Murderous Former Dictator Pinochet Dies, Escaping Reckoning with Victims
reposts, san diego indymedia volunteer,

Augusto Pinochet, former dictator of Chile who presided over a US-backed reign of terror spanning the period 1973-1990, died on Sunday at age 91.

Under his rule, thousands were disappeared and murdered and hundreds of thousands, including briefly the current president Michelle Bachelet, were brutally tortured. Land redistribution programs and nationalization of industries under Salvador Allende, who was overthrown on September 11, 1973 in a coup led by Pinochet, were replaced with elitist theories of free market crazies like Milton Friedman (who died in November) and the "Chicago boys." The wealthy subsequently made out like bandits but ordinary people were devastated.

Using legal maneuverings, faked illnesses and the influence of friends in high places, Pinochet avoided being held responsible for his crimes. At the time of his death, he was under house arrest, charged with the murder of two of Allende's bodyguards. Numerous celebrations, protests and marches were held in Chile after the announcement of the dictator's death.

"You have a population that experienced those horrors and wants something to be done about it. That's why the issue of Pinochet has not died in Chile. When they keep saying that he is old, that he is sick, that he has dementia. For me, he is a criminal and should be brought to justice. Ask the people who lost their relatives, who lost their friends, who lost their dearest, dearest persons."
-Cecilia, who helped broadcast Allende's last speech, speaking on radioActive sanDiego in 2004

From CMI Santiago:
Muere quien fue causante de una de las dictaduras más sangrientas de la humanidad.

En un escueto comunicado público entregado por el hospital militar se informó que el dictador Augusto Pinochet murió hoy a las 14:15 hrs luego de una grave descompensacion.

A los 91 años el general estaba siendo juzgado por un sin fin de crímenes, entre ellos juicio de derechos humanos y por usurpacion de biene públicos.

Las organizaciones sociales están en estos momentos convocando a una gran fiesta popular en plaza italia, mientras la derecha pide honores de estado, la concertación aun no sabe que hacer. El pueblo está en la calle con bocinas, batucadas y festejos.

Minute-by-Minute Report from Santiago on Sunday | 2004 radioActive sanDiego Interview with Cecilia on Coup and Anti-Free Trade Demonstrations
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Winter Solstice Play
rodriguez,

Want a different holiday story? The children’s play “The Little Fir Tree” is about winter solstice, respecting the environment, and opening up our hearts. It offers children and adults a message of generosity that is not linked to consumerism. So get up, pile those kiddos and folks of all ages on bikes, the bus, or take a walk to Balboa Park, and if you have to drive car remember to pick friends and family along the way.
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grupo de danza Azteca Invitacion
ROSA SALAZAR,

CONVOCATORIA PARA FORMAR PARTE DE GRUPO DE DANZA AZTECA
REUNIONES TODOS LOS SABADOS A PARTIR DE LAS 4:30 EN EL WILDWOOD PARK QUE ESTA UBICADO ENTRE LA ESCONDIDO AVE. Y E.VISTA WAY EN VISTA
TE INVITAMOS A RESCATAR LA GRANDEZA DE NUESTRA CULTURA Y TRADICIONES
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Iraq War Resister Kyle Snyder Speaks in San Diego
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

At 19, Kyle Snyder joined the Army for the usual reasons a 19-year-old would: a $5,000 signing bonus and promises of health coverage and college aid. Four years later, he's touring the country in a bus run by the Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) and speaking largely to student audiences — many of them students of color — in schools heavily recruited by the military. He's also fulfilling the opportunity the military promised him and then reneged — the chance to reconstruct infrastructure for a devastated population — not in Iraq, but in New Orleans, where IVAW members have an ongoing cleanup project to rehabilitate homes flooded in Hurricane Katrina.

“There’s not a day that goes by without me thinking about the 500,000 Iraqis and 3,000 Americans who have died. I support the troops but oppose the war. I want my friends home so I don’t have to question anymore. I don’t believe in the Bush administration. One minute I’m looked at as a hero, and the next as a traitor. It’s difficult for me to understand that kind of logic.”

Iraq Veterans Against the War | San Diego Pablo Paredes Coverage: 1 2 3 4 5
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The FBI, Cell Phones and You
san diego indymedia volunteer and repost from CNET,

I am not a paranoid conspiracy theorist. I do not believe the twin towers fell because Dick Cheney planted explosives in them. I do not think the Kennedys were assassinated by space aliens. But I have one request: before you read another word of this story out loud to yourself or your friends, TAKE THE F*N BATTERY OUT OF YOUR CELL PHONE!

Let me explain. We all know that the NSA is monitoring our phone conversations and reading our e-mails, without warrants or oversight or any of that messy red tape, because, any one of us, especially if we have a tendency to question the corporate security state, could at any time turn into a TERRORIST. We also know that the FBI as well as local security forces have been infiltrating groups who advocate for peace, animals and the Earth, because, well, you know. These actions combined with the recently revealed Automated Targeting System and numerous other programs have led most people to self-regulate their speech and actions, to avoid the possibility of being branded an eco-terrorist (green scare), a potential presidential assassin or an Islamic terrorist.

But to the clever geeks at the FBI, this climate of fear and paranoia simply isn't enough. And so they, in partnership with their corporate collaborators, have devised a way to listen to our conversations using cell phones. But, you say, the NSA is already doing that! No, the FBI is listening to you even when you aren't talking to someone using your cell phone. What? As revealed in a judge's ruling related to investigation of the feds' competitors, the Mafia, the FBI's eggheads have figured out how to reprogram your phone, without ever having access to it, so that they can activate the microphone and listen by calling your phone from anywhere, without you having a clue. OK, you say, I will just turn off my phone. Nope. Many models of phones (thank you Verizon!) can be turned on remotely, again, without a trace.

And so all of us who have cell phones are wired directly to the den of thieves. Even amongst trusted friends, we have to "watch what we say, watch what we do." The only ways to defeat this intrusion are to take the battery out of your cell phone, leave your phone at home, or responsibly recycle it.

Welcome to homeland insecurity. How can we help you?

Original Report from CNET

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Vigil at Mexican Consulate
r.l. rodriguez,

The APPO, the popular assembly of the people of Oaxaca, called for the support from the international community. San Diegans responded by gathering in front of the Mexican Consulate on 1549 India Street Friday evening. 35 people gathered in front of the consultant holding banners, signs, and candles sending the message to the Mexican government that their violent and repressive actions will not go unnoticed.


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Is Mayor Sanders a Racist?
rocky neptun,

Recently, Mayor Sanders appeared on the right-wing radio show of Rick Roberts supporting the minutemen “camp out” in North County migrant camps. In the two weeks since his appearance, harassment of the migrants and human right supporters has increased.

At a vigil in front of City Hall on Friday attended by several dozen San Diegans of faith, Rosemary Johnston, of the Interfaith Coalition for Immigrant Rights, pointed out that "the lack of housing for migrant workers has become a tolerable evil in our community. To those who say, what part of illegal don't you understand, I say what part of injustice don't you understand?"

The attacks on migrant camps throughout the county, increasing harassment of day labors near Home Depots with city police assisting border agents, the open support of supremacist groups and their actions by Mayor Sanders, paints a frightening picture of a city sliding into its own Dark Age of fear, hatred and racism.

Like the proverbial duck; if it walks like a racist, talks like a racist and acts like a racist, then, His Honor, may well......

Related: The Minuteklan Rallies: Observer Arrested | Border Patrol and SDPD Arrest Day Laborers | Sean Bell, Murdered by Police in Queens | The Bride Wore Black
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San Diego IndyMedia outreach documents
jonathan,

Here is a collection of outreach documents. Most of these are out of date, but they may be of some use as templates. In the past we had fliers, books and videos that we had out when we did tabling at events.
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un dibujo espontaneo
vapporoaxaca,

Los niños se expresan de manera muy espontanea. Es increible como los niños han participado de manera activa en todo este proceso de appoyo a la resistencia de Oaxaca.
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Una Vigilia Silenciosa.
vapporoaxaca,

Todos a los Consulados y a las embajadas mexicanas de donde vives a las 6:00 pm, mostremos nuestro repudio a las acciones perpetradas por Vicente Fox, Carlos Abascal, Ulises Ruiz, la Policía Federal Preventiva y Felipe Calderón,para dar "supuesta solución al conflicto en Oaxaca". Lleva ropa negra, veladoras o algo que simbolice el luto por la fatídica muerte de la "supuesta Democracia" que Vicente Fox y todos los neoliberales pregonan.
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Vigilia Silenciosa
vapporoaxaca,

Invitacion a mostrar nuestra solidaridad de pueblo a pueblo con Oaxaca

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Ethics Toward Animals
Animal Advocates of SDSU,

A talk by Gary Yourofsky

One person's inspirational actions have been covered by every newspaper, radio outlet, and TV station in his native Detroit, and by countless other media outlets nationwide.
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WET; MOXIE’s Provocative Pirate Play
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

MOXIE Theatre's latest production, “Wet: Or, Isabella the Pirate Queen Enters the Horse Latitudes,” a world premiere of Liz Duffy Adams’ new play, provocatively plays with the iconography of pirates to create a brilliant satirical drama on the conflicts between authority and individualism, slavery and freedom, Blacks and whites, Queers and straights. Last year MOXIE triumphed with Adams’ similarly themed “Dog Act,” and this year they've done it again.
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Wal-Mart Burns at the Weirdo Art Gallery
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The painting is called "Let It Be," and it shows the front of a Wal-Mart with flames billowing from the back of the building. It's just one of the many striking images created by local artist Kelly Hutchinson and on display at his Fish Out of Water Weirdo Art Gallery, 2925 Lincoln Avenue just off 30th Street in North Park. Another painting in the show features President Bush eating a cake with an American flag stuck in it, in a field of sheep (representing the people who voted for him), while working people are shoveling excrement in front of him. Though Hutchinson insists his gallery isn't meant to be political but "fun," his convictions come through in much of his work. See his pieces at the gallery's official opening, December 9 from 6 p.m. to midnight.
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Election 2006: Mixed Blessings
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

An analysis of the November 7 election results plus the ways in which the Democratic takeover of Congress has been reported in the corporate media since. The analysis suggests that the Democrats will have a hard time maintaining their Congressional majority if they don't take a strong stand on corruption and ethics issues; that conservative social issues in general and a Constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage may actually have an easier time of passing in the new Congress, since many of the recently elected Democrats assured their constituents in their campaigns that they were anti-abortion rights and anti-Gay marriage; and that the "outings" of Florida Congressmember Mark Foley and Reverend Ted Haggard towards the end of the campaign may be more complex issues than most progressives believe.
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Foundation Awards Media Justice Grants
San Diego Foundation for Change,

Grants to be used in supporting local efforts to expand the Media Justice movement across the San Diego/Tijuana region
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Photos from last day of SD Oaxaca Planton
donkilo,

see below
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Manifesto Presented to Consul as Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Closes
san diego indymedia volunteer,

With a press conference and presentation of a Manifesto to the Consul, the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had occupied the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate since the invasion of Oaxaca City by Federal Preventative Forces (PFP) on October 29, closed Tuesday and moved to Chican@ Perk in Sherman Heights.

The Camp had become a center for education about the corrupt government in Oaxaca, ongoing repression and the resistance, as well as a hub for organizing activity. The Plantonistas communicated their messages using diverse tactics, including marches, rallies, banners, chants, photos, sidewalk chalk art, flyers, video showings and conversations.

As the Camp was being dismantled, the Consul Luis Cabrera presented himself to receive a copy of the VAPPOR-OAXACA Manifesto, signing a statement that he would forward it to outgoing President Vincente Fox and fraudulently elected incoming President Felipe Calderón.

Christy Will, who was present at the Camp Tuesday morning, introduced herself to the representative of the government that is violently repressing the resistance her brother Brad was documenting as he was murdered and that is sheltering his assassins. She earlier read a statement on Radio Universidad thanking the Plantonistas for their solidarity with the people of Oaxaca, expressing support for the demands of The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO) and announcing the formation of a foundation to "support and contribute to nonviolent groups dedicated to the advancement of underserved people and communities throughout the world."

The Manifesto declares the solidarity of VAPPOR-OAXACA with the people of Oaxaca and their representatives, APPO. It connects the dots between the current struggle, the role of the international capitalist system stretching back 514 years to the European invasion, and the repression of Oaxaqueños and other migrants in the border region. It also submits demands paralleling those of APPO: immediate withdrawal of Mexican federal forces; a complete end to repression, harassment, torture and psychological warfare; freedom for all political prisoners and disappeared, with compensation; and the removal and immediate arrest, judgment and punishment of the corrupt governor Ulises Ruiz.

The Plantonistas reclaimed public space in front of the Consulate and held the space day and night despite harassment by cops and Consulate personnel in a heavily gentrified neighborhood of Little Italy, where private security forces aided by cops have made it nearly impossible to sit down, much less lie down, without buying crap.

The Camp was maintained by a coalition of individuals and groups operating on a consensus basis that came to be called VAPPOR (Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia) OAXACA, including Oaxaqueños in San Diego County, Adherents to the Zapatista Sixth Declaration, Anarchists, Students, Migrant Advocates and others. Members of VAPPOR OAXACA plan to continue their educational efforts and actions elsewhere in San Diego.

Numerous other solidarity actions around the world have been raising awareness of ongoing repression and resistance in Oaxaca, despite a corporate media near blackout.

The Seventh MegaMarch, called for by APPO with the intention of surrounding PFP troops in the Zócalo of Oaxaca City and ejecting them on November 25, is in progress. For live coverage, check out Radio Universidad (go here and look to the right column to find the latest reliable streaming links).

Video 8min 20sec: Press Conference (espanol), Christy Will (english and espanol) and dismantling of the Camp.
Video:12min 17sec Presentation of Manifesto to Consul (espanol)
Press Release and Manifesto

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

UPDATE: Photos From Last Day of Planton

SD Reports: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17

SD Audio: 1 2 3

SD Video: 1 2 3 4 5 6

SD Features: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
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UNA CARTA PARA EL PERIODICO LA JORNADA.
Angel Lita,

Información sobre el Plantón afuera del Consulado Mexicano en San Diego, en solidaridad con la lucha oaxaqueña y la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca.

Todo este movimiento paso desapercibido por la mayoría, pero lo bueno es que desde el plantón se logró establecer una red de apoyo y conformar una Coalición llamada vAPPOroaxaca, coalición de trabajo para continuar con las actividades de apoyo a Oaxaca. Esta coalición no es de membretes, de Organizaciones, ni de lideres, ni de caudillos, ni de vedettes en pos de la camara y las luces de neon y de la television, ésta coalicion mas que perseguir a los medios para ensanchar los egos, va encaminada a buscar opciones y puentes y es una palabra compuesta por tres palabras que significan movimiento en solidaridad con la lucha oaxaqueña cuya dirigencia es la Asamblea Popular de los Pueblos de Oaxaca. Esta coalición esta abierta para todo aquel que haciendo a un lado intereses personales o de organización, esten dispuestos a trabajar y luchar en apoyo a la causa, el ejemplo de la APPO es una guia y una enseñanza, tardará un buen tiempo para entenderla un poco, pero mientras lo hacemos los tiempos nos reclaman solidaridad y buena vibra. Sinembargo como nadie puede autonombrarse representate, portavoz o vanguardia de este movimiento, todos por nuestro lado podemos desarrollar un trabajo hormiga, real y organizativo, y en algún momento encontrarnos, como sucedio este Domingo 19 de Noviembre pasado en el festival político-cultural (con una presencia de oaxaqueños evidentemente acrecentada) afuera del Consulado Mexicano. Asi tal cual pasó sin afanes protagónico-robacamaras y de respeto mutuo por parte de todos.

Vivan los compañeros que estuvieron 24 dias en planton en San Diego,la lucha no a acabado, la lucha apenas empieza, la unidad debe trascender los discursos huecos-engañabobos de los que se sirve el gobierno. La unidad se construye desde abajo y con acciones.

Fuera Ulises Ruiz!!! Fuera la PFP!!! Libertad a los presos políticos!!!
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Rally in Solidarity with Oaxaca Nov 19
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday November 19, a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

The Rally included numerous speakers discussing the situation in Oaxaca and the courageous resistance of the people, a reading of the manifesto written by VAPPOR OAXACA (Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia), the companer@s who been maintaining the Solidarity Camp, a phone call to Radio Universidad from a cousin of Brad Will who happened upon the Camp while visiting relatives in Little Italy, passionate and energetic music, and the dramatic arrival of marchers from another part of the city.

The Rally was part of a series of events leading up to November 20, for which the Zapatistas called for international actions in solidarity with the resistance in Oaxaca. Numerous events were held in the u.s. and globally, including a blockade of major roadways in Chiapas, a blockade, march and critical mass ride in San Francisco, and Oaxaca video showing, street theater and dance in Barcelona.

Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Nov 19 Rally Part 1
Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Nov 19 Rally Part 2

Past SDIMC Features on Oaxaca and the Camp: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
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Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Rally - Part 2
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday, November 19 a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

Video: Part One shows rally setup, interactions with cops, introductory ceremony, two speakers, cousin of Brad Will from Los Angeles speaking by cell phone to Radio Universidad, arrival of marchers and music. 13min 24sec 17.8 Mbytes

Video: Part Two shows the reading of a Manifesto by the VAPPOR OAXACA Solidarity Camp, two speakers and music. 11min 54 sec 15.8 Mbytes

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Video: Oaxaca Solidarity Camp Rally - Part 1
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Sunday, November 19 a Rally in support of the resistance in Oaxaca was held at the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp, which had been occupying the sidewalk outside the San Diego Mexican Consulate continuously for three weeks.

Video: Part One shows rally setup, interactions with cops, introductory ceremony, two speakers, cousin of Brad Will from Los Angeles speaking by cell phone to Radio Universidad, arrival of marchers and music. 13min 24sec 17.8 Mbytes

Video: Part Two shows the reading of a Manifesto by the VAPPOR OAXACA Solidarity Camp, two speakers and music. 11min 54 sec 15.8 Mbytes

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Chief of Police Certain Case Will Be Solved
r.l. rodriguez,

On Sunday November 5th, Daniel Apra attended an informal car show in a parking lot in the 4100 block of Alpha Street in Southcrest. Daniel was on the ground helping his friend who had just been in a fight when shots were fired into the crowd of a 100 people. Daniel and another young man were shot.

At a community meeting on Monday attended by the Mayor and Chief of Police, Father Henry Rodriguez asked the Mayor if “the youth of San Diego are on the list of the city’s priorities and if so, how would the new budget reflect it?” Mayor Sanders answered “yes, our youth are a city priority.” Chief of Police Lansdowne told the crowd, “I am absolutely certain we will solve this case.”

Fransico Barrios, Daniel’s uncle, said he was born and raised in Southcrest and “this is the first time I’ve ever seen the police and the Mayor make such a fuss over a murder in this neighborhood. I hope the men didn’t just say certain things and make certain promises because of the presence of cameras.”

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Ending Birthright Citizenship
Daniel Maldonado,

Ending Birthright Citizenship, the Crack Cocaine of the Nativists Movement
by Daniel Maldonado, 22Nov06


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Help keep Walmart Superstores out of SD
donkilo,

Go to the City Council meeting and make your opinion known (in whatever way you feel is most effective).
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Video: Nov 21 VAPPOR OAXACA Camp Press Conference
san diego indymedia volunteer,

At a press conference on Tuesday, November 21, VAPPOR OAXACA, the group that has been maintaining the Oaxaca Solidarity Camp outside the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, announced that the Camp would move to Chican@ Perk to continue its mission of bringing attention to the repression in Oaxaca and the courageous resistance of the people.

Video: 8 min 20 sec, includes statement to press (espanol), phone call to Radio Universidad by Christy Will, Brad Will's sister (english and espanol), and dismantling of the Camp.
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VAPPOR Press Release and Manifiesto Bilingue
donkilo,

El manifiesto en español esta al fondo.
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San Diego Recognizes Outstanding Leadership
Sarah Narstrund,

The City would like to recognize both Chris Rutgers of Outdoor Outreach and Mandy Oglesby of Project 360 for their work with the youth of San Diego County
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The Minuteklan Rallies: Observer Arrested
Rachel,

The Minuteklan rallied in Vista and Carmel Valley Nov. 18th.

I was at the Home Depot on Fairmount in Mission Valley. No Minutemen came there today. It was very quiet.

Beginning at 7am this morning, a group of Minutemen amassed themselves at a day labor site outside a Vons shopping center in Vista. When we heard the Fairmount Minutepeople were in Vista, my compatriot and I headed up there, too. The group of Vista racists was perhaps 50 strong or more, bearing large signs demanding the deportation of undocumented immigrants and a policy that would establish an impermeable border. In addition to the Minutemen, a collection of 20 or so community members were present, demonstrating their solidarity with the day laborers whose ability to find work today was obstructed by the racist rally. Before I arrived on the scene, one community member had already been arrested for allegedly skateboarding without identification.

The Minutemen disbanded and made for the Carmel Valley Canyon at about 11am. The migrant population that rests in the Carmel Valley Canyon had left by the time of the Minutemen and their observers' arrival, leaving the space to a barricade of police, maybe a hundred Minutepeople, a couple of skinheads, the 15 or so who stood by to represent an opposition to racist vigilantism, a few Brown Berets, and the baffled residents of the sprawling tract housing development adjacent to the canyon.

See Also: America's Most Racist City
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Oaxaca Solidarity Camp: Rally 2PM Sunday
san diego indymedia volunteer,

VAPPOR OAXACA Rally
(Vencera la Asamblea Popular del Pueblo de Oaxaca en Resistencia)
2PM Sunday November 19
Mexican Consulate, 1549 India St. Little Italy

The Oaxaca Solidarity Camp has continuously occupied the sidewalk outside the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, 24/7, for 21 days, since the invasion of Oaxaca by Mexican federal troops on October 29, in solidarity with the Oaxacan resistance's demands put forth by The Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca (APPO): that the murderous governor Ulises Ruiz be removed, that the federal troops leave Oaxaca, and that all political prisoners be released and the disappeared be returned.

The Camp has been educating the community about the human rights violations occurring in Oaxaca and the ongoing resistance through banners proclaiming Fox and Ruiz as murderers and listing the demands of the resistance, photographs showing the invasion and the people's resistance, flowers and a Dia de los Muertos altar, flyers, rallies and marches, chants, one-on-one discussions and videos. People waiting in line outside the consulate in the morning have been particularly receptive to these messages. Corporate media showed modest, sound-bite-level interest in the events in Oaxaca and the Camp early on, but characteristically lost interest in one of the most important stories of repression and resistance of this century.

The Camp has weathered the unsuccessful efforts of consulate personnel and cops to repress its solidarity actions, including illegal detentions, surveillance, attempts at infiltration, violent threats and actions against marchers, including ramming a copcar into the wheelchair of a protester, and endeavoring to turn local businesses and residents against the protesters. Although relations with residents of the high-priced neighborhood surrounding the consulate were rocky at first, with some complaints about noise, the warmth of the people occupying the camp and the power of their message has won over the locals, leading to friendly relations, expressions of support and donations of food.

Numerous solidarity actions around the globe are planned for the days leading up to Nov 20, when the EZLN has called for solidarity blockades, including a rally at the Mexican Consulate in San Diego, 1549 India St in Little Italy on Sun Nov 19 at 2PM.

Highlights/Reports from the camp since the Oaxaca Solidarity March on Nov 5:
The Attitude of the Mexican Consul Nov 6-7: Since the Mexican government is a strict hierarchy it is no surprise that the local Mexican consul is of course their echo. Instead of acknowledging that his role is to understand and service the requests of all Mexicans, he is concerned only with offering up Mexico (and its population) to foreign tourists and investors, not caring if Oaxacans barely survive while living at the mercy of fear, exploitation, torture and murder. Read More

Meeting Held at Mexican Consulate Nov 8: Groups, organizations, collectives and individuals met in a formal attempt to develop a more consistent coordination with all people in solidarity with the Oaxacan struggle, lead by the APPO, about the responsibility of the encampment in front of the Mexican Consulate. Read More

SD Street Party: A little birdie told me that people are planning to go the Mexican Consulate in Little Italy the night that the corrupt, murderous governor of Oaxaca, Ulises Ruiz, announces his resignation, which is the principal demand of the Popular Assembly of the Peoples of Oaxaca, a coalition of teachers, students, farmers, indigenous groups and other social movements. Read More

Sister of Brad Will Visits Solidarity Camp Nov 10: Yesterday, Christy Will (Brad Will's sister) came to visit the Solidarity encampment in front of the Mexican consulate in San Diego. She thanked us for what we are doing and was visibly moved by the show of support that our encampment has made for the people of Oaxaca. Read More

Morning Videos Nov 15-17: Campers have been showing the video Victoria Todos Santos (PFP attack on the University repelled - Nov 2) on a laptop to the people standing in line waiting to enter the consulate in the mornings while explaining the situation in Oaxaca and the purpose of the Camp. The video helped to make real the difficult situation people in Oaxaca face and their courage and determination. Especially moving to the viewers was the interview with a young boy participating in the battle to protect the University. Watch the Video from Mal de Ojo TV

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

SD Reports: 1 2 3 NEW: 4 5

SD Photos/Reports with Photos: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NEW: 13 14 15 16 17

SD Audio: 1 2 3

SD Video: 1 2 NEW: 3 4


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