Great Political Plays at 6th @ Penn
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

6th @ Penn Theatre, 3704 Sixth Avenue in Hillcrest, is presenting on its so-called "off nights" (Sundays through Wednesdays) through November 16 an intense, profoundly moving program of plays united by the theme of inhumanity. The subjects of the plays include the genocides in Rwanda and Sudan, lingering anti-Jewish prejudice in America and the U.S. practice of "extraordinary rendition" — kidnapping terror suspects and flying them to countries like Saudi Arabia and Egypt so they can be tortured. Their styles range from wrenching, realistic drama to circus-like satirical farce, but all four works combine a sense of political commitment with a passionate, artistically integral sense of drama.
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Alive in Baghdad: Indymedia Reports from Iraq
Brian Conley of Boston Indymedia c/o sdimc,

Here is the brief update. There is confusion over the number of casualties. The number reported by the US Military is nearly the same number we received from an Iraqi Police officer who was involved in firing on the second vehicle, which exploded near the Mosque in Firdos Square. He claimed there were approximately 4 killed and 16 wounded at that time.

The assertion that the attack was intended to take over the Hotel was not substantiated by any of the IPs or PSDs(private security) who we spoke with that were on the scene. He believed this attack to be similar to previous attacks, where the first bomb is intended to bring IPs and other security forces, and subsequent bombings are used to inflict mass casualties on the response teams.

Despite the loud gunfire long after the attack, no gunmen other than the IPs were reported to be in the streets. One BBC colleague reported to me that “The Iraqi Police tend to be quite trigger-happy.” Also, my fixer overheard an IP shouting “Be careful they are shooting everyone.” We now believe “they” almost certainly means other IPs, although we don’t have a first-hand report of IPs firing on each other.

There is still some confusion over the carbombings. We received an eyewitness report from a PSD that the first car was a Black Jeep Cherokee, it now appears this may have been the second vehicle, as the AP reports the first car was a white vehicle.

We will try to provide photos of the aftermath this evening.
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KARL ROVE, Lewis Libby Indictments Could "Out
Clayton Hallmark,

The Washington, DC, grand jury of US Attorney Fitzgerald will obtain indictments in the outing of CIA's Valerie Plame sometime this week, sources say, and one could be George Bush's closest advisor, Karl Rove.....In Alexandria, VA, the grand jury of Paul McNulty, investigating Israeli espionage against the US, has indicted a neocon Pentagon analyst, Larry Franklin and continues its work.....With these and other probable indictments, there will be trials that will EXPOSE FIXED INTELLIGENCE and ISRAELI MANIPULATION that pushed us into war.....Also, Italian officials promise to request in coming weeks the extradition of CIA man Bob Lady, a key figure in the IRAQ BETRAYAL. See how these events are converging.
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2,000 Too Many! Vigil in San Diego
Lynn Gonzalez,

National Call to Action!

Vigil in San Diego the day AFTER the 2,000th U.S.
serviceperson's death is announced,
4:00 TO 7:30pm
COME to Horton Plaza!

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Saddaming the House of Assad.
Lloyd Hart,

Now that the U.S. coercion in the form of the Bolton recess appointment as U.S. ambassador to the U.N. has produced the U.N. Special Investigation Commission Report on the assassination of a former prime minister of Lebanon, it is time to ask the obvious question.

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Susan Skog: How to Have Peace in Our Lifetime
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

“Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me.” This line from an old song could easily sum up Susan Skog’s presentation to the First Unitarian-Universalist Church in Hillcrest October 14 and the book she was promoting in her talk, Peace in Our Lifetime. The principle behind her book and her approach to peacemaking is that we must, as Mahatma Gandhi (whose grandson Arun was one of her interviewees) said, “be the change we wish to seek in the world” — that in order to be effective peacemakers we must first work through our own anger, hatred, fear and demonization of our presumed “enemies” so we can engage them on a common human level.
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San Diego Mayoral Candidate hedges Peace
Daniel J. Smiechowski,

San Diego and our vital interests are at stake in the upcoming Mayoral Election. The political philosophy of one candidate ought to be analyzed by concerned voters.
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RAISIN' THE DEAD
bushdid911,

no 3000 victims on 911.
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A Warning ?
Ben,

Where would we really find the principal danger to civil liberty in a republic? Not in the governors as governors, not in the governed as governed, but in the governed unequipped to function as governors. The chief enemies of republican freedom are mental sloth, conformity, bigotry, superstition, credulity, monopoly in the market of ideas, and utter, benighted ignorance. Footnote 1 to ADDERLEY v. FLORIDA, 385 U.S. 39 (1966), JUSTICE DOUGLAS, with whom THE CHIEF JUSTICE, MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN, and MR. JUSTICE FORTAS concur, dissenting.
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Griffin Seals Case for WTC Demolition, Calls
Dr. Kevin Barrett, University of Wisconsin,

In two speeches to overflow crowds in New York last weekend, notable theologian David Ray Griffin argued that recently revealed evidence seals the case that the Twin Towers and WTC-7 were destroyed by controlled demolition with explosives. Despite the many enduring mysteries of the 9/11 attacks, Dr. Griffin concluded, "It is already possible to know, beyond a reasonable doubt, one very important thing: the destruction of the World Trade Center was an inside job, orchestrated by terrorists within our own government."
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Venezuela Solidarity Day
LASC,

Bolivarian Revolution
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SDSU Activists Protest Military Recruiters
Jocelyn Blake,

The Campus Anti-war Network at San Diego State protested military recruiters on October 13th and refused to back down in the face of police intimidation.

Military recruiters occupied San Diego State University for three days this week. They put on an extravagant display with hummers, war simulation games, a rock climbing wall, and even propelled off of buildings and parachuted out of aircrafts. All of this was an attempt to project an image of the military as a hub of adventure and excitement. Our protest showed up to expose the reality of life in the military: war, discrimination, sexual harassment and unfulfilled promises of opportunity. 10 activists from the Campus Anti-war Network (CAN) and the International Socialist Organization surrounded the recruiters during one of their propelling stunts and demanded that the military leave our campus.
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The Mindless American: A Tragedy In The Making
Doug Soderstrom,

As a result of nine-eleven’s jarring impact upon our nation, journalists have discovered a near paranoid rise in retaliation against individuals attempting to expose governmental malfeasance.
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Protests Colin Powell’s Visit to So Cal
repost from LA IMC by SD IMC,

Anti-war activists are calling for protests against Colin Powell during his visit to Southern California next week. Powell will be in town for a three day speaking engagement for the corporate sponsored Distinguished Speakers Series of lectures. See www.speakersla.com/ for a sponsors list. At issue are his false statements to the UN about Iraq’s pre-war weapon’s program as the justification for the invasion of Iraq.

Details here:
 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2005/10/137165.php

WHEN: Monday, October 17, 2005 at 7:30 PM

WHERE: Outside Pasadena Civic Auditorium, 300 W. Green St., Pasadena.

WHAT: Protest COLIN POWELL visit to Pasadena

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War, Poverty, Racism: Time for an Alternative
ISO San Diego,

War, Poverty, Racism: Time for an Alternative!
Southern California Socialist Conference
October 29th, 10am-7pm

East Los Angeles College
1301 Avenida Cesar Chavez, Monterey Park
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From an Iraq War Vet in Portland....
reposted,

There are times that I wish that I could wish everything away. Other times, I want to stand naked in front of the entire nation to force them to see what they've done to me. I want people to know what war really is.

(Originally posted on the Portland IMC as a comment.)
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The Troops Don’t Support the Constitution
Jacob G. Hornberger ,

10/11/05 "Lewrockwell.com" -- --Every U.S. soldier takes an express and solemn oath to “support and defend the Constitution.” That oath, however, is a sham because the troops do not support or defend the Constitution. Instead, when it comes to war the troops follow another oath they take – to obey the orders of the president, and they do this without regard to whether such orders violate the Constitution.
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Copwatch Conference Update
Bob Alba,

The following is the lastest update for the Copwatch Conference including the protest and schedule of workshops/panels. Some items are still being worked out and may be subject to change.
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art in modern day
Basim Najjar,

uses various media's to convey a message of artistic and spirtual peace!
www.bdogmania.com is the place to go and link with the world and venture into the realms of free expression.
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Norman Solomon Speaks in San Diego
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Norman Solomon, columnist and head of the Institute for Public Accuracy (which attempts to get progressive voices featured in the mainstream media), spoke in San Diego September 29 at a benefit organized by Activist San Diego for the Guerrero Azteca Project of anti-war activist Fernando Suárez del Solár. Promoting and reading from his new book "War Made Easy," Solomon spoke mostly of the ease with which any determined President can build public support for a war he wants to wage, and how the corporate media help him through turning themselves into transmission belts for pro-war propaganda. The event raised $1,000 for Guerrero Azteca Project and its efforts to offer scholarships to young Latinos and other students of color to give them other ways to pay for college than by joining the military.
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"The War Within" Explores a Terrorist's Mind
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

"The War Within," a new film opening October 7 at the Landmark Cinemas in Hillcrest, is a powerful, gripping drama about a would-be terrorist planning an attack in New York after three years being imprisoned and tortured in his native Pakistan. The film maintains a delicate balance, seeking to make us understand the central character's motives without making him so sympathetic as to condone his actions. The film's effectiveness is due to the skill of its creators — director Joseph Castelo and star Ayad Akhtar, who also co-wrote the script — in maintaining that balance and creating enough other characters to dramatize the central character's "roads not taken" and leave open the hope that he'll abandon his terrorist plans.
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WHAT THE GRUESOME IMAGES SAY
CHUCKMAN,

GRUESOME PICTURES OF THE DEAD USED BY AMERICAN SOLDIERS AS CURRENCY TO BUY PORNOGRAPHY
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The Shit Hitting the Fan
X,

Hasta La Victoria Siempre
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ACLU sues Homeland Security
bruce,

ACLU sues Homeland Security for arresting, spying on vegans who protested ham.
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Art of War : Anti-War
Larmee,

Washington DC, September 24, 2005
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Is your twelve year old safe from military?
richard myers,

With recruiting targets unmet, 250 National Guard troops visit middle school, mingle with twelve year olds. Is it a recruiting ploy?

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Purpose of IMC.
IMC,

Lets not forget,the purpose of IMC stated below.
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Read this,then weep, then get damn angry
Bruce,

Again the mainstream media is failing to properly inform the U.S. public, only this time it's screwing itself because it is also their tax monies that are being wasted.
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Katrina became an excuse to recruit
bruce,

If this doesn't show the shamelessness of the military-meaning the Pentagon and Bush Administration- I don't what more evidence will be required to have those who support the U.S.'s 'wars' change their perspectives.
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DeLay indicted, steps down
bruce,

Finally, one of the myriad corrupting influences has to take a seat. Delay is about as 'evil' as you can get when it comes to the Constitution and liberty. Not that Drier is much better; and note that Drier of one of Ahnold's closest 'advisors';with all that has come out, the new name is 'Republicorrupters' for those is Congress professing to be 'Republican'.
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