...U.S. Political Power~Interview with John Stauber, co-author of 'Banana Republicans: How the Right-Wing is Turning America into a One-Party State,' conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris

IN THIS ISSUE:
1. Updates on county initiatives to ban GE crops
2. BioDemocracy Alliance - Defend county rights for self-determination!!
3. Cal GE-Free Organizer Training in August - there's still time to apply!
4. We need your support
5. Help spread the GE-Free word to your favorite grocery store
6. A Center for Food Safety Call for Action

MARK VALLEN: MORE THAN A WITNESS
A Shenere Velt Gallery
Now - August 26, 2004
A major retrospective art exhibition encompassing thirty years of work.

On July 22, the Graham Commission gives its long-awaited report to the House Armed Services Committee, and it an advance briefing shows that it says the electromagnetic pulse bomb, or E-bomb, can threaten the continued existence of civil society in the United States.

“Either we build a Singapore in our country or fall into the trap of the tragic Somali model.�

Join local Weapons Inspectors for a second visit to Lockheed Martin in Bonny Doon on Friday, August 6, Hiroshima Day.

Meet at the County Building at Ocean and Water Streets.

Press Conference begins at 12 noon, then caravan to Lockheed Martin.

We at KZSC's The Sound of Young America asked Santa Cruzians what they thought of John Kerry's choice of running mate... and how far they would go with him. Real Audio link...

The Miami Model: Free Trade Police State

Thursday, July 22
7:00pm
Indymedia Space
Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel Ave.)

Audio: [ Download the mp3 ]

Below are downloadable .pdf posters and 1/4 sheet flyers. Please spread the word about this event!

Police across the country -- from San Francisco to New York -- have embraced the Miami model, an evolving set of police tactics deployed with ferocious force during the Miami FTAA protests last year. Join us for the Santa Cruz premier of "The Miami Model" -- a new Indymedia documentary about what happened in Miami, what may be coming to a city near you, and what steps activists are taking to tackle this new threat to dissent.

Thursday, July 22
7:00pm
Indymedia Space
Barrios Unidos (1817 Soquel Ave.)

Collectively, Indymedia activists and friends shot hundreds of hours of video footage documenting the FTAA protests in Miami. This footage has been edited by the FTAA Miami Video Working Group into a documentary that cuts through the mass media blackout to reveal the brutal repression and assault on civil liberties that took place, as well as the life-affirming and inspiring alternatives to capitalist globalization that were also in full effect in Miami.

Audio PSA and Flyers for "The Miami Model"
Trailer for The Miami Model (Quicktime 4.3megs)