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textUS to give Mexico $500 million to turn it into a police state like the USA by Richard Nixon
The new Mexican President Felipe Calderón seems to be a reincarnated version of Richard Nixon who wants to use American money to turn Mexico into a police state just like the USA! And the US seems to be willing to fork over the money as this article says....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 10:10am PDT
textThe Forgotten Victims of the California Wild Fires: Undocumented Migrant Workers by via Democracy Now
Monday, October 29, 2007 : Andrea Guerrero of the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium says law enforcement deported evacuees and checked identifications of evacuees fleeing fires....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 8:07am PDT
textFirefighting shortages played role in California wild fire damage by wsws (reposted)
Monday, October 29, 2007 :As of Sunday, the Santiago Fire in Orange County, having burned more than 11,000 acres, was still raging to the north of the city of Irvine and east of the city of Orange. It is threatening to jump into Riverside County’s Cleveland National Forest. The working class city of Colton is in its path....
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 7:47am PDT
textDonating to Help Forgotten Fire Victims by Joni (repost)
How to Help San Diego’s Invisible & Forgotten Fire Victims: 1. DONATE SUPPLIES at Western Service Workers Association, 3014 Imperial Ave., SD 92102—PLEASE CALL FIRST to schedule a drop-off time (619-238-9763), as their staff/volunteer capacity is limited! Items most needed in the coming weeks include: food, water, toiletries, feminine hygiene products, diapers, MEN’S clothing, clean socks, new underwear (for men, women, & children), and tents/ canopies/ tarps (for shade). For ...
Posted: Mon, Oct 29, 2007 7:27am PDT
imageFeature: Sister Spit: The Next Generation at The Rubber Rose
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by queer-j brad
Sister Spit: The Next Generation, a radical queer womyn spoken-word group, performed to a full house at the Rubber Rose on October 18 as part of a month-long, cross-country tour. The tour reprises performances by the San Francisco lesbian feminist collective Sister Spit, co-founded by Sini Anderson and Michelle Tea, the organizer of the current group and MC. The hour and a half show felt like a family gathering, with the performers keeping the audience smiling, laughing and alternately li...
Posted: Sun, Oct 28, 2007 9:17pm PDT
textPress Release Regarding ICE Incidents At San Diego Fire Evacuation Site (Qualcomm Stadium) by Necalli Olin Tonatiuh
The San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium just released this Press Release regarding the treatment of immigrant families and people of color who have been evacuated. (repost of comment on a previous article)...
Posted: Sun, Oct 28, 2007 7:18pm PDT
audio2007 Practical Activism Conference at UCSC featuring Angela Davis (audio/mpeg 13.2MB) by ~Bradley
Hundreds of students crowded into the College Nine-Ten Multipurpose Room on October 27th for the 5th annual Practical Activism Conference at UC Santa Cruz. The room's capacity was maxed out when Angela Davis spoke and approximately 175 students heard the speech through speakers setup outside the Multipurpose Room. Activist organizations based on campus and in the community were tabling, food was provided and the workshops were very well attended....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 11:56pm PDT
textNOON SUNDAY--Press Conference re: Forgotten Fire Victims by Joni
Noon, Sunday, Oct. 28, Downtown Federal Building--Join us for a press conference in support of migrants, farm workers, and the people on our streets and reservations--the forgotten and invisible victims of San Diego's firestorm....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 11:46pm PDT
textFire Victims Need Help TODAY! by Joni
Needs are growing as supplies are dwindling!...
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 10:49am PDT
textWildfires Burn Southern California Reservations by NAM (reposted)
Originally From New America Media Saturday, October 27, 2007 : SAN DIEGO – Wildfires rampaging across Southern California have burned more than 17,200 acres of land on the Yuina, Rincon, La Jolla, San Pasqual and Pala reservations, according to Bureau of Indian Affairs official Jim Fletcher, reports Indian Country Today....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 9:47am PDT
textSan Diego Came Together, Spanish-Speakers Left Out by NAM (reposted)
Originally From New America Media Saturday, October 27, 2007 : The Spanish-language community was once again left out of the information loop during the first few days of the emergency - one of the lessons San Diego apparently didn't learn from the 2003 fires, according to an editorial in the bilingual newspaper La Prensa-San Diego....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 9:47am PDT
textUnion Members Help Victims of California Fires by via James Parks, AFL-CIO
Saturday, October 27, 2007 : Throughout Southern California, central labor councils and union locals are mobilizing to make sure their union brothers and sisters affected by the devastating fires receive all the help they need to get back on their feet. At least 18,000 homes have been destroyed and 14 people killed in the 16 blazes that have ravaged 500,000 acres?an area about twice the size of New York City?over the past six days....
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 9:47am PDT
textDevastation from California wildfires comes into focus as some blazes are contained by wsws (reposted)
Saturday, October 27, 2007 :Six days of massive wildfires have left a devastating human toll in Southern California. The blazes have charred close to 500,000 acres, or about three quarters the size of the state of Rhode Island. Wildfires also flared on the Mexican side of the border, as far south as the city of Ensenada. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection reported on Friday that weather conditions were forecast to improve across the hardest hit areas, with 14 of 23 wild...
Posted: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 9:43am PDT
textFree Geek In San Diego? Let's try it! by Rich Norman
I am seeking people who'd like to get a computer recycling & instruction organization going in San Diego....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 8:10pm PDT
textBilingual Volunteers Needed at Qualcomm to Protect Immigrant Rights by NaNa
Bilingual Volunteers Needed at Qualcomm... to Protect Immigrant Rights, ensure immigrants access services and translate! Bilingual volunteers are needed to inform immigrant evacuees of their rights and aid them accessing emergency relief services. The purpose of this effort is to ensure the immigrant community of San Diego are able to safely access social services without fear. Please sign up for a four hour shift (at least 3 volunteers per shift). Spanish, Vietnamese Tagalog, Vietna...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 4:12pm PDT
imagePerformance Excerpts from Sister Spit: The Next Generation at The Rubber Rose
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by san diego indymedia volunteer
Sister Spit: The Next Generation, a radical dyke/womyn artist touring group, performed with special guest Eileen Myles at The Rubber Rose on October 18. Performance Excerpts Video: 11 min, 49 sec; 44 mb....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 4:06pm PDT
textInhumane Treatment of Evacuees by San Diego City Officials by NaNa
This is an email that I received today from the San Diego Immigrant Rights Consortium. It goes in to great detail about how the City of San Diego has been treating evacuees at Qualcomm Stadium. BORDER PATROL PRESENCE AT QUALCOMM: City officials in charge of the evacuation site at Qualcomm invited a Border Patrol information unit to drive in a van and set up a tent next to FEMA and Red Cross inside the stadium. Although the unit is present to provide map information for burn areas, the p...
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 3:59pm PDT
textimmigrants neglected and abused during San Diego wildfires by José I. Fusté
It is important that people know that the government’s response to this has not been as benevolent as the news media has made it out to be. For immigrant families, this is in no way an ‘anti-Katrina.’ Immigrants in San Diego county are being neglected by emergency evacuators, put in danger by their employers, treated rudely by authorities and volunteers, refused aid at evacuation sites, and racially profiled by police and deported by the Border Patrol....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 2:46pm PDT
textSeeing through the Smoke: The San Diego Fires by International Socialist Organization
Mike Davis speaks on how the right is celebrating the tragedy as a triumph of Republican values....
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 8:20am PDT
calendarSeeing through the Smoke: The San Diego Fires by International Socialist Organization
City Heights Recreation Center 4380 Landis St. (2 blocks south of University Ave. and Fairmount Ave.)...
Event Date: Thu, Nov 1, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Oct 26, 2007 8:18am PDT
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