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People Seize the Streets as Resistance to War Continues
If you participated in this march and were a witness to any police brutality, click here and get in touch with the march organizers. They need to hear from you! For more information on the March 28 action, please read this article and view these photos. More local peace events: WEEKLY PROTEST every Saturday, 1 to 3 p.m., Federal Building, Broadway and Front Street, downtown. DAILY CANDLELIGHT VIGIL 7 p.m., same location. Check out the Web site for the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice for information on these and other local peace events. E-mail Channel 10 general manager Dennis Brown at dbrown@kgtv.com to challenge Channel 10’s lack of coverage of first weekly vigil March 29.
Images of war the corporate media don't want you to see
Analysis by Tom Kertes, exposing why you aren't seeing these images in the corporate media. For more information view his Web site at lovethepeople.org look at her eyes (wounded Iraqi girl) Receiving end of “shock and awe” Children of Iraq are suffering horrors Atrocities committed by U.S. servicepeople
Latest peace events in San Diego: WORKER WALK-OUT AGAINST THE WAR! Noon, Thursday, March 27 Fourth and Broadway, Downtown San Diego (Parking available in Horton Plaza — three hours free with any mall purchase - Get ticket validated) Wear occupational clothing/Bring signs TAKING IT TO THE STREETS - NORTH PARK/HILLCREST MARCH 5 p.m., Friday, March 28 30th and University, North Park, San Diego (Use street parking) Bring signs and noisemakers (especially drums) Here are links to numerous stories, some rather incomplete, that give a sense of the level of outrage in San Diego. Call to Demonstrate BEFORE the War Started Photos of 3/19 March Update on Arrestees of 3/19 More info on Arrestees Peace Makers Refugee Camp Announced More on Peace Makers Refugee Camp Photos of 3/20 SDCPJ Demo More Photos of 3/20 SDCPJ Demo Photos of 3/22 Peace Action Article on 3/22 Peace Action
Meet at the Federal Building Broadway and Front 5:00 P.M. THURSDAY, MARCH 20 Downtown San Diego *This is the official vigil called by the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice to mark the beginning of the war. In addition, San Diego A.N.S.W.E.R. is calling "Walk Out!," a demonstration outside the Federal Building Thursday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. that will involve people going into office buildings and encouraging people to leave their jobs for the day in protest against the war. For more information on these events please call the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice at (619) 263-9301 and A.N.S.W.E.R. at (619) 692-4422.
Anti-War Movement Gains Steam
ACTION ALERT! Emergency rally WEDNESDAY, MARCH 19, 5 p.m. at Federal Building, Broadway and Front Streets, downtown Click here for late-breaking coverage of the March 16 San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice event! Another article and photos More photos Article on breakaway march attempt and corporate media response What's going to happen to the peace movement after the war starts? The San Diego Action Network is hosting a community discussion on that topic with four major local activists March 28.
Extra! Extra! Get your San Diego Free Press!
Over 400 local students take to the streets!
Downtown -- Over 300 people, mostly from San Diego City College and San Diego High School, met Wednesday, March 5 at 9 a.m. at 12th and B Streets for an action as part of the nationwide "Books, Not Bombs" one-day student strike in protest against the U.S.'s threatened war of aggression against Iraq. The participants marched down 12th to Broadway, then down to Front Street and then turned right to head to the California state building for a rally. The sponsoring group, California Coalition Against Poverty (CCAP), offered three demands: 1) U.S. military out of Iraq and ALL other countries in the Middle East. 2) U.S. corporate entities out of all other countries. 3) Triple the U.S. education budget and fund this out of a reduction in the defense budget. NEW - Chula Vista Walkout - 05Mar2003 - 7 Photos -- More than 100 students left Chula Vista High School this afternoon to visibly oppose the US-planned aggression in Iraq. Marching through central Chula Vista, students chanted "Books not Bombs," "Paz Si Guerra No!" "Hate the war, not the soldiers" and "Bush is a Moron, Don't let him get his war on." Passing motorists honked in support, and Chula Vista Police followed at a short distance.
VIGIL FOR VICTIMS OF POLICE BRUTALITY
UPDATE - TUESDAY, MARCH 4, 6:30PM: Public Forum on Police Shootings, Ocean Beach Recreation Center, 4726 Santa Monica, Ocean Beach. On Tuesday, February 25th, 2003, concerned San Diegans gathered at 3:30 for a vigil at the Federal Building downtown. The vigil was to honor the family of Demetrius DuBose, who was killed by the San Diego police in 1999 that the DA justified. The vigil was also for the latest victims of police murder, Danny from Ocean Beach, and the 18 year old murdered in Santee. Committee Against Police Brutality - (619)443-7093
S. Brian Willson: Nonviolent Anarchist Bioregionalist Speaks in S.D.
Empower Yourself. Empower Others.
This workshop is a chance to empower youth for building grassroots campaigns focusing on progressive issues that are pertinent to their lives. It will bring together high school activists and provide tools for linking youth with causes that they care about. UPDATE IMC Report w/ Photos - Related Story - Temescal Canyon HS Admins: "Yes to Military Recruiters, No to Peace"
San Diego Joins the World in Saying No To War!
All over the world people protested against the war. But still the Bush administration makes plans for a war. How many people said no yesterday? The Global Indymedia put up a page to collect estimates from all over the world. In San Diego County there were five separate protest against the war. There was a huge anti-war protest at the federal building downtown. (Article, Photos) There was also a huge protest at the 32nd Street Naval Base. (Article 1, Article 2, Photos) Please post more first hand accounts of what made February 15, 2003 a day to remember for you. Both of these protest shouted a resounding - NO WAR ON IRAQ! Look for upcoming anti-war events at these websites. If you know of upcoming events publish them to the SDIMC newswire! NEW NEWS: SDCPJ Media Report | SD Prays for Peace | Naval station becomes focus for protesters, supporters | Bird's Eye View
SEIU Local 2028 Joins Labour Against War
San Diego Service Employees labour union (SEIU Local 2028) has recently come out, officially, against the impending war on Iraq. This makes this one of the first few labour unions in San Diego to join other labour organisations accross the country and the world in opposition to Bush's planned invasion of Iraq. SEIU Local 2028 and its members have mostly been opposed to war, because they see the effects war has on the working-class. The National SEIU has drafted an anti-war letter to George Bush, Jr. SEIU members, like other Americans, have a wide range of opinions about important policy issues, but we all care about human life and about our country. It is the working people of America and our children whose lives will be on the line if our government cannot resolve conflicts without war...(Read More)
U.S. Justice Department Presents: PATRIOT ACT 2!
It's hard to say what is worse about the U.S. “Justice” Department's proposed new Domestic Security Enhancement Act — a sequel to the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act of 2001 that not only further strips U.S. citizens, as well as legal immigrants, of their right to due process of law and to know about government abuses, it also allows the government to de-nationalize U.S. citizens and declare them “terrorists” — the text itself or the incredible secrecy with which the Justice Department drafted it even while denying to Congressmembers who asked that they were considering any additions to the original PATRIOT Act. Fortunately, a courageous individual within government leaked this horrific piece of proposed legislation to the nonprofit Center for Public Integrity, which in turn passed it on to Bill Moyers’ NOW program on PBS, which produced a TV report on it, transcribed here, aired February 7. Nonetheless, there has been almost no follow-up from the corporate media.
SEIU Local 2028 Organises Teachers
For the past couple of weeks, the SEIU Local 2028 labour union (from San Diego) has been organising working-class teachers throughout the County for better pay, living conditions, and social justice. The campaign to unionise local teachers from the "Head Start" programme is coming to a successful conclusion. The SEIU continues to push for worker's rights in spite of employer attempts to propagandise and otherwise threaten the teachers into anti-union sentiment... (Read More)
Veterans Take Increasingly Active Role in the U.S. Peace Movement
ACTION ALERT: Support Medical Cannabis Users at City Hall Feb. 4!
Council removes “safe harbor” check on police busts of medical users Media coverage of the Council’s action Press conference by medical marijuana supporters 2/3/03 Press conference by medical marijuana opponents 2/4/03 Medical marijuana action alert 2/4/03
William Pepper Calls Martin Luther Kings Murder an Execution
Robin Scovills Film The Other Side of AIDS at San Diego Feb. 4
Interview with filmmaker Robin Scovill Critique: Why HIV Cannot Cause AIDS Defense: Why HIV Is the Cause of AIDS What's Killing PWA's - HIV or HIV Drugs? Dr. Rodney Richards/Why You Can't Trust HIV Tests Bruce Mirken Defends the Tests
Former Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Speaks in North Park Jan. 20
Over 700,000 Hit the Streets to Stop the War Against Iraq!
S.F. Indymedia home page S.F. main march S.F. breakaway march text S.F. breakaway march pics update on S.F. arrests Barbara Lee's speech Report from Bus #1 D.C. Indymedia home page D.C. March story Where was D.C.'s anti-capitalist convergence? GLAMericans in D.C. D.C. Indymedia breaking news Corporate media downplays turnout (big surprise!) << Page 6 | Page 4 >> |
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IMC activists have been so involved in recent anti-war demos that we haven't updated the site in a while. Here's a look back at the past few days of activism. Especially noteworthy were the events of young activists who led "die-ins", blocked traffic, got arrested, made noise, reclaimed the Plaza in front of the Federal Building, and generally showed that there's a new way of doing things in town.
While the US tries to find any ally at all in its drive to obliterate Iraq, the local movement to stop the war is not letting up the pressure on the Bush regime. Read for example the statement of the 
Did you go to one of the recent peace actions in San Diego and then either didn't see anything about it at all in the corporate media, or you read an account that doesn't bear any relation to the event you attended? Or did you miss the events and want to read an account of them that actually bears some resemblance to reality? HELP IS ON THE WAY! The San Diego Free Press is in local coffee shops and bookstores. Get yours today. The March edition features stories on recent peace actions and an Activist Calendar done by Activist San Diego! 
S. Brian Willson became a legendary figure in America’s peace movement in 1987, when he attempted to block a train carrying military supplies and lost both his legs when the train sped up and ran over him. But his speech in San Diego on February 23 went far beyond a simple call for opposition to the threatened U.S. aggression against Iraq. Willson’s speech included a slashing attack on the entire history of human "civilization" and a call for a simpler form of existence. Describing himself as a "nonviolent anarchist bioregionalist Buddhist," Willson called the George W. Bush presidency a "cosmic gift" whose function is to educate the population of the U.S. and the world in the unsustainability of the "civilized" lifestyle.
Today at the Ché Café Activist San Diego hosts the Student Activism Workshop! 
Stories uploaded at workshop: 
Protests against the threatened U.S. aggression against Iraq are increasingly being led by people who have served in the military themselves. Not only did a new organization called San Diego Veterans for Peace lead a protest vigil outside Horton Plaza downtown on January 25, but on January 29 the San Diego branches of the International Action Center (IAC) and A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) led a rally outside the Federal Building with speakers Tim Helsley, Carl Muhammad, Scott Cossette, Gregory Broderick, who recalled their own military experiences and the lies they were taught throughout their time in the service so they would obey and faithfully serve the imperialist and racist purposes for which the U.S. military exists.
The San Diego City Council approved guidelines for medical marijuana patients and law enforcement Tuesday, February 4 despite intense opposition from law enforcement, professional "drug prevention" activists and the local media. However, the Council gutted the guidelines and gave police the option of not following them. (Photo of medical marijuana user and activist Steve McWilliams, who pleaded guilty to reduced charges 2/7/03.)
William Pepper, close friend and associate of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. during the last year of King’s life, has devoted the last quarter-century of his own life to investigating and documenting the conspiracy responsible for what he calls the “execution” of King. He spoke in San Diego at Current Affairs Bookstore January 28, 2003 and outlined his reasons for believing there was a conspiracy to kill King, his attempts to secure justice for the King family and accused King assassin James Earl Ray (who died in prison in 1998) and his continuing belief in King’s anti-racist, anti-war and anti-capitalist ideals.
H.E.A.L. [Health, Education, AIDS Liaison]-San Diego, an educational organization which challenges the conventional belief that AIDS is a viral disease and instead offers evidence that it is a long-term, multi-causal breakdown of the immune system, presents Robin Scovill’s documentary “The Other Side of AIDS” at its regular meeting Tuesday, February 4, 7 p.m. at Room 2 of the War Memorial Building, 3325 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park, one block south of Upas off Park Boulevard. The film features interviews with scientists and activists on both side of the debate over whether the so-called “Human Immunodeficiency Virus” (HIV) actually causes AIDS.
Former U.S. Marine and Iraq weapons inspector Scott Ritter spoke at the Current Affairs Bookstore in North Park January 20 and gave the message that has made him an unlikely hero of the current peace movement. According to Ritter, Iraq almost certainly has no weapons of mass destruction — if it did, he said, we would know about it — and the Bush administration’s grim, ideologically driven push towards war against Iraq flies in the face of public opinion not only in the world at large but even in the United States, where polls indicate that a majority of Americans would support a war only if it is definitively proven that Iraq actually has nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.
Over 350,000 people participated in each of the two big national marches January 18 in San Francisco and Washington, D.C. to stop the Bush government's plans for naked aggression against Iraq. In addition, over 1,000 San Franciscans joined in an anti-capitalist breakaway march after the main protest. Meanwhile, here in San Diego 1,200 participated in the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice's contingent in the Martin Luther King Day parade, bringing home Dr. King's anti-war message in a modern context and reclaiming the parade from the repressive police and military presences that have threatened to take it over in recent years.