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7/2: Not pacified by President Duhalde's stopgap condemnations of the police killings of two demonstrators last week, upwards of 60,000 people demonstrated in the Argentina's Plaza de Mayo today against state repression and for radical change in the country's economic and political order. At least three people were shot, though it's unclear as of now who shot them. Listen to testimony (es). Photos 1 | 2 | 3. On-going updates can be found at Argentina IMC....

Benefit video screening for SF Day Labor Program took place on 7/22. Several hundred day laborers and supporters gathered on the steps of San Francisco's City Hall for a 7/15 press conference and rally against the Mayor's most recent attack on the Day Labor Program. A variety of speakers, including laborers, program staff, and allies, denounced the plan to put the Program's funding up for public bid, a move that comes in direct retaliation for workers' recent political activities. Stating tha...

Despite continuing police repression, mass demonstrations occupied the city center in Buenos Aires and towns across Argentina in response to the killing of two protesters. Even President Duhalde condemned the butchery, calling it a "ferocious hunting party"; apparently seeking to escape a backlash - after taking a hardline against the protests - he imprisoned the police officers deemed responsible. 6/26: While armed battalions protect the G8 dictators, two protesters have been murdered in Ar...

6/26: Setting a goal of $2.3 million-- the same amount California's prison guards' contributed to state legislative races-- grassroots organizers held a "Buy Back the Government" Telethon in front of the State Capitol in Sacramento on 6/27. Organizers set up a phone bank to accept calls from contributors, offering each donor a laminated picture of the Governor or another legislator so that everyone, not just the California Correctional Peace Officers Association (CCPOA), can have the Governo...

On Friday 6/28 at Artists' Television Access (992 Valencia St), SF Indymedia will present an evening of video reports on grassroots resistance movements around the world. This benefit for SF IMC will begin at 8pm and feature an array of locally and internationally produced videos. Details...

Labor actions hit the streets in SF this past week. On 6/10 at SF City Hall, 800 workers protested Mayor Brown's proposal to lay off low-paid city workers. "We have no other avenue to pressure elected officials" a union organizer told Frontlines newspaper. Report...

In a rare victory in the struggle against police brutality, 2 activists, arrested on 2/9/01 during an emergency action in solidarity with uprisings in Ecuador, were vindicated by the Berkeley Police Review Commission's upholding of almost all of the police violations cited in the plaintiffs' complaints. Read more | Full details: Bay Area RTS website | Past coverage...

A year ago 6/13, the life of Idriss Stelley was taken by untrained, trigger-happy SF cops at the Metreon Theatre. Although his girlfriend had called 911 with a "5150," the police code for someone in psychiatric distress, the SFPD arrived and shot Idriss 20 times. He died instantly. Community outrage erupted immediately, and a year later activists finally persuaded the SFPD to require crisis intervention training for all first response officers. However, the actions of the SFPD have been nothi...

5/23: A crowd of day laborers and supporters marched through San Francisco's Mission district today to raise awareness about the recent police harassment that has plagued the workers. The procession, which featured lively music and attracted attention from onlookers as traffic was forced to yield, ended at the Mission Police Station. There the laborers and SF Day Labor Program staff chastised Captain Corrales for his department's ticketing and abuse of the immigrant workers who wait for emp...

OAKLAND,CA - The jury in the Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney federal civil rights lawsuit against four FBI agents and three Oakland Police officers awarded plaintiffs $4.4 million for violation of the activists' Constitutional rights and returned a verdict largely in favor of Earth First! activists Cherney and the late Judi Bari. In a legal victory of historic proportions against the FBI, the jury found that six of the seven defendants violated the First and Fouth Amendments of the C...