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Striking clothing trade union members at Hollander Home Fashions Co. in Los Angeles claimed "total victory" on May 18th when their ten week long strike forced management to raise their pay and benefits. But the strike may have been more successful for trade union solidarity than financial gain.
Photos: Outside Labor Ready(photo),
Strikers monitored (photo),
Picketer (photo)
Older articles: Total Victory, by Bill Neal;
[ Worth The Walk, by Cayce Callaway | Comments on Hollander ]
BoycottKPFK.org reports that a hundred protesters showed up to begin a boycott of the summer fund drive. The activists, like most of the left in LA, are torn between supporting the longstanding progressive radio station and decrying its management and board, who are attempting to make the station more palatable to apolitical people with more money.
The fight has gotten uglier, with angry words published by KPFK management against the protesters. Meanwhile, the Pacifica Board has decided to forgo modifying the bylaws, and board member Michael Palmer (a real estate VP) has resigned. Activists claim meaningful victories.
[ Boycott KPFK | Pacifica Campaign | Search IMC-LA for KPFK ]
The big IMC meeting in San Francisco began hammering out the details of IMC membership and Open Publishing. The network is growing, expanding the potential of transnational democratic media.
Press Freedom Conference Notes from Guy Berliner of SDIMC.
In contrast the Digital Video conference at Columbia ignored the democratic potential of DV. Dimitri Devyatkin issues
a critique, featured in The Strawman's Revenge.
[ The West Coast IMC Meeting | Digital Video Conference ]
News From San Diego IMC SD-IMC is temporarily sending news thru the IMC-LA site.
BIODEV 2001
BIO 2001 is the largest conference of the biotech industry, and it demands a response from people who aren't stockholders in the ongoing commercial modification of nature.
Converge on San Diego June 22-27 to fight for an environment that's not engineered, terraformed, and turned into a biofactory. The events include extensive education about biotech.
Check out The Sci-Fi Graphics
and The Call To Action
BIODEV 2001
SDIMC Benefit May 27, 2001 - a fundraiser for the San Diego IMC, and in recognition of the work done by DeeDee Halleck, founder of Paper Tiger Television.
800 Famiies Forcibly Removed From Ejido in Tijuana
Ejidos are a form of homestead
for Mexicans who demonstrate that they own no property and cannot live
elsewhere. Land speculators are forcing established communities from
their land to make room for real estate; in Tijuana, people are also ejected for political reasons.
Read the Story
UC San Diego Janitors Strike
Janitorial workers at UC are demanding improved wages and reinstatement of a pro-union worker. Read a supportive
editorial in the Guardian,
details about the strike, and view
a photo and comments about the strike.
Students stormed a meeting of the Chancellor's Associates to confront them with the plight of the campus janitors. Read the Story
San Diegans Protest Malling of Ocean Beach
Read the Story.
Upcoming Events
Protest Bush's Energy Plan, in San Diego May 29th.
Break The Chains Of Injustice - June 16th, in Oxnard, a conference about Latino prisoners.
[ Protest Biodevastation (main site) ]
Rally in Support of Palestinian Independence "Some 1,000 people participated in the noisy, colorful, militant march through Westwood that demanded an end to the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Giant Puppets, noise makers, banners, and a sea of Palestinian Flags drove home the point... 'Free Palestine Now!'The majority of the protestors were Palestinian... but there were significant numbers of Asians, Latinos, African Americans, and Anglos who lent their support. Many individual Jews were also in attendance, though there was no organized Jewish representation among the demonstrators," Mark Vallen reports. Photos by Vallen and Marc Farjeon.
march, woman (photo),
march, flags (photo),
march (photo),
child (photo),
crowd (photo),
signs (photo),
flag waver (photo).
Long Beach May Day Followups
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