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Venice Boardwalk has cleaned out commercial vendors ! Venice Artist 2012-02-29 6:47 PM

Take a walk down the Venice Boardwalk and be surprised ! the re-sale cheap commercial merchandise is not long proliferating and crowding the area with hawkers and flea-market-junk being the main things there. Now all sorts of art and artists are the west-sidewalk displays. What a change ! (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

#F29 Promo Video Occupy Riverside Media 2012-02-29 1:49 AM
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 <br> #F29 is the national day of nonviolent direct action to SHUT DOWN THE CORPORATIONS, especially those that comprise ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council. Occupy Riverside has called for a community-based picketline at the world's largest Walmart distribution center, Schneider Logistics, at 4100 Hamner Ave in Mira Loma, where workers are engaged in a struggle to recover stolen wages and ultimately, for recognition as a collective bargaining unit. Meet at 6:AM Wednesday at the corner of Riverside Dr and Hamner Ave, just south of the 60 freeway. (text/html)

POWER COMES FROM THE BARREL OF A GUN Calvin E Moss 2012-02-25 9:35 PM

NIMBY Forces Assault The Poor In Venice and the NIMBYfication of Venice Continues… (image/jpeg)

More War Against Venice Street People Venice Justice Committee 2012-02-25 5:27 AM

The City of Los Angeles rolled out new Venice Boardwalk Ordinance (LAMC 42.15) and initiated concentrated effort to remove homeless people from Venice. (image/jpeg + 4 comments)

Occupy for Prisoners Rockero 2012-02-23 10:43 PM

Monday, February 20, 2012 <br> RANCHO CUCAMONGA - Demonstrators from Occupy Riverside and Occupy San Bernardino Valley joined forces to express their solidarity with people detained at West Valley Detention Center, the main detention facility for the western portion of San Bernardino County. (image/jpeg)

PRESS RELEASE: MARINE, FAMILY TO BE EVICTED Carlos Marroquin 2012-02-21 11:25 PM
Mortgage Giant Freddie Mac Set to Forcibly Evict Riverside Marine and Family Dozens of supporters to join Riverside homeowner Art de los Santos in last stand as eviction order expires Company refuses to even reevaluate wrongfully foreclosed homeowner’s income. (text/plain)

International Day of Solidarity with Leonard Peltier: Clemency Now! RP, event photos by Isabel Avila 2012-02-14 1:00 AM

“It was wonderful to see people going out of their way to participate in these events. I believe we definitely need to continue to educate people, especially young people, as to who Leonard Peltier is. I think there's a concentrated effort made by various governments for us to forget who he is. . . . [P]eople also need to put more pressure on President Obama, put more pressure on the U.S. government for his release." -- Corine Fairbanks of AIM (American Indian Movement) Southern Cal (image/jpeg)

F29 Double-sided flyer (English and Spanish) in PDF form Occupy Riverside 2012-02-13 10:16 PM
PDFs to download, print, and distribute (application/pdf)

Contacts and Details on Regional S. CA Post-Secondary Student Conference Greg from LA in LA 2012-02-13 7:01 PM
Contacts and Details on Regional S. CA Post-Secondary Student Conference to plan the end of the defunding of public universities and colleges in California. (text/plain)

LAPD's High-Tech "War Room" anabraxas 2012-02-11 3:07 PM
The LAPD is fighting crime from a high-tech war room that gives it eyes all over the city. The surveillance hub is now a model for police forces around the world and KCAL9 got an exclusive tour inside from Chief Charlie Beck. (text/plain + 1 comment)

OCCUPY PRESS RELEASE: 8 CHALLENGES TO WELLS FARGO (FEB 6, 2012) Occupy The Rose Parade 2012-02-11 12:00 AM
8 CHALLENGES FOR WELLS FARGO (OCCUPY ACTIVISTS MEETING; MON, FEB. 6, 2012) On Monday -- Feb 6th -- active members of the national Occupy movement who have been involved in addressing the foreclosure and related banking industry crisis, presented below 8 challenges to Wells Fargo. Though the 7 Occupy Activists do not speak for the entire Occupy movement, they do, however, believe these are legitimate concerns of many in the Occupy movement relating to the U.S. foreclosure crisis. They represent growing calls for action throughout the movement and we call upon Wells Fargo to immediately address these challenges. See PDF Nand or Text. (application/pdf)

8 CHALLENGES TO WELLS FARGO FROM OCCUPY ACTIVISTS Occupy The Rose Parade 2012-02-09 11:11 PM
8 CHALLENGES TO WELLS FARGO FROM OCCUPY ACTIVISTS ISSUED AT HISTORIC OCCUPY-WELLS FARGO MEETING ON FEB 6, 2012 (AT WELLS FARGO'S INVITATION TO OCCUPY THE ROSE PARADE ACTIVISTS). (application/pdf)

Democrats Defeated Single Payer; Vote P&F & Green Socialized Medicine Now 2012-02-09 4:25 PM
SB 810, a single payer healthcare bill, was defeated in the California Senate Jan 31, 2012 by Democratic Senators Ron Calderon, Lou Correa, Alex Padilla, Michael Rubio, Juan Vargas and Rod Wright, all bought and paid for by the insurance industry and most bought and paid for by the drug industry. The health care crisis is so terrible in this country that it is best called a death system, not a health care system. Only Peace & Freedom Party and the Green Party support socialized medicine and at the very least, single payer healthcare. (text/plain)

Resolution in Support of Warehouse Workers at Walmart Contractor Schneider Logistics Occupy Riverside 2012-02-08 8:53 AM
This resolution was adopted by the Inland Empire General Strike Committee on January 27, 2012, and was amended on February 6, 2012. It was subsequently adopted by Occupy Redlands. We encourage all other local occupys, as well as all labor unions, student groups, community organizations, congregations, homeowner associations, and any other free associations to adopt this resolution and find other ways to support this action. (application/pdf)

Construction workers picket new gym in Upland Rockero 2012-02-08 7:59 AM

Monday, February 6, 2012<br> UPLAND (CA) - Carpenters set up a picket line this morning in front of what is soon to become a Crunch gymnasium. Workers upset about a subcontractor's paying of substandard wages to drywallers set up the picket in protest. (image/jpeg)

STOP A "NAFTA OF THE PACIFIC!" RALLY VS SECRET NEGOTIATIONS HELD IN SOFITEL HOTEL IN LA Echo Park Community Coalition (EPCC) 2012-02-07 6:04 PM
As Trade negotiators from throughout the Pacific Rim are gathering in Sofitel Luxury Suites, Los Angeles, activist to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Free Trade Agreement, groups opposed to the “NAFTA of the Pacific picketed outside the hotel in Beverly Hills. Trade negotiators from nine countries that includes the the U.S. to Vietnam are pressing for a NAFTA-style deal that encourages offshoring, expands downward corporate pressure on labor and environmental standards, raises drug prices, and bans "Make it in America," among other problems. STOP THE FTAA The protest dubbed as RALLY TO STOP A "NAFTA OF THE PACIFIC!" was sparked because of the negotiations are being done out of the public eye, trade ministers and corporate lobbyists (over 600 of ...whom have certified "corporate adviser" status). Protestors asked : “will this become a "NAFTA of the Pacific?" (text/plain + 1 comment)

Los Angeles participates in national day of action against war in Iran repost 2012-02-07 8:43 AM

Protecting Sacred Sites: The Kuruvungna Springs A 2012-02-07 5:08 AM

WEST LOS ANGELES – February 4, 2012 - Just one block South of a very urban section of Wilshire Blvd with 40 story high-rise buildings and often grid locked streets sits the Kuruvungna Springs. The Springs are on a part of the University High School campus. The Springs and the surrounding area were once the site of a Tongva village. (image/jpeg)

Press Release for Monday Occupy Meeting with Wells Fargo Execs (3-5:30pm) Occupy The Rose Parade 2012-02-06 5:02 PM
WHO: Occupy Activists in LA, Wells Fargo Executives, and Community Leaders WHAT: An unprecedented meeting between Bankers and Occupy Protesters WHEN: Monday, February 6, 2012 from 3pm-5pm; Press Conference at 5:30pm WHERE: Center of Nonprofit Management at California Endowment Building 1000 N. Alameda, L.A. (application/pdf)

What's Left for the Left? Building a Blue-Green Coalition Marcy Winograd 2012-02-06 3:57 PM

To build a strong electoral base for the Left, Green Party activists can build coalitions to pass ranked choice voting in cities throughout LA County, elect Greens to every non-partisan office - from neighborhood council to union leadership - and strategically support anti-war progressive Democrats running for state and federal office. From the ground up, we must build a diverse Green Party to protect our planet beyond the age of empire. (image/jpeg)

San Diego Queer Democrats Reject Progressive, Endorse Moderate for Congress Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine 2012-02-05 9:03 PM

The San Diego Democrats for Equality, a predominantly Queer Democratic party club, decisively rejected the Congressional candidacy of progressive former Assemblymember Lori Saldaña at its regular meeting January 26. Instead they endorsed moderate Scott Peters on the ground that he'd be a better "fit" for the district, could raise more money and would have a better shot at unseating Republican incumbent Brian Bilbray. (image/jpeg)

How Mike Kelley Helped Me Paint My Way Out of a Prison Cell Anthony Papa 2012-02-05 8:41 PM
How the Whitney Museum tried to exploit me, and in turn I exploited them by lying I was a murderer to show my art in the Mike Kelley retrospective. in 1993. This resulted in tremendous media exposure to my case where Governor Pataki of NYS granted me executive clemency. I literally painted my way to freedom as told in my book 15 to Life: How I Painted my Way to Freedom (text/plain)

Protest: ELA Police Checkpoint Jorge 2012-02-04 7:03 PM
Protest: ELA Police Checkpoint Friday, Feb. 3: 7:00 pm Stop Car Impounds in ELA; Whittier and Hoefner Ave. (text/plain)

Cornel West lectures on social justice; PD harasses occupier for flyering Rockero 2012-02-03 6:12 AM
February 1, 2012<br> POMONA - The prophetic voice of Cornel West was heard by hundreds of people this evening at Cal Poly Pomona. Dr. West lectured on self-knowledge, what it means to be human, suffering, and the Occupy movement's role in confronting social, civic, and economic death of our society, as well as its moral bankruptcy. The CSUPD, however, sent a different message when its agents silenced an activist by prohibiting him from handing out flyers. (text/html)

WHY OCCUPY art exhibit Eduardo Garcia 2012-02-02 9:16 AM

Art collective The Recruiter Syndicate bring their multimedia art exhibit WHY OCCUPY to downtown Los Angeles February 9th. (image/jpeg)

Trans Pacific Free Trade Agreement Action Wed! nobody 2012-02-02 1:35 AM
SOFITEL hotel in Beverly Hills, Wednesday. NOON to 2:30 (text/plain + 1 comment)

Even Local Businesses Support Efforts to Save LAUSD Adult Education Robert D. Skeels 2012-01-31 9:46 AM

A week remains to save LAUSD Adult Education, a lifeline for immigrant families, impoverished communities, and students of color. Several local business have helped in the effort to save the program. (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

F29 SHUTDOWN THE CORPORATIONS CALL TO ACTION: Occupy Walmart! F29IE 2012-01-30 7:55 AM

Join Occupy Riverside, Redlands, San Bernardino Valley, Los Angeles and other Occupy groups in the region for the mass participatory direct action targeting Walmart's largest warehouse and distribution center. NO BUSINESS AS USUAL! (image/jpeg + 2 comments)

Retenes este fin de semana / Weekend checkpoints (26-28/jan/2012) Checkpoint response 2012-01-27 12:05 PM

Veanse la lista de los retenes anunciado para este fin de semana, teniendo en cuenta que siempre se realizan mas de los que se anuncian. Sigamos en la lucha. <br><br> See below for the list of announced checkpoints, keeping in mind that they always do more than the ones that are announced. Let's keep in the struggle. (image/jpeg + 1 comment)

Occupy Redlands Protests Citizens United Decision Rockero 2012-01-27 10:06 AM

Friday, January 20, 2012 <br> RIVERSIDE (CA) - On the two-year anniversary of the US Supreme Court decision in the Citizens United case, Occupy Redlands staged a protest outside the federal bankruptcy court near downtown Riverside, just a few blocks from the former encampment of Occupy Riverside. Citizens removed limits on corporate campaign contributions to individual candidates, branding the money as "free speech." The ruling, and the sense that it helped to cement that the corporations are in control of the political system, was a strong motivating factor for many middle class people who formerly felt franchised to join the occupy movement. Once supporters from Occupy Riverside arrived, about 30 people were present on the corner outside the court. (image/jpeg)

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