MARIO AFRICA of AWOL interview with photojournalist Hans Bennett (see pics)
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In the fourth part of a week-long series documenting the 4/20 DC protests, photojournalist Hans Bennett interviews Mario Africa, founder of AWOL magazine. The interview appears in the newest issue of INSUBORDINATION magazine, which focuses on the topic: Armed Struggle and Political Prisoners after Sept.11. Included is a collection of Hans post 9/11 anti-war photos.
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Yolanda Perez Fajardo, Victim of Police Assault
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,
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Photo of Yolanda Perez Fajardo at the community protest rally outside the Sherman Heights police substation April 24, three days after she was assaulted and thrown to the ground by a police officer. Her right eye was injured in the fall and doctors are not sure she will ever be able to see out of it again.
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Police Charged with Attacking Latina Activist in Sherman Heights [revised]
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,
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A dramatic videotape released by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) April 24 shows the attack on Latina community activist Yolanda Perez Fajardo by a police officer at 27th and J Streets in Sherman Heights April 21. She was grabbed from behind, tripped, pushed to the ground and held down after she attempted to intervene in a confrontation between police and a suicidal teenager. Activists Christian Ramirez of AFSC and Benjamin Prado of the Raza Rights Coalition accused the police officers of racism and classism. Those kinds of things do not happen in La Jolla or Rancho Peñasquitos, Prado said.
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Transcript of April 24 Press Conference on Police Violence
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,
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On April 24 The American Friends' Service Committee (AFSC) released 3 1/2 minutes of the 13-minute video of the police assault on Yolanda Perez Fajardo in Sherman Heights April 21 and made Ms. Perez herself available for interviews at a media event and protest that afternoon. This transcript includes Perez's own comments on the attack and statements of support from Christian Ramirez of AFSC, Benjamin Prado of the Raza Rights Coalition and African-American activist Robert Tambuzi.
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The Chernobyl catastrophe and health care
Infonucléaire,
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The accident at Chernobyl nuclear plant has to be considered as an unprecedented catastrophe in the industrial world given the scale of radioactive polluted land, the levels of contamination and the huge number of people affected.
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Brother of 9-11 Victim to be Featured at Teach-In
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Ryan Amundsons brother Craig, an Army Specialist, died inside the Pentagon on September 11. Since then, Ryan, his brothers wife, and many other relatives of those who died on that day formed an organization called September 11 Family Members for Peaceful Tomorrows. They have been speaking out against war as a response to the events that took the lives of their loved ones.
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Operation "Destroy-the-Data"
Amira Hass - Ha'aretz,
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It's a scene that is repeating itself in hundreds of Palestinian offices taken over by IDF troops for a few hours or days in the West Bank: smashed, burned and broken computer terminals heaped in piles and thrown into yards; server cabling cut, hard disks missing, disks and diskettes scattered and broken, printers and scanners broken or missing, laptops gone, telephone exchanges that disappeared or were vandalized, and paper files burned, torn, scattered, or defaced - if not taken.
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HANS BENNETT PHOTOESSAY: PART 2 OF DC 4/20 PROTEST PHOTOS!...FREE PALESTINE
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This is the second of a five-part photoessay documenting the protests in Washington, DC on Saturday, April 20. The second photoessay focuses on the morning protest outside of the Washington Hilton (where Israeli war criminal Ariel Sharon was scheduled to appear on April 22) where Palestinians and many others gathered to protest Israel's racist and murderous oppression of the Palestinians. The photoessay essay finishes off after the march begins towards the IMF and World Bank.
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Police Charged with Attacking Latina Activist in Sherman Heights
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,
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Responding to an alleged police assault against Chicano Park Steering Committee member Yolanda Fajardo Perez, on April 22 Latino community activists Christian Ramirez and Benjamin Prado held their fourth press conference since early March to denounce police abuses against San Diegans of color. They reviewed the incident, in which Fajardo was arrested for obstruction of justice after trying to intervene between officers in the process of making another arrest and community members hostile to their presence, and renewed calls for a meeting with police chief David Bejarano and City Councilmember Ralph Inzunza to address the issue of police violence and use of force.
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Transcript of April 22 Press Conference on Police Violence
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,
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Transcript of media conference and demonstration held by Latino community activists Christian Ramirez and Benjamin Prado Monday, April 22, in protest against an alleged police assault against fellow community activist Yolanda Fajardo Perez the night before. Also included is the official police response from Sgt. David Contreras, the San Diego Police Department's liaison officer to the Latino community.
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Michael Moore asking questions about 9.11
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Echoing Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia, and investigators like Mike Ruppert of copvcia.com, Michael Moore spoke in Eugene, Oregon, on Sunday, April 21, about the need for an investigation into the events of 9.11.
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Data Log: 3/20/02
Howard Brad Halverson,
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this is a more OP-Ed piece I initially produced for The City Times, which got shot down but if you guys can do something with it that would be awesome.it covers alot of area but has an interesting flow check it out thanks again, Brad
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Increased Funding For The War In Colombia
Howard Brad Halverson,
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This is an article I Prepared for the City Times, San Diego City Colleges paper, but was censored if you want to puplish it that would be really cool. Its about the amount of funding the Colombian government is recieving this year and some of the cirrcumstances surrounding the war in Colombia. thanks Brad
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