Socialist Party Makes Big Gains In The Nether
Steven Argue ,

Dutch voters were fed up with both the ruling Christian Democrat (CDA) government led by Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenede as well as the powerful Labor Party (PvdA) and Liberal Party (VVD). All three parties have carried out the policies of austerity and privatization that are components of the drive for higher corporate profit as well as integration into the capitalist European Union.
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Manifesto Presented to Consul as Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Closes
san diego indymedia volunteer,

With a press conference and presentation of a Manifesto to the Consul, the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had occupied the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate since the invasion of Oaxaca City by Federal Preventative Forces (PFP) on October 29, closed Tuesday and moved to Chican@ Perk in Sherman Heights.

The Camp had become a center for education about the corrupt government in Oaxaca, ongoing repression and the resistance, as well as a hub for organizing activity. The Plantonistas communicated their messages using diverse tactics, including marches, rallies, banners, chants, photos, sidewalk chalk art, flyers, video showings and conversations.

As the Camp was being dismantled, the Consul Luis Cabrera presented himself to receive a copy of the VAPPOR-OAXACA Manifesto, signing a statement that he would forward it to outgoing President Vincente Fox and fraudulently elected incoming President Felipe Calderón.

Christy Will, who was present at the Camp Tuesday morning, introduced herself to the representative of the government that is violently repressing the resistance her brother Brad was documenting as he was murdered and that is sheltering his assassins. She earlier read a statement on Radio Universidad thanking the Plantonistas for their solidarity with the people of Oaxaca, expressing support for the demands of The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) and announcing the formation of a foundation to "support and contribute to nonviolent groups dedicated to the advancement of underserved people and communities throughout the world."

The Manifesto declares the solidarity of VAPPOR-OAXACA with the people of Oaxaca and their representatives, APPO. It connects the dots between the current struggle, the role of the international capitalist system stretching back 514 years to the European invasion, and the repression of Oaxaqueños and other migrants in the border region. It also submits demands paralleling those of APPO: immediate withdrawal of Mexican federal forces; a complete end to repression, harassment, torture and psychological warfare; freedom for all political prisoners and disappeared, with compensation; and the removal and immediate arrest, judgment and punishment of the corrupt governor Ulises Ruiz.

The Plantonistas reclaimed public space in front of the Consulate and held the space day and night despite harassment by cops and Consulate personnel in a heavily gentrified neighborhood of Little Italy, where private security forces aided by cops have made it nearly impossible to sit down, much less lie down, without buying crap.

The Camp was maintained by a coalition of individuals and groups operating on a consensus basis that came to be called VAPPOR (Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia) OAXACA, including Oaxaqueños in San Diego County, Adherents to the Zapatista Sixth Declaration, Anarchists, Students, Migrant Advocates and others. Members of VAPPOR OAXACA plan to continue their educational efforts and actions elsewhere in San Diego.

Numerous other solidarity actions around the world have been raising awareness of ongoing repression and resistance in Oaxaca, despite a corporate media near blackout.

The Seventh MegaMarch, called for by APPO with the intention of surrounding PFP troops in the Zócalo of Oaxaca City and ejecting them on November 25, is in progress. For live coverage, check out Radio Universidad (go here and look to the right column to find the latest reliable streaming links).

Video 8min 20sec: Press Conference (espanol), Christy Will (english and espanol) and dismantling of the Camp.
Video:12min 17sec Presentation of Manifesto to Consul (espanol)
Press Release and Manifesto

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

UPDATE: Photos From Last Day of Planton

SD Reports: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

SD Audio: 1 2 3

SD Video: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Features: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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Rally in Solidarity with Oaxaca Nov 19
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday November 19, a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

The Rally included numerous speakers discussing the situation in Oaxaca and the courageous resistance of the people, a reading of the manifesto written by VAPPOR OAXACA (Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia), the companer@s who been maintaining the Solidarity Camp, a phone call to Radio Universidad from a cousin of Brad Will who happened upon the Camp while visiting relatives in Little Italy, passionate and energetic music, and the dramatic arrival of marchers from another part of the city.

The Rally was part of a series of events leading up to November 20, for which the Zapatistas called for international actions in solidarity with the resistance in Oaxaca. Numerous events were held in the u.s. and globally, including a blockade of major roadways in Chiapas, a blockade, march and critical mass ride in San Francisco, and Oaxaca video showing, street theater and dance in Barcelona.

Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Nov 19 Rally Part 1
Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Nov 19 Rally Part 2

Past SDIMC Features on Oaxaca and the Camp: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Rally - Part 2
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday, November 19 a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

Video: Part One shows rally setup, interactions with cops, introductory ceremony, two speakers, cousin of Brad Will from Los Angeles speaking by cell phone to Radio Universidad, arrival of marchers and music. 13min 24sec 17.8 Mbytes

Video: Part Two shows the reading of a Manifesto by the VAPPOR OAXACA Solidarity Camp, two speakers and music. 11min 54 sec 15.8 Mbytes

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Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Rally - Part 1
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday, November 19 a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

Video: Part One shows rally setup, interactions with cops, introductory ceremony, two speakers, cousin of Brad Will from Los Angeles speaking by cell phone to Radio Universidad, arrival of marchers and music. 13min 24sec 17.8 Mbytes

Video: Part Two shows the reading of a Manifesto by the VAPPOR OAXACA Solidarity Camp, two speakers and music. 11min 54 sec 15.8 Mbytes

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OAXACAN SOLIDARITY BENEFIT, Fri, Dec 15th
Oaxaca Vive!,

Oaxaca Vive!
Art for the Resistance
Solidarity Benefit

Friday, December 15, 2006
7 p.m. to 10 p.m.

//

¡Oaxaca Vive!
Arte por la Resistencia
Evento Benéfico de Solidaridad

Viernes, el 15 de diciembre, 2006
7 p.m. a 10 p.m.

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Cuba demands justice in case of the terrorist
oresrl87,

The president of the National Assembly (parliament) of Cuba, Ricardo Alarcón, today demanded here the government of the United States to extradite to Venezuela to the terrorist Luis Posada Carriles or in his defect to judge it by his crimes.

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The blockade also damages to the heart
oresrl87,

It is not a secret that carrying a boy or girl new born in Cuba of a critical congenital cardiopathy, can die by lack of Prostanglandina, an essential medicine for the sobreexperience, awaiting the surgery of urgency.
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Venezuela, elecciones 2006: hablan l@s anarqu
CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela,

Desde la Comisión de Relaciones Anarquistas y su vocero El Libertario, difundimos tres textos en los que se expresa publicamente nuestra perspectiva sobre los comicios presidenciales venezolanos del 3 de diciembre de 2006.
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Venezuela, Elections 2006: Anarchists Speak
CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela,

From the Commision of Anarchist Relations (Comision de Relaciones Anarquistas) and its organ El Libertario, we disseminate three texts in which we publically express our perspective on the upcoming Venezuelan elections of December 3, 2006.
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VAPPOR Press Release and Manifiesto Bilingue
donkilo,

El manifiesto en español esta al fondo.
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Okupa! Video about squats in Southern Europe
dj lotu5 and the platform,

This is an early, rough cut of this film. I'm not sure what direction I want to go with this and am looking for feedback.

Okupa investigates Deleuze's figure of the urban nomad, engaging in war with the state through the creation of smooth spaces. The video shows the activities and struggles of 4 occupied social centers or squats: Dezguace, Seco and Labo 03 all in Madrid and Casa de Iniciativas 1.5 in Málaga. The film shows the hacklabs, theater productions and workshops that are the daily activity of the social centers as well as the struggles against eviction.

The video is a rough cut, and as such has small editing glitches. Also, it is partially subtitled, but not contiguously subtited, so if you don't speak spanish and the subtitles stop, skip ahead to the next section of the film.

(can anyone help me translate this email into español?)

Watch the video here:
MP4 at video.indymedia.org
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FLYER: Oaxaca Resources
el enemigo común,

FLYER: Oaxaca Resources

 http://elenemigocomun.net/475
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The Minuteklan Rallies: Observer Arrested
Rachel,

The Minuteklan rallied in Vista and Carmel Valley Nov. 18th.

I was at the Home Depot on Fairmount in Mission Valley. No Minutemen came there today. It was very quiet.

Beginning at 7am this morning, a group of Minutemen amassed themselves at a day labor site outside a Vons shopping center in Vista. When we heard the Fairmount Minutepeople were in Vista, my compatriot and I headed up there, too. The group of Vista racists was perhaps 50 strong or more, bearing large signs demanding the deportation of undocumented immigrants and a policy that would establish an impermeable border. In addition to the Minutemen, a collection of 20 or so community members were present, demonstrating their solidarity with the day laborers whose ability to find work today was obstructed by the racist rally. Before I arrived on the scene, one community member had already been arrested for allegedly skateboarding without identification.

The Minutemen disbanded and made for the Carmel Valley Canyon at about 11am. The migrant population that rests in the Carmel Valley Canyon had left by the time of the Minutemen and their observers' arrival, leaving the space to a barricade of police, maybe a hundred Minutepeople, a couple of skinheads, the 15 or so who stood by to represent an opposition to racist vigilantism, a few Brown Berets, and the baffled residents of the sprawling tract housing development adjacent to the canyon.

See Also: America's Most Racist City
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Oaxaca Solidarity Demos in the US on Nov 20th
el enemigo común,

"On November 20, blockades will be set up to show the Mexican government we mean business. We are calling upon YOU to join in these blockades. That could mean blockading the consulates’ websites, jamming their phone lines with calls about the conflict in Oaxaca, occupying the offices of the consuls, or shutting down the roads around the consulates in whatever way you see fit." - EZLN

please add more events as a comment

Donate in Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://elenemigocomun.net/donate

Poster for November 20th promotion
http://indybay.org/uploads/2006/11/16/oaxaca_nov20.pdf

Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/6340
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Global Action Day for Education (30th Nov.)
iiccii,

A Global Action Day for Education will take place on the 30th Nov to protest and resist neoliberal reforms. Students of the world unite!

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Venezuelan elections: Cast a blank ballot
Mario López,

[Here's a translation of the latest article from the Venezuelan Trotskyists. It is of special interest in the United States, where the left entirely capitulates to the Bolivarian popular front headed by Hugo Chávez, thinking that their blind endorsement of class collaboration is some kind of "solidarity." Solidarity with whom? With what class?]
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Mexicali Oaxaca Solidarity Conf this Saturday
donkilo,

WHEN: Saturday, November 18, 10 a.m. WHERE:
Mexicali,
Hall to be announced CONTACT: In the U.S., Eric, 415
646 6469 or  ryi_irj@yahoo.com
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Slavoj Zizek @ UCSD Tonight, Wed, 5-8pm!!!
repost,

The UCSD Visual Arts Department presents

SLAVOJ ZIZEK

"POLITICS BETWEEN FEAR AND TERROR"

lecture
15 November 2006
5:00 - 8:00 pm
Calit2 Auditorium, Atkinson Hall
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Upcoming Events, Direct Action for Oaxaca
el enemigo común,

"On November 20, blockades will be set up to show the Mexican government we mean business. We are calling upon YOU to join in these blockades. That could mean blockading the consulates’ websites, jamming their phone lines with calls about the conflict in Oaxaca, occupying the offices of the consuls, or shutting down the roads around the consulates in whatever way you see fit." - EZLN

please add more events as a comment

Donate in Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://elenemigocomun.net/donate

Oaxaca is calling for US to get Organized
http://elenemigocomun.net/442

Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/6340
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¿Alto a la masacre en Oaxaca!
Sergio Segarra,

Las tropas federales han irrumpido en Oaxaca masacrando al pueblo, con la excusa de imponer el “orden” que previamente violaron.Como una sola mujer, como un solo hombre, se ha levantado lo mejor de los hijos trabajadores de Oaxaca para hacer frente a las tropas del gobierno asesino.
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Stop the massacre in Oaxaca!
Sergio Segarra,

Federal troops burst into Oaxaca massacring the people.The best of the working people of Oaxaca have risen up to face the troops of the murderous government. The people are firmly resisting on the barricades. They have no arms or bombs, only the dream and the hope for a better world after centuries of oppression and misery.
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Guerrilla Documentary Showings at Consulate
donkilo,

Click on the link for the pictures!
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Videos of Oaxaca Solidarity Music @ Consulate
donkilo,

Featuring San Diego's own Son Jarocho musica...
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BIOrenta
otro socializator,

Biorenta: un propuesta de debate global encontrada en Chiapas Indy.
necesitamos adelantar una reestructuración capitalista con estrategias radicales constructivas.
"Toda la humanidad puede organizarse de forma de garantizar en y para cualquier país y situación económica, cultural, política e institucional una renta individual mínima de mantenimiento".
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MegaMarch in Oaxaca. Solidarity March and Rally in San Diego
,

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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NIFC "Shell To Sea" Video
NIFC - National Irish Freedom Committee,

The National Irish Freedom Committee (NIFC) has been helping publicise the struggle of the people of Rossport for quite some time now and we are the only Irish organisation here in America that has been vocal in our support of the community in Mayo, and have actively used all our resources to try help keep our membership, other concerned people, and the general public informed about what is going on there.
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Vote the Bastards out!
oh my,

America has become a fascist nation! Mid term election critical to prevent Holacaust here and now.HEAR
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Pics, San Diego’s Oaxaca Rights Demo, 11/5/06
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Photos from the November 5 protest outside the Mexican consulate in San Diego in connection with a week-long vigil outside the consulate and a worldwide mobilization against the Mexican government’s attacks on workers’ and human rights in Oaxaca. Any help IMC’ers can give me on identifying the people in the photos, especially the speakers, will be greatly appreciated. Just e-mail me at the address below.
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Oaxaca Solidarity Demos in the US on Nov. 4th
el enemigo común,

"…indymedia is on the minds and lips of PRIistas and government loyalists high up the chain of command…"

please add more events as a comment

Foreigners, journalists threatened in Oaxaca
http://elenemigocomun.net/366

Letter in Support of the People of Oaxaca
http://friendsofbradwill.org/supportletter

Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/5842
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