City College Students Confront Governor
Rocky Magnolia,

San Diego City College students greeted Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s surprise visit to the school on Thursday, Feb. 23 with an impromptu protest which consisted of an estimated 100 attendees. “Emotions were flaring that day,” said one SDCCD student who attended the protest. “Since he’s been in office his whole agenda has been to cut public funding and to tax the poor. We’re not fooled by his this new plan he’s set up for the colleges,” said Elizabeth Muller. The Governor toured the college and announced plans to give $130 million to community colleges in economically challenged areas. Students were not informed of his intention to visit the school until the day of the tour. Once the information circulated the school, many made signs and gathered outside the classroom the Governor was in. Protesters booed and hissed when Schwarzenegger was insight.
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Saving Peoples' Lives: Border Angels at Work
Peace and Democracy Task Force-Tanja Winter,

Saving Peoples’ Lives: Border Angels At Work’, Special Guest: Enrique Moronoes.

Since the advent of Operation Gatekeeper and the installation of the steel wall at the Border in 1994, migrant persons have been forced to move through the perilous mountain and desert areas of Imperial Valley. Since October of 1994, 2,750 migrant persons have died and thousands more are ill or missing. Enrique Morones founded the Border Angels, a non-profit organization of extraordinary individuals, to help prevent the unnecessary deaths of these migrant persons. Along with other groups, the Border Angels have set up rescue stations with water, food, and blankets in the most hazardous areas of Imperial Valley.

After the shooting of 18 year old Guillermo Martinez at the Border, Enrique Morones led the Migrants’ March for Justice from San Diego to Washington, D.C.

Mr. Morones will speak about this journey on Wednesday, March 15, 2006, at 7:00 p.m. in Bard Hall of the First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego, 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest, San Diego. Cost: donations will be requested. The site is wheelchair accessible. Park in the church parking lot for $2.00 or there will be street parking within 2 blocks. Directions:

From Washington St., Hillcrest, north on 1st St., 3 blocks then left on Arbor, 1 block - The Church will be on your left. UCSD Medical Center will be on your right.
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SUPPORTING OUR SISTERS INSIDE- Women's Day M4
Janice Jordan - posted by Jonathan,

INTERNATIONAL WOMAN’S DAY VIGIL - LAS COLINAS JAIL - 4TH MARCH 2006

The Theresa Azochar Chapter of the
CALIFORNIA COALITION FOR WOMEN PRISONERS

Annual Las Colinas Vigil Supporting our Sisters kept from their families and friends

ALL COMMUNITIES ARE WELCOME
March 4, 2006
8AM - 8PM
Las Colinas Jail at 9000 Cottonwood Street, Santee, CA

For more information, please call 619.475.8227

See also: Celebrate Women at City College March 8th
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South Central Farmers in LA Evicted
reposted by sd indymedia,

Action Alert - EVICTION NOTICE POSTED at South Central Farm

An eviction notice was posted on the west gate of the South Central Farm by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department at 2:00pm, yesterday March 1, 2006. According to the notice the farm needs to be vacated by Monday March 6, 2006. Until the end of that day, it will still be legal for the farmers to remain on the land.

A Demonstration is planned: Los Angeles City Hall this Friday March 3, 2006 at 9:00 am outside and inside to speak out during the City Council Meeting’s Public Comments. Demand the city intervene on the community’s behalf! Public comments commence at 10:00 am.

Background info:  http://www.saveourgarden.com/

Breaking news at  http://la.indymedia.org
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Friday at UCSD: 3 years is enough! End the war!
indymedia oncampus,

FRIDAY, MARCH 3RD, NOON: Student Anti-war Protest at UCSD. Student leaders from UCSD are organizing a massive anti-war protest at the school on March 3 on La Jolla Village Drive, at the edge of the campus. La Jolla Village Drive and Gilman Dr.

FRIDAY, MARCH 3, 7PM: OUT OF IRAQ! Featuring Cindy Sheehan, Ann Wright and more at UCSD's Price Center Theater.
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Stripping Against Sweatshops
lotu5,

Around 50 students turned up this morning, in their undies, in front of the ucsd bookstore! they marched around library walk to the bookstore, chanted and gave short speeches to inform the students about the sweatshop made products sold in the bookstore. They handed out and announced Chancellor Fox's phone number, encouraging people to call and demand a sweat free bookstore!

This demonstration took place at many UC campuses on the same day, including UC Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Santa Barbara, San Diego, Davis, and Riverside. [ Santa Cruz Indymedia Story | Corporate Coverage of Berkeley Protest ]

The demonstrators took their demands to the chancellor's office, but were locked out. They stood outside of her door and read their letter of demand that the UC use sweatshop free labor. On March 17th, there will be a chill-in at the chancellor's office to hear her response. Below are some photos...
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Phiippine-US Women Launch Sustained Protests
Dorotea Mendoza, GABRIELA Network USA,

Women in US launch sustained protests against de facto martial law in the Philippines. GABRIELA Network USA, a Philippine-US women's solidarity mass organization, launches rolling national mobilization that will see daily protest actions in major cities in the US until the Philippine state of national emergency is lifted.
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Radica Radio Wednesday March 1st
Queen B's Blog,

Alright alright so a couple of weeks ago was our first experience back on the air with our new format, new vision, new style and new lovers.... syke. hehe. It's a work in progress... you know, this journey of independant media and all. And the ladies of Radica Radio are pretty fucking excited. So, what's happening tomorrow?

Angela Davis speaks live at UCSD tomorrow evening at the UCSD PRice Center Ballroom. The event is free and it starts at 6:00pm. Tune in to www.radioActiveradio.org tomorrow night at 8:00pm to hear a rebroadcast of her talk. It's going to be rad ass.

CAUTION:

Chances are the audio won't be that great, for reasons beyond what I can provide =). But we will be doing our best to bring you some of her words. So tune in tomorrow night, and if you aren't already planning on it, join us for the event. We'll be the crazy ones up front with Angela Davis stenciled t-shits and handbags... no im kidding, but we will be up front.

Info on Angela and the event:

ANGELA DAVIS
“Women and Social Justice Movements: Then, Now, Tomorrow”
Wednesday, March 1, 2006 at 6pm
Price Center Ballroom
Tickets Available at the Price Center Box Office

Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. Over the years she has been active as a student, teacher, writer, scholar, and activist/organizer. She is a living witness to the historical struggles of the contemporary era. Professor Davis will be discussing women and social justice movements looking retrospectively at women’s involvement in struggles for justice as well as looking at the current state of feminist and other social justice struggles, with thoughts on the future of women’s work around social justice.

Free and open to the public. Ticket required for entry. Please visit the University Events Box Office to obtain your free ticket for this event. Please arrive early. Seating is not guaranteed.
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Migrant March Arrives Today, 4:00pm Tijuana
Delete The Border,

PRESS/COMMUNITY ADVISORY

March for Migrants returns home Tuesday February 28th 400pm @ Border Monument @ Playas de Tijuana

March/Caravan members return to the site of the start of the Historic March but now will plant the final of 4000 crosses on Mexican side (by the bullring at the sea, monument across from Border State Park on Tijuana side).

On February 2, 2006 two dozen vehicles left the site of the assassination of Guillermo Martinez Rodriguez in San Ysidro California to march/caravan across the country to hear and listen to the voices of the Migrant Community before reaching Washington DC to meet with legislators including the offices of Clinton, Kennedy, Filner, Gutierrez, Pelosi, Feinstein, Boxer, Specter and others to gain support against HR 4437 as well as other anti immigrant legislation that has been on the rise under the current administration...

Read More @ deleteTheBorder.org

Related Blogwire Entry: Racist AmeriKKKan Renaissance Conference protested in VA

UCSD Students Get Naked For Justice
Kate StormoGipson,

In symbolic protest against the use of sweatshops to make Univeristy of California collegiate apparel, students at 6 UCs including UCSD, UC Santa Barbara, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Davis, and Riverside will be getting naked (or in their underwear) in front of their bookstores where collegiate apparel is sold on Wed, March 1st. UCSD's protest begins at 11:15am.
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Opposition To SDG&E Powerlink Grows
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

Supervisor Dianne Jacob blasted the proposed new powerlink SDG&E is planning to build, calling it unnecessary. The Supervisor questioned the motives of the company for building the line, claiming they were less interested in providing more energy for the future ... and more interested in maximizing their profits at the expense of rural county residents.
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3 Years of War & Lies...OUT OF IRAQ NOW!
Lynn Gonzalez,

On the 3rd Anniversary of the Iraq War...
Take Part! in a Public Performance Piece to:
Honor the Dead Wake the Living Rise Up in Resistance
Saturday, March 18th: PEACE FESTIVAL and ANTI-WAR RALLY
A Majority Has Turned Against the War - NOW is the Time to End It!

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San Diego Critical Mass Reportback
queer-j brad,

San Diego Critical Mass reclaimed the streets of San Diego as space for community activities and responsible transportation for a few hours Friday evening.

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SDIMC meetings and events in March
jonathan,

Join the San Diego Independent Media Center in March for the following meetings and events:
*All events are at Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway

March 1 - SDIMC General Meeting 6:30-8pm - Participate in the planning process for upcoming SDIMC activities.

March 8 - New Member Orientation 6:30-8pm - Learn the skills to make your own media and use the SDIMC website.

March 11 - Hacklab Meeting 1pm - Have computer skills to share or want to learn how to use technology for activism -  http://sdhacklab.org

March 15 - "Open Hack Night" 6:30-8:30pm - Do you have a short film to share or want to work on an open source project? Or come just to meet other media and tech activists.

March 22 - FILM: The Dark Side of Cancun, 7pm - This documentary takes a startling look at child prostitution in the vacation capital of Mexico. - www.thedarksideofcancun.com

March 24 - San Diego IndyMedia Fundraiser, 7pm - Music, Films, Art - Help support local independent media. Check www.sdimc.org for details.
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Environmental activist Rod Coronado arrested for "teaching and demonstrating" at a 2003 San Diego lecture
arizona indymedia, reposted by sd indymedia volunteer,

Tucson environmental activist Rod Coronado was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his workplace by agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). The arrest is in connection with a Grand Jury indictment in San Diego charging Coronado with "teaching and demonstrating" to others how to commit arson at a lecture he gave August 1, 2003 in San Diego . According to the FBI press release, Coronado "taught and demonstrated the making and use of a destructive device, with the intent that the device be used to commit arson" at a public gathering in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood. Three animal rights activists in San Diego were jailed for contempt of court in 2005 for refusing to testify in the secret Grand Jury investigation.

Coronado is not charged with setting a fire 15 hours before his lecture that caused $50 million in damages and destroyed a large apartment complex under construction in the University Towne Center area of San Diego. Neighbors observed that ATF agents searched his home in the Dunbar Spring neighborhood for several hours.

Coronado’s arrest is the latest in the string of arrests across the country related to environmental and animal rights related actions.

Read more on Arizona Indymedia

San Ysidro Border Arts & Culture Center
SYBA & CC,

The vision for the Border Arts & Cultural Center
entails having a safe space (about 3,000 sq. ft.) in
which border artists, musicians, filmmakers, poets,
community members, etc., can utilize the space to
share/display art/perform, engage in classes,
collaborate with others, etc.
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Migrant March Update - DC, Madison, on the way home!
Delete The Border,

MIGRANT MARCH LATEST UPDATE....DATELINE Madison Wisconsin...temperature BRRRRRRRR

Mark Twain once said "the coldest Winter he ever spent, was a Summer in San Francisco", well I guess Mark never spent a day in Madison, Wisconsin....brrrrr can someone say below zero

February 21 Madison, Wisconsin...

The incredible journey continues as we awoke in a cooperative house here in Madison. Only 18 people share this house (21 last night) Wisconsin only a few feet from lake FREEZZZZZZING !!!

This past week has once again, has been incredible, as we spent last Wednesday through Sunday in DC where we meet with key legislators and staff as we visited the offices of Senators Hillary Clinton, Ted Kennedy, Diane Feinstein, Barbara Boxer...we knocked on several republican doors but no gracias NO HABLA DERECHOS HUMANOS...we also visited with friends in congress such as Nancy Pelosi, Bob Filner, Jose Luis Gutierrez, Hilda Solis, and we let Texan Cuellar know what we think of his funding Racist Minutelklan idea...On Saturday we held a rally and march in front of DC Capitol Building as were joined by MECHA, Mexicanos sin Fronteras, MALDEF, Lulac, SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE, activists from Virginia, Delaware, a couple even drove from New Orleans to join us as well as our own Angeles de la Frontera and Gente Unida...plus many many more friends and supporters from all walks of life, all colors and all united against racist HR 4437, NO MORE DEATHS and YES to HUMAN RIGHTS.

Read More | A Report posted to DC Indymedia | Listen to the audio report from WSQT

FILM: Still We Ride!
sdimc,

FILM SCREENING, Wednesday, February 22, 2006: Since when is riding your bike illegal? The Film “Still We Ride” explores why 264 people were arrested at the 2004 Republican National Convention in New York City during a Critical Mass Bike Ride. The film also provides a brief history of the Critical Mass movement. The San Diego Independent Media Center invites you to enjoy the film and then go for a Critical Mass Bike Ride. Film starts at 7pm. Critical Mass Ride at 8:30pm – Bring your bike and a light. $3-$5 donation. San Diego IndyMedia at Voz Alta on 1544 Broadway, downtown San Diego.
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Needed: Flat Panel Monitors, Laptops, Furniture
sd indymedia tech,

As we begin moving into our new downtown media making space, we find ourselves in need of computer hardware and computer furniture. San Diego Indymedia has a new home at Voz Alta downtown on 15th and broadway. In the coming weeks, we plan to install a number of computers to be used for media making and for workshops. Unfortunately, we don't have much room for the computers in the new space, so the computers will have to be setup and taken down frequently and moved around a lot.

Downtown SD: Diversity or Economic Apartheid?
rocky,

The San Diego City Council will be considering the Downtown Community Plan Update on February 28th. Members of ACCORD, a group of 20 grassroots organizations, urges you to attend; supporting efforts to make plan fair and more grass-roots developed.

Maria Villamoto, along with her husband and oldest
son, works downtown San Diego. Because they all get
off work at different times, after dark, they are
forced to drive separate vehicles from their crime
ridden San Ysidro neighborhood. They have searched for
years to find an affordable family apartment downtown
to only discover the hard facts of downtown San
Diego's increasingly economic segregation from the
rest of the greater metropolitian area...
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