SANTA CRUZ INDYMEDIA UPDATE, MAY 4, 2005
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I listened to KGO (Radio 810) last night (5-2-05) and Bernie Ward made the comment about Fuck face jerry falwell calling for the killing of federal judges who don’t follow what the fucked up christian right-wing nut cases want.

Provoking art istic tactics and duelings directly into meaningful depths! Up to your dared imagination how far or deep YOU permit yourself to flow! Author of quite a few deep and INTENSE experiences/actions speaks from hiz heart, combining the thinking of many into a coherent way of becoming!

Audio and photos from Ward Churchill's May 2nd 2005 talk at California State University Monterey Bay.

“By putting my weapons down, I chose to reassert myself as a human being,� said Camilo Mejia, the first US soldier to actively resist the Iraq War. The former US Army staff sergeant went AWOL in October 2003 while home on a two-week leave. It wasn't until March 15, 2004, that Mejia turned himself in to military commanders and filed for discharge as a conscientious objector, becoming the first veteran from Iraq to publicly challenge the morality of the war. In May 2004, he was convicted of desertion, and sentenced to nine months in the brig. Having recently been freed, Mejia is now on a speaking tour of the West Coast, and will visit Santa Cruz, on Wednesday, May 4th, 7 p.m. at the Veteran's Memorial Building, 846 Front St. , next to the post office. Immediate wireless translation from English to Spanish translation n will be available.

Meanwhile, in San Diego, CA, Navy sailor Pablo Paredes' request for conscientious objector status has been denied. His court martial is scheduled for May 11, inside the San Diego 32nd St. Naval Station. Various support activities and protests are being planned for May 10-13 in San Diego.

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