SWARM the MinuteMen!
South West Action to Resist the MinuteMen,

PLEASE FORWARD WIDELY

Enough is enough.

We reject everything about the minutemen. The minutemen function and exist when the rest of us, the vast majority of us, remain silent. Even in an environment of fear and uncertainty we all know that immigrants are not the reason for America's problems, nor should they be the powerless scapegoat. Because the vast majority of us look upon slavery, japanese interment and manifest destiny as sick, tragic pages in our history, we have no tolerance for these hyper-patriotic bigots, masquerading as virtuous citizens. It is our intention to resist, sabotage, and destroy this project before it gets any farther down this road of organized hate and violence.
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Martial Law on the Border
Sean Mariano Garcia,

This Wednesday, we got final language from the House and Senate negotiators working on the Iraqi War Funding bill regarding their decisions on REAL ID. By and large, they adopted REAL ID in its
entirety.

REAL ID now provides the Secretary of Homeland Security with the Authority to waive any legal regulation that would impede the construction of border barriers, fences, or roads. This construction would only be contestable in the courts on constitutional grounds.

With this bill, we are not only seeing the steamrolling over 30 years of environmental regulations, but also the assurance that more people will die crossing the border thanks to the US's failed trade policies.
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Governor Arnold’s Racist Minutemen
Craig B Hulet?,

They could have already enlisted and be patrolling the mean-streets of Baghdad, Mosul and Sadr City. All of them 17-39 years old could have enlisted on 9/11 in the Marines, U.S. Army; those 40 to 55 could already be hired for security duties in Iraq by Blackwater and the other 22 corporate security firms pulling ops in hostile lands.

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¡Viva Cinco de Mayo!
Xispas,

As Xicanos and Mexicanos celebrate this significant day with folkloric dance, mariachi music, parades, and other festivities… let us remember that at its core Cinco de Mayo represents the victory of the people over colonialism and imperialism. - Xispas Staff
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Arizona Dream
Rene Flores,

A team of journalists from Radioactive San Diego and San Diego Indymedia are sent to the Arizona/Sonora border region, where a group of armed volunteers known as the Minutemen Project has decided to camp by the border to stop the flow of undocumented migrants. During their first night in Douglas, Arizona, the San Diego journalists get chased down by the Border Patrol. Crossing the border into Agua Prieta, Sonora, a former coyote relates to them his life story and concludes: “risks are big, but necessity is bigger.” At the border, they meet Jim Gilchrist, the first Minutemen, who reveals he opposes “powerful corporate enterprise,” considers Mexican migrants to be “economic refugees,” and that he babysits his Mexican grandchild every Sunday.

Click here for photos
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radioActive sanDiego - ECD & borderHack
lotus,

DJ lotus interviews Ricardo Dominguez about Electronic Civil Disobedience, borderHack in 2000 and 2005, Electronic Disturbance Theatre, digital zapatismo, Thing.net, the performative matrix, hacktivism, Hopecon, 2600, Empire, Deleuze, Pentagon cyberwar weapons, Critical Art Ensemble, hybrid actions with bodies and ECD and much more...
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Exploring the “chasm”: A libertarian reply to
Movimiento Libertario Cubano,

* Responding to the invitation extended a few days ago from Havana by Celia Hart Santamaria – member of the Cuban Communist Party and daughter of prominent figures of the regime – calling for discussions on leftist alternatives for Cuba’s future, and where she explicitly asks for an anarchist opinion, the Cuban Libertarian Movement makes public its proposals for the debate.
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Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State
Samizdat,

Alex Jones' new documentary, "Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State" is available!
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Senorita Extraviada, screenings in April
Djette,

Señorita Extraviada, Missing Young Women
A film and discussion
Wednesday, April 27 7 – 9 p.m. Voz Alta Project
Thursday, April 21 5-7pm Cross-Cultural Center
Free to the Public

In a collaborative effort to raise awareness about the human rights
violations that are being committed against women in Ciudad Juarez,
Mexico the UCSD Cross Cultural Center, the Voz Alta Project and the
San Diego Independent Media Center join audiences and communities for
the showing of the film Senorita Extraviada, Missing Young Women by
Lourdes Portillo. Local artist Andi Brandenburg will install an alter
paying tribute to the missing and murdered women of Juarez. The alter
will be installed in the UCSD Cross Cultural Center lecture hall.

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Words Must Come Alive ... Daniel Reveles Spea
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

Tecate Auuthor Daniel Reveles has written a new collection of stories that reveal man's search for his own spirit.
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Chicano leader passes
deedee,

In many ways, Corky Gonzales has greatly influenced the
Chicano movement. His key to liberation for the Chicano
community is to develop a strong power base with heavy
reliance on nationalism among Chicanos.
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SD IMC report on MinuteMen from AZ
aluhlooyah,

This is a phone report of events on both sides of the Arizona/Mexico border. Al from RadioActive sanDiego speaks with Arizona IndyMedia, and DJ's Aymarra, Graco, about their experiences at the Minutemen media event which is being hyped by the mainstream media. 54 mins.
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Border Photography, Music, and Spoken Word
Michael Klam,

Free Speech Arts in the Museum of the Living Artist, hosted by Michael Klam. Food, entertainment (featured artists/music/poetry/photography), open mic, general audience, all ages.
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Minuteman Project Misconceptions
Walt & Jessica,

For the last two weekends, Jessica and Walt have spent time on the Arizona-Mexico border, interacting with both the Minuteman Project volunteers and the ACLU Legal Observers. What they saw revealed problems with the activist movements.
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San Diego Rising Against Borders
sd indymedia,

On This Bridge, a show on radioActive sanDiego by DJ Aymara, special guest dan watman breaks down the very human connections that will be lost if we don't STOP THE FENCE. Then rich and lotus crash this bridge with a call for borderhack, which leads to local events and on to argentina. presente!

Listen Here | radioActive sanDiego

In addition, this weekend is the Youth Busting Borders (YB2) Conference in Chula Vista. This conference is organized by and for youth of color and youth from low-income communities in San Diego, but everyone is welcome!!

Youth Busting Borders Conference
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APRIL 23rd: Zapatista Festival
phuk minutemen,

Please Come help celebrate with this community of Casa Blanca, originating as a Labor Camp and decades of years of resistance to police brutality, government repression, and poverty.
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The Coming Civil War and Repolarization
duko,

Just to be clear, I didn't choose this title lightly or
facetiously, but in all seriousness. In speaking to "a coming
civil war" I am "drawing inspiration" from Newt Gingrich (the
prominent Republican politician who was formerly the Speaker of
the House of Representatives), who has made the observation that
what's happening now in the electoral arena and the broader
things that it reflects in U.S. society is analogous to what was
going on in the U.S. in the 1840s and the 1850s, and that this
isn't something that will—I'm paraphrasing, but this is the
essence—this isn't something that will go away. It will only be
decided when one side or the other wins out.
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Young Conservatives of Texas
steve,

I suggest everyone take some time to read the Forums at this website.
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Youth Busting Borders!!! Conference
Youth Action Network,

Youth in San Diego need to rise up to fight for our rights!!! We have some of the crappiest schools in the nation without enough textbooks, and with dirty bathroom facilities. Police and migra are harassing us in our communities and military recruiters harass us at school. The governor is cutting all of the money from education, but juvenile incarceration rates go up every minute! Its time to fight back!
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Press Conference Today, Tues, Stop The Fence!
The ORGANIC Collective,

Your support is urgently needed at a press conference today, Tuesday April 5th 2005 at a press conference in front of the Federal Building at 12 noon. In addition, your help is needed to call Diane Feinstein to urge her to stop the REAL ID Act.
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Friends Not Fences - Border Protest April 2nd
Jonathan,

April 2, 2005 - 50 to 75 people marched to the U.S. / Mexico Border to show their opposition to the Triple Border Fence and their support for making friends across the border.
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borderHack 2.005 - this summer
The ORGANIC Collective,

borderHack 2.005
a 5 day experiment in autonomous community building
a border camp on the US/Mexico border in the San Diego/Tijuana region
a summer of escalation of resistance against borders
an intergalactic encuentro

//

5 días de experimentación en la construcción de comunidades autónomas
Un campamento en la frontera México-Americana en la región de San Diego / Tijuana
Un verano de intensificación de la resistencia en contra de las fronteras
Un encuentro intergaláctico
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Border Protest, 4/2/2005, 10 min Video
lotus,

10 minute video about the protest at the border on April 2nd, 2005. The protest was against HR 418, the Triple Fence and the MinuteMen project in Arizona.

 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/4-2-2005%20fence%20protest%20bigger.mp4

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A Rising Movement Against The MinuteMen and the Border
lotus for sd indymedia,

UPDATE 4/5/2005 9:00AM - Press conference today and National Days of Action to stop REAL ID

What better place than Tombstone, Arizona, where gun-toting actors dressed like sheriffs and outlaws keep the nostalgia of the Wild West alive, to be the focal point of yet another vigilante convergence. The Minuteman Project, as it is called, is being organized by two of southern Arizona's most notorious and outspoken border vigilantes: Chris Simcox and Jim Gilchrist. Their plan is to place "observers" every quarter mile along a 20-mile stretch of border from Douglas to the San Pedro River during the month of April.

However, their actions will not go unopposed. Legal observers are being trained to watch over and document the Minutemen. Counter protests, vigils and other border activities are also planned to take place throughout April. ( April Unity Events )

In San Diego and Tijuana, on April 2nd, 2005, numerous organizations including the Border Angels, FIST ( Fight Imperialism, Stand Together), the Brown Berets, Code Pink, and the ORGANIC collective held a march and a rally at the US/Mexico border, the site of the construction of the Triple Border Fence. This rally was against HR 418, against the Triple Border Fence and against the Minutemen. Between 50 and 75 people were in attendance for the 1.5 mile march, followed by a rally on both sides of the fence. In addition, plans for borderHack 2.005 were announced for this summer.

As the MinuteMen project in Arizona takes the media spotlight, Congress is quietly trying to roll back 30 years of environmental regulations and create a buffer zone of martial law along the borders of the US. HR 418 recently passed in the House and is currently being fast tracked through the Senate. This law would completely exempt any project to build fences or roads in the region of the borders of the US from all environmental laws. This would include the border with Canada as well as the border with Mexico.

Photos from SD | More photos | More Photos 2 | Video of SD/TJ Protest | HR 418 - The Real ID Act | SF Indybay Coverage of HR 418 | SF Indybay HR 418 Protest | borderHack 2.005

Indymedia Arizona Coverage:

Minuteman Project invades Southern Arizona, highlights complexity of border crisis
Legal Observers to Keep Eye on Minute Man Project
Minutemen Most Likely Exaggerators
Crimes Against Humanity

In Texas, anti-racist activists have been busy shutting down "immigrant hunts" organized by the "Young Conservatives of Texas", in which the fascist youth play at what their allies in Arizona are doing for real:

Austin IMC: Hundreds Protest Racist Immigrant Hunt
North Texas IMC: The Young Conservatives and the Racist Games They Play...

Google Minutemen News | MSNBC: Minutemen vs. Protesters

Posse Is Headed for the Wrong Roundup
LA Times/Steve Lopez, c/o lotus,

The ringleaders, who include a retired Orange County accountant, were expecting several hundred volunteers to saddle up — some of them armed — and seal the Arizona-Mexico border today. If you happen to be in the area, give wide berth to anyone who looks like a cast member from "F-Troop," and do not wear a straw hat or carry a jug of water, because you could be shot dead.

"This represents a general tendency to demonize the immigrant," said Harry Pachon of the Tomas Rivera Policy Institute. He spoke to me during a break at a downtown Los Angeles conference on immigration.

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Catching a Sneaky Fox: Oil & Arizona BigShots
M Miranda,

Arizona is one of the most powerful states in the US with Supreme Court justices,War-Boy John McCain (next President?), Congressman Jim Kolbe,& the development empires of the Diamonds, Robsons & Babbits.. a wheeler-dealer sate that gets its way and Fox's ticket to 100 million dollars of kickbacks, business deals-platinum membership card to US Republican elite... the oil pipeline may be built or owned by the Carlyle Group
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Stop The Fence! - Border Protest April 2
Stop the Wall,

Saturday April 2nd
STOP THE WALL!
March and protest the construction of the third wall at the border of San Diego and Tijuana.
For information go to STOP THE WALL!

Some great links about the border can be found here

Read about how the House overrode the Coastal Commission's rejection in October 2004

Speak up! Contact the Senate to say voice your concerns about the bill that would exempt this fence from environmental laws.
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Territory, autonomy and defending maize
Aldo Gonzalez ,

The most recent GRAIN issue of Seedling highlights indigenous Oaxacan Aldo Gonzalez discussing the effects of native maize contaminated by Monsanto's transgenic corn pollen drift. Shares thoughts on Zapoteca resistance to transgenic invasions and corporate biopiracy of living plant biodiversity, restoration of native maize..
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The border.
Jaap den Haan.,

Line of control.
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NIGHTMARE VISION FOR NORTH AMERICA
CHUCKMAN,

GOD SAVE US FROM THIS...
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