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Lincoln Place Gentrification: the largest eviction in Los Angeles history
by DJ SUS D | | Background stories
The farm may be receiving an eviction notice any day now, and in the light of Jan’s talk, this makes no sense at all. The average distance food travels between the farm and the dinner table in this country is 1500 miles. Our city’s food supply lines are dangerously dependent on petroleum-powered transportation and petroleum-based fertilizers and pesticides. Rather than destroy existing vibrant, community-operated agricultural production we should be supporting and expanding it to every neighborhood in town. . . .
Full report with photos:
Petrocollapse and Food Security at the South Central Farm
by Jennifer Murphy
LOS ANGELES, February 3, 2006--Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants, was in the house tonight when 120 people gathered in front of La Placita Church on Olvera Street to commemorate the death of Guillermo Martínez Rodríguez and the 4000, or perhaps as many as 10,000, people who have died trying to circumvent the U.S. border wall since its construction in 1994. Prior to 1994, only a dozen or so people were killed annually by the heat or cold of the desert, or by the U.S. Border Patrol.
The Caravan for Migrants was organized by Enrique Morones of Border Angels and San Diego's gente unida to bring national focus to the deaths and to stop anti-immigrant legislation. The caravanners were escorted to the church through the foggy twilight chill by Danza Cuauhtémoc. Speakers lined up at a small lectern next to the candles for the souls of the dead outside the church. After a greeting by local hosts La Placita Justicia para Immigrantes and a song and prayer by the parish priest, Dolores Huerta, legendary co-founder and vice-president emeritus of the United Farm Workers, set the tone with an impassioned plea insisting that immigrants not be blamed for U.S. social ills and international economic policy.
Full report with photos:
"Do It for the Children"
by Leslie Radford | | Photos:
Caravan To D.C.
by indio
COSTA MESA, CA -- Dan Peelman, an attorney with Jones
and Mayer, a Fullerton-based law firm, and an
"independent prosecutor" on contract with the City of
Costa Mesa, opened up an investigation Friday into
allegations contained within a "letter of complaint"
that was filed against Mayor Allan Mansoor with
Kimberly Hall Barlow, the City Attorney, on Tuesday,
January 17th.
The complaint, which was submitted on behalf of the
Tonantzin Collective by Duane Roberts, a member of the
group, asked Barlow to "open an investigation to
determine whether or not Mayor Allan Mansoor violated
Section 2-60 of the municipal code when he engaged in
conduct which unlawfully disrupted a meeting of the
Costa Mesa City Council on the evening of Tuesday,
January 3, 2006."
Full report:
Costa Mesa City Prosecutor: Mayor Allan Mansoor "under investigation"
by Duane J. Roberts
LOS ANGELES, February 3, 2006--The Los Angeles City Council this morning issued an official and harsh rebuke to inland and border anti-migrant vigilantes.
The Council moved Item No. 7 to second position on the agenda, effectively declaring it a consent item. The Council resolved to "include in the City’s 2005-06 State and Federal Legislative Program, SUPPORT of State or Federal Legislation denouncing and prohibiting the vigilante actions of individuals against immigrants along the border and within urban communities and enact immigration reform leading towards a path of permanent status for immigrants here now and wider legal channels for those coming in the future.
From the Newswire: LA City Council to Minutemen: Go Home! by Leslie Radford
COSTA MESA - February 3, 2006 - The District Attorney’s office confirmed this morning that a charge filed against immigrant rights activist Coyotl Tezcalipoca for resisting police officers at a January 3rd Costa Mesa city council meeting had been dropped. The charges stemmed from an incident at a City Coucil meeting after Mayor Allan Mansoor cut off Tezcalipoca’s speaking time because he asked members of the audience to stand in opposition to the city’s immigration policies.
Coincidentally or not, about an hour after Tezcalipoca’s press conference at the Harbor Justice Center, fellow Collective member Duane Roberts received notification by cell phone that the Mayor is “under investigation” for allegedly ordering the removal of Coyotl Tezcalipoca from the council meeting, an order which would be unlawful under city charter’s own rules. From the Newswire:
No Charges In Tezcalipoca Case; Investigation of mayor starts by John Earl
DA declines to file criminal charges against Coyotl Tezcatlipoca! by Duane J. Roberts
With the strength of the Anti-Bush movement growing and the calls for his removal from office becoming louder, the Nixon Library in Yorba Linda seems like a good choice for a demonstration. Nixon was the first president to resign from office rather than face impeachment. Now as the crimes of Bush regime are becoming apparent to even his former supporters it seems that Bush too may be forced to step down. The Orange County Peace Coalition, a local, non-partisan, grassroots organization has put out the call for a demonstration at the Nixon Library this upcoming Presidents Day. Considering the nationwide protests in response to Tuesday’s state of the union address, this month’s Presidents Day may be less a day of recognition, and more a day of protest.
From the Newswire: Presidents' Day IMPEACH BUSH Demo! Richard Nixon Library, Yorba Linda, 2/20/06
What better way to demonstrate against the Bush regime's war for oil and against it's deception on climate change and environmental issues, than on a bike?
This was the call the was put out for the bike contingency at the World Can't Wait "Bush Step Down, and take your program with you!" event. There were about 2000 people at the event which coincided with Bush's state of the Union address at 6 PM on January 31st, 2006.
There were about 30 cyclists that joined the bike ride detour - some of whom were recruited in the initial staging area of the march. The message from the bikers was "No War For Oil, Ride A Bike", "Bush Step Down", "We don't need no F***ing Oil" and "No War on Climate Science".
Full report:
No War for Oil - Ride a Bike
by C.I.C.L.E. :: Eric Einem | | Video: Short Video of Cyclists at Protest
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AN IMAGE BANK FOR EVERYDAY REVOLUTIONARY LIFE, Feb. 3-April 3
An Image Bank for Everyday Revolutionary Life is a multi-phase project that begins as an online photographic archive, making available to the public over ten thousand 20th century images for the first time. The source for this material is the collection of Mexican muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros, who compiled the photographs over the course of his own extraordinary life. This archive can now be viewed at http://www.e-flux.com/siqueiros
As Siqueiros wrote, "Nothing can give the [artist] of today the essential feeling of the modern era's dynamic and subversive elements more than the photographic document."
The archive -- unique in structure, content and intention -- was meant for the use of fellow artists as a means of inspiration and a source of found imagery. The contents of the archive, images from the 1930s to the early 1970s, offer cultural and social portraits of different eras and nations.
Full report with photos:
AN IMAGE BANK FOR EVERYDAY REVOLUTIONARY LIFE by Latinos Unidos
LOS ANGELES - January 30, 2006 - Memorial Services for Frank Wilkinson were held at the Holman Methodist Church this past Saturday. Frank Wilkinson was a local human rights hero. In the 1940’s went to work for the Housing Authority, living with his family in one of the first integrated projects which he helped establish. Wilkinson was a victim of the House Un-American Activities Committee's witch hunts of the 1950’s and spent nine months in federal prison for refusing to testify before the committee. After his release from prison he devoted his life to civil liberties campaigning and investigating government abuse of power. His passing comes at a time of increasing reports of illegal domestic spying by the government. Frank Wilkinson passed away, on January 2 at his home in Los Angeles, he was 91.
From the newswire Audio-Frank Wilkinson Memorial Service by kualyque
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