Over 1,000 Turn Out to San Diego Peace Events
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

San Diego’s contribution to the international day of opposition to the U.S. war on Iraq on Saturday, September 24 was highly successful, with over 1,000 people participating in the afternoon rally at Sixth and Laurel in Balboa Park and the feeder marches that led to it. But the rally revealed some differences between members of the anti-war coalition that threaten its ability to hold together and reach out to the broader U.S. public, especially people who’ve decided that the war was a mistake in the first place but aren’t ready to support an immediate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq.
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Queer Democrats Back Latinas for City Council
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club endorsed two Latina candidates for San Diego City Council in the open seats in Districts 2 and 8 in the November 8 special election. The club picked Remy Bermúdez for District 8 at their regular meeting September 22 and upgraded their previous "acceptable" rating for District 2 candidate Lorena Gonzalez to a full endorsement.
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Prison Boom a Product of Racism, Matlin Says
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The United States, home to six percent of the world’s population, contains 25 percent of the world’s prisoners, David Matlin, literature professor at San Diego State University and former teacher in New York state prisons, told an audience of about 60 at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest September 16. Drawing part of his talk from his book, "Prisons: Inside the New America," Matlin combined shocking statistics about the sheer reach of America’s burgeoning prison system with reflections about what the high rate of incarceration means to us as a society and to our values.
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photos from Sept. 24 march
Zachary Miles Baddorf,

SAN DIEGO -- About two thousand people from Southern California rallied together Sept. 24 in a concerted effort to end the war in Iraq and bring American troops home now.


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Jan-Feb Disaster Storm Predicted for SW Coast
anon,

For the people and gov./non-profit assistance. New storm predictions of dreamers-psychics past and weather storm patterns observed historic and remembered through prehistory oral tradition past to historic time.
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Long Voyage Towards A Marechiaro
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

One was a fisherman, one was an artist, one was a cook. They came to America to find freedom and a future for their family. Their story is the tale of the immigrant in America and it reminds us all how stronger America is when we embrace the immigrant, rather than shut them out of our culture.
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Last Night: Do-It-Yourself New Year's Parade
Rico,

Did your First Night celebration go belly-up. And you weren't looking forward to the usual boring city-sponsored New Year's Eve fare anyway. A trend is afoot. Let's do our own parade. A Last Night celebration. We reclaim our streets and usher in the new year with our own celebration.
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An Immigrant's Tale in San Diego
E.A. Barrera, Espresso Newspaper,

One was a fisherman; one was an artist; one was a cook. They were Italian P.O.W.s forced to fight on the wrong side. They came to America after World War Two to seek a better life for themselves and their families.They made their home in San Diego and they succeeded beyond their greatest dreams.
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Breaking Border Paradigms
Bob Alba w/sdimc,

Calexico had many successes Saturday and early Sunday morning. According to the public and most major news sources, the human rights protestors have effectively shut down or delayed the Friends of the Border Patrol (FBP) from inaugurating their fall vigilante watch. Here are some pictures from one of the insipiring parts of the day as we broke down Border paradigms.

Morning confrontation: Account | Video | Photos | Audio

Resistance in Houston | Resistance in NY | Resistance in Tucson

Past Stories: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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American Suicide
Jim Mortellaro,

If Jeffery will permit ... here is my take on America the Beautiful and America the free.
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The Big Con
Tibor S. Friedman,

Democrats Versus Republicans - The Illusion Of Democracy
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'Dangerous Dan'
Greg Szymanski,

Former Green Beret Comes Clean About Mafia-Like Hit On Military Officer Who Knew Too Much About Kennedy Assassination
Called 'Dangerous Dan' by his military buddies does an about face from being a Green Beret and military hitman to now fighting for Christ as a born again Christian. Once he found the Lord, the former Special Forces Lt. Col. says he no longer fears the assassins who have tried in the past to kill him for going public in a tell-all book.
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Time for Self Reflection
What Really Happened,

You are a slave.

I know that’s not what you want to hear as you hoist your New Year’s champagne, but it is the unpleasant truth that we all face going into 2004.
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America Is Bankrupt
Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers,

09/12/05 "Lewrockwell" -- -- A recent trip to the United States – after a three-year absence – showed me how far the country and its people have deteriorated in a short period of time. Americans are bankrupt. They are bankrupt at every possible level: spiritually, morally, educationally. The country’s economy has deteriorated to the level of a Philippines or a Thailand (and I mean no disrespect to the Philippines or Thailand – I love those places).
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Grand Jury Grinds On
lotu5,

After over 40 days in jail for refusing to cooperate with an investigation into a public forum, San Diego activists are now, and will continue to stand by their beliefs. They need your support in the form of letters, donations and books more than ever.

The following statement from David Agranoff was recently posted to San Diego Indymedia: In the wake of Recent Events I wanted to issue a statement for all of MY SUPPORTERS here in SAN DIEGO, Nationally and Yes WORLDWIDE. Many of you have sent wonderful letters, money and books. Locally you have carried signs and SHOWN UP faithfully to court dates and fundraisers. I can honestly say that it TOUCHES ME DEEPLY.

Since our Dago Activist Community came under attack there have been ups and downs in terms of betrayals and solidarity. MOST of you have stood strong to resist this GRAND JURY REPRESSION. At this point I have already SPENT 40 DAYS IN PRISON TO DEFEND the ACTIVIST COMMUNITY. Some of you were at Rod's Lecture or maybe just friends were there. I am doing OK living in this PRISON the system CAN NOT break me.

ALL I ASK, you don't have to protest, you don't have to write a letter, ALL I ASK is you READ this essay from beginning to end. I am not asking for much. [Complete Call for Solidarity]

Update from Free Speech Defense | Account of Court Hearing | Another statement of Solidarity | Peter Young's Statement on SD Grand Jury | Stop Grand Juries.com | Free Speech Defense.net | FBI Witchhunt.com
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Motion Denied
freespeechdefense.net,

San Diego activists are currently serving time in prison for refusing to
testify at a secret federal grand jury hearing supposedly investigating a
public lecture held in August of 2003. Danae Kelley is one of the citizens
imprisoned for asserting her First, Fifth, and Sixth Amendment rights.
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Grand Jury Resistors court update
paul,

Brief update about yesterdays court date for David and Danae
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A Call For Solidarity
David Agranoff,

David mailed me this statement asking for solidarity and asked that I post it on IndyMedia. There are only a few spelling errors/typos in David's letter because he had to write this in a bit of a hurry, but I will try to make them coherent while keeping as much of David's writing in it's original form as possible. Hopefully I don't add my own typos as I type this out.

- Bob Alba
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Support Danae Kelley Wednesday 1pm San Diego
freespeechdefense.com,

Wednesday September 7th 2005 Court is in Session

Danae Kelley will once again appear before Judge Gonzalez and reiterate her decision to stand up to the grand jury and refuse to testify dispite the consequence of prolonged imprisonment.
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San Diegans Report Back from Sheehan's Camp
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Eight San Diegans who'd gone down to Crawford, Texas to support Cindy Sheehan in her demand that President Bush tell her to her face what noble cause her son died for in Iraq reported back on September 3. Following their presentations there was a discussion on what the peace movement should do next. Many of the speakers tied their remarks to Hurricane Katrina and said Iraq and Katrina both reflected the skewed priorities and awesome incompetence of the Bush administration.
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Crawford: Where Do We Go From Here?
North County Coalition for Peace & Justice,

Cindy Sheehan gave the peace movement a kick start. Now it's up to us to keep it going. Hear from San Diego folks who went to Crawford and join in the discussion. Bring your ideas.
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New San Diego Indymedia Editorial Policy
San Diego Indymedia,

Today we are releasing our new editorial policy, written by the San Diego Indymedia Editorial Collective. This editorial policy is inspired by our mission statement, the Chicago Indymedia Editorial Policy and the Global Indymedia Principles of Unity.

Please give us your comments and feedback about this policy. As our mission statement says, we are committed to using media production and distribution as a tool for promoting social and economic justice in San Diego County. It is our goal to give voice to those people under-represented in the mainstream media. We hope to hear back from the broader San Diego community that is working for social justice and to know what you think of our editorial policy and our editorial work up to now.

Also, if you would like to join Indymedia to help create the media revolution to make revolution a reality, check out our how to participate page.
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A San Diego radical tech collective?
sd indymedia volunteer,

Is anyone interested in starting such a project?
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What's wrong with the ISO?
infoshop.org,

First is the selling of the newspaper. So much emphasis was placed on this activity alone that it was a requirement listed on the membership card that one signs upon joining. The ISO considered themselves the only legitimate heirs of Trotsky and Lenin, and their newspaper, Socialist Worker, the new Iskra. This was the main vehicle through which we were going to spread "socialist ideas and revolutionary consciousness." Never mind that the paper reads like a grade-school synthesis of the bourgeois press with some stock socialist phrases tacked on to the end of each paragraph.
...
While there might be an appearance of democratic debate within the group at the branch level, ultimately, everything is pretty much decided by the center in Chicago.


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An Encuentro Against All Borders
sd indymedia,

The No Border Encuentro took place on August 27-28th at the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego/Aztlan. Two days of events including a maquiladora tour, a benefit concert and a day of forums, panels and encounters took place with over 100 people from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Orange County, Eugene, Portland, Tijuana, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia participating. On the walls hung photos of recent actions to stop the Minutemen, a poster of the PGA Hallmarks, and maps of Calexico, where the No Border Camp will be in September. [Complete Summary, another account]

Radio coverage was done all weekend by Blast Furnace Radio, due to some technical difficultues at radioActive sanDiego.

Audio: Beats Against Borders with Dias Tristes, Boomerang Politick and Entartete Kunst | Encuentro Opening and Border History Panel | History of the Border Part 2 | Closing presentation by Ashanti Alston | Migration and Indigenous Nations 1 | 2

Photos: Maquiladora Tour | More | Beats Against Borders | Encuentro

This is only part of a large movement against the MinuteMen, La Migra and the Border itself. Thursday night before the conference, La Raza Rights Coalition held a community forum to present their demands around these issues to legislators. Next weekend, Sept 2-4, BorderHack 2005 will be taking place in Tijuana. Also that weekend, on the 3rd, is a forum against the Minutemen in Chula Vista.

The Encuentro was planned as a space to strategize about how to create a world without borders, how to effectively challenge racism and how to put an end to the Minuteman Project. These strategies will be put into action from September 16-18th in a series of actions and a No Border Camp in Calexico.
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Maxine Waters Speaks in San Diego Aug. 26
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Progressive Congressmember Maxine Waters (D-Los Angeles) spoke in San Diego August 26 at the Machinists' Hall in Kearny Mesa in an appearance sponsored by Activist San Diego. She called the war in Iraq the most pressing issue facing America today and proudly boasted of her membership in the Out Now Caucus, a group of 45 to 50 Congressmembers demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.
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Dahr Jamail's Report on Iraq, 7/29/05
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The predominantly Queer San Diego Democratic Club was unable to agree on a candidate to endorse in the special election for City Council District 2. Lorena Gonzalez, the only person of color among the major candidates, came within one vote of the 60 percent needed for the club's endorsement and was ultimately the only candidate rated acceptable by the members.
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BOB DYLAN BLOCKED THE BEATLESS FOR 13 CENTURI
Bob Dylan,

...Stoned you when you say this is the end...
...stoned you and then you come back again...
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support website for sd grand jury prisoner
www.freespeechdefense.net,

the offical website is up more info to be filled in on it soon
 http://www.freespeechdefense.net

 freespeechdefense@yahoo.com
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Activist to Reappear before Grand Jury
cari beltane,

UPDATE: Support rally for Nicole at 8:30 a.m. at the federal courthouse on Front St. and Broadway on August 23. Danae's husband's subpoena has been dropped.

Nicole Fink will reappear before federal grand jury on Tuesday, August 23 at 9 a.m. On August 17, she appeared in court for what she believed would be a contempt hearing for refusing to testify. She was surprised to find that there was no contempt hearing, and that the judge actually rescheduled her to appear before the grand jury. Again, she will refuse to testify. Past stories on the Federal Grand Jury in San Diego

Other recent stories about police, prisons, and inmates: American Vegan Prisoner Needs Your Help! | Counter-Recruitment Protest Shot with Tazers | San Diego Prison Riot Leaves One Dead | Leonard Peltier Moved Twice in 6 weeks
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