DICK MURPHY RESIGNS
Jeff Dillon (w/out his consent),

SAN DIEGO – Amid recall demands by the city attorney and a week after being named by Time magazine as one of the three worst big-city mayors in the United States, Mayor Dick Murphy announced he will resign effective July 15.

Click here to read recent news about the mayor we voted for:
 http://sdimc.org/en/2005/04/108147.shtml


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San Diego Opens New Fronts in War on Homeless
Rocky Neptun,

The City of San Diego continues to expand its human rights assults against the homeless as 3 politicians join the war wagon. City Council members and the City Attorney are escalating San Diego's War on the Homeless.

Two new fronts were recently opened on the city's ongoing persecution of the homeless. San Diego police officers from the Eastern Division, with shock troops from the downtown precincts, joined city bureaucrats, probably armed with box cutters, who invaded the San Diego riverbed area, south of Mission Valley to hunt down poor human beings like wild animals.

Recent Homeless Solidarity Sleep-Out | San Diego's War on the Homeless | Audio from the sleep-out | Photos

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Zine Movie Night!
Dogrrrl,

Zine Movie Night! presented by Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go
See films about zines: "$100 & A T-Shirt", "Grrlyshow", and "Letras al Margen". Local zines will be available for sale.
Friday May 13th, 8pm, $3-5, at Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway, Downtown San Diego.

Watch a video about the bookmobile visit to San Diego in 2002, this was a project of SD IMC and Grrrl Zines A-Go-Go:
 http://www.sdimc.org/en/2003/10/101450.shtml

For full film descriptions, click read more...
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Breaking News from The Student Walk Out
Djette y Lotus,

About 350 students held a rally at City College on April 20th to protest the proposed budget cuts being put forth by the Governor. After the rally, they held a spirited, loud march wiht drums, noisemakers and booming music through downtown to the State Department building where the Governor's office is. After rallying at the State Department building, the group began to march back. Present were supportive faculty members, organizers, college students and high school students from SDSU, UCSD, City College, Miramar College, Southwestern College, SD High and more.
A breakaway march of about 50-75 people split off from the main group, outside of the lines of motorcycle cops and horse cops in riot gear. After an intense confrontation where the police pushed people, hit them with their motorcycles and bicycles, threatened them with batons and brought out a visciously barking police dog, the breakaway still refused to return to the main group. Although they tried to move their march to the sidewalk, the police still refused to let them go and tried to negotiate the route. After the students refused negotiations, the police finally gave up and let the march continue on the sidewalk back to city college. Numerous attempts were made to retake the streets, but the police used their horses to push people back onto the street.
Click Read More to read transcribed from calls from the event - Here are some reports from the Student Walk Out at City College.

For photos click here
Audio from radioActive sanDiego
More Audio from radioActive sanDiego
From Santa Cruz - towards a common platform.
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Student Walkout on April 20th
Sarah and sd indymedia,

Tomorrow is the state Wide Student Walkout to oppose state budget cuts to education. Resistencia Estiudantil is part of a larger coalition organizing events tomorrow.

March starts at San Diego City College 10:30
Park and 4th | Free Parking @ Balboa Park
FOOD and MUSIC organized by the San Diego Action in Defense of Education Coalition (AIDE)


In Santa Cruz, students have set up a tent city and have stayed there despite intense police violence including pain compliance techniques. See Santa Cruz Indymedia for more coverage. "One veteran reporter described the level of pain holds and brutality as the worst he'd seen since a 1973 prison riot."

This comes as UC campuses are in the midst of intense struggles over budget cuts and living wages. More at Indymedia.us.
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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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Fighting for Free Radio in Mexico City
Onto and Kev - imc reporters in Mexico City,

Radio Zapote, a free radio transmitting from the National School of Anthropology and History (ENAH) in Mexico City, received word from a school official that they were to be evicted in two weeks.

The news came as a surprise to members of the radio's collective, who, in constant dialogue with the school, were only incidentally informed of the intention of eviction. Tuesday, Thomas Stanford, a professor at the ENAH who has been harassing Radio Zapote for years, arrived in the radio's space with an engineer to take measurements for his furniture, as if the radio was on the way out.

Audio: Interviews and Meetings of Radio Zapote - radioActive sanDiego show on Radio Zapote
Photos: Radio Zapote and the meeting

Stories of Free Radio repression and resistance:
Free Radio Santa Cruz RAIDED by the FCC and US Marshals
Knoxville First Amendment Radio (KFAR 90.9) Raided by the FCC
Members of Community Radio in Oaxaca Beaten and Jailed
Fighting the National Association of Broadcasters in San Diego

Other Free Radios and Independent Media in Mexico City:
Radio Ke-Huelga
Radio Sabotaje
Mexico Indymedia
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Homeless Rally & Solidarity Sleep-Out
queer-j brad,

Outside of san Diego city Hall, the new coalition Citizens in Support of Homeless People staged a rally and solidarity sleep-out April 15 to protest the harrassment and issuance of tickets to homeless people for whom shelter beds or other services are available and to call for the establishment of a safe camping spot for the homeless on public land.

At 10:00PM, some homeless and their supporters began a sleep out. As of 10:15PM, cops were reportedly approaching in force apparently to arrest those who dared close their eyes on 'public' land.

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Lost Film Festival in SD Sunday!
sd indymedia,

San Diego Indymedia and Voz Alta will be hosting the Lost Film Festival on Sunday.

This is a last minute announcement for an awesome event. Tell your friends! Its gonna rock!

Sunday, April 17th, 6pm
Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway

LOST FILM FEST is a laugh-a-riot event with equal emphasis on both "laugh" and "riot." Focusing on pranks vs. corporations and government institutions. If George W. Bush makes you puke and you dig pie fights with cops, riot footage, and culture jamming, you'll love the punk rock urgency of the Lost Film Fest and its celebration of media archaeology and illegal art.

Lost Film Fest from West Philadelphia is a traveling multimedia spectacle incorporating live performance and video. It's a truly independent, anti-authoritarian, anti-corporate grassroots DIY media extravaganza hosted by Festival Director Scott Beibin (Bloodlink Records, Evil Twin Booking.) Beibin travels the globe telling stories and spinning movies like a DJ using a video projector, dvd player, and backpack filled with goodies. The roadshow incorporates a sexy, smash-it-up, radical anti-capitalist anti-globalization perspective. Truly "Too Hot for TV" since 1999, the LFF has featured scathing and hilarious social commentary in the form of narrative shorts, documented pranks, hot amateur protest footage, and video re-mixes. Additionally there is an annual weeklong event held in Philly, and guerilla visits to Sundance, SXSW, and Cannes. This jam is about smashing the illusions cast by Hollywood, the Pentagon, and FOX

 http://www.lostfilmfest.org
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Service, Technical Workers Strike at UCSD
lotus at indymedia d0t org,

AFSCME went on stike today at UCSD and at all UC Campuses Across the state. UPTE, UAW came out to the support rallies. UPTE's contract says that they are entitled to strike in support, so as to not cross the picket lines. Many UAW teaching assistants are not working today. Some professors have cancelled their classes today. Some UPTE workers did not go to work as well.

The UCSD administration sent out a threatening email saying that the strike is illegal and that UPTE can't strike. Some workers were intimidated by this email and they did go to work. The AFSCME strike is for a 24 hour period. The university tried to find scab worker replacements for the day, but they were having trouble getting people to do that.

Service workers are janitorial, bus drivers, and many others.

Campus spending hundreds of millions of dollars uc wide. but they refuse 5% raise.

About 1000 workers on strike at ucsd. about 300 people at 4pm solidarity rally. Students spoke about how they appreciate the work being done by the service workers and how they feel in solidarity with them. union reps spoke at the rally as well.

People are upbeat about the strike having an effect on the negotiations. They want to send a message to the administrators that they're going to do what it takes to get a living wage. People are marching down one of the major streets in UCSD. Energy level is high. There are about 300 people there.

Corporate media presence is very light. Up to 6 officers were seen at campus rally, close to attendees.

Listen to the radio coverage here:
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/4436.php

Indymedia US Coverage:
 http://www.indymedia.us


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After Nearly 4 Years of Struggle, Living Wage Passes
djette aporetics,

Congratulations! After nearly four years of hard work by the Living Wage Coalition, we won! Today at about 8pm the city council voted 5 to 4, Brian Maienschein, Jim Madaffer, Scott Peters and Mayor Dick Murphy dissenting (no surprise there) to adopt a Living Wage Ordinance for the city of San Diego. Two thousand workers and their families will be lifted out of poverty with passing of Living Wage Ordinance.

Brief Report from Students for Economic Justice

Protesters gathered today and the San Diego Concourse at Civic Center Plaza to demand a living wage ordinance in this years City Budget. The motley Coalition was comprised of a variety of organizations: San Diego Organizing Project, San Diego Democratic Project, Old Women's Project, NAACP, Environmental Health Coalition, American Friends Service Committee, Service Employees International Union, Interfaith Community for Worker Justice, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, ACORN, International Painters and Allied Trades, American Federation of State and County Municipal workers, Nurses Unite, Justice for Janitors, and United Food and Commercial Workers to name a few. The Living Wage Ordinance includes a wage increase to $10 per hour plus health care or an additional $2 for the health care differential.

See Photos from the Rally

Article by Independent Journalist

Tune into radioActive Radio on Thursday at 6:30PM PST for an interview with the coalition's press contact.

Radio coverage live from the rally - including an update on the hunger strike for a living wage in St. Louis.

For More information Go to: Universal Living Wage.org | Economic Policy Institute | LivingWageCampaign.org | San Diego Union-Tribune
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Church Groups Oppose SD Boy Scouts
Lindsey ,

Court filing reflects dispute between Boy Scouts and religious denomination, as Unitarian Universalists oppose Boy Scouts' control of San Diego parklands
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Living Wage Ordinance to be decided on Tuesday
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice c/o sd indymedia,

Joel Ramos from the Center on Policy Initiatives, a labor-funded think tank that studies San Diego’s low-wage workforce and makes recommendations for changes, announced to the San Diego Democratic Club March 24 that the San Diego City Council will finally hear the Living Wage Ordinance on Tuesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. — a rally at 12:30 in the Community Concourse, 202 “C” Street downtown, will precede the hearing — thanks to a discharge petition signed by four City Councilmembers (Michael Zucchet, Toni Atkins, Anthony Young and Donna Frye) after Mayor Dick Murphy, an outspoken opponent of the ordinance, refused to put it on the Council’s agenda.

Background Story on the Living Wage Ordinance

The Living Wage Ordinance will be heard by the San Diego City Council on Tuesday, April 12th at 2 p.m. in City Council Chambers (unless we are moved to a larger room because there are so many of us). We will begin the event with a Rally at Civic Center Plaza at 12:30 p.m.

LIVING WAGE HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2:00
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 202 C STREET
RALLY AT 12:30
CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
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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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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

Legal Victory for Mayor Donna Frye
Donna Frye c/o lotus,

A federal appeals court rejected an appeal from one of the lawsuits that was filed against our write-in campaign.

According to an article in The San Diego Union-Tribune, "The case was brought by three voters who contended in federal court that by allowing Councilwoman Donna Frye to run as a write-in candidate, the city clerk violated their equal protection rights under the federal and state constitutions, as well as the city charter.
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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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Biotech Conferences in SD and Philly
sd indymedia,

San Diego is such a huge hotbed of biotech, people really need to start a movement against it right here! "San Diego biotechnology executives will gather Tuesday for the annual CalBio life science conference with R&D on their minds: regulators and dough." - a recent Union Tribune article

commUnities of sanDiego/radioActive sanDiego
queer-j brad,

commUnities of san Diego on radioActive reports on the diverse commUnities of san Diego and the border region, with a focus on those commUnities underrepresented in the corporate media. Three recent programs reported on a Justice for Janitors rally in Kearny Mesa and a rally for Zapatista political prisoners at the Mexican Consulate (March 6), the Maquiladora Tour (March 13) and Resistencia Estudiantil (March 20).

commUnities of san Diego airs Sundays 8-9PM

This week's (March 27) show focuses on hunger, featuring an interview with Nick Urban of the san Diego hunger coalition.

*March 6
commUnities of sanDiego coVered two rallies this week: Justice for Janitors Rally in Kearny Mesa (March 4), advocating for health care, decent wages and benefits for hard working janitors; and Rally at the Mexican Consulate (March 2) demanding the release of and investigation of police crimes against political prisoners from Zapatista commUnities (english/spanish w/ translations).

--For more information:
Mexican Consulate Rally March 2, 2005: 1, 2, 3

Justice for Janitors Rally March 4, 2005: 1, 2

#Facilitators for this week: DJ Cisco and Queer-J Brad

*March 13
commUnities of sanDiego coVered the March 12 Maquiladora Tour to Tijuana industrial areas. Includes recording of presentation at Cittac (Centro de Informacion para Trabajadores y Trabajadoras; Workers' Information Center) and interview with organizer Herb Shore of the Maquiladora Worker Solidarity Network. Audio Duration 54 min.

--For further information, to go on the tour or to get involved, contact the Maquiladora Worker Solidarity Network: maquilatijuanasandiego@earthlink.net
#Facilitators for this week: DJs Laslow and Weltgeist

*March 20
commUnities of sanDiego coVered sanDiego cityCollege's Resistencia Estudiantil. Members Danielle and Erik talk about their m19 march starting in South Bay commUnities, military recruitment resistance and organizing to fight budget cuts for education, and are later joined by Aymara, Rich and Onto for a discussion of the m19 action. Audio Duration 54 min.
#Facilitator for this week: Queer-J Brad

commUnities of san Diego reports on the diverse commUnities of san Diego and the border region, with a focus on those commUnities underrepresented in the corporate media.

commUnities of san Diego is facilitated by the outReach group of radioActive san Diego.

Show suggestions and feedback: queer-j-brad@riseup.net


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Radical Events in San Diego!
imcista,

San Diego is getting so active that I can't even make it to all the events anymore! Woohoo!

March 26 - Audre Lorde Day - Please join us this Saturday March 26, at the World Beat Center to celebrate and honor the struggle of a freedom fighter, of a leading Woman in the struggle.

March 30 - SDIMC Movie Night - Join SDIMC on Wednesday, March 30th (and every last Wednesday of the month)for our monthly movie night! 7 pm @ Voz Alta (the corner of 16th and Broadway)$3 to $5 suggested donation. Please bring a yummy vegan snack to share!

March 31 - Cesar Chavez day - The Xispas website and blog is the place to learn about Xicano culture, art, and politics. We deal with history, indigenous traditions, books, opinions, and social criticism. In this newsblast, we offer some people's history and opportunity for community action. Con solidaridad - Xispas staff www.xispas.com/blog

April 1 - March for Health Care - Justice for Janitors, the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council invite you to March for Health Care for Suburban San Diego Janitors.

April 2 - Stop the Border Fence protest - 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 http://www.stop-the-wall.org

April 8-9 - Human Rights Film Festival - Human Rights Film Festival at Miramar College - FREE!!!
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