Protest Against Fox and Police Brutality
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Wednesday, about 100 demonstrators rallied outside the Grant Hotel in downtown San Diego to protest a "democracy and peace" award presented to former president of Mexico Vicente Fox. The protesters marched and cycled from the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park to the rally, struggling to use their sidewalks and streets against an oppressive and excessive sdpd presence.

Inside the opulent hotel, UCSD's corporate-dominated Institute of the Americas cited Fox for "strengthening the democratic institutions" of Mexico, but pretended not to notice the blood dripping from their guest's hands owing to the massacres in Atenco and Oaxaca, the stolen election of Calderón and other crimes (1, 2, 3). The Institute also failed to mention its own role, through involvement with Plan Puebla-Panama and other piracy programs of corporations, in the displacement of indigenous people from their traditional lands and the impoverishment of millions of Mexicans.

Outside, speakers at the open-mic rally recounted Fox's crimes and drew the parallel between the brutality of his regime and u.s. police brutality along the border, in Vista and in San Diego. To the delight of family members, a young child in a stroller was observed to chant, for the first time, "Oaxaca Vive!" Corporate media were out in force in search of sound bites and "controversy." Damn them.

CJ Ball, sdpd's designated captain in charge of suppressing political dissent, once again presided over the repressive efforts.

Angel Lita (updated): Nos congregamos en frente del US Grant Hotel en San Diego Ca, con la intención de mostrar nuestro repudio a este infame acto de Premiación a Vicente Fox. Galardón denominado "Presidente de la Democracia y de la Paz". Nos congregamos para hacer patente nuestro rechazo a semejante mentira, y que solo para el Instituto de las Americas; puede ser una verdad. Porque, en qué cabeza inteligente o por lo menos con un mínimo grado de honestidad, pueda siquiera imaginar que Vicente Fox es digno de recibir un premio de tal magnitud. Premio al Presidente de la Democracia y de la Paz? A que Democracia y qué Paz se refieren, a los muertos hasta ahora enterrados en la mina de Pasta de Conchos en Cohauila, y cuyos huerfanos y viudas, o madres o familiares siguen esperando todavia la justicia que con tanta behemencia Fox les prometio, y lo único que hizo fue que con mentiras y abusando del poder que representaba, hizo todo para ocultar y proteger a los verdaderos culpables; los señores del poder y del dinero. Cual democracia!? ...--Leer Mas--

Cynthia:...It made me pissed that the cops took full control of where we were going. I felt like a little girl pouting because I couldn't get anything my way when I was trying to reclaim a street. ahh... But yeah...fuck government repression. --Read More+Photos-- + --More Photos--


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Ralph Nader Speaking at USD Campus April 27th
Efaon Cobb,

Ralph Nader will be speaking on Friday April 27th at the University of San Diego campus. The topic of his speech will be regulations of corporations to help create democracy. This event is free but it is strongly urged that you RSVP this event.
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Marcha contra la represion policiaca en SD / March against Police Brutality - Oaxaca to SD
vAPPOroaxaca,

Vicente Fox, el ex-presidente de Mexico, responsable por masacres de gente indígena en Chiapas, por las desapariciones de participantes en la lucha en Oaxaca y por la negligencia en el caso de las mujeres asesinadas en Juarez y Chihuahua, viene a San Diego el 25 de abril para recibir el "Premio de la Democracia y la Paz", dado por el Instituto de las Americas, una organización derechista que está ubicado en el campus de la Universidad de California de San Diego. El 13 de abril, participantes en la acción pacifica Recupera las Calles eran las victimas de la brutalidad policíaca. En los últimos dos años, 17 personas han sido asesinatos por la policía y la migra en el condado de SD. ¡Hay que mostrarles que NO nos intimidarán con su violencia! ¡Lleva su bicicleta! ¡La lucha sigue!

Como la coalición vAPPOroaxaca, creemos que premiar a Fox es un insulto profundo a toda la gente afectada por las grandes violaciones de derechos humanos hechas por su gobierno. Las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por el gobierno de Fox están bien documentadas: 1 | 2
--Leer Mas--

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, responsible for brutal police repression in Oaxaca, Atenco and Chiapas, is coming to receive the "Award for Democracy and Peace", given by the Americas Institute, a right-wing organization located on the UC San Diego campus. On April 13, several participants in the non-violent Reclaim the Streets were victims of police brutality. In the past two years at least 17 people have been murdered by police and the border patrol in SD County. We need to show them that we will NOT be intimidated by their violence! Bring your bike! La lucha sigue!

We in the coalition vAPPOroaxaca believe that giving the award to Fox is a grave insult to all people who have been affected by the gross violations of human rights committed by his administration. The human rights violations perpetrated by the Fox administration are well documented: 1 | 2 | 3
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Como respuesta, hacemos una llamada de accion a toda la comunidad de SanDiego a participar en la marcha "Fox, NO estás bienvenido!" que empezará a las 6 pm en frente de la estatua de Benito Juarez en Pantoja Park (en el G Street, entre las calles Kettner y State) y terminará en una manifestación en la esquina de 4th y Broadway, frente al hotel US Grant donde Fox recibirá su premio: Mapa

April 25 at 6pm at the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park on G Street between Kettner Blvd and State Street: Map

Bike Bloc || vAPPoroaxaca || Institute of the "Americas"

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The Virginia Tech Massacre
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

An editorial commentary on the April 16 shootings at Virginia Tech University, reprinted from the May 2007 issue of Zenger's Newsmagazine.
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Artist Bill Pierce Presents "Tenacious" May 5
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

An interview with veteran San Diego artist Bill Pierce, who's exhibited his strongly anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-war art all over the world — but no longer does so in San Diego because there isn't a market for it. In this interview, Pierce discusses the struggles involved in being a cutting-edge artist in San Diego and promotes his new group show, "Tenacious!," opening Sat., May 5 at Zedism Gallery, 3540 Adams Avenue in Normal Heights.
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Anti-Circumcision "Intactivists" vs. OB-GYN's
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Anti-circumcision activists, or "intactivists" as they call themselves, are organizing a vigil during the upcoming convention of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) all day May 7, 8 and 9. "Intactivist" Pat Brown is giving a presentation on the issue to H.E.A.L. [Health, Education, AIDS Liaison]-San Diego Tuesday, May 1 at the War Memorial Building, 3325 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park. According to "intactivists," routine male circumcision is just as bad as female genital mutilation; not only does it interfere with sexual pleasure but, contrary to popular belief, it not only doesn't help prevent AIDS but might actually make AIDS more likely.
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Carta del Preso Político/Letter from Political Prisoner: David Venegas "el Alebrije"
kalo - repost from oaxacalibre.net,

Me encuentro preso en el penal de Santa Maria Ixcotel, en mi Ciudad de Oaxaca, entre aquí por una acusación fabricada de posesión de drogas, los policías que me detuvieron me golpearon y... soy acusado, ahora, de otro proceso judicial de sedición, y otros atentados en contra de la sociedad oaxaqueña, como la quema del tribunal del estado el día 25 de noviembre, demás es decirle a este valiente y digno pueblo de Oaxaca que todas estas acusaciones son falsas...en cada rostros antiguo, en cada consigna, en cada pinta que aparece furtivamente por la noche, en cada niño, en cada manta y en cada uno de nosotros que estamos presos, hay los motivos fraternos para seguir luchando, los invito a que no abandonemos esta lucha jamás. --Leer Mas--

I’m a prisoner in the Santa Maria Ixcotel prison in my city, Oaxaca. I was brought here on trumped up charges of narcotics possession. I was beaten by the police who arrested me and ...charged with a new count of sedition and other offenses against the Oaxacan society such as burning down the state Courthouse on November 25. I don’t need to tell the courageous, dignified people of Oaxaca that all these charges are false... In each elderly face, in each chant, in each graffiti that appears in the still of the night, in each child, in each banner, and in each one of us prisoners, our brother and sisterhood motivates us to keep struggling. I urge you never to abandon this struggle. Never. --Read More--

March Against Police Brutality from Oaxaca to San Diego: Wed April 25 6PM (English/Español): March | Bike Bloc || International Day of Solidarity with David Venegas Reyes and All Political Prisoners: Fri April 27 Español | English || oaxacalibre.net || Murders by Cops in San Diego County || Police Brutality at SD Reclaim the Streets
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Philippines: Unionists confront repression
Sue Bolton ,

Organisers from the Philippines’ biggest left trade union centre, Bukluran ng Manggagawang Pilipino (BMP — Solidarity of Filipino Workers) spoke to Green Left Weekly’s Sue Bolton about the repression that they encounter from the state and their efforts to unify left-wing trade unions.


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DIDM - Desiring (Incenciary Devices) Machines
dj lotu5,

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On this awesome episode, we talk about borderlands by gloria anzaldua with dj queen b, queer community, chicana experience, reclaim the streets with The Bee and what happened there and lots of stuff with onto the ontologist including complexity and delanda as it applies to social struggle, the NY anarchist bookfair and the panel on resistance and mexico there, baudrillard and the mirror of production, abstract hacktivism, craftivism and the city heights free skool.

music by: nicky click, macromantics, peaches, combat wombat, scream club.
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Fight for Justice Campaign
posted by F Espinoza,

While in the name of the fight against terrorism, hundreds of thousands of people have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, and others - arbitrarily detained - are tortured in Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo, the United States government protects the most notorious terrorist in this hemisphere...
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San Diego Reclaim the Streets: Summary
partiers,

On Friday, 100-200 people came together for a 3 hour Reclaim the Streets street party, marching all over downtown San Diego with music, puppets, glitter, costumes, dancing, jumping and lots and lots of FUN. The partiers included giant bunnies, zombies and a foot-powered City Heights Free Skool bus. The dancing throng occupied downtown streets normally reserved for overconsuming tourists in the face of heavy police presence featuring two undercovers, who stood out like anarchists at a corporate board meeting. Many people joined the party off the sidewalks but others were confused, despite huge banners saying "ReclAim the Streets" and "Lets PArty!"

The night ended with the SDPD beating and arresting three nonviolent partiers, among them an independent media videographer, and pursuing and pepper-spraying the dwindling crowd. In a replay of past SDPD attempts to silence political dissent, bogus charges included felony assault for one arrestee and misdemeanors for the other two. All were released by late Sunday evening following posting of bond or bail. A protest against police brutality both north and south of the border will take place at an awards ceremony for Vicente Fox in downtown San Diego on April 25, to be held across the street from friday's police riot.

Compiled from accounts by Reclaimer, Anarchist on wheels, Anonymous, one spy in a house of love, partier, owl, fuck the sdpd, owl, joshysex, partier, a pissed off reclaimer, zombie, bjk, vAAPOroaxaca, Rocky, and Reclaim the Streets SD.

Reports: Reclaimer | Anarchist on wheels | Anonymous | Rocky | Community compilation || Photos reclaimer | reclaimer | Reclaimer || Video! reclaimer(fun) | reclaimer(drums) || Prisoner Support: Call for bail money and evidence | Bail update || SD Reclaim the Streets: Website | Announcement | J20 2005 Report || Protesting Police Brutality: 1 | 2 | 3 || Calls for Protest/RTS: 1 | 2
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Fox, you're NOT welcome! March in downtown SD
vAPPOroaxaca.,

Para todo aquel que guste colaborar en difundir y apoyar la organización de la Marcha, puede bajar el Bolante en versión rápida para imprimir y repartir. Todos a la Marcha el 25 de Abril de 2007 a las 6:00 pm en Downtown San Diego, No falten!!!
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CIW reaches landmark accord with McDonald's
donkilo,

Campaign surges forward with Burger King in its sights! Come to
Chicago – now more than ever!
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S. Brian Willson’s Environmental Apocalypse
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

S. Brian Willson’s greatest claim to fame is having been run over by a munitions train he was trying to block at a direct-action demonstration nearly 20 years ago, and having lost his legs in the process — but that's not what he came to San Diego to talk about April 2 at the Church of the Brethren. Instead, he talked about his background as a Viet Nam veteran, his growing resistance to authority of all kinds, and his vision of a cooperative commonwealth that he says humans will HAVE to accept once global warming unleashes an environmental apocalypse that will destroy capitalism and most, if not all, of the current human population.
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UCSD Open Studios
general giggles,

The Graduate Visual Arts Department at the University of California – San Diego invites the Southern California art community to view the work of its current MFA students at Open Studios on April 6, 2-8 p.m. Political handshakes, post-human dolls, Mexican moustaches, false promises, Old-Time
radio shows, military recruitment tools, epic octopi, drone machines, fishing boats and Chris Farley are among the explorations of these graduate students.
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African reparations tribunal launches pledge
Uhuru African Liberation Solidarity Campaign,

African Liberation Solidarity Campaign launches pledge drive to support the International Tribunal on Reparations for Afrikan People, taking place in Berlin, Germany this June.
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Informe Económico Presos Politicos Libertad!.
vAPPOroaxaca,

Este es el Informe Económico que se hace público, de lo que se recaudó en el evento Benefico Presos Politicos Libertad!!! vAPPOroaxaca. Estan los detalles de envio, el tipo de cambio, quien lo recibio y como fue entregado a la COFADAPPO (Comite de familiares y asesinados de los Presos Políticos de Oaxaca.
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Cárceles en Venezuela: Extrema violencia, ...
Rodolfo / Cruz Negra Anarquista Venezuela,

* Texto abolicionista que denuncia la barbarie del actual sistema penitenciario venezolano, publicado en el # 49 (febrero-marzo 2007) de El Libertario, vocero de los movimientos sociales antagonistas editado por la Comisión de Relaciones Anarquistas - CRA.
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Atenta Invitación
vAPPOroaxaca,

Estamos invitando a todos los que de alguna manera han venido siguiendo y apoyando, las actividades de nuestra Coalición vAPPOroaxaca, para que nos acompañen en la Conferencia de Prensa, para darles a Conocer el Informe Económico de la actividad del 2 de Marzo 2007.
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HPV Vaccine Boondoggle
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Pre-teen girls and, in some proposals, boys as well would be forced to undergo vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) under mandatory vaccine plans being debated in over 30 states. The propaganda for mandatory HPV vaccination states that the virus has been firmly established to cause cervical cancer — even though 30 percent of all women with cervical cancer don't have it and only a handful of all the women who do have the virus ever get cancer. But there's reason to believe this is a massive corporate welfare program to bail out Merck, makers of the only HPV vaccine currently approved by the FDA, from their potential multi-billion dollar losses over Vioxx.
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Chalmers Johnson/Imperialism vs. Democracy
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Retired UCSD professor Chalmers Johnson spoke at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest March 23 and gave an overall summary of his most recent book, "Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic." Johnson argues that America's continuing status as an imperialist power and in particular its military adventurism and maintenance of a network of at least 737 military bases around the world is incompatible with any commitment to democracy. Either America will remain a republic or remain an empire; it cannot do both, Johnson says.
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Trotskyism or Leninism?
Atticus Finch,

Trotskyites seek to divert from a correct path those members of non-proletarian sections, in particular students and intellectuals, who become increasingly involved in the political struggle and who could and should join hands with the working class, unite with scientific socialism...
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Locals Visit Cucapá Community
sdimc volunteer,

Since approximately 9000 years ago the Cucapá have lived in the land adjacent to the Rio Colorado, dedicated fundamentally to fishing. Eighteen years ago the Mexican federal government began passing laws that made it nearly impossible for the indigenous Cucapá to live in these lands. The rivers near the Cucapá are drying out because of the dams that have been built on the US side of the Colorado River. Therefore, the current fishing grounds have become a last resort for their survival. In addition, in these waters, fishing of any type of marine species has been prohibited. With the implementation of this decree, the life of the Cucapá has been gravely affected; putting at risk the existence of the Cucapá as indigenous people in Baja California.*

*previously posted for full press release CLICK HERE

a san diego indymedia volunteer got an opportunity to interview Fernanda Rios (collective zapatista, california coalition against poverty) and Andrea Donez (collective zapatista) who have contributed time to organize support for the Cucapá camp and who recently traveled to the Cucapá community

Q: How did you hear about the Cucapá situation?

F.R.: Sup came to the border and told us we should be supporting the indigenous communities nearby.

A.D.: After the commission visited the Cucapá, Delegate Zero said, “We have decided to send an urgent message to the Mexicans and Chicanos north of the Rio Grande to come here in order to maximize the number of people here, create a safe space, and protect the Cucapá and Kiliwa community during the fishing season.”

Cucapá Benefit Show Sat March 31 7PM A+E/North Park | Donations for Cucapá Camp - Dropoff at Chican@ Perk | Cucapá Camp Video
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A Review of John Ross' Zapatistas
Stephen Lendman,

Review of Zapatistas' struggle for autonomy and freedom.
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Autonomous street fesival: RTS
Cynthia Tecson,

"It's a party, not a riot. A festival, not a protest."
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Cultivating Food Justice Dolores Huerta Video - Part 4/4
san diego indymedia volunteer,

Dolores Huerta was the keynote speaker at the Cultivating Food Justice Conference held at San Diego City College 3 March, 2007. Video - Part 4/4: 11 min 47 sec; 14.8 mbytes.
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Cultivating Food Justice Dolores Huerta Video - Part 3/4
san diego indymedia volunteer,

Dolores Huerta was the keynote speaker at the Cultivating Food Justice Conference held at San Diego City College 3 March, 2007. Video - Part 3/4: 15 min 20 sec; 19.2 mbytes.
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Cultivating Food Justice Dolores Huerta Video - Part 2/4
san diego indymedia volunteer,

Dolores Huerta was the keynote speaker at the Cultivating Food Justice Conference held at San Diego City College 3 March, 2007. Video - Part 2/4: 12 min 32 sec; 15.7 mbytes.
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El Libertario # 49: pasión, razón, acción...
CRA - El Libertario, Venezuela,

* Está en circulación el mas reciente número de la publicación mas regular y mas ampliamente difundida del anarquismo latinoamericano actual, que tras 12 años de existencia ininterrumpida se viene erigiendo como una referencia dentro de la escena radical del continente.

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Call-in pushes back attack on Africanist Mvt
UhuruRadio.com,

Hundreds of emails and calls inundate Sierra Leone embassies in the U.S., London and elsewhere; officials drop charges; ASI leader urges continued vigilance
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