SECURITY GUARD - SECURITY OFFICER NEWS
DHSPOA,

U.S. DEPARTMENT HOMELAND SECURITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION ANNONCES UNITE TO WIN CAMPAIGN FOR SECURITY POLICE OFFICERS NATIONWIDE

 http://unitetowin.homestead.com/index.html
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Gov's Sharpen Attacks on Oppressed Immigrants
Alex Gould,

On Friday August 12, Arizona governor Bill Richardson, a Democrat, declared a state of emergency in the counties bordering Mexico. On Monday, Janet Napolitano, the Democratic governor of Arizona, declared a similar emergency in her state. The California legislature is debating a similar declaration. Usually associated with disasters such as floods and earthquakes, these state of emergency declarations are being issued to get 3.25 million dollars in federal funds to increase the militarized policing of the US-Mexico border.
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Air Enron
Percy,

Corporate America steals from children and the elderly and the MSM wants to hide it.
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Big Brother Nixes Happy Hour
bruce,

NLRB (National Lbor Relations Board)Green Lights Ban on Off-Duty Fraternizing Among Co-Workers
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Support the UFW
bruce,

Support the UFW and send a message to Gallo!!
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Is Change to Win enough?
richard myers,

Changes are afoot in the mainstream labor movement. Are they enough?


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Policías en Huelga de Hambre en D.F.
~Bradley,

Bernardo, Guillermo y Miguel, son tres de cinco Expolicías Auxiliares del D.F. (México). Desde hace 23 días ellos viven en un campamento hecho de lonas y camas de unicel, en la plancha del Zócalo capitalino frente a la oficina del Jefe de gobierno, Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
(English translation provided below!)
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UGSOA - 220 CSO's IN WASHINGTON D.C FILE AN E
UGSOA NEWS,

NLRB RULES SPFPA CAN REPRESENT 220 UGSOA COURT SECURITY OFFICERS IN WASHINGTON D.C.
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Wino? Why, No.
bruce,

The United Farm Workers need your help. They are one of the best unions in the country and they are in a pitched battle with Ernest & Julio Gallo. The Gallos tried to eliminate the union last year, but the state of California stopped them. Now, the Farm Workers are calling for a boycott.
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Repressive Tolerance
bruce,

"It is the people who tolerate the government, which in turn tolerates opposition within the framework determined by the constituted authorities," Marcuse wrote.
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Anti-Fascist Protection Wall Needed
NE Socialist,

A socialist solution for border problems
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Why Everybody - Not Just Union Workers - Shou
bruce,

Schwarzenegger latest right-winger to bash unions
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THE DEATH OF PENSIONS? by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal,

Everybody wins -- except the workers.
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Boycott Domino's !!
bruce,

So now the economy's problems are that the working class makes too much money even though -in terms of purchasing power- the minimum wage is near a 50 year low.
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UNT leader Stalin Perez Borges tour in Calif.
HOV,

Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution
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LIVE 8 and G8--A DISSENTING VIEW
bruce,

Across the globe, there has been a genuine outpouring of popular solidarity and sympathy with the people of Africa, symbolised by the tens of thousands who attended,and the millions who watched,Live 8 concerts.Unfortunately,'the intention of world leaders to forge a new and better relationship between the rich and poor countries of the world' are premature.
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Where are the jobs?
bruce,

Nissan and Honda have encountered difficulties getting new plants up to full production in recent years in Mississippi and Alabama due to an untrained - and often illiterate - workforce. In Alabama, trainers had to use "pictorials" to teach some illiterate workers how to use high-tech plant equipment.
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USA puts farmers and Gardeners in Prisons. Ar
Pamela Olson,

Monsanto Keeps Up Attack on Seed Saving Farmers and Gardeners, and is destroying local Family farmers.

Will the USA coporaton Monsanto take away your Job and ravish your Family?
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PRESS RELEASE NO. 8 (VOTING REFORM)
Hank Ramey,

This is an announcement of the new Honest Voting Act of 2005 Initiative Petition Drive in California.
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Captain Anarchy
1Planet1People,

This is a slideshow looking back on the last couple of years of protest by the great Anarchists and other activists, to the music of anti-flag.
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Photos from the Janitor Strike
Rosanna,

If anybody is interested in viewing photos from the protest yesterday, go to www.cromulentphotos.com

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Socialism 2005: Build the Left Alternative
ISO San Diego,

Socialism 2005: Build the Left Alternative

A weekend of political discussion, debate and entertainment
 http://www.socialismconference.org
July1-4 in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare
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1,400 Janitors ON STRIKE!!
Daniel ,

UPDATE: Photos from Friday's downtown protest for Justice for Janitors here
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109255.shtml

1,800 janitors are in a grinding fight to gain health care in the suburbs, some of the most expensive real estate in the country. Many of these janitors are concentrated in La Jolla and Del Mar where they ironically clean pharmaceutical and biotech offices that make the medicines they can't even afford. The owners, and many times the tenants of these buildings are some of the richest national and multinational corporations on the planet such as Pfizer and Equity Real Estate.



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Minutemen Show UP In Fallbrook
Froilan Mercado (MUDP Rep),

On June 4, 2005 the minutemen entered the town of Fallbrook early in the morning. There had been no prior warning to their arrival as there was in the previous demonstrations. Their objective; to stop City Bank from allowing their Mexican patrons from using Mexican ID to cash checks or open accounts. They stood on the sidewalk on Main St. next to Denny’s with racist anti-Mexican signs. There were reports that they were intimidating and harassing a disabled Mexican man who was walking down the sidewalk.
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The Summer '05 Issue of the Free Press is here!
San Diego Indymedia,

It's here, the Summer 2005 issue of the Free Press! Click "Read More" below to download the pdf and see it online. Expect to see it in your favorite independent coffee shops in a few days!

One important thing to note is that this is the last issue of the Free Press. That's right, this summer we will be changing the name of the paper! Send your name ideas to sdfp at lists.mutualaid.org .

Thank you very much to all of our contributors and supporters, and we're sorry for shortening the amazing articles we had to cut down. You'll notice that the Free Press is now in English and en Español, because we are dedicated to to breaking down the borders that separate us and respecting the cultural diversity of our community.

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UGSOA and The Three Stooges - Caleb Gray-Burr
UGSOA NEWS,

2005 UGSOA Constitutional Convention

Thanks to all who attended the 2005 UGSOA International Union Convention. It was a great success.

Special thanks go out to our guests Caleb Gray-Burriss and Ulysses Hampton from the National Association of Special Police and Security Officers (NASPSO) union based out of Washington DC and to Calvin Jackson of the Independent Security Police Union out of Chicago, Illinois. It was a pleasure to coordinate efforts with other unions across the country.
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Congressional Immigration Reform Caucus conne
John,

Tom Tancredo and other speakers at the May 27-29 "Unite to Fight" summit in Las Vegas draw from white nationalism.
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Help Stop the Minutemen!
vera,

Help Stop the Minutemen!

Join the newly forming "Oppose the Minutemen" coalition for their first meeting this Saturday.
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no mas violencia entre los jovenes
the peaceful warrior,el guerrillero pacifico,

DEBEMOS DE CUIDAR LO QUE ESCUCHAMOS A DIARIO, NOSOTROS APRENDEMOS DE LO QUE ESCUCHAMOS,TODA LA VIOLENCIA QUE HAY ENTRE LOS JOVENES QUE VIVEN EN U.S.A. (E.U.A.)VIENE DE ALGO, ALGO QUE HASTA LOS NIñOS BUENOS EMPIEZAN A AGARRAR QUEDANDO COMO TODOS LOS DEMAS, CHOLO, VIOLENTO Y CALLEGERO.ES LA VERDAD!!! LEELO!!!!!!!!!
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The Myth of the Fiscal Crisis
Richard Mellor,

The first step that must be taken if we are to reverse the cuts and prevent the destruction of the New Deal’s gains is to understand in our own minds that there is no fiscal crisis.
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