CALL TO ALL INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND ALL PEOPLE
DJ Tanya - Tashunka Witko Brigade,

This Tashunka Witko Brigade radio program, in English and Spanish,features an interview with the organizer of the upcoming Ceremonial Run for Indigenous Dignity in Baja California. This run is part of the efforts to fulfill the prophecy of the condor and the eagle to unite all indigenous peoples and seeks to reach out to the marginalized BC indigenous communities
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Critical Mass Radio Network - La Otra Campaña
radioActive sanDiego,

Updates: 1/28 - Listen to the archive of the broadcast here
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2006/01/8333.php

1/27 - Come out to Chicano Perk on 25th and Imperial Saturday night at 7pm for Son Del Centro, live in concert!

Tune into the Critical Mass Radio Network on Saturday, January 28th for a broadcast from 6 cities across the US and Mexico reflecting on La Otra Campaña of the Zapatistas and what it means for our communities...

Listen online at  http://criticalmassradio.net

The schedule is (all times PST):

Radioactive sanDiego 12-1pm
August Sound Coalition, NYC 1-2pm
Black Box Radio, Michigan 2-3pm
Portland Indymedia Radio - 3-4pm
Kill Radio, Los Angeles 4-6pm
Radio Zapote, Mexico City - 7-9pm

Critical Mass Radio Network (CMRN) is a decentralized international radio network composed of independent community radio stations. CMRN is organized for the purpose of broadcasting a coordinated signal over the internet that is broadcast quality and capable of being delivered over the FM band.

"That we will make a collective network of all our particular struggles and resistances. An intercontinental network of resistance against neoliberalism, an intercontinental network of resistance for humanity.

This intercontinental network of resistance, recognising differences and acknowledging similarities, will search to find itself with other resistances around the world. This intercontinental network of resistance will be the medium in which distinct resistances may support one another. This intercontinental network of resistance is not an organising structure; it doesn’t have a central head or decision maker; it has no central command or hierarchies. We are the network, all of us who resist."

- Statement from the First Intercontinental Encounter for Humanity and Against Neoliberalism



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Enero Zapatista - Schedule of Events
o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective and groundworks,

enero zapatista // zapatista january
a month of events in solidarity with the Zapatistas and La Otra Campaña

Events every Thursday and Saturday night in January
@ Chicano Perk, 129 25th Street

Click here to download the flyer:
 http://deletetheborder.org/files/enero-zapatista-flyer-85x11.pdf

Schedule of Events...
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radio Antifascista, thursdays, 6pm, rasd
dj lotu5,

Tune in to radio Antifascista, a new radio show from dj lotu5 on radioActive sanDiego, thursdays at 6pm.

radioAntifascista will bring you the finest in revolutionary international hip-hop and radical news.

Listen online at  http://radioActiveradio.org
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International Human Rights Organization Opposes HR4437
AFSC,

The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) vehemently opposes the anti-immigrant Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act of 2005 (HR 4437), which has been introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-WI). This bill does little to address the root causes of migration to the United States, or the underlying social and economic conditions of both legal and undocumented workers.
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HALLOWED: New Horror Film screens in Tijuana
Indie Slate Magazine,

Rocky Costanzo's "Hallowed" to hold Advanced Screening at the upcoming Baja California Film Festival in Tijuana October 26-30
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Purpose of IMC.
IMC,

Lets not forget,the purpose of IMC stated below.
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1st report from Zapatista Rebel Territory
lotu5, for sd imc, with help from Adriana,

I arrived in San Cristobal the night of Monday the 19th, after flying in from San Diego and walked to the Junax, a hostel for people working in collectives and volunteers that houses Chiapas Indymedia. I had missed the last combi, which was at 5.

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A Call For Solidarity
David Agranoff,

David mailed me this statement asking for solidarity and asked that I post it on IndyMedia. There are only a few spelling errors/typos in David's letter because he had to write this in a bit of a hurry, but I will try to make them coherent while keeping as much of David's writing in it's original form as possible. Hopefully I don't add my own typos as I type this out.

- Bob Alba
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An Encuentro Against All Borders
sd indymedia,

The No Border Encuentro took place on August 27-28th at the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego/Aztlan. Two days of events including a maquiladora tour, a benefit concert and a day of forums, panels and encounters took place with over 100 people from San Diego, Los Angeles, Fresno, San Francisco, Santa Cruz, Orange County, Eugene, Portland, Tijuana, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia participating. On the walls hung photos of recent actions to stop the Minutemen, a poster of the PGA Hallmarks, and maps of Calexico, where the No Border Camp will be in September. [Complete Summary, another account]

Radio coverage was done all weekend by Blast Furnace Radio, due to some technical difficultues at radioActive sanDiego.

Audio: Beats Against Borders with Dias Tristes, Boomerang Politick and Entartete Kunst | Encuentro Opening and Border History Panel | History of the Border Part 2 | Closing presentation by Ashanti Alston | Migration and Indigenous Nations 1 | 2

Photos: Maquiladora Tour | More | Beats Against Borders | Encuentro

This is only part of a large movement against the MinuteMen, La Migra and the Border itself. Thursday night before the conference, La Raza Rights Coalition held a community forum to present their demands around these issues to legislators. Next weekend, Sept 2-4, BorderHack 2005 will be taking place in Tijuana. Also that weekend, on the 3rd, is a forum against the Minutemen in Chula Vista.

The Encuentro was planned as a space to strategize about how to create a world without borders, how to effectively challenge racism and how to put an end to the Minuteman Project. These strategies will be put into action from September 16-18th in a series of actions and a No Border Camp in Calexico.
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BREAKING NEWS: Racist Town Meeting Back On
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

BREAKING NEWS: State Senator Bill Morrow just announced on the Roger Hedgecock show (August 9, 5:30 p.m.) that the racist anti-immigrant Town Hall meeting, originally scheduled for August 11, then cancelled, is BACK ON. The original post on this is at  http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/08/110404.shtml
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Mysterious shooting of 2 migrants, Chase suggests "rogue" Minutemen
Chicomozteca,

UPDATE: Two audio reports from Campo, CA on 2005-07-31:
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/6263.php
 http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/08/6264.php

Two migrant people were shot under mysterious circumstances last week in the border region where the Minutemen have been patrolling. One was shot in Mexico and one was shot inside the US. While "Mexican authorities" have claimed that "bandits" were behind it, the victims were quick to point out that nothing was stolen from them. This strange circumstance is added to by the fact that these "bandits" used laser scopes to target their victims.

Numerous calls have been made to the sheriff in Campo, CA, but still no investigation is taking place. In addition, James Chase admits to transporting undocumented people, which is a crime, but he is also not having charges pressed against him, unlike the volunteers in Ariznoa who were sent to jail for taking migrants in critical condition to a hospital. Many are saying, "Chase and Co. MUST be investigated". Gente Unida held a press conference on Friday, July 29th to address this issue.

To contact the sheriff, Phone: (619) 478-5378 Fax: (619) 478-9076 or go to:  http://www.sdsheriff.net/rural/substations_campo.html

Click Read More for more comments and corporate news coverage.

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Anti-MinuteMen, No Border Camp Continues
san diego indymedia,

From the beginning, there has been resistance to the border vigilantes. Since the protests and confrontations at the VFW on June 16th, actions against the MinuteMen have continued throughout the week as the Gente Unida, Anti-MinuteMen, No Border camp in Campo was maintained. During the week, there were reports that the people of Campo were making efforts to remove the MinuteMen [report here]. Tuesday night, the Buenas Noches Brigade disrupted the MinuteMen for over an hour [photos here]. Starting on Wednesday, the 2nd Virtual sit-in against the MinuteMen, by SWARM the MinuteMen and Electronic Disturbance Theater began taking anti-immigrant sites offline [interview here, announcement, more info].

Thursday morning a press conference was held at Playas De Tijuana, the site where the border is being torn down and reconstructed [photos and story].

Saturday night, about 60 demonstrators with the Gente Unida Coalition held a vigil at the border wall with the Mexican press, to highlight the injustices and 3200 deaths that this metal scar has caused. Following the vigil, a march along the wall to the Minutemen camp ensued, with ended in a series of tense, face-to-face confrontations. The Buenos Noches Brigade arrived with music, poetry, speeches, and humor to lighten the situation that the armed vigilantes presented. [photos and story, another report]

Also on Saturday night, a report has come out that there were nonfatal shootings of two Mexican men in the border area between Campo and Tecate early Saturday. [corporate story].

Video from First Weekend | Rejection of Minutemen | We're not racist! | 5 Myths of Immigration Explained | A Coalition of Minutemen and Migrant groups? | Explotation+Capitalism= Immigration | The Minuteman Mixup
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(no)Border between TJ/SD - Las Playas
onto,

A press conference concerning Gente Unida, the Minutemen, and the Buenas Noches Brigaes was held at Las Playas on Thursday at Noon in Tijuana right by the border fence. Strangely enough, the border fence is being torn down right there . . . only to put up a bigger, stronger one (circa Germany's Berlin Wall).

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Anti-Fascist Protection Wall Needed
NE Socialist,

A socialist solution for border problems
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Disrupt the MinuteMen, Campo, July 16-19th
the o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective,

This is a call from the o.r.g.a.n.i.c. collective to all those who
oppose racist violence to come to Campo, California, one hour east of San Diego, from July 16th to 19th and disrupt, interfere with and stop the activities of the MinuteMen.
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USA puts farmers and Gardeners in Prisons. Ar
Pamela Olson,

Monsanto Keeps Up Attack on Seed Saving Farmers and Gardeners, and is destroying local Family farmers.

Will the USA coporaton Monsanto take away your Job and ravish your Family?
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Anti-Minutemen Coalition
Rene,

UPDATE: 5/31 11:48PM - Support Anti-MinuteMen protesters in LA charged with felonies

No Migra! No Minutemen! Ya Basta!

A wave of anti-immigrant hysteria is sweeping the United States. Racist vigilante groups such as the Minutemen Project, Friends of the Border Patrol and Save our State have taken it upon themselves to “secure the border” by scapegoating and attacking immigrants.

JOIN THE FIGHT! // ACT NOW TO DEFEND OUR COMMUNITIES!

Meetings Every Saturday, 11 am, Room L-113
San Diego City College

(SPANISH VERSION)

Una ola de histeria anti-inmigrante sacude a los Estados Unidos. Grupos racistas como el Proyecto Minutemen, Amigos de la Patrulla Fronteriza, y Salven a Nuestro Estado han decidido tomar la ley en sus manos y “asegurar la frontera” atacando a los inmigrantes y usándolos como chivos expiatorios.

UNETE A LA LUCHA! // DEFENDAMOS NUESTRAS COMUNIDADES!

Juntas cada Sábado, 11am, Salón L-113
San Diego City College

Another take on organizing against the MinuteMen
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Congress Recommends Sending Troops to Border
repost from washington post,

From the Washington Post: "The deployment of 36,000 National Guard troops or state militia on the U.S.-Mexico border would stop the illegal flow of foreigners into America, says a congressional report that credits the Minuteman Project with proving that additional manpower could "dramatically reduce if not virtually eliminate" illegal immigration."

Just what we need, more troops, this time operating within our own country. I wonder how far inland from the border these troops will operate? Who will they be attacking? Who benefits from all this? Who profits?

Call today to stop the MinnuteMen meeting in LA on Wed, May 25th:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/109056.shtml
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Tijuana Workers Celebrate May 1st With Rally
Rocky Neptun,

While San Diego's upscale progressive community, from feely-goody new age yuppies and aging hippies to the power liberals who run the pitiful left-wing response to Bushism in San Diego, flocked to the corporate sponsored Earth Day festival, May 1st; others, workers around the world, refused to give up the their traditional day to celebrate the world's
laborers.

More info on San Diego's May Day Fair this year:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/108641.shtml

Learn about the workers making Starbuck's coffee:
 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/05/108670.shtml
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radioActive sanDiego - ECD & borderHack
lotus,

DJ lotus interviews Ricardo Dominguez about Electronic Civil Disobedience, borderHack in 2000 and 2005, Electronic Disturbance Theatre, digital zapatismo, Thing.net, the performative matrix, hacktivism, Hopecon, 2600, Empire, Deleuze, Pentagon cyberwar weapons, Critical Art Ensemble, hybrid actions with bodies and ECD and much more...
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SD/Tijuana: 10 Years of Border Photograhy
Michael Klam,

Maria Teresa Fernandez will be showing her acclaimed photographs of the SD/Tijuana region for one night in the Museum of the Living Artist, Balboa Park, Wednesday, 5-11 at 6:30 pm. Do not miss this chance to meet the photographer. There will be question-and-answer and open mic to follow.
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Border Photography, Music, and Spoken Word
Michael Klam,

Free Speech Arts in the Museum of the Living Artist, hosted by Michael Klam. Food, entertainment (featured artists/music/poetry/photography), open mic, general audience, all ages.
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Project Free Ride - SD/TJ Bike Project
Project Free Ride,

Project Free Ride: A San Diego Bike Project in the Makings

Hey all...You got skills, time, energy or old bikes/parts/tools lying
around? We can use it all!
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Youth Busting Borders!!! Conference
Youth Action Network,

Youth in San Diego need to rise up to fight for our rights!!! We have some of the crappiest schools in the nation without enough textbooks, and with dirty bathroom facilities. Police and migra are harassing us in our communities and military recruiters harass us at school. The governor is cutting all of the money from education, but juvenile incarceration rates go up every minute! Its time to fight back!
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Friends Not Fences - Border Protest April 2nd
Jonathan,

April 2, 2005 - 50 to 75 people marched to the U.S. / Mexico Border to show their opposition to the Triple Border Fence and their support for making friends across the border.
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borderHack 2.005 - this summer
The ORGANIC Collective,

borderHack 2.005
a 5 day experiment in autonomous community building
a border camp on the US/Mexico border in the San Diego/Tijuana region
a summer of escalation of resistance against borders
an intergalactic encuentro

//

5 días de experimentación en la construcción de comunidades autónomas
Un campamento en la frontera México-Americana en la región de San Diego / Tijuana
Un verano de intensificación de la resistencia en contra de las fronteras
Un encuentro intergaláctico
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Border Protest, 4/2/2005, 10 min Video
lotus,

10 minute video about the protest at the border on April 2nd, 2005. The protest was against HR 418, the Triple Fence and the MinuteMen project in Arizona.

 http://sandiego.indymedia.org/media/4-2-2005%20fence%20protest%20bigger.mp4

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A Rising Movement Against The MinuteMen and the Border
lotus for sd indymedia,

UPDATE 4/5/2005 9:00AM - Press conference today and National Days of Action to stop REAL ID

What better place than Tombstone, Arizona, where gun-toting actors dressed like sheriffs and outlaws keep the nostalgia of the Wild West alive, to be the focal point of yet another vigilante convergence. The Minuteman Project, as it is called, is being organized by two of southern Arizona's most notorious and outspoken border vigilantes: Chris Simcox and Jim Gilchrist. Their plan is to place "observers" every quarter mile along a 20-mile stretch of border from Douglas to the San Pedro River during the month of April.

However, their actions will not go unopposed. Legal observers are being trained to watch over and document the Minutemen. Counter protests, vigils and other border activities are also planned to take place throughout April. ( April Unity Events )

In San Diego and Tijuana, on April 2nd, 2005, numerous organizations including the Border Angels, FIST ( Fight Imperialism, Stand Together), the Brown Berets, Code Pink, and the ORGANIC collective held a march and a rally at the US/Mexico border, the site of the construction of the Triple Border Fence. This rally was against HR 418, against the Triple Border Fence and against the Minutemen. Between 50 and 75 people were in attendance for the 1.5 mile march, followed by a rally on both sides of the fence. In addition, plans for borderHack 2.005 were announced for this summer.

As the MinuteMen project in Arizona takes the media spotlight, Congress is quietly trying to roll back 30 years of environmental regulations and create a buffer zone of martial law along the borders of the US. HR 418 recently passed in the House and is currently being fast tracked through the Senate. This law would completely exempt any project to build fences or roads in the region of the borders of the US from all environmental laws. This would include the border with Canada as well as the border with Mexico.

Photos from SD | More photos | More Photos 2 | Video of SD/TJ Protest | HR 418 - The Real ID Act | SF Indybay Coverage of HR 418 | SF Indybay HR 418 Protest | borderHack 2.005

Indymedia Arizona Coverage:

Minuteman Project invades Southern Arizona, highlights complexity of border crisis
Legal Observers to Keep Eye on Minute Man Project
Minutemen Most Likely Exaggerators
Crimes Against Humanity

In Texas, anti-racist activists have been busy shutting down "immigrant hunts" organized by the "Young Conservatives of Texas", in which the fascist youth play at what their allies in Arizona are doing for real:

Austin IMC: Hundreds Protest Racist Immigrant Hunt
North Texas IMC: The Young Conservatives and the Racist Games They Play...

Google Minutemen News | MSNBC: Minutemen vs. Protesters

~Struggle to Survive~
js,

***ROTEST SUPPORTING THE FREEDOM FOR TIJUANA AND SONORA'S POLITICAL PRISONERS***

today Wednesday, March 9th @ the Mexican Consul 4pm
1549 India Street (Little Italy)



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