[www-features] PROPOSAL: Diverse Anti-Racist Coalition Confronts, Disrupts the MinuteMen in California

[lotu5]

How About

The California MinuteMen, a group of racist vigilantes who are
patrolling the US/Mexico border and hunting migrant people, started
their operations...

or

The California MinuteMen, a non-governmental group of volunteers who's
stated goal is to patrol the US/Mexico border to help the Border Patrol
prevent illegal border crossings, started their operations...

feel free to modify it, mix it up, whatever!

also, onto at riseup.net worked on the feature a ton, i just wrote a bit of
it.

duende wrote:
> great feature! could you maybe mention in the beginning what the
> minutemen are? it doesn't even need to be a full sentence, but i think a
> very short description/definition in the first sentence would be
> adequate for an international audience.
> 
> lotu5 wrote:
> 
>> http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109981.shtml
>>
>> TOPIC: No Borders
>> LOCATION: <a href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org">San Diego</a>
>> IMAGE: http://sandiego.indymedia.org/icon/2005/07/109909.jpg
>>
>> Summary:
>>
>>
>> The California MinuteMen started their operations in Campo, California,
>> one hour east of San Diego on July 16th. They were confronted, disrupted
>> and chased away by a diverse coalition of organizations from San Diego,
>> Los Angeles, Mexico, Portland and many other cities. The Anti-MinuteMen,
>> No Border Camp continues and actions will continue day and night until
>> the MinuteMen leave Campo. On Sunday night the corporate media reported
>> that the MinuteMen had given up after only one day, but later corrected
>> that statement. On Wednesday, the <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109983.shtml">2nd Virtual
>> Sit-In against the MinuteMen</a> begins. <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109981.shtml">[Read more,
>> complete action summary]</a><br/><br/> <p><b>Reports:</b> <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109853.shtml">150 March
>> in Support of Human Rights</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109854.shtml">Snipers at
>> campo protest</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109866.shtml">Physical
>> Borders, psychological divisions</a> | <a
>> href="http://la.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/132944.php">LA indymedia -
>> Report from Campo - Anti-MM action</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109884.shtml">Minutemen
>> Leave After Clash With Protesters</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109826.shtml">Original
>> Campo sdimc feature</a></p><p><b>Photos:</b> <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109886.shtml">1</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109897.shtml">2</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109908.shtml">3</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109916.shtml">4</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109855.shtml">5</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109946.shtml">6</a> | <a
>> href="http://publish.sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109962.shtml">7</a>
>>
>> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109939.shtml">8</a></p><p><b>Audio:</b>
>>
>> <a href="http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/6006.php">1</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109867.shtml">2</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109869.shtml">3</a> | <a
>> href="http://radio.indymedia.org/news/2005/07/6007.php">4</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109871.shtml">5</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109878.shtml">Sonic
>> Attacks Disrupt Border Vigilante Patrol</a></p><p><b>Video:</b> <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109933.shtml">1</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109941.shtml">2</a> | <a
>> href="http://sandiego.indymedia.org/en/2005/07/109906.shtml">Minutemen
>> Threaten to Shoot Protesters</a></p>
>>
>>     <br clear="all">
>>     <a href="/en/2005/07/109981.shtml"><font
>> color="#dddddd">English</font></a>
>>
>>
>>        <br>
>>     <a href="
>>     /en
>>     /2005/07/109981.shtml">
>>     <b>Read more
>> &gt;&gt;</b></a>
>>
>>
>>
>> Full story:
>>
>> <p>The Anti-MinuteMen, No Border camp was set up in the desert scrub of
>> Campo, just feet away from the Border Fence. From this base,
>> anti-racists marched to the MinuteMan camps, only to find they had left
>> to avoid the confrontation. From this spot activists intervened in press
>> events the MinuteMen tried to have at the crest of the Pacific Crest
>> Trail, just feet away from our campsite. People also made their presence
>> felt to every MinuteMan car that entered the area, as our camp was just
>> next to the main access road. Camp attendees posted their stories on San
>> Diego Indymedia from the temporary Desert Media Center which was set up
>> onsite.<br/><br/>
>>
>> On July 16th, the camp was joined by over 150 people from around the
>> state and around the country. This larger group marched to the site of
>> the planned MinuteMan meeting, only to find that it had been moved to an
>> unknown location due to pressure. Later in the day, anti-racists and
>> MinuteMen alike were forced out of their campsites by a brush fire. This
>> gave the anti-racist organizers an opportunity to confront the MinuteMen
>> at their regrouping point, the Veterans of Foreign Wars Building in
>> Campo, for an intense face to face standoff that was only stopped by
>> police intervention after the MinuteMen retreated into the building.
>> Throughout the night disruption techniques were used to sabotage the
>> MinuteMan patrols, which were met with threats that they would shoot.
>> The camp continued until Monday and actions will continue day and night
>> until the MinuteMen leave Campo. On Sunday night the corporate media
>> reported that the MinuteMen had given up after only one day, but later
>> corrected that statement.</p>
>>
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> 
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