Working on this new server in php7...
imc indymedia

Los Angeles Indymedia : Activist News

white themeblack themered themetheme help
About Us Contact Us Calendar Publish RSS
Features
latest news
best of news
syndication
commentary


KILLRADIO

VozMob

ABCF LA

A-Infos Radio

Indymedia On Air

Dope-X-Resistance-LA List

LAAMN List




IMC Network:

Original Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: ambazonia canarias estrecho / madiaq kenya nigeria south africa canada: hamilton london, ontario maritimes montreal ontario ottawa quebec thunder bay vancouver victoria windsor winnipeg east asia: burma jakarta japan korea manila qc europe: abruzzo alacant andorra antwerpen armenia athens austria barcelona belarus belgium belgrade bristol brussels bulgaria calabria croatia cyprus emilia-romagna estrecho / madiaq euskal herria galiza germany grenoble hungary ireland istanbul italy la plana liege liguria lille linksunten lombardia london madrid malta marseille nantes napoli netherlands nice northern england norway oost-vlaanderen paris/Île-de-france patras piemonte poland portugal roma romania russia saint-petersburg scotland sverige switzerland thessaloniki torun toscana toulouse ukraine united kingdom valencia latin america: argentina bolivia chiapas chile chile sur cmi brasil colombia ecuador mexico peru puerto rico qollasuyu rosario santiago tijuana uruguay valparaiso venezuela venezuela oceania: adelaide aotearoa brisbane burma darwin jakarta manila melbourne perth qc sydney south asia: india mumbai united states: arizona arkansas asheville atlanta austin baltimore big muddy binghamton boston buffalo charlottesville chicago cleveland colorado columbus dc hawaii houston hudson mohawk kansas city la madison maine miami michigan milwaukee minneapolis/st. paul new hampshire new jersey new mexico new orleans north carolina north texas nyc oklahoma philadelphia pittsburgh portland richmond rochester rogue valley saint louis san diego san francisco san francisco bay area santa barbara santa cruz, ca sarasota seattle tampa bay tennessee urbana-champaign vermont western mass worcester west asia: armenia beirut israel palestine process: fbi/legal updates mailing lists process & imc docs tech volunteer projects: print radio satellite tv video regions: oceania united states topics: biotech

Surviving Cities

www.indymedia.org africa: canada: quebec east asia: japan europe: athens barcelona belgium bristol brussels cyprus germany grenoble ireland istanbul lille linksunten nantes netherlands norway portugal united kingdom latin america: argentina cmi brasil rosario oceania: aotearoa united states: austin big muddy binghamton boston chicago columbus la michigan nyc portland rochester saint louis san diego san francisco bay area santa cruz, ca tennessee urbana-champaign worcester west asia: palestine process: fbi/legal updates process & imc docs projects: radio satellite tv
printable version - js reader version - view hidden posts - tags and related articles

Local & State Green Party in solidarity with South Central Farmers

by twirl Saturday, Mar. 11, 2006 at 11:05 PM

Green Party stands in solidarity with South Central community farmers against urban farm eviction and ‘environmental racism'

News Advisory
THE GREEN PARTY OF CALIFORNIA www.cagreens.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, March 9, 2006


Green Party says it will stand in solidarity
with South Central community farmers against
urban farm eviction and ‘environmental racism'

LOS ANGELES – Members here of the Green Party of California today pledged
to "stand in solidarity" against "environmental racism" and with South
Central farmers who have been served with an eviction notice to vacate the
nation's largest urban farm, a 14-acre parcel in the center of the city
that has sustained 350 mostly low-wage workers for 13 years.

The farmers will be evicted next week by big developer Ralph Horowitz, who
was given a secret, "sweetheart deal" by the city of Los Angeles. He was
allowed to buy the property for only $5.1 million, when it was appraised a
decade ago for three times that. Horowitz is demanding the farmers pay him
$16 million or he'll kick them off the land and build a warehouse.

"We support the farmers' resistance to eviction, to relocation, to
environmental racism," said Linda Piera-Avila, secretary of the Los Angeles
Greens.

"In the shadow of downtown's skyscrapers, in an economically disadvantaged
area, their farm stands as a testament to the power of multi-racial
community building, local food production, the environmental value of green
open space and social justice in the face of corporate greed and lack of
civic accountability," she added.

Farmers say they are preparing to stay on urban farm even if they lose in
court. They are prepared to risk arrest, but Piera-Avila said Los Angeles
area Greens "stand in solidarity with the South Central Farmers who have
taken personal responsibility for nurturing this 14 acre urban jewel of life.

"This is the kind of global responsibility the Green Party advocates. With
peak oil's effects looming, the South Central Farmers can teach us how to
live more sustainably. Their skills should be lauded by the City of L.A. as
a valuable resource to be emulated, far more worthwhile to our future and
to the planet than any warehouse could ever be," she said.
-30-
Report this post as:
Share on: Twitter, Facebook, Google+

add your comments


© 2000-2018 Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Unless otherwise stated by the author, all content is free for non-commercial reuse, reprint, and rebroadcast, on the net and elsewhere. Opinions are those of the contributors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Los Angeles Independent Media Center. Running sf-active v0.9.4 Disclaimer | Privacy