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You can fool some of the people some of the t
Honest Abe,
The dam of lies is finally breaking...
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Mike Davis on Slums
queer-j brad,
On May 11 in International House's Great Hall at UCSD, urbanist, author and Professor of History at UC Irvine Mike Davis spoke to an audience of about 200 people about slums. Citing the UN-Habitat report, "The Challenge of Slums," Davis outlined the tragic facts about slums, including 1 billion current slum dwellers, an overlapping 1 billion people with no formal connection to their national or the global economy, and 2-3 billion people over the next half century most likely destined for slums. Summarizing his recent book, "Planet of Slums," Davis argued that slum expansion has reached a limit - an absence of free squatable land and the declining ability of slum dwellers to occupy survival niches has given rise to sectarian violence, child abandonment and other rational responses to desperate circumstances. He concluded with the hopeful picture of slums as incubators for burgeoning resistance movements.
Includes audio and partial transcript.
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Free Speech with reg e gaines in Balboa Park
Michael Klam,
The Museum of the Living Artist invites writers and artists to present their visual and written/spoken work at Poetry and Art on Wednesday, May 17, 2006. The free speech quarterly event at the San Diego Art Institute will feature special guest performers reg e gaines, author, playwright and director, and San Diego’s top competition (slam) poets, including Rudy Francisco, Viet Mai, Whitney Lawrence, Brian DeBenedictus, and Sunflower Dubois.
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Stew Albert - RIP Sweet Yippie Prince
repost by Marion Delgado,
Stew Albert, a leading member of the "Youth International Party" (Yippie!,) an unindicted co-conspirator in the infamous Chicago 1968 "Conspiracy Trial," an instigator of People's Park and so much more - died this week.
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Activist San Diego Film series Presents:
Activist San Diego,
Free film series and discussion on WTO, IMF, World Bank and Free Trade Area Agreements........
Jan. 5th- Breaking the Spell – Anarchists and the radical Left at the
1999 WTO ministerial meeting in Seattle.
Jan. 12th- This is What Democracy Looks Like – A holistic account of the resistance and reasons for it that shut down the 1999 WTO
ministerial meeting in Seattle.
Jan. 19th- Praha 2000 – People from around the world converge in Prague and use diverse tactics to resist the IMF and World Bank’s
efforts to colonize the globe.
Jan. 26th- The Miami Model – Folks come from all over to stop the FTAA
(free trade area of the Americas) and learn about what a police state looks like.
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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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G20 ups effort to increase liberalization
Chiquita (someone's dog),
The G20 group of wealthy and developing nations have pledged to continue efforts to carry out the necessary reforms to increase global free trade.
World's major economies call for stable oil prices, free trade XIANGHE, China (AFX) - The Group of 20 most industrialized and largest developing countries called for stable oil prices and greater efforts to free up trade to reduce poverty and sustain economic growth
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Purpose of IMC.
IMC,
Lets not forget,the purpose of IMC stated below.
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Corporate America now opposes 'free trade'
bruce,
During the debate over the Central American Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), the American public heard Corporate America and the Washington, D.C. Establishment extol the virtues of so-called "free" trade. And the mainstream media were complicit by not providing the public with the information needed for rational discourse.
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Breaking Border Paradigms
Bob Alba w/sdimc,
Calexico had many successes Saturday and early Sunday morning. According to the public and most major news sources, the human rights protestors have effectively shut down or delayed the Friends of the Border Patrol (FBP) from inaugurating their fall vigilante watch. Here are some pictures from one of the insipiring parts of the day as we broke down Border paradigms.
Morning confrontation: Account | Video | Photos | Audio
Resistance in Houston | Resistance in NY | Resistance in Tucson
Past Stories: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
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America Is Bankrupt
Mike (in Tokyo) Rogers,
09/12/05 "Lewrockwell" -- -- A recent trip to the United States – after a three-year absence – showed me how far the country and its people have deteriorated in a short period of time. Americans are bankrupt. They are bankrupt at every possible level: spiritually, morally, educationally. The country’s economy has deteriorated to the level of a Philippines or a Thailand (and I mean no disrespect to the Philippines or Thailand – I love those places).
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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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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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Time to Go for the WTO
Kurt Williamsen,
The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an entity that was created under the guise of promoting free trade internationally, but which in actuality is a group of foreign bureaucrats who regulate trade. And the trade policies it regulates are intentionally vague so that member countries really only know what is allowable when one member country contests another country's trade policy and the bureaucrats at the WTO make a ruling
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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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BuchCo: Real 911 Criminals
Ravenaeus,
Less "circumstancial" evidence has been used in court to convict "supposed" terrorists, much less with regard to associations, organizational connections, and actual pre-event statements of intent....
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Lies, Libel, "Little Eichmanns"...and,
Ravenaeus,
Though proven to be libel, slander, propaganda, rhetoric, disinformation, and deception, the US conglomerate media is unquestioningly followed by the Bush-Messiah fellowship. Blindly and blatantly following news organizations that continue to report in exact contrast to the rest of the world and against the facts of the situations that really exist....
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The WTO Trap
By William Norman Grigg,
The World Trade Organization, a Geneva-based body composed of foreign bureaucrats, will control our nation's economic destiny unless we get out -- now!
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Republican Websites Hacked in Protest of Inau
Internet Liberation Front,
In solidarity with the billions around the world who are being oppressed under the Bush agenda, The Internet Liberation Front has hacked and defaced six Republican websites who push forward the sick and violent ideology of warfare, capitalism, and profit over people.
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10th Annual Changemaker Celebration
Foundation 4 Change c/o lotus,
"New Voices, New Visions"
Friday November 19, 2004
Balboa Park Club Ballroom
Balboa Park, San Diego
(Park Blvd. to President's Way. Go west and park in the Pan American Plaza near the San Diego Automotive Museum.)
5:30 p.m. - Reception and Silent Auction
6:30 p.m. - Family-Style Dinner & Program
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Bush Loses It in New Hampshire Sept. 20
"President" George W. Bush,
This transcript of President Bush's town-hall meeting in New Hampshire September 20 (edited and posted by Mark Gabrish Conlan) shows how utterly incoherent he is without the crutch of a prepared text. The most revealing part is his fascinating misstatement of his Iraq policy: "We’re working with the international partners, we’re training Iraqi troops, we’re reconstructing the — reconstructing the company" — a perfect illustration of how totally Bush equates lassiez-faire, dog-eat-dog capitalism with "democracy."
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Sat, April 17th, Intl Day of Farmers Struggle
lotus,
April 17th, A Celebration of Resistance for International Day of Farmers' Struggle
2pm @ The City Heights Recreational Center on Fairmont and Landis
In honor of Via Campesina's call to action for International Day of Farmers' Struggles around the world, we will be doing a joint event with San Diego Indymedia showing films and sharing free organic food on Saturday, April 17th at 2pm at the City Heights Recreational Center.
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WAR PRESIDENT---MY ASS!!!
gdy,
Racicot was quoted as " Senator Kerry crossed a grave line when he dared to suggest the replacement of America 's commander-in- chief at a time when America is at war," while implying that Kerry was a traitorous renegade. Just to remind the snide Racicot, Kerry happens to be a war hero. He has the medals to prove it. The Army doesn't award Purple Hearts out for catching syphilis, in some Mexican whorehouse, while guarding the skies of Texas from VC infiltrators.
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NOW w/Moyers on the Miami FTAA Police Riot
official PBS Web site transcript,
Official PBS Web site transcript of NOW WITH BILL MOYERS, February 27, 2004, a special report dealing with the Miami Police Department's active suppression of political dissent to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) last November. The most chilling part of the transcript is the interview with Miami police chief John Timoney, especially the portion in which he accuses his interviewer of being an unwitting dupe of a vast anarchist conspiracy.
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The Crackdown on Dissent
Su Patel, NOW with Bill Moyers,
The Crackdown on Dissent. NOW looks at November’s Miami protests and their aftermath to examine whether law enforcement was maintaining order or abusing power.
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Calling all San Diego video activists
hyperpoem,
I'm looking for footage of the SD/TJ mobilization to put together a video of the event...
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The Cancun summit-WTO on the edge of abyss
Luis Enrique Barrios,
WTO
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Oct. 1 - IMC meeting - Cancun videographers!
sdimc,
Come visit us at our new space:
Wednesday nights 7-9pm
2552 K St.
Sherman Heights, near downtown San Diego
.:|Offical Open House later this month|:.
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Videos from Kilometer Zero
lotus,
At this week's IMC meeting, we will have two videographers who have just returned from Cancun showing video clips from Cancun and speaking about their experiences. This will be our first meeting at our new location, 2552 K St.
We will also be discussing our plans for our upcoming fall events including the Miami mobilization, the Mobilivre, and the Chiapas Media Project. We need lots of volunteers! Come be a part of the media revolution.
Mobilivre/Bookmobile | Miami/FTAA Call to Action | Miami/FTAA IMC Info
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SD/TJ anti-WTO photos
lotus, | 
From September 10-14, the WTO will hold its Fifth Ministerial meeting in Cancun, Mexico. They will be met with 
Del 10 a 14 de septiembre , la organización del comercio mundial (WTO) celebrará su quinta reunión ministerial en Cancun, México. Empujado por corporaciones multinacionales, los Estados Unidos, la unión europea, y otros países desarrollados están intentando lanzar un nuevo redondo de las negociaciones del "libre cambio" y ampliar la globalizacion corporativa - otros derechos humanos que erosionan, los derechos de los trabajadores, protecciones del medio ambiente, y democracia - en el interés del control corporativo. Si usted no puede ir a Cancun...