Veterans for Peace Solicit Donations for Homeless on 9/11 Anniversary (tags)
Members of the San Diego Coalition for Peace and Justice and the San Diego Veterans for Peace (SDVFP) staged an alternative commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks in Balboa Park, at which SDVFP solicited donations for their "Compassion Campaign." This involves asking people to donate $35 to buy a sleeping bag, poncho and carrying bag for a homeless person. They've already helped out 700 people, many of them veterans, and need your help to do more.
Israeli forces attack and murder unarmed civilians carrying aid to the Gaza Strip (tags)
Israeli forces have attacked an unarmed civilian ship carrying aid to the Gaza Strip. They have murdered at least 16 people and injured dozens more.
Is owning a gun a privilege or a right? Carrying a concealed weapon a privilege or a right (tags)
I suspect any school child in New York, Massachusetts, Washington D.C. or California tell you that owning a gun is not a right but a privilege! If you have a gun and you don’t have permission from the government to own it the police will throw you in jail.
BTL:Ship Carrying Humanitarian Aid for Gaza Seized by Israel (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
Stop Wars: More Activism at the Rose Parade (tags)
"When the parade ended, we went into the street and followed it, carrying our banner and wearing Stop Wars shirts. We followed the parade from the area just outside the TV zone to the end of the route at Victory Park."
On November 24th, 2006, I traveled to the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, to observe and document how people were spending their time on “the busiest shopping day of the year,” the day after Thanksgiving. To narrow down the focus of my documentary, I decided to use photos of people and the bag or bags that they were carrying. The bag a person carries can lead to many assumptions about the person carrying the bag. In some cases, the owner of the bag may not be the person who carries the bag, though I believe the bags shown in Baggage are all carried by their new or longtime owners.
THE Granma yacht, the emblematic boat of the Rebel Army, once again sailed through the waters of dignity. On this occasion, it moved through a sea of Cuban children who escorted it down Paseo Avenue and through José Martí Plaza de la Revolución waving their blue kerchiefs. A military band played “La Lupe,” a song composed by Commander of the Revolution Juan Almeida Bosque before the revolutionary expeditionaries departure from Mexico in 1956...
Cops kill street preacher for shouting "I want Jesus" (tags)
A teenager carrying a Bible and shouting "I want Jesus" was shot twice with a police stun gun and died.
Israel attacks German Warship (tags)
The pilots mistook it for a nazi warship
9 Migrants die In Crash (tags)
The Yuma, AZ Sheriff’s Dept. is reporting that a Chevy Suburban carrying 9 undocumented migrants has crashed killing 9 and injuring 12.
Oil Addicts to march in Doo Dah Parade Nov 21 (tags)
LA Post Carbon will be entering the Doo Dah parade in Pasadena with an entry called "Got Oil?" The entry will include out-of-gassers pushing their car and carrying empty gas cans and the Earth being followed by a doctors with a thermometer and stretcher.
2/29 4-6 p.m. PST Haiti News on Pacifica Nationwide (tags)
Right now, for 2 hours, Pacifica radio stations and their affiliates are carrying Democracy Now/Flashpoints special on the US coup d'etat in Haiti today. Listen to KPFK, 90.7 FM.
Iran's Death Train Was Carrying Explosives (tags)
Article challenges Iranian government reports that train was carrying fertilizer and innocent civilian cargo.
At least 13 US mercenaries has been erased
UK envoys held at gunpoint by Israelis (tags)
Israeli forces opened fire above a British embassy convoy and held it at gunpoint in Gaza while it was carrying diplomats and the family of an English peace activist left in a coma by an Israeli bullet. http://www.guardian.co.uk/israel/Story/0,2763,950072,00.html
This mornings protest at the Downtown LA Federal Building.
Massive Military Cargo Ships Leave U.S. Ports (tags)
Massive military cargo ships leave US ports: three enormous U.S.-military owned cargo ships capable of carrying tanks have left US shores in recent days, a US navy official said on Monday, amid mounting evidence Bush is building up firepower to attack Iraq.
Palestinian Police slaughter 2 international observers (tags)
Ozaslan told Israel Radio that he clearly saw the attacker. He said that the man was armed in fatigues of the PA's security forces and was carrying an AK-47 assault rifle. "We shouted that we are observers, members of TIPH," he said. "But he did not hear us and continued to shoot."
Thousands of Latinos Rally for the United States (tags)
At Olvera Plaza yesterday night, a crowd of about 5,000 Latinos gathered for a vigil to commememorate those who died in Tuesday's tragedy and show their support for the United States. One of the participants told me the event took the place of a celebration of Mexico's Independence Day.
Protestor carrying mumia mural banner (tags)
Alliance of Filipino Immigrants and Advocates [AFIA] protestor carrying People's Artist's "Police Brutality/Mumia Mural"