Marcha contra la represion policiaca en SD / March against Police Brutality - Oaxaca to SD
vAPPOroaxaca,

Vicente Fox, el ex-presidente de Mexico, responsable por masacres de gente indígena en Chiapas, por las desapariciones de participantes en la lucha en Oaxaca y por la negligencia en el caso de las mujeres asesinadas en Juarez y Chihuahua, viene a San Diego el 25 de abril para recibir el "Premio de la Democracia y la Paz", dado por el Instituto de las Americas, una organización derechista que está ubicado en el campus de la Universidad de California de San Diego. El 13 de abril, participantes en la acción pacifica Recupera las Calles eran las victimas de la brutalidad policíaca. En los últimos dos años, 17 personas han sido asesinatos por la policía y la migra en el condado de SD. ¡Hay que mostrarles que NO nos intimidarán con su violencia! ¡Lleva su bicicleta! ¡La lucha sigue!

Como la coalición vAPPOroaxaca, creemos que premiar a Fox es un insulto profundo a toda la gente afectada por las grandes violaciones de derechos humanos hechas por su gobierno. Las violaciones de derechos humanos cometidas por el gobierno de Fox están bien documentadas: 1 | 2
--Leer Mas--

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, responsible for brutal police repression in Oaxaca, Atenco and Chiapas, is coming to receive the "Award for Democracy and Peace", given by the Americas Institute, a right-wing organization located on the UC San Diego campus. On April 13, several participants in the non-violent Reclaim the Streets were victims of police brutality. In the past two years at least 17 people have been murdered by police and the border patrol in SD County. We need to show them that we will NOT be intimidated by their violence! Bring your bike! La lucha sigue!

We in the coalition vAPPOroaxaca believe that giving the award to Fox is a grave insult to all people who have been affected by the gross violations of human rights committed by his administration. The human rights violations perpetrated by the Fox administration are well documented: 1 | 2 | 3
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Como respuesta, hacemos una llamada de accion a toda la comunidad de SanDiego a participar en la marcha "Fox, NO estás bienvenido!" que empezará a las 6 pm en frente de la estatua de Benito Juarez en Pantoja Park (en el G Street, entre las calles Kettner y State) y terminará en una manifestación en la esquina de 4th y Broadway, frente al hotel US Grant donde Fox recibirá su premio: Mapa

April 25 at 6pm at the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park on G Street between Kettner Blvd and State Street: Map

Bike Bloc || vAPPoroaxaca || Institute of the "Americas"

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Leather and Spirituality Program May 4
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The Abrahamic religious tradition from which Judaism, Christianity and Islam derive takes an extremely negative, hard-line attitude against sex in general and sexual pleasure in particular. Nonetheless, many people with out-of-the-ordinary sexual lifestyles also are interested in matters of spirit. Four local Leathermen will be presenting a program on Leather and spirituality Friday, May 4, 7 p.m. at the Joyce Beers Center in Hillcrest; in this interview, three of them — Officer Wes, slave jeff and Steve Sallis — talk about how they overcame their Christian upbringings and found spiritual as well as physical fulfillment in BDSM (bondage, discipline, sadomasochism) sex.
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Artist Bill Pierce Presents "Tenacious" May 5
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

An interview with veteran San Diego artist Bill Pierce, who's exhibited his strongly anti-Bush, anti-Republican, anti-war art all over the world — but no longer does so in San Diego because there isn't a market for it. In this interview, Pierce discusses the struggles involved in being a cutting-edge artist in San Diego and promotes his new group show, "Tenacious!," opening Sat., May 5 at Zedism Gallery, 3540 Adams Avenue in Normal Heights.
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Anti-Circumcision "Intactivists" vs. OB-GYN's
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

Anti-circumcision activists, or "intactivists" as they call themselves, are organizing a vigil during the upcoming convention of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) all day May 7, 8 and 9. "Intactivist" Pat Brown is giving a presentation on the issue to H.E.A.L. [Health, Education, AIDS Liaison]-San Diego Tuesday, May 1 at the War Memorial Building, 3325 Zoo Drive in Balboa Park. According to "intactivists," routine male circumcision is just as bad as female genital mutilation; not only does it interfere with sexual pleasure but, contrary to popular belief, it not only doesn't help prevent AIDS but might actually make AIDS more likely.
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Film School Confidential: Student Films Rock!
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The 2007 "Film School Confidential" showing took place April 15 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. This annual event showcases the best student films made in the San Diego/Tijuana region. Many of this year's films dealt with cross-border issues, giving voice to immigrant Elijio Gonzalez, pioneering Chicano artist Victor Ochoa and church activists who build homes for people in Tijuana. Other films included a documentary on upscale dog-grooming establishments and an hilarious anti-racist satire called "The Crayola Monologues."
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Fight the police state and win (your ticket)!
driver,

How to fight a ticket and win.
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Post Your Stories by TELEPHONE to the San Diego Indymedia HOTLINE
two san diego indymedia volunteers,

You can now post stories to San Diego Indymedia using a telephone. This might come in handy if your access to the internet is spotty, if you are at an event and want to report the information fast or while you remember it, or if you just can't face spending more time in front of the computer.

Here's how to telepost:
1 - Call the San Diego Indymedia Hotline: *67.619.tHreeSeVeNEiGhT.OHnInEFouRSiX
2 - Your call will be answered by our dedicated Indybot - your cue to start is the word "Cool" (followed by a beep)
3 - Speak loud and clear. Give the title of your story first, then the author (feel free to make something up!), and then your story. You have a total of 2 minutes after the beep sounds before the Indybot hangs up on you.
4 - The Indybot will forward the story to a San Diego Indymedia volunteer. It should appear on the website as an audio file with a short summary within 12-24 hours (subject to the same procedures for hiding offensive material as for written posts). For stories that are candidates for features, we might include a partial or full transcript. During important events, the delay might be considerably shortened. We expect to automate many aspects of this process with our upcoming software upgrade later this year.
5 - Please contact us by leaving a message on the Hotline or at imc dAsh sd aT lists d0T indymedia d0T org if you have any questions.

San Diego Indymedia Hotline: *67.619.tHreeSeVeNEiGhT.OHnInEFouRSiX

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SD Police Chief Protects Corporate Criminals
Dustin D. Delon,

Police Chief Lansdowne, some legal scholars say, illegally refused to execute the search order - in effect, obstructing justice. He basically said, by his inaction that influence peddling, bribes to city officials, violating the public trust, are not crimes worth investigating.
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DIDM - Desiring (Incenciary Devices) Machines
dj lotu5,

Subscribe to our podcast here:

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Listen to the second episode of DIDM (Desiring Machines / Incendiary Devices)!

 http://bang.calit2.net/rasd/files/didm-2007-04-18.mp3

On this awesome episode, we talk about borderlands by gloria anzaldua with dj queen b, queer community, chicana experience, reclaim the streets with The Bee and what happened there and lots of stuff with onto the ontologist including complexity and delanda as it applies to social struggle, the NY anarchist bookfair and the panel on resistance and mexico there, baudrillard and the mirror of production, abstract hacktivism, craftivism and the city heights free skool.

music by: nicky click, macromantics, peaches, combat wombat, scream club.
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Video and Photos from Reclaim the Streets SD!
reclaimer,

Sorry about using the corporate website for the photos. At least the video is on indymedia...
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San Diego Reclaim the Streets: Summary
partiers,

On Friday, 100-200 people came together for a 3 hour Reclaim the Streets street party, marching all over downtown San Diego with music, puppets, glitter, costumes, dancing, jumping and lots and lots of FUN. The partiers included giant bunnies, zombies and a foot-powered City Heights Free Skool bus. The dancing throng occupied downtown streets normally reserved for overconsuming tourists in the face of heavy police presence featuring two undercovers, who stood out like anarchists at a corporate board meeting. Many people joined the party off the sidewalks but others were confused, despite huge banners saying "ReclAim the Streets" and "Lets PArty!"

The night ended with the SDPD beating and arresting three nonviolent partiers, among them an independent media videographer, and pursuing and pepper-spraying the dwindling crowd. In a replay of past SDPD attempts to silence political dissent, bogus charges included felony assault for one arrestee and misdemeanors for the other two. All were released by late Sunday evening following posting of bond or bail. A protest against police brutality both north and south of the border will take place at an awards ceremony for Vicente Fox in downtown San Diego on April 25, to be held across the street from friday's police riot.

Compiled from accounts by Reclaimer, Anarchist on wheels, Anonymous, one spy in a house of love, partier, owl, fuck the sdpd, owl, joshysex, partier, a pissed off reclaimer, zombie, bjk, vAAPOroaxaca, Rocky, and Reclaim the Streets SD.

Reports: Reclaimer | Anarchist on wheels | Anonymous | Rocky | Community compilation || Photos reclaimer | reclaimer | Reclaimer || Video! reclaimer(fun) | reclaimer(drums) || Prisoner Support: Call for bail money and evidence | Bail update || SD Reclaim the Streets: Website | Announcement | J20 2005 Report || Protesting Police Brutality: 1 | 2 | 3 || Calls for Protest/RTS: 1 | 2
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1st Carnival of Liberation San Diego
Rocky Neptun,

A synopsis of events last Friday in downtown San Diego.
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March against Police Brutality - Oaxaca to SD
vAPPOr oaxaca,

The march will be starting on April 25 at 6pm at the Benito Juarez statue in Pantoja Park on G Street between Kettner Blvd and State Street:

 http://tinyurl.com/yp4et3

Former Mexican president Vicente Fox, responsible for brutal police repression in Oaxaca, Atenco and Chiapas, is coming to receive the "Award for Democracy and Peace", given by the Americas Institute, a right-wing organization located on the UC San Diego campus. On April 13, several participants in the non-violent Reclaim the Streets were victims of police brutality. In the past year at least 17 people have been murdered by police and the border patrol in SD County. We need to show them that we will NOT be intimidated by their violence! Bring your bike! La lucha sigue!
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Update on bail
reclaimer,

Update on bail, one protester is being charged with a felony and their bail is set at $35,000. That means that we need at least $3500 to even get a bend for him. At this point we have almost $1000. Or, if someone can make a $35,000 loan, we can get it back in 60 days, that's how bail works.

If you can contribute, now is the time. Please call 619-528-8060 or email sdhacklab at
lists d0t riseup
d0t net

Again, the only crime we can tell that this person may have committed was being on the receiving end of police violence.

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Fox, you're NOT welcome! March in downtown SD
vAPPOroaxaca.,

Para todo aquel que guste colaborar en difundir y apoyar la organización de la Marcha, puede bajar el Bolante en versión rápida para imprimir y repartir. Todos a la Marcha el 25 de Abril de 2007 a las 6:00 pm en Downtown San Diego, No falten!!!
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Call for bail money and evidence
reclaimer,

COMMUNITY OF SAN DIEGO, WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

In the aftermath of last night's insane police violence on a crowd of cheerful partiers, multiple people are in jail with ridiculously trumped up charges. In the same pattern the SDPD has been using for years against political demonstrators, they have made up charges and are accusing those on the receiving end of violence of being the ones responsble for that violence! Also in the same old pattern, the SDPD arrested people documenting last night's events.

If you can help at all with bail money, there are multiple people with huge bails who don't want to sit in jail at the mercy of the SDPD any longer than necessary. If you can help at all with bail or photographic evidence of the arrests or names or badge numbers of the officers, please email

sdhacklab

at

lists d0t riseup d0t net

or call the City Heights Free Skool at 619-528-8060
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Best 2007 Activist's Information Source
Lynda Carson,

Seek & Yee Shall Find! Welcome To The Best Activist's Information Source Of 2007!
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San Diego Reclaim the Streets: Street Party Followed by Police Brutality
compiled from newswire,

U-P-D-A-T-E Because of generous support from the community, all prisoners have been released!

CALL FOR BAIL MONEY AND EVIDENCE In the aftermath of last night's insane police violence on a crowd of cheerful partiers, multiple people are in jail with ridiculously trumped up charges. If you can help at all with bail or photographic evidence of the arrests or names or badge numbers of the officers, there are multiple people with huge bails who don't want to sit in jail at the mercy of the SDPD any longer than necessary. E-mail sdhacklab at lists d0t riseup d0t net or call 619-528-8060

From Reclaimer: Reclaim the Streets was a 3 hour street party with 100-200 people all over downtown with music, puppets, glitter, costumes, dancing, jumping and lots and lots of FUN. Many people joined the party off the street but many were also confused, despite the huge banners saying "Reclaim the Streets" and "Lets Party!" The night ended with extreme violence from the SDPD... --Read More--

From Anarchist on wheels: 3 confirmed arrests, others assaulted with pepper spray... Several people began screaming at the top of their lungs. Someone was pounding on the wall, another couple of people on the ground--all screaming. Someone yelled "Pepper Spray."--Read More--

From Anonymous: We need to plan a protest...ASAP. People shouldn't have to get permission to protest...I'm serious...Most of us survived RTS--we can do it. We're stronger than pigs.--Read More--

From Rocky: Strolling, dancing, parading, skipping, they mass up and down the streets at will. With traffic, against traffic, holding intersections on whim, Broadway and Fourth, Market and Fifth; they snarl at those hideous machines so destructive to our planet. --Read More--

Comment from one spy in a house of love: The party was fantastic, my legs are sore and spirits high..despite the nonsense at the end... Comment from reclaimer: If you have photos of the two undercovers, please post them. they were two older men, one very heavy set, who were both wearing brand new flannels and black beanies and shiny new white socks and sneakers and cut off pant shorts... Comment from partier: the title should be police brutality, because that's what it was. in years of going to protests of all kinds in san diego, i've never seen this much violence from the disgusting sdpd, except on the day the war started, but even then they were using batons and not pepper spray... Comment from owl: in no way do i want to minimize the violence of san diego's finest fascists nor the fallout including injury and jail. for a moment, though, i want to pause and say a huge, huge thanks to those rad folks who organized the most fun time that i've had in the streets in years... Comment from fuck the sdpd: Welcome to san diego, america's finest slave plantation, shut up and get out of the street or we're going to gas and beat you. we should get together with the protest against vicente fox. [4/25] he's the mexican president responsible for the police killings in oaxaca, atenco and chiapas. we could have a huge banner saying something like "stop police brutality from chiapas to san diego" or "fox y sdpd, la misma porqueria". why split up our energy?... Comment from joshysex: Hell yeah, we're doing it. That's just TERRIFIC. We should do this. Let's reclaim the area... Comment from A pissed off reclaimer: Benefit show should happen. we can make money to support them. Comment from zombie: it was amazingly fun, even though the dumb crap that happened at the end, the whole journey around downtown was awsome... Comment from bjk: There were also some Christians holding up signs about Jesus and "Have you been saved?", yelling at people, in almost the same spot we were attacked. Did the cops spray any of those people? No! But they sprayed us. Read More Comments: --Comments1--|--Comments2-- | --Comments3-- | --Comments4--

Photos: From Reclaimer | Call for Video From adydashawn
SD Reclaim the Streets Website | SDRTS Announcement
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RTS Photos
reclaimer,

photos! hooray!
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3+ arrested @ Reclaim the Streets
Anarchist on wheels,

3 confirmed arrests, others assaulted with pepper spray
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Reclaim the Streets Ends in Police Violence
reclaimer,

Reclaim the Streets was a 3 hour street party with 100-200 people all over downtown with music, puppets, glitter, costumes, dancing, jumping and lots and lots of FUN. Many people joined the party off the street but many were also confused, despite the huge banners saying "Reclaim the Streets" and "Lets Party!"

The night ended with extreme violence from the SDPD. At the orders of Captain CJ Bell, in order to try to arrest a member of the party, an officer grabbed one girl and held her face down on the floor with his knee in her back and all of his weight on her as he held her arm back and pepper sprayed her in the face.
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Reclaim the Streets! Friday April 13
san diego indymedia volunteer,

On Friday, April 13 at 7PM San Diegans will Reclaim the Streets, meeting at 4th and Broadway Downtown. From the announcement:

Come share, learn, dance, and create in a free carnival in the streets of downtown. Please bring creative ideas, artwork of all kinds, instruments, games, hobbies, costumes and anything else you can think of to contribute to the street festival....We will create a space to make our dreams a more tangible and livable reality. Let’s turn the street into a garden paradise, a carnival, a haven for thought. Let’s be inspired again and reminded what another world looks like...We will unite as freaks and monsters. We will embrace our humanly-freakish nature and let our wild spirits free...

On April 13th we will take the streets. We’ll take the streets back from the corporations who stole them from us in the first place. We’ll take the streets because the machines that drive on them take up too much space and are destructive to our lives and the planet. We’ll take the streets because, well, why the hell not?

The last Reclaim the Streets action in San Diego was held on J20, 2005 - the inaguration date of the decider.
From CIRCA-BF: The tactical Furniture subFaction placed two couches in the intersection, hung a 20 ft long banner between two street lights that read “RECLAIM THE STREETS”, dropped beach balls and streamers, and ran away, expecting the crowd to arrive any second. --READ MORE--
From Rocky: In our liberated zone; young people danced in the streets, ideological and political foes embraced, a few of us "aged" activits fell in love with a "new" generation, and, more importantly, every participant sensed the weakness of this police force, this society -and they will remember. --READ MORE--
From S T A R R : Capitalism got SHUT DOWN for hours while we voiced our dissent. Some announced on bullhorns that Sept 11 was a government ploy while others lugged huge anti 2 party puppets. Streamers were thrown over lightposts while the pigs just gawked & wondered what to do.--READ MORE--

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Center Hosts Transgender Empowerment Day
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

The San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Community Center in Hillcrest hosted the fourth annual Transgender Empowerment Day April 6. The keynote speakers were female-to-male Transgender attorney Shane L. Caya from San Francisco and former San Diegan male-to-female Transgender activist Amanda Nicole Watson. Over 100 people, both Transgender people and their supporters, attended this event and watched a wide variety of people win awards for helping the Transgender community achieve social recognition and equal rights.
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S. Brian Willson’s Environmental Apocalypse
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger’s Newsmagazine,

S. Brian Willson’s greatest claim to fame is having been run over by a munitions train he was trying to block at a direct-action demonstration nearly 20 years ago, and having lost his legs in the process — but that's not what he came to San Diego to talk about April 2 at the Church of the Brethren. Instead, he talked about his background as a Viet Nam veteran, his growing resistance to authority of all kinds, and his vision of a cooperative commonwealth that he says humans will HAVE to accept once global warming unleashes an environmental apocalypse that will destroy capitalism and most, if not all, of the current human population.
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RECLAIM THE STREETS!!
a the bee,

RECLAIM THE STREETS – SAN DIEGO
Friday April 13th 2007 -7pm
Meet at 4th and Broadway downtown
Music and festivities bring costumes,
Instruments, and creativity!

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UCSD Open Studios
general giggles,

The Graduate Visual Arts Department at the University of California – San Diego invites the Southern California art community to view the work of its current MFA students at Open Studios on April 6, 2-8 p.m. Political handshakes, post-human dolls, Mexican moustaches, false promises, Old-Time
radio shows, military recruitment tools, epic octopi, drone machines, fishing boats and Chris Farley are among the explorations of these graduate students.
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Murdered by Cops in San Diego County Since April 4, 2005
san diego indymedia volunteer,

Unknown 03-27-07 Border Patrol
Noé Rojas 02-10-07 SDPD (by Louis Galante, Jack Pearson)
David Lopez 10-21-06 Vista Sheriffs
Shane Hayes 09-17-06 Santee Sheriffs (by Mike King, Sue Geer)
Darryl Johnson 07-06 SDPD
Unknown 06-28-06 SDPD
Oscar Abraham Garcia Barrios 06-18-06 Border Patrol
Unknown 03-06 SDPD
Michael Eli Kreca 02-11-06 SDPD (by Elmer Edwards)
Guillermo Martinez Rodríguez 12-30-05 Border Patrol
Jesus Eduardo Manzo 08-02-05 Vista Sheriffs (by Lewis Schott)
Unknown 08-05 SDPD
Jorge Ramirez 07-29-05 Vista Sheriffs (by Mark Ritchie)
Sergio Garcia Vasquez 07-28-05 Vista Sheriffs (by Shawn Aitken, John Spach)
Ricardo Morales Carbajal 06-25-05 SDPD (by Phillip Bozarth - 5 time killer)
Roman Torres 05-15-05 Vista Sheriffs (by John Spach)
Jacob Faust: 1, 2 04-04-05 SDPD (by Stephen Holliday)

Wednesday is the second anniversary of Jake Faust's death outside the Golden West Hotel in downtown San Diego.

Faust Fest: March Against Police Brutality
Wednesday April 4: Meet at 3:30PM, March at 4:30PM [CORRECTION!]
Golden West Hotel
720 Fourth Ave
Bring signs, musical instruments

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Faust Fest: March Against Police Brutality
repost,

On April 4, 2005 San Diego actor, musician and artist Jacob Faust was murdered by San Diego police officer Stephen Holliday. In November, district attorney Bonnie Dumanis gave her seal of approval to the killing by ruling the shooting justified.

March against police brutality.
From the Golden West Hotel (where Jake was murdered) to the police station.
Wednesday April 4th: Meet at 3:30PM, March at 4:30PM [CORRECTION!]
720 Fourth Ave
Bring signs, musical instruments, what have you.

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Public Hearing: Blackwater Training Facility in San Diego?
Lance/reposts,

Blackwater, a multi-million dollar mercenary company owned exclusively by a right-wing Christian billionaire, is trying to develop an 824-acre military training facility in the rural community of Potrero in southeast San Diego. All of the land is either within the Cleveland National Forest or an Agricultural Preserve.

The citizens of Potrero are trying to stop its construction but are having a hard time stopping the political power of Blackwater. --Read More--

Thursday, April 5
Demonstration 4:30PM, Public Hearing 5:30PM
Planning Commission Hearing Room
5201 Ruffin Road, Suite B.

Comments on Previous Articles Include
s t a r r: I work in the Cleveland National Forest, hiking with kids every day through the very meadowlands you describe. There is no way in hell Blackwater USA, war profiteers, Inc. are going to invade our public lands... Not only should Blackwater be dismantled, their activities in Iraq should be revealed. They send mercenaries in to kill, maim, and injure, and then deny negligence when their people get killed and dragged through the streets...--Read More--

Connie: Just what we do not need is the crazy making of war here in Southern California. Why is it that money talks so loud, there is no benefit to the citizens of the area, it is not bringing new revenue or jobs to the area. The land is better used as farm land, we need food not weapons. The Potrero Planning Committee have been seduced into believing this is in their best interest. I am wondering how many of them were enticed with favors and money? The military already have a training facility in that area, they take up a huge portion of the land with their military training. The sound carries for miles, the chopper activity, etc is heard everywhere. --Read More--

Further Information: 1 | 2 |3
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Informe Económico Presos Politicos Libertad!.
vAPPOroaxaca,

Este es el Informe Económico que se hace público, de lo que se recaudó en el evento Benefico Presos Politicos Libertad!!! vAPPOroaxaca. Estan los detalles de envio, el tipo de cambio, quien lo recibio y como fue entregado a la COFADAPPO (Comite de familiares y asesinados de los Presos Políticos de Oaxaca.
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