Progressive S.D. Hosts Post-Election Forum
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Progressive San Diego hosted a forum November 18 on "Lessons Learned" from the November 7 election, featuring three defeated local candidates — Francine Busby, Richard Barrera and Lorena Gonzalez — as well as Laura Hunter of the Environmental Health Coalition, Jess Durfee of the San Diego County Democratic Central Committee and Scott Lewis of the Voice of San Diego Web site. The focus was less on the Democrats' national triumph and more on the defeats at the state and local level — particularly the 3 to 1 defeat of the clean-elections initiative, Proposition 89, statewide and the 2 to 1 passage of Proposition C, San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders' bid to privatize city services.
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Lillian Faderman Promotes "Gay L.A." in S.D.
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Lillian Faderman, veteran Lesbian author and activist and co-writer of the new book "Gay L.A." spoke at San Diego's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center November 8. She talked about the history of Queer Los Angeles, mentioned the many "firsts" for the Queer movement that took place in L.A. — including the first ongoing Queer activist organization, first Lesbian and Gay male publications, first community center and first church specifically designed to reach out to Queer people — about the long history of anti-Queer repression, specifically from the Los Angeles Police Department, and the difficulties Lesbians and Gay men have had in trying to work together.
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A todos los Mexicanos
Elisabeth Sanchez,

Por un México grande, fuerte y del sol.
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Border Angels Press Conference Video
san diego indymedia volunteer,

Enrique Morones from Border Angels describes an agreement between property owners, city officials and migrant advocacy groups that will keep racists Minutemen away from the homes of San Diego's hardest working people. Video 2:48, english then espanol at 1:39.
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Escondido’s Anti-Immigrant Law on Hold
Daniel Maldonando,

Federal Judge, John A. Huston, blocked Escondido, CA’s anti-immigrant measure which was due to become law today.
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America's Most Racist City?
repost/border angels,

UPDATE: Enrique Morones from Border Angels describes an agreement between property owners, city officials and migrant advocacy groups that will keep racists Minutemen away from the homes of San Diego's hardest working people. Video 2:48, english then espanol at 1:39

PRESS CONFERENCE
Friday 3:30PM Downtown
Broadway Circle in front of NBC studios

Many San Diegans are outraged at the recent portrayal of the undocumented community in the recent undercover NBC report by Ana Garcia of NBC channel 4 in Los Angeles. Her one sided story, not only has created fear in the canyon communities where some migrants live, but has energized hate groups such as the minutemen and hate radio such as Rick Roberts to ridicule and create a circus atmosphere at the very site many of the hardest working members of our community have lived for decades.

We will not allow the Minutemen or any other racist groups to continue to practice their hate and violence on our migrant brothers and sisters or anyone else, as this represents the worst of the American Spirit.

Enough! We demand that Mayor Jerry Saunders, District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis and the community at large say Enough, Basta!!! The whole world is watching and we can in a blink of an eye go from “Americas Finest City”, to “Americas Most Racist City”

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The Black Holocaust, An International Event
Stewart A. Alexander,

There are more than 220,000,000 Blacks that have been affected by the Black Holocaust and even today is depressing over one half of the two billion Blacks on six continents. Any reparation would bankrupt our present day world banking system; however reparation must and needs to begin.



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Video from Nov 2 Protest and March for Oaxaca
jonathan,

This is a video of a moving song at the end of the March on Sunday November 2, 2006. Mexican Consulate, San Diego, California.
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Changemakers Gather in San Diego
rocky neptun,

One day a year we need to come together in love and humility; break bread together, smell the sweat of grass-roots activism (even the poorest of the poor), to feel a soft shoulder of solidarity, share our stories - successes and failures - and give quiet strength to our local sisters and brothers in the struggle for a better world.
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¿Alto a la masacre en Oaxaca!
Sergio Segarra,

Las tropas federales han irrumpido en Oaxaca masacrando al pueblo, con la excusa de imponer el “orden” que previamente violaron.Como una sola mujer, como un solo hombre, se ha levantado lo mejor de los hijos trabajadores de Oaxaca para hacer frente a las tropas del gobierno asesino.
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Columnist Edwin Decker Presents New Book
Michael Klam,

Author Edwin Decker at Museum of the Living Artist quarterly event with live performances by Pruitt Igoe and Blackbirdz.
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SD Street Party/Fandango cuando Ulises se cae
donkilo,

An idea...
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More Pics from Sunday's Oaxaca Demo
donkilo,

Click on the link below.
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Art and Banners from the SD Oaxaca Planton
donkilo,

Click on the link below for photos!
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Guerrilla Documentary Showings at Consulate
donkilo,

Click on the link for the pictures!
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Videos of Oaxaca Solidarity Music @ Consulate
donkilo,

Featuring San Diego's own Son Jarocho musica...
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MegaMarch in Oaxaca. Solidarity March and Rally in San Diego
,

On Sunday, a mega-march organized by the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO), with an estimated hundreds of thousands to a half million to one million participants, filled the streets of Oaxaca City, reportedly at one point extending as long as 12 kilometers (7 miles). The march was said to be the people's response to the Mexican Federal Preventative Forces' (PFP) failed invasion of the University Autotonima Benito Juarez, which houses APPO's Radio Universidad, and the continuing attacks, arrests and repression. Early on Sunday, a university student guarding the radio station was shot in the chest and remains in critical condition.

Also on Sunday, a Oaxaca solidarity march leaving from the San Diego Oaxaca Solidarity Camp at the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy (at peak ~ 70 participants) took the streets and progressed through downtown and the gaslamp with banners and chants expressing solidarity with the Oaxacan People and their demands: the corrupt governor Ulises Ruiz must go; the federal PFP troops must leave Oaxaca and the political prisoners and disappeared must be returned in good health.

The march was preceded by an open mic rally where speakers discussed the situation in Oaxaca, Oaxaqueños in California, and demands upon the Mexican government and the San Diego Mexican Consul. As the Mexican Consulate was approached at the conclusion of the march, unassociated passersby dragged hay bales, which had been placed on the corner to give Little Italy a fake harvest ambience, into the street, according to an eyewitness who did not wish to be identified. The hay bale blockade at the corner of India and Cedar was the site of a post-march open mic rally further discussing the situation in Oaxaca and the demand for the end to police violence in both Oaxaca and San Diego.

Throughout the march and rally, the sdpd continued harassing and intimidating protesters in an attempt to curtail their rights to speak and be heard, and their rights to occupy public space. Early in the march, one copcar loudspeaker declared that the marchers were participating in a riot and would be arrested if they did not move to the sidewalk. As the march continued in the street, cops threatened the peaceful protesters with violence by dangerously accelerating their cars toward them in the back of and on either side of the march. Late in the march, a cop car struck a protester's wheelchair, fortunately not resulting in injuries.

At the hay bale blockade rally, the sdpd's frustration with nonhierarchical, self-organized resistance movements was evident, as they searched unsuccessfully for a leader to threaten and arrest. Cop photographers and videographers attempted to intimidate the protesters. One sdpd photographer moved into the crowd, apparently thinking that an armed thug amongst peaceful demonstrators would not be noticed. Protesters held signs up to block his view every time he attempted to take a photograph, eventually chasing him back to the sidelines.

Many protesters commented that they were energized by their ability to get out the message about Oaxaca despite the attempts at repression. Music and poetry after the rally produced a festive and hopeful atmosphere.

The San Diego Oaxaca Solidarity Camp continues at the Mexican Consulate, 1549 India Street in Little Italy. The protesters request your continuing help and support.

SD Photos: 1 2

SD Video: 1

Links to Prior SD Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Coverage here

Reports/Reports w/ Photos on the Oaxaca MegaMarch: 1 2 3 4

Report on Electronic Blockade of Mexican Consulates and Embassies here

Radio Universidad (Espanol) | Ongoing English Translation of Radio Universidad here

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Video: SD Oaxaca Solidarity March+Rally Nov 5
san diego indymedia volunteer,

Video of the march and rallies at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp in front of the San Diego Mexican Consulate on November 5 (crudely edited). 14 min 26 sec, 19.2 MBytes.
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Voter Guides for San Diego County
JJ Rex,

If you are going to vote... Here are some guides to some voter guides. I think the City Beat Guide is the best, but the Republican list is pretty organized (just vote for the opposites).
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San Diego Activist Janice Jordan Running for CA Governor
san diego indymedia volunteer,

San Diego activist Janice Jordan is running as the Peace and Freedom Candidate for governor of California with a $400 budget. Her campaign calls for an immediate moratorium on the death penalty, community policing, universal healthcare and free education, affordable housing, full equality for women, support for unions and immigrant rights.

Jordan was political prisoner Leonard Peltier's vice-presidential running mate in the 2004 election. She is active in the San Diego Sagon Penn Chapter of CopWatch, the California Coalition of Women Prisoners, and other local groups working for positive social change.

Arnold Schwartzenegger is estimated to have spent $40 million for his republican bid for governor; Phil Angelides $36 million for the democrats. Despite the 100,000 times funding advantage the corporate candidates have over Jordan, in a recent mock election amongst California students, Jordan came in third - within spitting distance of the leaders: Jordan, 15.7%; Camejo, 8.9%; Olivier, 4.8%,;Noonan, 3.5%; Angelides, 34.5%, Schwarzenegger, 32.7%.

I spoke with Jordan outside a CopWatch event on October 22, the National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality. Video: 8min 33sec.

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Pics, San Diego’s Oaxaca Rights Demo, 11/5/06
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Photos from the November 5 protest outside the Mexican consulate in San Diego in connection with a week-long vigil outside the consulate and a worldwide mobilization against the Mexican government’s attacks on workers’ and human rights in Oaxaca. Any help IMC’ers can give me on identifying the people in the photos, especially the speakers, will be greatly appreciated. Just e-mail me at the address below.
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Election Action Needed Monday 8:30 a.m.
Mark,

Ken Simpkins, one of the lawyers who filed the Busby/Bilbray lawsuit, has filed a writ of mandate because Mikel Haas, the Registrar of Voters, has said that it would be inconvenient for him to comply with the Secretary of State's directive to issue enough paper ballots for anyone who wants one, and to count them as normal votes the night of the election.

If you have the time on Monday morning to be in court as a show of support, you would be doing a service to all San Diego voters. This is the Superior Court at 330 W. Broadway. Since most people who are aware of how vulnerable the electronic voting machines are to hacking, will be asking for paper ballots, and these will be the bulk of the votes, if they are not counted the night of the election, the results will be very skewed.

Ken's a good guy. Used to fly a helicopter in Africa for a food program. Here's the email he sent out:
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12th Annual Changemaker Celebration!
San Diego Foundation for Change,

Saturday, November 11, 2006, 5 – 10:30 pm
Civic Center Concourse – Golden Hall, Downtown San Diego
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FRSC: Oaxaca Solidarity, From NYC - San Diego
Bradley and Vinny,

Two interviews with activists on both coasts doing solidarity work with the people and struggles of Oaxaca, Mexico.
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Oaxaca Update
sdimc volunteer,

The Mexican Federal Preventative Police (PFP) continues to occupy parts of Oaxaca City following an invasion on Sunday, which Vincente Fox has claimed was triggered by the need to restore order following PRI paramilitary killings on Friday. Despite calls from federal legislators, including those of his own PRI, Ulises Ruiz Ortiz has refused to resign. The People of Oaxaca continue to resist, retaining barriers at some locations in the city and attempting to displace the PFP nonviolently.

The Zapatistas have called for solidarity blockades today, November 1, and a general strike on November 20 (espanol, english). Protests have taken place at over 20 Mexican embassies and consulates in the US.

The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp has continuously occupied the sidewalk outside the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy since Sunday evening, and the shifting camp population, drawn from autonomous collectives and groups in the region, has vowed to remain until the occupying forces are withdrawn from Oaxaca.

Over the past several years, Little Italy has been swept clear of real people through a combination of gentrification, cops and private security forces. It now provides a lifeless, sterile concrete, steel and glass environment for its largely atomized, over-consuming zombie inhabitants.

The Camp has brought to this barren a feeling of warmth and community, with singing, chanting, pot banging, signs, candles and a Dia de los Muertos altar. The Consul has been visibly disturbed by the Camp's display of power from below. The sdpd has detained three protesters apparently for having the gall to occupy three-dimensional space, as no legal reason could be discerned by videotaping observers.

The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp continues, as does the electronic blockade of Mexican Consulates and Embassies in North America.

Background: 1 2

Continuing Updates: espanol: 1 2 3 | english 1 2

SD Reports: 1 2 3

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Audio: 1 2

SD Video: 1


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Arresto en San Diego: MANIFESTACION EN EL CONSULADO MEXICANO EN SD
Juan Sajche,

Hace algunos días nuestros compañeros activistas decidieron manifestar enfrente del consulado Mexicano por las injusticias que se esta llevando acabo en Oaxaca. Para ser más exactos comenzaron la manifestación la tarde del domingo 28 de octubre. Ayer martes 31 de octubre el consulado llamó la policía ya que según ellos estábamos distorsionando la tranquilidad de la comunidad.
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SMALLER Pics from Monday's Oaxaca Demo
donkilo,

photos
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Photos from Monday's Oaxaca Solidarity Demo
donkilo,

photos
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Oaxaca Call to Action at SD Mexican Consulate
donkilo,

Announcement
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Photos from Oaxaca action at Mexican Consulate
donkilo,

Photos from the Oaxaca Solidarity Action at the San Diego Mexican Consulate. It started at 6 pm on Friday, October 30, and is still continuing. Seven people participated in an overnight sleep-in.
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