Save America!
Scott Boehm,

An original play about whiteness, immigration and San Diego's "hidden" past
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11/11 - GLOBAL GOD DAY DECLARED FOR EVERY R
Naresh Sonee,

‘Secular Spiritualists Day’ is on 1/11 – ‘Global God Day’ falls exactly after ten days on 11/11. This day 1/11 is a ‘Global Spiritualists Day’ or say ‘Human Spiritualist Day’. Similarly 11/11 is only a ‘Universal Gods Day’. On this two days devotees or followers of all regions and religions , regardless to any community, cult, class, color creed
are invited to unite , moreover merge-n-mingle understand and enjoy with each other geniusly , generously and genuinely without hating or harming innocent beings.
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Mexican Federal Forces Attacking Demonstrators and Retaking Oaxaca City; Protests at the Mexican Consulate; Electronic Protest
sdimc volunteer,

On Friday, armed paramilitaries attacked a barricade of The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), killing NYC Indymedia reporter Brad Will and injuring photographer Oswaldo Ramírez of the daily Milenio. Video footage from Will's camera was used to identify the attackers, Abel Santiago Zárate and Juan Carlos Soriano Velasco from the local police and PRI politicians Manuel Aguilar and Pedro Carmona (Will's assassin). In a separate incident later in the day, Oaxacan schoolteacher Emilio Alfonso Fabián and resident Esteban López Zurita were killed. In paramilitary attacks on friday, a total of four people were murdered, thirty wounded and several abducted.

Vincente Fox, President of Mexico, has used the paramilitary attacks organized by his PRI partners as a pretext for sending the Federal Preventative Police (PFP) to Oaxaca to suppress the five month APPO resistance movement, which has occupied sections of the central city and government buildings, demanding the resignation of the corrupt PRI governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz, the release of political prisoners and the end of repression in Oaxaca.

Radio APPO (english translation) and Narco News are reporting that the PFP has advanced through Oaxaca City into the city center, removing barricades and reoccupying government buildings, including city hall. APPO has requested nonviolent resistance only. Violent attacks on government forces by provocateurs have been reported.

Protests at Mexican Consulate: Sunday Oct 29 6PM and Monday Oct 30 7AM
1549 India Street Little Italy
ELECTRONIC PROTEST AGAINST MEXICAN CONSULATES AND EMBASSIES
To Participate, Click Here. Please note that the old link is broken but this one should work.

For continuing updates, check out: Radio APPO stream (Espanol) | Ongoing English Translation of Radio APPO | The Narcosphere | Indymedia Oaxaca | Minute-by-Minute Updates from Sunday Morning (English)

Background and Links | Recent Reports: 1 2 3 | Coverage and Commentary on Brad Will's assassination: 1 2 3 4
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Local Volunteer Speaks on Katrina Cleanup
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Encinitas roofing contractor and San Diego Veterans for Peace activist Jim Brown spoke at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest October 24 and discussed his experiences joining the volunteer effort to clean up New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Professionally trained in mold removal — a major need following any sort of flood — Brown offered expertise and tools, told workers what protective equipment they needed, saw the effects of racism first-hand and said many of his fellow volunteers, most of whom were sent by churches, were being moved towards the Left poltically by seeing the havoc left by Katrina and the failure of government at all levels — federal, state and local — to deal with the aftermath.
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S.D. Library Shows Films by Women of Color
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The San Diego Public Library showed two fascinating films by women directors of color in October. Myléne Moreno's "Recalling Orange County" explored issues of racism, anti-bilingual and anti-immigrant sentiment in the successful 2003 campaign to recall Latino activist Nativo Lopez from the Santa Ana school board. Zeinabu irene Davis's "Mother of the River" was a half-hour historical and magical-realist meditation on slavery from the perspective of an 11-year-old slave girl and the very special woman she befriends. Both directors appeared with their films and lamented the lack of funding available for projects like these in the U.S.
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La Otra Campaña Tijuana: Revolution on Our Doorstep
rocky neptun,

Marcos came to Tijuana, last Wednesday and Thursday, October 18th and 19th, within the shadow of our wall of shame, to bring Zapatismo to Mexico’s fourth largest city through the “La Otra Campaña” tour. A series of forums held over the last year in 31 Mexican states which says that there is a better way to do politics than stolen elections, bribed congress persons, corrupt, violent governors, and corporate thievery. Politics from the bottom up, not top down; where all the stakeholders in civil society; workers, peasants, students, women, gays, indigenous groups have the power to control the economic, social and political processes that influence their lives.

Here, amid the ruins of the former world of the Tijuana rich, young people commit themselves to authentic lives and autonomous communities free of greed. They do not fear the loss of material comforts or jail. A new culture of resistance begins to take shape as Mexico rediscovers its continuing revolution. There is, indeed, hope.

FROM SDIMC: Further stories, photos, audio and video on the EZLN's Sixth Commission visit to Tijuana are forthcoming...
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Support Columbia Student Protestors!!
sdsocialist,

 http://www.petitiononline.com/nominute/petition.html
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Bike Ride for Climate Justice
queer-j brad,

On Friday evening, five members of San Diego Cyclists for Justice distributed over 250 flyers on global warming and resistance to corporate climate change while riding through the streets of Hillcrest and North Park. This Bike Ride for Climate Justice was an action in solidarity with activists in Mexico protesting the G8+5 meeting in Monterrey Oct 3-4, where governments of the eight richest countries and five developing nations rubber-stamped a plan to invest trillions in propping up the fossil fuel economy and to shift the burden of ameliorating the effects of resource overconsumption to the Global South through carbon trading.

Flyer distribution began at the haunted house in Balboa Park, where riders pointed out to those in line that climate change is way scarier than ghosts. Shouts of Climate Justice Now, Resist Corporate Climate Change and Stop the G8 echoed off buildings as flyers were handed to pedestrians, coffee drinkers, workers, dog walkers and some drivers along University Ave. The ride ended at the Rubber Rose Sexuality Shop, where a plan was hatched for a Climate Change is Scary Ride - details forthcoming.

Click Here for Bike Ride for Climate Justice Video

San Diego Cyclists for Justice | Announcement | Contra G8+5 | Rising Tide North America | Climate Indymedia
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"Do I Make You Horny for Habeas Corpus."
Lloyd Hart,

As much fun as it is watching sexual hypocrisy in the Republican controlled Congress and what looks to be a criminal cover-up of said sexual hypocrisy within the ranks of the Republican Party leadership in Congress the real scandal is not the consensual e-mail communications between two sexually adult individuals, and what we will probably later find out to be actual underage sexual hookups between representative Foley (R)- Florida and some more than willing teenagers
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Residents Celebrate as National City Becomes Sanctuary
sdimc volunteer,

Early in September, Mayor Nick Inzunza announced that he intended to proclaim National City a sanctuary from the harassment and collaboration between local officials and federal immigration enforcement that have been springing up in other cities, such as Vista and Escondido. On Saturday, 350 residents and supporters gathered at city hall to celebrate. At an anti-sanctuary protest in National City the previous weekend shut down by 300 sanctuary supporters, minutemen were filmed assaulting and pepper-spraying members of the Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Rebel Insurgent Clown Army and California Anarchists for Gilchrist's Election.

From Leslie Radford:
"National City today thumbed its nose at Congress and skipped through the streets. It had declared itself a haven for people of foreign descent, even as the federal government intensifies mass roundups and deportations, and neighboring cities legitimate ethnic profiling. The proclamation, signed by Mayor Nick Inzunza, adds National City to a roster that includes big cities: San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and small: Maywood, Pomona, Huntington Park, Coachella."

From Miguel:
"As the rally came to an end, pro-Sanctuary supporters provided musical accompaniment while Rebel Clown Army members danced in the street to the lyrics of "Canta y no llores, porque cantando se alegran cielito lindo los corazones" - Sing don't cry, with song our hearts feel happy my darling - reflecting the sunny disposition of the Mexican people in contrast to the bitter hatred racists thrive on."

Reports with Photos: Leslie Radford | Miguel

Prior National City Story
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Climate/Oaxaca: Virtual Sit-In and Bike Ride
sdimc volunteer,

UPDATE From Rising Tide North America: "The exact location of the G8+5 Climate Summit in Mexico was unknown ... Early sources said Mexico City, but this proved impossible to confirm. We now know that the G8+5 climate meeting is happening in Monterrery, hundreds of miles away from the Alternative Climate Justice Dialogue and Convergence that we initiated and organized in Mexico City. We suspect that the G8+5 meeting was moved away from Mexico's capitol to avoid the sting of popular dissent, not just from us climate activists but more critically from the massive movements for democracy and justice that have convulsed Mexico in recent months and converged in Mexico City. Red Alert Virtual Strike against the G8+5 and Mexican government websites: click here"

The elite of the richest countries are reaping huge profits from dangerous climate change while placing the burden on the most economically disadvantaged, rolling the dice with our life support systems in pursuit of higher profits. The eight richest countries in the world, the G8, plus five developing countries are meeting in Mexico City this week to agree to invest trillions to prop up the fossil fuel economy and to promote carbon trading, which we already know doesn’t work and will just shift the burden further to the Global South. Local activist groups with international participation are poised to resist the G8+5 meeting.

At the same time, President of Mexico Vincente Fox is preparing to send his stormtroopers to attack the Popular Assemblies of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), who have been occupying parts of Oaxaca City for over four months to demand the ouster of governor Ulises Ruiz Ortiz - a corrupt frontman for corporate globalization - and the release of political prisoners.

Corporate-driven, neoliberal climate change. Corporate-driven, neoliberal suppression of resistance movements for democracy and local control. Different problem. Same enemy.

Solidarity Actions:
--Virtual Sit-In Against the Websites of the G8+5 and the Mexican Government - Tue-Wed Oct 3-4 all day (español)
--Bike Ride for Climate Justice, Meet at Balboa Park Big Fountain - Fri Oct 6 @ 7PM

Contra G8+5 | Oaxaca Facing Imminent Attack
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Bike Ride for Climate Justice Fri Oct 6 7PM
cyclist,

Resist Corporate Climate Change!

Bike Ride for Climate Justice
Friday, October 6 @ 7PM
Big Fountain, Balboa Park (Next to Science Center)

This bike ride is aimed at educating folks about the how the elite of the richest countries are reaping huge profits from dangerous climate change while placing the burden on the most economically disadvantaged, rolling the dice with our life support systems in pursuit of higher profits. The eight richest countries in the world are meeting in Mexico City this week to agree to invest trillions to prop up the fossil fuel economy and to promote carbon trading credits, which we already know don’t work and will just shift the burden further to the developing world. This madness must stop!

Come join us to pass out educational flyers we provide or make your own. Bring signs and loud voices for climate justice!

More info:
 http://contrag8.revolt.org
 http://riseingtidenorthamerica.org
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Black, Immigrant Rights Movements Compared
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Veteran civil rights activist and International Socialist Organization (ISO) member Joel Geier spoke to the San Diego ISO September 23 on the history of the African-American civil rights movement and the lessons it has to offer modern-day activists, particularly those working to secure legal status and decent wages for immigrant workers. Geier said that the failures of the civil rights movement — particularly their inability to improve the economic status of most African-Americans — point to the need for political clarity, organization and structure within activist movements.
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Waving the Bloody Shirt
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

"Waving the bloody shirt" was a campaign tactic used by the Republican party after the Civil War. Republican orators traveled around the country to remind voters of which major party had supported slavery and tried to appease the South — and which had stood up to it and won the Civil War. Today the Republican party is once again "waving the bloody shirt" in its constant use of 9/11 and the so-called "war on terror" to scare voters into electing Republicans — and new polls suggest that the tactic is working once again, as it did in 2002 and 2004, and that Republicans will be able to keep control of Congress in this year's election despite their abysmal record of failure in Iraq, Katrina, etc.
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Activist Compares Civil Rights, Immigrant Rts
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Veteran civil rights activist Joel Geier spoke at the City Heights Recreation Center September 23 under the auspices of the International Socialist Organization. He gave a comparison of the civil rights movement of the 1960's with the immigrant rights movement of today, and said that both the civil rights movement's successes and failures have lessons for the activists of today. He stressed the need for political clarity within activist organizations and clear lines of leadership and structure in order to build a movement that can withstand both political setbacks and government repression.
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Bush and His Masters Trying to Co-opt 9/11 Tr
Samizdat,

Are Bush and his masters trying to co-opt the 9/11 Truth Movement? See the video clip in which Bush blurts information allegedly extracted from Khaled Sheik Mohammed.
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Just A Sec For Whiteboys In Afrika
Ytzhak,

"These young Black artists utilize their own vernacular, the language they have created, to tell their stories. We scoff when they tell us they have redefined the ‘N’ word. Many of us were offended by the use of the term “Ebonics”; we said we wanted our youth to speak “good English” so that they would get a job. But Black youth not only created their own language,...Are artists falsely creating negative images or simply expressing the realities that exist for a segment of Black America? We will not be able to change the images the Black experience has created until we are able to change the experiences that have influenced them." -- Harry Davidson, Ph.D. -- "The psychological dilemma of the Black artist"

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Video of Operation W.T.F (Where's the Fence)
General Giggles of the CIRCA Boredom Patrol,

The Boredom Patrol of the Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army goes to a local home depot in san diego, california, where the Minutemen are trying to keep day laborers from feeding their families.

High quality download (with 2 minutes more footage!)

Low quality youtube video

CIRCA-SD | Friends of Day Laborers | CIRCA | CIRCA contra los Minutemen action sep 9

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Roots of Resistance Camp
repost from Project Steev/detritus on flickr/lotu5,

From Project Steev:"This past weekend I and 4 other Tucson activists drove to San Diego for the Roots of Resistance Summer Camp. The Organic Collective had organized it to get people, mostly border activists, to come and share skills and talk about plans. It was a really great time and really inspiring... I took a few photos, not only of the camp but our brief visit to the border wall on the beach - where there are gaps in the wall right now big enough that people can easily squeeze through, and do. Mexicans were casually slipping over and wandering the sand, but a border patrol truck on the hill was making sure no one went too far. We played soccer and talked with some of the Tijuanans for awhile. It was really cool. The whole weekend was just really really awesome.

From lotu5:"I spent this past weekend at the o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective's Roots of Resistance Camp, rootcamp. It was an amazing experience, with people there from Arizona, Los Angeles, Orange County and lots of new and old faces from San Diego."

event announcement

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CIRCA Photos
kilo,

Photos and videos from the CIRCA contra los Minutemen action on Saturday, September 9.
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"Border War" Protest Video
qjb,

Human rights activists from Border Angels, Friends of Day Laborers and other groups gathered at the AMC Mission Valley to protest the opening of the propaganda film Border War, which was produced by the extreme right wing group, Citizens United and directed by Kevin Knoblock, whose other "credits" are Celsius 41.11 and a bio of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Enrique Morones of Border Angels, who appeared in the movie, talked to the corporate media about the humanity and goodness of migrants, and the need to transcend the racist rhetoric of the right wing to find ways to ensure human rights for everyone.

Floyd Brown, the "Chair of the Board" of Citizens United, provoked a confrontation for the corporate cameras by badgering a human rights activist who was writing the message "No One is Illegal" on a sign. Floydie-boy has a long history as a racist, including producing the Willie Horton ad in 1988, widely credited with boosting Bush I into the presidency. Although he started strong and indeed produced a spectacle, he wasn't able to think beyond simple racist code words and eventually was chased from the limelight by cross-bearing humanitarians.

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hoffman sub dub {the samo samo}
Ytzhak,

"Sabotage," which up to that time had been applied unconsciously and
instinctively by the workers, with the popular name which has remained
attached to it begins in 1895 to receive its baptism, its theoretical
consecration and to take its place amongst the other means of social
warfare, recognised, approved, advocated and practiced by the labour
unions. -- e. pouget -- "Sabotage"
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Resistance to Minutemen in Socal
sdimc volunteer, adapted from LA-IMC and US-IMC feature,

As cities across the country celebrate Labor Day Weekend & the beginning of fall with a week of demonstrations calling for fair and comprehensive immigration policy reform, and respect for all workers, resistance to vigilante rascist minutemen continues in southern California.

UPDATE: Charges against No More Deaths humanitarian activists dismissed (AZ-IMC)

UPDATE-2: Workers Repel Minutemen Incursion in Wilmington (LA-IMC)
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Katrina, one year later, by NC Times
repost, North County Times, DENIS DEVINE,

One year ago, David Perez fumed at what he saw on TV: fellow Americans seemingly abandoned by their government in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.

Today, almost a year since the San Diego businessman pulled off one of the boldest private relief efforts in history, Perez is still upset. But now he's outraged at what he doesn't see. Before this week's anniversary, media attention to, public awareness of and charitable support for the ongoing struggles of the people whose lives were blown apart by the most devastating storm in U.S. history had all but disappeared, he said.

"It seems like everybody just swept this under the carpet," he said Monday.

Other, non-local stories here:
 http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=2006katrina_anniversary

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“Creating Chaos” Teach-In Explores Middle East
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

A teach-in called "Creating Chaos" in Golden Hill August 25, sponsored by the Middle East Cultural and Information Center (MECIC), featured three Arab-American speakers who challenged the view of Middle Eastern politics, especially the Israel-Lebanon war and the U.S. occupation of Iraq, commonly presented in the mainstream U.S. media. The speakers said the chaos created in the wake of the U.S. conquest of Iraq was deliberate and denounced the American peace movement for refusing to support the armed struggles of Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in occupied Palestine and the resistance in Iraq.
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Warped Priorities Exposed on Eve of Katrina Anniversary as Public Housing Resident Reoccupies Apartment
sdimc volunteer, from NOIMC+corporate media reports,

A representative of HUD announced monday to 1000 contractors and executives meeting in Jefferson Parish that it would open 5000 public housing units in New Orleans previously slated for demolition; that Wal-Mart would withdraw from low-income neighborhoods to support local businesses; and that Exxon and Shell would spend $8.6 billion on wetland restoration in southern Louisiana.

Ok, so i didn't expect you to buy that, but...

UPDATE-2: From New Orleans IMC: Yes Men's Prank far from "Cruel" Hoax

UPDATE: Yes Men in New Orleans...Your Thoughts?

Yes Men Announcement | The REAL HANO Website | Yes Men Website | Survivor's Village | New Orleans IMC | CNN Story/Video

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Minutemen founders fall out
repost from The Arizona Republic,

The honeymoon is over for the Minutemen.


More than 16 months after the civilian border patrol movement took root in
Arizona, the co-founders of the original Minuteman Project are feuding
publicly, and some former loyalists are calling for detailed accounting of
the estimated $1.6 million to $1.8 million in donations the group has
received.
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Israeli/US Aggression and Occupation in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq: Teach-In
queer-j brad,

The American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee of San Diego sponsored a teach-in on July 27 to provide background to the recent attack on Lebanon, the escalation of attacks on Gaza, and the continuing occupation of Palestine, Iraq and now southern Lebanon. Six speakers discussed the historical and political context, the resistance, the human experience of occupation, and international law: Nasser Barghouti (moderator), Doris Bittar, Farid Abdel-Nour, Nadia Keilani, Marjorie Cohn and Jonathan Graubart. Audio Duration: 1:38:40, with partial transcript. A question and answer period followed. Audio Duration: 1:03:40.

"Imagine if the I-5 was bombed and I-805 and the I-15 and the depots of fuels and half of the gas stations of San Diego were bombed. Then imagine if one third of our hospitals had been destroyed. We have no electricity, no water and 800,000 of San Diego residents were forced to flee, go somewhere, inland maybe. Then you would get to understand the situation in Lebanon."

"As an artist, I have gathered many photo essays that document how individuals resist, often through creative acts, like Haldia at the Bourj al Barajneh refugee camp in Beirut, whose camp now is surrounded by rubble, built her entire home with mortar, cinder blocks, and river rocks from Nabitieh... There are many forms of resistance, and all can be legitimate... For the ordinary person, Hamas and Hezbollah crush the walls of a demented and bigoted logic, whatever else you agree or disagree about their philosophy."

"Stability has historically has been usually brought about by barbarism and brutality...The reason Middle East politics is so complicated is that is usually hanging by thin delicate threads that connect different communities with each other... The reason the Middle East is unstable is that there hasn't been that kind of brutality in its history... I'm afraid that this administration takes this cruel truth not as reminder not to overvalue stability, not as a reminder of how cruel it is to merely pursue it. They take it as a prescription for what to do."

Prior to 1991, our first attempt to destroy Iraq, Iraqi women had equality in education and health care. They had the most progressive human rights in the region and they were the first Arab women to hold high positions in academia, government and law. Before the US invasion, they constituted 40% of the public sector work force and they made up 20% of Iraq's Parliament. In the U.S. Congress, only 15% of it is made up of women... Today an Iraqi woman walking alone in the street is asking to be killed, raped or kidnapped... I asked Iraqis if they had a message for the American people. None of their messages was without an expletive..."

"Bush could stop Israel in its tracks with a snap of his fingers. But why would he? Israel is doing his bidding. Redrawing the map of the Middle East to facilitate U.S. domination. Bush began that task with Iraq, and Israel is following suit with Palestine and Lebanon... The United States loyal and consistent support for Israel's policies to the tune of more than 3 billion dollars in aid per year has enabled Israel government to conduct a war of terror against the Palestinian and Lebanese people."

"These can be subject to great debate in the specifics, but a number of the Israeli actions defy any sort of debate. Certainly collective punishments, which is a pretty explicit effort to impose massive desperate conditions on the civilian population until they give in, is no question illegal. Certainly causing massive displacements, the attack on the power plants, even the United Nations, which is fairly diplomatic about this, has called these war crimes."

"About forty years ago, 1967, in six days the Israeli army destroyed the armies of Egypt, Syria and Jordan, occupied all of the Sinai strip, the Golan Heights, the West Bank, the Gaza Strip and East Jerusalem, killed thousands of soldiers in those Arab armies, all in six days. Today after 14 days of punishing bombardment of Lebanon, the Israeli army has not been able to progress more than 10 km into Lebanon."

Click here for audio

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When Jews Behave as Nazis, They Become Nazis
Khalid Amayreh (repost by pipard),

On 23 March, 1944, 33 German soldiers were killed when members of an Italian resistance group set off a bomb close to a column of German troops who were marching on via Rasella. Adolph Hitler got furious and ordered that within 24 hours, ten Italians were to be shot for each dead German. Herbert Kappler, the local German commander, quickly compiled a list of 320 civilians who were to be killed. On 24 March, the victims were transported to Adreatine caves where they were summarily executed by the SS.
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Tijuana Report On the Edge: Juarez Femicides
Yolanda,

Between 70 and 80 people were in attendance at the Teatro de la Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana for Steev Hise's film On the Edge: The Femicides in Ciudad Juarez.

Lourdes Diaz, Director of Tijuana’s Women’s Municipal Institute gave the introduction. After the film about 80% of the audience stayed for over an hour of discussion with Steev Hise and Mrs. Sara Ruiz, moderated by Carmen Valadez of the Feminist Binational Collective.

Mrs. Ruiz’s daughter Sarita was abducted, assaulted and thrown from a moving car last December on to the streets of Tijuana by Pueblo Amigo, about four blocks away from the San Ysidro Port of Entry. She died six days later. Mrs. Ruiz carried out a 9-day hunger strike in June and says many mothers whose daughters have been victimized are afraid to speak out and have asked her to carry on for them also.

Majority awareness and actions are needed to halt and stop the spread of out-of-control atrocities. As evidenced by the reception of the screenings in San Diego and Tijuana this last week, On the Edge is an important step in this direction.
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