EPCC NEWS
March 4, 2010

AJLPP SUPPORTS DAY OF ACTION: TO THE STREETS! WALK-OUT!

Los Angeles--The Alliance-Philippines (AJLPP) militantly support the state wide-day of action to defend education against drastic budget cuts and attacks against the people.

The AJLPP expresses that the California-wide mass action has turned into a nationwide action with other states following the way the people of California are rising up agains the imposition of the corporate lords and greedy bureaucrats like Arnold.

California, education is suffering from $18 billion in budget cuts. These cuts affect working-class students and people of color the most.With Gov. Schwarzenegger’s new budget, the University of California system faces a $450 million deficit, which includes an additional $115 million in cuts for this year.

Money for Education, not for War

AJLPP is aghast that while in 2009 California taxpayers paid nearly $115 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The same amount of military funding could pay the tuition of over 17 million California university students.

The Obama administration’s new federal budget allocates $738 billion to military spending and just $122 billion to education--which includes significant cuts to special education funding, higher education, school improvement, and a 30% reduction in funding for educating the poor.

That’s a 30% reduction in funding for working-class students, the same students targeted by military recruiters to enlist more troops for the ongoing criminal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The federal war budget directly impacts the state budget. Neither reflects what the people want or need. There is a direct connection between the fee hikes, furlough days, increasingly limited library access, course cancellations, layoffs, grant freezes, and enrolment freezes and the ongoing racist wars of aggression.

AJLPP calls on all its forces and allies to take action: March 4 & March 20

Stop cuts and hikes! Money for education, not for war!

Fight for the people!

Read below for a list of March 4 Southern California actions:

LOS ANGELES AREA

* Los Angeles Regional Rally: 3pm at Pershing Square (5th and Hill, Downtown LA), followed by a 4pm march and 5pm rally at the Governor’s office (300 Spring St.).
* Cal State LA: 9:30am rally at the USU area (Free Speech area).
* UCLA: 10am pickets; 11:30am walkout; 12pm mass rally at Bruin Plaza.
* Santa Monica College: 11am teach-in.
* Los Angeles City College: 12 noon rally at Free Speech area.
* Mt. SAC: 1:30pm Free Speech area.
* Cal State University Northridge: 3:45pm gather at Northridge Sierra Quad; 5:30pm rally at Northridge Sierra Quad.

LONG BEACH AREA

* Cal State University Dominguez Hills: 11am-1pm student fair on CSUDH East Walkway.
* Cal State University Long Beach: 12 noon rally at South Campus, Upper Quad; 1pm march.
* Long Beach City Rally: 4pm rally at Wilson High School with K-12 and Community Colleges.

ORANGE COUNTY

* Orange County Regional Rally: 11am-1pm rally corner of Lemon and Chapman, near Fullerton College.

SAN DIEGO

* San Diego City College: 11am meet at the Gorton Quad.
* UC San Diego: 11:30am walk-out and rally at Gilman Parking Structure; 12:30 pm march from Gilman to the Silent Tree outside Giesel Library for rally.
* San Diego State University: 12 noon at SDSU Aztec Center.
* San Diego Regional Rally: 3pm at Balboa Park, followed by March to governor’s office

INLAND EMPIRE

* Cal State University San Bernardino: 11:30am March at Marquee entrance (NW corner of University Pkwy and Northpark Blvd); 12 noon rally at Pfau Library.
* UC Riverside: 1pm gather at UCR Bell Tower; 3:30pm rally at University Ave. and Market St. (Downtown Riverside).
* Cal Poly Pomona: 1:30pm-2:30 pm send-off rally to Los Angeles Regional Rally.

DEFEND OUR RIGHT TO EDUCATION! NO TO BUDGET CUTS, MONEY FOR JOB AND EDUCATION, NOT WAR AND OCCUPATION!

FIGHT FOR THE PEOPLE! PEOPLE'S INTEREST FIRST!


AJLPP NATIONAL COMMMITTE
National Secretariat
California

MArch 4, 201o