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Police Step Up Raids on Medical Pot Users
Center Includes Bisexual, Transgendered People
Clean Elections Alliance Vows to Fight On
Activists, SD Police Chief: Face to Face
Saying that they choose to stand publicly and proudly with those Israelis and Palestinians who follow a path of peace, the women silently followed "Power" wearing signs and passing out flyers to call attention to poor media coverage of the conflict in the Middle East.
San Diego IMC Celebrates May Day - Invites You.
Uniting with working-class people throughout the world San Diego Independent Media Center is celebrating May Day, and invites San Diegans to the IMC office at 740 - 16th St. in downtown San Diego. Come see how you can become even more involved with independent media. Coffee and light refreshments are available and every one is welcome. 10,000 March in L.A. Check out the LA IMC to learn more.
Latina Activist Attacked by Police Officer; Film at IMC
View the Video! ---Slow motion version of the attack
Thousands Fight for the Earth in Balboa Park.
Although I was not there I can not help but imagine the first Earth Day some 32 years ago. Tie-dyes and long hair, people fed up with the idea that only consumption and consumerism had a right to exist. People came together to take a stand for the protection of the Earth. For those of us who fight for Peace, Justice and the Earth every day it is hard to imagine people who don't identify with the first Earth Day. It is also easy to be cynical about what Earth Day has become. It is paradoxical that San Diego, with rapid expanding urbanism and a strong military background, could be the home to the largest Earth Day event in the country. (Is this true?) But after talking to several earnestly interested people while working one of the booths I began to realize you can't fault people for wanting to get involved. So GET INVOLVED!
Tune into global events today and see what is happening.
Late last night several San Diegans left on a bus for San Francisco. They are planning to participate in the reportedly largest demonstrations against the war to date. At the same time demonstrations are planned in Washington D.C. and else were across the country. Check out the Global IndyMedia site for more information about today's activities. Bikers on a Critical Mass ride were arrested in DC, some protestors were denied air travel in Wisconson, and Protest begin at 11 in San Francisco.
Demo Against Police Shootings
Two men shot by police in two weeks.
On March 12, 2002 a man was shot under an overpass in Point Loma. On March 22, 2002 a man was shot in Point Loma. Both were shot by police after a struggle. Why were they engaged by police in a way that resulted in their deaths? Please add to this discussion and post any additional information to the NewsWire. This feature will be updated as new information is available. Click Here to watch a video report with an eyewitness of the second shooting. Thursday, April 4 4:00PM TO 6:00PM - VIGIL AND REMEMBRANCE County Mental Health Services 3853 Rosecrans in San Diego The recent murders of mentally disabled and homeless people by San Diego Police officers are a disgrace and embarrassment to the City of San Diego. Peace and Freedom Party of San Diego. For information please call 619.475.8227.
Michael Moore's appearance in San Diego draws 2000
Michael Moore came to San Diego to talk about his new book without the backing of his publishing company. Two thousand people showed up and only half of those could fit into the auditorium. After the event hundreds waited to have their books signed. Check out these IndyMedia post to hear Moore's speech, read the transcript to his outdoor address and read the letter that Moore wrote about how the event ended, plus an eyewitness reaction to that letter. Add your own comments and stories. What really happened after most of us left?
International Women's Day 8th March
Today International Women's Day is being celebrated locally and around the world. This evening there is a celebration of art, music and poetry hosted by Calaca Press in Barrio Logan. Tomorrow there will be events at a large bookstore in Mission Valley. Despite a lot of lip service paid to the issue of women's right, there is still plenty of descrimination to overcome. All over the world women are speaking out on the injustices that they face. Here are some links to get you started on learning more about how women are addressing this issue. IndyMedia features - UK IMC, Columbia IMC Live Streaming Video from Pirate TV for IWD. Schnews article on recent Women's Rights protest in England. U.S. Bombs Will Not Liberate the Women of Afghanistan! Event in New York.
Raza Rights Activist Arrested at Trolley Stop
Raza Rights Coalition coordinator Benjamin Prado was arrested February 25 at the San Diego City College trolley station while attempting to videotape U.S. Border Patrol agents in action. His camera was confiscated and destroyed. The Border Patrol has been sending its agents onto the trolleys and racially profiling Latinos, many of them U.S. citizens, with questions about their immigration status. Latino organizations like the Raza Rights Coalition, D.U.R.O. (Developing Unity through Resident Organizing) and the Save Our Centro Coalition joined with the American Friends Service Committee to stage a protest rally February 26, and shortly thereafter Prado was released and all charges against him were dropped. New Article View the Video of this encounter.
Current & Past views on Militarism
Che Cafe vs. UCSD Administration - Again
WILPF Brings Campaign Against Corporate Personhood to San Diego
Green Party and Libertarian Party Candidates to Debate the Issues!
Now is a great time to start publishing articles on Indy Media that examine the candidates for governor and the issues that are critical to California. << Page 2 |
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While San Diego's Medical Marijuana/Cannabis Task Force is meeting monthly, supposedly to work out guidelines for how the city can deal with medical cannabis users who assert their rights under Proposition 215, police are stepping up enforcement actions against medical marijuana users. In mid-May narcotics detectives raided a community garden and destroyed medicinal plants, and on Memorial Day a medical cannabis user was threatened with arrest and then told the threat was a "joke." Task Force member Steve McWilliams demanded that narcotics division head Lt. Cesar Solis give up his advisory role to the group.
It used to be incorporated as the Center for Social Services and was publicly known as the Lesbian and Gay Men's Community Center, but since a unanimous vote of its board May 28 its common name is now just "The Center" and its legal name will be the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center. Find out why the Center changed its name and why San Diego's Bisexual and Transgender people consider this a major step forward for their communities.
Though their initiative petition for public financing of city campaigns got only 11,000 signatures - far below the 65,000 needed to get it on the ballot - the San Diego Alliance for Clean Elections vowed to fight on at a press event outside City Hall May 31. Congressmember Bob Filner and Alliance spokespeople Roland Bleu (pictured), Cliff McReynolds and Lee Crawford promised to build a larger community coalition in support of the effort and come back in 2004.
Shortly before the ELEVENTH law enforcement shooting this year SDPD Chief Bejarano agreed to speak at a meeting of the San Diego Action Network Friday, May 31, 6:30 p.m. at the Joyce Beers Community Center. Christian Ramirez of the American Friends Service Committee and Ben Prado of the Raza Rights Coalition are also confirmed panelists. This is a must for every one concerned about the police in San Diego.
A dramatic videotape released by the American Friends' Service Committee (AFSC) April 24 shows the attack on 54-year-old Latina community activist Yolanda Perez Fajardo at 27th and J Streets in Sherman Heights April 21. She was grabbed from behind, tripped, pushed to the ground and held down after she attempted to intervene in a confrontation between police and a suicidal teenager. Activists Christian Ramirez of AFSC and Benjamin Prado of the Raza Rights Coalition accused the police officers of racism and classism. "Those kinds of things do not happen in La Jolla or Rancho Peñasquitos," Prado said. 
Here are links to stories by IMC journalists on the recent demonstration against police violence. Activist Christian Ramirez says, "It goes without saying that there should not be any contradiction between policing and human rights. Unfortunately, in this city, when you pump 39 bullets in a man’s body, that’s a far cry from the basic protection of human rights. We are asking the authorities, the district attorney, to seriously look into this issue, the shooting of people who might have some mental problems; who might just be asking for help."
There has been a growing awareness over the siting of toxic waste in low-income and minority areas. The Environmental Health Coalition has been on the forefront of educating San Diego community on the toxins in the environment. What is perhaps less well known is that lax enforcement in Mexico has led to giant problems with toxic waste as foreign capital comes in then leaves, leaving behind mountains of poisonous debris, with no recourse for the residents of the area. Below are links to stories on environmental organizing in Logan Heights, and to both an English and a Spanish version of a story of the "Metales y Derivados" disaster.
Here are three articles that will give you an idea of the enormity of the problem of militarism. One announces anti-war speakers coming to San Diego. Another looks at an attempt to turn California's hyper-efficient Department of Motor Vehicles into an agent of the money-hole called the Selective Service System. Finally, there's an article (Free Billy-Free Us All) reprinted from the VietNam era anti-war organization Center for Servicemen's Rights.