Kushner's Play "Bright Room" All Too Timely
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Though written in 1987, Tony Kushner's play "A Bright Room Called Day" — the work of a playwright who is "out" both as a Gay man and as a socialist — seems all too timely in the era of George Bush II and American imperialism's push for world domination. Its subject is the paralysis and fatal divisiveness within the German Left in 1932, just before Adolf Hitler and the Nazis took power, and the political and personal dilemmas Kushner dramatizes so effectively in his script are those American Leftists are likely to face as the U.S. becomes increasingly imperialist and fascist. The play runs at Diversionary Theatre, 4545 Park Boulevard, through December 4.
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France: Racism, poverty fuel rebellion
Fred Goldstein,

The working class leadership in France has been weak on this question and downright reactionary at times. Right now they need to stop retreating. They must not confine themselves to mere protests against reactionary measures of repression. They need to demand that all the cops be withdrawn, that the emergency decrees be revoked. They need to come out for the justified rebellion.

The rebellious youth must be embraced as part of the working class. They may be unemployed, underemployed and/or unorganized, but right now they are potentially the greatest allies of the organized workers. They have overwhelmed a part of the state. They are mobilized and if they were to be joined by a solidarity strike against racism, poverty and oppression, the entire working class could push the ruling class offensive back.

It would be a mirror, but on a grander scale, of when the French workers in 1968 followed the students with a general strike and shook the ground under French capitalism. It is the lack of understanding of the national question, of the colonial question, of the importance of coming out against national oppression, that now stands in the way of a united struggle against capitalist exploitation itself. This must be overcome.
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Solidarity with the Rebels of France
o.r.g.a.n.i.c. ,

The o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective wishes to extend our feelings of
solidarity to the rebels of the migrant communities of France. It is clear to us that the recent uprising which has spread across the country is a reaction against years of bitter racism that has ruined countless lives as well as a reaction against racist immigration policies based on that racism.
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Uprising against racist policies spreads
repost from corporate media,

From the associated press:

France imposing curfews under emergency law as rioting spreads to nearly 300 cities and towns

LE BLANC MESNIL, France – "It's the start of war, cried one teenager. "We hate the police," yelled another.

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Anti-Torture Activist Speaks in San Diego
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Jennifer Harbury, director of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church's Stop Torture Permanently [STOP] campaign and author of the book "Truth, Torture and the American Way," spoke at the First U-U Church in Hillcrest November 3. She argued that torture has been a consistent part of U.S. policy since 1947, when the CIA was founded and launched experiments in how to break detainees under torture that resulted in the techniques used in Viet Nam in the 1960's, Latin America in the 1970's through the 1990's and Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantánamo today. She also said that torture simply doesn't work; it doesn't yield good information and it antagonizes the populations it targets and thereby makes them more, not less, likely to resist occupation.
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Paris Migrant Insurrection Continues, Spreads
lotu5, repost from various sources,

A week of riots in poor neighborhoods outside Paris gained dangerous new momentum Thursday, with youths shooting at police and firefighters and attacking trains and symbols of the French state.

Facing mounting criticism, Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin vowed to restore order as the violence that erupted Oct. 27 spread to at least 20 towns, highlighting the frustration simmering in housing projects that are home to many North African immigrants.

Police deployed for a feared eighth night of clashes, after bands of youths lobbing stones and petrol bombs ignored President Jacques Chirac's appeal for calm a day earlier.

 http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/03/ap/world/mainD8DL87FO3.shtml

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Who's Behind the Minutemen?
Alex Gould,

Contrary to the official story, the USA is not one nation of many immigrants, but a prison of oppressed nations, including Latin@s. In the year 2004, another racist threat emerged against Latin@ and other immigrant workers: the Minutemen.
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eBay's Nazi policies boycotted nationwide
RexCurry.net,

A nationwide boycott of eBay is protesting eBay's hypocrisy regarding Nazi items that glorify Nazism. Ebay abets sales of Nazi stamps and coins, for example. eBay's Nazi stamps and coins show offensive items that were made by Nazis to glorify Nazism, Hitler, hatred & racism. Hypocritically, eBay banned the sale of a historic photograph of the USA's original Pledge of Allegiance (which was the origin of the Nazi salute) while allowing Nazi stamps that show the Nazi flag saluted.
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MORE DECEIT
(Roto) Reuters,

Iran lets senior al Qaeda suspects roam free: report
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PrussianBlue.NET White Supremists
Fredric L. Rice,

In an amazing coincidence, the PrussianBlue.NET White Supremist web site links National Vanguard and StormFront, same as "Save Our State Minute Men."
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A Warning ?
Ben,

Where would we really find the principal danger to civil liberty in a republic? Not in the governors as governors, not in the governed as governed, but in the governed unequipped to function as governors. The chief enemies of republican freedom are mental sloth, conformity, bigotry, superstition, credulity, monopoly in the market of ideas, and utter, benighted ignorance. Footnote 1 to ADDERLEY v. FLORIDA, 385 U.S. 39 (1966), JUSTICE DOUGLAS, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE FORTAS concur, dissenting.
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Dia de la Raza Celebration attacked by Police
reposted from MEChA by sd indymedia,

MECHA DE SDSU WON'T BE Intimidated !

At approximately 12:20pm during the Día de la Raza celebration at San Diego State University today (october 12) campus police tried to shut down and intimidate organizers and speakers who were celebrating the life and struggle of the oppressed people's throughout the world for land, peace and freedom from 513 years of European/U.S. colonialism.
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Anti-Fascist Action Around the Country
repost from Chicago IMC, Columbus IMC by sd indymedia,

Toledo Erupts into Insurrection in Response to Nazi's - columbus indymedia report

A plan by Neo-Nazis to march through a neighborhood in northen Toledo Saturday October 15, incited a riot. The ISO (international socialist organziaton), ARA (anti-racist action) and various members of the community came to counter-demonstrate against the Nazi's which were comprised of members from the NSM (national socialist movement) and National Alliance. When the protesters arrived there were only about 8 nazis including Bill White spokesperson of the NSM. When police tried to escort the nazis out in the neighborhood they were pelted by rocks and a crowd of up to 600 residents gathered in protest. Tear gas was used to push back people but the police were unable to control the crowd as they were hit by rocks when they would try to advance. Read Full Article

Related: Opposition to Neo-Nazi March in Toledo

Anti-immigrant Conference Faced Protest, Blockade, Arrests: [permalink] Dozens, and then hundreds [ 1 | 2 | 3 ], of Chicago-area community members delayed, in dramatic fashion, a national anti-immigrant organization's meeting in Chicago's Arlington Heights suburb on the morning of October 15, 2005. Activists linked their bodies arm in arm to form a human chain at the gates of the school where a meeting of the Minuteman Project was slated to take place.



Chicago Indymedia Newswire coverage: iNo Pasaran! Stop the Minutemen! | Arrests In Arlington Heights | Report from the Chicago Anti-Minutemen Protest | Minutemen: Media Coverage Report



Other Indymedia coverage: San Diego: Minuteman efforts | Arizona: Beyond the Minutemen | LA: Minuteman protests | Mexico: Cierre del Proyecto Minuteman | Indymedia US: Two People Reportedly Run Over by "Minutemen" Racists



Additional Information: South West Action to Resist the Minutemen | deleteTheBorder | Immigrant Solidarity Network: Minutemen Watch
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Ohio Uprising Against Nazis and Racist Cops
repost from Columbus Indymedia c/o sd imc,

As the nazis started their march people started throwing baseball-sized rocks at them and the police protecting them. The police were overwhelmed as the crowd surged forward and forced the nazis to retreat to their cars and leave the city. What followed was large-scale rioting against the police, with participants targeting police cars, media vehicles, and a military recruiter's vehicle.
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Colours of Resistance - Check it out!
sd@narchist,

Colours of Resistance (COR) is a grassroots network of people who consciously work to develop anti-racist, multiracial politics in the movement against global capitalism. We are committed to helping build an anti-racist, anti-imperialist, multiracial, feminist, queer and trans liberationist, anti-authoritarian movement against global capitalism. We are committed to integrating an anti-oppression framework and analysis into all of our work.
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Copwatch Conference Update
Bob Alba,

The following is the lastest update for the Copwatch Conference including the protest and schedule of workshops/panels. Some items are still being worked out and may be subject to change.
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Indigenous People's Day Broadcast on radioActive sanDiego
radioActive sanDiego,

October 10th is Indigenous People's Day. Some people consider it Columbus Day, but as that is widely considered a celebration of 500 years of genocide, many have reclaimed the day as Indigenous People's Day.

In honor of this day, we will be playing audio recordings of the recent Zapatista Encuentros, brought back from Chiapas Mexico by a member of our collective. The Zapatistas are currently planning a new campaign called La Otra Campaña, or The Other Campaign. At a recent Encuentro, called the First Plenary, members of anti-capitalist organizations from all over Mexico and all over the world gathered to talk about La Otra Campaña.

Updates about La Otra Campaña at Chiapas Indymedia | Official EZLN Website | Radio Insurgente, Mondays at Noon and Tuesdays at 7pm on radioActive sanDiego | Read more at Revista Rebeldía | Statue of Columbus toppled in Caracas, Venezuela, 2004
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Bush Doesn't Care about Black People: Video
submedia.tv,

Awesome song and music video. check em out!
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Independent Media from Houston and New Orleans after the Hurricane
~Bradley c/o Santa Cruz IMC,

On September 9th, Vinny and I arrived in Houston, Texas along with Blank from Portland, Oregon to provide aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The three of us headed to Houston to help with with independent media, including a low power fm radio station which was being organized for the Astrodome. Upon our arrival in Houston, we learned that the Astrodome emergency radio station was again being blocked from broadcasting information to survivors of Hurricane Katrina.

We went to the Astrodome and spoke with people who were willing to speak with us. We listened to their experiences in the past and at the Astrodome. Please visit the following links for audio, photos and written reports published by Vinny, Blank and I.

Audio: Criticism of Red Cross Relief Efforts at Astrodome || Katrina Survivor Recounts Experiences || Another Katrina Survivor Recounts Experiences || "One Day at a Time" || Katrina Survivors Organize for Better Conditions || Interview from 'Dome City' with Joseph Bijou of New Orleans || Activists Organize to Free Frances Newton

Photos: The Surreal Scene of Dome City || More Scenes from 'Dome City'

Words: The Houston Astrodome: Do You Know What Is Really Happening?

While in Houston, we were asked if we could go down to the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana to help set up an emergency low power fm radio station. We were welcomed into the Algiers community by Malik Rahim and Common Ground, a community-run organization offering temporary assistance and mutual aid to the citizens of New Orleans and the surrounding areas.

Words: Algiers New Orleans: Where Common Ground Is Found

Photos: Creativity, Solidarity and Mutual Aid in Algiers, New Orleans || Community Support in Algiers, New Orleans || Common Ground Wellness Center in Algiers, New Orleans || Finding Common Ground in New Orleans

Audio: Interview with Noah, a volunteer medic || Algiers residents starting to return || Leenie Halbert interview || FSRN: Grassroots Groups Offer Assistance in Algiers

We returned to Houston on September 16th. Blank traveled back to Portland and Vinny and I stayed in Houston. We continued trying to find out what was happening with the people at the shelters; human souls that we are referring to as "Katrina survivors."

Audio: Struggles for Katrina Survivors at George R. Brown Convention Center || Interview from 'Dome City' with Josh from New Orleans || Houston Ends Katrina Shelter Operations || Struggling for a Home After Hurricane Katrina

Photos: No Compassion at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston || Scenes from the Reliant Arena || Exit Only at the George R. Brown in Houston || Struggling for a Home After Hurricane Katrina

more resources: Houston Indymedia || Common Ground Relief || New Orleans Indymedia || Real Reports of Katrina Relief || Katrina Indymedia || Portland Indymedia's katrina aftermath page || Indybay's poverty page || Infoshops's Hurricane Katrina Mutual Aid Relief || Food Not Bombs || Grassroots/Low-income/People of Color-led Hurricane Katrina Relief || Common Ground: How You Can Help

Live radio from Algiers, New Orleans!: Listen to MP3 stream. In New Orleans, tune in at 88.7FM or call in at 303-572-4390
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Purpose of IMC.
IMC,

Lets not forget,the purpose of IMC stated below.
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Nazis Exposed
Kaba,

There are some very revealing information on neo-nazis in this blog.
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Prison Boom a Product of Racism, Matlin Says
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The United States, home to six percent of the world’s population, contains 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, David Matlin, literature professor at San Diego State University and former teacher in New York state prisons, told an audience of about 60 at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest September 16. Drawing part of his talk from his book, "Prisons: Inside the New America," Matlin combined shocking statistics about the sheer reach of America’s burgeoning prison system with reflections about what the high rate of incarceration means to us as a society and to our values.
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Medals of Honor for Freedom Riders
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

Forty Years after their murders, Congress should award the Congressional Medals of Freedom posthumously to Goodman, Schwerner and Cheney.
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Troops Out Now! Build a United Front!
Workers World,

The criminal occupation/war in Iraq must be stopped. Each day it continues, more Iraqis die; more Iraqi cities and towns suffer raids, cordons, abuses and every form of brutality from the occupiers and their puppet troops.
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Houston resistance to ‘Minutemen’ growing
Gloria Rubac,

A new organization made up of organized labor, student groups and other progressive organizations has been formed and is actively organizing. The Immigrant Coalition Against Vigilantes and Intolerance and for Respect and Compassion (ICAVIRC) is developing teams to monitor the Minutemen at the day-labor sites and planning a community march and rally.
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Breaking Border Paradigms
Bob Alba w/sdimc,

Calexico had many successes Saturday and early Sunday morning. According to the public and most major news sources, the human rights protestors have effectively shut down or delayed the Friends of the Border Patrol (FBP) from inaugurating their fall vigilante watch. Here are some pictures from one of the insipiring parts of the day as we broke down Border paradigms.

Morning confrontation: Account | Video | Photos | Audio

Resistance in Houston | Resistance in NY | Resistance in Tucson

Past Stories: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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Hip-Hop journalist Rosa Clemente arrested.
GCL1,

Hip-Hop journalist Rosa Clemente arrrested in Baton Rouge, LA. for reporting the truth.



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Time for Self Reflection
What Really Happened,

You are a slave.

I know that’s not what you want to hear as you hoist your New Year’s champagne, but it is the unpleasant truth that we all face going into 2004.
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NYC Anarchists Against the Minutemen
nyc anarchists,

HUNDREDS OF CALLS HAVE BEEN MADE REGARDING MINUTE MEN!
HALL MAY HAVE BEEN VANDALIZED IN PROTEST OF RECRUITMENT!

The following letter was received by the ADL-LI from a caller who recapped
her conversation with the american legion regarding the minute men. Two
key peices of information brought up by the legion durring this call
werfe that 1.) Hundreds of calls have come in over the day alone! 2.) The
hall was "spray painted yesterday in demonstration"

go to the protest today!
if you cant go keep calling!
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A Call For Solidarity
David Agranoff,

David mailed me this statement asking for solidarity and asked that I post it on IndyMedia. There are only a few spelling errors/typos in David's letter because he had to write this in a bit of a hurry, but I will try to make them coherent while keeping as much of David's writing in it's original form as possible. Hopefully I don't add my own typos as I type this out.

- Bob Alba
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