Council to Hear Living Wage Ordinance 4/12
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Mark this date in red on your calendars: TUESDAY, APRIL 12. The San Diego City Council is FINALLY scheduled to hear the badly needed Living Wage Ordinance at 2 p.m. at their regular meeting at city hall, 202 "C" Street. A rally to show community support before the Council meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Community Concourse outside city hall. Kudos to Councilmembers Michael Zucchet, Toni Atkins, Anthony Young and Donna Frye for signing the discharge petition that forced anti-labor Mayor Dick Murphy to put the Living Wage ordinance on the Council agenda.
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Differences Between Republicans and Democrats
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

State Senator Joe Dunn (D-Orange County) spoke to the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club March 24 and gave an impassioned analysis and call to action centering around the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties. He argued that the Democrats have historically stood for justice and economic independence, while the Republicans have stood for individual liberty and corporate dominance. Dunn said a second American revolution — a struggle likely to take decades — is needed to reverse the current Republican dominance and win back for Americans their political, religious and economic independence.
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Cesar Chavez Day: Walk for Dignity
Xispas (Sparks),

The Xispas website and blog is the place to learn about Xicano culture, art, and politics. We deal with history, indigenous traditions, books, opinions, and social criticism. In this newsblast, we offer some people's history and opportunity for community action. Con solidaridad - Xispas staff www.xispas.com/blog
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Stop Arnold's Special Election!
Rick Hall - Webmaster www.ContestTheVote.org,

Stop the governor from holding a special election days before new laws go in to protect us from unverifiable electronic voting machines! Sign the petition at www.ContestTheVote.org
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Farmworkers Take Down Taco Bell
austin imc,

"The consumer boycott is the only open door in the dark corridor of nothingness down which farmworkers have had to walk for many years. It is a gate of hope through which they expect to find the sunlight of a better life for themselves and their families" (Cesar Chavez)

On March 8, after nearly four years of struggle and amidst the momentum of the 2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour, farmworkers from the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW scored a decisive victory in their national boycott of Taco Bell. Caving under the weight of an intense grassroots campaign, the fast-food giant has agreed to work with the Florida-based farmworker organization to improve the wages and working conditions of farmworkers in the Florida tomato industry by paying a penny-per-pound surcharge demanded by the workers. The farmworkers' sub-poverty wages have been stagnant and declining in real terms since 1978.

"This is an important victory for farmworkers, one that establishes a new standard of social responsibility for the fast-food industry and makes an immediate material change in the lives of workers. This sends a clear challenge to other industry leaders," said Lucas Benitez, a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. The CIW's precedent-setting victory is also an important step forward for student/youth, global justice, and poor peoples' movements throughout the U.S. who have worked in solidarity with the farmworkers, forcing the world's largest restaurant corporation (Yum! Brands, Taco Bell's parent company) to accept responsibility for conditions in its supply chain.

As planned, farmworkers and their allies will gather in Louisville, KY on March 11th and 12th to celebrate the victory and chart the next steps in the movement to end sweatshops in the fields. The battle is won; the war continues.

Updates from 2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour
Daily Video Diaries:
East Leg: One | Two | Three | Four & Five | Six & Seven
West Leg: One | Two, Three & Four | Five
Segment on Democracy Now! | Victory News Broken to ATXers

Photos: Day - One | Two | Three | Four | Five | Six | Seven
Photos from Victory Celebration

Audio: Tour Departs from Immokalee (.mp3) | West leg hits Tally (.mp3) | Cleveland IMC Radio Interview with farmworker | CIW Teach-in Cleveland, OH | Connections b/w Civil Rights and Boycott | Peace Talks | Interview with Fernando Suarez del Solar english/espanol | Press Conference Announcing End of Boycott | Victory Announcement at Our World; Our Rights conference

Stories: [Cleveland IMC] | [Tennessee IMC] | [Houston IMC] | [Tallahassee-Red Hills IMC] | [Chicago IMC] | [ATX IMC] | [Michigan IMC] | [Santa Cruz IMC]

Boycott Taco Bell song | Download film "Immokalee: From Slavery to Freedom" (.mov)

Archived articles from Democracy Now! 1 | 2
External Articles: Leading Like Jesus | Values Voters, Desperate Housewives and Sweatshop Tacos | ‘Truth Tour’ Highlights Poverty Wages | Farm Workers in America: a History of Struggle

Student/Farmworker Alliance | Coalition of Immokalee Workers | 2005 Truth Tour | US Indymedia Topic Page
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Please sign this petition!!
J U,

Pleas this petition
 http://www.petitiononline.com/zanon/petition.html
in order to support the Argentinian workers of the ocupied factory Zanon.
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Support Justice for Janitors this Friday!
Center on Policy Initiatives ,

Picket & Community Action

Friday, March 4
12:00 Noon, 8680 Balboa Avenue, San Diego (Free Parking)

The workers of Professional Maintenance Systems (PMS) receive poverty wages, no health care benefits, no sick days, and no vacation days. They have been trying to unionize despite threats and intimidation by PMS.

Let's join in solidarity with the janitors in a rally for decent wages, benefits and respect.
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The So. Cal. Grocery Strike, a years perspect
Matthew Emmons,

Its been a year since the end of the longest grocery srike in Us history. Where do we stand now, and what really was at issue. Was anything really resolved?
(orginally posted at :www.worldsocialism.org/usa/blog)
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If We Don’t Change The Union, The Union Will
Richard Mellor,

The Bay Area grocery workers' contract continues to erode workers' living standards and strengthens the employers' resolve. Only a revolt in the ranks can reverse this trend.
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Bush Nazism uses Social Security to take over
rexcurrydotnet,

Social security reforms will let Bush take over the entire economy. Social security cards burn like modern draft cards! Protests against Nazi numbers and SSN tattoos coming!
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French Workers’ Fight to Keep 35 hour week
Richard Mellor,

The real reason for U.S. capitalism's attempt to create anti-French sentiment is the French workers' stand for the 35 hour week at a time when U.S. and global capitalism is trying to normalize going backwards
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...A Reality Check
sQuiggLE ~,

UNIONS and the Fog of Delirium behind its Concept – A Reality Check.
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When Cops Are More Unionized Than Almost All
Yoshie Furuhashi,

What would send all the dead trade unionists spinning in their graves? The fact that cops are more unionized than almost all other groups of workers in the United States today.

Worse, from 1983 to 2002, workers in "protective service occupations" including police officers "had the highest union membership rate of any broad occupation group in every year."
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Labor suffers another defeat in Northern CA
Richard Mellor,

The tentative agreement between the grocery chains and the UFCW leadership will increase the sense of helplessness that many workers feel and strengthen their distrust of their unions
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The Nationalisation of VENEPAL- Venezuela
Alan Woods,

Hands Off Venezuela Campaign
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A scalpel not a chain saw?
Richard Mellor,

The silent dissent in the labor movement must cease. The average member cannot be expected to speak out against the disastrous policies of the trade union leadership when so many seasoned activists refuse to challenge the status quo.
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Chavez nationalises VENEPAL- workers control
Jorge Martin,

Hands Off Venezuela Campaign


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Republican Websites Hacked in Protest of Inau
Internet Liberation Front,

In solidarity with the billions around the world who are being oppressed under the Bush agenda, The Internet Liberation Front has hacked and defaced six Republican websites who push forward the sick and violent ideology of warfare, capitalism, and profit over people.
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Activists Report from Colombia, Iraq
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Two long-term activists in the San Diego community gave reports on their recent trips to the front lines of the so-called "war on terror" at Activist San Diego's January 10 meeting. Fernando Suárez del Solár, whose son was killed in Iraq in the early days of the war, talked about his second attempt to visit the country with a Global Exchange delegation, the refusal of Jordanian authorities to let his group cross the border, and the atrocities he heard about from Iraqis. Activist San Diego founder Martin Eder discussed the deteriorating situation in Colombia, where activists are killed by U.S.-backed paramilitaries and a Colombian government run by their former general.
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Building Bridges Radio: Fighting Wal-Mart in
Ken Nash & Mimi Rosenberg,

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW
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550 More SD Workers Laid Off at Kyocera
DeeDee Halleck,

After firing 168 workers Monday, San Diego cell phone maker Kyocera Wireless told 550 additional workers yesterday that it intends to lay them off, also in a cost-cutting move.




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The Worldwide Ruling Class - Worker Bee Model
Clint Clark,

Old Testament religions are setup to preserve the Ruling Class - Worker Bee model, which began about 8,500 years ago. Old Testament religions are about legitimizing land ownership, taxes, the exploitation of natural resources, social stratification, and wealth generation; not about spirituality. Civilization is the domestication of humans by other humans.
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Tax Revolt In Indiana
Allyson Kennis/Richard Mellor,

Anger at corporations and their politicians finds concrete expression in North West Indiana
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Building Bridges Radio: The Survivors of Bhop
Ken Nash & Mimi Rosenberg,

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report brings you this 27 minutes radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON WEB LINK BELOW.
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Attacking Wal-Mart's Supply Chain
Yoshie Furuhashi,

Wal-Mart's zeal to "hold the lowest feasible [inventory] level while avoiding the risks of 'stock outs,'" its competitive advantage, is also the weak link in its anti-union empire.

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Sat Dec 11 Radical Conference/Encuentro
brenda-n behan johnson,

STOP THE CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION!
ALTO A LA REVOLUCION CONSERVADORA!

Encuentro Radical/Radical Conference
Sábado/Saturday, 11 DIC/DEC 2004
City College, San Diego

Resistencia Estudiantil's "Resistence Movements" will be hosting a forum open to the public regarding issues confronting progressive and Leftist movements in their struggle against right-wing, neo-conservative incursions against rights and freedoms in both the domestic and international arenas. Attendants will be able to meet fellow activists concerned about US foreign and domestic policy and to help develop a more informed and politically active Leftist movement in San Diego.

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ERR Communique from the Cultural Front
ERR Worker Collective,

The Ever Reviled Records Worker Collective is proud to announce the launching of our new website: another step in on our on going efforts to undermine capitalism and the state while building the counter-culture. We got our cyberspace guns loaded and ready to storm the internet front!
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Psychopath Employers Gang Stalking Employees
Worker,

Mentally defective employers with a need to dominate and harm ex-employees are hiring gangs of drug addicts to stalk and harass ex-employees.
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Building Bridges Radio - US Representatives D
Ken Nash & Mimi Rosenberg,

Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Reports presents this 28 minute radio program. TO LISTEN CLICK ON LA INDYMEDIA WEB LINK BELOW
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Posada for Industrias Fronteriza
maquila watch,

Los invitamos a la posada de trabajadores y trabajadoras.
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