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CLIMATE CHAOS NEWSMAGAZINE OF THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER indybay.org ISSUE TWENTY TABLE OF CONTENTS: 2 Fault Lines and the Future of Radical Media 3 Port Blockade in Tacoma; Weeping Wednesday; War Resisters 4 BP’s Sticky Situation in Berkeley 5 PG&E’s Green Washing Campaign 6 The Story of the Ungdomshuset Squat Riot 7 Squatting in the Ruins of Buffalo 8 Costa Rica’s Continued Resistance to CAFTA 9 Ireland Stands Against Shell 10 Climate Change as the Death of Capitalism 12 Iraq Vets Resist the War 13 The Mercenary Surge in Iraq 16 Bay Area Bicycles 18 Sublime Frequencies 19 Realizing the Impossible 23 Ten Tips for Radicals free Letter from the Editors: Subscribe to Police Riot in Tacoma Fault Lines & Peaceful anti-war activists brutalized in port blockade By Liam O’Donoghue He added, “The best way to support get cool stuff the troops is to prevent them from be- The Role of Radical Print? Peace activists in Tacoma, Washing- ing placed into the midst of a civil war The San Francisco Bay Area Independent ton have faced growing police brutality Option 1: Get a full year of where they have a high risk of killing or Media Center is a non-commercial, demo- and repression over their campaign to This is the first issue of Fault Lines have a lot of ideas about this that cover Fault Lines for $20. being killed. We have a moral and hu- cratic collective of bay area independent prevent the military from using the Port in almost five months. We took a little the spectrum from an emphatic ‘yes’ to a manitarian obligation to resist the use of Tacoma to ship Stryker armored ve- media makers and media outlets, and break to spend some time thinking and conflicted ‘maybe not.’ But we want to Option 2: Get a Fault Lines of our port.” serves as the local organizing unit of the hicles to Iraq. On March 11, the police talking about the role of print media in know what other people think. What bandana with your one-year Last year dozens of people were ar- responded to non-violent civil disobedi- IMC Seattle Photo: global indymedia network. radical social movements, asking our- is the role of print within the Indyme- subscription for $40. ence in the form of passively sitting in a rested at the Port of Olympia in similar selves if the time and money we spend dia network, which is largely internet- road to the port with huge amounts of actions. Following those protests, the Fault Lines making Fault Lines is worth it. We cer- based? Part of being a useful tool is being Option 3: Get a Fault Lines tear gas, pepper gas, pepper spray, bean military decided to stop using the Port tainly don’t doubt embedded in a com- tee shirt with your one-year Mission Statement bags, rubber bullets, and pellets. of Olympia. the value of inde- What is the role of print munity larger than subscription for $60. Fault Lines, the newsmagazine of the San “The fact that they had to choose a Olympia Port Militarization Re- Francisco Bay Area Independent Media pendent media but within the Indymedia net- the group of people sistance (OlyPMR) and Tacoma Port “We have a democratic, economic, and moral obligation to we question the who work together different, less accessible port and then Center, aims to give all communities the work, which is largely Option 4: Get a DVD of your Militarization Resistance (Tacoma resist the use of our publicly funded ports to support an oc- medium: print. We on this paper. It sneak the equipment in under cover of opportunity to actively participate in a col- choice with your one-year PMR) are continuing daily vigils and could easily post internet-based? makes sense that an darkness shows just how little public cupation that is opposed by the American people. This quag- lective process of media production and subscription for $80. other actions for as long as the military these articles on In- independent, demo- support there is for the ongoing quag- mire in Iraq is robbing our communities of desperately needed distribution. By operating with transpar- equipment continues to arrive at the dybay.org or make our own website—it’d cratic media outlet should be fed by the mire in Iraq,” said Wes Hamilton, a ency, this newsmagazine hopes to achieve Option 5: Get all three DVDs port. On Sunday, March 11, 23 more resources and putting our young people in grave danger.” be practically free, distribution would be movements that it serves, so we need to Vietnam veteran and member of the the goal of allowing the public, not corpo- plus a Fault Lines tee shirt Olympia chapter of Veterans for Peace. protestors were arrested as they demon- – Molly Gibbs, OlyPMR member. a lot easier, and design could be so much know what you think. Does the print and bandana with your one- strated at the port. rate conglomerations, to set the agenda for simpler. But would something be lost? medium reach communities with less ac- year subscription for $200. news coverage. Our mission is to train and That’s the question. cess to computers? Is it a mere luxury for empower marginalized voices. This pub- It’s not easy being a free, all volun- those of us who prefer staring at a piece lication was created to be used as a tool of paper to an electronic screen? Would Weeping Wednesday: teer newsmagazine, especially at a time for radical change in our communities by when radical print projects in general are our time be better spent making posters, Students still face charges from UC Regents protest exposing the stories and raising the issues We Interrupt This Empire: struggling. In the last few months sev- pamphlets, fliers, or zines? the protesters joined hands and circled that the media plutocracy seeks to su- In the days following the US By David Zlutnick eral important radical publications have We want to open up the lines of the building, attempting to pressure the press. We are the people, we are the media invasion of Iraq protesters gone under, most notably Clamor and communication and get feedback on On October 18, 2006, the UC Regents Regents into addressing the demands of and we are dissenting from the ground up. shut down the streets of San Lip, two magazines that embody the what we’re doing here. What do you Francisco. visited Santa Cruz. Facing an angry and the students. As the protest continued, energy and enthusiasm that blossomed think? What are our strengths? What organized student body, the Santa Cruz police became increasingly aggressive, Get INvolved after the Seattle WTO protests of 1999. are our weaknesses? How could we be The Miami Model: explores administration spent thousands of dol- repeatedly pushing and dragging stu- The IMC has an open door. You can write Bitch is moving from Oakland to Port- more effective? Would you rather read a implications of the pro- lars bussing in extra riot police. dents out of the way. for Fault Lines, film events and rallies, land in search of lower rent. Kitchen piece of paper than a computer screen? posed Free Trade Area of Hundreds of students gathered to ex- Finally the police targeted Alette Sink is working on its final issue. The Why? What is the role of print media Kendrick, a well-known student activist self-publish articles to the web, take pho- the Americas with on the press their disgust at a variety of issues Stuart Bradley of Coutesy Photo Independent Press Association folded in radical social movements? Who are who has a history of being harassed by tos or just help us run the office. As an ground footage from the ranging from the UC’s management of after being cuffed. Tani Thole and Steve Stormoen, are organization relying entirely on volunteer last December, a distributor that built up ‘you’ anyway? Write or email us and let nuclear weapons labs, to the poverty- UC police. As she was being arrested protests outside the trade Hours after the arrests, the remain- each facing smaller misdemeanors. If thousands of dollars in debt to its mem- us know. level wages paid to service workers, to one officer yelled, “That’s the one we support, we encourage all forms of par- negotiations in Miami. ing protesters collectively negotiated convicted on all counts, Kendrick could bers and then went bankrupt. All of this the lack of funding for programs that want! Get her!” even though she was ticipation. with UCSC administration and police receive up to three years in jail, while reveals the precariousness of these, and Fault Lines Gigante Despierta: is a recruit and retain students of color, as not on the front lines of the scuffle. In The print working group reserves the right for the release of the students without Thole could get up to a year. many other, independent publications. compilation of compelling well as the general undemocratic struc- the ensuing commotion police grabbed to edit articles for length, content, and 2940 16th Street, Suite 216 charges. However, almost five months If you would like more information By producing Fault Lines we want to short films from all around ture of the UC. two others, using batons and pepper San Francisco, CA 94103-2682 later, Kendrick is still facing five misde- on the continuing cases, or would like clarity.