GENTRIFICATION: IS IT URBAN RENEWAL OR URBAN REMOVAL (tags)
et city leaders, banks, and big developers know that we will not be forced out of our neighborhoods! With massive tax breaks and generous loans granted by big banks and the city administration, big developers are pushing forward in their attempt to remove poor and working families from the vibrant and colorful neighborhoods around Los Angeles. Signs of gentrification are everywhere. Rents are increased to drive families out of their homes, to be replaced with luxury apartments. Big national mega-stores are replacing local mom and papa businesses. As residents are forced out, stable communities are torn apart. Immigrant working families, who have lived and worked here for generations, are being pushed out by a profit-driven campaign of racist gentrification
We Are Everywhere tour joined by David Martinez and Jo Wildings tonight! (tags)
May 17 Los Angeles, CA– Arts in Action 7:30pm - 1919 west 7th Street (between Westlake and Bonnie Brae) on the fourth floor w/ David Martinez May 18 Los Angeles, CA- 7:30pm Flor y Canto - 3706 N. Figueroa Ave-in North East LA - http://florycanto.org w/ David Martinez and Jo Wildings
Amazingly Ignorant Article from the LA Weekly (tags)
With phrases like "male latino", "latino woman, "barrio to bourgeois", Pelisek's latest "LA Weekly" article will make anyone with an introductory level of spanish wince.
PARTY WITH "ARTS IN ACTION!" (tags)
ART AND RESISTANCE! Come celebrate the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of the ARTS IN ACTION space! Help support another year of creating an environment, which generates artistic and political dialogue and action. Keep the doors open for another year! Keep this independent cultural center alive! Arts in Action is a cultural and political collective housed in the Westlake/Pico Union area of Los Angeles. Our vision is to create an environment which generates artistic and political dialogue and action.
ANARCHIST ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE OCT. 25-27 THIS WEEKEND!!!! (tags)
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NATIONAL ANARCHIST ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE OCT. 25-27 (tags)
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NATIONAL ANARCHIST ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE OCT. 25-27 (tags)
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ANARCHIST ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE OCT. 25-27 (tags)
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Anarchist Anti-War Conference Oct. 25-27 (tags)
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ANTI-WAR CONFERENCE OCT. 25-27 (tags)
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ARTS IN ACTION - GALLERY EXHIBIT (tags)
The ARTS IN ACTION Center has a wonderful Gallery space for exhibiting Visual Art, and I'm honored to be one of the Artists included in the Center's GALERIA DE NADIE, group show.
ARTS IN ACTION - SPOKEN WORD (tags)
At the Grand Opening of the ARTS IN ACTION Center, I was lucky to catch the dynamic Spoken Word performance of Jerry Quickly.
ARTS IN ACTION - KIDS ART WORKSHOP (tags)
At the Grand Opening of the ARTS IN ACTION Center, a special Workshop was set up for Children where they could experiment with Printmaking and Sculpture.
ARTS IN ACTION - SILKSCREEN WORKSHOP (tags)
At the Grand Opening of the ARTS IN ACTION Center, people were invited to "pull" their own Silkscreen T-shirts.
ARTS IN ACTION - RAPPERS IN THE HOUSE (tags)
At the Grand Opening of the ARTS IN ACTION Center, a number of socially conscious Hip-Hop Artists participated in the festivities.
ARTS IN ACTION - Grand Opening (tags)
A Grand Exhibition opens an Activist Art Space at the old Convergence Center, February 9th.
Alleged Police Harrasmentof Activists (tags)
Alledged harrassment by LAPD of activists around the DAN LA convergence space