Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

BOYCOTT THE BELL!

On Monday March 11, the Coalition of Immokalee Workers' (CIW) Taco Bell Truth Tour reached its apex with a march and rally at Taco Bell World Headquarters which attracted more than one thousand participants; and, for the first time since the Boycott began, members of CIW met with representatives from Taco Bell to discuss the farmworkers' demands.

Two Drawings: Original IMC Art Inspired by the Taco Bell Boycott: 1, 2.

Photos from the March and Rally: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10-14, 15, 16.

Reports on the March and Rally from non-indymedia/non-CIW sources: Link to Democracy Now!'s Coverage; Links to Coverage from Mainstream (Corporate-Owned) Media Outlets.

Report on CIW meeting with Taco Bell.

[ Exclusive IMC interview with Tom Morello at the CIW Rally | CIW's Lucas Benitez Speaks at the Rally | Student Statement in Support of CIW ]

The Coalition of Immokalee Worker's (CIW) Rise Up 2002 Conference ended with a bang, as the Florida Florida Farmworkers travelled from the UCLA campus to the Santa Monica Promenade to join in a 500 person-strong picket and march protesting the sweatshop conditions, and poverty wages, suffered by garment workers at Forever 21's factories.

Photos from the conference and the demo: 1, 2, 3, 4.

[ Full Story on Forever 21 Demo | Report on Rise Up 2002! | Sweatshop Watch ]

The Pacifica National Board met in Los Angeles for the 1st time in four years, the weekend of March 8, at the Virgil Middle School on Vermont Ave. This was especially sweet for listeners of local Pacifica station KPFK, since it marked the hard won victory over the "takeover" Board, which had plundered the network for the last few years.

There was a sense of pride, joy and accomplishment amongst the group of activist-listeners who came to watch their newly appointed Board work to rebuild the sorely wounded infrastructure of what is the only progressive, non-corporate sponsored public radio network in the nation. This sense of victory lasted throughout three days filled with often slow and tedious, but nonethless necessary, work.

[ Full Story | Historical Background | Save Pacifica Website ]

Yesterday, at a demonstration organized by FACTS (Families to Amend California's Three Strikes), hundreds of Southern California Citizens marched through Westwood Village and rallied at the Federal Building to voice their opposition to California's unjust Three Strikes Law.

Photos from the demo: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

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Hundreds of people marched through the streets of LA today (March 8, 2002), International Women's Day, for the 3rd Annual Global Women's Strike. Under the banner "Invest in Caring, Not Killing! Welfare, Not Warfare," the group made their way down Wilshire to MacArthur Park, stopping to demonstrate at the Bank of America, Social Security Office, Welfare Office and the Mexican Consulate.

Photos from the LA Demo: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

For extensive reports on International Women's Day from Around the World -- check out the plethora of links in the center column at Indymedia's Global Site.

[ Commentary on Cuba and International Women's Day | Interview with Indigenous Woman from Chiapas ]