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Thursday, August 28, 2014
Wednesday, August 27, 2014
[SDCPJ] SAT, 8/30 12noon: SPEAK THEIR NAMES San Diego Ferguson Solidarity Demonstration
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
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Sunday, August 24, 2014
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Saturday, August 23, 2014
[SDCPJ] Don't Sign It!
Our City Council just passed an ordinance making San Diego the largest city in the country to give its workers a boost and require employers to allow workers to earn up to five sick days a year.
Now some out-of-town and local business interests are trying to overturn this widely supported advancement by sending OUT OF TOWN paid signature-gathers into the streets with a petition to overturn it.
Don't let them get away with this. More than 200,000 hard-working San Diegans are counting on us. Don't sign it!
Don't take away the ability of workers to put food on their table and keep a roof over their heads. No hard-working full-time employee should live in poverty or have to choose between being a good employee or good family member. Providing earned sick leave and a gradual increase in the minimum wage from $9 an hour to $11.50 by the year 2017 is a sensible and modest step in that direction.
We can make the lives of everyday San Diegans better. When you see the paid signature gatherers and their misleading petition, Don't Sign It! Instead, call or text 619-930-3300 and give us the time and locations!
For more information and to take the "Don't Sign It" pledge please visit RaiseUpSanDiego.org.
Norma Rodriguez
Coalition Organizer
Raise Up San Diego
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Wednesday, August 20, 2014
[SDCPJ] 9/5 National Weekend of Action Against the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA).
In examining the legal risks faced by climate justice activists and the environmentalist movement, it is useful to examine the ways in which the criminal legal system is used against animal rights activists. First, it is important to acknowledge that advocating for animals is an environmentalist issue which can advance the interests of the climate justice movement. Specifically, animal agriculture is a major cause of climate change and adopting a vegan diet is one of the best steps people can take to reduce their carbon footprint.
Secondly, examining the criminalization of the animal rights movement is instructive in that it is part of a larger strategy by law enforcement in this country to target and disrupt the environmentalist movement. Over the last decade, we have witnessed the Green Scare—the heavy-handed approach of government and law enforcement in arresting, prosecuting, and demonizing environmentalists under the guise of anti-terrorism. This trend is a continuation of the decades-old strategy of the government to label activists as "terrorists" in an attempt to undermine and dismiss otherwise effective movements. (For more information on the Green Scare, see Green is the New Red.)
One clear example of the targeting of animal activists is the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) which was passed by Congress and signed into law in 2006. The AETA amended and expanded the Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA). The AETA makes "damaging or interfering with the operations of an animal enterprise" or "intentionally plac[ing] a person in fear of death or serious bodily injury" federal crimes of terrorism. One of the most significant changes from the AEPA to the AETA was the inclusion of "tertiary targets" meaning "any real or personal property of a person or entity having a connection to, relationship with, or transactions with an animal enterprise." This expanded the scope of the law so broadly that it now includes any entity that has any relationship with an animal enterprise, defined by the statute as:
(A) commercial or academic enterprise that uses or sells animals or animal products for profit, food or fiber production, agriculture, education, research, or testing;
(B) a zoo, aquarium, animal shelter, pet store, breeder, furrier, circus, or rodeo, or other lawful competitive animal event; or
(C) any fair or similar event intended to advance agricultural arts and sciences.
The broad scope of what entities can fall within the statute is what makes the AETA dangerous. Any individual interested in advocating on behalf of animals is left to wonder whether their action could be perceived as violating the law. This is particularly true when considering that the AETA includes room for conspiracy charges, which allow for prosecution based not on an individual's action alone, but on one's connection to other people's actions, regardless of participation or even knowledge of the specific actions.
The past decade has seen a number of prosecutions under both the AEPA and the AETA. These prosecutions have been notable in that they have both criminalized activity that is generally protected by the First Amendment, such as chanting and leafleting and also been used to enhance charges for direct actions which are already criminalized by existing federal or state statutes.
https://www.nlg.org/news/blog/aeta-revisited-how-green-scare-act-continues-bind-first-amendment-and-what-nlg-doing-about
- at 12:30pm - 2:00pm
- Edward J. Schwartz Federal Building880 Front St, San Diego, California 92101
The National Weekend of Action Against the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act (AETA) entails talks, workshops, film viewings, protests, etc. to educate the public about federal laws that specifically target animal advocates whose work attempts to stop a person or company from profiting from the use of nonhuman animals (which includes nearly all types of non-reformist activism, from protests to liberatory actions).
In effect, AETA labels activists as terrorists, a chilling reality that every activist of every cause should care about because this is a civil liberties and rights issue. AETA has been covered by almost every major paper in the US and is one of the most unconstitutional laws since COINTELPRO - a program established in the 1950s by the FBI that targeted the civil rights, anti-war, and Native American movements.
To understand more about the targeting of activists and the AETA, read *Terrorists or Freedom Fighters?* (2004), *Igniting a Revolution* (2006), *Muzzling a Movement* (2010), *Green is the New Red* (2011), and *The Terrorization of Dissent* (2014).
This event is in collaboration with the launch of "Terrorization of Dissent" (2014), which will develop into a campaign with regular national days of action.
Please contact Martha Sullivan: marthasullivan@mac.com, 858/945-6273
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
[SDCPJ] FREE CHELSEA ~ 1 YEAR COMING OUT ANNIVERSAY ACTION!
August 22nd will mark the 1 year anniversary of Chelsea Manning's coming out! Join local activists in an action to raise awareness in San Diego about her campaign for freedom and transgender issues both carceral and otherwise.
Friday, August 22nd
5:00PM - 7:00PM
5th Ave & University Ave ~ Hillcrest ~ San Diego
This action organized by
The San Diego Coalition to Free Manning
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/901396016542057/
*Action to include speakers, street theatre, leafleting, chanting, solidarity photos, & cake to celebrate the courage of Chelsea Manning.
PROGRAM:
( Not Finalized )
MC ~ Sean Bohac of San Diego Coalition to Free Manning & LGBTQ rights organization SAME Alliance
Gloria Cruz of ACLU of San Diego & Imperial Counties on lawsuit over Manning's proper medical treatment
Jamie Messer of the LGBTQ rights organization Canvass for a Cause will speak on Chelsea Manning's role in following the rich community "Spirit of Stonewall" tradition of speaking truth to power.
Nile & NemoBeats will perform their song "Drones"
Patricia Gracian will read Amnesty International's statement demanding clemency for Chelsea and her immediate release.
Nick Bernabe from The Anti-Media will speak on the current war on journalists and their sources including whistleblowers like Chelsea and others.
Gabriel Conaway will read a statement by Joseph Crews of San Diego Veterans for Peace's recent statement: "Chelsea's Manning Anniversary"
Martha Sullivan of Women Occupy San Diego will speak.
Rick Greenblatt from the San Diego Coalition for Peace & Justice will speak.
~ Endorsing Organizations ~
( Not finalized )
Black and Pink - San Diego
http://www.blackandpink.org/chapters/san-diego/
Canvass For a Cause
@[NjQyMTgzOTU5MjA4MTA3Omh0dHBcYS8vd3d3LmNhbnZhc3Nmb3JhY2F1c2Uub3JnLzo6:http://www.canvassforacause.org/]
Green Party of San Diego/Partido Verde de San Diego
http://www.sdgreenparty.org/
Peace Resource Center of San Diego WWW.PRCSD.ORG
@[NjQyMTgzOTU5MjA4MTA3Omh0dHBcYS8vcHJjc2Qub3JnLzo6:http://prcsd.org/]
SAME Alliance
San Diego Alliance for Marriage Equality
@[NjQyMTgzOTU5MjA4MTA3Omh0dHBcYS8vc2FtZWFsbGlhbmNlLmNvbS86Og==:http://samealliance.com/]
San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice
http://sdcpj.org/
San Diego Veterans for Peace
@[NjQyMTgzOTU5MjA4MTA3Omh0dHBcYS8vd3d3LnNkdmZwLm9yZy86Og==:http://www.sdvfp.org/
Women Occupy - San Diego
http://womenoccupysandiego.org/
*****PRESS RELEASE*****
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 8/19/14
Media Contact: Sean Bohac 619-218-3192, info@samealliance.com
Come Out for Chelsea, Locals Gather to Celebrate the Courage of Chelsea Manning
"Four years after Chelsea was first imprisoned for her heroic acts, we gather to celebrate her courage, courage to join the army in a time of war, courage to tell the truth when she witnessed war crimes, and courage to reach personal honesty and publicly transition to her life as a woman." said Sean Bohac one of the organizers of Come Out for Chelsea. "August 22 2014 is the one-year anniversary of Chelsea coming out as trans-gender, we are gathering to celebrate that anniversary and to build awareness of her wrongful detention." Organizers plan street theater, public speakers, solidarity chanting and free cake on the corner of 5th and University Aves from 5-7pm on Friday August 22nd.
Monday, August 18, 2014
[SDCPJ] REMINDER TODAY! Please forward and Post : Forum on GAZA & BDS forum on Mon. 18th @ 7pm
Activist San Diego's General Meeting
Joyce Beer Community Center Hillcrest
- 1090 Vermont, one block north of Univ. Av, across from Trader Joe's
Speak Out for GAZA! Organize for Israel Boycott, Divestment, & Sanctions Mon. 7 pm Aug.18th |
Join us to speak out for GAZA! Activist San Diego (ASD) will host Palestinian, Jewish and BDS Activists so that we can engage for change. Israel is dependent on the US for its economic growth, military hardware, and Billions in military aid. Americans have more power than any other on the planet to change the balance of forces and end the occupation, Gaza blockade and bombardments.
PRESENTATIONS AND INFORMATION
PUTTING WORDS INTO ACTION
Come participate!
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Poetry on Resistance and the Intifada by Steve Kowitt
Presentation: Jewish Voices for Peace - Ed Sweed
Presentation: Occupied Palestine, (Not confirmed - a Protestant Bishop)
Presentation: On Gaza -- Lenna Odeh is a Doctoral Candidate in Palestinian Studies
Presentation: - Israel & Palestine before the rise of Hamas. Aziz Ayaz
Presentation on BDS: Rami Ilaian -- Students for Justice in Palestine and Al-Awda
Call ahead to speak or if you need direction to the event on Aug.18th: info@ActivistSanDiego.org For info - 619-283-1100
*ALSO: For exclusive points of view and more Gaza coverage than in radio station in SD County... FOLLOW GAZA NEWS on KNSJ 89.1 FM Radio meeting on 1st & 3rd Thursday at 4246 Wightman @ NW corner of Van Dyke (enter thru Driveway) - see KNSJ.org Join us, get involved. Become an ASD member for just a $2 per mo. donation - support ASD mission to become and information, communications and mobilizing hub for San Diego and border region.
info@ActivistSanDiego.org For info - 619-283-1100
Sign-up for ASD's Weekly e-newsletter at www.ActivistSanDiego.org
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