Call 4 support by Anarchists Against the Wall
AWALLS,

URGENT CALL FOR DONATIONS

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Cuba 2007: Al habla con el M.L.C.
Movimiento Libertario Cubano,

* Entrevista hecha por el periódico ruso Situación, del colectivo anarquista Acción Autónoma www.avtonom.org, al MLC sobre el actual cuadro político en la isla. La traducción al castellano se publicó en El Libertario # 50, Venezuela, 2007. Mas información en www.mlc.contrapoder.org.ve y en www.nodo50.org/ellibertario
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La Revolución Mexicano: ¿Tierra y Libertad?
Jorge Garcia and Jeff Graves,

Looking at the Mexican Revolution from a distance, we can see that the overt theme was set in the tone of the poor versus the rich; those who drank pulque and had a sense of community and those who sipped fine wine at the expense of the working-class, with an affinity for privileged isolationism.

Ricardo Flores Magón may have been right all along when he said that:
“The dreamer is the designer of tomorrow. The practical man, the sensible, cold head, can laugh at the dreamer; they do not know that he, the dreamer, is the true dynamic force that pushes the world forward. Suppress the dreamer, and the world will deteriorate toward barbarism. Despised, impoverished, the dreamer opens the way for his race, sowing sowing sowing the seeds which will be harvested, not by him, but by the practical men, the sensible cold heads of tomorrow, who will laugh at the sight of another dreamer seeding, seeding, seeding.”


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Human Rights Activists Protest Police Violence in Oaxaca
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Monday, human rights activists responded to brutality in Oaxaca against a people's celebration of Guelaguetza, a traditional festival, by educating and protesting at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego.

On July 16, state and federal forces in Oaxaca City attacked members of APPO (Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca), people participating in the popular celebration and journalists, leaving at least one dead, numerous injuries and over 60 detained or disappeared (en1, en2; es1, es2). The popular Guelaguetza was an alternative to the government-supported celebration, co-opted from the traditional holiday by commercial tourist interests.

Activists from vAPPOroaxaca and The Indigenous Binational Front (FIOB) began early in the morning by informing the folks standing in line to get into the consulate about the situation in Oaxaca and by playing videos (vid1, vid2) from the July 16 attack on a laptop. After the Consul arrived mid-morning in his fancy car and expressed his displeasure by staring and making faces at the protesters, they began chanting and loudly demanding freedom for political prisoners and the removal of the corrupt governor of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz.

APPO formed last summer shortly after school teachers repelled an attack by state forces on their occupation of the zócalo (central plaza) of Oaxaca City and effectively governed the city for several months until an invasion by Federal Preventative Police, prompted by the murders of Oaxaqueños Esteban Zurrita and Emilio Alonso Fabian and Indymedia journalist Brad Will by government-sponsored paramilitaries, on October 27. San Diego activists set up a camp and continuously occupied the sidewalk outside of the Mexican Consulate from October 29 to November 21, using it as a base for protests, marches and rallies in solidarity with the People of Oaxaca.

Monday Protest Video | Solidarity Camp Coverage
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Femicide Conference Video
Rebeca,

Video from femicide conference held in May at Stanford University. Story coming soon!
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Human Rights Demo Mexican Consulate 9AM Monday
repost from e-mail,

RESPECT CIVIL AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN OAXACA
Violence of the State and Federal Police Must END
DEMONSTRATION Monday July 23 9AM
Mexican Consulate
1549 India St, Little Italy

The Indigenous Binational Front (FIOB acronyms in Spanish) calls for a boycott for the for the official Guelaguetza Organized by Ulises Ruiz Ortiz government through a vigil at the Consulate of Mexico to demand the respect of human rights.

The FIOB condemns the recent use violence by the state and federal government of Mexico towards the Oaxacan Indigenous people and calls for tourists to boycott the official Guelaguetza

El Frente Indígena de Organizaciones Binacionales (FIOB), Pronunciamos nuestro apoyo total al Pueblo Oaxaqueño con la idea firme del BOICOT TOTAL A LA GUELAGUETZA OFICIAL a través de una vigilia frente al consulado de México ante los recientes acontecimientos en el Estado de Oaxaca,

Reprobamos los actos de violencia, abuso de autoridad y represión por parte del Gobierno Estatal y Federal y pronunciamos nuestro apoyo total al Pueblo Oaxaqueño, Manteniendo su firme apoyo: * BOICOT TOTAL A LA GUELAGUETZA OFICIAL

¡La resistencia del pueblo Oaxaqueña continua!
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Black Thursday
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Two things that happened on Thursday, June 28 were so dire in their portents for America’s political future that the day may well go down in history as “Black Thursday.” First, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out two attempts to integrate public schools in Seattle and Louisville on the ground that school districts can’t make race a factor in assigning children to schools even to undo the effects of over a century of past discrimination against students of color. Then, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly killed a bad immigration “reform” bill because of organized political pressure from talk-radio hosts and other members of the rabid Right because it wasn’t punitive enough against so-called “illegal” immigrants. These events are a wake-up call to people still naïve enough to think the results of the 2006 election are the beginning of a progressive revival.
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The brain drain
posted by F Espinoza,

Our world order appears to have been designed to foster the egoism, individualism and dehumanization of humanity...
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A Story From An ICE Detention Facility
Annie Nimmety and Sismo,

Sr. X is an undocumented worker who resides in the West Coast. In 2007 he was taken in hand cuffs from his town by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and transported to a West Coast detention facility. There he was forced to put on one of three colors of jumpsuits. His jumpsuit was blue, the other colors being orange and red. Red signified the highest level of “illegality,” orange the medium level and blue the lowest threat level. Sr. X was put into a large room that, while he was there, held 200 human beings. There were five toilets for everyone stuck there. Brazilians, Argentineans, Guatemalans, Mexicans, “Africans” and “Asians” (Sr. X’s terms) made up the population of that cramped room.


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Photos from the Circus of Immigration!
general giggles,

Well I'm a silly clown and I know this was a long time ago, but here are some photos from the circus of immigraton! More info about the circus at  http://circasd.org

Join the clown army! Become a silly member of the Boredom Patrol and help us fight off boredom! Email us at circa-sd At riseup (d0t net . We practice weekly in City Heights and we're recruiting!

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Teen Producers Project Honors Local Activists
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The Media Arts Center's Teen Producers' Project showed "Voices of Change," a program of four short films honoring local activists in the Latino community, at the San Diego Public Library downtown June 27. The most moving part of the evening was the appearance of Herminia Enrique, one of the activists profiled, who spoke movingly about the need to stay positive and her gratitude that young people are continuing the struggle for human dignity and equal rights.
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bush invited to resign
x,

good short video
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Immigration Reform Is Needed, After Bush
Stewart A. Alexander,

Stewart Alexander, a presidential hopeful with the Peace and Freedom Party, says, “I believe Congress should work on comprehensive immigration reform after President Bush ends his term in office. I do not believe this important issue should be used as a political football or as a bandage for an administration that is hemorrhaging before the nation and the world.”


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The Good Lord Protected Me From Bush...
posted by F Espinoza,

"The Good Lord Protected Me From Bush," said President Fidel Castro referring to recent statements by the US statesman, who predicted that "one day, the Good Lord will take Fidel Castro away."
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Protest to Spanish authorities on the inhuman
stop deportation!,

On the 9th of June 2007 Osamuyia Aikpitanhi, a 23 year Nigerian, was killed by spanish police officers during a forced deportation. A Protest Note will be delivered to Spanish embassies around the globe at NOON on FRIDAY 29th of June 2007.
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The Way They Really Are
x,

This gives a whole new meaning to conspicuous consumption...

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ICE Raid in Vista
Tina Jillings - repost from e-mail,

From Tina Jillings: June 21, 2007. This morning I witnessed for the first time an ICE raid. It happened right here in Townsite. I must be honest and say that I have never seen anything like this except on television and watching this activity unfold live I must admit it is traumatizing. One can only imagine what the families are going through because of this horrible experience.

This morning I witnessed a mother and father being taken from their home while their children stood by and watched. The children ranging from ages 9 to 1 years old witnessed the entire arrest and were horrified by the events. I do not know if they understood that their lives would never be same. They watched helplessly as their little worlds were falling apart right in front of their face. The two oldest were crying hysterically, as far as the two younger ones go, one was in total shock and unable to speak until about 45 minutes, and the baby was clutching onto his Aunt.

After their parents were gone they began to sob and cry for their mama y papi. The oldest child (Cristal, 9,) gave me a description of what happened inside the home while we were waiting outside. She said that early in the morning someone was pounding on their door. "They screamed to open the door or they will knock it down". She said that they hid under the bed because they were afraid, because this type of thing never happened before. She said her father answered the door and that the men began to scream at him "get down on the floor or they will shoot him. " They all came out of their hiding places because the "Police/ICE guys were going throughout the house with guns and rifles drawn. They began to question all of them and eventually they took her Mom and Dad away. Their Aunt was called to collect the four children. I obtained information from the Aunt and videotaped the aftermath of this operation.

The separation of families must stop! These atrocities will not stop until we unite, and with one voice make it clear that we demand the passing of compassionate, fair, humane immigration reform! These children are American citizens and their basic right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness has been violated. These abuses must stop now! The time to act is now!


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Gracia Molina de Pick Speaks on Juárez
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Veteran local activist Gracia Molina de Pick and professor Ricardo Griswold del Castillo spoke to the San Diego Humanist Association June 17 about Benito Juárez, president of Mexico from 1859 to 1872 and a leader in the struggle for indigenous rights and a modern Mexico. Juárez fought the power of the Roman Catholic Church and was instrumental in drafting Mexico's progressive 1857 constitution, which guaranteed the separation of church and state. Molina de Pick also discussed her grandfather, Andrés Molina Esquivel, who wrote the first sympathetic Spanish-language biography of Juárez and also wrote "Los Grandes Problemas Nacionales," a 1909 exposé of the corruption of Mexico's dictator, Porfirio Díaz, which helped inspire the Mexican revolution the following year.
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O'odham Burial Ground Unearthed During Border Wall Construction
Jeff Hendricks,

Remains of the indigenous O'odham people were unearthed last month during the construction of the border wall between the United States and Mexico. Local O'odham residents are demanding that the remains be returned to them.--Read More--

Statement from the Elders of Ali Jegk Community of the Tohono O'odham Nation: ...On May 17th and May 21st of 2007 the remains of at least three humans were unearthed during the construction of a border zone "Vehicle Barrier" wall. These remains were found buried near the International Border, inside of Tohono O'odham Nation lands in Arizona.

The unearthed people are the direct ancestors of five families living in the Ali Jegk community of the Tohono O'odham Nation....Margaret Garcia cried and asked, "Why do these non-O'odham continue to mistreat us? We are humans, we do not go to their [Anglo] graves and dig them up and put them in boxes.�"... --Read More and Sign the Petition--

O'odham Solidarity Project || O'odham protest military home invasions at border || O'odham Youth Collective
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Se reúnen Fidel y Chávez
envia F Espinoza,

El presidente venezolano se encuentra en La Habana en una visita de trabajo y se reunió con su homólogo cubano durante seis horas en un ambiente de hermandad y solidaridad, donde reafirmaron las amplias y crecientes relaciones entre ambos países y pueblos...
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Arab-American Teach-in Explores U.S. Policy
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Any resemblance between what the mainstream U.S. media say about American involvement in the Middle East and reality is, if not purely coincidental, at least far-fetched, said three speakers at a teach-in on Middle East issues May 31 at the Four Points Sheraton on Aero Drive. Sponsored by the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC), the Alternate Focus public-access cable-TV program on Middle Eastern issues, the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice and the San Diego chapter of the National Lawyers’ Guild, the event showcased UCSD Iranian studies professor Babak Rahimi, UCSD history professor Michael Provence, and San Diego ADC president Nasser Barghouti, all of whom built their presentations around the contrast between what our media tell us about the Middle East and what’s really going on there.
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Silent Observers - streaming media vs borders
borderlands Hacklab,

Join the borderLands Hacklab on June 14th at 7pm for...

Silent*Observers - visual observations & streaming media practices

about the exhibition:Silent*Observers exhibition was originally produced in September 2005 in Croatia as international project developed in collaboration of Multimedia Institute in Zagreb, TheTHING NYC and UCSD/CRCA San Diego, with support of network of partner institutions. Research and production that proceeded the exhibition was focused on ideas on aesthetics of networked image, distributed audience, technological observation as methodologies and processing of systemic visual data.
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Protestors Block Private Immigration Detention Facility in Houston
repost from houston.indymedia.org,

From Houston Indymedia:
This morning at dawn, immigrant rights activists locked themselves to the entrance gates of the Houston Processing Center, a private immigration detention facility in North Houston. See Photos: [ 1 | 2 ] Audio

A statement from the activists:
This week the leaders of the richest and most powerful 8 countries in the world are meeting in Germany for the Group of 8 (G8) conference. During the G8 gathering these leaders will continue to strategize and promote the economic and political policy of neoliberal "globalization". These 8 nations, which compose 65% of the global economy have pushed for an economic system which impacts the whole world, making the rich richer, and impoverishing millions...--Read More--

More Info on Ongoing G8 Resistance: Germany IMC | Global IMC | UK IMC
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BORDER PATROL AGENT KILLS MAN
repost from San Diego Union Tribune,

By Debbi Farr Baker
UNION-TRIBUNE BREAKING NEWS TEAM

1:32 p.m. May 31, 2007

ESCONDIDO - A Border Patrol agent shot and killed a man early Thursday morning during a struggle over the agent's gun after the man ran away from a parking lot where agents had earlier arrested a dozen people suspected of illegal border crossing, authorities said.
The incident began around midnight, when undercover border agents patrolling El Cajon started following a blue 1991 Ford Aerostar van they suspected was carrying illegal immigrants, said Sheriff's homicide Sgt. Roy Frank.
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FOR TOTAL FREEDOM // Anti-G8 News Podcast
dj lotu5,

On this week's episode of Desiring (Incendiary Devices) Machines, I summarize the recent news about the resistance to the G8 in Germany including the recent actions in Hamburg (burning cop cars and over a thousand person black bloc! not bad for a first action...), the demonstration ban, the partial lifting of the demonstration ban and the refugee caravan to the G8...

Listen here:
 http://radioactiveradio.org/node/339

Subscribe to my podcast here:
 http://feeds.feedburner.com/didm

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Video of Circus of (Im)Migration
The Boredom Patrol,

Hello! For those of you who couldn't make it to the Circus of (Im)Migration, you can see some video documentation online. A longer, edited video is coming later in the summer, this is just straight unedited documentation of the actual performance.
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SD Artist Cultivates Spiritual, Sexual Garden
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

San Diego artist François Michel Beausoleil is noteworthy for the rich colors and backgrounds of his paintings and their wide variety of subject matter, from poerful male nudes to peaceful contemplations of the spiritual world. A French Canadian from Montreal, Beausoleil considers himself multicultural and regards his theme as the common nature of humanity. He's currently at work on a series of paintings called "My Spiritual Garden" which he hopes to exhibit as a group; the paintings consist of various individuals posed in the Buddhist meditation pose inside the lotus flower.
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Prelude to the G8: Tearing it up in Hamburg
Anti-G8 Action Faction,

On their way to block the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, anti-capitalists from all over Germany and the world stop in Hamburg to confront the Asian-European Meeting (ASEM).
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G8: Courts Grant Appeal: Star March Happening
repost from the Star March Coalition,

Star March Coalition

Press Release
May 25th 2007

*G8 2007 Protests in Germany*

*Courts Grant Appeal: Star March Can Happen*
The Star March Intends to go all the Way to the Kempinski Hotel
‘State of Emergency’ Does Not Justify a General Ban

The urgent appeal of the Star March Coalition lodged at the Schwerin
Court has been successful. The Coalition had lodged a law suit against
the general demonstration ban issued by the police department. A general
injunction over a 40 square kilometer area had been designated as a
demonstration free zone. Such an injunction would have been
unprecedented in the history of Germany.

More info here:  http://dissentnetwork.org
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dem ratz 8 L "if" and shit
tomy zenderz,

dem ratz 8 L 69and shit
no c/dc red alert irritated us

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