayo

Contacto: Esmeralda Siu Márquez
Coalición Pro-defensa del Migrante
Tijuana, Baja California
607-7077

Originaria de México (Morelia, Michoacán) se dedica a hablar por los patrioteros anti-inmigrantes en Estados Unidos.
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Processed pics of 4/25 rally
reclaimer cynthia,

a little late, but at least i developed them.
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Protest Against Fox and Police Brutality
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Wednesday, about 100 demonstrators rallied outside the Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego to protest a "democracy and peace" award presented to former president of Mexico Vicente Fox. The protesters marched and cycled from the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park to the rally, struggling to use their sidewalks and streets against an oppressive and excessive sdpd presence.

Inside the opulent hotel, UCSD's corporate-dominated Institute of the Americas cited Fox for "strengthening the democratic institutions" of Mexico, but pretended not to notice the blood dripping from their guest's hands owing to the massacres in Atenco and Oaxaca, the stolen election of Calderón and other crimes (1, 2, 3). The Institute also failed to mention its own role, through involvement with Plan Puebla-Panama and other piracy programs of corporations, in the displacement of indigenous people from their traditional lands and the impoverishment of millions of Mexicans.

Outside, speakers at the open-mic rally recounted Fox's crimes and drew the parallel between the brutality of his regime and u.s. police brutality along the border, in Vista and in San Diego. To the delight of family members, a young child in a stroller was observed to chant, for the first time, "Oaxaca Vive!" Corporate media were out in force in search of sound bites and "controversy." Damn them.

CJ Ball, sdpd's designated captain in charge of suppressing political dissent, once again presided over the repressive efforts.

Angel Lita (updated): Nos congregamos en frente del US Grant Hotel en San Diego Ca, con la intención de mostrar nuestro repudio a este infame acto de Premiación a Vicente Fox. Galardón denominado "Presidente de la Democracia y de la Paz". Nos congregamos para hacer patente nuestro rechazo a semejante mentira, y que solo para el Instituto de las Americas; puede ser una verdad. Porque, en qué cabeza inteligente o por lo menos con un mínimo grado de honestidad, pueda siquiera imaginar que Vicente Fox es digno de recibir un premio de tal magnitud. Premio al Presidente de la Democracia y de la Paz? A que Democracia y qué Paz se refieren, a los muertos hasta ahora enterrados en la mina de Pasta de Conchos en Cohauila, y cuyos huerfanos y viudas, o madres o familiares siguen esperando todavia la justicia que con tanta behemencia Fox les prometio, y lo único que hizo fue que con mentiras y abusando del poder que representaba, hizo todo para ocultar y proteger a los verdaderos culpables; los señores del poder y del dinero. Cual democracia!? ...--Leer Mas--

Cynthia:...It made me pissed that the cops took full control of where we were going. I felt like a little girl pouting because I couldn't get anything my way when I was trying to reclaim a street. ahh... But yeah...fuck government repression. --Read More+Photos-- + --More Photos--


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Gender Borders & National Borders
repost from deleteTheBorder ,

From chaparral/deleteTheBorder: what do I mean by gender borders? By gender borders, I refer to the line that’s drawn between female & male, woman & man. The line that causes doctors to feel an obligation to use surgery on a non-consenting intersex baby to make it conform to the sex on one side of the border or the other. The line that means you don’t put a baby boy in a pink outfit or give a young girl a beebee gun or a toy truck and such examples. But also the line that means women should be put in their place- and stay there. If she rejects her submissive role, she’s called a bitch. The line that makes it so there are certain things that if a guy does, he’s subject to be called “fag” or “pussy”...

They’re trying to build a big wall on the border, dividing native people’s lands, making it more likely people will die crossing, wasting a fucking ton of money, and profiting the private corporations who will be involved in the development of it... Corporations are involved in the detainment and transportation of undocumented immigrants; people are blaming the immigrants for lack of jobs, but ignoring the fact that corporations are bringing thousands of job out of the country to exploit cheaper labor; the minutemen are patrolling the border for the 3rd year in a row, immigrants are getting shot by the border patrol...

I’m arguing here that people who cross gender borders and people who cross national borders (specifically those who cross national borders into a first world country from a non-first world country, and more specifically crossing from mexico into the u.s.) have a common struggle...

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Inmigrada se Vuelve Anti-inmigrante
Diane,

Durante el año pasado, Claudia García Spencer ha surgido como la nueva voz del movimiento anti-inmigrante estadounidense – grupos entrelazados que se han valido del origen mexicano de ella para darle un toque de legitimidad a una agenda restrictiva. Claudia afirma que habla por la mayoría de hispanos o latinos. No se cansa de desechar a los mexicanos que ingresaron clandestinamente a los Estados Unidos como “una horda de ilegales extranjeros, malagradecidos y sinvergüenzas” que amenazan al sueño americano, convirtiendo a las ciudades en “cloacas tercermundistas”.
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Cifra Corregida de Migrantes Muertos en 2006
Diane,

Grupos de apoyo al migrante revelan que han ocurrido al menos 4,235 muertes a lo largo de la frontera entera en los doce años desde que se puso en marcha el Operativo Guardián. Y 485 de estas muertes – una cifra mucho más elevada que la que se reportó oficialmente – ocurrieron el pasado año.
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Artist Bill Pierce Presents "Tenacious" May 5
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

An interview with veteran San Diego artist Bill Pierce, who's exhibited his strongly anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-war art all over the world — but no longer does so in San Diego because there isn't a market for it. In this interview, Pierce discusses the struggles involved in being a cutting-edge artist in San Diego and promotes his new group show, "Tenacious!," opening Sat., May 5 at Zedism Gallery, 3540 Adams Avenue in Normal Heights.
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Film School Confidential: Student Films Rock!
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The 2007 "Film School Confidential" showing took place April 15 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. This annual event showcases the best student films made in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Many of this year's films dealt with cross-border issues, giving voice to immigrant Elijio Gonzalez, pioneering Chicano artist Victor Ochoa and church activists who build homes for people in Tijuana. Other films included a documentary on upscale dog-grooming establishments and an hilarious anti-racist satire called "The Crayola Monologues."
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On The Edge, screning and director in SD
dj queen b,

FILM SCREENING AT DOUBLE LOCATIONS! On The Edge: The Femicides in Juarez
With guest speaker, documentary film maker Steev Hise
April 24th and 25th 2007


The Department of Women’s Studies
Tuesday April 24th, 2007
2:00pm
Storm Hall 136, San Diego State University
www.sdsu.edu
Contact Eneri Rodriguez at eneri.sdsu (At] yahoo d0t com


San Diego City College Amnesty International
Wednesday April 25th, 2007
11:15am
SAVILLE THEATER, San Diego City College
www.sdcity.edu
Contact: Rachel Brewer at rbewer at sdccd (d0t] edu

On The Edge is a documentary covering the brutal murders of hundreds of poor young women in the border town of Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, murders that have been repeatedly ignored and unresolved by police and governments since 1993, despite the continued and persistent efforts of family members and activists to obtain justice for the victims.
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Carta del Preso Político/Letter from Political Prisoner: David Venegas "el Alebrije"
kalo - repost from oaxacalibre.net,

Me encuentro preso en el penal de Santa Maria Ixcotel, en mi Ciudad de Oaxaca, entre aquí por una acusación fabricada de posesión de drogas, los policías que me detuvieron me golpearon y... soy acusado, ahora, de otro proceso judicial de sedición, y otros atentados en contra de la sociedad oaxaqueña, como la quema del tribunal del estado el día 25 de noviembre, demás es decirle a este valiente y digno pueblo de Oaxaca que todas estas acusaciones son falsas...en cada rostros antiguo, en cada consigna, en cada pinta que aparece furtivamente por la noche, en cada niño, en cada manta y en cada uno de nosotros que estamos presos, hay los motivos fraternos para seguir luchando, los invito a que no abandonemos esta lucha jamás. --Leer Mas--

I’m a prisoner in the Santa Maria Ixcotel prison in my city, Oaxaca. I was brought here on trumped up charges of narcotics possession. I was beaten by the police who arrested me and ...charged with a new count of sedition and other offenses against the Oaxacan society such as burning down the state Courthouse on November 25. I don’t need to tell the courageous, dignified people of Oaxaca that all these charges are false... In each elderly face, in each chant, in each graffiti that appears in the still of the night, in each child, in each banner, and in each one of us prisoners, our brother and sisterhood motivates us to keep struggling. I urge you never to abandon this struggle. Never. --Read More--

March Against Police Brutality from Oaxaca to San Diego: Wed April 25 6PM (English/Español): March | Bike Bloc || International Day of Solidarity with David Venegas Reyes and All Political Prisoners: Fri April 27 Español | English || oaxacalibre.net || Murders by Cops in San Diego County || Police Brutality at SD Reclaim the Streets
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May Day Forum on Immigrant Rights to be held
O. Rosales Castaneda,

The newly formed Raza Graduate Student Association at San Diego State University will host a forum on immigrant rights on the SDSU campus.
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Clowns Recruiting at UCSD Art Show!
General Giggles,

On April 6th, 2007, the Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army set up a recruiting booth at UCSD's Open Studios gallery show. They recruited new clowns, uncovered the racism at UCSD and prettied up the gallery.

From the recruiting brochure:
We, the Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA) are here at UCSD to recruit for our army. We see that there is already so much recruiting on campus: army, navy, police forces, sheriffs and our competition, the Border Patrol! Also, we see that UCSD is truly a school run by clowns, because they don't mean what they say or say what they mean, they're always creating contradictions.

Take, for example this little comparison between the UCSD Principles of Community and The Koala, a newspaper on campus funded by the school through Associated Students...--Read More--

CIRCA-Boredom Patrol Website | Video Shown at Recruiting Booth | Circus of (Im)migration West Coast Tour/No Border Camp Benefit
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DIDM - Desiring (Incenciary Devices) Machines
dj lotu5,

Subscribe to our podcast here:

 http://feeds.feedburner.com/didm

Listen to the second episode of DIDM (Desiring Machines / Incendiary Devices)!

 http://bang.calit2.net/rasd/files/didm-2007-04-18.mp3

On this awesome episode, we talk about borderlands by gloria anzaldua with dj queen b, queer community, chicana experience, reclaim the streets with The Bee and what happened there and lots of stuff with onto the ontologist including complexity and delanda as it applies to social struggle, the NY anarchist bookfair and the panel on resistance and mexico there, baudrillard and the mirror of production, abstract hacktivism, craftivism and the city heights free skool.

music by: nicky click, macromantics, peaches, combat wombat, scream club.
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How many Minutemen does it take to formulate an argument?
everardo carvajal,

The fifth annual Cesar Chavez pilgrimage occurred in Pomona, CA. this past Saturday. Approximately one hundred and fifty Pomona Valley residents attended the walk and festivities. Several members of the local Minutemen were also in attendance. However, given that walk was set to honor the legacy of giving and civil rights, why were the Minutemen/women compelled to attend?

I conversed with several of the Minutemen/Minutewomen in attendence. It became clear that the only clear thing about them was that they believed in something deeply. However, they simply don’t know what they believe in...
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March against Police Brutality - Oaxaca to SD
vAPPOr oaxaca,

The march will be starting on April 25 at 6pm at the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park on G Street between Kettner Blvd and State Street:

 http://tinyurl.com/yp4et3

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, responsible for brutal police repression in Oaxaca, Atenco and Chiapas, is coming to receive the "Award for Democracy and Peace", given by the Americas Institute, a right-wing organization located on the UC San Diego campus. On April 13, several participants in the non-violent Reclaim the Streets were victims of police brutality. In the past year at least 17 people have been murdered by police and the border patrol in SD County. We need to show them that we will NOT be intimidated by their violence! Bring your bike! La lucha sigue!
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Immigrants: 50K March for Immigration Reform
Stewart A. Alexander,

More than 50,000 immigrants and immigrant rights advocates filled the streets of Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, April 7, 2007, to rally support for fair legislation for immigrants; and to protest against the recent White House plan that will further restrict the rights of immigrants across America. The March and rally was one of the largest in recent months and it further demonstrated the growing momentum of the immigration rights movement.


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Washing the Feet of Deported Migrants
Diane,

Warmer weather is coming. As the temperatures increase, so do the number of migrant deaths. Groups supporting the migrants are calling on federal authorities to extend their protection services to ensure the maximum protection and safety of migrants crossing the border. As a sign of support and solidarity, and to draw attention to the vulnerability of the migrants, binational human rights groups will celebrate Holy Thursday by washing the feet of deported migrants.
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Lavado de los Pies a los Migrantes Deportados
Diane,

Entrando a la temporada de mayor calor, cuando el número de muertes se dispara, grupos de apoyo al migrante reiteran un llamado a las autoridades federales a asegurar que los Grupos BETA extiendan sus servicios de protección lo máximo posible.
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UCSD Open Studios
general giggles,

The Graduate Visual Arts Department at the University of California – San Diego invites the Southern California art community to view the work of its current MFA students at Open Studios on April 6, 2-8 p.m. Political handshakes, post-human dolls, Mexican moustaches, false promises, Old-Time
radio shows, military recruitment tools, epic octopi, drone machines, fishing boats and Chris Farley are among the explorations of these graduate students.
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