{"article":{"id":102066,"heading":"(2) Inglewood, Massive March","author":"Marcus","created":"2004-02-02 02:33:50","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:23","last_modified":"Mon, 15 Aug 2005 09:49:23","article":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body><p>Banner reads, \"Your fight is our Fight\" <br><br> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/backlassoweb\/\">http:\/\/www.geocities.com\/backlassoweb\/<\/a>  <br><br> Los Angeles Strikers Solidarity Organization (LASSO)  <br><br> LASSO is an organization of Los Angeles residents committed to supporting working people in their struggles for a better life.   Lasso is currently head-over-heels involved with the grocery workers' strike: they visit the picket lines regularly as well as providing other forms of assistance to the strikers.  LASSO invites everyone to join  and help. <br><br> get involved    articles about the strike   <br>  <br> LASSO meetings <br>  <br> when: every Monday @ 7:30PM <br>  <br> where: LA Peace Center, 8124 West 3rd St.  <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","summary":"Today, from 12 PM to 2 PM, more than twenty thousands people marched in the streets of Inglewood, California,  to support the striking workers from Vons\/Pavilions and the locked out workers from Albertsons and Ralphs supermarkets.","numcomment":4,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/your_fight_is_our_fight.jpg","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2004\/02\/102066.php","image":{"original":"\/uploads\/your_fight_is_our_fight.jpg"}},"attachments":[{"id":102067,"heading":"More than Twenty Thousand People Showed up","article":"More than Twenty Thousand People Showed up","author":"Marcus","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-02 02:33:50","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:23","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/bbbcrowd.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/bbbcrowd.jpg"}},{"id":102068,"heading":"&quot;Holding the Line for America's Healthcare&quot; 3","article":"&quot;Holding the Line for America's Healthcare&quot;33","author":"Marcus","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-02 02:33:50","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:24","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/holding_the_line_for_america__s_health_care.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/holding_the_line_for_america__s_health_care.jpg"}},{"id":102069,"heading":"&quot;Holding the Line for America's Healthcare&quot;4","article":"&quot;Holding the Line for America's Healthcare&quot; 44","author":"Marcus","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-02 02:33:50","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:24","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/bbb2.jpg6e8we8.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/bbb2.jpg6e8we8.jpg"}},{"id":102070,"heading":"&quot;Holding the Line for America's Healthcare&quot; 5","article":"&quot;Holding the Line for America's Healthcare&quot; 55","author":"Marcus","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-02 02:33:50","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:24","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/color_b.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/color_b.jpg"}},{"id":102071,"heading":"Los Angeles Strikers Solidarity Organization (LASSO)","article":"LASSO is an organization of Los Angeles residents committed to supporting working people in their struggles for a better life.   Lasso is currently head-over-heels involved with the grocery workers' strike: they visit the picket lines regularly as well as providing other forms of assistance to the strikers.  LASSO invites everyone to join  and help.\r\n\r\nget involved    articles about the strike  \r\nLASSO meetings\r\nwhen: every Monday @ 7:30PM\r\nwhere: LA Peace Center, 8124 West 3rd St.  \r\n","author":"Marcus","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-02 02:33:50","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:24","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/lasso.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/01\/lasso.jpg"}}],"comments":[{"id":102083,"heading":"That &quot;LA IMPACT&quot; helicopter over the rally...","article":"LA IMPACT (Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force) is a multi-agency police task force supposedly dedicated to handling major crimes and terrorism.  Their helicopter circled overhead constantly, from the time people started gathering at the Forum until the final speeches were being given at the temporary stage on Manchester.  That's a couple of hours.  At times it was difficult to hear the speakers because the helo was flying so low.  \r\n\r\nSo, is peaceful political expression a major crime now, or a terrorist activity?  Does anybody know who is supposed to have oversight over these goons?\r\n","author":"Secret Shopper","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-02-02 04:58:16","modified":"2004-02-02 04:58:16","fileurl":""},{"id":102167,"heading":"One more Picture of the Rally","article":"","author":"Marcus","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","created":"2004-02-03 01:23:03","modified":"2005-08-15 02:49:24","fileurl":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/crowd_b.jpgseqgfj.jpg","image":{"original":"\/usr\/local\/www-domains\/la.indymedia.org\/public\/uploads\/2004\/02\/crowd_b.jpgseqgfj.jpg"}},{"id":102279,"heading":"This is how it's been","article":"&quot;LA IMPACT (Los Angeles Interagency Metropolitan Police Apprehension Crime Task Force) is a multi-agency police task force supposedly dedicated to handling major crimes and terrorism. Their helicopter circled overhead constantly, from the time people started gathering at the Forum until the final speeches were being given at the temporary stage on Manchester. That's a couple of hours. At times it was difficult to hear the speakers because the helo was flying so low. \r\n\r\nSo, is peaceful political expression a major crime now, or a terrorist activity? Does anybody know who is supposed to have oversight over these goons?&quot;\r\n\r\nEverytime we gather peacefully, there are usually 2 of these helocopters circling above.  I think also because we're in LA, they take extra measures.  I went to the last peace march in San Francisco in Oct. and barely saw a cop the whole time I was there.","author":"c71898","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-02-04 16:28:14","modified":"2004-02-04 16:28:14","fileurl":""},{"id":102294,"heading":"The tone of LA","article":"The overall position of the LA police as I have gathered from personal experience is one of constant intimidation and displays of lethal force as an in-cop sports event.  Out  gunned my %666@#!! as they have more than enough; much more then they can handle now.\r\nI always believed that the 2nd amendment would include the possession of any weapon you could afford.  Or construct.  \r\nNow there's this bible of 'forbidden weapons' that outlaw more items than you can shake a stick at.\r\nThese sadistic morons ( sorry to you few good cops who carry the weight of these assholes on your dangerous job ) carry more casual lethal hardware than you want to find out about with the major stuff a call away.  \r\nDon't mess with the guns, mess with the ideology and the logistics.","author":"Sheepdog","parent_id":102066,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2004-02-04 19:26:06","modified":"2004-02-04 19:26:06","fileurl":""}]}