Protest for Atenco, Friday at noon.
Mark,

INTERNATIONAL MOBILIZATION DAY FOR ATENCO!

Friday, May 19th at 12 noon
In front of the Mexican Consulate, 1549 India Street in Little Italy

To demand immediate freedom for all political prisoners, and cancellation of the arrest warrants.
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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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INVITATION TOPROTEST AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE
Celula ComunistArte-Mundial y Permanente,

PROTEST AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE IN SAN DIEGO, FRIDAY MAY 12 4:00pm

To demand an end to the attacks on the working class by the PRI/PAN/PRD dictatorship.
To demand the freedom of all Atenco political prisoners.

Free All Political Prisoners!!!
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URGENT CALL FOR SUPPORT FOR ATENCO!!!
Celula ComunistArte-Mundial y Permanente,

It is urgent that everyone movilizes in support of the people of Atenco. As you may know the situation in Mexico is terrible, it seems like we are living under a police-state terror dictatorship. Those of us who have been activists or militants for many years have never felt such a sense of danger as we feel today. There are hundreds of people in prison, many women have been raped and several have been "dissapeared" by the government. We urge you to movilize and demand the liberation of all political prisoners, and the end to the generalized attack against all of those who are resisting the dictatorship. Go to the Mexican consulates, make flyers, anything. This is a call to all of those who movilized for immigrant rights, for all of those who support human rights, to all of those within the left. The situation is critical.

An Injury Against One is An Injury Against All!
Free All Political Prisoners, Now!
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Veteran Queer Leathermen Speak on S/M
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Veteran Leathermen Lonnie Cothron and Don Kandis spoke to the San Diego League of Gentlemen May 6 and talked about their experiences in the Leather-S/M community, including their participation in "Spanking Clubs." Cothron knew some of the pioneers in founding the modern Queer movement in L.A. and talked about the early years, and both men corrected the common misperception that S/M is exclusively about sex. Often, they said, it's simply a form of male-bonding and the emotions it raises are parental as or more often than they are romantic.
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Atenco prisoners launch hunger strike
jen lawhorne centro de medios libres d/f/,

217 prisoners began a hunger strike in central Mexico Friday protesting the conditions of their arrests and their treatment at the hands of local police. Reports have been filtering out from jail of rape, physical and mental abuse experienced by people who were arrested for their involvement in the defenses of Texcoco and Atenco. Meanwhile, five foreigners are facing deportation, about sixty people are missing, independent media makers have been targeted for arrest and one 14 year-old boy is dead.

LA OTRA SAN DIEGO | LA OTRA TIJUANA

ENGLISH language coverage at Mexico Indymedia

See Also: Watch video on IMC Chiapas | Lista de detenidos y desaparecidos (ATENCO) | PROTEST REPRESSION AGAINST LA OTRA CAMPANA | Video from Atenco | MARCOS EN SAN SALVADOR ATENCO

Live radio coverage from KeHuelga radio, rebroadcast on radioActive sanDiego which you can also hear on 106.9FM in San Diego | Kehuelga stream here
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PROTEST REPRESSION AGAINST LA OTRA CAMPANA
FUERZA Y CORAJE,

Friday, May 05, 2006
For Immediate Release: WAL MART STORES TIED TO ATTACKS ON PEASANTS (Anti-Walmart action)
*Please distribute widely*

Wal-Mart Stores tied to attacks on Mexican Peasants in outskirts of Mexico City (San Salvador Atenco).

Groups in Southern California mobilize in response encourage bi-national protests

WHAT: Protest at Wal Mart in response to Repression, death and brutality of Flower vendors near Mexico City

WHEN: Sunday May 7th, Noon

WHERE:
LOS ANGELES: 17150 E. Gale Ave.., La Puente, CA 91745
RIVERSIDE: 5200 Van Buren Blvd, Riverside, CA 92503
SANTA ANA: 3600 West Mcfadden Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92704
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Protest held yesterday at Mexican Consulate
Bob,

20 adherents of la otra campaña protested yesterday at the Mexican consulate in dowtown sandiego to support vendors in Texcoco.

The protest began yesterday at 3PM with at least 20 adherents of the EZLN's la otra campaña in front of the Mexican consulate located at India St. and Cedar in downtown San Diego. The protesters arrived to show support and solidarity for a group of flower producers in the town of Atenco, who have been subjected to repeated intimidation, injury, and murder, after trying to continue operating in a marketplace that has been sold to become a Wal-Mart. The EZLN issued a red alert calling on all supporters to take action and let the Mexican government know the we support the workers. According to the san diego indymedia article, PROTEST AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, San Diego (see  http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/05/115596.shtml ) "The leadership of the Atenco movement has been brutally beaten and incarcerated along with hundreds of their supporters, several have been killed."

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PROTEST AT THE MEXICAN CONSULATE, San Diego
Celula ComunistArte-Mundial y Permanente,

Protest at the Mexican Consulate
Thursday May 4th, 2006
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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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Justice for Jake
Kevin Grossman, Rocky Neptun, sdimc volunteer,

On April 4, 2005 Jacob Faust was murdered by sdpd officer Stephen Holliday. On April 4, 2006, about 75 of his family, friends and supporters met in the rain at the Golden West Hotel, the site of the shooting, and marched to sdpd headquarters to remember Jake, express their outrage and demand justice.

Report from a Friend:
"yesterday i stood in protest in the pouring rain holding a sign that said 'SDPD officers holliday and keaton are lying'. i stood next to my friends, my comrades, in this quest to find answers, truth and some sort of justice for jacob and his family. i walked in the pouring rain with amy and lynn to the police station where we stood, half facing the street for the passersby to read what our signs said, and half facing the windows of the police station so that san diego would know that we weren't going to let them silence us."
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/es/2006/04/114984.shtml

Report from an Activist:
"The cold raindrops washed at salty tears. A mother’s wounded eyes, still swirling with shock and grief on this - the first anniversary of her son’s execution for making an illegal left turn. Friends and fellow artists held signs of protest, their anger raw; dressed in black, smooth faces twisted in anguish, quavering voices, stunted attempts at understanding the bestiality of a rogue cop."
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/es/2006/04/114990.shtml

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New Grand Jury Convened in SF
indybay, reposted by sd indymedia,

SF Grand Jury Targets G8 Protest & Independent Journalist - Yet another Federal Grand Jury in San Francisco targeting local activists has been convened. This time the apparent reason for the Grand Jury is to investigate the anti-G8 solidarity protest held in the Mission District of San Francisco on July 8, 2005, during which a local police officer was injured. Charges against three people in connection with the protest are pending in San Francisco Superior Court. Independent journalist and videographer Josh Wolf, a frequent poster to Indybay, has been subpoenaed to testify and to provide any notes taken and the full and unedited videotape recorded during the demonstration. The National Lawyers Guild is representing Josh Wolf and has filed a motion to quash the subpoena on several grounds including First Amendment journalistic protections and that the FBI is on an illegal "fishing expedition" aimed at aiding the separate local investigation by San Francisco police and prosecutors. On March 30th, a press conference was held on the steps of the San Francisco Federal Building before the hearing on quashing the subpoena. A written decision on the motion will be delivered at a later date. Josh Wolf urges people "to talk to your friends and neighbors about how the grand jury system (is) a vicious unconstitutional implementation of the law that is being used for political purposes."

Press Conference Video | Report

Josh Wolf's Grand Jury Documents · FBI Witchhunt.com Info on SF G8 Grand Jury
Indybay's 2005 G8 Coverage: San Francisco 1 | 2 · US · Scotland

ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF JACOB FAUST'S DEATH
repost from CopWatch email,

PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE



CONTACT: Scott Nielsen (619) 232-1933



Friends and family of Jacob Faust, fatally shot by a San Diego police officer on April 4, 2005, will commemorate the anniversary of his death with a peaceful showing of solidarity and respect to his gentle nature by gathering at the location of his death in front of the Golden West Hotel at 4:30pm on April 4th and walk to the San Diego police station at 1401 Broadway at 5:30pm.
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Faust Fest: In Memory of Jacob Faust
repost,

On April 4, 2005 san diego actor, musician and artist Jacob Faust was murdered by san diego police officer Stephen Holliday. In November, district attorney Bonnie Dumanis gave her seal of approval to the killing by ruling the shooting justified. In March, Faust's family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against san diego. And for the next week, a series of events are going to be held celebrating Jake's life and to raise funds for legal fees, culminating in a march to sdpd headquarters from the site of the murder, in front of the Golden West Hotel in the gaslamp on April 4th (meet at 4:30pm, march at 5:30pm).

For more on the April 4th event:
 http://www.sdimc.org/en/2006/04/114895.shtml

CLICK "READ MORE" for a List of events and FACT SHEET.
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Leslie Feinberg Lecture: brief report back
concerned student,

Leslie Feinberg spoke earlier today (3/28/2006) on the SDSU campus at 2PM in Hepner Hall 221, as close to 200 students filled the seats, stairs, and floors with eager faces. Leslie talked about his experience as a lesbian / transgender / genderqueer in the struggle for gay liberation and his experience as an activist who relates to the struggles of people of color because it was the right thing to do at the time and still is. Leslie mentioned the inspiration he has received from the large turnouts in Los Angeles and other cities in opposition to the Senssenbrenner bill HR 4437. Leslie ended the speech by addressing the struggle of Pat Washington, who was fired from the Womens Studies Dept in 2002 and has is suing SDSU for discrimination. After most of the audience had gone, a couple of women from the department began their defensive attack against what they felt was Leslie's attack on them.

 http://transgenderwarrior.org
 http://patwashington.org
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/03/114449.shtml

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CopWatch Conference Audio - Panel 5
queer-j brad,

The Sagon Penn Chapter of CopWatch Conference, focusing on Police Brutality, was held on October 22 at the Hot Monkey Love Cafe in San Diego. Audio and transcribed excerpts from the fifth panel, "Sagon Penn Panel."
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CopWatch Conference Audio - Panel 4
queer-j brad,

The Sagon Penn Chapter of CopWatch Conference, focusing on Police Brutality, was held on October 22 at the Hot Monkey Love Cafe in San Diego. Audio and transcribed excerpts from the fourth panel, "Justifiable Homicide: Murder by Law Enforcement."
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THE US GULAG PRISON SYSTEM - THE SHAME OF THE
Stephen Lendman,

AN EXPOSE OF THE US GULAG PRISON SYSTEM AT HOME.
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Intrvw w/ Att'y Ben Rosenfeld on Rod Coronado
Repost of Flashpoints,

Earth Matters - Environmental news for "Flashpoints" on KPFA radio. San Francisco civil rights attorney Ben Rosenfeld talks about the recent arrest of Rod Coronado, the FBI witch hunt of environmental activists, and what we can do about it.

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Activist San Diego Film serries Presents:
dissent,

Activist San Diego Film Series Presents a film on women in the prison industrial complex.
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Benefit for Cop Watch LA
copwatch la,

Very Be Careful (one of the best bands in Los Angeles) will be playing for
the CopWatch Fundraiser on March 3rd at the Southern California Library.
 http://www.verybecareful.com/


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Cop Watch Los Angeles Presents:

Stop Police Terror in The Hood


Benefit for a Cop Watch community Program


Hip hop, hard funky rock, spoken word, son jarocho..

In the heart of South Central Los Angeles.


with musicial guests:

Very Be Careful

El Vuh

COLECTIVO ERROR

PGA // R.a.w P.a.i.n

Aztlan Unearthed

Guerrilla Rap Nation

SPEAKERS: Black Riders Liberaton Party , former political prisoner Sherman
Austin

+ more TBA!

Hosted by Jerry Quickly from KPFK

When:

FRIDAY MARCH 3rd


Where:

Southern California Library

6120 South Vermont Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90044

(north of Slauson and Vermont)

Time:

6PM

$5 suggested donation

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Next Cop Watch Meeting

Help organize to Stop Police Brutality in Los Angeles communities

Join Cop Watch

Monday February 27, 2006 at 7:30pm

at the Youth Justice Coalition Center
W. Martin Luther King Blvd (cross street is Broadway)
Los Angeles, CA

Immediate and short term Goals:
-start patrols in the community
-build collective responsibility to police the police
-provide training and resources for people who want to do the same
-outreach to other organizations,communities, and individuals who want to
do the same or who want to be part of Cop Watch and the coalition to Stop
Terrorism and Oppression by the Police.
-to get support from the community
-Publicity/Propoganda Campaign
-High School Cop Watch
-Film screenings
-Hip Hop Show -- money raised will go towards Cop Watch organizing

contact us at:  copwatchla@riseup.net

Check out:

 http://www.myspace.com/copwatchla


CopWatch is part of the Stop Terrorism and Oppression by the Police Coalition
The next meeting is on:
Thursday, March 2, 2006
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
YJC OFFICE at 253 W. MLK BLVD, LA, CA
If we haven't seen you in a while... we welcome you back
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Environmental activist Rod Coronado arrested for "teaching and demonstrating" at a 2003 San Diego lecture
arizona indymedia, reposted by sd indymedia volunteer,

Tucson environmental activist Rod Coronado was arrested Wednesday afternoon at his workplace by agents with the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF). The arrest is in connection with a Grand Jury indictment in San Diego charging Coronado with "teaching and demonstrating" to others how to commit arson at a lecture he gave August 1, 2003 in San Diego . According to the FBI press release, Coronado "taught and demonstrated the making and use of a destructive device, with the intent that the device be used to commit arson" at a public gathering in San Diego's Hillcrest neighborhood. Three animal rights activists in San Diego were jailed for contempt of court in 2005 for refusing to testify in the secret Grand Jury investigation.

Coronado is not charged with setting a fire 15 hours before his lecture that caused $50 million in damages and destroyed a large apartment complex under construction in the University Towne Center area of San Diego. Neighbors observed that ATF agents searched his home in the Dunbar Spring neighborhood for several hours.

Coronado’s arrest is the latest in the string of arrests across the country related to environmental and animal rights related actions.

Read more on Arizona Indymedia

Mindwalk 31: Driving to Baghdad
Upstart Radio America,

Audio of convoys and patrols by US & UK soldiers. Sounds of beating victims from the recent whistleblower video from the UK set to Klaus Nomi. William S Burroughs, Raymond Lafferty & Jody Paulson chime in, including skits from Kanye West. Poetry by Lord Patch, Charles Bukowski and Vera Lynn with the curtain call "Iraqi Victims Reprise".

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CWD Presents The Miami Model at UCSD Friday
lotu5 for sd indymedia,

Committee for World Democracy Political/Educational Film Series
Center Hall 109 Friday, Feb 17th, 7:00PM
Cost: FREE

THE MIAMI MODEL- In November, 2003, trade ministers from 34 countries met in Miami, Florida, to negotiate the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Thousands of union members, environmentalists, feminists, anarchists, students, farm workers, media activists, and human rights activists who gathered in Miami to struggle against the FTAA were brutally attacked with rubber bullets, pepper spray, electric guns and shock batons, embedded reporters and information warfare, all coordinated by the new United States Department of Homeland Security. Against Capital's model of paramilitary oppression, information warfare, and corporate rule, we offered models of grassroots resistance, creative action and solidarity.

Indymedia Oncampus volunteer Michael Cardenas will be on hand to talk about Indymedia and the filmmaking process behind the Miami Model.

More info about the Miami Model:  http://ftaaimc.org/miamimodel

Complete CWD file schedule:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2006/02/113428.shtml

Click "read more" to download flyers!
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Stew Albert - RIP Sweet Yippie Prince
repost by Marion Delgado,

Stew Albert, a leading member of the "Youth International Party" (Yippie!,) an unindicted co-conspirator in the infamous Chicago 1968 "Conspiracy Trial," an instigator of People's Park and so much more - died this week.
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Race Riot in SoCal Prison
urban guerrilla,

chicago blog's perspective on california race riot
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AUBURN ARRESTEE ERIC MCDAVID ON HUNGER STRIKE
Sacramento Prisoner Support,

After 3 weeks of being denied vegan meals, Eric McDavid is now on hunger strike. Please call the Jail persistently and request he be given meals he can eat.
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Goodbye, Privacy and Freedom
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The revelation that the Bush administration subpoenaed four Internet search engines — Yahoo, Microsoft, AOL and Google — demanding records of the Net searches made by one million clients for one week, and the fact that all these companies except Google complied, is just the latest in the current administration's relentless assault on the very idea of a right to privacy. Coupled with the administration's blatant flouting of the law in ordering wiretaps on U.S. citizens, and the likelihood that Americans will accept this latest invasion of their privacy as necessary to fight the "war on terror" successfully, these are just further steps in the abolition of America's constitutional republic and its replacement with a neo-fascist Presidential dictatorship.
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Media That Matters Comes to California
Shira Golding,

MEDIA THAT MATTERS IN SAN DIEGO!
Thursday, Jan 19th, 7:00-9:00
Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice
5998 Alcalá Park
 http://peace.sandiego.edu/about/directions.html

Reception and discussion with filmmaker Johanna Divine and
Amelia Simpson of the Environmental Health Coalition to follow screening.
Light hors d’oeuvres provided.
**FREE**

For more information and to reserve your tickets contact Shira Golding.
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Out-thinking, not out-fighting them (with art
unbridled creatives network,

Visionaries, 'idealists', and others daring towards their desires must move beyond shared powerless feelings. We are here for a reason, we have created and are creating our crucial projects. Understandings of reality and its origin are the keys to open the illusively impossible doors of fear and perpetual, everyday war. This article, with art included, goes over important truths while escaping 'Us vs. Them' constructs and at the same time promoting spirited *resistance consciousness*!
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