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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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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MEXICO: Bullets and Barricades in Oaxaca
chiapas solidarity group,

A REVOLUTION IN OAXACA ?
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HUGO CHAVEZ'S NEW WORLD VISION
Stephen Lendman,

THE SPIRIT OF THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION
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To save the planet from the imperialist threa
F Espinoza,

The right to live in peace, justice and dignity for all.
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**Hungary: national television under siege***
jagosch zörny,

What is happening in Hungary?
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Bush and His Masters Trying to Co-opt 9/11 Tr
Samizdat,

Are Bush and his masters trying to co-opt the 9/11 Truth Movement? See the video clip in which Bush blurts information allegedly extracted from Khaled Sheik Mohammed.
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Civil Disobedience in New Orleans
Elizabeth Cook,

Citizens of New Orleans are taking it upon themselves to enforce the right of return with everyday acts of civil disobedience. Public housing residents in particular are fighting back. HUD is attempting to shutter all of public housing in New Orleans, but residents have forced the reopening of Iberville Housing Development, and have attempted reoccupation of two other developments.
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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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Stop the G8+5 in Mexico City! New website
contrag8.revolt.org,

Get involved! The mobilization continues with a new website and mailing
list and new groups joining the mobilization all the time. The G8 are
responsible for policies that create climate change, war and migration
controls.

New website:  http://contrag8.revolt.org
Mailing list:  http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/contra-g8

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Civil society groups denounce Singapore
Freedom from Debt Coalition - Philippines,

Civil society groups denounce Singapore government, IMF-WB for barring activists

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Roots of Resistance Camp
repost from Project Steev/detritus on flickr/lotu5,

From Project Steev:"This past weekend I and 4 other Tucson activists drove to San Diego for the Roots of Resistance Summer Camp. The Organic Collective had organized it to get people, mostly border activists, to come and share skills and talk about plans. It was a really great time and really inspiring... I took a few photos, not only of the camp but our brief visit to the border wall on the beach - where there are gaps in the wall right now big enough that people can easily squeeze through, and do. Mexicans were casually slipping over and wandering the sand, but a border patrol truck on the hill was making sure no one went too far. We played soccer and talked with some of the Tijuanans for awhile. It was really cool. The whole weekend was just really really awesome.

From lotu5:"I spent this past weekend at the o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective's Roots of Resistance Camp, rootcamp. It was an amazing experience, with people there from Arizona, Los Angeles, Orange County and lots of new and old faces from San Diego."

event announcement

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A Place Called Chiapas (1998).DVD-rip.XVID.av
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A Place Called Chiapas (1998).DVD-rip.XVID.avi
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upcoming cruise line protest
aristocratic anarchist,

norwegian cruis line owned by starcruises , owned by starcruises of hong kong, owned by genting berhad of kuala lumpur who owns macau casinos payiing taxes to peking,look it up yourself.
slave labor from indonesia
fuel consumption
food waste
drunk sex harassing
homeland security budgets strained providing security
virtually tax exempt- offshore bank accounts
deoxygenated sewage dumped in way of albacor and marine life feeding from coral reefs
care to add?
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Quinta MegaMarcha photos and SlideShow: Por un Oaxaca Mejor
~Bradley,

SlideShow of photos taken on September 1st, 2006, during Oaxaca's 5th MegaMarcha which started in the community of San Felipe and ended at the zócalo in the center of Oaxaca City. Hundreds of thousands of people lined the streets and marched to demand the immediate departure of Ulises Ruiz Ortiz (URO), liberation for political prisoners, the cancellation of 70 government arrest warrants for people involved in the leaderless Popular Assembly of the People of Oaxaca (APPO, by its Spanish initials) movement and the desire for popular governance. (4:22 minutes / 6.5 MB)
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"Border War" Protest Video
qjb,

Human rights activists from Border Angels, Friends of Day Laborers and other groups gathered at the AMC Mission Valley to protest the opening of the propaganda film Border War, which was produced by the extreme right wing group, Citizens United and directed by Kevin Knoblock, whose other "credits" are Celsius 41.11 and a bio of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Enrique Morones of Border Angels, who appeared in the movie, talked to the corporate media about the humanity and goodness of migrants, and the need to transcend the racist rhetoric of the right wing to find ways to ensure human rights for everyone.

Floyd Brown, the "Chair of the Board" of Citizens United, provoked a confrontation for the corporate cameras by badgering a human rights activist who was writing the message "No One is Illegal" on a sign. Floydie-boy has a long history as a racist, including producing the Willie Horton ad in 1988, widely credited with boosting Bush I into the presidency. Although he started strong and indeed produced a spectacle, he wasn't able to think beyond simple racist code words and eventually was chased from the limelight by cross-bearing humanitarians.

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Bush's revealing "mixed metaphors" on the USS
Fauxlosopher,

...the big question is how did a group of local "terrorists" so quickly target the USS Cole,hours after discovering it had docked,with an elaborate plan to blast a huge hole in the Destroyers very heavily armor-plated side,that required special physics knowledge and specially rigged,high impact explosives,especially designed to breach that armor plating....
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The Perma-Revolution: An Anarchist Perspective
Cecil,

The decline of the anti-globalization movement in the US and the amazing surge of support by anarchists after the devastation of hurricane Katrina suggests a new political and tactical alignment is possible in North America. We propose that anarchists need to work with the peak oil, permaculture and bioregional communities to better prepare ourselves for this new alignment.

Anarchists need to learn from our permaculturalist comrades the skills that will enable us to help people who most need aid during times when the state and capital refuse to offer it. We need to learn to create sustainable autonomous zones that can seriously challenge the power of the Government and the Capital.
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Organ Harvesting in China
The Monitor's View (editorial),

This is an excellent editorial from the respected "Christian Science
Monitor"
A report from two respected Canadian human rights activists, featured
in today's Monitor and widely elsewhere, charges China with putting to
death "a large but unknown number of Falun Gong prisoners of
conscience" since 1999 and selling their organs - hearts, kidneys,
livers, corneas - at high prices to foreigners.
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David Rovics Performs in San Diego Sept. 8
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

America’s political folksingers have been fanning the flames of discontent for at least 100 years, from the IWW’s Joe Hill (convicted on trumped-up charges and executed in 1915) to Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger in the 1940’s, Bob Dylan and Phil Ochs in the 1960’s, Utah Phillips and Fred Small in the 1980’s, and now Roy Zimmerman, Dave Lippman, Charlie King, the Prince Myshkins — and David Rovics, who’ll be bringing his songs and stage raps to San Diego Friday, September 8, 7 p.m. at the Sherman Heights Community Center, 2258 Island Avenue.
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omed sanfrancisco
david rwc,

the american people agree switch blade knife nurse cratchet dark alley intchials carved in forhead back to work next day---i got plo drive bys today gona sssssssssssssssssssss um on down laaaaaaaaaaaaa---than muchoooo dinkeeeeeeee um down the rioooooooooo grandeaa---get the flankkkkkkkkkk------------opee taylor in cherenoable true prince of russia build it and he will come---------------out flank the jews the devil the dinas and the russians out flank ujm all------sin is bad un-atttilaaaaaaa baddddddddd daddddddddd-------you want in laaaaaaaaa with th plo drive bysssssss is mutal aasssured destruction cold war like russiaf---neathir side opening up on the otherrrrrrrrrrr
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Resistance to Minutemen in Socal
sdimc volunteer, adapted from LA-IMC and US-IMC feature,

As cities across the country celebrate Labor Day Weekend & the beginning of fall with a week of demonstrations calling for fair and comprehensive immigration policy reform, and respect for all workers, resistance to vigilante rascist minutemen continues in southern California.

UPDATE: Charges against No More Deaths humanitarian activists dismissed (AZ-IMC)

UPDATE-2: Workers Repel Minutemen Incursion in Wilmington (LA-IMC)
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Oaxaca City SlideShow: Un Pueblo Unido Avanza Sin Partidos
~Bradley,

UPDATE: 9/1/06: Quinta MegaMarcha photos and SlideShow: Por un Oaxaca Mejor

Santa Cruz IMC reporter Bradley wrote on August 29th: "Oaxaca City is almost entirely closed today... I am the only tourist staying at my hostel today... I can't believe I was able to find an internet connection, this one is wireless, since almost every single door in the city is closed and locked. Since I got to Oaxaca City on August 26th, the Zocalo has been filled with people selling wares and showing videos of Oaxacan resistance, but today even the Zocalo is eerily quiet...

Click here to download and view the SlideShow of photos taken in Oaxaca City during the last week of August 2006 with compiled audio from the 2006 “El Enemigo Común” tour. (9:34 minutes / 15 MB) audio by Simon | photos by Bradley

Audio: Neoliberalism y el Machete
Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

APPO CODEP Regeneración Magisterial | El Enemigo Común | Global IMC story

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Free Josh Wolf! Send Letters! Hold A Rally!
repost,

Another grand jury grinds on in San Francisco, with an indymedia videographer sitting in federal prison for refusing to turn his video over to the FBI! Do something today to help get Josh Wolf out of jail!

From  http://freejosh.pbwiki.com: Josh Wolf is an independent journalist and blogger. For refusing to testify and turn over unpublished material to a Federal Grand Jury investigating a July, 2005, anti-G8 demonstration Josh was held in contempt of court and jailed on August 1st. He is presently in federal prison. We, his friends and family, are maintaining this wiki to keep you up to date on Josh's case...

Quicktime movie:
 http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/Insurgent-LatestGrandJuryUpdate686.mov

From  http://www.joshwolf.net/blog : I finally got to see Josh. He is doing well and maintaining a positive spirit, while hoping that the 9th Circuit will grant him bail. If they don’t he should have their decision on his case by September 4. He is becoming very concerned about the injustice he sees in the justice system, as many people he meets will face many long years in jail for non-violent drug offenses. He is making friends in prison and is working to find ways for people in prison to communicate more with people outside of prison.
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“Creating Chaos” Teach-In Explores Middle East
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

A teach-in called "Creating Chaos" in Golden Hill August 25, sponsored by the Middle East Cultural and Information Center (MECIC), featured three Arab-American speakers who challenged the view of Middle Eastern politics, especially the Israel-Lebanon war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq, commonly presented in the mainstream U.S. media. The speakers said the chaos created in the wake of the U.S. conquest of Iraq was deliberate and denounced the American peace movement for refusing to support the armed struggles of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in occupied Palestine and the resistance in Iraq.
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Filipinas in Lebanon treated like slaves
Internat'l Civil Society Mission to Lebanon,

FINDINGS OF INTERNATIONAL MISSION TO LEBANON:

Filipina overseas workers in Lebanon are being treated like “modern-day slaves,” this was the main finding of Filipinos who had just arrived from Lebanon as part of an international civil society and parliamentary delegation.


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Anti-Nuke Play at Cygnet Theatre
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Michael Frayn's 1998 play "Copenhagen," through September 24 at Cygnet Theatre, deals with the meeting of Werner Heisenberg, German physicist in charge of Hitler's atomic weapons program, with Danish physicist Niels Bohr in Copenhagen in September 1941. The dilemmas raised by the play — the responsibility scientists have for the uses, negative and positive, to which their discoveries are put and whether they owe allegiance to their nations or all humankind — are all too relevant today.
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CUBA UNDER CASTRO
Stephen Lendman,

WHAT FIDEL CASTRO HAS DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF CUBA
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Oaxaca Teachers! Beware the US Trojan Horse
Dr Rich Gibson,

Oaxaca teachers have taken the lead in the struggle for justice and reason in the Americas. Now, a Trojan Horse may be headed their way.
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Venezuela: Los cimientos de la represión
CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela,

* Este texto, escrito por la redacción del periódico El Libertario para el # 48, agosto 2006, explica con detalles y hechos porqué es una verdad a medias la afirmación del actual gobierno venezolano referida a que, a diferencia de sus épocas anteriores, hoy se ejerce sin coerción alguna en el país el derecho a manifestar publicamente en favor de las reivindicaciones colectivas.

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