SD IMC Press Conference, 4pm, Hall of Justice
lotus,

Press Conference today at the Hall Justice at 4pm to demand that all charges be dropped. Please come!
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RTS Jan.20th Pics
Future Thief,

Here are a few more pics from RTS.
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Bail Money Acquired. Thank you.
San Diego Indymedia,

We have received the bail money ($5000) and are in the midst of bailing our journalist out. Thanks for your help
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A Fight for Free Speech in San Diego - 2 of 2
davey jones 182,

This article will provide a detailed narrative of the origins of the Free Speech Fight, and then discuss the connections between the press, their owners, the city’s economy, and the violence that ensued.
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A Fight for Free Speech in San Diego - 1 of 2
davey jones 182,

This article will provide a detailed narrative of the origins of the Free Speech Fight, and then discuss the connections between the press, their owners, the city’s economy, and the violence that ensued.
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Reclaim the Streets handout
CIRCA,

A communique about reclaim the streets...
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Images: SD Anti-Inauguration 2005
peter,

Jan 20 2005 - Hundreds took the streets of downtown San Diego to oppose the second Bush term and its war policies. Reclaim the Streets was active, and there were a handful of arrests.
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Street Party in Downtown San Diego
Plant a Bush in Texas.,

The "Remember the Dead! Fight for the Living! Reclaim the Streets" rally snaked its way through the streets of downtown San Diego. The crowd numbered several hundred and pulsed with vibrant energy. Police followed the Anti-Bush Protestors rather than telling them where to go. The protest moved from Horton Plaza down Fourth Street then turned west by the Ralph's Market and the wound around on Market towards Fifth Street.
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2005 Nonviolent Action Plan
Erik Olson,

Over the next few months, the Invest-In Project will be launching its 2005 Nonviolent Action Campaign to defend the human rights of the people of San Diego.
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Memo to the people of San Diego Gaslamp
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA,

(CIRCA has come into contact with an official memo from the Gaslamp Quarter Association to all businesses downtown, in light of the upcoming Reclaim the Streets party. It is republished here without changes )
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Massoneria Egiziana
g.red,

Il creatore della Massoneria Egiziana di Rito Egizio fu il Conte Alessandro di Cagliostro (1749-1796), nato a Tunisi. Egli non deve venir identificato nel mistificatore Giuseppe Balsamo (1743-1795), il palermitano assoldato dai Gesuiti per impersonare e gettare il discredito sul vero Conte di Cagliostro.
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An Apology and A Re-Invitation
san diego indymedia,

This letter was sent out to various groups today. Feel free to comment.
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Republican Websites Hacked in Protest of Inau
Internet Liberation Front,

In solidarity with the billions around the world who are being oppressed under the Bush agenda, The Internet Liberation Front has hacked and defaced six Republican websites who push forward the sick and violent ideology of warfare, capitalism, and profit over people.
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David x interviews SD folks about MLK's ideas
Davidx,

David x interviews folks on the street about cultural diversity, racism, activism...ideas related the MLK jr.

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Counter-Inaugural Action Coverage on Indymedia
San Diego Indymedia,

In the days to come, the United States is going to see the coronation of a President who was elected with so much fraud that both the Senate and the House of Representatives contested his election. Regardless of the illegitimacy of the vote, millions of people absolutely reject the Bush administration and its policies, and many people reject the policies of the Democratic party and the entire system of representative democracy and capitalism.

On January 19th, the night before the inauguration, San Diego Indymedia will be throwing a counter-inaugural film night with footage from the RNC protests in New York in 2004 and with a short film from the 2000 Inaugural protests in DC. More info here.

We ask you to become the media in the coming days. Indymedia is a place for community access to media, and we can't do it without you! Please submit your stories, photos, video and audio to our website by clicking on the "Publish" button in the upper right hand corner, or just go here.

As the massive demonstrations, marches, direct actions and acts of civil disobedience unfold, you can follow them on indymedia in a variety of ways.

Check us.indymedia.org for news of the DC actions to stop the inauguration.

Watch this site to see the latest breaking news about the many actions happening here.

Listen to radioActiveradio.org for up to the second live coverage from the streets.

Flyer with all three protests | Reclaim the Streets! | Details about each of the actions | Queer call to action | Global call to action | Report from San Diego Activists in DC| Internet Liberation Front Hacks Republican Websites | Viva Democracy People's Ball, Fri 1/21 | Beats for Peace, Sat 1/22 | Listen to DC Coop Radio Here
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RECLAIM THE STREETS!! January 20th
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army (CIRCA),

Street Party in San Diego! Meet at 7pm, at 3rd and Broadway, on January 20th to reclaim our streets from the chains of cars and commerce for the liberation of community and creativity.

What to bring? What to wear? What will this look like? Wear your favorite Dia De Los Muertos outfit or your favorite Irish outfit or your favorite celebratory outfit! Bring noisemakers, drums, bagpipes! Be prepared to dance and celebrate the the reclamation of public space, the commons, autonomy and collective action/power. Bring decorations to transform the street into your vision of a celebration for the dead. Bring an Altar!
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Sponsor a Protest Warrior for January 20th Organizing!
J20 Coordinating Committee,

Are you tired of seeing the pro-war Protest Warriors show up at our events? Wondering why they don't just throw their own Pro-War rallies? Looking for a good way to make them go away? Then read on...
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mlk march in san diego
aymara,

Here are a few images of folks i saw along the way. a beautiful day, lots of families and a very good feeling in the air. not as many high school rotcs as the last two years, but still a high percentage of youth of color... always so sad to see such strong, talented, kick ass youth get sucked into the system... everyone really perked up with the peace folks walking by - clapping and thanking marchers.

Also, listen to interviews about mlk's ideas.
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“Oil Factor” Explores Motives in Terror War
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

French-born documentary filmmaker Gerard Ungerman brought his latest documentary, The Oil Factor: Behind the War on Terror, to the Peace and Democracy Task Force of the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest January 11 for a rare pre-theatrical release screening. The film, the latest of five Ungerman and his wife, Audrey Brohy, have produced, is a follow-up to their 2002 film The Hidden Wars of Desert Storm, containing footage (much of it shot by Ungerman and Brohy themselves) of life in Iraq just after the occupation as well as historical scenes and interviews.
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Activists Report from Colombia, Iraq
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Two long-term activists in the San Diego community gave reports on their recent trips to the front lines of the so-called "war on terror" at Activist San Diego's January 10 meeting. Fernando Suárez del Solár, whose son was killed in Iraq in the early days of the war, talked about his second attempt to visit the country with a Global Exchange delegation, the refusal of Jordanian authorities to let his group cross the border, and the atrocities he heard about from Iraqis. Activist San Diego founder Martin Eder discussed the deteriorating situation in Colombia, where activists are killed by U.S.-backed paramilitaries and a Colombian government run by their former general.
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Queer Leaders Keep Pushing Marriage Issue
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Despite the overwhelming passage of initiatives in 13 states in the 2004 elections to ban legal recognition of marriage between same-sex couples — and, in eight of those states, the leaders of Equality California (EQCA), the state’s Queer rights lobby, have made it clear that marriage remains their number one legislative priority in California. At a January 7 “community summit” meeting at the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Center, EQCA executive director Molly McKay urged support for the group’s bill to legalize same-sex marriage in California and discussed the proposed state constitutional amendment to ban all legal recognition of same-sex relationships.
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Anti Racist call to action THIS weekend
ARA,

SPREAD FAR AND WIDE.


THIS IS A CALL TO ACTION FOR ALL THOSE OPPOSED TO NAZI SCUM.
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MENTAL BREAKDOWN TO HOMELESS
MARION ,

DE ANZA BAY RESORT ATTORNEYS STOLE MY HOUSE - SAN DIEGO CALIFORNIA


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Feb. 19th - Challenging White Supremacy in SD
The ORGANIC Collective,

SAVE THE DATE!
February 19th, 2005

Challenging White Supremacy Workshop

Date: February 19th, 2005, 11am-5pm
Location: San Diego, TBA
Cost: TBA, no one turned away for lack of funds
More info at:  http://cwsworkshop.org  http://ORGANICcollective.org

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Remove the Military Bases-Open Panel Thursday
DARRIN MORTENSON ,

A group of former military officials and civic leaders appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger heads to Oceanside and San Diego next week to ask local leaders for ideas on how to shield local military bases from the next round of closures and cuts.

GO VOICE YOU OPINION!!
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New Features on San Diego Indymedia!
san diego indymedia,

We've done a ton of work in the last few weeks to make San Diego Indymedia more usable and more accessible, as well as to make it easier for people to get involved with us.

The main feature we've added is translations. Now, in the left column, there is a language selection box. When choosing Español, you'll be presented with our site en Español, including all buttons and forms. If you find an error in our translation, please email it to us. Also, we added the "Add A Translation" feature so that every story has an "Add A Translation" button. This way, people can easily add translations to stories so that when a user goes to the spanish section of the site, the articles are en Español also.

What does this mean? We need translators! Are you bilingual? Are you interested in helping us tear down the borders that separate our community? Are you dedicated to challenging racism by building understanding? If so, email the new San Diego Indymedia Translation group at imc-sd-translation at lists.indymedia.org .
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The Professor and the Anarchist: Free Speech
Michael Klam,

SDSU Professor, Fred Moramarco, and anarchist lawyer, Cecil Hayduke will be presenting written and visual work in the Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park, on Wednesday, February 2 at 6:30 pm. Discussion and open mic to follow. Moderated by Michael Klam.
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J20 Bush Inauguration General Strike Protest
Miss Shimmy,

Many diverse links below...
Collected, reposted, and forwarded everywhere -- the volume of protest information becomes the story (the media becomes the message) and then the protest itself is better understood even if the mainstream corporate "journalists" don't give it the attention it deserves. Cut, paste & please forward in solidarity -- everywhere!


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Floods in Tijuana
mecap,

article from the UT, just thought people should know
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Boxer “Seriously Considers” Election Challenge
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer is “seriously considering” joining a challenge by several members of the House of Representatives to the results of the 2004 Presidential election, her press secretary, David Sandretti, said Wednesday morning, January 5. Local activists in San Diego held sit-ins at Boxer’s office Monday and Tuesday, January 3 and 4, to persuade her to join the challenge.

Photos from the rally:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/01/107142.shtml

UPDATE: 1/5 3:07pm - Around 8 people at the sit-in at Boxer's office have been kicked out of the office. The security guard then told them they were not allowed to be in the hallway they moved to the lobby.
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