{"article":{"id":94595,"heading":"Mar Vista NPJ Joins the Food Fight!","author":"Sheri Leigh","created":"2003-11-17 03:12:55","modified":"2003-11-19 21:47:29","last_modified":"Thu, 20 Nov 2003 04:47:29","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>At 2:00 pm Saturday, the Mar Vista Neighbors for Peace and Justice took a <br>  <br> direct action in support of the striking Food Workers. <br><br> In the Vons on Centinella and Washington Place, they loaded their carts with <br>  <br> food, and either checked the groceries through and declined to  pay, or <br>  <br> abandoned their carts.  Then the Vigilistas joined the picket line, unfurled <br>  <br> their banner and stood with the striking union members. <br><br> The action cheered the spirits of the union members and successfully disrupted the business inside the store for a number of hours <br>  <br> as \"replacement employees\" scrambled to delete the hundreds of dollars worth <br>  <br> of scanned merchandise and return the melting ice cream to the freezers. <br><br> The latest issue of the Mar Vista Free Press (entitled \"Join the Food <br>  <br> Fight!\") was distributed to shoppers who crossed the picket line. <br><br> The Mar Vista Neighbors for Peace and Justice is a nonprofit collective of <br>  <br> Mar Vista residents promoting action for peace and social justice in the <br>  <br> community.  A weekly candlelight vigil is held every Friday night from 6:30 <br>  <br> to 7:30 at the corner of McLaughlin and Palms.  The Mar Vista Free Press is <br>  <br> a monthly publication devoted to raising awareness and promoting actions in <br>  <br> the community.  All five issues may be downloaded at the MVNPJ website: <br>  <br> www.marvista4peace.8k.com. <br><br> The MVNPJ Vigilistas have \"adopted\" a number of UFCW picket lines across the <br>  <br> west side of Los Angeles.  This has involved providing water and goodies, <br>  <br> distributing the recent Free Press, and marching with the strikers.  More <br>  <br> direct actions are in the works.  Stay tuned! <br>  <br> <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"marvista4peace@yahoo.com","link":"www.marvista4peace.8k.com.","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"Direct action taken 11\/15\/03 at Vons in Mar Vista in support of the striking Food Workers.","numcomment":3,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/11\/94595.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":94597,"heading":"video from the action - part1","article":"Store manager gets pissed off","author":"a","parent_id":94595,"mime_type":"video\/quicktime","created":"2003-11-17 03:29:42","modified":"2005-08-15 01:47:57","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/11\/part1-store-manger-ge_78b9a.mov"},{"id":94598,"heading":"video from the action - part 2","article":"Manger has words with the strikers","author":"a","parent_id":94595,"mime_type":"video\/quicktime","created":"2003-11-17 03:35:44","modified":"2005-08-15 01:47:57","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/11\/part2-manger-has-word_78b9c.mov"},{"id":94600,"heading":"Video from the action - part 3","article":"Manager calls cops.\r\nNo arrests were made.\r\n","author":"a","parent_id":94595,"mime_type":"video\/quicktime","created":"2003-11-17 03:44:10","modified":"2005-08-15 01:47:57","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2003\/11\/part3-manger-calls-cops.mov"}]}