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BURBANK November 26, 2005--In a formidable display of organization and discipline, at 9:00 a.m. fifteen members of the Mexica Movement and a handful of their supporters stood in opposition to thirty-five minutemen at the intersection of West Alameda and West Olive Avenues. ...
Full report:
Nican Tlaca Stand Up to Cowboys by Leslie Radford / / Related links:
Minutemen Exposed By Their Own
by Raoul Lowery Contreras (reposted by Leslie) / /
Alert for anti-white supremacists by Fredric L. Rice
Craigslist Planning To Shake Up Journalism The San Francisco Web
entrepreneur who's shaken the
classified ad business has plans to expand into
journalism, too. Speaking at an
Oxford University business school forum, Craig
Newmark said his news project will
be introduced within three months.
He made it clear his new Web site will have a
bottom-up approach to news stories
and presentation, with readers play the role of
editors.
"Things do need to change," he told the audience
in Oxford, England, The Guardian
reported. "The big issue in the U.S. is that
newspapers are afraid to talk truth
to power. The White House press corps don't speak
the truth ... they are
frightened to lose access they don't have
anyway."
Full report:
Craigslist Planning To Shake Up Journalism
by jhiuykjiop / / LINK:
Craigslist head confirms citizen journalism project
South Central Farmers Phone Tree The South Central Farmers are asking members of the progressive community to establish phone trees to mobilize activists across the city to defend their beloved and family-sustaining 14-acre farm at 41st and Long Beach Ave. For the last 13 years, these working class Latino families have tilled what was once an abandoned, garbage- and rat-infested lot into a inspirational garden that feeds and sustains over 360 families! The developer could show up with bulldozers at any time to raze the urban gardens to replace them with a CRA-subsidized warehouse. please email me your names and phone numbers to join the phone tree: nevitate@gmail.com
Full report:
South Central Farmers Phone Tree
by Jason Neville
The farmers are on RED ALERT!! On Tuesday, November 8, Ralph Horowitz will most likely get full property
rights to the farm, and he told the LA Times recently
that he would get the sheriff to "throw off" the
farmers from the land. He plans to destroy the farm
and build a warehouse, despite the fact that the farm
has fed low-income families for 13 years.
Report: The Farmers are on Red Alert !
by Latinos Unidos / / UPDATE: Latest News from the Farm Why the South Cent
Close to 100 people marched through the streets of West Hollywood this Sunday in a series of weekend events part of the Transgender Day of Remembrance. The Day was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. The day started as a San Francisco candlelight vigil in 1999 to honor Rita Hester, a victim of a anti-transgender murder, her case has yet to be solved. The day has since spread to cities around the world.
Source: Day of Remembrance
Photos: 1 | 2 | 3 by Susan Forrest / / VIDEO: 1 by A / / Text of one of the Speeches by Susan Forrest
BUY NOTHING DAY: Nov 25th November 25, 2005 is But Nothing Day: For 24 hours, millions of people around the world do not participate -- in the doomsday economy, the marketing mind-games, and the frantic consumer-binge that's become our culture. We pause. We make a small choice not to shop.
Report:
BUY NOTHING DAY SPECIAL SCREENING by ROWDY RODDY PIPER / / Related link: Adbusters.org ||
Report from last year:
Buy Nothing Day Protest
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