Call For Roadless Summer Against I-69
roadless summer,

North America's economic planners have re-prioritized
the construction of I-69, the NAFTA superhighway.
Connecting Canada, the United States, and Mexico, the
highway would serve to increase the flow of goods
complicit with the expansion of "free" trade. The
effects of this highway are both local and global.
I-69 is one integral link in a global chain of
exploitation. By breaking this link, we take one
definitive step toward the destruction of the chain.

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Now is the Time to Stop the Border Fence!
stop the triple fence,

Here is some of the list traffic from  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/borderfencesolution/ and other emails today. It is unfortunate that everyone is so snowed about the need for a triple fence to stop terrorists. We have to get the Senate to say no to the bill that would exempt this fence from environmental laws.

Contact the County Supervisors and contact Boxer and Feinstein!
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Border Fence in the News - Stop the Fence!
no borders,

This morning on NPR was I happy to hear another story about the Border Fence. The recent House passage of a bill to exempt the construction of the Border Fence from environmental laws is ridiculous and deserves national attention. Hopefully as people across the country realize the implications of putting fear above environmental preservation they will try to get this bill stopped in the Senate.

Links:

Audio from the American Friends Service Committee press conference on Border policy

Stop the Triple Fence - Photos from Border

Misguided Border Policy Continues With Triple Border Fence Local Activists Say

Local Leaders Meet to Stop the Final Three Miles of the Triple Border Fence

Help Stop the Proposed Border Fence!

Border fence could skip rules

A Fence Won't Stem the Tide of Immigration
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AFSC Press Conference Audio
lotus,

Audio recording of the American Friends Service Committee press conference regarding their new report on the effects of border policy enforcement on border communities.
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Case Study on the Impact of Immigration Law Enforcement on Border Communities
American Friends Service Committee,

San Diego Office Releases Case Study on the Impact of Immigration Law Enforcement on Border Communities

Human Rights Organization Finds Local and Federal Enforcement Measures Detrimental to Civil and Human Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Christian Ramírez, AFSC 619/233-4114


PRESS CONFERENCE:
Tuesday, February 22, 2005, 12 PM, at the AFSC office,

3275 Market Street, San Diego, CA 92102.


San Diego, CA – The San Diego Area Office of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) will release a report titled San Diego: A Case Study on the Impact of Enforcement on Border Communities.
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Challenging White Supremacy
The ORGANIC Collective,

Attached is an updated flyer...

Please RSVP by emailing info at ORGANICcollective d0t org or calling if you intend on coming to this workshop.
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Report from SW College Anti-Racist Rally
lotus,

At Southwest College this morning at 11am, the group FIST held a rally to denounce the school newspaper "The Sun" for printing a racist editorial attacking immigrants. Under a large tent on a cold, rainy morning, over 100 students, mostly latino/a, including many Mexican Americans, gathered to listen to speakers denounce the recent article in the school paper, The Sun.

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Rally Against Racism,Thursday 11AM,SW College
smash racism,

“KNOW THE FACTS”
IMMIGRATION
GUEST SPEAKER AND OPEN MIC FORUM!

FREE SPEECH AREA
BETWEEN CAFETERIA AND BOOKSTORE

THIS COMING
THURSDAY
10TH DAY OF
FEBRUARY
11:00 AM

VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION
SPEAK OUT!

AGAINST RACISM

FOR MORE INFORMATION: CALL EXT 5553 OR EMAIL  ERACISMSWC@HOTMAIL.COM

 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/02/107600.shtml


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Anti-Zionist Demo in Temecula Saturday!
saba c/o lotus,

A Christian Zionist Group is bringing BUS 19 to Temecula on February 5, 2005(this next Saturday). This is the bus which was hit by a suicide bomber last year in Jerusalem. A PEACEFUL demonstration of Palestinian sympathizers will demonstrate at a local site with signs showing Israel's occupation and killing, and other cruel acts are the cause of this suicide bombing.
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Direct Action for migrant freedom and against Borders
smash borders,

This film shows an incredible Direct Action in Australia against the detention camps there where migrants are unjustly held for years at a time.
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Street Party in Downtown San Diego
Plant a Bush in Texas.,

The "Remember the Dead! Fight for the Living! Reclaim the Streets" rally snaked its way through the streets of downtown San Diego. The crowd numbered several hundred and pulsed with vibrant energy. Police followed the Anti-Bush Protestors rather than telling them where to go. The protest moved from Horton Plaza down Fourth Street then turned west by the Ralph's Market and the wound around on Market towards Fifth Street.
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Challenging White Supremacy Workshop Update
The ORGANIC Collective,

The ORGANIC is happy to announce that the Challenging White Supremacy workshop on February 19th will be held at Voz Alta in downtown San Diego.

Please RSVP by emailing info at ORGANICcollective dot org or call us at 619-318-9730. We need to know how many people are coming, because space is limited.
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Republican Websites Hacked in Protest of Inau
Internet Liberation Front,

In solidarity with the billions around the world who are being oppressed under the Bush agenda, The Internet Liberation Front has hacked and defaced six Republican websites who push forward the sick and violent ideology of warfare, capitalism, and profit over people.
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Mexican Mural School - Art of Estaño
Mark Vallen-Art For A Change,

A new website reveals the history of the Mexican Muralist Movement and one American artist’s personal connection to it. Philip Stein, also known as Estaño, worked alongside the famed Mexican Muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros from 1948 to 1958. He assisted the Mexican master in painting some of his most famous murals. Now a brand new website showcases the stirring artworks created during Estaño’s long career.
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Activists Report from Colombia, Iraq
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Two long-term activists in the San Diego community gave reports on their recent trips to the front lines of the so-called "war on terror" at Activist San Diego's January 10 meeting. Fernando Suárez del Solár, whose son was killed in Iraq in the early days of the war, talked about his second attempt to visit the country with a Global Exchange delegation, the refusal of Jordanian authorities to let his group cross the border, and the atrocities he heard about from Iraqis. Activist San Diego founder Martin Eder discussed the deteriorating situation in Colombia, where activists are killed by U.S.-backed paramilitaries and a Colombian government run by their former general.
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2/19 - Challenging White Supremacy, flyer
The ORGANIC Collective,

flyer attached, please print and distribute!
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National ID and Passport Update (USA)
~B~,

An Update on the FedGov plans for a National ID and Passport "security"
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Feb. 19th - Challenging White Supremacy in SD
The ORGANIC Collective,

SAVE THE DATE!
February 19th, 2005

Challenging White Supremacy Workshop

Date: February 19th, 2005, 11am-5pm
Location: San Diego, TBA
Cost: TBA, no one turned away for lack of funds
More info at:  http://cwsworkshop.org  http://ORGANICcollective.org

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Zapatista Events at Chicano Perk
Chicano Perk c/o lotus,

A month of events about the Zapatistas at Chicano Perk!

Lecture: ¿Qué es el Zapatismo?
Monday, January 10th, 2004
6:30pm

Tonights lecture is our way of bringing the world of academia out of the institutions and into the barrio. Please come support our first of a series of lectures in the barrio around the theme of the EZLN.
Title: Que es el Zapatismo?
Entrance is free and open to the general public.
619.702.5414
www.chicanoperk.com
 info@chicanoperk.com
Chicano Perk cafe y cultura strives to bring free and culturally empowering programming to the Barrio and overall Chicano community in San Diego/Tijuana. If you have an idea and would like a venue in which to exercise your own creativity please feel free to contact us. Please support us by fowarding this message to your own contact lists. Thank you.

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Desert Indymedia Borderhack 2002
Luther Blisset c/o lotus,

At the round-up of the Melbourne Woomera2002 network the great fundraising collective had managed to get so much cash together there was some left over. A proposal was agreed upon that some money be put aside to fund a publication of reflections and analysis of the protests. Seven long, disorganised months later that publication is finally completed.
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Mexican mistreatment of GUATEMALAN IMMIGRANTS
Nessie,

Amnesty International
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Sat Dec 11 Radical Conference/Encuentro
brenda-n behan johnson,

STOP THE CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION!
ALTO A LA REVOLUCION CONSERVADORA!

Encuentro Radical/Radical Conference
Sábado/Saturday, 11 DIC/DEC 2004
City College, San Diego

Resistencia Estudiantil's "Resistence Movements" will be hosting a forum open to the public regarding issues confronting progressive and Leftist movements in their struggle against right-wing, neo-conservative incursions against rights and freedoms in both the domestic and international arenas. Attendants will be able to meet fellow activists concerned about US foreign and domestic policy and to help develop a more informed and politically active Leftist movement in San Diego.

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For a Global Disruption of Empire
The ORGANIC Collective,

In Solidarity with the DAWN (DC Anti-War Network,  http://www.dawndc.net/) call for groups to converge from around the country and around the world to converge on DC, we call on those who cannot make the trip to DC to organize local actions in their own communities.

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URGENT: Support Industrias Fronterizas
WORKERS OF INDUSTRIA FRONTERIZA c/o lotus,

We are workers of Industria Fronteriza and we are still fighting for our
severance pay after being fired in June 2002 for demanding our legal
rights. There is good news! We have won the lawsuit against the company,
and now we are in the next stage, which is preparation to confiscate the
company's machines and equipment. We are asking for your support again.
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Why Thanksgiving?
Garmon,

Why does anyomne continue to legitimize the Thanksgiving holiday by celebrating it? Eating Tofurkey does not change what thanksgiving is truly a celebration of.

The first official "Day of Thanksgiving" was proclaimed in 1637 by Governor Winthrop. He did so to celebrate the safe return of men from Massachusetts who had gone to Mystic, Connecticut to participate in the massacre of over 700 Pequot women, children, and men.
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10th Annual Changemaker Celebration
Foundation 4 Change c/o lotus,

"New Voices, New Visions"

Friday November 19, 2004

Balboa Park Club Ballroom
Balboa Park, San Diego

(Park Blvd. to President's Way. Go west and park in the Pan American Plaza near the San Diego Automotive Museum.)

5:30 p.m. - Reception and Silent Auction
6:30 p.m. - Family-Style Dinner & Program
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Clothes for TJ meeting
us/we/you,

The purpose of this meeting is to bring people togther to discuss important pressing issues across the border. As we all know it is already getting cold and has been raining. So come and bring warm clothes dontations to help support the people of TJ.

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Direct Action Training, Sat, Dec 4th
ORGANIC collective,

Direct Action Training

Saturday, December 4th
12:00pm - 3:00pm
@ Foundation 4 Change
3758 30th St. , San Diego 92104
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Local Activists Protest Falloujah Attacks
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

As U.S. forces and elements of its puppet government in Iraq attacked the holy city of Falloujah this week, San Diego peace activists took to the streets twice, on Wednesday, November 10 and Saturday, November 13 to say no to the attacks and the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq. Despite heckling from pro-war "Protest Warriors," a diverse group of activists spoke out against the war and, in the Saturday event, staged a peaceful and successful march downtown.
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Transcript of 11/10 Rally on Falloujah, pt. 2
transcribed by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Part two of the transcript of the emergency rally November 10, 2004 outside the Federal Building on Front and Broadway downtown, MC'd by Martin Eder of Activist San Diego and co-sponsored by his organization and the San Diego and North County Coalitions for Peace and Justice, to demand an immediate end to the U.S. campaign against Falloujah and the occupation of Iraq.
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