Well, the rifleman's stalking the sick and the lame, Preacherman seeks the same, who'll get there first is uncertain.

-- Bob Dylan, Jokerman

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Condemning Imperialism?

The Russians are coming, the Russians are coming! The Russians have invaded Georgia (across their common border). While we believe in sovereignty, territorial integrity and the defense of any nation, which is invaded by a larger military power, we are simultaneously amazed at the irony of the verbiage used by US politicians and US news commentators on programs like today’s Meet the Press as they describe “Russian imperialism”.

If we are looking to the world’s leading example of imperialism we certainly do not have to look on the other side of the globe at a debilitated Russian political and military system. The good old USA is militarily occupying countries far from its borders and destabilizing the legitimate governments of its perceived rivals. The USA has its troops in 147 foreign countries and the US spends more on its military than all the rest of the world combined. US corporations dominate international economic relations and exert unfair advantage to remain on top. US corporate culture penetrates all other cultures. The US can veto almost any foreign policy initiatives it disagrees with. Meanwhile at home, the US corporate media does not only cover up this imperialist agenda, they actively disguise reality so Americans do not fully understand the nature of the US role in world affairs.

It is the role of Activist San Diego and all left-progressives to expose the cover-ups and shine light on the truth of the US’ aggressive role in the world. Please join us in this effort, be it in the Stop Blackwater campaign, the Activist Film Series, the Community Radio Project, preparation for the 2009 Counter-Inaugural Ball or participation in the SD Coalition for Peace and Justice. Contact us at info@ActivistSanDiego.org or 619-528-8383.

REMINDER: ASD Gen. meeting Mon. Aug 11th @ 6:30 (new location only for August with Food Not Lawns).

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The New York Times reports: "The Federal Bureau of Investigation said Friday that it had improperly obtained the phone records of reporters for The New York Times and The Washington Post in the newspapers' Indonesia bureaus in 2004."

-- FBI Says It Obtained Reporters' Phone Records

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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 6:30PM: ASD Monthly General Meeting (NEW LOCATION FOR AUGUST w/ Food not Lawns). ASD’s General Meeting will be merged with Food Not Lawns of San Diego’s Monday Movie Night. Mission Valley Library conference room; 2123 Fenton Pkwy, San Diego (Near the Mission Valley Cosco, Ikea and Lowes). Come watch another Great documentary, My Father's Garden. This film explores how synthetic chemicals and conventional agribusiness has transformed the farm. Join us and Food Not Lawns of San Diego we they celebrate edible landscapes and self-sufficiency at the 9 day, first annual Edible City Celebration. 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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MONDAY, AUGUST 11, 6:30PM: ASD Monthly General Meeting (NEW LOCATION FOR AUGUST w/ Food not Lawns). ASD’s General Meeting will be merged with Food Not Lawns of San Diego’s Monday Movie Night. Mission Valley Library conference room; 2123 Fenton Pkwy, San Diego (Near the Mission Valley Cosco, Ikea and Lowes). Come watch another Great documentary, My Father's Garden. This film explores how synthetic chemicals and conventional agribusiness has transformed the farm. Join us and Food Not Lawns of San Diego we they celebrate edible landscapes and self-sufficiency at the 9 day, first annual Edible City Celebration. More Info

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 5:30PM: No Peaker Plant! Tell City Council To Listen To Southwest Chula Vista Residents. Rally at 5:30PM at city hall and go to council meeting at 6PM to demand that the letter staff wrote be retracted and an open meeting be held where all issues are discussed in public, and the public can see which council persons feel that $210,000 from MMC Energy is more important than the character of the southwest-two 70 foot smoke stacks , the health of the residents - the increased air pollution and the city's General Plan, ordinances and zoning regulations that hold this area to be light industrial NOT heavy industrial. If you don't want something like this 350 feet from your home, now is the time to protest. Invite everyone you know. 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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“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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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 3PM: BLACKWATER PROTEST!! One Year Anniversary Protest and Rally Against Blackwater at Blackwater’s Otay Mesa Training Facility 7685 Siempre Viva Rd., SD (Otay Mesa). Blackwater Has Opened A New Training Facility Here In Otay Mesa--Right Next To The Mexican Border. Directions: 805 South to 905 East, Right Britannia, Left on to Siempre Viva. (park on the street). 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 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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AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 21, 2008: Mo`olelo Performing Arts Company presents: Night Sky. A play by Susan Yankowitz. In memory of Joe Hiel Produced in Partnership with San Diego Brain Injury Foundation. Holes - in - talking. Heart - in - jail. Night Sky is the story of Anna, a brilliant astronomer. When a car accident renders her aphasic, her speech becomes a hodgepodge of disconnected words alternately poetic, funny, confusing and profound. She and her family must fight through the black holes of her mind and journey from her night sky into an unfamiliar world and a new language. A moving story about the resiliency of the human spirit and the universal need to find words to communicate our deepest thoughts and feelings. Where: Mandell Weiss Forum Studio Theater. More Info

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 7:30PM: Association for India's Development – San Diego Chapter proudly presents Violin Maestro Dr. L Subramaniam. In duet with Ambi Subramaniam accompanied by an Indian percussion ensemble. Where: Poway Center for the Performing Arts 15498 Espola Road, Poway. Dr. L. Subramaniam (Mani), India's violin icon is known as "The Paganini of Indian Classical music" and "the God of Indian Violin". More Info

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Announcements / Workshops

FRIDAY, 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 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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DIGITAL TV TRANSITION ~ 190 days to end of analog broadcasts www.dtv2009.gov

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