Over 200 turn out to Demand that San Diego Count Every Vote
lotus at indymedia dot org,

An energetic, diverse crowd of over 200 people turned out Sunday to demand that every vote be counted, in the Mayoral and Presidential elections. One speaker mentioned how he had volunteered for the recount and for ballots containing only an X or a check for Dick Murphy, the votes were counted and filled in by vote counters, while for the 5,547 votes containing the name "Donna Frye" and no bubble, the votes were not counted. Dick Murphy's victory was with a margin of 2,108 votes.

The speakers also talked about how the bubble law is a state law that's being used to override local law, and how the city council has the ability to "become a judge" and count every vote. Also, a petition was passed around for the local election and also to demand that Barbara Boxer be the one Senator to contest the electoral college vote which is to be certified on January 6th. A number of members of the House of Representatives have agreed to help contest the vote, but no Senator has come forward, just as in 2000.

More info at Indybay.org | Contest The Vote.org | VOTERR.org

UPDATE: 1/3 5:36pm - A sit-in took place at Barbara Boxer's office to demand that she block the certification of the Electoral College votes. This action will continue tomorrow. More here
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Critical Mass Radio Network Today - Year in Review
radioActive sanDiego, c/o lotus,

Welcome to the Critical Mass Radio Network! December 31st, 2004 will mark our fifth coordinated broadcast with many more to come. Tune in for commentary and analysis from your peers and neighbors, outside of the corporate stenographers to power, the filters, and the sellers of decaying ideas. Call into any of the stations as they broadcast from this decentralized network.

The broadcast is taking place this month in San Diego, Santa Cruz, Portland, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and we've just added Radio Volta in Philly!

Please join our mailing list to keep up on future broadcasts.
 http://www.criticalmassradio.net/mailman/listinfo/cmrn-listeners/

Listen online at  http://radioActiveradio.org or at  http://criticalMassRadio.net


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Christ Mass: The Birth of Human Rights
Clint Clark,

Christians all over the world tonight will celebrate the Birth of Human Rights, without knowing it. Seventy years after Spartacus, Human Rights were born. These new Human Rights were born of the humble Jewish Worker Bees, and not of the Jewish Ruling Class, the elite Levites of the Second Temple Period in Jerusalem.
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CCDC stops homeless feeedings for holidays
lotus,

The Centre City Development Corp., San Diego's downtown redevelopment agency, had notified the Salvation Army this month that it needed a conditional-use permit to continue serving meals.

In response to the agency, and to concerns about loitering and littering outside its offices on E Street, the charity decided to drop the religious services where breakfast and dinner were offered Monday through Thursday. The last services were Dec. 14. That suspension prompted yesterday's vigil.
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Votergate is in full effect, nationally and at home
lotus,

RALLY FOR COUNTING ALL THE VOTES Thursday Dec. 23, 2004 2:00PM 202 'C' Street San Diego Downtown Civic Center Plaza. Come out and support the 5,000+ voters that have been disinfranchised by a bubble. More than 5,000 voters can't be ignored! From the Voters for Donna Frye and the Supporters of Democracy

In Memoriam: Gary Webb
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine ,

Investigative reporter and author Gary Webb was found dead in his home in the Sacramento area on December 10, 2004, of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head. The obituaries in the Los Angeles Times and other mainstream papers largely continued the character assassination that had plagued him during the last eight years of his life. In this article, based on Webb's appearance in San Diego in September 1998, he talked about what he said — and didn't say — about the CIA/contras/crack cocaine connections.
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Same-Sex Marriage Fight Continues in S.D.
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Extending civil marriage to Gay and Lesbian couples in the U.S. may have looked like a dead issue after November 2, but marriage equality activists and Gay and Lesbian couples themselves are not giving up. As part of a statewide campaign, Marriage Equality California (MECA) put on an event at San Diego State University December 6 that included films and speakers about the issue, clearly meant to rally the troops and mobilize grass-roots campaigns around two bills recently introduced into the California legislature.
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Sat Dec 11 Radical Conference/Encuentro
brenda-n behan johnson,

STOP THE CONSERVATIVE REVOLUTION!
ALTO A LA REVOLUCION CONSERVADORA!

Encuentro Radical/Radical Conference
Sábado/Saturday, 11 DIC/DEC 2004
City College, San Diego

Resistencia Estudiantil's "Resistence Movements" will be hosting a forum open to the public regarding issues confronting progressive and Leftist movements in their struggle against right-wing, neo-conservative incursions against rights and freedoms in both the domestic and international arenas. Attendants will be able to meet fellow activists concerned about US foreign and domestic policy and to help develop a more informed and politically active Leftist movement in San Diego.

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Resistence Forum
Erik Ramon,

What?! Another four years of that Son-of-A-Bush?!

Come to the Resistencia Estudiantil's "Resistence" forum to learn about the on-going struggle to stop the right-wing, neo-conservative attacks against humanity, which are taking place both at home and abroad.
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Big Media Censors Queer-Accepting Church
posted by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

The United Church of Christ (UCC) attempted to put an ad on the major TV networks advertising their church as Queer-friendly and were censored because the ads were allegedly "advocacy" and "controversial." As Carlsbad UCC pastor Rev. Madison Shockley argues below, this not only denies his church the right to advertise its believe but leaves the anti-Queer radical religious Right as the ONLY "Christian" voice permitted or tolerated by corporate media.
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Ground Zero Players Harrassed at Rally
STARR,

A brief description of the harrassment we were forced to endure at the peaceful Nov 13th anti-war rally downtown.
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Critical Mass Radio Network on radioActive sanDiego
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This month's broadcast topic is COLONIAL HOLIDAY (in Cambodia)
regurgitation, and how to avoid buying anything ever again, ever.

Critical Mass Radio Network (CMRN) is a decentralized radio network composed of a constellation of independent community radio stations. The CMRN site provides the means for community radio stations to rebroadcast the CMRN signal over the FM band. The signal itself is composed of the radio stations that make up the network. We've organized according to Principles of Unity, and intend to further the growth of independent community based radio internationally, regardless of the broadcast medium.

Listen online at:  http://radioActiveradio.org/listen.php and
 http://criticalmassradio.net
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SUPPORT PIRATE RADIO Letter Campaign
106.9 fm,

Do you listen to pirate radio in San Diego? Do you appreciate commercial free, honest, real radio from real people like you? Do you like hearing anti-war voices on the FM dial?
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300 March, to Honor Transgender Victims
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Over 300 people marched through the streets of Hillcrest at 6:30 p.m. November 20 for the international Transgender Day of Remembrance, held every year to honor and mourn the lives of Transgender people killed since the previous event. The names and histories of 21 reported Transgender victims were read, and candles representing their lives were snuffed out, during the emotionally intense event.
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Resistence Forum
Erik el Rojo,

Come to the Resistencia Estudiantil's "Reisistence" forum to learn about the on-going struggle against the right-wing, neo-conservative attacks against humanity, which are taking place both at home and abroad.
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B.U.S.H. Boycott, TODAY, Monday, 11/22
grassroots,

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SuperSize Your Thanksgiving!
Erin M. Blakemore,

Join the San Diego Independent Media Center and Food Not Bombs for a screening of "SuperSize Me," a canned goods drive and a vegan Thanksgiving feast!
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B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT, BRING U.S. SOLDIERS HOME!
grassroots,

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Jensen Attacks "Liberal Hawks" @ 1st Unitarian Universalist Church
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

University of Texas media law, ethics and politics professor Robert Jensen called his talk November 18 at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest “Citizens of the Empire: The Struggle to Reclaim Our Humanity.” But instead of a how-to manual on surviving four more years of the Bush administration, Jensen’s talk was a forceful attack on “liberal hawks” and Americans’ view of their country as morally superior.
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10th Annual Changemaker Celebration
Foundation 4 Change c/o lotus,

"New Voices, New Visions"

Friday November 19, 2004

Balboa Park Club Ballroom
Balboa Park, San Diego

(Park Blvd. to President's Way. Go west and park in the Pan American Plaza near the San Diego Automotive Museum.)

5:30 p.m. - Reception and Silent Auction
6:30 p.m. - Family-Style Dinner & Program
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Linux and OpenOffice Summit in San Diego
Desktop Linux Summit--Mozilla and OpenOffice,

Desktop Linux Summit featuring Mozilla and OpenOffice.org!

February 9-11, 2005 at the Del Mar Fairgrounds in San Diego, CA
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"Kinsey": Brilliant Biopic of Sex Researcher
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Bill Condon's film "Kinsey," released so far in a few major cities and scheduled to open in San Diego this weekend, is a brilliant and worthwhile biopic of pioneering sex researcher Alfred C. Kinsey. Among other things, it vividly dramatizes the battle Kinsey fought against the radical religious Right of his time and is even more important now that people who deny scientific truths about sex, evolution and many other parts of human knowledge are effectively running the U.S.
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Clothes for TJ meeting
us/we/you,

The purpose of this meeting is to bring people togther to discuss important pressing issues across the border. As we all know it is already getting cold and has been raining. So come and bring warm clothes dontations to help support the people of TJ.

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Direct Action Training, Sat, Dec 4th
ORGANIC collective,

Direct Action Training

Saturday, December 4th
12:00pm - 3:00pm
@ Foundation 4 Change
3758 30th St. , San Diego 92104
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FCC Continues Its Attack On Community Radio
106.9FM,

The location of the pirate radio station 106.9FM in San Diego, California was visited for the third time by members of the FCC, Wednesday, the 10th of November. Agents entered the property, claiming that they did not need a warrant, to inspect the equipment. Subsequently, they issued a verbal order that the signal be shut down immediately, or the broadcasters would be issued a ten thousand dollar fine. Though it is not the policy of the station to honor the "authority" of the FCC, an un-knowing individual allowed the agents into the location. The station does not plan on further cooperation with the FCC and resumed broadcasting immediately.
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Join the B.U.S.H. BOYCOTT, 11/22/04
grassroots,

boycott
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Local Activists Protest Falloujah Attacks
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

As U.S. forces and elements of its puppet government in Iraq attacked the holy city of Falloujah this week, San Diego peace activists took to the streets twice, on Wednesday, November 10 and Saturday, November 13 to say no to the attacks and the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq. Despite heckling from pro-war "Protest Warriors," a diverse group of activists spoke out against the war and, in the Saturday event, staged a peaceful and successful march downtown.
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Transcript of 11/10 Rally on Falloujah, pt. 1
transcribed by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Transcript of a rally called for November 10 to protest the U.S. invasion of Falloujah and the continuing occupation in Iraq. Despite only two days' notice, over 100 people turned out. The MC was Martin Eder of Activist San Diego, which initiated the call for the action and later brought the San Diego and North County Coalitions for Peace and Justice on board as co-sponsors. See you at the next event Sat., 11/13, 1 p.m. same location: the Federal Building downtown!
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Transcript of 11/10 Rally on Falloujah, pt. 2
transcribed by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Part two of the transcript of the emergency rally November 10, 2004 outside the Federal Building on Front and Broadway downtown, MC'd by Martin Eder of Activist San Diego and co-sponsored by his organization and the San Diego and North County Coalitions for Peace and Justice, to demand an immediate end to the U.S. campaign against Falloujah and the occupation of Iraq.
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Nov. 13 Emergency Protest vs. Fallujah Attack
posted by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

UPDATE: 11/13 - Tune in to radioActive sanDiego for live coverage of saturday's protest
11/10 6:00PM - Around 100 people rallied outside of the San Diego federal building at an emergency demo.
11/10 5:00PM - US Bombing Mosques in Fallujah (Al Jazeera)
11/10 12:00PM - Rally and Civil Disobedience in SF. (Photos and video)
11/09 7:50PM - Tanks have been deployed at an anti-war protest in Los Angeles
11/09 5:53PM - As the death toll rises and hundreds of Iraqi troops have gone AWOL, protests are taking place around the world and across the US (LA actions).

San Diegans concerned about peace and justice are uniting to protest the U.S.'s latest barbaric attack on the Iraqi people: "Operation Phantom Fury," the assault on Fallujah. Activist San Diego and other local organizations have called for an emergency protest WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 from 4 to 6:30 p.m., outside the Federal Building, Front and Broadway downtown. The San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice is organizing its own event the following Saturday, November 13, 1 p.m. at the same site.

Also, read about and see photos of the Nov 3rd Beyond Voting anti-war event in San Diego.
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