The SHORTWAVE REPORT 5/26 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Spain, and Cuba.
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RadioActive Radio Open Mic
RadioActive San Diego,

Join us for our first ever live broadcasted OPEN MIC! Poetry, live music, food, drinks, and revolutionary home-made media making will be available for your pleasure and participation. Hope to see you there!


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AMC2006 - Now Is The Time!
Allied Media Conference,

Allied Media Conference:
"From Truth To Power... because being right is not enough."
June 23-25, 2006
Bowling Green, Ohio
 http://amc2006.org
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borderlands hacklab photos, may openHackNight
lotu5,

Some photos from the open hack night in may. Presentation by radica radio about digital audio editing and Grrrl Zines A Go-Go on making zines, including a whole zine making setup. Jake of Lying Media Bastards, a show on radioActive sanDiego, dj'ed.
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spying
Murdock Todd Cote (Doc),

oped, whats next secret police visits in the middle of the night
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NSA Tracking Millions of US Phone Calls
Indybay.org, repost by sd indymedia,

It has now been revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been secretly collecting the phone records of tens of millions of Americans since September 11, 2001. The data has been provided by telecommunications giants AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth. The NSA claims the phone record data is being used in its fight against terrorism, although the millions of ordinary Americans' whose telephone behavior is being tracked are not suspected of any crime. The goal of the secret program is reported to be the creation of a "database of every call ever made" within US borders.

Read More here and on Indybay's US and Police State News Pages

Sospechosa aparición de El Libertario # 47
Redacción del periódico El Libertario,

Se alerta a la ciudadanía que nuevamente circula el vocero impreso de la autodenominada Comisión de Relaciones Anarquistas de Venezuela (CRA), grupo plenamente identificado por las autoridades a causa de su turbia actividad desestabilizadora, ahora difundiendo este pasquín bimensual en edición correspondiente a mayo-junio de 2006.
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 5/12 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
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Police Brutality in Atenco and Texcoco
John Gibler,

Police Siege Town, Take over 200 prisoners. Over three thousand police surrounded Atenco and invaded, filling the streets, cutting down everyone in their way with clubs and firing tear gas, both to disorient, and to kill. Several protestors were shot in the head at close range with metal gas pellets three inches long and an inch in diameter.
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 5/5 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, Spain, and Russia.
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SDIMC General Meeting Wed, 7pm
San Diego Indymedia,

Come to the general meeting for San Diego Indymedia! Help us amplify and
document the voices of the important movements happening today. San Diego
is at the heart of these movements and our work is more important than
ever, but we need your help! Help determine the future of indymedia!

Wednesday, May 3rd
7-8pm
Voz Alta
1544 Broadway
On the corner of 16th and broadway in downtown san diego
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Enrique Morones and the March for Migrants
Enrique Morones and the March for Migrants,

Throughout February Enrique Morones, founder of the Border Angels, led a nationwide trip called the "Marcha Migrante" or "March for Migrants." In a presentation on April 10 — one day after the big downtown march for immigrant rights that attracted 100,000 participants — Morones talked about how the contacts he made on the "Marcha Migrante" helped build the big nationwide immigrant-rights protests in March and April. Morones will be repeating his presentation May 12 at Chicano Perk in National City, 616 National City Blv’d., (619) 474-7375, www.chicanoperk.com, www.borderangels.com; for more information see  http://www.activistsandiego.org/wwwboard/viewtopic.php?t=12427
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Immigration Blues
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

This editorial, published in the May 2006 issue of Zenger's Newsmagazine, argues that immigration is not as simple a problem as either the Right or the Left makes it out to be; that the real issue is the economic and social inequity both within and between countries, and the ways the corporate ruling class exploit these inequalities; and the short-term solutions are to treat undocumented immigrants already here with respect and enforce the labor laws to protect the wages and benefits of American workers, whatever their citizenship or residency status.
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Church Commemorates Chernobyl's 20th Anniv.
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The Peace and Democracy Action Group of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest held a program April 26 commemorating the 20th anniversary of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl. Rochelle Becker talked about why there's no way to make nuclear power plants safe, and Angelina Galiteva, head of the World Council for Renewable Energy (WCRE), talked about the economic incentives that can help bring about the transition to renewable energy sources — as well as the so-called "portfolio" plan, a "market-based" solution being tried in the U.S. which she says will only delay the transition to renewables.
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radioActive sanDiego taking calls on May1st
dj lotu5,

radioActive sanDiego will be taking calls from the street all day on MayDay, from 10AM to 6:30PM.

CALL IN LIVE FROM THE STREET @ 619-269-4693 and we will put you on the air! Call in with your news, reports, stories and personal experiences.

Listen online at  http://radioActiveradio.org

You can also tune in to 106.9FM to hear the live coverage and find out where to go!
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House Committee Approves Bill to Create Corporate Net
lotu5, repost from infoshop and indymedia.us,

Infoshop News reports that a house committee approved a bill today which threatens to turn the internet to an even more corporate dominated space. Also, on the blogwire, jake at Lying Media Bastards points out that a new Senate bill proposes to ban mp3 streaming, effectively eliminating small web broadcasters like radioActive sanDiego.



A 2005 Supreme Court ruling opened the door for possible future discrimination of internet content by American internet service providers. Previously, ISPs could not discriminate against creating or accessing unprofitable, unpopular, or "controversial" content, but that could soon change if the principle of network neutrality on the internet isn't maintained.

Right now, telecom-industry-backed legislation -- bearing the name "Communications Opportunity Promotion and Enhancement (COPE) Act" -- is making its way through Congress, having passed through one key committee leading to an expected vote in the U.S. House. If the COPE Act passes in its current form, that could mean that a website like Indymedia would have to pay dramatically increased "protection money" rates to maintain access to readers, or possibly be wiped from the internet altogether.

Nevertheless, activist efforts are escalating dramatically to kill the COPE Act and preserve the open access of the internet. A wide-ranging coalition entitled SaveTheInternet has launched to spread word about the COPE Act. IMCs across America have reported about the COPE Act, and future actions are in the works.

Read more:

SaveTheInternet.com | SaveAccess | Democracy Now! coverage | Stop the COPE Act | Short film about network neutrality

The SHORTWAVE REPORT 4/28 LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
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Free Speech with reg e gaines in Balboa Park
Michael Klam,

The Museum of the Living Artist invites writers and artists to present their visual and written/spoken work at Poetry and Art on Wednesday, May 17, 2006. The free speech quarterly event at the San Diego Art Institute will feature special guest performers reg e gaines, author, playwright and director, and San Diego’s top competition (slam) poets, including Rudy Francisco, Viet Mai, Whitney Lawrence, Brian DeBenedictus, and Sunflower Dubois.
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English Coverage of La Otra Campana
lotu5,

I've seen very little english coverage of what's going on with La Otra Campana of the Zapatistas. Its hard for me to read spanish, so its been hard to follow whats going on.

Narco News has a great site with very current updates in English. Check it out here:

 http://www.narconews.com/otroperiodismo/en.html
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Keep the Internet Free - Support Neutrality
Truth Bomb,

AT&T, Comcast, Verizon want control of the internet. They want to decide what websites work, which ones get the fastest load up times, and which ones have to pay higher fees for the services they offer.

Call your Congresswoman, call your Senator, tell them that Neutrality in internet providing is essential!
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Zapatista! the Movie at Voz Alta, Wed, Apr 26 7pm
sdimc,

UPDATE: Correction on times. The Tactical Ice Cream Unit will be on hand from 7-8pm, with a presentation from 7:00-7:30. The film will start at 7:30pm.

From June 17-19th, Delegate Zero of the Zapatistas will be coming to Tijuana as part of La Otra Campana. People will converge on San Diego and Tijuana from all over the US for this historical opportuniy to meet the Zapatistas first hand and take part in La Otra Campana, a new campaign aimed at radically transforming politics through coordination of groups on the left organizing outside of electoral politics against capitalism. A member of the o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective will speak about the plans for June and what you can do to help!

FILM SCREENING, Wednesday, April 26, 2006: ZAPATISTA! is an inspiring first-hand account of a struggle that will challenge the way you think about the world. Armed with sticks and words against a 'First World' military, the Zapatistas were able to hold their ground. Ignored by a mainstream press, the Zapatistas have used poems, children's stories, videos, and the internet, to permanently transform the political imagination of a nation.

The film starts at 7:00pm at Voz Alta on 1544 Broadway, downtown San Diego. $3-$5 donation, light refreshments. Learn more at:  http://www.bignoisefilms.com/zap

Also, the Tactical Ice Cream Unit will be on hand as part of the Center for Tactical Magic's West Coast tour! The Tactical Ice Cream Unit (TICU) rolls through the city in an act of intervention that replaces cold stares with frosty treats and nourishing knowledge. Combining a number of successful activist strategies (Food-Not-Bombs, Copwatch, Indymedia, infoshops, etc) into one mega-mobile, the TICU is the Voltron-like alter-ego of the cops' mobile command center. Learn more at  http://www.tacticalmagic.org

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4/28 Jim Gilchrist Experience Punk Rock Opera
Bob,

Punk Rock Opera
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timely book: power and limits of China
Financial Sense News Hour,

a Chinese author seems to have messages on China and current global affairs.
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TX: Judge gives child rapist 10 yrs probation
Joey Dauben,

A state district judge near Dallas, Texas granted prosecutors' request last week to give an attorney 10 years probation for sexually assaulting two children under the ages of 14.
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Donations Still Needed! We're almost there!
lotu5 for sd indymedia,

We're almost there! Thank you so much to the people who have donated already! We're about halfway to our goal of buying a new server for san diego indymedia. Our hardware troubles continue and as such the site has been up and down for the last two days. Please donate today! You can even sign up for a recurring monthly donation of $5! Anything helps!

 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/static/donate.shtml

more details here:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/04/114955.shtml
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The Resurrection of 106.9FM
another radio ninja in a concrete jungle,

Just in time for Easter! Your favorite unholy radio station has risen from the dead!

We're back! 150 watts of rebellion!


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Depends What 'Is' Isn't
Clinton Fein / Annoy.com,

That not a single senator, save Senator Russ Feingold, has the moral certitude or political courage of their convictions to so much as formally reprimand him, speaks volumes about American leadership. The liars, leakers, cheats and hypocrites that reflect the media, congress, and this Administration has reached a point where nothing is meant by what is said, and no one means anything they say.

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Beating the COPE Act: New Legislation Threate
Lyell Davies,

COPE Act poses immediate threat to “Community Access TV”, “Net Neutrality” and “Low Income, Rural, and Minority Communities--Redlining”. Washington legislators plan to fast-track full hearings of COPE late in April—Common Cause and other organizations offer quick and simple “Action Steps” the public can take to defeat this bill. Jump to www.mnn.org/saveaccess to see what these organizations say about the bill.
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New(ish) Artspace/Infoshop! In Santa Cruz, Ca
buzy bee,

This is a great d.i.y. art space/infoshop/showspace.
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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 4/14 !LISTEN GLOBALLY!
Dan Roberts,

A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion, recorded from a shortwave radio. With times and freqs for listening at home. 2 files- broadcast and slow-modem streaming. Free to rebroadcast. China, Netherlands, Cuba, and Russia.
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