SD Teachers to Rally in LA May 25 Against Gov
California Teachers Association,

Thousands of teachers will join a massive group of concerned citizens next week to protest Governor Schwarzenegger’s broken promises to schools, his attacks on the working people of this state as ''special interests,'' and his impending call for a wasteful $80 million special election.
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AZ Indymedia-Thought Police:Censored Art
Greaper,

B.I.H.
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Wal-Mart continues campaign of darkness.
Phillip Pendergrass,

Wal-Mart reveals secret agenda.
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Socialism 2005: Build the Left Alternative
ISO San Diego,

A weekend of political discussion, debate and entertainment
 http://www.socialismconference.org
July 1-4 in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare
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The Wal-Mart Museum of Art
Mark Vallen - Art For A Change,

Los Angeles artist, Mark Vallen, writes on his Art For A Change web log: "There is no better example of how politics is intertwined with art than the spectacle of an art museum being founded by a rapacious corporation well known for exporting US jobs overseas and profiting from foreign sweat shop labor."
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Bush ‘means test’ would wreck Social Security
Tim Wheeler/People's Weekly World,

WASHINGTON — Defenders of Social Security charged this week that a “means test” on Social Security as proposed by President George W. Bush would inflict huge benefit cuts for 70 percent of recipients, clearing the way to destroy the system vital to Americans’ economic security.
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Henry Cisneros Demands More Civic Leadership
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

Former HUD Secretary Henry Cisneros came to San Diego and said a renewed effort on investment in poor areas of America's cities was the only way to prepare for the future.
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Tijuana Workers Celebrate May 1st With Rally
Rocky Neptun,

While San Diego's upscale progressive community, from feely-goody new age yuppies and aging hippies to the power liberals who run the pitiful left-wing response to Bushism in San Diego, flocked to the corporate sponsored Earth Day festival, May 1st; others, workers around the world, refused to give up the their traditional day to celebrate the world's
laborers.

More info on San Diego's May Day Fair this year:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/108641.shtml

Learn about the workers making Starbuck's coffee:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/108670.shtml
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Happy May Day - Video from LA's March
A,

Downtown LA
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May Day: Made in the USA
People's Weekly World ,

“Eight hours for work, eight hours for rest and eight hours for what we will!” was the slogan of the 340,000 workers who marched in cities across the U.S. on May 1, 1886, calling for the eight-hour day.
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Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State
Samizdat,

Alex Jones' new documentary, "Martial Law 9-11: Rise of the Police State" is available!
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SD/Tijuana: 10 Years of Border Photograhy
Michael Klam,

Maria Teresa Fernandez will be showing her acclaimed photographs of the SD/Tijuana region for one night in the Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park, Wednesday, 5-11 at 6:30 pm. Do not miss this chance to meet the photographer. There will be question-and-answer and open mic to follow.
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WHAT WOULD CESAR DO?
Richard Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

An interview with five San Diego organizers and students of the late, great Cesar Chavez.
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Susan Davis Blasts Bush Social Security Plan
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

Congresswoman Susan Davis held a forum on Social Security at the Joan Kroc Peace Resource Center last month. Davis lambasted the George Bush plan for privatizing Social Security.
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THE NEW AMERICAN SLAVERY
jr,

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REPUBLICAN BANKRUPTCY LAW EXPLAINED
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MARRIAGE
RAKMEENAK,

Marriage has been labeled as a Gamble or a Shamble,
Marriage is a make or a break of a bramble;
Bless thy soul who feel its pith,
Before it culminates in a myth;
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Debtors of the World, Unite!
Yoshie Furuhashi,

The "bankruptcy reform" bill "passed the House on a 302-126 vote on Thursday, a month after the Senate voted 74-25." It is time for the American wing of the global justice movement, which has been struggling to force the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to drop the debt under which peasants and workers of the global South groan, to take on the finance and credit industry that oppresses US workers by usury.
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Border Photography, Music, and Spoken Word
Michael Klam,

Free Speech Arts in the Museum of the Living Artist, hosted by Michael Klam. Food, entertainment (featured artists/music/poetry/photography), open mic, general audience, all ages.
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Service, Technical Workers Strike at UCSD
lotus at indymedia d0t org,

AFSCME went on stike today at UCSD and at all UC Campuses Across the state. UPTE, UAW came out to the support rallies. UPTE's contract says that they are entitled to strike in support, so as to not cross the picket lines. Many UAW teaching assistants are not working today. Some professors have cancelled their classes today. Some UPTE workers did not go to work as well.

The UCSD administration sent out a threatening email saying that the strike is illegal and that UPTE can't strike. Some workers were intimidated by this email and they did go to work. The AFSCME strike is for a 24 hour period. The university tried to find scab worker replacements for the day, but they were having trouble getting people to do that.

Service workers are janitorial, bus drivers, and many others.

Campus spending hundreds of millions of dollars uc wide. but they refuse 5% raise.

About 1000 workers on strike at ucsd. about 300 people at 4pm solidarity rally. Students spoke about how they appreciate the work being done by the service workers and how they feel in solidarity with them. union reps spoke at the rally as well.

People are upbeat about the strike having an effect on the negotiations. They want to send a message to the administrators that they're going to do what it takes to get a living wage. People are marching down one of the major streets in UCSD. Energy level is high. There are about 300 people there.

Corporate media presence is very light. Up to 6 officers were seen at campus rally, close to attendees.

Listen to the radio coverage here:
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/04/4436.php

Indymedia US Coverage:
 http://www.indymedia.us


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San Diego Passes Living Wage Law, 5-4
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

After organizing for nearly three years, supporters of a Living Wage Ordinance (LWO) in San Diego finally got the City Council to go along by a 5-4 vote after a six-hour hearing April 12. The ordinance will require that private contractors pay workers on city contracts at least $10 per hour if they also provide health benefits, or $12 an hour if they don't. As a compromise, supporters agreed to phase in the implementation of the ordinance over the next three years to give the city a chance to recover from its current financial crises first — but that didn't satisfy either the Council opponents or the speakers against it, many of whom relied on Libertarian arguments about the sanctity of the "free market."
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New Film: "Capitalism and oth Kids' Stuff"
John Bissett,

Calling all anti-capitalists. This is to alert you to a new film – “Capitalism and other Kids’ Stuff” – that has recently been uploaded to the www and can be seen at www.socialist-tv.com , and which argues the anti-capitalist case in simple language.
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Hacia el 1º de Mayo en Venezuela: ...
El Libertario's editorial staff,

* Editorial de El Libertario, # 42, abril-mayo 2005. Este periódico bimensual es un vocero de los movimientos sociales antagonistas del país y de América Latina, publicado por la Comisión de Relaciones Anarquistas (CRA) de Venezuela.

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8 Days of Sitting In at WashU
WashU Student Worker Alliance,

The following is from a student participating in the ongoing sit-in/occupation in the main administrative building of Washington University in St. Louis. The sit-in is in support of campus workers who do not currently receive a living wage. Currently the sit-in has been going on for 8 days(since April 4). Below this message is a list of ways you can take action and a summary of what we've been doing over the past 10 days.
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Living Wage Ordinance to be decided on Tuesday
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice c/o sd indymedia,

Joel Ramos from the Center on Policy Initiatives, a labor-funded think tank that studies San Diego’s low-wage workforce and makes recommendations for changes, announced to the San Diego Democratic Club March 24 that the San Diego City Council will finally hear the Living Wage Ordinance on Tuesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. — a rally at 12:30 in the Community Concourse, 202 “C” Street downtown, will precede the hearing — thanks to a discharge petition signed by four City Councilmembers (Michael Zucchet, Toni Atkins, Anthony Young and Donna Frye) after Mayor Dick Murphy, an outspoken opponent of the ordinance, refused to put it on the Council’s agenda.

Background Story on the Living Wage Ordinance

The Living Wage Ordinance will be heard by the San Diego City Council on Tuesday, April 12th at 2 p.m. in City Council Chambers (unless we are moved to a larger room because there are so many of us). We will begin the event with a Rally at Civic Center Plaza at 12:30 p.m.

LIVING WAGE HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2:00
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 202 C STREET
RALLY AT 12:30
CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
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The Future of Work and The Future of Labor
SDSU Sociology Department,

Professor Stanley Aronowitz will be at SDSU on April 26th to lecture on The Future of Labor and The Future of Work, lecture begins at 7pm in Hardy Tower 140.
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Raza Work to Stop Library Closings
XISPAS,

XISPAS, the Los Angeles website & blog dedicated to Chicano culture, art, and politics, reports on the library crisis in Salinas California. The state will be closing three public libraries this coming June for "lack of funds", and raza are spearheading a struggle to keep the libraries open. This fight for public access is only part of our mounting battle for civil and human rights. El Movemiento is revitalized with the energy of a whole new generation working for peace and justice. We're offering an except of our library crisis coverage below... but please visit our web log for the full article and other posts of interest. ¡Si, Se Puede! -Xispas Staff / www.xispas.com/blog
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Youth Busting Borders!!! Conference
Youth Action Network,

Youth in San Diego need to rise up to fight for our rights!!! We have some of the crappiest schools in the nation without enough textbooks, and with dirty bathroom facilities. Police and migra are harassing us in our communities and military recruiters harass us at school. The governor is cutting all of the money from education, but juvenile incarceration rates go up every minute! Its time to fight back!
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Take Action:From the Ongoing Sit-In at Washin
Washu Student Worker Alliance,

The following is from a student participating in the ongoing sit-in/occupation in the main administrative building of Washington University in St. Louis. The sit-in is in support of campus workers who do not currently receive a living wage. Currently the sit-in has been going on for over 24 hours(as of noon april 5). Below this message is a list of ways you can take action.
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APRIL 10 MARCHA POR ZAPATA
Comite,

EL 10 de Abril todos a honrar la Lucha del General Emiliano Zapata en LOS ANGELES, CALIFONIA.

ZAPATA VIVE, LA LUCHA SIGUE.
VIVA ZAPATA
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Barry Goldwater, Social Security & My Mother
Daniel Borgström,

Goldwater's stand on Social Security became a turning point in my life
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