THE SAN DIEGO SPORTS ARENA - Future Land Use
repost from ASD,

Councilman Zucchet has formed an Ad Hoc Committee, primarily made up of surrounding property / business owners, to study how to dispose of the Sports Arena property to developers. No discussion of its value to the public, potential public reuses of this site or how maintaining 100% of this property in public hands could be the centerpiece of revitalization of the surrounding commercial properties was mandated. Instead, the primary lessee has been able to state his case for tearing down the Sports Arena without having to open his books to substantiate his claims that the Sports Arena property is a white elephant.
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"Outfoxed" Screening 8/28/04
SDIMC,

Saturday, August 28th - at 7PM - we'll be screening "Outfoxed" at the Voz Alta Project. We had standing room only for "Miami Model" so please come early!
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Pat Washington Support Committee Meets
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The support committee for Dr. Pat Washington, former women's studies professor at SDSU who's been engaged in a three-year legal battle to get her job back, held a teach-in at Springfield College August 24. The event showed both the wide range of community support she enjoys inher struggle and the dramatic obstacles she still faces — including having to find new lawyers since her previous ones quit the case when she wouldn't agree to a settlement that would pay her money but end her chances of reinstatement.
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Jim Hightower Draws 600 in San Diego
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Progressive author and organizer Jim Hightower spoke to a standing-room-only audience at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest Friday, August 20. Hightower’s message was that progressives and populists must do all they can in this election campaign to make sure Democrat John Kerry beats George W. Bush and becomes President — but that’s only the beginning, not the end, of the task. “Beating Bush is not a progressive victory; it just brings us to ground level,” he said. “The day after the election we’re going to have to be in the face of the Kerry-Edwards administration to make them as progressive as we can,” he said.
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Military Families Speak Out
SDIMC editor,

Calling on voters to remove George W. Bush from the White House on November 2nd, speakers from the San Diego chapter of Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, American Friends Service Committee, and Project for Youth and Non-Military Opportunities (Project YANO) came together in Chicano Park Sunday, August 22. Approximately 100 people were on hand for the event, organized by the San Diego chapter of Military Families Speak Out.

Photos // Audio Interview // Article

Aug 25 SUDAN: Day of Conscience
Adriene Jenik,

There will be an informal meeting in San Diego of concerned citizens to learn more about the situation in Sudan, discover what we as a community can do to make a difference, and begin plans for future action.

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Campaign For renter's Rights Housing Victory
Jeremy Prickett,

Fighting to win, section 8 tenants halt federal government and local politician's efforts to cut their housing subsidies.
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Machine Gun in the Clown's Hand Pics
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Photos of the opening of "Machine Gun in the Clown's Hand," a show of progressive political art whose orientation was neatly summed up by its title (the "clown" is President Bush, as the poster advertising the show made clear). The opening was August 7 at the Limbo Gallery, 1412 University Avenue behind Ray's Tennis Shop in Hillcrest.
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Over 250 Attend Marriage Equality Rally
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Over 250 San Diegans turned out Thursday evening, August 12, for a rally and march at the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center to protest that day’s ruling by the California Supreme Court invalidating over 4,000 marriages between same-sex couples in San Francisco. The court ruled unanimously that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom had exceeded his authority by ordering city staff to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples between February 12 and March 12 of this year.
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Rochelle Becker/Dangers of Nuke Power
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

When the Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) utility decided to build a nuclear power plant on the coastline at Diablo Canyon near San Luis Obispo in the early 1970’s, a group of local women organized the San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace and took a leading role, first in the unsuccessful attempt to stop the plant from being built at all, then in monitoring its operations. One of the group’s founding members, Rochelle Becker, came to San Diego August 10 and told about her group’s legal challenge to the reactor owners’ right to operate it.
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Code Pink, August 7, 2004
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Pictures of the anti-war "Code Pink" protesters in Balboa Park August 7. Despite challenges by the so-called "Protest Warriors," a pro-war, pro-Bush group formed to crash and culture-jam anti-war demonstrations, the Code Pink women and their supporters staged a peaceful and effective action through the park.
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Code Pink/Protest Warriors, August 7, 2004
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Photos of the "Protest Warriors" who attempted to crash the Code Pink anti-war demonstration in Balboa Park August 7. Despite a few verbal confrontations between both sides the event was peaceful.
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Action Network Debates Strong-Mayor Plan
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

The proposal for a strong-mayor form of government in San Diego, which will be voted on in November's election, was debated July 30 at the San Diego Action Network. George Mitrovich of the City Club of San Diego, speaking in favor, and former San Diego County Grand Jury foreman Peter DiRenza, speaking in opposition, battled over whether a city government headed by a strong mayor will be more or less accountable to the people than the current city-manager system.
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Marriage Equality Rally
San Diego,

On short notice, 300 people gathered at The Center in Hillcrest to protest the court's action nullifying the marriages of over 4,000 California couples.
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SD Indymedia workshop
SDIMC,

IMC welcome and training for new volunteers, August
14th 2-4pm at SDIMC, 2552 K Street.
We have met a lot of new people interested in
volunteering with the IMC this summer. We are
planning a short workshop to tell people more about
who we are and what we do and how you can be involved.
We will be distributing IMC Press Passes following
the workshop. Room is limited the SDIMC space, please
let us know if you are interested in attending, we may
try to reserve a larger space. For Reservations or
questions, email snapp_cook at yahoo.com
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SD Indymedia Yardsale
SDIMC,

Saturday, August 14, 8am - 1pm The San Diego
Independent Media Center is having a GARAGE SALE! We
have computer hardware, political books, and more.
Please support IndyMedia by stopping by our sale and
picking up some quality items. 2552 K Street, San
Diego. 619-233-5002


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Voices of the Lost and Forgotten-Part One:
Jay Shaft,

Homeless families ask an important question: "How can America let this happen to us? Why can’t we get any help?"


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Cal High Court Voids Weddings SD Vigil 8/12
"Messrs. Nelson & Conlan" ,

The California Supreme Court has ruled against the City and County of San Francisco and anulled thousands of marriages. Today's (8/12/04) ruling only addresses the issue of whether San Francisco's Mayor Newsom went beyond his authority in issuing gender neutral marriage licenses.

Please meet at the Center (3909 Centre St., Hillcrest) tonight 8/12/04 at 7pm to show your support for marriage equality.
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SD Community Arts with Michael Klam
Michael Klam,

Free speech event in Balboa Park. Show your artwork. Read original or previously published poetry or prose. Check out the exhibition (paintings) and our features (music, poetry, sculpture, and performance art).
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San Diego - America’s Second Loneliest City
By Don Bauder ,

Sociologists lament San Diegans' lack of political participation and social cohesion. The overlords celebrate it -- secretly, of course.


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Help Boyd Graves, Iconoclast AIDS Resarcher
Abeeku Ohene,

I write you in plea for assistance for Boyd Edward Graves who has reciently lost sight in his right eye and has checked himself into the Veterans Administration Hospital in San Diego California. If there is anyone who lives in San Diego California who can help him, please get in contact with him at cell phone number, (619)578-3254.

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The Day Philosophy Dies
catB,

“Step One is to recognize that there is a problem.” When a movie star is kidnapped and put through a 12 step recovery program for addiction to Western Civilization, reality gets turned on its ear. The fugitives careen headlong through passion, betrayal, and assassinations toward an explosive event that will transform the world. Everything you know can change in an instant. Are you ready for the next step?

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Code Pink vs. Protest Warriors Sunday
Patty K. Mooney,

Protest Warriors are planning to protest the Code Pink people this Sunday at Balboa Park, and Roger Hedgecock is putting out a call for more Protest Warriors. It's peace versus war, love versus hate. Come and join Code Pink for Peace this Sunday at noon, at the corner of 6th and Laurel.
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Political Art Show in San Diego Aug. 7th!!
jonathan, kevin,

Alexandra Pierce, Bill Pierce and Yoni Laos met with us to talk about Radioactive Future’s first official political art show, "Machine Gun in a Clown’s Hand." In the midst of a war in Iraq and in the wake of Michael Moore’s "Fahrenheit 9/11" they talked with us about art and politics in the post-9/11 fog. Listen to the interview, then go to the show and find out why they want their country back.

Other radical art events coming up are S/he's Gender Bent (August 7th, noon to 7pm), and
Drawing Resistance

SD Activist Running for Vice-President
Peace & Freedom Party Member,

Janice Jordan - a long time and respected activist in San Diego - has accepted the Peace and Freedom Party's nomination for the Vice-Presidency. Well-known political prisoner Leonard Peltier is the Party's nominee for President.
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Queer USA KIA-WIA Flag
UsQueers.com,

Remembering Queer
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Progessive SD on Radio tonight 7/28/04
Elizabeth,

Progressive San Diego's President, Nicole Capretz, and Elections Committee Chair, Bruce Reznik, will be on Ralph Inzunza and Daniel Morones's new Chula Vista-based radio program "On the Record" KURS AM 1040
discussing PSD's first-ever endorsements of candidates and issues in San Diego. They will be on from 6:00-7:00 PM tomorrow night, Wednesday July 28, 2004.


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Clean Up, Don't Build Up! Nuclear Weapons Day
BE SAFE, Ctr for Health, Env and Justice,

Trinity, Hiroshima & Nagasaki Anniversary Events Held Nationwide: Communities Call on National Leaders to Take Precautionary Action & Prevent Nuclear Weapons Hazards. “Support Safety & Security: Clean Up, Don’t Build Up” is a series of seventy-two events being held in twenty states across the country to commemorate the 59th anniversaries of the Trinity atomic detonation and the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombing. A diverse coalition of environmental health, nuclear weapons, toxic waste and peace organizations released a Blueprint of Precautionary Actions to prevent nuclear weapon hazards in the U.S.
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Video Surveillance in National City
Free Speech Radio News c/o lotus,

FSRN reports today on how National City is planning on installing video surveillance cameras for law enforcement.

 http://www.fsrn.org/news/20040723_news.html

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Teamsters Strike at Coca-Cola, Intl Day of Action against Coke
PR Newswire and FSRN c/o lotus,

Teamsters in San Diego, California, who produce and distribute Coca-Cola products for Coca-Cola Enterprises went on strike today to protest the company's demand to dramatically increase workers' health care costs."Coke's greed has put nearly 500 San Diego families in jeopardy," said Jack Cipriani, International Vice President and Director of the Teamsters Brewery & Soft Drink Workers' Conference. "It is unconscionable that Coke would turn on the very people who work so hard to make the company the number one selling soft drink brand in the United States. Paying for those health benefits would have cost CCE less than what the company earned in 17 minutes last year."

The World Social Forum declared tomorrow, the 22nd of July, as an International Day of Action against Coca Cola. Organizers are encouraging schools and organizations to stop stocking coke machines and are asking individuals to refrain from buying Coca Cola products. In the US the campaign to boycott ‘Killer Coke’ is spreading across college campuses and communities around the country. The boycott was launched last year by the Colombian food and beverage workers’ union, SINALTRAINAL, to bring attention to the murders of Coca-Cola trade unionists there that they believe were executed by company-hired death squads in a country often described as the world’s most dangerous place for labor activists.

 http://www.fsrn.org/news/20040721_news.html
 http://www.teamster.org/04news/nr_040720_1.htm
 http://www.killercoke.org/
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