Stop Operation Gatekeeper Dec 5

MARCH on Sat. Dec. 05.
11 am
San Ysidro Community Park

With repression and attacks against our community reaching astounding new heights, now more than ever students, teachers, workers, housewives, and all freedom-loving people continue to organize themselves against those who stand in the way of the self-determination of our pueblos.

Unión del Barrio makes the call to those who continue to organize, and those who have now realized that we will only achieve true change and true democracy through organized collective processes, to come out and MARCH on Sat. Dec. 05.

With more than 5,000 deaths at the border, we will be wearing black, not to mourn, but to represent and resist for all of those who have lost their lives as a result of the vicious system that continues to divide a people.

WE DIDN'T CROSS THE BORDER, THE BORDER CROSSED US!

If your organization would like to endorse this effort, or would like more information, please e-mail difusion_sd@uniondelbarrio.org.

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Con represión y ataques en contra de nuestra comunidad llegando a nuevas alturas, ahora mas que nunca estudiantes, maestros, trabajadores, padres de familia, y todos los que buscan la libertad continúan a organizarse contra esas fuerzas que impiden la auto-determinación de nuestros pueblos.

Unión del Barrio hace el llamado a toda persona que continua a organizarse, y a esas personas que ahora reconocen que solamente podemos lograr cambios y la democracia verdadera tras procesos colectivos organizados, a MARCHAR el Sab. 05 dic.

Con mas de 5,000 muertes en la frontera, nos vestiremos de negro, no de luto, pero para representar y resistir para todos los que han perdido sus vidas como resultado del sistema horrendo que continua dividiendo a un pueblo.

¡SOMOS UN PUEBLO SIN FRONTERAS!

Si su organización quiere apoyar este esfuerzo, o gusta mas información, favor de comunicarse a difusion_sd@uniondelbarrio.org.

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Tijuana Maquiladora Tour Dec 12

Come to learn about Tijuana maquiladora workers' conditions and struggles!

SATURDAY,

DECEMBER 12

9 am to 3:30 pm

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Citizens returning from Mexico must present an U.S. passport. For more information, see the State Dept. web site at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html

All tour participants must read the US travel alert to Mexico. Please see the alert below.


SCHEDULE (There may be slight variations from tour to tour.)

9:00 am sharp: San Ysidro/Tijuana border-bus station. We will walk together to cross the border gate and travel to our locations in Tijuana using chartered buses for transportation.

9:45-10 am: The crosses at the border: 4,500 immigrants have died trying to cross the border.

10:30- 11:15 am: Otay Industrial Park: Sanyo, Metales y Derivados, other maquiladoras
NOTE: We will visit the Tijuana industrial area but won’t enter any factory.

11:30 – 12:00 pm: Ejido Chilpancingo-Rio Alamar neighborhood

12:15- 1 pm: Lunch at Colectivo Chilpancingo’s office

1-2:30 pm: Presentation about the struggles for environmental justice in the neighborhood and labor justice in the factories.

2:30-3:00 pm: Return to the bus station


DONATIONS

US: $30 regular, $20 students

Donations cover the bus, lunch, and a donation to the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras.

For reservations for this tour please contact

Enrique Davalos
Chicano & Chicana Studies Department
San Diego City College
Phone: (619) 388-3634
E-mail: edavalos@sdccd.edu

Sponsored by City College Chicano/a Studies Department, Colectivo Chilpancingo por Justicia Ambiental, the San Diego Maquiladora Workers' Solidarity Network, and the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras

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Travel Alert
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Bureau of Consular Affairs
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/pa/pa_3028.html#

This information is current as of today, Fri Oct 23 11:21:16 2009.

Mexico: Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak: Lifted May 15, 2009. The Department of State wishes to inform U.S. citizens traveling to and residing in Mexico that on May 15 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) lifted its recommendation that American citizens avoid all nonessential travel to Mexico. As a result of the CDC's decision, the State Department's Travel Alert relating to the 2009-H1N1 influenza outbreak is no longer in effect.

Mexico: Security August 20, 2009. The Department of State has issued this Travel Alert to update security information for U.S. citizens traveling to and living in Mexico. It supersedes the Travel Alert for Mexico dated February 20, 2009, and expires on February 20, 2010.

While millions of U.S. citizens safely visit Mexico each year (including tens of thousands who cross the land border every day for study, tourism or business), violence in the country has increased. It is imperative that travelers understand the risks of travel to Mexico, how best to avoid dangerous situations, and who to contact if one becomes a crime victim. Common-sense precautions such as visiting only legitimate business and tourist areas during daylight hours, and avoiding areas where prostitution and drug dealing might occur, can help ensure that travel to Mexico is safe and enjoyable.

Recent violent attacks have caused the U.S. Embassy to urge U.S. citizens to delay unnecessary travel to parts of Michoacán and Chihuahua (see details below) and advise U.S. citizens residing or traveling in those areas to exercise extreme caution. Drug cartels and associated criminal elements have retaliated violently against individuals who speak out against them or whom they otherwise view to be a threat to their organization, regardless of the individuals’ citizenship. These attacks include the abduction and murder of two resident U.S. citizens in Chihuahua in July, 2009.

Violence Along the U.S. - Mexico Border Mexican drug cartels are engaged in violent conflict - both among themselves and with Mexican security services - for control of narcotics trafficking routes along the U.S.-Mexico border. In order to combat violence, the government of Mexico has deployed military troops in various parts of the country. U.S. citizens should cooperate fully with official checkpoints when traveling on Mexican highways.

Some recent Mexican army and police confrontations with drug cartels have resembled small-unit combat, with cartels employing automatic weapons and grenades. Large firefights have taken place in towns and cities across Mexico, but occur mostly in northern Mexico, including Tijuana, Chihuahua City, Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez. During some of these incidents, U.S. citizens have been trapped and temporarily prevented from leaving the area...

A number of areas along the border are experiencing rapid growth in the rates of many types of crime. Robberies, homicides, petty thefts, and carjackings have all increased over the last year across Mexico generally, with notable spikes in Tijuana and northern Baja California. Ciudad Juarez, Tijuana and Nogales are among the cities which have experienced public shootouts during daylight hours in shopping centers and other public venues. Criminals have followed and harassed U.S. citizens traveling in their vehicles in border areas including Nuevo Laredo, Matamoros, and Tijuana.

U.S. citizens are urged to be alert to safety and security concerns when visiting the border region. Criminals are armed with a wide array of sophisticated weapons. In some cases, assailants have worn full or partial police or military uniforms and have used vehicles that resemble police vehicles. While most crime victims are Mexican citizens, the uncertain security situation poses serious risks for U.S. citizens as well. U.S. citizen victims of crime in Mexico are urged to contact the consular section of the nearest U.S. consulate or Embassy for advice and assistance. (More info available at: http://travel.state.gov/travel/travel_1744.html


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Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire

Join us as we welcome

Richard Becker
and his new book:

Palestine, Israel and
the U.S. Empire

2:00pm, Sunday, Dec. 13

Latte Mi Corazon
129 25th St
San Diego, CA 92102

(619)863-4261

Richard Becker is a noted writer and commentator on Middle East affairs. He has been a featured speaker at political forums and conferences in the United States and across the world.

Becker has visited the Middle East on numerous occasions. He led fact-finding delegations to Palestine in 2000 and 2002, delivering medicine to Palestinian hospitals.

Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire provides a sharp analysis of historic and current events in the struggle for Palestine—from the division of the Middle East by Western powers and the Zionist settler movement, to the founding of Israel and its regional role as a watchdog for U.S. interests, to present-day conflicts and the prospects for a just resolution.

The book’s narrative is firmly rooted in the politics of Palestinian liberation. Here is a necessary introduction to the heroic efforts of the Palestinian people to achieve justice in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.

For more info or questions please call:
213-251-1025
or see the website:
Palestine, Israel and the U.S. Empire


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Wetback An Undocumented Documentary Nov19

Club
IDEAS
Presents

Wetback
The Undocumented Documentary

Thursday, November 19, 2009
Room D121A @ 5:00pm
San Diego City College



“Wetback, a quietly commanding documentary, follows in the footsteps of immigrants traveling from Nicaragua to the United States. On their journeys, they encounter gangs and vigilantes, as well as border patrol. But these immigrants navigate real-life nightmares with uncanny calm, grace, even humor. And director Arturo Perez Torres does all of us a favor by getting out of the way and allowing them to tell their stories” (IronWeedFilms).

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Film “Doe Boy” Native American Heritage Month Nov 19

Native American Heritage Month
Free Film Night
“Doe Boy”

Thursday, November 19th, 6:00—8:00 pm
Mesa College, Room G-101

Set in the heart of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, Doe Boy tells the story of Hunter, a young Native American whose teen angst is compounded by his confusing cultural identity. Though his mother is a full Cherokee, his father Hank is not and, to make matters worse, Hunter has hemophilia, long considered a white man's disease among Native Americans. Feeling himself to be an outsider even in his Cherokee community and unable to physically connect with others his age because of his hemophilia, Hunter begins to act out, further driving a wedge between himself, his family, and his community. Both a thoughtful coming of age drama and a meaningful look at the often contradictory and confusing notions of cultural identity in modern America,DOE BOY is both entertaining and thought provoking.

Sponsored by the San Diego Mesa College Humanities Institute and student chapter of SACNAS.

For more information, please call 619-388-2781.

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Education for All Meeting Nov 20

STOP the Termination of College Education Nov 20

Friday November 20th
11am to 1pm
Region X Student Rally
Balboa Park
Presidents Way Picnic Area
A United Stand Against Community College Budget Cuts…….
STOP the Termination of College Education

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Languages Department Celebration Dec 2

WEDNESDAY, December 2nd
10:00-3:00pm
San Diego City College
Gorton Quad


Languages Department
December Celebration 2009!!!
Come & Join us
for a day of music, dance, food, art and much more.
Discover unique countries, their customs, their cultures…


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The Loft at UCSD Nov 12

No More Femicides in Juarez - November 13

UC SAN DIEGO CHICANO/A~LATINO/A
ARTS AND HUMANITIESPROGRAM
(CLAH)


2nd ANNUAL GRACIA MOLINA DE PICK
LATINA FEMINISMS LECTURE SERIES

VICTORIA DELGADILLO
“Art Activism and the Collective Voice”

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009
6:30 P.M.
SAN DIEGO CENTRAL LIBRARY
820 E STREET

For more information:
Melissa Naranjo
CLAH
Student Affairs Officer
E-mail: mmnaranjo@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 822-4059


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Logan Heights Clean Up Nov 14

The City College Associated Students and Logan Heights Neighborhood Council Presents:
(Organized by the Spanish Club and ASG)

WE NEED YOU HERE!!

Local businesses, local people, global thought.

Logan Heights Beautification Project

Saturday November 14th

From: 9 AM — 2 PM
Meet at: Kearney Ave And Cesar Chavez Park Way, Logan Heights

This event will unify college students, recovery groups and local residents in an effort to:
*Reduce potential eyesores
*Clean Up the streets
*Assist the elderly
*Weatherization efforts

The first 200 volunteers will receive lunch and a T shirt.
TO VOLUNTEER Please contact:
Beto Vasquez
(619) 787-4973
Itsvasquez2u@yahoo.com
WE NEED YOU HERE!! Local businesses, local people, global thought.


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Celebrate the heritage of our Kumeyaay Sisters Nov 14

NOVEMBER is Native American Heritage Month.
We will celebrate and share the heritage of our Kumeyaay Sisters on

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14th
From noon to 4pm

GOLDEN HILL COMMUNITY PARK
at the end of 25th and Russ St.

FOOD
CRAFTS
ART
MUSIC
STORYTELLING

Click here for Map of Golden Hill Park location

ACTIVITIES
- Mask Making
- Story Telling
- Traditional Arts & Crafts
- Music & Games

ARTISTS
Laura Cota Lopez- Kumeyaay- Traditional basketry
Cocopa Indians- traditional and non traditional items
Mary Lou Valencia- Apache- jewlry
Loriann Hernandez- Yacqui- contemporary drawings
Sylvia Majia - Sculptor
Martha Blackbear - the Weeping Buffalo Native Women's Co-Op

We will be "camped" at the northern mesa of the Golden Hill Park at the end of 25th
and Russ Streets in Golden Hill.

CONTACT NUMBER FOR DAY OF EVENT: 619 865-0276


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Mexican National Strike -- Protest in San Diego

PROTEST IN SOLIDARITY WITH MEXICAN NATIONAL STRIKE!

WORKERS' STRUGGLE HAS NO BORDERS!

November 11th, 4:00pm

Hundreds of thousands of workers, teachers and students have declared a National Strike in defense of their rights, and against the fascistic actions of the Mexican puppet government; they have called for international solidarity. The 44,000 electric workers who were fired a few weeks ago will try to take back their jobs in central Mexico, clashes with the military are expected.

Meet outside of the Mexican Consulate in San Diego
1549 India St.
San Diego, CA 92101

Grupo por un Arte Revolucionario Independiente, Grupo Internacionalista

SME calls for national strike

By Mexico Solidarity Network The Electrical Workers Union (SME) called for a general strike on November 11 to fight the closure of Central Light and Power (LFC) by the Calderon administration last month. More than 44,000 workers lost their jobs in the surprise Saturday night police action that tried to abolish Mexico's largest democratic union. Since the closure of LFC, Calderon has faced increasing pressure to reconsider, both on popular and legal fronts. Telephone and university workers agreed to join the one day strike, and thousands of students from the National Autonomous University are expected to take an active role. Campesino organizations are also answering the call.

Last week more than 25,000 SME workers filed papers with federal courts asking for a restraining order against the closure. In a series of legal set-backs for the Calderon administration, a federal judge awarded a temporary restraining order on October 30, followed by a permanent ruling on November 6. A group of 500 volunteer lawyers also filed papers challenging the constitutionality of the closure. And the Federal Labor Board refused to emit a final decision on the termination of the labor contract between LFC and the SME.

Despite increasing pressure on workers to accept severance deals before mid November, most union members are resisting. As many as 34,000 workers from a workforce of 44,000 (which includes many salaried and office workers) signed legal complaints. In addition, the electrical system in central Mexico appears to be falling apart. Workers from the Federal Electric Commission (CFE) are trying to assume the responsibilities of former LFC workers, but much of the LFC technology is more than 50 years old and patched together haphazardly due to decapitalization over the past two decades by the federal government. Increasing power outages are leaving tens of thousands of workers unemployed and there is a distinct possibility of a general failure in coming weeks.

Despite a months-long media campaign by the federal government in conjunction with Mexico's television duopoly, Televisa and TV Azteca, SME workers are gradually winning the battle for public opinion. Calderon claimed the federal government was subsidizing LFC with more than US$3 billion annually, but the financial situation turns out to be much more complicated. LFC is a government business and the gradual decapitalization over two decades left the company without sufficient resources to generate electrical power for some 25 million people living in central Mexico. LFC was forced to purchase power generated by the CFE at high rates, then resell the power to companies at about one-third the initial cost. In addition, many politically connected companies and federal government agencies, including President Calderon's home at los Pinos, did not pay for electricity.


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