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Designs on Democracy was a three day conference on design, advertising, public relations and marketing for social change. It took place at the University of California, Berkeley from March 26 to March 28. The conference was organized by a crew of eight activists. Forty volunteers did the work that made it happen for the 350 who attended. Designs on Democracy, said Favianna Rodriguez, one of the organizers: “is not just for designers, it’s for people who are in the business of doing market...

CRITICS DECLARE BILL "DEEPLY MISGUIDED" 4/01/03: President Bush today signed legislation which creates legal "person" status for a fertilized egg, embryo or fetus, separate from the human mother. It makes it a federal crime to harm a "child in utero." Supporters claim it will allow for greater punishment of persons who attack pregnant women, but similar State laws have often been used against pregnant women, themselves. The Planned Parenthood Federation of America had pushed for defea...

Designs on Democracy was a three day conference on design, advertising, public relations and marketing for social change. It took place at the University of California, Berkeley from March 26 to March 28. Designs on Democracy, said Favianna Rodriguez, one of the organizers: “is not just for designers, it’s for people who are in the business of doing marketing and selling the image of the Left, to take it to a broader audience and make it more appealing.” Read More on our Indymedia page....

March 30: Lt Yoell led an operation which led to the arrest of Father Weeks based on information provided from a police snitch who claims that he was sexually abused over 10 years ago. Donny Ratcliff, acting administrator and chaplain at the abbey, said Tuesday that the charges against Weeks were bogus and characterized his arrest as retribution for having briefly sheltered Verse earlier this month. March 16: In a packed city hall, with scores of residents and organizations from Critical ...

March26-27, SF -- One of the longest-running socially-conscious performance and visual arts festivals once again took SF by storm. With song, dance, poetry and comedy, Friday night's show included powerful performances by Samsara, headRush, Dance Brigade, Ed Holmes (of SFMimeTroupe) and more. Additionally, Matt Gonzalez read several selections, including: "A Declaration of a State of War," the first communique from Weatherman Underground; an excerpt from MLK's classic anti-war speech at...

3/29: Vigil for Trinity Plaza at Civic Center. A year ago in April, 400 residents of the Trinity Plaza received a letter from infamous landlord Angelo Sangiacomo stating that he was seeking a demolition permit, and that he would be evicting all of the tenants in order to tear down their units and build five new condo towers in their place. The mainly elderly, working-class people of color community have been given a vague deal, where they can live in the building during construction, but mu...

Wednesday April 7th, 2004 was the anniversary of the April 7, 2003 community picket shutdown of Iraq war profiteers APL and SSA docks at the Port of Oakland. Activists returned in opposition to the war and to last year's crackdown on dissent by the city of Oakland. Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5   Audio: 1 | 2   Video: 1 On April 7, 2003 the Oakland Police Dept. opened fire with "less-lethal" weapons on a peaceful anti-war picket line in the Port of Oakland protestin...

3/23: Two days after El Salvador held its highly anticipated election, ARENA's Tony Saca has won another five years for the ruling party. After oppressive tactics on part of the ARENA government to keep out election observers failed, FMLN supporters began a massive mobilization that gave hope to many that ARENA would be ousted. Supporters in red flooded the election polling places in massive numbers, and throughout the day it appeared that guerilla FMLN candidate Schafik Handal was in the ...

Reports: 1 | 2 | Video:  1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 Audio:  1 | 2 Photos:  1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 Legal Updates:  1 | 2 | 3 | 3/23: Charges against 7 dropped At 2PM, over 500 people gathered at Polk and Grove for a breakaway march from the mornings massive anti-war demonstration. Hundreds of police flanked the march as it left Civic Center an...

3/21: Indybay's Enemy Combatant Radio is now airing on Berkeley's KALX 90.7fm every other Sunday on the popular weekly show Amandla!, from 5:30-6:30pm. If you are interested in getting involved with Enemy Combatant Radio and contributing content or doing interviews, check out the website and fill out a Volunteer Form. Tell your friends and listen to this week's premiere segment, covering everying from the antiwar actions this past weekend to same-sex marriages!...

3/21/04: Anti-war marches and rallies were held in Fresno, Bakersfield, Visalia, and Chico. In Sacramento The Veterans for Peace unveiled their memorial wall commemorating the thousands of dead and injured resulting from G.W.'s invasion and occupation of Iraq. In Fresno, Peace Fresno secretary Ken Hudson was arrested while showing a deputy sheriff the groups permit to hold a rally. A link to video of that arrest is available here. Many Central Valley activists joined the 50,000 pr...

Tens of thousands of people converged on San Francisco to say no to war and occupation. The SF protest included a breakaway march of at least 500 people. Demonstrators included contingents from ANSWER, Not In Our Name, Code Pink, the Green Party, various Socialist groups, groups demanding an end to the occupations in Haiti, Iraq, and Palestine, bike activists, LGBT activists, people opposed to US troops in the Phillipines, Korea and Japan, supporters of women prisoners, supporters of Mumia Ab...

Tens of thousands of people converged on San Francisco to say no to war and occupation. The SF protest included a breakaway march of at least 500 people. Demonstrators included contingents from ANSWER, Not In Our Name, Code Pink, the Green Party, various Socialist groups, groups demanding an end to the occupations in Haiti, Iraq, and Palestine, bike activists, LGBT activists, people opposed to US troops in the Phillipines, Korea and Japan, supporters of women prisoners, supporters of Mumia Ab...

3/19/04: The life of farm labor organizer Cesar Chavez is being celebrated throughout the Central Valley. Events are taking place in late March and Early April in Delano, Fresno, Madera, and Sacramento. The United Farm Workers Union empowers and brings dignity & respect to the workers that harvest our food. These workers continue to struggle for a living wage, legalization, and safe working conditions. Viva la Causa!...

From Oakland to Iraq: No War! No Empire! Return to the Oakland Docks! Wednesday April 7th, 2004 on the anniversary of the April 7, 2003 Community picket shutdown and assault at the APL and SSA ports on Oakland Docks. 4pm: OPD Rally - 455 7th St at Broadway(down the street from 12th St BART) 5pm: March - From West Oakland BART to the Oakland Docks organized by: Direct Action to Stop the War (DASW)| People United for a Better Oakland(PUEBLO) Shuttles provided from OPD to West ...

No Police Brutality, No Union Busting, No War for Empire at the Oakland Docks and SSA. Wednesday April 7th, 2004 was the anniversary of the April 7, 2003 community picket shutdown of Iraq war profiteers APL and SSA docks at the Port of Oakland. Hundreds of activists returned for a rally and march in opposition to the war and to last year's crackdown on dissent by the city of Oakland. Read More On Indybay's Anti-War Page...

The International Longshoreman and Wherehouseman's Union (ILWU) will be shutting down ports throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and up the coast in some ports in Oregon and Washington, with a stop work meeting on the morning of March 20. They are shutting down the ports on the anniversary of the invasion of Iraq and will be demanding an end to the war, an end to the occupation and the immediate withdrawal of all U.S. troops now! ILWU Local 10 will be boarding buses, after their meeting, t...

3/17/04: The contingents that are taking shape for this Saturday's demonstration against the US wars and occupation show the political diversity of the LGBTQI communities. The Strength in Unity Contingent will gather early, at 10am at 24th St BART. "This is gonna be an amazing, beautiful and LOUD contingent representing people of Arab and Palestinian, Latino, African American, Asian and Pacific Islander communities, youth, elders, queer folk, and white allies." The Defend Equal Rights Co...

We Interrupt This Empire... is a collaborative documentary which documents the historic direct actions of March 20th, 2003 that shut down the financial district of San Francisco following the United States' invasion of Iraq. Since the film premiered on June 10th, 2003 at the Red Vic Movie House with four sold-out screenings, it has since played all over the country and world, proving that there was radical and mass resistance to this illegal war. The film returns to the Red Vic for the 1 ye...

Update: March 26: Femsa finally agreed to begin meeting with union leaders in hopes of ending the hunger strike. Galvis(VP of a local union), said the company changed course due to solidarity in Colombia and from overseas. Unionists and human rights activists around the world had sent protest messages to Coca-Cola executives in Atlanta. And students in a dozen U.S. cities organized March 23 solidarity actions. Monday March 15: Coca-Cola union workers in Colombia began a hunger strike in fron...

3/19: Several hundred activists took part in direct actions this morning in San Francisco. Bechtel headquarters was shut down in protest over its profiting off the war in Iraq. Several protesters were arrested after they locked arms in front of the main entrance. Activists also occupied a building at 47 Page Street to protest the lack of affordable housing. The historic building, which has been vacant for many years, is owned by a holding company controlled by Wilfred Hsu, President of the ...

Mourning the loss of 200 people, mostly working-class commuters [Provisional List of Wounded in Madrid], in Thursday, March 11th's deadly train explosions, millions of people gathered in the streets on Friday to show mass opposition to terrorism and war. With Spain's right wing Popular Party pushing blame for the bombings on to the Basque separatist group Euskadi Ta Askatasuna (ETA), many small electoral manipulation ahead of Sunday's elections. In rallies and cacerolazos across the Spanish...

3/16: Oakland's City Hall was packed tonight, with scores of residents and organizations, including Critical Resistance and the ACLU, given 1 minute each to speak their piece about the city locking people out of homes and schools. The City Council moved the "Nuisance Eviction Ordinance" forward 6-0 with 1 abstention. The broad and vaguely-worded ordinance provides for the city to designate and evict "nuisance" tenants – without due process; the final draft "Z" of the ordinance does at l...