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If you thought, as I did, that some pretty scary legislation was created in the past seven years of this administration, you might want to pay attention. You or I may be a violent radical in the eyes of your neighbor, or someone at work or (quite possibly) a complete stranger on the subway....

Join us FRIDAY NOVEMBER 9th @ 1pm in El Centro, CA site of one of the largest federally run detention centers in the United States. Angry at the reaction of ICE and la migra to the San Diego fires? In addition to the amazing aid that folks have provided, it's time to show our strength - we do not accept the use of a disaster to further terrorize our communities....

Is Blackwater ‘Fire Relief’ Part of Larger PR Campaign to Win Hearts and Minds and Timed to Influence Local Voters? Potrero Residents/Fire Victims Speak-Out in Wake of Up Coming Recall Election - Referendum Could Put End to Blackwater West Project– Deadline to Mail Ballots to Voters in Just Two Weeks Conflict of Interest Questions Raised as Mercenary VP Allowed Through Sheriff’s Blockade With Supplies While Community-Based Relief Efforts for Potrero and Immigrant Residents of Surroundin...

Hace algo así como quince mil años y costeando el Océano Pacífico, llegaban a California los primeros habitantes humanos... Dicen que eran, entre otros, los precursores de los Pericúes, Guaycuras y Cochimíes y también de los kumiai (k'miai), de los cucapá, pai pai, kiliwa, cahilla y akula, pertenecientes al tronco yumano. Pero seguramente aquellos primitivos pueblos nómades, cuando se establecieron entre los chaparrales de esos lugares, jamás habrán...

First came Hurricane Katrina, bringing a deluge of water and displaying for the world the double standard as to what is considered a human being in the United States. One in which Whites were not seen as looters, but as courageous souls trying to survive and feed their families, while the African community was portrayed as criminals looting and pillaging during a national disaster. Over the last few days, fire ravaged the rural hills and lush vegetation of San Diego County, and again, w...

Today, there are two sides on the Iraq War debate; on the left there is Brian Moore, with Socialist Party USA and Peace and Freedom Party, and on the right there are the Democrats and Republicans. Brian Moore recently received the nomination for president by the Socialist Party USA; during the party’s National Convention, in St Louis, Missouri, Moore put the line in the sand, “immediate withdrawal from Iraq and Afghanistan.”...

Tomorrow, October 30, the Orange County Board of Supervisors will be considering an ordinance that would prohibit any business that does not comply with both state and federal law from opening within the unincorporated areas of the county....

Potrero, California, the town that has gained national attention for standing up against Blackwater Worldwide's plan to build a private military-style training camp in their pristine backcountry community east of San Diego, now faces an even more formidable force. The Harris wildfire which began outside Potrero early Sunday morning has ravaged the small rural community, where many residents remain trapped without supplies four days after the fire began....

Turks should not shy away from that, find excuses, resort to denial, or get angry about the whole thing. We are not blaiming nowadays Turks for what their Sultan ordered almost a hundred years ago. But the problem is that the whole issue has been so politicised....

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-2 on Oct. 16 to tell President Bush “to immediately commence a rapid, humane, and complete withdrawal” of U.S. forces from Iraq. Los Angeles is now the largest U.S. city to call for withdrawal, joining other major cities like Chicago, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, Seattle, San Francisco and Oakland....