Echo Park Residents Sue LA Over Controversial Development (tags)
The destruction of a hill in Echo Park would make way for four three-story homes. Both PLUM and City Council approved the project despite failure to meet all CEQA requirements and objections of some 50 neighbors. Instead, a developer in San Jose, California is being favored.
Puerto Rico Archbishop Urges Congress, Governor and Creditors to Solve Debt Crisis (tags)
Ahead of a likely House vote this week, San Juan's Roman Catholic Archbishop, Roberto González Nieves OFM, announced his support for Puerto Rico debt crisis legislation in an op-ed to The Hill.
CNN, Do You See Us Now? (tags)
Protest and educational outreach continues in Canada, the U.S., and other countries concerning pending bills and projects that would be a major assault both on indigenous people and the environment. In Canada, Bill C-45 would unilaterally alter treaties with First Nations people, drastically effect lands and waterways on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border, and reduce jobs for all Canadians. In the U.S., the proposed XL pipeline would have devastating effects on aquifers and wetlands if there was ever a leak. The Indigenous movement, Idle No More, now several months old, has been ignored by the mainstream media.
Labor, Community Leaders Target Wal-Mart September 21 (tags)
Neighborhood activists and labor unions are organizing San Diego's biggest-ever anti-Wal-Mart demonstration Saturday, September 22 in the Golden Hill and Sherman Heights neighborhoods. Though the Wal-Mart in Sherman Heights hasn't even been built yet, it's already driving local businesses to close or cut back — and Wal-Mart has systematically refused to make any promises to the community to hire locally or mitigate the impacts of their store.
Roland Hill Messy Yard Snitch (tags)
Messy yard snitch Roland Hill sends faxes nearly every week to the city snitching on harmless messy yard criminals.
The Man Who Never Died: The Life, Times, and Legacy of Joe Hill (tags)
Joe Hill — labor organizer, musician, song writer, revolutionary — was executed in 1915 by the state of Utah for a crime that many believe he did not commit. Now there's proof.
San Diego Queers Split Over City Redistricting (tags)
San Diego?s Queer community has split over their response to the redrawing of district lines for the City Council. On one side are the members of the self-styled ?LGBT Redistricting Task Force,? who are pushing a major redesign of the city?s Queer-influenced District 3, pushing out the people of color and less affluent Queers in City Heights and adding more upscale neighborhoods like Mission Hills and Bankers? Hill to the Hillcrest/North Park core of the district. On the other side are Queer residents of the City Heights community of Azalea Park, who bought there because gentrification had priced them out of Hillcrest and North Park and now find themselves threatened that they will no longer be represented by a Queer Councilmember. The current District 3 is San Diego?s most ethnically diverse; the district proposed by the LGBT Redistricting Task Force and the Hillcrest Town Council will be 70 percent white.
An Open Letter to Pacifica Radio's KPFA Management (tags)
censorship at KPFA
Settlement Puts an End to Controversial Elephant Hill Development in Los Angeles (tags)
Settlement between City of LA and Monterey Hills Investors LLC puts an end to the controversial residential development of 24 luxury homes on Elephant Hill in the community of El Sereno in Los Angeles.
BTL:AIPAC May Be Losing Clout on Capitol Hill (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
El Paso lawyer Gary Hill indicted threatening driver with a gun in July car crash inciden (tags)
She was found in an abandoned house in the desert minutes outside of the city. She had been beaten and stabbed multiple times. Carey’s father believes that his daughter was about to testify against Hill and others in a federal and on going investigation involving the Mexican drug cartel and there hired assailants the El Paso's Barrio Azteca Gang One Of The Most Dangerous In Nation.
Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah Join the South Central Farmers To Take Back the Farm (tags)
***Breaking News*** Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah Join the South Central Farmers To Take Back the Farm Saturday, June 13, 6:00-11:30 p.m. Reunion at the Farm Update to Press Release SAVE THE FARM SAVE THE WORKERS SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOS ANGELES--On Saturday, June 13, Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah, both luminaries in the South Central Farm encampment and environmental activists, will join the South Central Farmers and Farm supporters at a reunion and recommitment to the Farm at 41st and Alameda
Groups Appeal Elephant Hill Ruling (tags)
In a crucial attempt to protect a densely populated Latino neighborhood in Los Angeles, environmental justice advocates and community residents filed an appeal in court on March 3, 2009, seeking to overturn a decision to build luxury homes on a fragile hillside in El Sereno. The development on Elephant Hill would endanger residents and strip the community of its last open space.
KPFK's hub called Pacifica is eliminating selected staff...why ? (tags)
Pacifica is KPFK's coordinating central source, and it's recent Executive Director has ALSO been eliminated....what is going on ??? Who decides who stays and who goes? Who is benefitting from these firings? And why does KPFK keep silent about it ?
Sandy Hill Energy Sufficiency: April Fossil Fool's Day in Ottawa (tags)
Neighbors organizing around the tragic energy situation in Ontario, Canada.
Irish women tunnels in to stop Construction of M3 Motorway near Hill of Tara (tags)
A Female Protester has sealed herself into a tunnel under a hill upon which the Rath Lugh National Monument is positioned to stop construction of the M3 Motorway near the Hill of Tara. 100 protesters have now joined the protest at Rath Lugh.
Condloezza Rice Picketed in Australia (tags)
Chanting “war criminal,” anti-war protesters waved blood-colored hands at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, but police held them back as she left a Capitol Hill hearing room.
Condloezza Rice Picketed in Australia (tags)
Chanting “war criminal,” anti-war protesters waved blood-colored hands at U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday, but police held them back as she left a Capitol Hill hearing room.
Building Works at Rath Lugh National Monument near Hill of Tara stopped by Protesters (tags)
From the Tara Foundation: These are two statements released by the Save Tara Campaign on behalf of the Rath Lugh Direct Action Camp outlining the emergency situation at the Rath Lugh National Monument near the Hill of Tara:
Lobbyists find more ways to bond with lawmakers (tags)
Government of the people, by the elected officials and appointed bureaucrats, for the elected officials, appointed bureaucrats and special interest groups that got them elected!
JFAV Pursue Lobbying for Equity Bills,Filipino Vets Win Commitments on Capitol Hill (tags)
Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV )Filipino World War II veterans and their advocates, energized by recent victories and their lobbyist Washington based the American Coalition for Filipino Veterans recently visited Capitol Hill (July 26-27) and thanked their Senators, House members and legislative staff for the progress on their equity pension and family bills. On Thursday evening, the ACFV leaders with JFAV veterans leaders led by Commanders Franco Arcebal,Peping Baclig and Nick Gadia commemorated the the 66th anniversary of the 1941 Military Order of President Franklin D. Roosevelt drafting Philippine Commonwealth soldiers into U.S. armed service.
High Turnout for "Red Hill" Screening (tags)
"Echo Park became known as Red Hill (as well as Red Gulch, Mt. Moscow, and Lenin’s Hill) in the 1940s because of the large concentration of activists, including communists."
Elections in RP successful – US (tags)
A US State Department official said yesterday the May 14 elections were generally successful despite reports of violence and fraud. “I know there have been some problems with violence. But I would say overall the elections have been very successful and a real sign that the Philippines has a very well-developed democracy. It has never been an easy process,” Christopher Hill, US State Department assistant secretary for East Asia and the Pacific, said over Radyo ng Bayan. Hill’s observation followed an earlier statement of concern from the US Embassy in Manila on reports of violence in many parts of the country during the elections.
Mothers For Peace Arrested on Capitol Hill (tags)
The “SWARM on Congress” campaign got off to a rousing start on May 14, 2007, in the nation’s capital. Cindy Sheehan spoke to the crowd at Lafayette Park; along with Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA) and activists Kevin Zeese, David Swanson, Debra Sweet, Ann Wright, the Rev. Lennox Yearwood, and others. After parading to Capitol Hill, 33 of the estimated 250 antiwar activists were arrested there for refusing a police order to disperse.
Democrats Give Bush Permission to Attack Iran (tags)
The AIPAC Girl
New Year Destruction at the Hill of Tara, Ireland (tags)
In flagrant contempt of best archaeological and ecological practice, a systematic campaign of tree felling, earth clearance and monument removal has begun at the Hill of Tara. This is even before the Public Private Partnership (PPP) contract for the M3 Motorway, through the Tara / Skryne Valley, has even been signed. Daily protests are taking place, every 7am in the morning at the Hill of Tara car park.
Rep. Lantos to chair International Affairs Committee? TELL PELOSI "NO!" (tags)
If you want the new, Democrat-led Congress to stand up for peace, NOW is the time to call or fax Rep. Nancy Pelosi and your Representatives and urge them to support a peacemaker--not a war-enabler--as Chairman of the House International Affairs Committee.
International Support and Volunteers are needed to assist a protest camp recently started at the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, Ireland., to stop the building of the M3 Motorway, due to begin this year. Additional Camps can be located around the Hill, the more, the better!!!
"Repairing Democracy" talk @ LA Greens, J19 (tags)
Dr. Forrest Hill, Green Party Candidate for Secretary of State, will present his vision for the type of election system we need to enact here in California to ensure full representation of all citizens.
Sec. of State candidate Dr. Forrest Hill at LA Greens, July 19 (tags)
The focus of Dr. Hill's talk will be our broken two-party election system and what we need to do to reclaim our democracy. He will discuss how corporate money and our winner-take-all voting system not only disenfranchises millions of voters, but is instrumental in usurping the social movements in this country (such as the immigrant rights and peace movements).
Interview with Forrest Hill (tags)
Green Party Candidate for Secretary of State of California
SCF Farmers Market and Music Extravaganza Sunday (tags)
Julia Butterfly Hill Returns As Farmers and Supporters Maintain Vision For Saving The Farm
El Campo Continúa: Visitors and Visitations (tags)
"Negotiations" with the sheriffs, more celebs, and daily life. All to save the South Central Farm.
Until the Farm Is Secure (tags)
On living with Julia, John, Joan, and now Daryl
South Central farmers resist eviction (tags)
Farmers and community activists have established an encampment on the South Central Farm to resist eviction from it’s owner Ralph Horowitz. The South Central farmers were unable to raise 16.35 million to save the farm and face eviction this week. Joan Baez, Darryl Hannah and Julie butterfly hill joined in calling for the mayor’s last minute efforts to save the farm. Christina Aanestad reports.
VIDEO: Julia Butterfly Hill - Tree Sit (tags)
Uploaded is video of Julia Butterfly Hill climbing up ropes to begin a permanent encampment in the trees of the South Central Farm.
California Racism and Stolen Legacy (tags)
Destruction of Black Civilization in Gold Rush California.
Abramoffgate: It’s the Same Sleaze, Just Bigger! (tags)
Jack Abramoff may be the sleaziest influence peddler to hit the halls of power in Congress - ever. As many as 20 Congressmen may be caught up in the crimes of this confessed master briber. Yet, there is nothing really new about corruption scandals on Capitol Hill. The biggest obscenity is this: Brave U.S. soldiers are dying in Iraq in a war sanctioned by the “most corrupt Congress in history,” and started by a wacky President - George W. Bush.
Illegal Immigration - A Native American Indian's View (tags)
By Carlos Estrella December 13, 2005
BTL:Some Congressional Democrats Now Push for White House Accountability on... (tags)
...False Pre-Iraq War Claims ~ Interview with U.S. Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-N.Y. conducted by Between the Lines' Richard Hill
Local National Guard Soldier Killed in Iraq (tags)
Sgt. Shakere T. Guy, 23, of Pomona, was killed in Baghdad on Saturday.
Property taxes. No single campaign issue ignites such anger and confusion, especially among people living in the 6th District in Camden County, where they pay the highest school taxes in the state.
Pacifica Radio: Lew Hill Project (tags)
On-line Discussion with John Murdock, a former Member of the Pacifica Foundation national board.
Bush's Obscene Tirades Rattle White House Aides (tags)
"I’m not meeting with that goddamned bitch," Bush screamed at aides who suggested he meet with Cindy Sheehan, the war-protesting mother whose son died in Iraq. "She can go to hell as far as I’m concerned!"
Campo: Good Riddance and Goodbye (tags)
On Saturday, protestors celebrated the defeat of the California Minutemen, and Friends of the Border Patrol introduced themselves.
July 4th is Flag Burning Day (tags)
For the fifth time politicians have succeeded in pushing an amendment to outlaw burning the United States flag through the House of Representatives. This time they have the best chance of using the conservative control of capital hill to ratify it.
The Hill Takes a Leak on the Bush Bulge (tags)
A small Washington newsletter runs an anonymous Secret Service leak story attempting to debunk the Bush bulge as an armored vest, but raises more questions than it answers.
Third-Party Assembly Candidate Shines in Contentious League of Women Voters Debate (tags)
Third-party candidate James Smith steals the show at League of Women Voters debate for the 53rd Assembly race.
Bush Using Drugs to Control Depression, Erratic Behavior (tags)
The prescription drugs, administered by Col. Richard J. Tubb, the White House physician, can impair the President’s mental faculties and decrease both his physical capabilities and his ability to respond to a crisis, administration aides admit privately.
Politicians filmed bowing to 'Moonie' (tags)
Capitol Hill, home to America's lawmakers, is well known as a place where strange things happen. Few have been as strange, however, as the recent "crowning" of the Rev Sun Myung Moon, eccentric head of the "Moonies".
‘We won’t let Bush steal it again!’ (tags)
Florida voters sound alarm on voter purges
Unprecedented Week of Transgender Activism in Nation’s Capital (tags)
A bit of history occurred the end of April and early May. Three national transgender or gender-diverse civil rights organizations lobbied Capitol Hill simultaneously and, for the first time, all lobbied for the same issues. In addition, yet another rejuvenated national group conducted its first organized protest in years, and still another organization conducted a march to the Viet Nam Veterans’ Memorial, and conducted a historic wreath laying ceremony.
El Sereno Say Yes To Open Space (tags)
Last night LA 32 Neighborhood Council voted to send a resolution to City Council regarding the deveopment of Elephant Hill (located off Collis St. in El Sereno). Here is an update from community organizer Elva Yanez.
Riot urged against the execution of martyr Paul Hill (tags)
Paul Hill is now officialy a martyr for killing an abortion doctor and the doctor's partner-in-crime.
MOVE OVER ISLAM--CHRISTIAN EXTREMISM IN THE U.S. (tags)
Move over you Islamic extremists dreaming of 40 virgins in heaven, we got Christian extremism right here in the good ole' U.S.A.
From Hebron to Hate
Same PR firm used to help Bush's war lies helps Scientology (tags)
The same company discussed on LA Indy Media's main web page today "History Is Repeating Itself Regarding Deceptions For War" -- the Hill & Knowlton PR firm -- is the same PR firm that the notorious Scientology company uses.
U.S. Congress now serving (tags)
It's one thing for some redneck, backwater, greasy spoon in "lynch 'em high" Texas to ban "French Fries" from the menu... but the U.S. CONGRESS!
Made up in the U.S.A
Retaliation Against Citizen Whistleblowers (tags)
Citizen Whistleblowers in San Bernardino County are being subjected to retaliation in the form of false arrests and criminal charges, code enforcement inspections, visits from animal control, verbal and physical threats and even death.
U.S. Commander Hails Colombia Troops (tags)
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- The commander of U.S. military forces in Latin America visited hundreds of wounded Colombian soldiers Friday, calling them ``brothers in blood'' as he recalled his days as a combat infantryman in Vietnam.
Julia Butterfly Hill at Worldfest 2002
Martinez Family to Hold Protest Against Downey Police Shooting of Their Unarmed Son (tags)
Seven months ago a videotape captured Gonzalo Martinez's encounter with the Downey police. The tape ended as police fired with handguns and a machine gun, killing Martinez, 26, and spraying shots through a residential neighborhood. Martinez had his hands in the air and was unarmed. For the last seven months, the Martinez family has led protests outside Downey City Hall. The FBI and the Los Angeles County district attorney's office are investigating but no charges against any police officers have been filed.
Houses demolished in Tijuana (tags)
On Wednesday, August 7th, the city of Tijuana bulldozed the houses of the community of "Cerro Maravilla, Puerto al Futuro" (Magnificent Hill, Door to the Future). I have been with them 24/7, both at city hall and on their land, and seen first-hand the destruction wrought by the demolition. Below is an account of the past week's events, as well as a few still photos I grabbed from the video I shot.
Houses Demolished in Tijuana's Cerro Maravilla Community (tags)
The city government of Tijuana has demolished the 250 houses that make up the working class community of Cerro Maravilla, Puerto al Futuro (Magnificent Hill, Door to the Future).
Chapel Hill IMC Trailer (tags)
The commercial was edited together by Khang Mai using footage by Brandon Jourdan.
RADIO IMC-LA: Dr. Robert Hill on History of Dissent and Struggle in Jamaica (tags)
Interview with Dr. Robert Hill, History Professor at UCLA, editor of the Marcus Garvey and Universal Negro Improvement Association Papers and panelist for IMC-LA's Life & Debt benefit. Dr. Hill discusses the history of struggle and dissent in Jamaica from the 16th century to the present.
New approach to war against terrorism gaining ground on Capitol Hill
JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL at San Diego State Univ. FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 2001 @ 7PM (tags)
FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, 2001 @ 7PM. SDSU's Montezuma Hall.
The Legacy Of The Bunker Hill Mine (tags)
Over 100 years of the legacy of the Bunker Hill Mine.
Protect International Population Assistance Capitol Hill Days March 24-27, 2001 (tags)
Among the very first official acts of newly elected President George W. Bush, who is no fan of U.S. aid for international population assistance, is whether or not to impose the onerous Global Gag Rule. This policy could deny U.S. population assistance funding to organizations that 1) provide legal abortion services using their own, non-U.S. funds or 2) participate in public debates about abortion, again, using their own, non-U.S. funds.
ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE "LUNA" CUT (tags)
ANCIENT REDWOOD TREE LUNA WHERE JULIA BUTTERFLY HILL LIVED FOR OVER TWO YEARS HAS BEEN ILLEGALLY CUT AND ENDANGERED
TREE GIRL BOOK REVIEW: The Legacy of Luna