The Cookie Monster Goes to Jail
Bruce,

Seems to make sense; don't eat and either shame the hell out of them or make incarceration so costly they don't want to keep you in jail.
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SF: July 8th arrestees legal update & support
update,

A legal update on those arrested at July 8th's G8 solidarity march in SF.
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Testifying before the Grand Jury
michael cardenas,

The short story is: the judge refused all of our objections and ordered us to testify, David and Danae refused to answer any questions, they were put into custody, I testified, felt the questions were safe to answer and was excused.
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Two Humanitarian Volunteers Arrested By US Bo
No More Deaths,

What: Press Conference
When: Monday, July 11th, 2005, 12:00 Noon
Where: Southside Presbyterian Church, 317 West 23rd Street
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9/julio: Día de Acción contra el Muro
Stop the Wall,

El Pueblo Palestino se Moviliza en el Primer Aniversario de la Decisión de la Corte Internacional de Justicia (CIJ) para demandar:


¡Destrucción del Muro del Apartheid!
¡Implementar la Decisión de la CIJ AHORA!


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THE DEATH OF PENSIONS? by Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia Abu-Jamal,

Everybody wins -- except the workers.
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SDPD's Phillip Bozarth Kills 5th San Diegan
queer-j brad,

Ricardo Morales Carbajal was shot and killed by sdpd officer Phillip Bozarth outside the home of Carbajal’s wife on June 25. Carbajal was Bozarth’s fifth fatal victim while on duty and at least his seventh shooting during his 22 years with the sdpd. The police propaganda machine has put out the usual story, involving a gun on the seat, too dark to see, etc. etc. Carbajal’s family is disputing this account.
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The war on dissent
bruce,

Demonstrators are asked to march alongside Gordon Brown, wearing white, and to stay on-message. Don't mention the war. Ditto for any critique of capitalism. Suggestions that G8 policy, far from alleviating poverty, is a direct cause of it, are not welcome. That constitutes "bad" protest. Shut up. Disappear. Stay at home.
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U.S. seizes state prison health care
bruce,

A federal judge, saying he was acting urgently to stop the needless deaths of inmates because of medical malfeasance, ordered Thursday that a receiver take control of California's prison health care system and correct what he called deplorable conditions.
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Judge to Hear First Amendment Objections
Michael Cardenas,

Today, myself, Danae and David Agranoff went into the Grand Jury room and refused to answer questions based on our First Amendment rights to free association and right to privacy.

We were then sent to see Judge Gonzalez at 4:15pm. The prosecution made the request that the hearings be sealed, so only one witness at a time spoke to the judge. In the courtroom were the two prosecutors, our lawyers, Danae, myself and David, and about 10 FBI agents. Myself, Danae and our lawyers were asked to leave while the judge heard Jeremy Warren's motions.

Photos:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109488.shtml
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109504.shtml

Audio of Press Conference:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109498.shtml

Audio of Interview with Danae:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/06/109500.shtml
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SD Grand Jury Update and Action Alert
San Diego Defense Committee,

Hey folks. Thanks for all of the support we have received already. This
is a very important time. As others have already said, our response to
this assault on our friends and fellow activists will determine if we
are a movement or if we will be isolated and crushed. A plan of action
is outlined below.
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Cumann na Saoirse Náisíunta re-launches websi
NIFC,

Cumann na Saoirse Náisíunta re-launches website
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Rally, Press Conference and Community Forum on Grand Juries
community member,

UPDATE - 6/24 - Grand Jury update and Action Alert!

Defend Dissent in San Diego!

Press Conference and Rally, Tuesday June 28th, 12 Noon at the Federal Building

Community Forum on Grand Juries as a tool of Repression
Monday, June 27th, 7pm, The First Church of the Bretheren
3850 Westgate Place
San Diego, CA 92105
(619) 263-9301


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My Grand Jury Experience Today
michael cardenas,

I went in to the grany jury today. I pleaded the 5th, have been granted immunity and have to go back on the 28th.

(story updated 6/22)
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How YOU can help determine the RIGHT TO SLEEP
David Arthur Johnston,

determining the 'right to sleep'
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Defend Dissent in San Diego
djette aporetics,

UPDATE: 6/21 - Account of Grand Jury experience

Today, 6/21, 12-3pm
Federal Court House
Broadway and Front Street

Show your support for your fellow activists by coming down to the court house today. Let them know that this Mc Carthian form of intimidation will not stand!
Dissent should not be criminalized!
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San Diego Activists Subpoenaed for Grand Jury
Account by Michael Cardenas, story compiled by sdimc,

UPDATE: 6/20 - At least eight, possibly nine activists have received subpoenas at this point. In addition, the Acvitist San Diego house in City Heights was visited by 3 federal agents.

6/18 - At least 4 activists have now received subpoenas from the FBI, some being visited at work in an extra step of harassment. Those receiving the subponeas include David Agranoff, Colleen Dietzel and others. A community response will be announced soon.

The San Diego activist community has been the target of an intense campaign of harassment by federal law enforcement agencies, and that campaign went to a new level this morning. At a recent teach-in in San Francisco, a lawyer speaking about federal grand juries stated that they are often used in an attempt to "break the movement".

'This morning at 7:30AM, I was woken up by a knock on my door. The people knocking refused to identify themselves, simply saying they had "something for Michael Cardenas". When I opened my door, I found that it was two FBI agents. I wondered why I'm always at the door in my underwear when the FBI comes to my house. The agents were there to issue a subpoena to me for a federal grand jury to take place in San Diego on June 28th at 9:00AM.' - Michael Cardenas

The Grand Jury in San Diego continues the recent increase in government repression of political activity taking place all across the country, from New Jersey to San Francisco. Recently, 9 activists were subpoenaed in San Francisco. Last week an independent media activist Mark Conlan was visited and questioned by the FBI as well in connection with the La Jolla apartment complex fire set by the ELF in 2003.

In recent decades, the grand jury has been used increasingly to intimidate and harass activists who are pushing for social justice. Pressure on the animal rights, environmental justice, anti-war, and anarchist movements has been escalating. At a recent hearing before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, John E. Lewis, Deputy Assistant Director of the Counterterrorism Division of the FBI, testified that, "Investigating and preventing animal rights extremism and eco-terrorism is one of the FBI's highest domestic terrorism priorities."

Grand Jury Teach-In Audio | San Francisco Subpoenas | Just Law Collective on Fighting Grand Juries | Last Week's FBI Visit in San Diego | Previous Home Raid | Another Raid Account on San Diego Fed Watch
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PHOTOS: At Philly City Hall for Mumia
Hans Bennett,

On Thursday, June 16, supporters of journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal gathered outside Philadelphia City Hall in response to a recent decision by Judge Pamela Dembe which prohibits him from entering in 2 new pieces of evidence. That day, members of the Ossining, NY chapter of the NAACP and others visited both Mayor Street’s and Pamela Dembe’s office in downtown Philadelphia.
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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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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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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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ENTREVISTA A JORGE DEL CURA (histórico luchad
TKT Santurtzi,

Desde Torturaren Kontrako Taldea de Santurtzi hemos realizado una entrevista al incansable luchador contra la tortura y gran conocedor de esta problemática, Jorge del Cura, ex-presidente de la Asociación Contra la Tortura (ACT), miembro del Centro de Documentación sobre la Tortura de Madrid (CDDT), de la Coordinadora Estatal de Solidaridad con las Personas Presas (CESPP) y de la Coordinadora para la Prevención de la Tortura. (CPT). Imprescindible la lectura de esta entrevista para acercarnos un poco más a la lacra de la tortura en el estado español y la lucha continua por su erradicación.
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City Homeless Coordinator Speaks to Activists
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Sharon Johnson, homeless services coordinator for the city of San Diego, spoke to the activist organization Citizens in Support of Homeless People at their regular meeting May 24 and discussed a radical new program called "Housing First" — a way of dealing with chronically homeless people by giving them a living space and twice-a-week visits from case managers instead of forcing them into highly structured shelter programs that don't work for them. But other people at the meeting talked about the city's increasingly punitive anti-homeless policies, and Johnson herself admitted she's probably about to lose her job due to the city's budget crisis.
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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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Garden Grove: From Where I Stood
Leslie Radford,

A report on Garden Grove, from the street.
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Pro-Democracy, Anti-Bush Film Night Wed. May 25th 7pm Voz Alta
Circo,

SD IMC Film Night

When: Wednesday May 25th 7pm

Where: Voz Alta Gallery 1544 Broadway San Diego 92101

We are showing TWO Indymedia produced films, one made by our very own San Diego Indymedia!

Remember the Dead, Fight for the Living a film about the Reclaim the
Streets in SD on j20 After the SDCPJ rally and the Ground Zero Players Cacelorazo in downtown San Diego, hundreds of people stepped off the sidewalk at Broadway to begin the Reclaim the Streets party. San Diego Indymedia Production

Mandate? a half-hour documentary by Indymedia Video and the Glass Bead Collective, shows resistance at the January 20th inauguration of George W. Bush. The film shows the issues behind the re-election of Bush and the reaction from protestors to the most expensive inauguration in US history. NYC Indymedia Production
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Freeway Blog "WARNING: DICTATORSHIP AHEAD"
Karl Marksalot,

A banner reading "WARNING: DICTATORSHIP AHEAD" was placed on the University Ave. bridge over Highway 163 during rush-hour on Friday, May 20th, 2005.
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Jake Faust - First steps toward Justice!
John Faust,

MONDAY MAY 23rd at 11:00am
We would like to invite everyone to come downtown to 14th
and Broadway in order to support Jacob Faust's family
as they file their official complaints against the
city of San Diego.

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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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