Revolutionary Communist Party's World Can't Wait Rally and March
sdimc volunteer, from the newswire,

On Thursday, an estimated 500-1000 participants joined rallies and marches centered at Horton Plaza in downtown San Diego organized by the Revolutionary Communist Party's (1, 2) World Can't Wait project. Protests also were held in a number of other cities, including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Cleveland. Police attacked the crowd with bean bag guns, pepper spray, rubber bullets and billy clubs in Portland.

From the World Can't Wait web site:
"500 people, including 20 children under 10, marched in San Diego to drive out the Bush regime. It was a very diverse group in terms of age, ethnicity, and gender. There were more in attendance, but as the event spanned from 12 noon to 7 PM, most individuals stayed for 2-3 hours (some more) and a true count was hard to arrive at. But, the people were unflaggingly supportive, had a contagious spirit, and did their part to show their revulsion with the direction the Bush Regime has taken our government."

From the Newswire (Delgado):
"...at Noon and during the afternoon the crowd was a few hundred young people with lots of High School and College kids. Lots of "punkers" and anarchist types, with many coming out for the first time to a Demonstration. By 4pm the composition of the crowd began to morph into older types, with lots of the regular folks and groups. I found The March itself through the Gaslamp District to be very spirited and militant. Also there were no "peace-minders/ushers" or whatever you call them at this rally so folks were pretty much free to do whatever you wanted, for good or bad. The reception from passersby was generally very favorable, as there were far more positive honking and other encouragement from motorists, (especially from people of color), compared to the ever-decreasing number of red-neck white men giving us the finger and yelling about Bin Laden and terrorists."

Announcement and discussion of RCP

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San Diego Indymedia Events for October
sdimc volunteer,

Wed Oct 4, 7-9pm - HANDS-ON INDEPENDENT MEDIA TRAINING WORKSHOP - TONITE! DIY community media making: event coverage, story writing, photography, audio, video, and posting to the SDIMC website. FREE

Wed Oct 11, 7-9pm - SDIMC 101. An introduction to the San Diego Independent Media Center: how to become a community media maker and participate in SDIMC. FREE

Wed Oct 18 The Borderlands hackLab and San Diego Indymedia present OPEN HACK NITE -- CANCELLED this month because of EZLN visit.

Thurs Oct 19 - In collaboration with Collectivo Zapatista, borderlands hackLab and Voz Alta. Tentative: Cross-Border Audio or Video Streaming of the EZLN Sixth Commission/La Otra Campaña meeting in Tijuana. More details as they become available...

Wed Oct 25, 7pm - FILM SCREENING Robert Greenwald, "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers." The story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war. $3-5 donation requested.

All Events at Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway, one block from City College, downtown San Diego.

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Residents Celebrate as National City Becomes Sanctuary
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Early in September, Mayor Nick Inzunza announced that he intended to proclaim National City a sanctuary from the harassment and collaboration between local officials and federal immigration enforcement that have been springing up in other cities, such as Vista and Escondido. On Saturday, 350 residents and supporters gathered at city hall to celebrate. At an anti-sanctuary protest in National City the previous weekend shut down by 300 sanctuary supporters, minutemen were filmed assaulting and pepper-spraying members of the Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Rebel Insurgent Clown Army and California Anarchists for Gilchrist's Election.

From Leslie Radford:
"National City today thumbed its nose at Congress and skipped through the streets. It had declared itself a haven for people of foreign descent, even as the federal government intensifies mass roundups and deportations, and neighboring cities legitimate ethnic profiling. The proclamation, signed by Mayor Nick Inzunza, adds National City to a roster that includes big cities: San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and small: Maywood, Pomona, Huntington Park, Coachella."

From Miguel:
"As the rally came to an end, pro-Sanctuary supporters provided musical accompaniment while Rebel Clown Army members danced in the street to the lyrics of "Canta y no llores, porque cantando se alegran cielito lindo los corazones" - Sing don't cry, with song our hearts feel happy my darling - reflecting the sunny disposition of the Mexican people in contrast to the bitter hatred racists thrive on."

Reports with Photos: Leslie Radford | Miguel

Prior National City Story
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Climate/Oaxaca: Virtual Sit-In and Bike Ride
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UPDATE From Rising Tide North America: "The exact location of the G8+5 Climate Summit in Mexico was unknown ... Early sources said Mexico City, but this proved impossible to confirm. We now know that the G8+5 climate meeting is happening in Monterrery, hundreds of miles away from the Alternative Climate Justice Dialogue and Convergence that we initiated and organized in Mexico City. We suspect that the G8+5 meeting was moved away from Mexico's capitol to avoid the sting of popular dissent, not just from us climate activists but more critically from the massive movements for democracy and justice that have convulsed Mexico in recent months and converged in Mexico City. Red Alert Virtual Strike against the G8+5 and Mexican government websites: click here"

The elite of the richest countries are reaping huge profits from dangerous climate change while placing the burden on the most economically disadvantaged, rolling the dice with our life support systems in pursuit of higher profits. The eight richest countries in the world, the G8, plus five developing countries are meeting in Mexico City this week to agree to invest trillions to prop up the fossil fuel economy and to promote carbon trading, which we already know doesn’t work and will just shift the burden further to the Global South. Local activist groups with international participation are poised to resist the G8+5 meeting.

At the same time, President of Mexico Vincente Fox is preparing to send his stormtroopers to attack the Popular Assemblies of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), who have been occupying parts of Oaxaca City for over four months to demand the ouster of governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz - a corrupt frontman for corporate globalization - and the release of political prisoners.

Corporate-driven, neoliberal climate change. Corporate-driven, neoliberal suppression of resistance movements for democracy and local control. Different problem. Same enemy.

Solidarity Actions:
--Virtual Sit-In Against the Websites of the G8+5 and the Mexican Government - Tue-Wed Oct 3-4 all day (español)
--Bike Ride for Climate Justice, Meet at Balboa Park Big Fountain - Fri Oct 6 @ 7PM

Contra G8+5 | Oaxaca Facing Imminent Attack
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Oaxaca Facing Imminent Attack
via elenemigocomun.net,

UPDATES: 10-2-am, Military overflights continue and Marcos: “Oaxaca is not just an emergency. It is also an example to follow.”

Parts of Oaxaca City have been occupied for over four months, in what started as a teachers strike and blossomed into a broad movement, Popular Assemblies of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), following an attack by state forces on the teachers. APPO is demanding the removal of the corrupt and murderous PRI governor, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, and the release of political prisoners. Apparently to appease PRI partners and corporate masters, Vincente Fox's federal forces are preparing for an attack.

September 30, 2006 - An attack seems imminent, according to Nancy Davies reporting for Narco News:
APPEAL FOR NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL AID
The word I have now is that there are about 5,000 men wearing army uniforms who are not army, but police, culled from other states like Vercruz and Morelia, that is to say, this is a PRI operation, not the federal troops, altho I don't know how our source explains the "naval" helicopters (maybe not?). The "police" are heavily armed, and the attack is supposed to happen around 10:00 PM Oaxaca time. The attack, code name cicloncinco, was revealed by the same person who informed our friend that there would be a drive-by shooting last night, which came true.

Indymedia Oaxaca reported on miltary overflights on September 30

APPO has called for demonstrations at Mexican Consulates.

Mexican Consulate, San Diego
1549 India St., San Diego, CA 92101
Tel: (619) 231-8414 * Fax: (619) 231-4802
E-mail: info@consulmexsd.org
http://portal.sre.gob.mx/sandiego

Links: Indymedia Oaxaca | el enemigo común | Narco News | Radio APPO | Audio from Oaxaca | Photos | Timeline of Events

Prior SDIMC Reports: 7-7 8-15 8-18 8-22 8-23 8-25 9-1 9-7a 9-7b

Narco News Reports (english/español) 5-26 | 6-7 | 6-8 | 6-12 | 6-14a | 6-14b | 6-15a | 6-15b | 6-17 | 6-21a | 6-21b | 6-22 | 6-23 | 6-24 | 6-27 | 6-29 | 7-7a | 7-7b | 7-15 | 7-22 | 7-23 | 7-28 | 8-2 | 8-4 | 8-9 | 8-11 | 8-14 | 8-20 | 8-21 | 8-22 | 8-23 | 8-26 | 8-30 | 9-3 | 9-5 | 9-7a | 9-7b | 9-17 | 9-18 | 9-21 | 9-24 | 9-26 | 9-28 | 9-29 | 10-1a | 10-1b
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The First Cross-Border Encuentro of La Otra Campaña: Summary
queer-j brad,

The First Cross-Border Encuentro of La Otra Campaña was held in Tijuana and San Diego September 15-17.

A key component of the Zapatista Other Campaign, originating with the Sixth Declaration of the Selva Lacandona, is a tour of Mexico to offer an alternative to the farce of electoral politics, by documenting the struggles of and listening to "the simple and humble people" - a national program of struggle from Below.

The EZLN Sixth Commission's tour has been suspended since the brutal attack by state and federal forces on the people of San Salvador Atenco May 3-4. Local groups working with La Otra Campaña organized the Cross-Border Encuentro as the Sixth Commission focused its attention on solidarity with the people of Atenco.

In Tijuana, 250 compañer@s heard from activist panels discussing women in resistance movements; indigenous struggles; autonomy; culture and art; culture and media; resistance against borders; and resistance against climate change and environmental destruction; as well as music, dance and theater from the struggle.

In San Diego, parallel meetings on the 15th and 17th were organized as freeflowing, participatory roundtable discussions that covered diverse topics, including women, patriarchy and machismo; personal connections with La Otra; listening as a tactic; maquiladora workers; struggles and resistance north of the border; and community building vs. armed revolution.

The Sixth Commission recently announced that it will resume its journey on October 9, following the arrival of reinforcements to work for the release of Atenco prisoners, and will travel to Tijuana for a cross-border meeting planned for October 19.

Reports: Tijuana español-1, english-1 español-2, english-2 | San Diego english

Photos: 1 2 3

Audio from Tijuana, Day 2 (español): 1 2 3 4 5 6

Announcement: español, english

Sixth Commission of the EZLN Proposed Itinerary: español, english

Background: Sixth Declaration español, english | La Otra Campaña Documents thru June | Up to Date Reports Indymedia Chiapas, EnlaceZapatista, NarcoNews | La Otra Tijuana | Colectivo Zapatista San Diego

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SANCTUARY RALLY NOON SATURDAY
repost,

This past Saturday, with more than 300 supporters, the community shut down the attempted rally of 87 Minutemen in front of the National City, City Hall offices. People young and old, in a rainbow of colors joined forces to say YES to the proposed Sanctuary City for National City and NO to the vigilante minutemen that tried and failed to promote hate and stop the sanctuary city movement. One minutemen was arrested and more are expected to be arrested, as videos from humanitarian groups show the minutemen physically assaulting peace activists as well as spraying peace activists with mace.

On Saturday, September 30 at NOON, the sanctuary movement will be holding a celebration of the declaration of National City as a sanctuary for migrants: adjacent to City Hall on the corner of 12th and National City Blvd.

Past Coverage and Videos | Commentary on Corporate Coverage

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Torture Survivor Disappeared in Argentina
Lynn Gonzalez,

This past August Argentina celebrated the first conviction of the many perpetrators of torture during that country’s military dictatorship. “El turko Julian” was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison. Now, just over a month later, the population awaits the results of DNA testing to confirm the first disappearance of Argentina’s democracy – Julio Lopez - and the first in over 30 years.

Fellow survivor Patricia Indiana Isasa has also been tirelessly pursuing justice against nine torturers. She and other torture survivors are receiving strange and threatening phone calls, but Patricia will not be deterred.

Julio Lopez’s Disappearance | Conviction of “El turko Julian” | Patricia Isasa’s Struggle for Justice: 1 2 3
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Racist Violence in National City Saturday
lotu5,

National City was the scene of a near-riot on Satuday when police blockaded protesters in with a crowd of 200 white-supremacist minutemen and the Minutemen took the opportunity to pepper spray non-violent demonstrators, many dressed as clowns, knock them to the floor and kick them. The Minutemen had staged a large protest against National City's plan to become a Sanctuary City, which would mean that no city funds can be used to enforce immigration laws.

Unsurprisingly, the local corproate media has gone out of their way to take an explicitly racist stance on the situation, supporting the minutemen's claim that they sprayed water at the protesters. Channel 8 showed a video of a minuteman laying on top of demonstrators, who were lying on the ground in agonizing pain getting their eyes rinsed out, and claiming sarcastically that he was hurt too and that they were faking. Channel 8 said that the Minutemen claim that the demonstratros were "faking it". Channel 10 went out of their way on Sunday morning to show a report saying that clearly the protesters were faking because they were wearing sunglasses, showing a clip of one demonstrator before getting sprayed wearing sunglasses instead of showing him on the ground with red tearing eyes for half an hour.

The video linked here clearly shows Gabriel Pollach, a violent racist who spends his mornings screaming racial slurs and threats of sexual violence at day laborers, with a yellow can of pepper spray in his hand, spraying two demonstrators in the face.

Video: High res | Low res

Additional Photos, Video: 1 2

Prior Clown/CIRCA-SD Coverage: 1 2 3 4

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SDIMC Climate Justice Film Screening and Discussion
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Climate Justice Film Screening/Discussion
Wednesday, September 27 -- 7PM
Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway, Downtown $3-5 donation

Featuring . . .
**The Power of Community – How Cuba Survived Peak Oil**
With the collapse of the Soviet Union and an end to subsidized oil imports, Cuba faced its peak oil crisis a decade before the rest of the world. This film documents the response of Cubans in turning away from a fossil-fuel economy toward community-based, organic farming methods and public and pedal-powered transportation.

With . . .
**Corporate Climate Change Resistance Video Shorts**
Reports from the UK Climate Camp, which shut down the massive Drax power station for a day, and the occupation of a Shell gas station.

**Discussion of the G8+5 Climate Meeting in Mexico City**
The Oct 3-4 G8+5 climate talks to negotiate the new “Kyoto Treaty” are being held in Mexico City. They are expected to rubber stamp the G8's decision to invest trillions in fossil fuels in St Petersberg in July and a reliance on failed market based carbon trading to reduce emissions. The discussion will cover a summary of climate change and its effects, and resistance to the G8+5 meeting in Mexico City.
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San Diego Side of the First Cross-Border Encuentro: Part One
queer-j brad,

As part of the First Cross-Border Encuentro of La Otra Campaña, the Colectivo Zapatista de San Diego organized a meeting on the San Diego side at Voz Alta. On Friday, Sept 15, about 20 compañer@s watched a film about the Zapatistas and La Otra, and participated in a discussion regarding Zapatismo, listening, women in revolutionary movements, organizing in San Diego and other topics. A partial transcript of the discussion follows.

"One thing I learned from the Zapatistas is that over here in the Estados Unidos we overanalyze a lot of things. If something didn't work, it's like WHY DIDNT IT WORK? ~~~ One thing we do have to learn from each other here is how to listen, how to step back and listen. ~~~ It is hard to really believe in something right now. With organizing and mobilizations, we lose momentum in a lot of things we do, and this movement seems like it continues its momentum in terms of its organizing. ~~~ We do live in a patriarchical society and world. I think it is very important for us mujeres to say ya basta, it's time to speak up and for people to listen. ~~~ Sometimes it is not so much like women's problems, but fucking machismo. And you know machismo is just like egocentrism. The taking up of space from other people and not stepping back, ever. ~~~ A lot of the time movements take into consideration women as a question or something that is secondary. In the Zapatista movement, they play a primary role. ~~~ There are a lot of people who are like "oh, the Zapatistas are coming, wow, let's go!" Yeah that's also a part of it, so we can also learn from them, but it's how can we bring it back home? ~~~ These people in business suits making all these big decisions, and those kinds of ways of thinking are in me."

"Every time through history, we analyze history, every time we change the political structure of a country, it's through revolution. ~~~ Another thing that we lack is the basic understanding of collectivity. You said the Zapatistas should take power, but when I think about the compañer@s that I have worked with all my life, seriously, I don't trust any of the organizations that I work with, even though I have given my life to them, to take power. ~~~ On this side we are inside the belly of the beast. So, what can we do here, so that we can build an anti-capitalist movement here, that can parallel and support the movement that is being created in Mexico? ~~~ I don't think that revolution should be the next step. What good is it to be killing each other. Who is going to be left for us to build our world? ~~~ You gotta have your good times, you can't fight a revolution just being bitter about things, you have to have your culture, you have to have your music, you gotta apply all of these things within your revolution, or its not worth having. If we start building community, the struggle will come within that, and we will be there together."

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Tijuana Taxi Drivers Hit Wall of Greed
rocky neptun,

Maria Sanchez Guzman, a single mother who lives in the colonia Flores Magon waited for over an hour alongside the dusty road for a taxi to take her across Tijuana to to the maquiladora factories. Finally, someone told her that the taxis she had ridden for 12 years would no longer be coming.

The jobs of 6,000 middle-class, independent taxi owners along with support personnel, wiped out in one day. Tens of thousands of workers suddenly without adequate, reliable transportation. Why is the corporate media in our border region not covering this outrageous situation? Because their reporters would have to tell the ugly story about a political party, the PAN, which seeks to destroy the middle-class to create a thin layer of wealth at the top. This is the new world order of corporate owned capitalism - using public services to finance private wealth.

Related: IWW Victory for Taxi Drivers at LA Airport
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Take it to the table! A dance action 4 peace!
General Giggles of CIRCA,

Eveoke Dance Theater and the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army combined forces tonight, Friday, September 22 for "Take it to the table - A dance action for peace", an art in resistance action with the theme "get this war off our baby's backs!"

The action took place outside of Copley Symphony Hall, where Ani Difranco's concert took place tonight in San Diego.

These photos show eveoke's dance performance which was performed multiple times throughout the day and the clown army's skit, American Pie in Your Face - The Circus of Socialization.


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Resistance to Corporate Climate Change
rising tide north america, uk-imc and sdimc,

San Diego Indymedia will be sponsoring a Climate Justice/Resistance film screening and discussion in advance of the G8+5 Climate Change Talks in Mexico City: Wed Sept 27 7PM at Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway, 1 blk from City College Downtown San Diego. Details soon...

From UK Climate Camp:
The Climate Camp was about squaring up to climate criminals. Hundreds of people converged to take action on Drax - from a colourful kids demo blocking the main gates, to small teams of people locking themselves to machinery inside the fence, the intent was clear. Drax must shut now! It is time to push aside the big money makers of the world – and make space for a future where the needs of people and the planet come first.

From UK Indymedia:
Actions against Drax Power Station started early on August 31 and continued all day, with the Drax perimeter being breached several times. Up to 600 campaigners against climate change participated in the Reclaim Power mass action. Four main blocs gathered at the centre of the Climate Camp before splitting off into different groups, with some heading towards Drax across fields to avoid police road blocks.

Just after 4.30am seven activists occupied a Drax lighting tower. Later nearby roads were blocked by different affinity groups and another Drax lighting tower was also occupied with a banner reading "No Future For You". More perimeter penetrations occured as more groups arrived at the fence to be met with police in riot gear, horses and dogs.

From Rising Tide North America:
The idea battle that UK activists face is more against rampant greenwashing and the notion that green capitalism, carbon trading and other market-based carbon-offset schemes will save us. Micro-reductions are not only insignificant when you consider that the numerous feedback loops (trapped methane in the Siberian permafrost, the shrinking arctic, the Greenland ice sheet, and the amazon, to name a few) are causing climate change to occur much faster than expected; such incremental reforms are actually quite damaging, in that they reassure the public that everything is under control when we all need to be making drastic lifestyle changes.

We must make it clear that the system that created this shit is not going to fix it - the struggle for social justice, for sustainability, for equality, must necessarily be a struggle against capitalism. Those of us living in the US have more opportunities than anyone else in the world to hit the Earth-destroying machine where it's most vulnerable - from inside the brain of the monster.

UK Climate Camp | Rising Tide North America | UK IMC | Contra G8+5 Website | Climate IMC

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Houses Demolished in Korean Resistance to US
savePTfarmers,

For over four years, the Korean villages of Daechuri and Doduri have defiantly resisted the seizure of their homes and fields for the expansion of an United States Army base. On September 13 at dawn, 22,000 riot police invaded and occupied the villages. Police demolition equipment managed to wipe out 68 empty houses. But the vastly outnumbered villagers and supporters put up a fierce resistance, and managed to stop the cops from destroying many of the houses that the Ministry of Defense had threatened to destroy.

Previous Indymedia Coverage: 1 2 3 | Save the Pyeongtaek Farmers

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Mindwalk 50: Net Neutrality & Israeli Apartheid
U,

Henry Rollins, Jello Biafra and Ted Kennedy on the same page? Yeah, guess so. All in favor of maintaining Net Neutrality. David Gregory gets barked at by GWB about the Geneva Convention. Huey P. Newton reminds us the people have the power set to the theme music from Blade. Audio posted on IMC of "El Enemigo Comun" the common enemy. Burroughs fills in a little time as a "Private Asshole". We close with CBC reporting on what Israeli TV decided not to ban from the people of Israel, mixed with Israeli soldiers shooting rubber bullets at Anti-Apartheid activists in Bilin 11/8/06.

Download Audio Here

Upstart Radio

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Photos 1st night of Transfronterizo Encuentro
general giggles and pipi,

Photos from the Tijuana side of the first Cross Border / Transfronterizo Encuentro of the Other Campaign. The theme of the forum was women in resistance. Speakers were from Atenco, Tijuana, Los Angeles and Arizona. There was also a short, but powerful theater piece demonstrating the violence of the mexican government against the people of Mexico.

Announcement | San Diego Satellite Event

UPDATE - Audio from Day 2 by radioActive sanDiego + borderlands hacklab: mesa indigena | mesa autonomia | mesa de cultura | mesa de cultura y medios | mesa de derribemos las fronteras

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"Planet of Slums" Author Speaks in San Diego
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Mike Davis, author of several best-selling books on urban corruption and apocalypse, spoke at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church Wednesday, September 13 and outlined the basic themes of his new book, "Planet of Slums." His argument was that one billion or more people worldwide now live in slum conditions, that they exist almost totally outside the organized world economy, and that the breakdown of any sense of community and the rise of the "Washington consensus" and the structural adjustment programs it imposed on the Third World have pretty much wiped out any chance for these people to work themselves up economically and better their lives.

Previous Coverage, Incl Audio/Transcript | UN-HABITAT Report: Challenge of Slums | Challenge of Slums: Case Studies | Mike Davis: Planet of Slums | Mike Davis: Slum Ecology | Reviews: 1 2 3 | Interviews: 1 2a 2b 3 (audio)
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Video of Operation W.T.F (Where's the Fence)
General Giggles of the CIRCA Boredom Patrol,

The Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army goes to a local home depot in san diego, california, where the Minutemen are trying to keep day laborers from feeding their families.

High quality download (with 2 minutes more footage!)

Low quality youtube video

CIRCA-SD | Friends of Day Laborers | CIRCA | CIRCA contra los Minutemen action sep 9

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San Diego Side of Cross-Border Encuentro
zapatista collective of san diego,

The Other Campaign will be holding a meeting in Tijuana Fri Sept 15 - Sun Sept 17 (more information here). A two day satellite event will create a space where people on the San Diego side can hook up to the actual encounter happening in Tijuana. Everyone interested in the Other Campaign is welcome.

Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway, one block from city college in downtown san diego

Friday, September 15, 2006, 6-9pm
Sunday September 17, 9am-1pm


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