Human Rights Defenders Found Guilty
Corrie Ort,

Erik Olson, Kevin Nash, and David Rodriguez-Acevedo were found guilty of targeted residential picketing of the mayor’s house in San Diego. The three men are part of an organization called the Invest-In Project which works to call attention to, and eventually change, human rights abuses. They model their activism on the sit-ins of the Civil Rights Movement.

First article on this topic - Justice in San Diego:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/108907.shtml
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County Office of Education awards Pro-MinuteMen Film
lotus,

The San Diego county Office of Education conducts an annual award called the iVIE. The iVIE is intended to "increase student achievement through visual literacy". The San Diego county office of education includes the County Board of Education, the County Superintendent of Schools and more.

This year, the SD Coutny Office of Education decided to award a film called "Invasion", a pro minutemen film about why they must arm themselves to defend against migrant people. The student who won accepted his award at the red carpet event, where students of many different cultures and ethincities were in attendance, wore a shirt that said "proud to be a vigilante" and was met with a round of applause.

Why is the San Diego office of education doing so much to promote violence against migrant people?

Contact the San Diego Office of Education here

iVIE Awards | San Diego County Office of Education | More about the films
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Frye Slams Developers
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

During her May 14 announcement rally, Mayoral candidate Donna Frye blasted the development industry in San Diego, claiming they share a large chunk of the burden for the city's fiscal crises.
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Justice in San Diego
Corrie Ort,

Can these men get justice in San Diego?
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Socialism 2005: Build the Left Alternative
ISO San Diego,

A weekend of political discussion, debate and entertainment
 http://www.socialismconference.org
July 1-4 in Chicago at the Hyatt Regency O’Hare
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Jumpstarting the San Diego Free Press
sd indymedia,

We are restarting the San Diego Free Press after a long vacation in which we were up to our necks in other mediums. There is a ton of news of critical importance happening here in San Diego on a daily basis, and we're going to try to take our media making efforts out of the ether and back into the physical realm. We also plan to have lots of content in the new Free Press en español, since we have been doing serious work on translation for our website. We see the Free Press newspaper as an opportunity to both outreach to people who aren't already involved with movements for social justice and also as a way to reach communities which don't have much access to the internet and computers.

To do this, we need your help with editing, layout, translation, story and art submissions, brain power, donations, moral support, vegan cookies and anything else you want to help with!

Please join us at our next meeting to work on putting this issue together! The meeting will be Tuesday, May 17th at 7:30pm.
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Paredes Gets 3-Month Sentence, No Prison Time
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Naval war resister Pablo Paredes got unexpectedly lenient treatment at his court-martial sentencing May 12: a three-month sentence at hard labor (which really means menial duties on base), two of which he'll spend restricted to base. Observers attributed this to a sympathetic judge and the powerful testimony of local law professor Marjorie Cohn, who made a convincing case that the U.S. wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and Yugoslavia violated international law and U.S. treaty commitments and therefore a servicemember who refused duty there could fall under the Nuremberg principle which allows — indeed, requires — a soldier to refuse an order that could make him or her complicit in war crimes.
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Pablo Paredes Puts the War on Trial
lotu5 for sd indymedia,

UPDATE: Pablo Sentenced to 2 months of confinement, 3 months of labor, a sentence so minor as to be without precedent for a court martial.

On May 11th, 2005, Pablo Paredes was found guilty of missing movement. The unauthorized absence charge was dismissed. Sentencing continues today, May 12th in the court martial.

BUT, DURING THE PRE-SENTENCING PHASE...Marjorie Cohn made ABSOLUTE MINCEMEAT OUT OF THE PROSECUTION!

So much so that the military judge in the court martial said, "I BELIEVE THE GOVERNMENT JUST PROVED THAT ANY SERVICEMEMBER HAS REASONABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE THAT THE WARS IN YUGOSLAVIA, AFGHANISTAN AND IRAQ WERE ILLEGAL"

Read more from the court martial attendees

As his court martial took place, outside around 50 supporters performed act 1 of the 3 act play "Put the War on Trial", which Pablo wrote. Following that they marched through Logan Heights and received a warm reception. One person driving by said "Thank you for coming to our neighborhood! Gracias para venir a nuestra barrio!" The march ended at the gates of the 32nd naval base where supporters held banners over the bridge, rallied on the sidewalk and showed their support for Pablo and everyone with the courage to resist this illegal and immoral war all day, in the unrelentingly hot sun. Support events will continue today with act 2 of Put the War on Trial and a film night fundraiser.

Story from Zengers | Audio from night forum 5/11 | Audio from night forum on 5/10 | Direct Action to shut down recruiting offices
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Paredes, Other Resisters Speak/National City
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

On the eve of his May 11 court-martial for refusing to go with his ship to Iraq, sailor and war resister Pablo Paredes was joined by two other resisters, Camilo Mejía and Aidan Delgado, at a meeting in National City May 10. The program, which also featured Fernando Suárez del Solár — who became a peace activist after he lost his servicemember son in the early days of the war — veteran peace activist Blase Bonpane and poet Al Howard, became a discussion of the courage it takes to resist a war, especially in America's current political climate, and even the disagreements between these young men showed the thoughtfulness and passion with which they have thought out their positions and actions.
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Interview With First Navy War Resister: Pablo
kirsten anderberg,

On May 11, 2005, Pablo Paredes, a U.S. Navy Petty Officer, 3rd Class, will face a court martial for refusing to fight in the Iraq war. In Dec. 2004, Pablo refused to board a Navy ship as it left San Diego, Ca., becoming the first Navy personnel to openly refuse to cooperate with the Iraq war. I interviewed Pablo on May 6, 2005 abou this actions.
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GRRRRRL POWER! SHOW ONE - May 7th
Bill Pierce,

Greetings from Radioactive Future & Funerals of Distinction:

The first show of the GRRRRRL POWER! series of shows is tommorow night! I hope to see everyone there, this will be a very exciting beginning of this all-female art show series that I am curating.
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Blowhard Union-Tribune Can’t Quit
Mike Manual,

Give us citizens of San Diego a break. Who cares if certain city council members took money, by supposed Las Vegas style mob figures, to overturn a city ordinance for a no-touch policy at strip joints! Big fricken deal if a woman touches a man. So what? Don’t you editors have anything important to rant about at the San Diego Union Tribune editorial board?


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radioActive sanDiego Benefit Show
Heidi Lorraine,

Flyer for the radioActive sanDiego Benefit Show at the Che Cafe on May 21st! Hijos de la Malinche, The Dekoys, Johnny Love Sound, Black Cove Catastrophe! All ages! 8pm-Midnight!
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SDSU-area Carfree Club press release: Comment
Colin Leath,

Please consider submitting input on the SDSU Paseo project's EIR by May 19. The SDSU-area carfree club recommends that you encourage the city council not to approve the parking garage and street widenings that are a part of the current "Paseo at SDSU" proposal.
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sd imc meeting wednesday 5/4 @ voz alta
sd indymedia,

San Diego Indymedia Meeting Wednesday

Wednesday, May 4th
San Diego Indymedia General Meeting
7pm, Voz Alta, 1544 Broadway in downtown SD
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City Council Votes for Special Election
Djette,

SAN DIEGO - The San Diego City Council unanimously voted Monday to hold a special election this summer to choose a replacement for Mayor Dick Murphy, who resigned a week ago amid the city's persistent financial troubles.
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Zen Political Justice - Donna Frye for Mayor!
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

Donna Frye should have taken office as Mayor of San Diego last January. She did not due to a political injustice involving the California Courts ... eeirily reminiscent of what happened to Al Gore at the national level in 2000. But a quirky set of events may offer a form of zen political justice that might correct the wrongs of last November.
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Donna Frye Speaks to Queer Democrats
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

City Councilmember Donna Frye made a surprise appearance at the April 28 meeting of the predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club. She said she definitely would run in any election to fill the term of lame-duck Mayor Dick Murphy and pleaded with club members to lobby the City Council to schedule an election as soon as possible instead of filling the vacancy with an appointed interim mayor. The Council will consider the question Monday, May 2 at 11 a.m. The meeting's program also included a discussion of the same-sex marriage issue and a report from Jess Durfee, former club president and current chair of the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee, on the likely candidates for Mayor.
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radioActive sanDiego - ECD & borderHack
lotus,

DJ lotus interviews Ricardo Dominguez about Electronic Civil Disobedience, borderHack in 2000 and 2005, Electronic Disturbance Theatre, digital zapatismo, Thing.net, the performative matrix, hacktivism, Hopecon, 2600, Empire, Deleuze, Pentagon cyberwar weapons, Critical Art Ensemble, hybrid actions with bodies and ECD and much more...
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Enron Movie Opens in San Diego April 29
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Alex Gibney's new documentary "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" opens in San Diego April 29 at the Landmark Theatres, 5th and University in Hillcrest. Made by the co-director of the liberal film "The Trials of Henry Kissinger," the Enron movie at times hints at a broader critique of capitalism but at other times buys into the pro-capitalist defense of Enron as a "bad apple" in a basically sound market system. The film also contrasts the testosterone-driven male-chauvinist culture of Enron with the heroism of three women — two within the company and one a journalist for Fortune magazine — who blew the whistle on it.
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Pablo Paredes Denied Conscientious Objector
Djette ,

An investigating officer has recommended to deny Navy sailor Pablo Paredes' request for conscientious objector status. In addition, his request for Other than Honorable discharge in lieu of trial was also denied. His court martial is scheduled for May 11.
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Book Party
maquilatijuanasandiego@earthlink.net,

A history of class and power in San Diego, Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See is an anti-tourist guide that debunks the sunshine myth for locals and visitors alike.
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Corporate Child Abuse Persists
Gregory Chant,

Private teen prisons are popping up all across the country. These unregulated 'Behavior Modification Schools' are making hundreds of millions of dollars for the owners, at the expense of desperate parents at wits end with their unruly teen. Hundreds of allegations of abuse, dozens of lawsuits and several deaths are left in the wake of these private American gulags.
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DICK MURPHY RESIGNS
Jeff Dillon (w/out his consent),

SAN DIEGO – Amid recall demands by the city attorney and a week after being named by Time magazine as one of the three worst big-city mayors in the United States, Mayor Dick Murphy announced he will resign effective July 15.

Click here to read recent news about the mayor we voted for:
 http://sdimc.org/en/2005/04/108147.shtml


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SD/Tijuana: 10 Years of Border Photograhy
Michael Klam,

Maria Teresa Fernandez will be showing her acclaimed photographs of the SD/Tijuana region for one night in the Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park, Wednesday, 5-11 at 6:30 pm. Do not miss this chance to meet the photographer. There will be question-and-answer and open mic to follow.
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Aguirre Blasts Murphy for Incompetence
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

City Attorney Mike Aguirre Scorned Mayor Murphy's competence during a speech before Democrats last March
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San Diego Opens New Fronts in War on Homeless
Rocky Neptun,

The City of San Diego continues to expand its human rights assults against the homeless as 3 politicians join the war wagon. City Council members and the City Attorney are escalating San Diego's War on the Homeless.

Two new fronts were recently opened on the city's ongoing persecution of the homeless. San Diego police officers from the Eastern Division, with shock troops from the downtown precincts, joined city bureaucrats, probably armed with box cutters, who invaded the San Diego riverbed area, south of Mission Valley to hunt down poor human beings like wild animals.

Recent Homeless Solidarity Sleep-Out | San Diego's War on the Homeless | Audio from the sleep-out | Photos

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Same-Sex Marriage: New Civil Rights Moment
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

California will be THE political battleground over same-sex marriage rights in 2006, said Evan Wolfson, former staff attorney with Lambda Legal Defense and currently executive director of Freedom to Marry, in a speech at the Center April 21. A marriage equality bill is being pushed through the California legislature this year, while radical-Right activists are seeking to put on the ballot an initiative that will not only block same-sex marriage in California but repeal the state's pioneering domestic partner law as well and leave same-sex couples in this state with no legal recognition or protection whatsoever.
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1069fm update 4-21-2005
the 1069 urban pirates,

 http://1069fm.blogspot.com/

Because we live in an age of information warfare, where the US murders foreign journalists, shuts down foreign newspapers that are critical of it and invades people's homes at gunpoint for contraband videotapes and broadcast equipment...

Because we have been lied to long enough about the joys of consumerism and the prosperity that will come from hard work.

Because we make the decisions that affect our own lives.
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Breaking News from The Student Walk Out
Djette y Lotus,

About 350 students held a rally at City College on April 20th to protest the proposed budget cuts being put forth by the Governor. After the rally, they held a spirited, loud march wiht drums, noisemakers and booming music through downtown to the State Department building where the Governor's office is. After rallying at the State Department building, the group began to march back. Present were supportive faculty members, organizers, college students and high school students from SDSU, UCSD, City College, Miramar College, Southwestern College, SD High and more.
A breakaway march of about 50-75 people split off from the main group, outside of the lines of motorcycle cops and horse cops in riot gear. After an intense confrontation where the police pushed people, hit them with their motorcycles and bicycles, threatened them with batons and brought out a visciously barking police dog, the breakaway still refused to return to the main group. Although they tried to move their march to the sidewalk, the police still refused to let them go and tried to negotiate the route. After the students refused negotiations, the police finally gave up and let the march continue on the sidewalk back to city college. Numerous attempts were made to retake the streets, but the police used their horses to push people back onto the street.
Click Read More to read transcribed from calls from the event - Here are some reports from the Student Walk Out at City College.

For photos click here
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