Fascist Targeting of Irish Americans
NIFC,

NIFC speak out against fascist targeting of Irish Americans

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Discuss SD Peace & Justice Movement April 18
sdcpj,

Join the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice and many others for an informal discussion on:

Which Way Forward for the Peace and Justice Movement?
How and Where Can We Make Our Broadest and Most Focused Impact?

Monday, April 18th
7:00 p.m.
First Church of the Brethren (see www.sdcpj.org for address/directions)
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David x interviews Lotus
David x,

David x interviews Lotus in San Diego in January 2005. Topics covered include community radio, indymedia, direct action, personal motivation, Lotus's big picture analysis. 33 minutes
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Student Walkout
Sarah,

California State Wide Student Walkout!

ó NO MORE BUDGET CUTS
175,000 qualified residents were turned away from C C's last year!

ó NO TUITION INCREASE
2005/06 budget proposes fee increase of 8% for undergraduates, and 10% increase for graduate students!

ó FULLY FUND FINANCIAL AID
2005/06 budget proposes financial aid to be cut by a third!

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Border Photography, Music, and Spoken Word
Michael Klam,

Free Speech Arts in the Museum of the Living Artist, hosted by Michael Klam. Food, entertainment (featured artists/music/poetry/photography), open mic, general audience, all ages.
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Project Free Ride - SD/TJ Bike Project
Project Free Ride,

Project Free Ride: A San Diego Bike Project in the Makings

Hey all...You got skills, time, energy or old bikes/parts/tools lying
around? We can use it all!
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May 7th San Marcos Community Gathering
F.A.R. (fight for animals rights),

May 7th There will be a Gathering in San Marcos, California. Vegan Potluck, Anarchist Soccer, Poetry reading, Live Music (acoustic folk punk bands), Workshops/Teachins(primitive fire making "bowdrill", womyn's lib., civilization.
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City of San Diego wants to Ban RV's
Karin,

The city of San Diego wants to make parking rules
for RVs, school buses, boats and step vans different than it
is for SUVs, passanger cars and Mini Vans.
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San Diego Passes Living Wage Law, 5-4
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

After organizing for nearly three years, supporters of a Living Wage Ordinance (LWO) in San Diego finally got the City Council to go along by a 5-4 vote after a six-hour hearing April 12. The ordinance will require that private contractors pay workers on city contracts at least $10 per hour if they also provide health benefits, or $12 an hour if they don't. As a compromise, supporters agreed to phase in the implementation of the ordinance over the next three years to give the city a chance to recover from its current financial crises first — but that didn't satisfy either the Council opponents or the speakers against it, many of whom relied on Libertarian arguments about the sanctity of the "free market."
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After Nearly 4 Years of Struggle, Living Wage Passes
djette aporetics,

Congratulations! After nearly four years of hard work by the Living Wage Coalition, we won! Today at about 8pm the city council voted 5 to 4, Brian Maienschein, Jim Madaffer, Scott Peters and Mayor Dick Murphy dissenting (no surprise there) to adopt a Living Wage Ordinance for the city of San Diego. Two thousand workers and their families will be lifted out of poverty with passing of Living Wage Ordinance.

Brief Report from Students for Economic Justice

Protesters gathered today and the San Diego Concourse at Civic Center Plaza to demand a living wage ordinance in this years City Budget. The motley Coalition was comprised of a variety of organizations: San Diego Organizing Project, San Diego Democratic Project, Old Women's Project, NAACP, Environmental Health Coalition, American Friends Service Committee, Service Employees International Union, Interfaith Community for Worker Justice, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, ACORN, International Painters and Allied Trades, American Federation of State and County Municipal workers, Nurses Unite, Justice for Janitors, and United Food and Commercial Workers to name a few. The Living Wage Ordinance includes a wage increase to $10 per hour plus health care or an additional $2 for the health care differential.

See Photos from the Rally

Article by Independent Journalist

Tune into radioActive Radio on Thursday at 6:30PM PST for an interview with the coalition's press contact.

Radio coverage live from the rally - including an update on the hunger strike for a living wage in St. Louis.

For More information Go to: Universal Living Wage.org | Economic Policy Institute | LivingWageCampaign.org | San Diego Union-Tribune
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Tax Day Flyer Action
Djette,

Here is a Flyer PDF to pass out at your local Post offices on Tax Day - 4/15. You can also leave a few at the feceral Building down town if you feel so inclined. It details the allocation of state tax dollars and reveals the militarization of government spending.
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Church Groups Oppose SD Boy Scouts
Lindsey ,

Court filing reflects dispute between Boy Scouts and religious denomination, as Unitarian Universalists oppose Boy Scouts' control of San Diego parklands
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reject Conan the barbarian
sickof it all,

Please lets move now...
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Living Wage Ordinance to be decided on Tuesday
Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice c/o sd indymedia,

Joel Ramos from the Center on Policy Initiatives, a labor-funded think tank that studies San Diego’s low-wage workforce and makes recommendations for changes, announced to the San Diego Democratic Club March 24 that the San Diego City Council will finally hear the Living Wage Ordinance on Tuesday, April 12 at 2 p.m. — a rally at 12:30 in the Community Concourse, 202 “C” Street downtown, will precede the hearing — thanks to a discharge petition signed by four City Councilmembers (Michael Zucchet, Toni Atkins, Anthony Young and Donna Frye) after Mayor Dick Murphy, an outspoken opponent of the ordinance, refused to put it on the Council’s agenda.

Background Story on the Living Wage Ordinance

The Living Wage Ordinance will be heard by the San Diego City Council on Tuesday, April 12th at 2 p.m. in City Council Chambers (unless we are moved to a larger room because there are so many of us). We will begin the event with a Rally at Civic Center Plaza at 12:30 p.m.

LIVING WAGE HEARING AT CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2:00
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, 202 C STREET
RALLY AT 12:30
CIVIC CENTER PLAZA
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Nader: "Towering Similarities" of Reps, Dems
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Author, veteran activist and three-time Presidential candidate Ralph Nader came to San Diego April 4 and spoke twice in one day — once at the World Beat Center in North Park and once in North County — as part of a nationwide tour to pay off his debts from his 2004 Presidential campaign. Though he spent much of his time attacking President Bush for leading an illegal war in Iraq and running the government for the benefit of his rich friends in corporate America, he also alluded to the “towering similarities” between the Republican and Democratic parties and defended his decision to run in 2004 as an independent candidate.
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Youth Busting Borders!!! Conference
Youth Action Network,

Youth in San Diego need to rise up to fight for our rights!!! We have some of the crappiest schools in the nation without enough textbooks, and with dirty bathroom facilities. Police and migra are harassing us in our communities and military recruiters harass us at school. The governor is cutting all of the money from education, but juvenile incarceration rates go up every minute! Its time to fight back!
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Friends Not Fences - Border Protest April 2nd
Jonathan,

April 2, 2005 - 50 to 75 people marched to the U.S. / Mexico Border to show their opposition to the Triple Border Fence and their support for making friends across the border.
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borderHack 2.005 - this summer
The ORGANIC Collective,

borderHack 2.005
a 5 day experiment in autonomous community building
a border camp on the US/Mexico border in the San Diego/Tijuana region
a summer of escalation of resistance against borders
an intergalactic encuentro

//

5 días de experimentación en la construcción de comunidades autónomas
Un campamento en la frontera México-Americana en la región de San Diego / Tijuana
Un verano de intensificación de la resistencia en contra de las fronteras
Un encuentro intergaláctico
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Fundraiser for Pablo Paredes w/ MEDEA BENJAMI
...,

Friday APRIL 8, 7PM

Fundraiser for Pablo Paredes with International Peace and Human Rights Activist Medea Benjamin (CODE PINK, Global Exchange co-founder)
Special Invited Guest: Fernando Suarez del Solar

$10 admission, $5 seniors and students;
VIP parking $5.00; free parking on-street.
Advance tickets available on www.nccpj.org
Carlsbad Women’s Club, 3320 Monroe St. Carlsbad
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The Ideology Of Victimization
anonymous,

The Ideology Of Victimization

by Feral Faun
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Council to Hear Living Wage Ordinance 4/12
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Mark this date in red on your calendars: TUESDAY, APRIL 12. The San Diego City Council is FINALLY scheduled to hear the badly needed Living Wage Ordinance at 2 p.m. at their regular meeting at city hall, 202 "C" Street. A rally to show community support before the Council meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Community Concourse outside city hall. Kudos to Councilmembers Michael Zucchet, Toni Atkins, Anthony Young and Donna Frye for signing the discharge petition that forced anti-labor Mayor Dick Murphy to put the Living Wage ordinance on the Council agenda.
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Differences Between Republicans and Democrats
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

State Senator Joe Dunn (D-Orange County) spoke to the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club March 24 and gave an impassioned analysis and call to action centering around the differences between the Democratic and Republican parties. He argued that the Democrats have historically stood for justice and economic independence, while the Republicans have stood for individual liberty and corporate dominance. Dunn said a second American revolution — a struggle likely to take decades — is needed to reverse the current Republican dominance and win back for Americans their political, religious and economic independence.
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Radical Events in San Diego!
imcista,

San Diego is getting so active that I can't even make it to all the events anymore! Woohoo!

March 26 - Audre Lorde Day - Please join us this Saturday March 26, at the World Beat Center to celebrate and honor the struggle of a freedom fighter, of a leading Woman in the struggle.

March 30 - SDIMC Movie Night - Join SDIMC on Wednesday, March 30th (and every last Wednesday of the month)for our monthly movie night! 7 pm @ Voz Alta (the corner of 16th and Broadway)$3 to $5 suggested donation. Please bring a yummy vegan snack to share!

March 31 - Cesar Chavez day - The Xispas website and blog is the place to learn about Xicano culture, art, and politics. We deal with history, indigenous traditions, books, opinions, and social criticism. In this newsblast, we offer some people's history and opportunity for community action. Con solidaridad - Xispas staff www.xispas.com/blog

April 1 - March for Health Care - Justice for Janitors, the Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice and the San Diego-Imperial Counties Labor Council invite you to March for Health Care for Suburban San Diego Janitors.

April 2 - Stop the Border Fence protest - Saturday April 2nd. STOP THE WALL! March and protest the construction of the third wall at the border of San Diego and Tijuana. For information go to http://www.stop-the-wall.org

April 8-9 - Human Rights Film Festival - Human Rights Film Festival at Miramar College - FREE!!!
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10 PEOPLE DIED
WHY?,

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Fletcher Speaks on "Rebuilding the Left"
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Bill Fletcher, radical activist, former union organizer and AFL-CIO educational director and co-author of a recent "Nation" article calling for a more locally focused, grass-roots revival of the Rainbow Coalition, spoke on "Rebuilding the Left" at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park March 22. In an event sponsored by San Diego's Socialist Unity Network, Fletcher discussed the crisis of the Left and how only a willingness to build truly mass organizations and challenge the "master narrative" of the Right can help us overcome it.
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More Photos from Saturday's Protest
Jonathan,

March 19, 2005
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Multiple Marches Converge Against War
from the South Bay,

From National City to Oceanside, from Chicano Park to Balboa Park, a diverse group of San Diegans marched through their own communities on March 19th to say, once more, no to war and no to occupation. The Resistencia Estudiantil march started at 7am at Southwestern, going through National City, Barrio Logan, Chicano Park, Sherman Heights, City College, and eventually, Balboa Park. The Code Pink March came from Oceanside, starting three days in advance and keeping it strong the whole way. At 2pm they all converged at the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice's massive Anti-War rally.

Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Audio: 1, 2

Stories: Pablo Paredes at Rally - War is good business for who? - Over 75 reports of Protest on March 19th

Other Anti-War actions in San Diego: PHHS counter-recruitment action - Sean Hannity protest - Street Art Covers San Diego - Recruitment Centers Defaced - Ground Zero Players, M19 Butoh

National and Global March 19th stories and actions:

March 19, 2005, was an International Day of Protest on the second anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. Over ten thousand people took to the streets of San Francisco. Elsewhere in California, thousands took to the streets of Los Angeles, and many people from all over the Central Valley gathered in Fresno for "the Rally in the Valley." Hundreds converged in San Diego, and in Eureka, thousands braved the rain to demand an end to the occupation of Iraq and the immediate withdrawal of US troops.

Articles, Photos, Audio and Videos from California

March 19th Action Page on Indymedia.us

There were many other protests around the US. Aside from San Francisco, the largest protests were in New York (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 Video: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ) , Chicago (Photos: 1 | 2 Video: 1 ), and Fayetteville, North Carolina (Photos: 1 | 2 ).

Thousands also took to the streets in Portland (Photos: 1 | 2 ), smaller towns in Oregon (Photos: 1 | 2 ), Las Vegas ( Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 ), Baltimore (Photos: 1) , Seattle (Photos: 1) , St. Paul ( Photos: 1 ) , Boston (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ), Houston ( Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ), Madison (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 Video: 1 ), towns throughout New York State (Photos: 1 Video:1 ), Nashville (Photos: 1 ), Miami ( Video: 1 ) Atlanta ( Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 Video: 1 ), Traverse City Michigan (Photos: 1 ), Pittsburgh (Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 ), Champaign Illinois ( Photos: 1 ), Cleveland ( Photos: 1 ), Arkansas (Photos: 1 ) , and Milwaukee.



Around the world, protests took place in Tokyo, Winnipeg, Istanbul, Copenhagen, London, Bombay, Lahore, Rome, Ankara, Athens, Brasilia, Dublin, Glasgow, Mexico City, Sydney, Aukland, Madrid, Kuala Lumpur, Santiago, Cairo, Montevideo, Sao Paulo, Johannesburg and many other cities. Photos



Read More Anti-War Protest News On Indybay's Anti-war News
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Paredes Emotional High Point of 3/19 Rally
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Pablo Paredes, the naval officer who refused to board a ship for deployment to Iraq last December and applied for status as a conscientious objector, won a standing ovation from over 1,000 people at a peace rally March 19 in Balboa Park. Co-sponsored by the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice and Activist San Diego, the rally was part of an international mobilization against the continuing U.S. occupation of Iraq on the second anniversary of the start of the war.
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Sean Hannity Protest in San Diego
Jeff Rose,

This is the first-person account of two grad students protesting Sean Hannity, a Fox News commentator as he spoke at the downtown Hyatt on Thursday, March 10th.
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CODE PINK - 40 Mile March for Peace
pink,

March 17 Code Pink began their 40 mile march from Oceanside to Balboa Park.
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