Special MLK Jazz Tribute on RadioActive 1/19
DJ Charles Lester Trane,

DJ Charles Lester Trane announces that as a special tribute to Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. on the official King Day holiday, Monday, January 19, 3 to 5 p.m., his classic jazz show "Bix, Billie, Bird and Beyond" on RadioActive San Diego, www.radioactiveradio.org, will feature Duke Ellington's monumental jazz symphony on African-American themes, "Black, Brown and Beige," as well as two other works encompassing the spirit of civil rights and Black pride: Louis Armstrong's "The Real Ambassadors" and John Coltrane's "Reverend King."
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Suarez on Losing His Son, US Lies on Iraq
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Fernando Suarez del Solar, father of a U.S. Marine killed in Iraq March 27, 2003, spoke at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest on the experience of losing his son, being lied to by the U.S. military about how his son died, their attempts to intimidate him into silence and his recent trip to Iraq to visit the spot where his son was killed.
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Shame on R A, Say Carpenters
posted by Charles,

The Carpenters Union has had high visibility at 5th & Broadway in downtown San Diego in their dispute with a business named Enterprise.
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LOCAL POLICE IN HYSTERIA
Pierre Talley,

THOSE CRIMINAL POLICE JUST CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH

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Ford: Holding America Hostage to Oil
lotus,

Environmental and Human Rights Activists Scale Downtown Skyscraper and Release Giant Banner to Protest US Oil Addiction. Among those involved were several activists from San Diego.

The unfurling of the banner occurred as people entered the LA Auto Show just blocks away. The banner was designed to raise public awareness about how Ford Motor Company and other auto manufacturers are needlessly keeping the US dependent on oil by refusing to increase the fuel economy of their vehicles.

"A typical Ford vehicle on the road today gets fewer miles per gallon than the Model-T did 80 years ago," said Jason Mark, Clean Car Campaigner with the human rights group Global Exchange.

Jumpstart Ford | Rainforest Action Network | LA Indymedia
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Organizing for the New Year!
sdimc,

2004 promises to be a big year for activism in San Diego. The upcoming elections will bring new faces to the activist scene in San Diego (San Diego Alliance for Clean Elections). The March 20th International Day of Action Against War will bring new invigoration to the struggle against Bush and his allies.

There are also several local events that promise to inspire San Diegans to action. On February (21st and 22nd) San Diego Youth Action Network (part of ASD) is planning their second annual Student Activism Conference. In October, the IMC is helping to organize a conference on community media.

On the subject of alternative media, Radio Active Radio is broadcasting a selection of music and activist programming, Alternate Focus is broadcasting a strong program about Middle East issues on local public access channels, and the San Diego Free Press will be printing new issues beginning February 1st.

Links to stories for the New Year: SD, Anarchism for the New Year | "Clean Elections" Candidate Begins AD Race | organize: bicycle recycling, toolshare coop | radioActive sanDiego kickoff week | Volunteer with SDIMC

Activist San Diego Meeting - Mon. Jan. 12th
.:|:.,

ASD invites you to our first general meeting of 2004 on Monday, Jan. 12th focused on the Clean Election Campaign specifically, but focused more broadly on building the ranks of the organized left-progressive community. Let us join together to put our words into practice.


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"Clean Elections" Candidate Begins Assembly District Race
Lori Saldaña,

Lori Saldaña- the only candidate for the 76th Assembly District to accept voluntary contribution limits in her election bid - begins her grassroots campaign in earnest this weekend, when she meets volunteers at Mission Bay Park for precinct walking.

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organize: bicycle recycling, toolshare coop
s,

san diego needs a community bicycle center. a place
where kids can get their flats fixed, where you punkers
can get your learn on, where the downtrodden and
carless masses can fix their derailleurs, and where aging yuppies can donate their old tenspeeds for tax deductions.
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Hotel DEL PICKET LINE
sdiww,

Another SD labor Struggle has begun.
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The final step is still on strike
backdraft,

The dark age will come
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Hate Crime @ Soma Venue
Bob Ugly,

Racialy motivated attack at San Diego's music venue "Soma" results in a stab wound, and two suspects who were reported shouting "Aryan Nation!" and "White Power!"
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Support Supermarket Strikers Dec. 20!
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

An important rally to support striking and locked-out supermarket workers in San Diego and throughout Southern California will be held Saturday, December 20, 1 p.m. at the Albertson's on 150 B Street in Coronado. Your participation is urgently needed to boost the morale of the workers, who went into this strike not expecting it to last 12 weeks or to tax the union movement's resources as seriously as it has.

Update:: 12/22/2003 ::
Community Groups Strike Commentary | Union Member Strike Commentary
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Mike Davis Exposes San Diego's History
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Authors Mike Davis and Kelly Mayhew, collaborators on the recent book "Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See," spoke December 14 at the Joyce Beers Center in Hillcrest. Davis talked about San Diego as an historically racist, anti-labor city whose politicians are even more totally dominated by its capitalist elite than usual in a U.S. cities because the progressive forces have been so impotent. He offered some surprising suggestions on how that might be changed.
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"Lies of Bush" Author Corn Speaks in S.D.
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

David Corn, Washington editor of "The Nation" and author of the new book, "The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception," spoke December 16 at Current Affairs Bookstore in North Park. His talk focused not only on Bush's lies but also the opposition from both Right-wing and moderate corporate media to his daring to write such a book at all.
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Community Forum in Barrio Logan
jalame latu,

Fernando Su?rez del Solar, father of slain Marine to Report on his recent trip to Iraq
Friday, December 19, 2003 at 7 PM Memorial Academy Junior High School Auditorium 2850 Logan Avenue, in Barrio Logan

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ANOTHER VICTIM OF TORTURE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lisa M. Hutchinson,

NEVER OFFERED ASYLUM OR THE C.A.T., ILLEGALLY DEPORTED TO THE WRONG COUNTRY, TORTURED, AND IS STILL PAYING THE PRICE...
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The Health Care Epidemic
John Peterson,

Health Care
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IndyMedia/Action Network Holiday Party! FRI.
sdimc,

JOIN FELLOW ACTIVISTS this Friday night for a PARTY at the Joyce Beers Community Center! Help us say Farewell and Thank You to the San Diego Action Network for seven years of community forums.

The San Diego Action Network and San Diego Independent Media Center (IMC) are presenting a Holiday/Farewell Party FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Joyce Beers Community Center, Vermont Street north of University Avenue, between Terra and Aladdin Restaurants at the Uptown District mall in Hillcrest.

Admission to the party is free. Dinner and drinks will be offered for a donation of $3 to $5 and up to benefit the San Diego IMC. Music and other entertainment will be offered.

The party is being held to commemorate the San Diego Action Network, which is bringing to a close its seven-year series of informational programs on local issues affecting San Diegans.

RadioActive San Diego (  http://radioactiveradio.org ) will be broadcasting live from the party, so tune in online! (That is if you live in Chicago or somewhere and can't make it out to Hillcrest!)

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The Information Wars Have Begun
lotus,

In the United States, the FBI is raiding homes for videotapes and computers containing contraband information, detaining people indefinitely for not divulging their personal information, and arresting people for illegally spreading information. The information wars are raging around us. In Venezuela, the media played a major role in overturning the US backed coup.

This week the UN World Summit on the Information Society takes place from December 10th-12th, 2003. As the heads of governments decide how to further restrict the flow of information to allow them to retain control, people are meeting in their own democratic, self-organized counter summit, WSIS, We Seize!.

Topics covered in the forum include migrant workers and the information society, the link between freedom of communication and freedom of movement, and autonomous media. Videos shown will include the documentary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" and a film on infowar techniques used in Miami.

There will be live audio and video streams from the conference, and you can participate in the forums online, via chat rooms.

Update 2003/12/09 :: The polymedia lab, where many of the We Seize events were being worked on, was raided by the Geneva police this morning. They are currently looking for a new physical location.
Photos | Video

Update 2003/12/10 10:53AM PST :: The polymedia lab has found a new home and the We Seize events are continuing as planned.

Update 2003/12/11 2:29PM PST :: Highnoon audiovisual project video stream is up! Watch it here.

listen to the live stream coming out of geneva on radioActive radio.
High Quality / Broadband | Low Quality / Dialup

WSIS, We Seize! | Hub::Eur@ction Project | Official UN WSIS Website
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The Muse Record Store - Sold
Benito,

The Muse Record Store - Sold
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CONCRETE SLAVE SHIP IN SEA OF CONFUSION
JOHNNY TOO BAD,

FREEDOM FOR OUR JUNK FLEET (boats)
HERITAGE NAVIGATION/REVOLUTION FOREVER.
TROUBLE UNDER A PERFECT SUN. JUNQUES ARE ILLEGAL IN SAN DIEGO BAY AND HAVE BEEN SINCE 1910. IT WAS FEARED THAT THEY WERE MORE PROFICIENT AT FISHING THAN THE ESTABLSHED COMPANIES. RICH WHITE TRASH FROM AZ. GOT TO GO.
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ANOTHER TORTURE VICTIM !!!!!!!!!! THIS IS REA
Lisa M. Hutchinson,

WAS NEVER OFFERED THE CONVENTION AGAINST TORTURE, OR ASYLUM!!! SENT TO BERUIT ILLEGALLY AND TORTURED.....WE HAVE DOCUMENTATION!!!
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Pete Wilson Statue in Downtown San Diego?!
John Vance, Enrique Morones, Diane Bell,

Please join me and SAY NO TO PETE, he has caused and continues to cause allot of pain in and to our community and the community in general. We can not allow San Diego to put a statue of Pete Wilson in downtown San Diego, join us:

Pete Wilson in Downtown San Diego??!!! NO!!BASTA! NO AL RACISMO, NO TO RACISM !!!

Dec. 9th at 10 a.m. San Diego City Council
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International Human Rights Day 2003
CCWP,

Join us in delivering thousands of petitions to Governor Schwarzenegger in this year's Human Rights Day! This event is part of statewide actions in Eureka, L.A., San Francisco, Palmdale, and other cities across California!

December 10, 2003 | 11:30am | Downtown San Diego 220 West Broadway



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SDIMC Announcement for Dec. 1st - 15th
sdimc,

In this edition, we present to you the following activities and stories: the return of the SD Free Press, tips on publishing to the SDIMC, Tuesday night movies, Wednesday meetings, how you can donate to SDIMC, and top stories from our website including reports from the FTAA protest in Miami, news about cruel poultry practices in Valley Center, and a review of a film coming to the Ken next week.
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New Counterpunch Article Covers Sherman Austin and San Diego Raids
MERLIN CHOWKWANYUN, c/o lotus,

On Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2003, Sherman Martin Austin began serving one year in federal prison under terms of a plea agreement for which he was sentenced on Aug. 4, 2003.

Austin, the 20-year-old African-American founder and former webmaster of the anarchist website www.raisethefist.com, pleaded guilty to "distribution" of information about making or using explosives with the "intent" that the information "be used for, or in furtherance of, an activity that constitutes a Federal crime of violence." Such was deemed illegal under a relatively obscure federal statute, 18 U.S.C. 842 (p)(2)(A), pushed through Congress by Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein in the late 1990s. The offending material, which Austin repeatedly has emphasized he did not author, was housed on an isolated section of Austin's web server, and a small portion of it contained amateurish instructions on how to assemble simple explosives.

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Chargers Sue San Diego
Tom Delong,

San Diego Chargers sue the City of San Diego in a Los Angeles court.
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Medic from Miami protests dies
repost,

scary stuff, but don't overreact - see note below from Black Cross Health Collective
Medic from Miami protests dies
by Mahtin Wednesday November 26, 2003 at 10:52 AM


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National Security Is Air Tight
Bob Ugly,

While John Ashcroft and his cronies are checking your library records, the Army has its sniper and heavy machine gun manuals on the Internet.
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