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"Republicans are right. President Barack Obama
treated them like dirt, didn't give a damn what they
thought about his stimulus package, loaded it with a
bunch of programs that will last for years and will
never leave the budget, is giving away money disguised
as 'tax refunds,' and is sneaking in huge changes in
policy, from schools to health care, using the pretext
of an economic emergency."
--
Greg Palast
Obama Is a Two-Faced Liar. Aw-RIGHT!
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the newly formed, *Coalition for Justice in Palestine
-- San Diego*
Last
Monday more than 100 of you attended an ASD co-sponsored
forum on Gaza and Palestine. Marjorie Cohen's presentation
delineated the war crimes in the conflict, especially
those of the Israeli military in its collective retribution
against the unarmed Gaza populous. She urged us to mobilize
against the massive US military aid, which supports
the aggression. Nasser Barghouti of the ADC presented
an analysis of the boycott movement against the apartheid
regime in South Africa and a proposal to launch a similar
boycott movement against Israeli goods. While efforts
are underway nationally and internationally to launch
a boycott, we were urged to pressure local stores in
San Diego to reject Israeli-made goods until the occupation
ends. We circulated petitions to inform merchants of
our goals. We'd like to count on your participation.
The
desperate plight of the Palestinian people, particularly
those locked in the Gaza strip, calls on all of us to
devote some time to pressure the Obama administration
to take a new course towards peace in the Middle East.
We encourage all who read this ASD newsletter to consider
supporting or participating in the newly formed, *Coalition
for Justice in Palestine -- San Diego*. This new coalition
is meeting twice a month on Sundays (next meeting on
Sun. Feb. 7^th @ 11am), but its meeting dates may change
in the near future. If you would like to be informed
about the meeting dates or support the work, please
contact ASD at info@ActivistSanDiego.org <mailto:
info@ActivistSanDiego.org
619-528-8383 or the ADC at nasserb63@yahoo.com
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| Have
you seen 60 Minutes' Is Peace Out of Reach segment from
last Sunday? If you haven't, please take a moment to
view it by clicking here. www.endtheoccupation.org
This
piece marks the first time that a mainstream U. S. media
outlet has dared to accurately portray what Israeli
occupation and settlement mean for Palestinians living
in the West Bank and to explain to the American public
why this system is apartheid.
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Now
wealthy people, he said, pay income tax rates well below
those of working-class citizens because of a myriad
of tax breaks... Since 1996, this group has nearly doubled
its share of all income earned in the United States.
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A Rich Income in ’06 Was $263 Million, NY
Times: Lynnley Browning
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The
Iraqi government has informed the U. S. Embassy in Baghdad
that it will not issue a new operating license to Blackwater
Worldwide, the embassy's primary security company, which
has come under scrutiny for allegedly using excessive
force while 'protecting' American diplomats, Iraqi and
U. S. officials said Wednesday.
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Iraq
to Deny New License to Blackwater Mercenary Firm
29 Jan 2009
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| THURS
FEB 5, 7PM & FRI. FEB 6, 7:30PM: Multimedia Presentations.
Keith Harmon Snow - Independent journalist, war correspondent,
photographer. Keith Harmon Snow, a member of the Asiana
Press Agency, has won three Project Censored Awards
for his reportage on Central Africa. He will present
photographs and discuss conflicts in contemporary Africa
based on his recent work in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia. “The Courage of
the Congolese People White-owner Plantation Slavery
in the Congo.” Thurs Feb 5,2009 7pm WorldBeat
Center, Balboa Park 2100 Park Blvd, SD. "Humanitarian"
Warfare Disorder Deceptions of the New World Order.”
Fri. Feb 6, 2009 7:30pm First UnitarianUniversalist
Church of San Diego 4190 Front St, Hillcrest, SD. -
Donations requested - More
Info
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| TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY 3, 4:30PM: Candlelight Vigil for Robin Long
every month held near the North Gate of Marine Corps
Air Station Miramar. Sponsored by San Diego Veterans
For Peace Robin is the first active duty American G.
I. Iraq war resister to desert the US military and seek
asylum in Canada. He is currently in the brig at MCAS
Miramar. The next vigil will be at North Gate to MCAS
Miramar. More
Info
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WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 4, 3:30PM: "Interpersonal and State Violence
in Experiences of Migrant Women" Martha Escobar,
Visiting Fellow, Center for U. S.-Mexican Studies, Institute
of the Americas Complex- Deutz Room. The Center for
U. S.-Mexican Studies is a part of the Graduate School
for International Relations and Pacific Studies. More
Info
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WEDNESDAY
FEBRUARY 4, 6PM: Unión del Barrio Forum on Palestine/Mexico.
Unión del Barrio Base Emiliano Zapata. Forum:
Palestine and Mexico, Two Peoples United in Struggle
and History. Location: the Chicana Perk Cafe in Sherman
Heights 129 25th Street, San Diego, Califas. Speakers:
Christian Ramirez (Union del Barrio, American Friends
Service Committee) Will speak about his experience from
his 2008 visit to Palestine (will include a video segment).
Zahi Damuni (Al-Awda) offering a perspective of the
Palestinian struggle for liberation. And more. Free
Event. More
Info
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THURS
FEB 5, 7PM & FRI. FEB 6, 7:30PM: Multimedia Presentations.
Keith Harmon Snow - Independent journalist, war correspondent,
photographer. Keith Harmon Snow, a member of the Asiana
Press Agency, has won three Project Censored Awards
for his reportage on Central Africa. He will present
photographs and discuss conflicts in contemporary Africa
based on his recent work in the Democratic Republic
of Congo, Sudan and Ethiopia. “The Courage of
the Congolese People White-owner Plantation Slavery
in the Congo.” Thurs Feb 5,2009 7pm WorldBeat
Center, Balboa Park 2100 Park Blvd, SD. "Humanitarian"
Warfare Disorder Deceptions of the New World Order.”
Fri. Feb 6, 2009 7:30pm First UnitarianUniversalist
Church of San Diego 4190 Front St, Hillcrest, SD. -
Donations requested - More
Info
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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 7, 7:30PM: Darwin Bicentennial Birthday Celebration
Concert by Dr. Stephen Baird and the Galapagos Mountain
Boys at the UCSD School of Medicine. Tickets may be
purchased online through our website's shopping cart
at PayPal or by check to: 255 South Rios Avenue, Solana
Beach, CA 92075. Adults: $15 ($20 at door night of concert),
Children/Students: $10. For more information, call Carol
at 858-481-0765 or visit www.ScientificGospel.com
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SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 8, 10AM: Micro-Credit Craft Market in support
of Instituto Madre Assunto, an insititute for migrant
children and mothers. 2171 Pan American Plaza UN Building,
Balboa Park in San Diego. The United Nations Assocation
San Diego and the UNICEF Committee cordially invite
you to a “Micro-credit Craft Market” to
be held on the lawn areas surrounding the UN Building
(opposite the International Houses) in Balboa Park,
San Diego. A Market with one-of-a-kind, hand-made products
by micro-credit entrepreneurs. A Kids’ Workshop
focusing on how to turn everyday items and scraps into
toys, and A Photo-Exhibition revealing the actual living
conditions of those plagued by poverty. This event is
FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. More
Info
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SUNDAY,
FEBRUARY 8, 6:30PM: Presentation Getting Closer to What
Really Happened at the World Trade Center. Will the
Obama Administration restore science to the investigation
of the three World Trade Center building collapses?
Please join San Diegans for 9/11 Truth for a presentation
reviewing the latest scientific developments in 9/11
Truth. Getting Closer to What Really Happened at the
World Trade Center. Presented by San Diego's very own
Dwain Deets. Dwain’s presentation will be preceded
by an abridged screening of the 2006 film Improbable
Collapse What do the official scientific reports say?
What don’t they say? What do independent scientists
and engineers say about the official reports? Q&A
and discussion to follow! More
Info
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MONDAY,
FEBRUARY 9, 7PM: Revelle Forum Presents Robert Kaiser.
Washington Post Associate Editor and Senior Correspondent
Robert Kaiser has monitored American politics for nearly
half a century. His forthcoming book, So Damn Much Money:
The Triumph of Lobbying and the Corrosion of American
Government, brings a true insider’s perspective
to the examination of the historic growth of the power
of special interests during the past 50 years. Note
location: Neurosciences Institute, 10640 John Jay Hopkins
Dr., La Jolla. Please arrive early. Advance registration
strongly advised. Registration fee is $25, please refer
to section ID 068889. More
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ONGOING EVENTS
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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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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 12, 5PM: Tell Sacramento & Washington:
It’s Time For The People’s Bailout! Come
to the rally and let our legislators in Sacramento and
Washington know that cuts to essential services will
not be tolerated! Gather: 5:00 P.M. Horton Plaza, 4th
& Broadway, San Diego. Rally: 5:30 p.m. March: 6:00
p.m. past State Building. Economic Justice For All Californians!
More
Info
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 12, 7PM: The San Diego Network of Spiritual
Progressives presents An Evening with Rabbi Michael
Lerner. Speaking on The Spiritual Challenge of the Next
Four Years in US and Global Survival. Suggested Donation
of $5 to $10, No One Turned Away. First Unitarian Universalist
Church 4190 Front Street, San Diego. Rabbi Michael Lerner,
an internationally recognized theologian and psychologist,
is the author of the 2006 best seller, The Left Hand
Of God. He is also the editor of TIKKUN, the highly
respected journal on politics, spirituality and culture.
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 5, 6PM: Cinematic Migrations. FREE. Deportation
Nation: History Repeats A cultural series highlighting
the issue of deportation in America presented by USD
Ethnic Studies, Calaca Press and the Red CalacArts Collective.
USD Mother Rosalie Hill Hall - Warren Auditorium @ Soles
5998 Alcala Park, SD. Movie and lecture by filmmaker
Isaac Artenstein and his work: Break of Dawn. Break
of Dawn depicts the story of Los Angeles musician, radio
personality and activist Pedro J. Gonzalez and his deportation
for speaking out against the mass deportations of Mexicans
in the 1930's. Introduction by SD Mesa College Chicano
Studies chair Mike Ornelas. More
Info
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FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 6, 7PM: Spoken Migrations. FREE. Deportation
Nation: History Repeats A cultural series highlighting
the issue of deportation in America presented by USD
Ethnic Studies, Calaca Press and the Red CalacArts Collective.
SD Central Library Auditorium 820 E St., SD. Poetry
and Spoken Word related to the experience of deportation
and migration. Featuring: Francisco J. Bustos (San Diego),
Olga Garcia Echeverria (Los Angeles), Ken10 (San Diego),
Viet Mai (San Diego) and Amalia Ortiz (Los Angeles).
MC’d by Cal A. Vera of the Red CalacArts Collective.
A small collection of poetry and prose called Deportation
Nation will be given away free to the first 150 Deportation
Nation: Spoken Migrations attendees. More
Info
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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 7, 8PM: Musical Migrations. FREE. Deportation
Nation: History Repeats A cultural series highlighting
the issue of deportation in America presented by USD
Ethnic Studies, Calaca Press and the Red CalacArts Collective.
USD University Center 5998 Alcala Park, SD. Musical
program featuring Los Alacranes, Quino and Son Sin Fronteras
playing the songs of Pedro J. Gonzalez and others related
to deportation, including a jam session with all musicians
playing the Woody Guthrie classic Plane Wreck at Los
Gatos (Deportee). MC’d by USD Ethnic Studies professor
Jesse Mills. More
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 12, 6PM (Darwin’s 200th Birthday): Darwin
Bicentennial Birthday Celebration Concert by the Galapagos
Mountain Boys at the UCSD faculty club. Reservations
are required by calling the faculty club at 858-534-0876;
24 hour cancellation policy. The price for the whole
evening will be $40 per person. The evening begins at
6pm with a no-host bar cocktail hour with hors d'oeuvres.
Dinner follows at 7pm and the concert begins at 8pm.
Please join us in a first ever Darwin birthday celebration
at the faculty club. Brings friends and family to help
celebrate this event with Dr. Stephen Baird and The
Galapagos Mountain Boys as they sing songs in praise
of evolution by natural selection, honoring the bicentennial
of Charles Darwin's birth in 1809, and his life's contributions
to science and our knowledge of how we got here from
the beginning of time.
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THURSDAY,
FEBRUARY 26, 7PM: V-Day San Diego 2009. A V-Day Benefit
Production of The Vagina Monologues. To benefit V-day
and The San Diego Center for Community Solutions. Join
Us As We Raise Funds And Awareness To End Violence Against
Women And Girls. V-Day San Diego will present a one-night
only benefit reading of Eve Ensler's award wining play
The Vagina Monologues at The Birch North Park Theatre
2891 University Avenue San Diego. More
Info
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SATURDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 7PM: San Diego Premiere Production of The
MENding Monologues at The 10th Avenue Theatre, 930 10th
Avenue, San Diego. The MENding Monologues By Derek Dujardin.
A group of talented men in Sedona, AZ. wrote, rehearsed
and produced a show of personal monologues, poetry and
comedy that embraced the themes, issues and spirit of
The Vagina Monologues. Of more than 6,600 V-Day events
around the world, this is only men's show in production
that we know of. The purpose of The MENding Monologues
is to "restore our faith in men" by acknowledging
where men both protect and revere women and at times,
we fail them. Through this work, we are dedicated to
ending violence and mending hearts—of men and
women alike. More
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MARCH
28, 2009: 11AM: San Diego IndieFest (SDIF)V ~ The Culture
of Possibility In San Diego's North Park. 7 Stages on
& off University Ave., between Kansas and 30th Streets.
$23 General, $20 Students, Seniors and Military w/ Valid
IDs, Kids 8 and under FREE. Wildly diverse & exciting
independent music, film, art, business and ideas all
day long. Rock, Hip Hop, Folk, World, Country, Funk,
Punk, Jazz, Latin, Spoken Word... Film, Photography,
Dance, Painting Poetry and more. More
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JANUARY
31 – MARCH 8, 7PM: Visual Migrations. Opening
reception. FREE. Deportation Nation: History Repeats
A cultural series highlighting the issue of deportation
in America presented by USD Ethnic Studies, Calaca Press
and the Red CalacArts Collective. Centro Cultural de
la Raza 2125 Park Blvd, SD. Art exhibit addressing the
issue of deportation. Opening reception music by Gabriel
J. Vélez. More
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MARCH
15, 2009: Z-Day; The Zeitgeist Movement. www.thezeitgeistmovement.com
to get more info. What we're trying to do is spread
the word and have several presentations around the world
on 3/15/09. In January 2009 the website will have their
movies available for download along with a digital presentation.
The digital presentation is to be used to present the
idea of the zeitgeist movement to others. More
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BLANKETS
& WARM CLOTHING URGENTLY NEEDED for farm workers
living near Ensenada. It's really cold! PLEASE DROP
OFF BEFORE DEC 5. A letter from my friends Omar Clay
& Nina Leshan: We are living in Mexico, about 45
minutes south of Ensenada on the peninsula. Many of
our neighbors are from the south of Mexico, and are
here temporarily here working in agriculture. They have
a need for clothes and blankets this winter. Specifically,
there are whole families including children. If you
have any extra blankets or warm clothes, including children's
shoes, I can pick them up at Tanja Winter's house on
Saturday, December 5 in the morning. Tanja says that
you can leave your contributions on her driveway. Tanja's
phone number: 858-459-4650 twinter@san.rr.com. More
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Get
FREE copy of "A Question of Power", A documentary
about the resistance in San Diego against this powerline.
Video
Link provided here: Also attached are action items
for folks to talk once they have seen the documentary.
We have complimentary copies of the documentary that
can be requested by emailing: thecoane5 <thecoane5@cox.net
There is no charge for the DVD or the mailing. More
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ONGOING EVENTS
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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
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MISCELLANEOUS
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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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