A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

-- George Bernard Shaw

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October Surprise in Extraordinary Times

Many of us were expecting an “October Surprise” which would suddenly create enough fear to turn the tide of anti-administration sentiment back into blind compliance with the status quo. Would Osama Bin Laden again explode onto the scene just days before the election? Instead of an explosion there has been a massive implosion. The myths of the free market, deregulation, US economic dominance and capitalist invincibility have tumbled and crumbled. Are we on the doorstep of a financial collapse as profound as that of 1929? This probably is the greatest opportunity for left-progressives to propose a new paradigm in our lifetime. This is the ultimate teachable moment.

Are we ready to educate and lead by example? Lest we forget, both the left and the right can make gains from this crisis. The rightwing will blame the crisis on ACORN, foreign investors and “illegal” immigrants”, blame anybody except the existing ruling class. Certainly the Third Reich led working people towards war and fascism rather than towards a new economic democracy. For generations we have predicted the collapse of a system based on greed and monopoly. There has never been a more important time to commit ourselves to building a broad-based popular movement, a coalition for survival.

Join Activist San Diego on Monday night at 7 PM for one part of that mission, to expose voter fraud and the plan to steal the election again. More

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DONATED CARS HELP MOVE ACTIVISM FORWARD! Please donate your car and other items. As a bonus you get progressive satisfaction and a healthy tax deduction! Call us at 619-528-8383

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Because all revolutionaries know the basic scientific law which is correct everywhere - everything changes all the time! If today you are my oppressor - if it takes a thousand years, you will not be my oppressor because – everything changes all the time.

-- Kwame Toure, Unity speech Atlanta 1990. listen - KPFK Freedom Now Sept. 30 program

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While New York Governor Eliot Spitzer was paying an ‘escort’ $4,300 in a hotel room in Washington, just down the road, George Bush’s new Federal Reserve Board Chairman, Ben Bernanke, was secretly handing over $200 billion in a tryst with mortgage bank industry speculators. Both acts were wanton, wicked and lewd. But there’s a BIG difference. The Governor was using his own checkbook. Bush’s man Bernanke was using ours.

-- Greg Palast on Eliot's Mess --The $200 billion bail-out for predator banks and Spitzer charges are intimately linked 14 Mar 2008

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7PM: ASD Monthly Mtg.: Preventing Election Fraud w/ Film & Speaker. Are we ready to organize to prevent another Stolen Election? Community Forum On Safeguarding The Vote. Film: "Hacking Democracy," the remarkable story of the Bev Harris expose of Diebold voting machines fraud. Special Guest: Sal Magallanez: Software engineer, Election Observer, active with Verified Voting Foundation & Help America Audit. Joyce Beers Community Center 1090 Vermont, one block north of University, next to Trader Joe's Hillcrest Shopping Center. More Info

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 6PM: Jumping The Broom: A Forum On Marriage Equality & Same Gender Marriage. Malcolm X Library presents a Community Discussion on marriage equality and same gender marriage. All are invited. Speakers include: Ashley Walker, City of San Diego Human Relations Commission; Pat Washington, Dept of History, UCSD; Pastor Harry Cooper, Southeast Community Church; Jesse Mills, Dept of Ethnic Studies, USD. All programs are free and open to the public. Malcolm X Library 5148 Market Street. More Info

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 7PM: ASD Monthly Mtg.: Preventing Election Fraud w/ Film & Speaker. Are we ready to organize to prevent another Stolen Election? Community Forum On Safeguarding The Vote. Film: "Hacking Democracy," the remarkable story of the Bev Harris expose of Diebold voting machines fraud. Special Guest: Sal Magallanez: Software engineer, Election Observer, active with Verified Voting Foundation & Help America Audit. Joyce Beers Community Center 1090 Vermont, one block north of University, next to Trader Joe's Hillcrest Shopping Center. More Info

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER, 14, 3PM: Protest Weapons Training by the Military In Our Schools! Students, parents and teachers NEED YOUR SUPPORT! San Diego Unified School Board Meeting. They would rather have our students go into the military than to college. Students, parents and teachers have been protesting the 11 gun ranges operated by Jr. ROTC in San Diego high schools. Gun ranges are not required for Jr. ROTC; cities like Chicago have removed them. Join us to demand the same! Come to the Education Center, 4100 Normal St., San Diego We will address the board at 3pm. WE NEED YOU THERE BY 2:45 pm. More Info

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 6PM: Stealing America: Vote By Vote. The American ideal is that every vote counts. Not true, according to this eye-opening documentary. For more than 20 years, exit polls accurately predicted U. S. election results. Over the last 10 years, that reliability has progressively disappeared. What’s going on? The last two presidential elections both came down to a relatively small number of votes, and in both elections the integrity of the voting process has been called into question. With the upcoming election looking to be similarly close, this film asks the questions: what happened in 2000 and 2004; what has changed since; and what can be done to ensure fair and honest vote counting? Dr. Pat Washington of UCSD will facilitate a discussion after the film. All programs are free and open to the public. Malcolm X Library 5148 Market Street. More Info

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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 6PM: The Peace Resource Center of San Diego invites you to a Spaghetti Dinner (includes meat or veggie sauce, salad, garlic bread, tea, lemonade and a brownie. Great food and great company! Suggested donation: $10 or ??? Sliding Scale. Big Kitchen Cafe, 3003 Grape St., San Diego. More Info

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 7:30PM: Stealing America: Vote by Vote. The American ideal that every vote counts? Not true, according to this eye-opening documentary. Stealing America also indicts the national media for its reluctance to address the issue. Peace & Democracy Action Group 858-459-4650. First Unitarian Universalist Church, 4190 Front St, Hillcrest, opposite UCSD Med Center. More Info

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER18, 9AM: Volunteers Needed For Fundraiser Event In SD For 9/11 Heroes ($10 donation, Kids 12 and Under Are Free). Unite In Peace presents Steps To Heal Walk–N- Ride Fest for 9/11 Heroes. The event will take place from 10:00 am – 6:00 pm at the San Diego County Administration Building North Parking Lot at 1600 Pacific Highway. Highlights of the Program include a motorcycle run and a fundraiser walk along the waterfront led by retired Harbor Police Sergeant, and bagpiper Robbie McKnight. Walkers will carry the World Memorial Flags and San Diego Fire Chief Tracy Jarman will be the keynote speaker in conjunction with October’s Fire Awareness month. More Info

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Malcolm X Library Programs in October 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

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 7PM: Labor Movement: Solidarity Divided. Join Bill Fletcher, Jr. & Fernando Gapasin to discuss their new book SOLIDARITY DIVIDED The crisis in organized labor and a new path toward social justice. Joyce Beers Community Center Vermont St in Hillcrest - just north of University & next to Trader Joe's). **This Event is Free** (Donations Gladly Accepted). Bill Fletcher, Jr. is Director of Field Services and Education for the American Federation of Government Employees, Executive Editor of BlackCommentator. com, and Co-Founder of the Center for Labor Renewal. Fernando Gapasin is President of the Central Oregon Labor Council and General Board Member of the Oregon State Federation of Labor. He currently teaches at the University of Oregon. More info

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, 3PM: American Blackout. This film chronicles the recurring patterns of voter disenfranchisement from Florida 2000 to Ohio 2004 while following the story of Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney. McKinney not only took an active role investigating these election debacles, but has found herself in the middle of her own after publicly questioning the Bush Administration about the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Gloria Verdieu of International Action Center will facilitate a discussion after the film. All programs are free and open to the public. Malcolm X Library 5148 Market Street. More Info

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MONDAY, OCTOBER 27, 12-1:30PM: Act Against AIDS, Lecture with Q&A. Topic: the global AIDS epidemic and how you can get involved. Speakers: Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye, a Ugandan doctor and Member of Parliament, who is here with Physicians for Human Rights. Where: Gallery B in SunGod Lounge. Cost: Free; refreshments will also be provided. More Info

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WEDNESDAY 15, THURSDAY 16, and FRIDAY 17, OCTOBER 2008: Celebrating Aime Cesaire at City Heights Weingart Library & Performance Annex 3795 Fairmount Ave San Diego. Directed by Rhys Green and read by Ida L. Rhem, Bryan Barbarin, and Debi Mason. Aime Cesaire a Martinican poet, playwright, and politician, was one of the most influential authors from the French-speaking Caribbean. Aimé Césaire formulated with Léopold Senghor and Léon Gontian Damas the concept and movement of Négritude, defined as "affirmation that one is black and proud of it". This Event is Free to the Public. More Info

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 7PM: Falling Angels SD Reading @ The Front. Calaca Press author and subversive code-switching spinster Olga Garcia Echeverria comes to San Diego. The Front 147 W. San Ysidro San Ysidro, Califas. FREE! She will be reading from her recently published first book, Falling Angels: Cuentos y Poemas. Plus the poetically talented Sara R. Eslava and Irene Castruita. Books will be available for purchase. More Info

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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28 - NOVEMBER 9, 2008: ALTARES para los MUERTOS A dia de los muertos altar exhibition. Featuring altars by Enrique Morones and Border Angels, Pura Vida, Teresa Yolanda Lopez, The Infinity Lab, Guerrero Azteca Peace Project, San Diego HIV Planning Council and HIV Prevention Community Planning Board. Curated by Cal A. Vera. Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego. Gallery hours: Tuesday - Sunday 12-4pm. More Info

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 7PM: CAMINANDO con la CALACA The Redz 6th Annual Dia de los Muertos Commemoration. An evening of performance honoring those that have passed. Centro Cultural de la Raza 2125 Park Blvd. San Diego. Featuring Word & Song by: Francisco J. Bustos , Bill Caballero, Teresa Caballero, Esteban Cardoso, Irene Castruita, Elizabeth Cazessús, Sara R. Eslava, Maria Figueroa, Jim Moreno, Gerardo Navarro, William Nericcio, Poezia, Quino, Jim Ruland, Mariajulia Urias, and others… Plus: A living altar performance by endy. With altar design by Consuelo Manríquez. More Info

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Announcements / Workshops

Critical dates to note regarding Public Access TV Shows: The Shows air on Sundays at 6PM on COX 18 in North County and 23 in Southern San Diego. Opportunities for training and interviews exist at all shows. You can train to be: Camera Operators Floor Director Assistant Director Web Cast Director Character Generator Sound Engineer Producer We need 40 more people to attend the training to ensure deep support of our shows. The objective is for everyone to get their own show eventually. We will mutually support each other. All trainings are free! They are held at the COX Communications Studios in El Cajon. More Info

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17, 8PM: Board Game Benefit for Heifer International. Topic: Micro-Credit. Where: Tea N More 7380 Clairemont Mesa Blvd. Who: Fun-Loving Activists. Cost: $10 donation to Heifer International. Meet other activists and have fun at out board game parities usually held twice a month. More Info

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 11AM: All are invited to the next quarterly meeting of the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom (WILPF) in the Community Room of La Jolla Village Square. Speaker Margaret Stevensen from the League of Women Voters will present and discuss election ballot issues. Another Postcards for Peace project will be completed. For more information please call Flo at 619-574-7674 or Millie at 858-535-0949.

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THURSDAYS: OCTOBER 9 – OCTOBER 30: Black Politics In The U. S. Malcolm X Library hosts a free public 4-week Black Studies class sponsored by the Africana Studies Dept at San Diego State University for interested community people and life-long learners. The course will examine the historical and contemporary aspects of African American participation in US politics including the Obama campaign for President. All programs are free and open to the public. Malcolm X Library 5148 Market Street. 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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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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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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90.7 KPFK PACIFICA RADIO IS BACK ON THE AIR IN SAN DIEGO.....!!!!!! KPFK is back and it is the only information and cultural programming of it's kind in San Diego. People should listen, tell others and work to keep it here in San Diego and South Orange County. 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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Protecting the vote ~ www.commoncause.org

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