Buy Nothing Campaign: Phase One

Trevor Hagstrom, 27.11.2004 - 14:42
Ashland protesters hit the rogue valley mall and were swiftly stiffled, but this is just the beginning.

November 26th, the day after Thanksgiving has become a disgusting American tradition, revolving around materialism and leftovers.

Adbusters has ran a campaign called Buy Nothing Day on this faux holiday for 5 years now, but most people don't know it exists. In order to spread the word an impromptu protest was launched at the Rogue Valley Mall in Medford, ground zero for corporate Christmas
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"Election Fraud - Southern Oregon Speaks Out"

OPEU District Four Productions, 22.11.2004 - 15:36
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towne hall meeting @ the Medford Library on 11/8/04
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broadcasts on Rogue Valley Community Television

11/24/04,11/26/04 and 12/1/04 ALL @ 6 PM
Wednesday, Friday and Wednesday

Cable Channel #31 - Jackson County
Cable Channel #15 - Josephine County

CLICK "Read more" for photos and video trailers
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SOU vs. Higher One: call for action

S. D. Ryan, 21.11.2004 - 23:14
Students will confront administration and corporate representatives over privatization of Financial Aid services at a Student Government-sponsored forum at noon Monday in the SU Rogue River Room. Students will demonstrate Tuesday at noon in solidarity with 2000 PSU students who have agreed to walk out in protest of the new mandatory debit/ library/ student ID card.
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Butler Ford: International Day of Protest!

Trevor Hagstrom, 18.11.2004 - 22:49
SOU Students go and ticket Butler Ford for enviro violations

Minimalism and Protesting: A handfull of Southern Students take on Butler

I was part of a small protest at Butler Ford on November, 18th. The protest was called in honor of "The International day of protest against Ford". Only 6 people in Ashland got the memo, but our will was strong. We stood in front of Butler with signs and ticketed the SUV's in the front row of the lot with mock citations with facts about our oil consumption. Soon we were outnumbered by bored Butler employees who had dealt with our kind before. They all had nicely pressed matching shirts and wore the equivalent of an entire tube of hair gel collectively.

Soon a battle of wits ensued, they were friendly, and so were we. They claimed our action was honorable, but misguided. First they attempted to expose us as hypocrites. They asked us what we drove, we responded truthfully, we all didn't own cars and relied on mass transit, with the exception of a Volkswagen owner who runs his car on vegetable oil. They claimed that Ford was a friend to the environment, and the cleanest car company and we should go protest one of their competitors. They had some interesting facts to support this claim.

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"Miami Model" screens at SOU Nov. 19

Rogue Indymedia Volunteer, 11.11.2004 - 20:40
BREAKING THE MEDIA BLACKOUT

Collectively, Indymedia activists 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.

FTAA MIAMI One Year Anniversary Screening. Public Invited & Its FREE!

7 PM, Friday, November 19
Meese Auditorium, Southern Oregon University

Sponsored by:

*SEIU503, #084, University Union Workers
*School of Social Sciences, Health and PE
*The Media Collective

Donations Accepted to Benefit the Rogue Independent Media Center

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Honor Veterans, Support our Troops, End the War

Deb Herzog, 09.11.2004 - 22:52
Veterans' Day Silent Vigil

Join Women in Black, Veterans, friends and families of Veterans and many other concerned citizens in a silent vigil on Veterans' Day, at Vogel Plaza in Medford at 2:00 pm.
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What Now? Our Community Responds to the 2004 Election

imc volunteer, 06.11.2004 - 12:15
George W. Bush was re sElected president of the United States of America on November 2nd, amid widespread voter disenfranchisement, and concerns about electronic voting systems. Across the nation people took to the streets in protest. In Columbus Ohio, people stormed the statehouse, in San Fransisco, 5,000 people took to the streets, in DC a hundred people had a snake march through downtown, and in Portland police used pepper spray on the more than one thousand people who took to the streets. People protested in dozens of other American cities.

Locally, over 50 people gathered in Ashland on November 3 to discuss the implications of the 2004 election and to plan future events.

A series of events is planned for next week to further discuss and strategize our community's response to the events of this week. Read on to see what is happening in our community...
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Richard Becker in Ashland 11/09

media collective, 05.11.2004 - 09:46
ANSWER Coalition International Steering Committee Founding Member Richard Becker will explore the future of the peace movement in his discussion "After The Election: What Next for the Anti-War Movement?" next week at the Meese Auditorium.

Richard Becker
Live at the Meese Auditorium
Southern Oregon University
7pm Tues. Nov. 9, 2004
Free

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Election Watch 2004: Until Every Vote is Counted

imc volunteer, 02.11.2004 - 21:28
There are significant reports of fraud and voting irregularities occurring across the country. A national network of citizens are mobilizing to respond and take action to defend our democracy. We are demanding that every vote is counted, that every voice is heard and proclaiming that we will not sit by while another election is stolen in America! JOIN US! The southern Oregon Urgent Response Network encourages everyone to attend these upcoming events.

Town Hall Meeting with US Senator Ron Wyden
Wednesday, November 3
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Medford Library

Tell our senator that every vote must be counted, every voice must be heard!

Community Strategy Session
Wednesday, November 3
6:00 - 8:00 pm
Ashland Library Gresham Room

This meeting is an opportunity to share information about what is happening across the country, exchange ideas to build a local strategy and implement our plans.

For more information: call 482-9625
http://www.nov3.us, http://www.ttww.org, http://www.indymedia.us
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Indymedia network launches new website: "Indymedia.us"

repost by imc volunteer, 02.11.2004 - 09:15
On the eve of what will be one of the most important elections in U.S. history, the Indymedia network announces the launch of a new and critical website for gathering the news and views of ordinary people across the country and around the world.

With its mission of publishing independent, on-the-ground reports from the people who experience the news most directly, Indymedia.us will amplify the voices of those most impacted not only by the elections process, but also by the policies of either a Bush or Kerry administration.
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