“Justice is conscience, not a personal conscience but the conscience of the whole of humanity. Those who clearly recognize the voice of their own conscience usually recognize also the voice of justice.”

-- Alexander Solzhenitsyn 1918-2008

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Activist San Diego Monthly Meeting Second Monday of the month, 7pm NEW LOCATION - Joyce Beers Community Center, 1090 Vermont, one block north of University, next to Trader Joe's Hillcrest Shopping Center 619-528-8383. Everyone welcome Please join us

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The rich get richer, the poor....

Gas prices are strangling working people's standards of living, while the economy for Exxon Mobil Corp, which recorded the highest-ever quarterly profit in American history, is hunky dory. Meanwhile Exxon will escape full responsibility for personal damages to the lives of whole Alaskan communities related to the Exxon Valdez.

Activists have got to help other Americans cut through the shallow media analysis to see the giant conspiracy, patterns of class, race and gender exploitation. Any voter who does not have a class consciousness will surely be manipulated to vote against their own interests, while scapegoating other nationalities for the social problems whose source is the system of corporate capitalism.

There is no better time for us to help the public understand the nature of the system we live in.

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They are not the enemies of Israel. They are not the enemies of the Jewish people. We have Jewish people, we are not the enemy of these people. We are enemy of injustice. We are enemy of depravation. We are enemy of occupation. We are enemies of inhumanity. And that’s what people have to understand and see us as.

-- Monier Deeb speaking about the Free Gaza Movement on World Focus, KPFK-FM 8-3-08

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In a new sign of increasing inequality in the U. S., the richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the nation's adjusted gross income for two decades, and possibly the highest since 1929, according to Internal Revenue Service data. Meanwhile, the average tax rate of the wealthiest 1% fell to its lowest level in at least 18 years. The group's share of the tax burden has risen, though not as quickly as its share of income.

-- Richest Americans See Their Income Share Grow By Jesse Drucker, The Wall Street Journal

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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 7PM: ASD Monthly General Meeting. Location: Joyce Beers Center in the Hillcrest's Uptown Shopping Center 1090 Vermont, one block north of University, next to Trader Joe's Hillcrest Shopping Center, SD 92103 * please park in Ralph’s underground parking lot. More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 7:30PM: Activist San Diego Film Series Orwell Rolls In His Grave. A Powerful Examination Of Modern Media And Its Impact On Our Political Culture. Robert Kane Pappas' documentary critically examines the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. It asks, "Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..." – Variety. Joyce Beers Community Center at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego (next to Trader Joe's) please use Ralph underground parking lot. ****This Event is Free**** (Nobody turned away for lack of funds - Donations Gladly Accepted). More Info

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FRIDAY SEPT 5, 7:30PM: Film: A Force More Powerful A Century Of Nonviolent Conflict. Two-Part Documentary Explores The Triumph of Nonviolent Power Throughout the World in the 20th Century. Ben Kingsley Narrates Series. Each includes interviews with witnesses, survivors and unsung heroes who contributed to these century-changing events. Joyce Beers Community Center at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego (next to Trader Joe's) please use Ralph underground parking lot. ****This Event is Free**** (Nobody turned away for lack of funds - Donations Gladly Accepted). More Info

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FRIDAY SEPT 26, 7:30 PM: Life & Debt a film by Stephanie Black. Revealing the Transparent: Stephanie Black Unveils the Jamaican World Beyond Tourism. Examining the Third World amid the process of globalism. Joyce Beers Community Center at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego (next to Trader Joe's) please use Ralph underground parking lot. ****This Event is Free**** (Nobody turned away for lack of funds - Donations Gladly Accepted). More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 6PM: Maquiladora Workers' Fundraising Dinner. Located at 2961 Caminito Niguel, San Diego. The food will be prepared by maquiladora workers. Following dinner, there will be an informative presentation by activist representatives of Information Center for Working Women and Men (CITTAC): Antonia Arias The San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network (SDMWSN): Enrique Davalos and Claudia Eleas. Their talk will focus on the difficulties that Tijuana maquiladora workers face as they attempt to organize for better wages and working conditions; and how they are supported by the Tijuana organization: More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 8, 6PM: Maquiladora Workers' Fundraising Dinner. Located at 2961 Caminito Niguel, San Diego. The food will be prepared by maquiladora workers. Following dinner, there will be an informative presentation by activist representatives of Information Center for Working Women and Men (CITTAC): Antonia Arias The San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network (SDMWSN): Enrique Davalos and Claudia Eleas. Their talk will focus on the difficulties that Tijuana maquiladora workers face as they attempt to organize for better wages and working conditions; and how they are supported by the Tijuana organization: More Info

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 11AM: Event with Mike Farrell in San Diego. Point Loma Library 3701 Voltaire Street San Diego. Mike Farrell is an actor and activist and President of Death Penalty Focus, an organization seeking an end to the death penalty. Best known for his eight years on M*A*S*H and five seasons on Providence, Mike Farrell is also a writer, director, and producer. Farrell has served on human rights and peace delegations to many countries around the world. As president of Death Penalty Focus, he speaks, writes, and coordinates efforts to stop executions. “Just Call Me Mike” is his first book. The Ocean Beach chapter of Amnesty International is very privileged to have Mr. Farrell appear on our behalf. More Info

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10TH: Gas-Free Beach Day. Meet @ the Che 12 Noon. The Che Cafe at UCSD (www.checafe.org) is reaching out to the bike community (and the walk community, the human rights community, the vegan community, and the bus community... all interest groups) to bring a large group of people together to share ideas and discuss philosophy and strategy for change of the current status quo. Calling All Organizers, cyclists, vegans, vegetarians, veggie-fuel converters, EveryoneEveryone is welcome to our Gas-Free Beach Day where we will raise awareness on the importance of alternative transportation and food consumption. Ché Café Collective 9500 Gilman Dr. Student Center B-0323C University of California, San Diego La Jolla. More Info

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 6:30PM: Screening of (Alex Jones') The 9/11 Chronicles: Part One, Truth Rising. Location Joyce Beers Center 3900 Vermont St Ralph's Shopping Center, Next to Aladdin's Mediterranean Cafe off University Ave., near Alladin's Cafe San Diego. The documentary provides an in-depth look at the plight of 9/11 first responders, many afflicted with serious health problems from the toxicity of Ground Zero. Truth Rising reveals and challenges the astounding arrogance and negligence of the government in regard to the heroic efforts of first responders, police, and fire-fighters. ($5 suggested donation). More Info

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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 7PM: ASD Monthly General Meeting. Location: Joyce Beers Center in the Hillcrest's Uptown Shopping Center 1090 Vermont, one block north of University, next to Trader Joe's Hillcrest Shopping Center, SD 92103 * please park in Ralph’s underground parking lot. More Info

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“ENOUGH” PEACE AND IMPEACHMENT VIGILS ~ EVERY WEEK UNTIL THE IRAQ WAR ENDS. More Info

EVERY SUNDAY 3PM: Free Vegan Food at the North Park Community Park with San Diego Food Not Bombs. The North Park Community Park is located at the intersection of Oregon and Polk in North Park. More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 7:30PM: Activist San Diego Film Series Orwell Rolls In His Grave. A Powerful Examination Of Modern Media And Its Impact On Our Political Culture. Robert Kane Pappas' documentary critically examines the Fourth Estate, once the bastion of American democracy. It asks, "Could a media system, controlled by a few global corporations with the ability to overwhelm all competing voices, be able to turn lies into truth?..." – Variety. Joyce Beers Community Center at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego (next to Trader Joe's) please use Ralph underground parking lot. ****This Event is Free**** (Nobody turned away for lack of funds - Donations Gladly Accepted). More Info

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 7:30PM: Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Waste: A Native American Perspective. Matters Of Controversy a monthly series w Special Guests: Ian Zabarte & Steven T. Newcomb. Mr. Ian Zabarte is the Secretary of State, Principal Man for Foreign Affairs, of the Western Shoshone National Council, traditional government of the Western Shoshone Nation and has been an activist against nuclear weapons testing that has killed and injured family members and fellow Western Shoshone nationals. Mr. Steven T. Newcomb (Shawnee/Lenape) is the Indigenous Law Research Coordinator at Sycuan Education Department and Kumeyaay Community College on the Sycuan Indian Reservation. Location: First Unitarian Universalist Church of San Diego 4190 Front Street, Hillcrest, San Diego (opposite UCSD Medical Center). More Info

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FRIDAY SEPT 5, 7:30PM: Film: A Force More Powerful A Century Of Nonviolent Conflict. Two-Part Documentary Explores The Triumph of Nonviolent Power Throughout the World in the 20th Century. Ben Kingsley Narrates Series. Each includes interviews with witnesses, survivors and unsung heroes who contributed to these century-changing events. Joyce Beers Community Center at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego (next to Trader Joe's) please use Ralph underground parking lot. ****This Event is Free**** (Nobody turned away for lack of funds - Donations Gladly Accepted). More Info

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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2PM: Author-Activist Louise Bernikow speaks at the Women's History Museum. The Shoulders We Stand On: Women as Agents of Change - about American women's activist history. Louise Bernikow survived the 1980's by writing for leading magazines, acquiring the dubious distinction of appearing simultaneously in MS. Magazine and Playboy. She was a founder of Women's Studies programs, of the Columbia Seminar on Women and Society and the Women's Biography group at the CUNY Graduate Center. More Info

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FRIDAY SEPT 26, 7:30 PM: Life & Debt a film by Stephanie Black. Revealing the Transparent: Stephanie Black Unveils the Jamaican World Beyond Tourism. Examining the Third World amid the process of globalism. Joyce Beers Community Center at Vermont St just north of Univ. Ave, Hillcrest, San Diego (next to Trader Joe's) please use Ralph underground parking lot. ****This Event is Free**** (Nobody turned away for lack of funds - Donations Gladly Accepted). More Info

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FRIDAY AUGUST 8th and AUGUST, 15th: Multicultural Dance Festival at City Heights Annex Performance 3795 Fairmount Ave, San Diego. All programs are free unless otherwise noted. For outdoor programs lawn chairs and/or blankets are recommended. More Info

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SUNDAY; AUGUST 15 – SEPTEMBER 14: Fridays & Saturdays 8 PM, Sundays 2 PM: The Joy Luck Club adapted from the Amy Tan novel, tells the story of four Chinese-immigrant mothers and their relationships with their American-born daughters. The play is made up of vignettes, which look deep into the Chinese pasts of the mothers and then shift back to the present day. The mothers share a sense of failure at being unable to connect with their daughters, and the sacrifices they made in order to come to America are played out like ghosts that come back to haunt them. More Info

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Announcements / Workshops

FRIDAY, AUGUST 8th and AUGUST 22nd: 8PM: Friday Night Board Game Charity Event $10. Have fun, meet other activists, and fight poverty and hunger worldwide at our monthly board game parties. Our parities are held the 2nd and 4th Friday of the month at 8pm at Tea N More (7380 Clairemont Mesa Blvd). We offer a variety of games including Taboo, Balderdash, Scategories and Settlers of Catan. Heifer International offers a unique form of micro-credit using farm animals. Recipients receive a farm animal like a goat or cow and pay back their loan by donating one offspring of the animal back to the program. More Info

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 10, 10AM: Nature Writing Workshops for adults. Del Mar Library 1309 Camino Del Mar. FREE. Tuesday, August 12, 2pm for teens only (ages 12-17) Encinitas Library 540 Cornish Dr., Encinitas. FREE. Limited to first 12 registrants per workshop. More Info

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SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 9AM: Tijuana Maquiladora Tour. Come to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and struggles! IMPORTANT NOTICE: Starting Jan. 31, 2008 U. S. citizens returning from Mexico must present either a U. S. passport or a government-issued photo ID, such as a driver’s license, plus proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate. Schedule: 9 am sharp: Meet at the San Ysidro Trolley Station. We will walk together, cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation. Donations US: $30 regular, $20 students. Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to Tijuana worker organizations. More Info

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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 6PM: San Diego County Mega Community Coalition Summit A New PATH. Featuring: Public Access TV and Webcasting for Regular TV. Where: Joyce Beers Community Center San Diego 1090 Vermont Street - Ralph's Shopping Center, Next to Aladdin's Mediterranean Cafe 1.5 blocks north of University Ave. More Info

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Activist San Diego INTERNSHIP AND VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES - Call now 619-528-8383. During the summer and fall of 2008 ASD has several projects we need help organizing. o Volunteer Coordinator or volunteer Outreach Assistants. o Grant Coordinator or Assistant Grant writer. o ASD Office and/or Phone manager. o Phonebanking Coordinator or Assistant Coordinator. o Event Coordinator or Events Assistant Coordinator. o Building and construction assistants at the Activist Center. o Activist Film Series Coordinator or Assistant Coordinator. o Stop Blackwater Campaign Coordinator or Assistant. o Website designers and graphic artists. o E-newsletter Editor and Assistant Coordinator. o Youth organizing (call to discuss) ASD will also host a Jan. 2009 People's Ball, a Gala alternative inaugural event. many opportunites (call to discuss). For Building ASD’s new Community FM Radio Station. o Radio Project Outreach. o Radio Technician (To help with antenna, microwave, and studio). o Radio Legal Coordinator o PR and Press Coordinator. LOCATION: ASD’s office is located at 4246 Wightman St, San Diego. Contact us at (619) 528-8383 or info@ActivistSanDiego.org. More Info

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WORK THE POLLS IN SD - COMPENSATION*: $75-165. Election Day Hours: 6:00 am to 10:00 pm, Nov. 4 Requirements: Attend a training before the election. More Info

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SDCPJ HIGH SCHOOL LEAFLETING PROJECT. The SD Coalition for peace and justice high school leafleting project is still looking for volunteers. Please reply to this e-mailsjagitator@ucsd.edu if you can join us with this special outreach to Latino students as they are heavily targeted by military recruiters. Help deny the military what they need most - young men and women to send to war or call me at 619-237-8870. More Info

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Peace Flags. Excellent for display or for Peace Rallies. Call 858.459.4650 or email TanjaWinter@ActivistSanDiego.org

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The Guerrero Azteca Project ~ www.guerreroazteca.org

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The GI Rights Hotline ~ girights.objector.org

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CULTURE OF RAGE Native American / Cultural & Political Rap Music ~ www.cultureofrage.com

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