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SOUTH CENTRAL FARM, 3 June 2006--Living on the Farm, dirty fingernails, eating just-plucked food, daily meetings, outdoor showers, and good conversation would be an easy routine to fall into. But at the South Central Farm, the pastoral life is interrupted by a steady stream of media and celebrities, and conviviality and community is built as much from the tension of impending arrest as it is by common work and values.
Farm supporters today began their twelfth day of occupation of the South Central Farm today and await the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department's execution of an eviction order. Bulldozers are expected to follow the sheriffs within forty-eight hours. Vigils at the Farm continue, daily at 7:00 p.m., and yesterday Global Women's Strike recruited volunteers to help out, hang out, or stay at the Farm. Community presence at the Farm is a critical component of the strategy to save the Farm.
... Full report with photos:
El Campo Continúa: Visitors and Visitations by Leslie
In the CA 36th Congressional race, challenger Marcy Winograd wins the endorsement of the influential West Los Angeles Democratic Club over six-term inc umbent, Jane Harman, by a nearly 3-1 margin!!!
The grassroots will be taking back the soul of the Democratic Party in California's 36th Congressional District if anti-war activist, Marcy Winograd, has anything to say about it.
... Report:
Grassroots on Fire in 36th Congressional Race by Linda Sutton
A total of 29 events are planned worldwide for the International Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare June 9 - 11, 2006
Last December marked the beginning of the largest roundup of
environmental and animal rights activists in U.S. history. There have now
been nearly 20 arrests and many Grand Jury subpoenas have been issued.
The call for a decentralized mobilization of actions to resist government oppression of environmental and animal rights activists has been made. There is no central organizing body or group to check in with but the Jeff Luers Support Network is providing support to those local groups who plan to self-organize in their own region.
From the Newswire: International Weekend of Resistance Against The Green Scare by Friends of Free
... Last night, Dr. Gottlieb, Dr. Mark Katz and others gathered to commemorate this horrible anniversary.
Mark Katz organized the event, with LA Shanti. He spoke about his practice over the past 25 years, and the lives that changed him – and the lives he changed.
...
The most intense (from a political perspective) presenter was Archbishop Carl Bean. He spoke about the numbers of new infections in South Central, and said that most of them are in young boys ages 15 to 21. He talked about the social stigma in that neighborhood, and the fear and shame. Basically, he said that what West Hollywood was going through 25 years ago is exactly what it’s like in South Central now.
... Full report:
HIV/AIDS - 25 Years and Counting by Susan Forrest
Kurt Isobe is Free, Jury Deadlocks A mixed race, predominantly female
jury deadlocked 10-2 and 9-3 in favor of an
anti-Minuteman protester who was violently arrested by
Garden Grove police on the night of Wednesday, May 25,
2005.
Kurt Isobe, 19, of Laguna Niguel, was one of three
hundred people who attended a protest against
Minuteman Project founder Jim Gilchrist, who was
speaking at a meeting of the California Coalition for
Immigration Reform in Garden Grove. Full Report:
“HUNG JURY” FOR ANTI-MINUTEMAN PROTESTER
by DUANE J. ROBERTS
Tuesday, May 30th, marks the first full week of the encampment at the farm. News of the fight to save the farm went international this week. Tree sitters: Julia Butterfly Hill, John Quigley, Daryl Hannah and Joan Baez still occupy the large old walnut tree on the farm. It has been learned that in addition to her tree sit, Julia has been fasting for the past 14 days. She reportedly is only drinking an infusion of herbs grown on the farm. The farm has been surveyed by botanists who believe it has the largest collection of Mezo-American medicinal herbs outside of Central America.
In this last week the encampment has tripled in size. The tent city surrounding the farm has grown to 32 tents at last count, each with 2 to 3 campers, while others sleep in the open air. The full time population of the farm is now estimated to be over 100, with numbers approaching 300 to 400 at nightly vigils and concerts. More continue to arrive has word spreads.
... Full report:
Encampment at the Farm – Day 8 by LA-IMC
|| VIDEO from the farm - May30 by A
|| FRSC: Interview with John Quigley at the South Central Farm by from Free Radio Santa Cruz
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM, 27 May 2006--What does it mean to be camping under three people living in a tree? It's not exactly inspiration--the Farm takes care of that. It's more than symbolic--Julia, John, Joan, and now Daryl are really risking life and limb, especially if the sheriffs try to shake them loose. It's kind of like having odd but utterly charming neighbors, people who live their unusual lives with such self-assurance that what should be idiosyncratic makes utter sense. It's an admiration and proud friendship that you know you couldn't possibly explain to your uptight parents. But even if you can't explain them, you would defend them against all comers.
... Full report:
Until the Farm Is Secure by Leslie Radford
| VIDEO: South Central Farm Tree Sit - Day Six by A
| PHOTOS: Community support getting stronger at the farm by Marcus
Sunday, May 28, reports: Sunday at the Farm
by Hugh Stegman
|| PHOTOS: More from the Farm by Leslie Radford
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