On August 28, a No Border Encuentro conference was held at the Sherman Heights Community Center in San Diego.

On the night of August 27, a benefit concert known as "Beats Against Borders" was held at Voz Alta in San Diego. The concert featured Dias Tristes, a Tijuana punk band, Southern California hip hop and break-beat dj's Boomerang Politick as well as the Bay Area's Entartete Kunst. We also heard from Roy San Filipo of the former Love and Rage Revolutionary Anarchist Federation.

August 27 was the first day of the No Border Encuentro which took place in Tijuana and San Diego. The encuentro provided a time and space to become informed and fightback against the border, racism, capitalism and empire. We struggle for dignity, autonomy and freedom of movement for all peoples.

We call on people everywhere to converge on the San Diego/Tijuana region and the Mexicali/Calexico region of the Mexico/US border in order to stop the vigilante operation being planned there by the Friends of the Border Patrol, beginning on September 16th. Our goal for Sep. 16th-18th is to take action and directly shut down the Minutemen operations. There will be a bus leaving San Francisco for the action, to reserve your space email stoptheminutemen (at) riseup.net

A homeless convention is slated for 9 AM to noon, Friday September 9th in San Jose at the First Christian Church, 80 S. 5th St.