Diebold Voting Machines Jam in Vista
repost from e-mail,

Two Diebold voting machines in Vista experienced paper jams on the already controversial computerized format that has been challenged on local, regional and national levels.

"What happend today in Vista is an example of the continued erosion of our democracy," said Fredia Avalos, a communication lecturer at Cal State San
Marcos. Vista filmaker Mark Day commented "I ended up voting twice. Those machines make a lot of racket and sound like an old harvesting machine. The whole thing is very scary."
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MegaMarch in Oaxaca. Solidarity March and Rally in San Diego
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On Sunday, a mega-march organized by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), with an estimated hundreds of thousands to a half million to one million participants, filled the streets of Oaxaca City, reportedly at one point extending as long as 12 kilometers (7 miles). The march was said to be the people's response to the Mexican Federal Preventative Forces' (PFP) failed invasion of the University Autotonima Benito Juarez, which houses APPO's Radio Universidad, and the continuing attacks, arrests and repression. Early on Sunday, a university student guarding the radio station was shot in the chest and remains in critical condition.

Also on Sunday, a Oaxaca solidarity march leaving from the San Diego Oaxaca Solidarity Camp at the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy (at peak ~ 70 participants) took the streets and progressed through downtown and the gaslamp with banners and chants expressing solidarity with the Oaxacan People and their demands: the corrupt governor Ulises Ruiz must go; the federal PFP troops must leave Oaxaca and the political prisoners and disappeared must be returned in good health.

The march was preceded by an open mic rally where speakers discussed the situation in Oaxaca, Oaxaqueños in California, and demands upon the Mexican government and the San Diego Mexican Consul. As the Mexican Consulate was approached at the conclusion of the march, unassociated passersby dragged hay bales, which had been placed on the corner to give Little Italy a fake harvest ambience, into the street, according to an eyewitness who did not wish to be identified. The hay bale blockade at the corner of India and Cedar was the site of a post-march open mic rally further discussing the situation in Oaxaca and the demand for the end to police violence in both Oaxaca and San Diego.

Throughout the march and rally, the sdpd continued harassing and intimidating protesters in an attempt to curtail their rights to speak and be heard, and their rights to occupy public space. Early in the march, one copcar loudspeaker declared that the marchers were participating in a riot and would be arrested if they did not move to the sidewalk. As the march continued in the street, cops threatened the peaceful protesters with violence by dangerously accelerating their cars toward them in the back of and on either side of the march. Late in the march, a cop car struck a protester's wheelchair, fortunately not resulting in injuries.

At the hay bale blockade rally, the sdpd's frustration with nonhierarchical, self-organized resistance movements was evident, as they searched unsuccessfully for a leader to threaten and arrest. Cop photographers and videographers attempted to intimidate the protesters. One sdpd photographer moved into the crowd, apparently thinking that an armed thug amongst peaceful demonstrators would not be noticed. Protesters held signs up to block his view every time he attempted to take a photograph, eventually chasing him back to the sidelines.

Many protesters commented that they were energized by their ability to get out the message about Oaxaca despite the attempts at repression. Music and poetry after the rally produced a festive and hopeful atmosphere.

The San Diego Oaxaca Solidarity Camp continues at the Mexican Consulate, 1549 India Street in Little Italy. The protesters request your continuing help and support.

SD Photos: 1 2

SD Video: 1

Links to Prior SD Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Coverage here

Reports/Reports w/ Photos on the Oaxaca MegaMarch: 1 2 3 4

Report on Electronic Blockade of Mexican Consulates and Embassies here

Radio Universidad (Espanol) | Ongoing English Translation of Radio Universidad here

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San Diego Activist Janice Jordan Running for CA Governor
san diego indymedia volunteer,

San Diego activist Janice Jordan is running as the Peace and Freedom Candidate for governor of California with a $400 budget. Her campaign calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty, community policing, universal healthcare and free education, affordable housing, full equality for women, support for unions and immigrant rights.

Jordan was political prisoner Leonard Peltier's vice-presidential running mate in the 2004 election. She is active in the San Diego Sagon Penn Chapter of CopWatch, the California Coalition of Women Prisoners, and other local groups working for positive social change.

Arnold Schwartzenegger is estimated to have spent $40 million for his republican bid for governor; Phil Angelides $36 million for the democrats. Despite the 100,000 times funding advantage the corporate candidates have over Jordan, in a recent mock election amongst California students, Jordan came in third - within spitting distance of the leaders: Jordan, 15.7%; Camejo, 8.9%; Olivier, 4.8%,;Noonan, 3.5%; Angelides, 34.5%, Schwarzenegger, 32.7%.

I spoke with Jordan outside a CopWatch event on October 22, the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. Video: 8min 33sec.

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Oaxaca Repels PFP Attack on University, Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Continues at the SD Mexican Consulate
san diego indymedia volunteer,

UPDATE 11/4 9:00AM Two of IMC journalist Brad Will's murderers arrested, seven reporters hurt by PFP | Solidarity demonstrations continue across the globe

On Thursday the Oaxacan people, using rocks, custom-made fireworks launchers and limitless courage, repelled a fierce attack by the Mexican Federal Preventative Forces (PFP) employing chemical weapons on University City, which houses the University Autotonima Benito Juarez and the voice of the struggle, Radio Universidad. The University has become the central location for The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) since the PFP occupied the zocalo on Sunday. Read more here: 1 2 3

On Friday, about 20 people got out of minivans and shot at Radio Universidad.

In San Diego, protesters with the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp continue to occupy the sidewalk in front of the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy, despite being hassled by SDPD and consulate personnel. On Wednesday, an energetic display of chanting, yelling and percussion rocked the consulate and Little Italy off their foundations. On Thursday, protesters showed films projected onto the Consulate garage door about the Oaxacan People's struggle, as well as the video Indymedia journalist Brad Will was shooting when he was assassinated in Oaxaca last Friday. As if on cue, the garage door opened and the Consul drove out during Will's video. On Friday, energetic chanting accompanied the presence of fox news. A surprisingly high fraction of the people passing by the consulate had some awareness of the situation in Oaxaca. The protesters request your continuing support and help maintaining the Camp.

Background: 1 2

Continuing Updates: espanol: 1 2 3 | english 1 2

SD Reports: 1 2 3

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 NEW: 7 8 9

SD Audio: 1 2 NEW: 3

SD Video: 1


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Zapatista Corn Harvest Festival Saturday!
Schools for Chiapas,

Zapatista Harvest Festival for Peace and Justice
Saturday November 4 10am-7pm

La Milpa Organica Farm, 9988 Protea Gardens Rd. Escondido
Travel instructions: Deer Springs Road exit I-15 about 7 miles north of Escondido. Turn toward Meadows Road (east) and turn right (south) onto the frontage road. Proceed about 300 yards and then turn left onto Protea Gardens Rd. (dirt).

Join Schools for Chiapas and La Milpa Organica in a celebration of GE-free corn, local food systems, organic farming, slow foods, and indigenous cultures. The day-long harvest festival program will include a kids program, corn harvest, the slow roasting of red, white and blue corn grown from Zapatista seed, theatre, music, poetry, workshops, storytelling, indigenous artesian work and organic food.

The Zapatista Corn Harvest Festival for Peace and Justice supports the
“Mother Seeds in Resistance Project”, a multinational effort to protect the native seeds of Mayan corn in the autonomous communities of Chiapas, Mexico. This project works to stop contamination by genetically modified corn imported from the USA. All proceeds will fund testing of indigenous Chiapas corn for GMO contamination.
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Manifestantes de La Otra Campaña Usan Arte y Realidad en Apoyo al Pueblo de Oaxaca
repost from e-mail by Jorge,

A las 5:00PM de la tarde del día 1ro de noviembre, integrantes de la Otra Campaña se reunieron y montaron un evento político/cultural en la esquina de la Calle Constitución y Calle Segunda, justo en la entrada de la Plaza Santa Cecilia en el centro de Tijuana.

Los manifestantes leyeron los nombres de los asesinados en Oaxaca y de la complicidad del gobernador Ulise Ruiz. También de los presos políticos y los desaparecidos en todo el pais. "¡Libertad inmediata a todos los presos políticos y castigo a los asesinos del pueblo!" eran algunas de las demandas.
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Oaxaca Update
sdimc volunteer,

The Mexican Federal Preventative Police (PFP) continues to occupy parts of Oaxaca City following an invasion on Sunday, which Vincente Fox has claimed was triggered by the need to restore order following PRI paramilitary killings on Friday. Despite calls from federal legislators, including those of his own PRI, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz has refused to resign. The People of Oaxaca continue to resist, retaining barriers at some locations in the city and attempting to displace the PFP nonviolently.

The Zapatistas have called for solidarity blockades today, November 1, and a general strike on November 20 (espanol, english). Protests have taken place at over 20 Mexican embassies and consulates in the US.

The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp has continuously occupied the sidewalk outside the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy since Sunday evening, and the shifting camp population, drawn from autonomous collectives and groups in the region, has vowed to remain until the occupying forces are withdrawn from Oaxaca.

Over the past several years, Little Italy has been swept clear of real people through a combination of gentrification, cops and private security forces. It now provides a lifeless, sterile concrete, steel and glass environment for its largely atomized, over-consuming zombie inhabitants.

The Camp has brought to this barren a feeling of warmth and community, with singing, chanting, pot banging, signs, candles and a Dia de los Muertos altar. The Consul has been visibly disturbed by the Camp's display of power from below. The sdpd has detained three protesters apparently for having the gall to occupy three-dimensional space, as no legal reason could be discerned by videotaping observers.

The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp continues, as does the electronic blockade of Mexican Consulates and Embassies in North America.

Background: 1 2

Continuing Updates: espanol: 1 2 3 | english 1 2

SD Reports: 1 2 3

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Audio: 1 2

SD Video: 1


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Solidarity Encampment Continues! Support Oaxaca! Head down to the Mexican Consulate now!
camper,

The solidarity encampment in support of the people of Oaxaca continues at the Mexican consulate on cedar and india street in little italy! Last night numerous people there and were woken up at 5am by a tv news crew interviewing them.

There has been a call put out to create a dia de los muertos altar in front of the consulate. If you can bring anything for this altar or help get it started, please head down to the consulate today!

Ongoing solidarity planton / encampment at the Mexican consulate!
Mexican Consulate
1549 India Street Little Italy

From the global indymedia site,  http://www.indymedia.org:

Several protests in memory of Brad Will and in support of the people of Oaxaca will take place in different cities all over the world in the next 72 hours. On Monday, October 30th, protests were held in at least 14 cities in the United States of America . There were 11 people arrested in New York. In europe, protests were held in London and Barcelona where protesters took control over the Mexican Consulate. There will be several events in Brazil in cities like: Rio de Janeiro, Brasília, São Paulo e Fortaleza.

More info about the encampment and photos here:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120087.shtml
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120245.shtml
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120226.shtml
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120196.shtml

Audio here:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/10/120243.shtml

A Call from the Zapatistas: Oaxaca Is Not Alone
Shut-Down of Roads, Highways and the Media on November 1; General Strike Called for
November 20
 http://narconews.com/Issue43/article2262.html

Updates here:
 http://narconews.com
 http://vientos.info/cml


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Photos: Mexican Consul goes to Oaxaca Vigil
Miguel,

UPDATE: Additional Photos From the Sunday Protest Here
Call to Action Monday Nite and Beyond Here
Luis Cabrera, Mexican Consul in San Diego came to the vigil. His displeasure with the protestors in defense of the people of Oaxaca was apparent. He kept pacing around, talking on his cell phone and conferring with police. At one point he turned to a protestor who was doing nothing except standing there and said in Spanish: "Can you get the fuck out?" To which the anglo protestor answered in Spanish: "Can you get out of Oaxaca?"

The vigil in front of the Mexican Consulate in San Diego on India Street calls for an IMMEDIATE STOP to Mexico's State repression, violence and assasinations in Oaxaca.

Luis Cabrera, consul de México en San Diego vino a la vigilia. Su desagrado con los manifestantes en defensa del pueblo Oaxaqueño era evidente. Se la pasó caminando de un lado para otro, hablando por su teléfono celular y con la policía. A un manifestante que no estaba haciendo nada excepto estar presente el consul volteó y le dijo: "Puedes dejar de joder?" A lo cual el mismo manifestante anglo le contestó con acento pero con buen español: "Puedes dejar de Oaxaca?"

¡OAXAQUEÑOS NO ESTAN SOLOS!
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URGENT ACTION: HANDS OFF OAXACA MON OCT 30 7AM
NIKITONIPONGO (+sdimc volunteer),

Protesters staying at the Mexican Consulate sunday evening are being hassled by cops following orders from the Consul, who appeared on the scene shortly after the protest began at 6PM on Sunday.

They are urgently requesting your presence at 7AM SHARP monday morning to send the message that the ongoing attack on Oaxaca must STOP!

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PROTEST
Mexican Consulate
1549 India Street Little Italy
OCTOBER 30 AT 7AM
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Mexican Federal Forces Attacking Demonstrators and Retaking Oaxaca City; Protests at the Mexican Consulate; Electronic Protest
sdimc volunteer,

On Friday, armed paramilitaries attacked a barricade of The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), killing NYC Indymedia reporter Brad Will and injuring photographer Oswaldo Ramírez of the daily Milenio. Video footage from Will's camera was used to identify the attackers, Abel Santiago Zárate and Juan Carlos Soriano Velasco from the local police and PRI politicians Manuel Aguilar and Pedro Carmona (Will's assassin). In a separate incident later in the day, Oaxacan schoolteacher Emilio Alfonso Fabián and resident Esteban López Zurita were killed. In paramilitary attacks on friday, a total of four people were murdered, thirty wounded and several abducted.

Vincente Fox, President of Mexico, has used the paramilitary attacks organized by his PRI partners as a pretext for sending the Federal Preventative Police (PFP) to Oaxaca to suppress the five month APPO resistance movement, which has occupied sections of the central city and government buildings, demanding the resignation of the corrupt PRI governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, the release of political prisoners and the end of repression in Oaxaca.

Radio APPO (english translation) and Narco News are reporting that the PFP has advanced through Oaxaca City into the city center, removing barricades and reoccupying government buildings, including city hall. APPO has requested nonviolent resistance only. Violent attacks on government forces by provocateurs have been reported.

Protests at Mexican Consulate: Sunday Oct 29 6PM and Monday Oct 30 7AM
1549 India Street Little Italy
ELECTRONIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN CONSULATES AND EMBASSIES
To Participate, Click Here. Please note that the old link is broken but this one should work.

For continuing updates, check out: Radio APPO stream (Espanol) | Ongoing English Translation of Radio APPO | The Narcosphere | Indymedia Oaxaca | Minute-by-Minute Updates from Sunday Morning (English)

Background and Links | Recent Reports: 1 2 3 | Coverage and Commentary on Brad Will's assassination: 1 2 3 4
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Motocade and Rally Against Police Brutality: Saturday Morning in San Diego
Corrie Ort,

The Coalition for Justice formed in San Diego after the September 3 shooting in Poway of Steve Foley by an off duty Coronado police officer.

This group of concerned citizens gathered Saturday morning, October 28, 2006 to drive in a motorcade to Coronado’s Spreckels Park to protest the broader issues of police shootings of unarmed citizens, lack of accountability of the police to taxpayers who pay their salaries, and lack of citizen oversight of police activities.

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OAXACA CITY UNDER ATTACK FROM MEXICAN GOVERNMENT: NYC Indymedia Journalist Killed
repost from indybay.org,

Federal Police and Paramilitaries Enter Oaxaca City: NYC Indymedia Journalist Killed

Oct. 27th: A shooting occurred today in Oaxaca City, Mexico, leaving New York City Indymedia journalist Bradley Will dead after being shot in the chest. He died before reaching the hospital, according to La Jornada. A photographer from the newspaper Milenio Diario, who was at Will's side, was shot in the foot and reported injured, his status unknown.

Narco News Report on Indymedia Journalist Bradley Will

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My Experiences Cross-Border Video Streaming With The Zapatistas
san diego indymedia volunteer,

J on cell. 1/2 hr to video streaming. J says very slowly: *T_h_e* *r_o_u_t_e_r* *w_a_s* *c_o_m_p_l_e_t_e_l_y* *d_i_s_a_s_s_e_m_b_l_e_d* *a_n_d* *t_h_e* *p_l_u_g* *w_a_s* *c_h_o_p_p_e_d* *o_f_f*. I'm like, F*CK! J says: *Q*, *i_t_'_s* *g_o_i_n_g* *t_o* *b_e* *o_k*. *T_h_e* *c_o_m_p_a_n_e_r_@_s* *h_e_r_e* *h_a_v_e* *b_e_e_n* *p_e_r_f_o_r_m_i_n_g* *m_i_r_a_c_l_e_s*. *W_e* *p_u_t* *t_h_e* *r_o_u_t_e_r* *b_a_c_k* *t_o_g_e_t_h_e_r* *a_n_d* *o_n_e* *o_f* *t_h_e* *c_o_m_p_a_n_e_r_a_s* *r_e_w_i_r_e_d* *t_h_e* *p_l_u_g*. *W_e* *a_r_e* *b_a_c_k* *o_n* *t_h_e* *i_n_t_e_r_n_e_t*. My vision is clouded with tears. I'm thinking: J is moving mountains. YES!

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La Otra Campaña Tijuana: Revolution on Our Doorstep
rocky neptun,

Marcos came to Tijuana, last Wednesday and Thursday, October 18th and 19th, within the shadow of our wall of shame, to bring Zapatismo to Mexico’s fourth largest city through the “La Otra Campaña” tour. A series of forums held over the last year in 31 Mexican states which says that there is a better way to do politics than stolen elections, bribed congress persons, corrupt, violent governors, and corporate thievery. Politics from the bottom up, not top down; where all the stakeholders in civil society; workers, peasants, students, women, gays, indigenous groups have the power to control the economic, social and political processes that influence their lives.

Here, amid the ruins of the former world of the Tijuana rich, young people commit themselves to authentic lives and autonomous communities free of greed. They do not fear the loss of material comforts or jail. A new culture of resistance begins to take shape as Mexico rediscovers its continuing revolution. There is, indeed, hope.

FROM SDIMC: Further stories, photos, audio and video on the EZLN's Sixth Commission visit to Tijuana are forthcoming...
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La Otra Campaña in Tijuana/San Diego
sdimc volunteer,

The EZLN Sixth Commission, as part of La Otra Campaña, will be holding meetings at Multikulti in Tijuana on Wednesday through Thursday, October 18-19. The events will include meetings with Maquiladora workers, open and closed meetings with Adherents to La Otra Campaña and the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle (background and links, click here) and concerts both evenings. Additionally, Adherents in San Diego will have the opportunity to address the meeting through 1hour webcasts at 1PM and 5PM from Voz Alta.

The parallel meeting in San Diego on Thursday will begin with registration at 9AM and include discussions and films, as well as webcasting with the Sixth Commission meeting.

Tijuana Site: Multikulti, Avenida Constiucion, parallel to Av. Revolucion between 7 and 6 streets.

Tijuana Schedule: español english

San Diego Site: Voz Alta 1544 Broadway 1 block from City College

San Diego Webcasts: Thursday October 19 1-2PM and 5-6PM
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Resisting Police Brutality in San Diego
sdimc volunteer,

In many San Diego communities, mostly communities of color, police brutality is a fact of life, much like the sun rising in the east or traffic jams on the freeways.

This brutality takes many forms, from harassment of youth, to profiling, to la migra, to the too common brutal beatings and murders, to the criminal injustice system and the inhumanity of prison. The resulting loss, sadness, fear and outrage rarely break through the protective bubble the corporate media have maintained around the "general public," who remain largely blissfully ignorant of the pervasive oppression and cruelty these communities are experiencing.

In 1996, a coalition of groups came together to declare a national day, October 22, to protest, resist and draw attention to the then (and continuing) epidemic of police violence.

In San Diego, two groups who have been working to combat state sanctioned violence, the Sagon Penn Chapter of CopWatch, and the San Diego Chapter of the Peace and Freedom Party, are organizing events for the weekend of the 22nd. On Friday, October 20, a fundraiser benefiting both groups and teach-in will be held at the Arts and Entertainment Center in North Park, featuring talks by candidate for governor Janice Jordan, candidate for the board of equalization Mary Lou Finley and member of CopWatch Ayesha Newell, as well as bands Unified Division, Dropjoy and Ya Basta! On Sunday, October 22, Sagon Penn CopWatch is planning an afternoon and evening of resistance, starting with a protest at the home of DA Bonnie Dumanis, over her continuing refusal to prosecute out of control cops, and continuing with police complaint form instruction, a screening of Urban Warrior and a performance by the Radical F'N Cheerleaders at Voz Alta.

Sagon Penn CopWatch | San Diego Peace and Freedom Party | Map to DA Bonnie Dumanis' Home
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The Zapatista Other Campaign in San Diego: Request for Financial, Technical and Media Assistance
sdimc volunteer,

The Sixth Commission of the EZLN will be visiting Tijuana as part of La Otra Campaña October 18-19 (for background and links, click here). On the 19th, a live video stream between Voz Alta in San Diego and the Sixth Commission meeting at Multikulti in Tijuana will allow those on this side of the border to participate directly in the event.

We are asking for your assistance with finances, technical matters and media coverage for this historic event.

Because of the need for high speed internet on both sides of the border, the cost for setting up streaming is expected to exceed $600. We are seeking techies to help us set up, respond quickly to problems and provide backup alternatives. We are seeking independent media volunteers to help cover the event on both sides of the border and to help participants document their stories on indymedia. San Diego Indymedia will be running an open media center at Voz Alta on the 18th-20th (times forthcoming).

Please donate today to help us get the real story out about this important historic event. We need the support of the community! Any size donation helps! To donate with a credit card, click here and hit the "Make a Donation" button. Specify that your donation is intended for the EZLN visit in the comments box. To donate by other means, come to the media center at Voz Alta.

To volunteer for technical assistance or media coverage, please write with specifics on how you would like to help to
imc-sd At lists d0t indymedia d0t org

The cross-border aspect of the meeting is being organized by Colectivo Zapatista de San Diego, borderlands hackLab, Voz Alta Project and San Diego Independent Media Center.

Live Video Streaming, Thursday October 19 1-2PM, 5-6PM NOTE CHANGED TIMES
Open Media Center, Wednesday October 18 - Friday October 20, times TBA. (We will be streaming NarcoNews audio from the meeting).
both at:
Voz Alta
1544 Broadway, one block from City College in San Diego.
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EZLN Sixth Commission/La Otra Campaña in Tijuana October 19
repost from e-mail,

Thursday, October 19th, The official caravan of The Other Campaign of the Zapatistas, which includes Delegate Zero, will be in Tijuana holding a public event discussing the struggles of the local community and The Other Campaign. The event will be in the evening at Multikulti. Details to be announced soon.

In addition, in San Diego, those who can't make it to Tijuana can come to Voz Alta for a live video simulcast hosted by the Colectivo Zapatista of San Diego, Voz Alta, the borderlands Hacklab and San Diego Indymedia. If the technology gods don't smile upon us, it may be an audio simulcast, but there will definitely be a way for those in San Diego to participate in the events of the Other Campaign. This event probably will take place 7-10pm, with more details to be announced soon.

Updated info at:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org
 http://laotrasandiego.blogspot.com/

San Diego side of Trans-border Zapatista Encuentro for the Other Campaign
October 19th 7-10pm
Voz Alta
1544 Broadway
Corner of 16th and broadway next to landlord jim's


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Bike Ride for Climate Justice
queer-j brad,

On Friday evening, five members of San Diego Cyclists for Justice distributed over 250 flyers on global warming and resistance to corporate climate change while riding through the streets of Hillcrest and North Park. This Bike Ride for Climate Justice was an action in solidarity with activists in Mexico protesting the G8+5 meeting in Monterrey Oct 3-4, where governments of the eight richest countries and five developing nations rubber-stamped a plan to invest trillions in propping up the fossil fuel economy and to shift the burden of ameliorating the effects of resource overconsumption to the Global South through carbon trading.

Flyer distribution began at the haunted house in Balboa Park, where riders pointed out to those in line that climate change is way scarier than ghosts. Shouts of Climate Justice Now, Resist Corporate Climate Change and Stop the G8 echoed off buildings as flyers were handed to pedestrians, coffee drinkers, workers, dog walkers and some drivers along University Ave. The ride ended at the Rubber Rose Sexuality Shop, where a plan was hatched for a Climate Change is Scary Ride - details forthcoming.

Click Here for Bike Ride for Climate Justice Video

San Diego Cyclists for Justice | Announcement | Contra G8+5 | Rising Tide North America | Climate Indymedia
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