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Venice Beach Holocaust Denier runs for Venice Neighborhood Council Calvin E. Moss 2012-10-28 1:56 AM

Homeless bashers maneuvering for position to further their anti-humanitarian agenda. (image/jpeg + 6 comments)

Retenes del fin de semana de Halloween / Halloween weekend checkpoints (26-27/oct/2012) Checkpoint response 2012-10-27 4:38 PM

Como siempre cuando son días festivos, va a haber varios retenes en California. Una táctica interesante que utilizó la comunidad de Ontario fue aprovechar de la temporada de elecciones para intervenir con sus reclamos y buscar el favor de los candidatos. Si no lo hubieran hecho, la política de los migrantes no se habría discutido para nada. Cuidado, gente, y organícense. <br><br> As always on holiday weekends, there will be numerous checkpoints in California. An interesting tactic that the community of Ontario used was to take advantage of the election season to make their complaints and to appeal to the candidates. If they had not done so, immigration politics would simply not have been discussed. Be careful, people, and get organized. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Los Angeles Press Conference for "No On Proposition 35" Maxine Doogan 2012-10-26 6:48 PM

Sexual service providers abhor and resist trafficking of all kinds, and support appropriate legislation that would effectively help eliminate it – laws that do not inappropriately mis-characterizing other activities as trafficking. Simple human decency demands this; moreover, it is in sex workers’ self-interest to eliminate sex trafficking, since they are trafficking’s likeliest victims. The sexual services extended community has long provided support to trafficking victims and will continue to do so. Sadly, Proposition 35, as written, would increase the risks to trafficked people and wrongly expand the definition of trafficking to include many entirely consensual adult sexual activities. If Proposition 35 passes, anyone receiving financial support from normal, consensual prostitution among adults could be prosecuted as a human trafficker; this includes a sex worker’s children, parents, spouse, domestic partner, roommate, landlord, or others. And if convicted they would be forced to register as a sex offender for life! (image/jpeg)

Alexander/Mendoza: Seniors Give Voters a Choice in California Election Lynn Lomibao 2012-10-26 12:13 PM
Maggie Phair, 83-years-old played an integral role in organizing the write-in campaign effort, and Ann Alexander, 88-years-old followed the campaign volunteers to assure that all the write-in petitions were completed and notarized. On Tuesday, the California Secretary of State contacted the Alexander/Mendoza campaign with the good news: “The petitions are certified and the campaign is qualified for write-in.” (text/plain)

The Michael Slate Show Michael Slate 2012-10-25 7:21 AM
Dr. Alex Rogers, Scientific Director of the International Program on the State of the Ocean, discusses the rapidly increasing acidification of the oceans and the immense dangers that poses for humanity and the planet in the very near future. In an excerpt from the talk Revolution: Why It's Necessary, Why It's Possible and What It's All About, Bob Avakian, Chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party, talks about how Capitalists are not fit caretakers of the earth. James Cavallaro. Stanford International Human Rights and Conflict Resolution Clinic, discusses the truth about US drone warfare against the people of Pakistan - especially under the Obama regime - and the report he co-authored with the Global Justice Clinic at NYU School of Law titled "Living Under Drones." (audio/mpeg)

Immigrant Community Stand Up Against Checkpoints Rockero, photos by Melissa Ayala 2012-10-23 1:52 AM

Tuesday, October 16, 2012<br> ONTARIO, California - Members of the immigrant community in Ontario protested the lack of police compliance with a state law designed to reduce the number of cars impounded at checkpoints, where drivers are detained without any probable cause. About 60 people marched through the city, and then presented their demands to the city council. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

LOS ANGELES COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT JUDGE HOLLY FUJIE ACCUSED OF MISAPPROPRIATION OF FUNDS SSLakaYR 2012-10-23 12:35 AM
Documents filed in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia reveal that Holly Fujie of Los Angeles allegedly engaged in predicate acts of racketeering through and by means of money laundering, mail and bank fraud, as well as conversion of funds. (text/plain + 3 comments)

United Voices of Pomona Demands Mayor's Resignation Rockero, photos by Tony Hoang 2012-10-21 7:26 PM

Monday, October 15, 2012<br> POMONA - The community organization United Voices of Pomona continued its protest against the approved waste transfer station, and added to its demands the mayor's resignation. The Los Angeles district attorney filed charges filed against one of Mayor Rothman's donors, alleging that Alfredo Solis, the owner of Western Recycling, had laundered $15,000 in contributions to Rothman's 2008 mayoral campaign through acquaintances.¹ This latest scandal propelled the United Voices to demand Rothman's resignation, declaring, "we don't want trash money running our city." (image/jpeg)

Former Orange County Senator Mired in New Controversy SSLakaYR 2012-10-20 2:25 AM
Dunn has been embroiled in separate controversies dealing with various not for profit entities, to wit, CaliforniaALL, Voice of OC, and UCI Foundation. (text/plain)

Beyond electronic voting machines - fraud in case management systems of the courts Joseph Zernik, PhD 2012-10-20 1:40 AM
The Los Angeles Superior Court implemented in 1985 a fraudulent electronic record system - SUSTAIN - and with it, the Court was transformed into a State Crime Organization. (text/plain)

BURN THE BALLOT 2012 Burn the Ballot Caucus, MDS 2012-10-12 3:32 PM

What are doing the day before the "election". On Monday, November 5th, members of the Burn the Ballot Caucus of Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS), allied activists and disgruntled voters will burn presidential ballots to draw attention to the fact that there is no democracy in the US and to say we will not, once again, go quietly into the polls! (image/jpeg)

MTA LOCKS OUT many with tap robotized machines and Inadequate Tools for LA PUBLIC rail use Tapped Out by MTA, exited. 2012-10-01 10:20 PM
Tap machines set by MTA in rail stations have confusing & frustrating too little info and options. Sr. rates not shown or flick off, Tap card only good for 1 day, has fixed $$$ amts to add fares, LACK OF any real ASSISTANCE or clarity in how to use them plastic cards - so have we turned into robotized plastic obedients who overpay, cant communicate with metal machines, and are Tapped OUT of metro-rail use ? NOT in big LA, but it is ! Someone fix it quick or we'll be locked out of our humanity and intelligent responsiveness and responsibilities too. Tap cards are not a helpful solution required to transport in LA - MTA listen up ! .... but have they ever ? (text/plain + 1 comment)

Reporting from the Danger Zone - An LA Press Club and KPFK's Scholars' Circle Event Maria Armoudian 2012-09-26 2:50 AM
Live discussion and broadcast on reporting from the danger zone with journalists and scholars who have taken great risks from some of the world's most dangerous places to bring us the news. (text/plain)

JUDGE ORDERS CHANGE OF VENUE IN CASE AGAINST DAVID WERDEGAR OF INSTITUTE ON AGING SSLAKAYoloanR 2012-09-26 1:51 AM
An Orange County Superior Court judge has ordered a change of venue in a case pending against David Werdegar of San Francisco-based Institute on Aging (IOA). (text/plain)

Retenes del fin del semana / Weekend checkpoints (21-22/sep/2012) Checkpoint response 2012-09-21 9:39 PM
Reporta retenes a tus amigos y familiares. Para recibir emails, escribe a noretenes@gmail.com. <br><br> Report checkpoints to your friends and family members. To receive emails, write to noretenes@gmail.com (text/plain + 1 comment)

All for a freebie Larisa Grib 2012-09-18 9:17 PM

Yesterday, September 16, hundreds of people were at El Pueblo De Los Angeles Historic Monument. They celebrated Mexican Independence Day. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Labor, Community Leaders Target Wal-Mart September 21 Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine 2012-09-18 7:57 PM

Neighborhood activists and labor unions are organizing San Diego's biggest-ever anti-Wal-Mart demonstration Saturday, September 22 in the Golden Hill and Sherman Heights neighborhoods. Though the Wal-Mart in Sherman Heights hasn't even been built yet, it's already driving local businesses to close or cut back — and Wal-Mart has systematically refused to make any promises to the community to hire locally or mitigate the impacts of their store. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Letter to Governor Jerry Brown from immigrant youth led groups across California repost 2012-09-15 9:48 PM
Governor Brown: Sign the TRUST Act! Don't sign a symbolic driver’s license bill. (text/plain)

QUEREMOS EN CONTEXTO/STOP DISINFORMATION, WE WANT EN CONTEXTO MARCOS MARTINES 2012-09-15 2:40 AM
LAST YEAR EN CONTEXTO WAS CANCEL. AND FOR A YEAR WE HAVE BEEN FIGHTING AND UPHILL BATTLE AGAINST TELEMUNDO TO BRING BACK EN CONTEXTO AND TO STOP CENSORING OF RUBEN LUENGAS.EN CONTEXTO WAS THE DEMOCRACY NOW OF THE LATINO COMMUNITY. SO ON Friday, September 28 at 4:00pm to 6:00 PM at 3000 WEST ALAMEDA AVE BURBANK CALIFORNIA 91523 AT the telemundo head studios they will be a PROTESTA CONTRA CENSURA! (application/pdf)

Chalking & the Disruption of Business as Usual in DTLA: RyanRiceLA 2012-09-14 7:23 PM
Chalking & the Disruption of Business as Usual in DTLA: It has never been about the sidewalk chalk on the sidewalks, that's a simplified interpretation of a more sinister picture. (text/plain)

Retenes fin de semana de la Independencia / Independence Day checkpoints (14-15/sep/2012) Checkpoint response 2012-09-14 7:15 PM
Muy pocos retenes se anuncian para este fin de semana pero seguro que habrá más de los anunciados. Si miras un retén en su vecindario, usa esta información para avisar a la gente de tu comunidad. Lo que hemos notedo en Checkpoint response es que en base de estas redes de comunicación, se ha podido forjar comudidades que resisten activamente estas práticas policiales y que avanzan la causa de derechos humanos. Para mayor información , escribe al correo electrónico noretenes@gmail.com <br><br> Few checkpoints are announced this weekend but there are certain to be more. If you see a checkpoint in your neighborhood, use that information to warn those in your community. What we've noticed at Checkpoint response is that communities that actively resist these police practices and that advance human rights can be built upon upon those communication networks. For more information, write to noretenes@gmail.com (text/html + 1 comment)

BREAKING: Warehouse workers on strike in ontario Rockero 2012-09-13 12:57 PM

Wednesday, september 12, 2012 ONTARIO - warehouse workers striking nfi warehouse in ontario (image/jpeg)

L.A. Anarchist Bookfair 2012 soynoise 2012-09-12 7:14 PM
4th Annual Los Angeles Anarchist Bookfair recorded at Barnsdall Art Gallery in East Hollywood on September 8, 2012. (text/html + 1 comment)

Listen for Life Musicfest 2012 Peace Day Concerts-Mission Viejo/San Pedro/Hollywood/Hemet Green Galactic 2012-09-12 5:49 PM

Listen for Life is honored to bring an impressive roster of world-renowned musicians to four cross-cultural Listen for Life Musicfest 2012 events in Southern California, September 21-29, 2012, to celebrate this year’s International Day of Peace and kick-off a world tour to promote peace around the globe. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

KPFK'S LSB lax, cant get meeting location announced ? huh ? KPFKmember 2012-09-10 11:26 PM
why cant KPFK folks do it like everyone else ? set a meeting time and place in advance and post it ? (text/plain)

DREAMers confront Sheriff Baca on Deportations, 6 arrested Rockero 2012-09-10 10:01 PM

Thursday, September 6, 2012 <br><br> LOS ANGELES - While other immigrant rights organizations were getting bogged down in DACA paperwork¹--many of them charging for the service--the DREAMers, never content to rest on their laurels despite their enormous accomplishment, realized the necessity of advancing the movement. Over ten years of organizing has made them masters of political strategy, timing being their forte. And last Thursday was no exception. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Running Down the Walls 2012 Carrera para Bajar los Muros 2012 Rockero, photos by Lane Farnham 2012-09-04 9:01 PM

Throughout the US and Canada, chapters of the Anarchist Black Cross Federation held simultaneous runs to raise funds for the needs of political prisoners and prisoners of war, as well as to continue to chip away at the system that massively incarcerates impoverished people and colonized people worldwide. Runs were also held at four prisons. In Los Angeles, the event drew about thirty runners to MacArthur Park. There they joined members of Revolutionary Autonomous Communities who were present for the weekly food program, danzantes from Danza Cuauhtémoc, in attendance to bless the run, and supporters from the radical community throughout Southern California. The over $1000 raised was split between ABC to replenish the warchest and RAC to support its ongoing mutual aid and organizing efforts. <br><br> A lo largo de los Estados Unidos y Canadá, comités de la Federación Cruz Negra Anarquista (ABC, por sus siglas en inglés) realizaron carreras simultáneas para recaudar fondos para las necesidades de presxs políticxs, al igual que para seguir derrotando el sistema que encarcela a una escala masiva a gente empobrecida y gente colonizada por todo el mundo. También se efectuaron carreras en cuatro penales. En Los Ángeles, alrededor de treinta partícipes asistieron al evento en el Parque MacArthur. A sus filas se sumaron integrantes de Comunidades Autónomas Revolucionarias (RAC, por sus siglas en inglés), quienes se presentan cada domingo para su programa semanal de repartición de alimentos, danzantes de Danza Cuauhtémoc, quienes llegaron para bendecir el evento, y adherentes de comunidades radicales de todas partes del sur de California. La suma de la recaudación, que superó mil dólares, se dividirá entre ABC para suplir su tesoro y RAC para solvemtar sus esfuerzos organizativos y de asistencia mutua. (image/jpeg)

Eric Garcetti Allows Destruction of 40 Protected Trees Ross Plesset 2012-08-27 12:04 AM

Over the strong objection of constituents, Eric Garcetti (district 13) approved a rezoning of land, part of a wildlife corridor in Echo Park-Elysian Park, from three to 15 houses and gave developers special permission to cut down 40 protected trees. Garcetti's environmental legacy also includes siding with developer Ralph Horowitz and Councilwoman Jan Perry regarding the South Central Farm. Twenty years ago, another pro-development Councilmember, Michael Woo, ran for Mayor--as Garcetti is now doing--but was opposed by a formidable group called Citizens for Anyone but Woo. Hopefully 2012/2013 will see Anyone but Garcetti. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Cindy Sheehan Speaks at Reception in San Diego Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine 2012-08-26 11:36 PM

For four years, from her emergence as an anti-war activist following the death of her son Casey in combat in Iraq, Cindy Sheehan was a hero among liberals and Democrats for her attempts to hold then-President George W. Bush to account for starting the Iraq war and taking her son's life in vain. Then she ran for Congress against Democratic icon Nancy Pelosi and made it clear she held both major parties responsible for the war and the rest of America's ills. Now she's Roseanne Barr's running mate in the Peace and Freedom Party's Presidential campaign, running on a socialist platform that says education, housing and health care are human rights. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Queer Democrats Make Defeating Prop. 32 a Priority Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine 2012-08-26 11:29 PM

The predominantly Queer San Diego Democrats for Equality voted August 23 to make defeating Proposition 32 a priority race in the November 6 election. Proposition 32 is an effort to destroy the ability of organized labor to raise money for political campaigns, and it's being sold deceptively as a campaign finance reform measure even though its principal sponsors are multi-million dollar donors to Republican candidates and super-PAC's. On the eve of Women's Equality Day, the club also heard from professors Dr. Sue Gonda and Carla Kirkwood on the history of women's struggles for equality and their links to the Queer rights movement. (image/jpeg)

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