U-U Church Hosts Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The members of the Jewish-Palestinian Dialogue movement that presented a program at the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest April 14 are trying to work beyond the long-standing conflict between Israel and Palestine and not only get to know each other as people but tell each other’s stories and try to bridge the communications gap between them as a way of building mutual understanding and hopefully, eventually, peace.
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THE TORTURE SHIP "ESMERALDA" IN SAN DIEGO
Germán F. Westphal,

The Chilean Navy's torture ship "Esmeralda" will be in San Diego (Broadway Terminal), April 24-29, 2004. For further information please contact the author of this article at
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Get involved with IndyMedia - April 15 to 30th
sdimc,

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San Diego IMC Announcement for April 15-30, 2004

Greetings!

In this email-
1. Film Screening for International Day of Farmers' Struggle (Sat. 4-17-04)
2. Highlights from the SDIMC newswire
3. April / May San Diego Free Press
4. Help Organize the Media EmergenC! (Wed. 4-21-04)
5. Earth Day 2004 (Sun. 2-25-04)
6. Film Screening of "Uncovered: The Whole Truth about the Iraq War" (Wed. 4-28-04)
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Voters Unite! Participate in Project Myth Bre
p/j,

Voters Unite! Participate in Project Myth Breaker

Many local election officials don't have the information they need to make wise decisions about voting equipment. They hear many conflicting stories, and it's hard to tell truth from myth. Here's your opportunity to help.

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Students Stage Sleep Strike for DREAM Act
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

“We’re not going to sleep until these students are allowed to dream.” That’s how local student activists Angel Hernandez and Rubi Aguilar explained the four-day “sleep strike” they mounted outside the Federal Building at Front and Broadway in downtown San Diego April 8-11 in support of the DREAM (Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors) Act to allow the foreign-born children of undocumented immigrants to obtain legal status to attend college or join the military. A rally and press conference Saturday, April 17, noon, outside the San Diego City College library at 12th and “B” Street downtown, will organize further public support for the DREAM Act.
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Audre Lorde Tribute in Sherman Heights
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

A tribute to the late African-American Lesbian feminist author and activist Audre Lorde took place at the Sherman Heights Community Center April 12. Held in conjunction with the American Education Research Association convention in town, the event featured a 12-minute excerpt from the new video, "The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde," and a panel of local education activists. The complete video will be shown Sunday, April 18, 6 p.m., at the World Beat Center, 2100 Park Boulevard in Balboa Park.
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Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Nonviolent Militancy
Gandhi's Ashes,

Exxon/Mobil, the RNC & Widespread Nonviolent Militancy

“Fascism should more appropriately be called corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power” -- Benito Mussolini

“If elected, I will run the government like a business” -- George W. Bush

Forget for a moment that Exxon/Mobil (XMO) is the main proponent of greenhouse gas emissions…

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Venezuela Week in Review-HOV
Socialist Appeal,

Hands Off Venezuela International Campaign
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The Insurrection in Irag
Alan Woods,

irag War
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Emergency Call to Action! 4/10
ANSWER,

UPDATE 4/9 2:24PM :: Over 50 Cities Answering the Call
UPDATE 4/10 1:25PM :: Photos of demo: (1) | (2)

As the US military increase its military activities and begins targeting innocent citizens, it is up to the people to take to the streets and resist! Join with the nation in this emergency call to action against war and occupation!

EMERGENCY CALL TO ACTION!
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW!
US OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST!


Saturday April 10th 12pm
Downtown San Diego
Horton Plaza (4th and Broadway)


for more information call 619.692.4422

Up to the minute coverage of the Iraqi Intifada at Arkansas Indymedia

People First! Gente Primero! Demand Housing
duro,

Update Article and Photography Acompanenos en una demostracion pacifica este Jueves, 8 de Abril del 2004 a las 6:00pm. Nos reuniremos en la calle 12 e Imperial en el Centro de San Diego. --- Accompany us in a peaceful demonstration this Thursday, the 8th of April, 2004 at 6:pm. We'll meet at 12th and Imperial in downtown San Diego.
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2004 Election:Cancer or the Plague-You Choose
Socialist Appeal,

A Vote for Kerry is a Vote for Bush-Cancer or the Plague-You get to Choose!
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Biotech/Chrion Meeting in SD April 15th
Smash-HLS,

Chrion, and other biotech, lab industry companies are having a meeting on April 15th, 2004. Biotech Beach Life Science Career Fair on Thursday, April 15, 2004 from 11am to 4pm at The San Diego Marriott La Jolla in La Jolla, California.

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Same-Sex Marriage Forum at Malcolm X Library
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

A coalition of Queer community groups in association with the local chapters of the NAACP and ACLU held a community forum March 29 at the Malcolm X Library to discuss whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended to ban same-sex marriage. Four of the five panelists opposed the proposed Amendment as a constitutional sanction of discrimination that could be used later as a precedent against people of color and other oppressed groups.
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indymedia happenings
SDIMC,

This afternoon San Diego's indymedia is having an open house. Stop by, have a cup of coffee and snacks. Pick up a copy of the new issue of the San Diego Free Press. Check out our lending library. See where it all comes together. We had a good time last month and got to know some of our readers and volunteers better. For other things...

New San Diego Free Press is in!
Matt Leonard,

The April / May issue of the San Diego Free Press newspaper is out now! Look for it around town at your neighboorhood cafe, bookstore, market and more!

If you are interested in helping distribute the Free Press around San Diego County - pleaes contact  info@sdimc.org


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Zine Scene - SD
from the San Diego Free Press,

Here's a preview if the back cover of the up-coming issue of the San Diego Free Press.
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Local Queer Couple Marry in San Francisco
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Interview with Steve Van Keuren and John Martinez, who married in San Francisco in March after more than 20 years as a couple.
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Same-Sex Marriage Rally Article, 3/18/04
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Over 100 people attended a rally outside the San Diego County Administration Center downtown on March 18 to call for California to recognize marriages between same-sex partners as legal, despite only two days’ notice and a near-exclusive reliance on e-mail to publicize the event. Their primary demand was for action at the state level: specifically passage of a bill called the Marriage License Nondiscrimination Act, which would make marriage “gender-neutral” and available equally to same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
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Same-Sex Marriage Rally Transcript, 3/18/04
transcribed by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Complete transcript of the rally held outside the San Diego County Administration Center, March 18, 2004, to support marriage equality and civil rights for same-sex couples. Includes pre-rally interviews with Equality California staff member Jeffrey Mittman and Win Anderson, who recently married his partner in San Francisco.
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Story and Pics from March 20 S.D. Event
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Story and photos of the anti-war rally in Balboa Park March 20 which drew about 1,000 people on the one-year anniversary of the U.S. aggression against Iraq.
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Students, Workers Mobilize for Living Wage
rec. Charles Nelson; tr. Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Complete transcript of the rally in support of the Living Wage Ordinance held at the San Diego Community Concourse near City Hall on Tuesday, March 16. Speakers included City Councilmember Donna Frye as well as worker, student and community representatives and workers like police-station janitor Juan Hernandez who would benefit from a living-wage law.
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Jeffrey Mittman: Equality & Same-Sex Marriage
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The statewide Queer lobbying organization Equality California [EQCA] — which until recently was called California Association for Pride and Equality [CAPE] and before that was the Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality [LIFE] — has sent Bay Area attorney Jeffrey Mittman to San Diego as the first official in any California statewide Queer organization to be based here. What’s more, EQCA has chosen San Diego to be the pilot city in an ambitious electoral outreach program called the California Voter Project. Zenger’s interviewed Mittman on March 17 and mostly discussed the same-sex marriage issue.
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Local Chicana Activist Detained by feds
sd,

Alvina Martínez de Moreno, a Human Rights observer since 2002 and a leading member of the Barrio Logan Human Rights Committee of the Raza Rights Coalition in San Diego, California was apprehended inside her home by federal agents on the evening of Thursday, March 18, 2004.
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Alvina Martínez de Moreno, una observadora de Derechos Humanos e integrante del Comité Pro-Derechos Humano, Barrio Logan de la Coalición Pro-Derechos de la Raza fue detenida y apresada dentro de su hogar esta noche, Jueves 18 de marzo del 2004.
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¡DETENGAMOS LA 'RESOLUCIÓN BRASILEÑA'!
Libertad de Expresión,

La reunión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas se llevará a cabo del 15 de marzo al 23 de abril en Ginebra, Suiza.
Uno de los puntos más polémicos que se someterá a debate es el de la resolución sobre la “orientación sexual” que fue aplazada en la 59va sesión. Esta resolución, presentada por Brasil, fue expuesta como una medida para no discriminar a los homosexuales. Sin embargo, los miembros de la comisión en 2003 pudieron no haber comprendido totalmente las implicaciones de esta resolución.
 http://www.stopbrazilianresolution.com/spanish.html
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Radio Clandestina Returns to 96.9FM
FRSD 96.9FM,

Radio Clandestina returns to 96.9FM
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SD Women's History Month
LGBT,

On Tuesday March 23, 2004, local activist record company
Say It Records and Danielle Lo Presti and The Masses, in conjunction with The LGBT Center of San Diego present "Celebrate Women's History Month!"

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like -SD 3/20/04
Erin M. Blakemore,

Reporting from the ranks of San Diego's March 20, 2004 anti-war protests.
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Pre-March Pictures
Molly Michaelis,

Meeting before the march.
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San Diegans Take to the Street to Say No to War!
San Diego,

Stories from the street: Critical Mass | This is What Democracy Looks Like | Survivors speak

Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 // Videos: 1

Protests around the world

Thousands of San Diego's concerned citizens took to the streets to exercise their rights to object to the Bush regime's objectives in Iraq and the world. Remembering the one year anniversity of the carnage in the middle-east which has claimed almost 600 american dead, over 3500 wounded, and probably 10,000 Iraqi dead, whom have been "sanitized" with the discription of "collateral damage". The failure of the american media to cover this human misery in any depth is only part of the travesty. The manipulation and complicity of the media under the guise of patriotism has keep the real story from the american voting public.

So the people took to the streets today, while keeping in mind that the so called "Patriot Act" has among its aims the elimination of just this type of dissent. Starting at the Federal Courthouse in downtown San Diego, the first small group was joined en route by several other groups, until a crowd of about 3,000 entered Balboa park to hear testimony from mothers of deceased Iraqi war veterans, peace activists, and ordinary citizens opposed to the current U.S. policy of world domination by force for U.S. corporate profit.