| Last
Updated 11PM, August 17, 2008
CLICK
HERE TO GO TO THE ARCHIVE OF OLD ACTIVIST UPDATES
|
War is a disease, fostered by lies. And these lies kill
people
--
Blase Bonpane
on “World Focus” program on Pacifica
Radio, KPFK, Los Angeles, August, 17, 2008 |
| Activist
San Diego contacts: Martin (619-226-1116), Tanja (858-459-4650),
Activist Update: ASDUpdate@activistsandiego.org
YOU
DON'T GET THE ACTIVIST UPDATE DIRECTLY?
Sign-up here: ASD_signup.html.
Note: This is NOT a listserve ~ We promise only one
or two emails a week.
WANT
TO ADD TO THE ACTIVIST UPDATE? Email ASDUpdate@activistsandiego.org
Please submit your event listings at least 1 week prior
to the event.
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 |
| Children
who drank apple juice at least once a day were half
as likely to suffer from wheezing as those drinking
it less than once a month
--
Apple
juice 'may prevent asthma,' BBC News
~~~~~
Bush
should be "too ashamed to speak about the occupation
of any country; he is already occupying one," said
Mohammed El-Sayed Said, editor-in-chief of the Egyptian
independent daily al-Badeel. "U. S. forces have
been in Iraq for five years and they still fight in
an unacceptable manner that violates human rights conventions.
Bush had better talk about his own occupation of Iraq."
--
Harsh
words heat up Georgia crisis
~~~~~
"Federal
prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater
Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting
that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, indicating a high
likelihood the Justice Department will seek to indict
at least some of the men, according to three sources
close to the case.
--
Del
Quentin Wilber and Karen DeYoung, The Washington
Post:
~~~~~
"Most
corporations, including the vast majority of foreign
companies doing business in the United States, pay no
income taxes, according to a Government Accountability
Office report released Tuesday."
--
Most
Corporations Don't Pay Income Taxes, by Richard
Rubin, Congressional Quarterly
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| |
| 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
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
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
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| |
| FRIDAY,
AUGUST 22, NOON: ICE Raids National Protest/Press Conference
@ Federal Building. “Enough is enough” we
need to join others across the nation in saying no to
the inhumane raids and deportations taking place across
the country. Please save the date as this is the initial
call out as we join in solidarity with our friends from
Chicago and across the nation is saying NO to the inhumane
raids, deportations, separations of families, self deportation
programs, fugitive labeling, no respect for basic human
rights! More
Info
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
SATURDAY
, AUGUST 23, 4PM: Women's Equality Day Parade. A commemoration
of the 1920 victory and a demonstration of how much
women contribute to society. Participants are encouraged
to wear white with purple sashes denoting suffragist
colors. 4:00 pm: Parade participants are to assemble
and check-in at the west end of the Bridge next to Kate
Sessions (south side). 4:30 pm: walk with banners and
sings across the bridge to the Recital Hall next to
the Puppet Theatre. 5:00 pm: Enjoy refreshments and
the premier screening of a new documentary "Engage
Her: Getting Minority Women To Lead And Vote" followed
by the Suffrage Ball at 6PM. More
Info
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
AUGUST 23, 6PM: The Suffrage Ball. Get out your shimmy
shimmy dress and dust off your dancing shoes... 1920
is the place to be. Recital Hall "SpeakEasy"
in Balboa Park with Sue Palmer (San Diego's Queen of
Boogie Woogie) and her orchestra! Cars, Cuisine and
Costumes of the Roaring Twenties will intertwine as
we celebrate one of our countries memorable moments
in time! When American women were finally allowed to
have a voice! More
Info
~~~~~
SUNDAY,
AUGUST 24, 12 NOON: Join Ground Zero Players at Del
Mar’s racetrack. Add your voice to the rising
outrage about the deaths of horses at America’s
racetracks. The losers of Del Mar’s richest “betting”
day will far outweigh the winners and death is imminent.
The end of the race is a trip across the border to the
brutal slaughter facilities where the horse meat then
ends up on foreign tables or in your dog’s food.
Seven out of eleven horses are slaughtered in the United
States – not because they are in pain, suffering
or living with a terminal illness. They are slaughtered
because their owners don’t want them anymore.
For the thoroughbred, the risk of death is greater if
they are injured or they finish last where the turf
meets the surf in Del Mar. More
Info
***************
ONGOING EVENTS
***************
Malcolm
X Library Programs in September 2008. More
Info
“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
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
FRIDAY,
AUGUST 29, 7PM: Chicano Memorial Day, 38th Commemoration
National Chicano Moratorium. Musica, Film, Platica.
Submit names of activists that have gone on to the spirit
world so that their names can be mentioned and remembered.
More
Info
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
SATURDAY,
SEPTEMBER 6, 5PM: Fundraiser, Support The French Bakery
Workers! An evening of food, music and discussion. On
May 15th, 2008 ICE agents raided the French Gourmet
Bakery in Pacific Beach. Eighteen workers were arrested
and detained and are now facing deportation. Join us
for us an evening of food, music and discussion as we
raise money to support the families now facing hardship
and continue our campaign to stop the raids and deportations.
Suggested Donation $15. Event Location: El Centro Cultural
de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego. More
Info
~~~~~
FRIDAY
through SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12th, 13th and 14th: Ranchita
Rocks 2nd Annual Music Festival Benefit Concert for
Protect Our Communities Fund (POC). Fighting the Sunrise
Powerlink - one band at a time! Special Guest Friday
Night – MOUNTAIN featuring Leslie West and Corky
Laing. 60 bands, 6 stages and non-stop entertainment.
Tickets for all thee days, including camping and parking,
are $135.00. Order tickets online. POC has been fighting
to preserve San Diego County from being trampled by
SDG&E’s ill-conceived Sunrise Powerlink project
for over two years. This is POC’s only fundraiser
and 100% of the profits will be used in the fight. More
Info
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
WEDNESDAY,
SEPTEMBER 24, 7PM: Film "Uncounted: The New Math
of American Elections." Film Director David Earnhart
and voting rights activist Brad Friedman will be on
hand. Reception to follow film. UNCOUNTED is an explosive
new documentary that shows how the election fraud that
changed the outcome of the 2004 election led to even
greater fraud in 2006 - and now looms as an unbridled
threat to the outcome of the 2008 election. UltraStar
Mission Valley Cinemas, 7150 Hazard Center Drive. More
Info
~~~~~
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
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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
~~~~~
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
***************
ONGOING EVENTS
***************
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
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| 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
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
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
~~~~~
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
***************
MISCELLANEOUS
***************
Peace
Flags. Excellent for display or for Peace Rallies. Call
858.459.4650 or email TanjaWinter@ActivistSanDiego.org
~~~~~
The
Guerrero Azteca Project ~ www.guerreroazteca.org
~~~~~
The
GI Rights Hotline ~ girights.objector.org
BACK
TO TABLE OF CONTENTS |
|
|
