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Venice Flea'd Boardwalk sells commercial junk, once again, forever ? Venice artists 2012-05-15 8:32 PM
Venice Boardwalk has a new ordinance that went into effect, was momentarily enforced by the LAPD, and has deteriorated back to what is was for too long = a junky cheap flea market, Since the very same vendors - that were made to not sell non-art which is now illegal, but they have brazenly returned ... to sell their re-sale mdse. to look-like-crafts-or-not- even-pretend-art and get away with what they did before...illegally but loopholed as long as they are not caught in the act of selling the stuff... art be damned...barely exists here. Rules and ordinances can be ignored. Bullying and being sly is what makes Venice work. How Sad, ugly, a loss for Venice. (text/plain)

Tom Morello talks with Bill Moyers May 18 PBS, notice this ! occupyer in LA 2012-05-15 4:56 PM
Watch and SEE it on this weekend of May 18, 2012 - Musician and activist Tom Morello talks with Bill Moyers about the “two Americas,” and his solidarity with “the voiceless, the poor, the wretched” across the whole globe-world. [He also has a program on KPFK too.] Moyers’ website and schedule is below for your use and enlivenment. Learn More !! (text/plain)

The Time is Now to Support Carlos Montes, Beloved Chicano Activist Stephanie Weiner 2012-05-15 3:14 PM

A very important trial is coming up this Tuesday in LA. There will be a large crowd of supporters outside the criminal court building at 8 am demanding justice for Carlos Montes. What justice would mean in this case is that the District Attorney Steve Cooley drops the charges against Carlos Montes, a beloved Chicano activist, before the trial even starts. If the trial does proceed, the jurors will hear many tall tales told to them by the prosecution. What they will see, however, with their own clear eyes is that Carlos Montes' house was raided nearly one year ago at 5am because of FBI political repression due to his years of activism. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Retenes este fin de semana / This weekend's checkpoints (11-12/may/2012) Checkpoint response 2012-05-12 7:49 PM

Ya estamos en mayo, un mes de lucha y de celebracion. Va a haber varios retenes este fin de semana, asi es que les instamos a seguir la lucha en su contra y la lucha por justicia para todos y todas. <br><br> It's now May, a month of struggle and of celebration. There will be numerous checkpoints this weekend, so we continue to encourage the struggle against them and for justice for everybody. (image/jpeg)

Carlos Montes Case Carlos Montes Supporter 2012-05-12 11:38 AM

Climate Impact Day in Eagle Rock R of the Northeast LA Radical Neighbors 2012-05-11 3:12 PM

“To preserve our planet, scientists tell us we must reduce the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from its current level of 392 parts per million to below 350 ppm. But 350 is more than a number—it's a symbol of where we need to head as a planet.” --350.org (image/jpeg + 3 comments)

South Coast Advocate SCHAC Hate Crimes Subcomm Member 2012-05-11 1:08 AM
Action Alert to Oppose the Elimination of an Oversight Committee which has reported on jail management issues impacting the homeless and excessive use of force/ abrogation of Fourth Amendment rights of the homeless. (text/plain + 2 comments)

Student confronts police Mike 2012-05-09 8:36 PM
Student confronts police presence at CSUN hunger strike. Escalation not caught on tape. This is the reaction. 4 mim 44 sec video (text/plain + 1 comment)

Trial of Carlos Montes to begin May 15. Activists say prosecution is political repression. Tracy Molm 2012-05-08 6:43 PM
Carlos Montes, longtime anti-war, Chicano right and immigrant rights activist is facing multiple felony charges in a trial that starts at LA County Superior Court May 15, 2012. (text/html)

Sheriff Joe Arpaio with protesters repost 2012-05-07 8:18 PM
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio squares off with protesters from the Inland Empire Latino Coalition during a Patriot Rally endorsing Republican Phil Liberatore's race for the 8th Congressional District, at Apple Valley's Civic Park on Cinco de Mayo 2102. (text/html + 1 comment)

Leaflets and Truncheons at Riverside May Day rally Kevin Akin 2012-05-07 2:59 PM
Report from Riverside, California, by Kevin Akin, Riverside County Chair of the Peace and Freedom Party. (text/plain)

Gustavo Arellano: How Mexican Food Conquered the U.S. Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine 2012-05-07 12:07 AM

Gustavo Arellano, who in the last decade has risen from food editor at the O.C. Weekly in Orange County to investigative reporter at the paper and author of the popular syndicated column “¡Ask a Mexican!,” a witty send-up of anti-Mexican stereotypes published in at least 38 media outlets, came to San Diego April 11 to promote his latest book, "Taco U.S.A.: How Mexican Food Conquered America." (image/jpeg)

In Memoriam: Robert Miles Parker, 1939-2012 Save Our Heritage Organization 2012-05-06 11:48 PM

Pioneering San Diego-based Queer artist and photographer Robert Miles Parker also founded Save Our Heritage Organization (SOHO), dedicated to preserving San Diego's historic buildings and parks against redevelopment and gentrification. His recent passing in New York, where he had relocated, was memorialized by SOHO. (image/jpeg)

Retenes del Fin de Semana 5 de Mayo / Cinco de Mayo Checkpoints 2012 Checkpoint response 2012-05-04 10:56 PM

Despues de la aprobacion de la ley AB353, la cual que limita el periodo de decomiso para conductores sin licencia detenidos en retenes, el estado ha cambiado su tactica para usar mas la "patrulla de saturacion" para seguir quitandonos los carros. Por eso vienen varias patrullas de saturacion tambien en la lista. <br><br> Ever since the passage of AB 353, which limits the impound period for cars driven by unlicensed drivers caught in checkpoints, the state has changed tactics, using "saturation patrols" in order to continue taking our cars. That's why this list includes several saturation patrols. (image/jpeg)

Riverside Celebrates May Day, Police Violence Mars Protest Rockero 2012-05-04 9:26 AM

Tuesday, May 1, 2012<br> RIVERSIDE (CA) - Several hundred people participated in a series of actions marking International Worker's Day in Southern California's Inland Empire. The day featured an Occupy bank protest, an immigrant rights march and rally, and a food and clothing giveaway hosted by an autonomous grouping. The day of community empowerment was temporarily disrupted, however, when police violently targeted students and arrested them. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

KPFK May Day Coverage Schedule imc repost 2012-05-01 1:28 PM
KPFK has a full day of coverage, if you can't be at the marches all day, tune in to KPFK to get the updates. If you are at the marches, tune into get reports from around the world about May Day actions globally! (text/plain + 1 comment)

Why We Strike Video #m1gs imc repost 2012-05-01 1:06 PM
A link to a video about Why We Strike (text/plain + 3 comments)

Nefarious Monkey Business Uncovered Julia MacKenzie 2012-04-28 9:16 PM
The international trade in monkeys destined for research laboratories has exploded in the past few years. A recent cruelty case in Van Nuys, CA shone a brief but bright light on this business with tragic consequences. (text/plain + 1 comment)

May 1 Calendar of Events in LA nobody 2012-04-28 2:34 AM
Copied from the Occupy LA list. (text/plain)

Hanford CAFO Conditions Creates Mad Cow Prions Rendered Cattle and Chicken Feces 2012-04-27 5:58 PM
The process in concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) includes feeding rendered cattle and chicken feces to living cattle. By turning cattle into carnivores against their knowledge and free will the CAFOs have opened to doorway to prions that form mad cow (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy). We humans have the Creutzfeldt-Jakob variant of BSE, and interspecies transmission is probable. (text/plain + 1 comment)

REMEMBER THE “GREAT CALAMITY” IN ARMENIA , 1915 Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) 2012-04-26 4:40 PM

Los Angeles--Today, the Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) stands with Armenians across LA and the United States to commemorate the 97th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. We must speak out and acknowledge the 1.5 million who lost their lives in the genocide in 1915. It is very revolting that until today the Turkish authorities and their allies in the United States refused to recognize and still denies the genocide also known as the “Great Calamity” which became the model of a later Holocaust by Nazi Germany in World War II. (image/jpeg)

Ciclavia 2012, around Macarthur Park wg2k1 2012-04-18 12:58 PM
Short videos of Ciclavia 2012 around Macarthur Park in the Westlake area of Los Angeles. (text/html)

Recall Mónica García Press Conference Robert D. Skeels 2012-04-17 11:42 PM

Activists Announce the Recall Campaign of LAUSD President Mónica García (image/jpeg)

Inland Empire General Strike! Occupy Riverside 2012-04-17 3:51 AM

Inland Empire General Strike!<br><br> Occupy Riverside, in cooperation with our friends and allies, is working to make May 1 a day of community empowerment in which individuals disengage from the institutions and practices that oppress us, and engage in activities that foster community and humanity.<br><br> We are starting with 5 days of "Spring training" to gear up for the big day! (image/jpeg)

Group of Six shutdown Wells Fargo the lizard queen 2012-04-17 1:09 AM

April 10th was a warm sunny Tuesday and exceptionally busy in downtown riverside. Walking through the main st. mall adjacent to the mission inn with men and woman in suits meeting for business lunches all seemed to be normal. However Refund California Coalition an economic justice organization, paired with group of UCR students and Occupy Riverside organizers, began to setup signs and a microphone with the Gandhi statue overlooking. People in the mall began to turn their heads in curiosity, the conversation had started. (image/jpeg + 5 comments)

Hollywood Opportunists try to CoOpt Occupy nobody 2012-04-13 3:15 AM
Hollywood wannabes are stealing images, stealing language, and using it for their own benefit. (text/plain + 4 comments)

Freedom Socialist Candidate for U.S. President tours California in April Mary Ann Curtis 2012-04-11 4:07 PM
Stephen Durham, who is vying for the Peace and Freedom Party (PFP) nomination in the California June presidential primary, will campaign in the state from April 12 to May 2. He will speak at several public appearances in and around LA between April 20 and May 2. (text/plain)

President of Los Angeles River Artists and Business Assoc. Harassing Arts District Artist Lee Rendlog 2012-04-10 7:27 PM

Is the new token President of Los Angeles River Artists and Business Assoc., Joseph Pitruzzelli, a blatant hypocrite for attempting to violate an artists first amendment rights? The artist seems to think so, calling Joseph Pitruzzelli one of "The Anti-Artists of the Arts District". Is Joseph Pitruzzelli self fulfilling the artist's own prophecy with this law suit? (image/jpeg)

JFAV 70th Bataan Day Benefit Dance-Dinner at FACLA, April 9, 2012 Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) 2012-04-10 6:06 PM

“Remember Bataan, Honor our Heroes!” The Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) and Seniors for Filipino American Community Empowerment (S4PACE) ,surviving the Filipino veterans especially the defenders of Bataan and their advocates will hold a commemoration of the 70th Bataan Day, on Monday, April 9, 2012 at FACLA Social Hall ,1740 W. Temple St. Los Angeles, CA 90026 at 5:00 PM. The event dubbed as “ Gabi ng Kasaysayan at Kasiyahan”.—a dinner dance party is a fundraiser of JFAV for its delegation that will lobby at the US Congress from April 16-18, 2012 in Washington DC. (image/jpeg)

Miss Hooker Beauty Pageant: Naked Facts about Women and Equality Charlotte Laws 2012-04-06 12:24 AM
Politics is where the power is, so if women desire that power, why does testosterone consume the room when it is time to affect change? (text/plain + 2 comments)

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