Indybay featuresSF Bay Area Independent Media Center (Indybay) FeaturesDonna Deiss Facing 'Resisting Arrest' Charge; All Other Charges Dropped- June 27, 2008 HUFF (Homeless United for Friendship and Freedom) member and vehicular dweller, Donna Deiss, who had her right humerus bone fractured by Officer Christian LeMoss on May 9th, 2008 at the Three Trees parking lot on W. Cliff Dr. in Santa Cruz has had all charges but one dropped. She now faces a single charge of 148 (a) PC or resisting arrest. Misdemeanor charges of battery on a police officer and possession of marijuana have been dropped without explanation. Deiss is still scheduled for...http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/27/18511591.php UNICEF Cuts Ties with Israeli Billionaire- June 27, 2008 On June 19, a senior advisor to UNICEF stated that UNICEF will not accept any financial support from Israeli billionaire Lev Leviev. Leviev, who is the chairman of Africa Israel Investments, is in charge of at least one company which the Arab rights advocacy group Adalah-NY claims built Jewish settlements on West Bank land.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/26/18511449.php UN Urges US to Change Policies on Military Recruiting- June 26, 2008 On June 6, responding to an ACLU report on recruiter abuses, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a report urging the U.S. to make sweeping policy changes regarding domestic military recruitment practices. Although the U.S. signed the UN's Optional Protocol on the involvement of Children in Armed Conflict in 2002, military recruiters still target children under 18 years of age for enlistment with techniques that include false promises and coercion.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/26/18511229.php SF Residents Want to Put Bush's Name on Sewage Plant- June 26, 2008 A group of San Francisco residents are gathering signatures for an initiative to be put on the November ballot. The initiative will ask to rename Oceanside Water Pollution Control Plant the George W Bush Sewage Plant. The group has managed to collect 8,500 signatures so far; 15,000 are needed for an initiative.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/25/18511119.php 5th Annual Trans March Kicks Off Pride Weekend- June 25, 2008 The 5th annual Trans Pride March took place June 27th in Dolores Park. The theme of this year's march was "Marching for a Gender Inclusive ENDA", with an objective to bring a focus on transgender civil rights and to celebrate the support of the LGBT family. The Trans March kicked off a weekend of Pride events. The 16th annual San Francisco Dyke March will take place Saturday June 28th in Dolores Park. The rally and stage begins at 3 with the march at 7pm. The 38th SF LGBT Pride Festival...http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/24/18510790.php Palestinians Use Video Cameras To Document Attacks By Settlers- June 23, 2008 Video cameras have become a crucial way for Palestinians to document the daily harassment inflicted on them by Israeli settlers. In one recent example, a Palestinian family living on the southern hills of Al-Halil, was attacked by four settlers armed with baseball bats while farming their land. The video provided evidence against two settlers, who were arrested by the Israeli police.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/22/18510240.php Indynewswire for June 20, 2008- June 22, 2008 The indynewswire show airs weekly on Freak Radio, Friday mornings 10-12 noon, broadcasting news and opinion from independent media worldwide, focused on indymedia sites but also drawing from other websites. This week features audio from KBOO, Radio4All, Puerto Rico Indymedia and Portland Indymedia. Topics include the attack against the tree-sit protesting contruction of the I-69 NAFTA superhighway, farmworker Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez who died in the fields last month while picking 'two buck.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/22/18510056.php Militarization in Mexico- June 22, 2008 Under the guise of the "War on Drugs," the Mexican Army has increased its presence around the Zapatistas autonomous municipalities in La Garrucha - the last place Subcomandante Marcos was seen. On June 4, a convoy of 200 army, state and local police tried to enter La Garrucha under the pretext of "looking for marijuana plants," but were turned away by Zapatista men, women and children armed only with machetes and stones. <br ><br > While the violence...http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/21/18510051.php Berkeley Recruiting Station Protests- June 22, 2008 On June 21, about 200 pro-warpro-military bikers invaded Berkeley to demonstrate in support of the Marine recruiting station in downtown Berkeley. They were met by about 100 demonstrators chanting, "Murder, Rape, Torture, War - That's What They're Recruiting For" and carrying pictures of Iraqi civilians maimed at the hands of U.S. troops.http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/06/21/18509957.php |