Global Cannabis March Los Angeles Represents Drug War Prisoners Serving Life Sentences (tags)
On the first Saturday of May, people gather in over 400 cities worldwide to celebrate cannabis hemp. The 16th annual Los Angeles Global Cannabis March (also known as the Million Marijuana March) marched at high noon along Crenshaw Boulevard to Leimert Park on Saturday, May 3, 2013. #gcm2014 #LAGMM
The World Stage is at risk. Gentrification is afoot in Leimert Park Village, and the WS might be shut down... for what, is unknown. The World Stage is an LA treasure. Read the announcement about today's press conference:
LA Families March For Trayvon Martin (tags)
Mothers, Fathers, Sons and Daughters come together to pressure the Feds on Stand Your Ground Laws and a Federal Indictment of George Zimmerman / Photo Set 2 0f 2
LA Families March For Trayvon Martin (tags)
Mothers, Fathers, Sons and Daughters come together to Pressure the Feds on Stand Your Ground Laws and a Federal Indictment of George Zimmerman. Photo-Set 1 of 2
A Justice 4 Trayvon Martin Scrapbook (tags)
Links and photos from Sunday through Friday.
Update for Troy Davis, The Fight Isn't Over (tags)
The news on Troy Davis is very bad. Despite being innocent, the Georgia Parole Board has OK'd his execution for 7 PM tomorrow (September 21st). Yet the fight to free Troy Davis isn?t over, and if that fails, the fight to overthrow the evil system that murders him will continue. Troy Davis was sentenced to death in 1991 for the killing of an off-duty Savannah policeman. Davis was found ?guilty? based on dubious accounts that he confessed to the killing and questionable ?eyewitness? identifications that included false eyewitness testimony coerced by the cops. Seven of the prosecution?s nine ?eyewitnesses? have since recanted. The only holdouts are one man who may be the actual killer and another who initially denied being able to identify the shooter only to pin it on Davis two years later. Three of the eyewitnesses say their testimony was coerced by the police. New eyewitnesses have come forth identifying another suspect.
Los Angeles Solidarity with Oakland: Justice for Oscar Grant After Verdict Rally (tags)
LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2010 – About 100 people gathered in Leimert Park after the jury in the murder trail of Johannes Mehserle for the killing of Oscar Grant returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
BREAKING: Jury Rules Johannes Mehserle Guilty of Involuntary Manslaughter. (tags)
The jury in the murder trail of Johannes Mehserle for the killing of Oscar Grant has returned a verdict of guilty of involuntary manslaughter.
protest: Stop Police Brutality (tags)
4th Annual October 22nd Coalition to Stop Police, 2009 at Leimert Park in Los Angeles
5:00 pm, O-22 – 100+ Rally at Anti Police State Protest in Leimert Park (tags)
Los Angeles, 5:00pm, October 22, 2009 - About 100 people are holding a rally at Leimert Park against police brutality.
ANTI WAR PEACE ADVOCATES MARCH A MLK DAY in LA (tags)
Marching at the largest Martin Luther King Jr Day-the 24th year commemoration last January 19, 2009 from Western to Leimert Park, hundreds of peace activist and anti-war advocates marched with thousands of people chanting: “ MONEY FOR JOBS AND EDUCATION. NOT FOR WAR AND OCCUPATION!” The more than 200 protestors marched under the lead banner of the Topanga Peace Alliance and Veterans for Peace and led by the Cuahtemoc Azteca Dancers banging their drums. They marched together with more than 400 different delegations, floats and marching bands representing all shades and political color all over Southern California marched past the mains stage located at Crenshaw Blvd.
Peace Activists At the MLK Jr. parade (tags)
Peace activists from around L.A. marched in the Martin Luther King Day parade. Activists drew big applause from the multitudes of spectators whom showed the peace sign and joined in with chants of "Goodby Bush" and "Obama's in the house.
election night obama party crenshaw / leimert park (tags)
spontaneous celebration spills into streets- crenshaw & leimert park, video:
MP3 Audio of Don White at Anti-Reagan Protest (tags)
Recorded June 11, 2004 in Leimert Park at a demonstration after the death of Reagan.
KPFK: Minutemen in the House (tags)
KPFK's General Manager Search Committee turned into a farce when 2 staff members, later to join the search committee, put the station at risk of a lawsuit to spread the word that they wouldn't have another Black woman and one who supports immigrants for their general manager.
Report back from the BlackRiders press conference (tags)
LOS ANGELES, March 4, 2008 - Members of the BlackRiders Liberation Party and their supporters held a press conference today in Leimert Park. Only three media outlets attended: KPFK, LA Indymedia and a reporter for the Final Call. No other media was present.
Press Conference Tomorrow: Free the Black Riders (tags)
Press Conference Tomorrow: Free the Black Riders **FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE**
Black Riders held on million dollars bail each, back in court Wednesday (tags)
The state’s cases against T. A. C. O., Aryana and Stress, which T. A. C. O. described as “b. s.” to defense attorney Guillermo Suarez, are based on the testimony of an undercover cop who alleges that he approached the Black Riders, pretending to be Lebanese and connected to freedom fighters in the Middle East. He claims that the three defendants were involved in a plot to take possession of weapons and protective vests that he claimed to be able to provide them. No weapons were ever involved. These charges are essentially for a “Thought crime” – allegedly conspiring to attempt to possess weapons.
KPFK: Welcome to the Madhouse (tags)
Protest to Free the Jena 6 (tags)
“What we’re dealing with is not just a group of red necks who are going around hanging nooses from trees, we’re dealing with a system. We need a revolution, no voting, no waiting around. . . . We need to resist! Resist! Resist! We need to resist every day. We need to start acting like we’re in Nazi Germany. . . ." -- Toni
kpfk local station board elections (tags)
i'm running for local station board. & looking for your support!
Sept. 20: Protests Around the Country in Support of the Jena 6 (tags)
Watts, Los Angeles Locke High School Students Walk Out in Support of the Jena 6
FREE The Jena 6 Rally TODAY 4pm-7pm in Leimert Park (tags)
FREE The Jena 6 Rally TODAY Thursday 09.20.07 4pm-7pm in Leimert Park (Crenshaw/43rd St .) Los Angeles, CA 90008
Members of Black Riders Liberation Party arrested this week- They need support (tags)
At least six members of the Black Riders Liberation Party, including its leader T.A.C.O. (Take All Capitalists Out), and sisters Aryana, Nadia and Isabel, also important leaders of the party, plus one child, were arrested yesterday in two separate raids...
celebrate & build on leimert park victory! (tags)
ted hayes has return permit behind reparations activist john peoples to reassemble the forces of obfuscation. drive the nail in the coffin!
ted hayes returns to crime scene (tags)
ted hayes has new permit for crenshaw/leimert march
Again, Let the Immigration Debates Commence (tags)
Now that the Immigration Overhaul /Reform Bill or S.B. 1639 is being debated in the Senate, much emotions had been invested in the debate and a lot of sparks have flew and have lighted the dark night of the long wait. The LA Times today, June 26 hit the issue on the head: “ Conservatives continue to brand the legalization plan as amnesty for millions of illegal immigrants they say should be forced to go home. Religious groups have decried the weakened emphasis on family immigration. Immigrant-rights groups complain that temporary workers can never become citizens.
Hollywood Nican Tlaca Rights March (tags)
Thousands of Nican Tlaca (Indigenous People) march to demand full rights. LAPD issues flyers stating "Full Rights For Immigrants". Mexica Movement also protests Disney's El Capitan Theater for racist hate radio and bomb threat against Mexican/Central American community.
Black Americans Choose: Minutemen Go Home (tags)
More than three hundred Crenshaw District residents joined two hundred migrant rights' supporters and linked arms to keep the minutemen out of Leimert Park, the heart of Black Los Angeles.
Hayes/Minuteman Rally Is A Flop (tags)
Rally permit expired. Infighting among Minutemen. Ego battles take place for control. Rally is abandoned by Minutemen as Hayes and four others are arrested.
celebrate juneteenth! stop hate march in leimert park! (tags)
keep the racist minuteklan off crenshaw & out of leimert park! 11am, saturday 6/23
stop minuteklan rally in leimert park (tags)
death to the klan!
open meeting to stop ted hayes leimert park minuteklan rally (tags)
we are calling open meeting to determine community response to this professional backwardness.
stop ted hayes minuteman rally! (tags)
leimert park (crenshaw/43rd) noon, saturday 6/23
SpiritHouse Launches campaign to end the image war against African American women (tags)
On the tails of the hurtful words of Don Imus, the Our Name is Our Own Campaign™ will target the systemic level of this habitual branding, and how it sabotages the work of social justice and obscures the vision for our common dreams. This grassroots campaign will be unveiled by Ruby Sales -- acclaimed civil rights activist, social critic, public theologian and history maker -- at the Lucy Florence Cultural Center located in Los Angeles, at 11am this morning. See below for press release.
a call to end image war against black women
ANSWER Anti-War Contingent at MLK Day Parade (tags)
Photos from the anti-war contingent at the MLK Day parade
Remembering Michael ZinZun (tags)
Remembering Michael Zinzun
SS187 Is Not SOS member (tags)
Who was once believed to be an SOS member is actually Chapter President of a ruthless racist motorcycle gang fro Texas with ties to Nazi Germany in Berlin.
MMP diablolic plans at Leimert Park (tags)
Minuteman Caravan to Kick-Off in Downtown Los Angeles, L.A. rally to highlight job losses in African-American Community
L.A. Organizers Denounce Black Minuteman (tags)
Wave Newspapers, News Report, Gene Johnson Jr., Apr 27, 2006
Black / Brown Unity Overtakes Ted Hayes' anti-MIgrant Demo in Leimert Park (tags)
A spontaneous eyewitness report.
From save our state site (tags)
Black workers march at 1pm at Leimert Park
Fountainhead: XXI Black International Cinema Berlin Germany, St. Louis Mo. 2006! (tags)
Overview of an international, intercultural film festival presentation at the St. Louis Art Museum & Berlin Germany 2006!
Fountainhead: XXI Black International Cinema Berlin Germany, St. Louis Mo. 2006! (tags)
Overview of an international, intercultural organization based in Berlin Germany producing: annual film festival, cinema distribution, weekly television program, publishing, dance theatre.
Global Women's Strike/LA Action Highlights Katrina & Other Global Warming Survivors (tags)
“Everything was calm. I had just gone from the sofa into the kitchen. That’s when the water came gushing in. I saw my little dog, Queenie, struggling to get up on the sofa. I grabbed her up, but the water kept rising; it was up to my neck by the time we got out...” - Gloria Brown, Katrina survivor.
March 11 Honor Katrina and Other Survivors at GWS/LA Event (tags)
"Second Line" March, Survivors & Supporters Speak-Out and a "Taste of New Orleans" food, music & celebration Sat., March 11 at 11 am starting in Leimert Park, ending at Christ the Good Shepherd Episcopal Church, 3303 W. Vernon
Car Caravan Demands No Katrina/Rita Evictions (tags)
Katrina Solidarity Committees nationwide will be pointing out that FEMA and the Bush administration are mandated by the Stafford Act to provide housing for disaster victims for 18 months - their attempt to cut off housing and rental assistance is illegal and criminal. Protests will demand Katrina/Rita evacuees be granted an indefinite extension in federal, state and local housing assistance until such time as they obtain affordable and adequate housing.
Vigil going on right now in Leimert Park. (tags)
Vigil in Leimert Park starting now
Rally to Save Tookie Williams (Article and Photos) (tags)
Hundreds of supporters of condemned youth activist and Nobel nominee Stan Tookie Williams rallied Saturday, December 3rd, 2005 in South Los Angeles' Leimert Park.
VIDEO: Rally to Save Tookie Williams (tags)
Video from today's rally in Leimert Park.
Rally: Stop the Execution of Tookie (tags)
The Stop the Execution of Stanley Tookie Williams Rally took place at Leimert Park on Saturday, December 3. About 200 activists from many different groups attended the rally. Among the featured speakers were Nation of Islam Minister Tony Muhammad and Rev. James Lawson.
AUDIO: The Rev. James Lawson speaks at the save Tookie Rally Today (tags)
Close to 200 people attended the Save Tookie Rally held in Leimert Park today.
November 2nd World Can't Wait (tags)
On November 2nd, in over 60 cities across the country including high schools and colleges in many of these cities, The World Can’t Wait Drive Out the Bush Regime launches the first national movement in American history dedicated to driving a sitting president out of office.
SOS to Exploit Racial Tensions in L.A. (tags)
The following was posted on the SOS website and was written by SOS founder, Joe Turner. www.saveourstate.org
Hosted by FAMLI, Inc., the festival is the nation’s largest cultural tribute to Malcolm X (El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz). The great human rights advocate and family man would have been 80 years old on May 19 in this 40th year observance of his death.
Kamau Daáood appearing at the Central Library, Los Angeles (tags)
A mythic figure in the Southern California arts scene, Kamau Daáood is a performance poet, educator, and community arts activist who is widely acknowledged as a major driving force behind Los Angeles’ black cultural renaissance.
Stop the Police and Killing March (tags)
The Community Call to Action & Accountability and Christ Liberty Tabernacle, is sending a community call to Stop the Killings March.
TODAY: 4:30-6:30 PM Vigil Honoring Those Died or Harmed by Reagan Policies-Leimert Park (tags)
SPREAD THE WORD!!!! Vigil Honoring Those Died & Harmed by Reagan Policies Join Us if you are tired of the network and newspaper coverage of Reagan death that has brought forth a chorus of praise from Democrats and Republicans. Much of the reporting and commentary we see on TV news' has represented a dramatic revision of the history of the Reagan years in office. Let's tell the real story!! Friday, June 12 -4:30-6:30 PM in Leimert Park
SAT. 7 PM: MOVE: Confrontation in Philadelphia (tags)
August 2004 will be the 26th year of imprisonment for the MOVE 9, 9 members of the MOVE organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania sentenced to 30 – 100 years EACH for the death of a Philadelphia police officer on August 8, 1978.
Rally Against Coup in Haiti! (tags)
Tomorrow rally against coup in Haiti scheduled at Leimert Park
PHOTOS: YOUTH MARCH TODAY IN SOUTH CENTRAL LA (tags)
About 100 youth took to the streets today in South Central Los Angeles. They marched up Crenshaw from MLK Blvd. to Leimert Park.
PHOTOS: LEIMERT PARK ANTI-WAR RALLY (tags)
PHOTOS: LEIMERT PARK ANTI-WAR RALLY
Even More Leimert Park Photos (tags)
Images from March 29th Rally in Leimert Park
PHOTOS: OOOPS, THIS IS LEIMERT PARK TODAY M29 (tags)
Hundreds gathered in Leimert Park today to protest against the war.
PHOTOS: LEIMERT PARK ANTI-WAR RALLY M29 (tags)
Hundreds gathered in Leimert Park today to protest the war against Iraq.
Photo (1) Congresswoman Maxine Waters Spoke Against the War at Leimert Park, Sat M29 1p.m. (tags)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters spoke vehemently againt the war on Iraq to a crowd of a few thousands.
Photo (2) Congresswoman Maxine Waters Spoke Against the War at Leimert Park, Sat M29 1p.m. (tags)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters is interviewed by several radio, TV stations. She spoke vehemently against the war on Iraq to a crowd of a few thousands at Leimert Park.
AFRICAN AMERICANS RALLY AGAINST THE WAR! (tags)
Los Angeles Black Community Rally for Peace & Justice WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER!
Rookie's view from Los Angeles (tags)
A rookie's-eye-view of the Jan 11 Los Angeles protest. It's all about coming together.
Rally to Save Leimert Park (tags)
Michael Slate from the Artists Network of Refuse and Resist! on Leimert Park
Emergency Rally to Save Leimert Park (tags)
Dr. Kwaku Person-Lynn speaks at the Emergency Rally to Save Leimert Park
Leimert Village – Community in Crises (tags)
Historic Leimert Village faces the possibility of extinction. New landlord rent increases drive merchants and cultural centers into red. Valley-based owner values personnel profit over a community treasure.
Leimert Village – Community in Crises (tags)
Historic Leimert Village faces the possibility of extinction. New landlord rent increases drive merchants and cultural centers into red. Valley-based owner values personnel profit over a community treasure.
Emergency/Rally to Save Leimert Park (tags)
Emergency Rally to Save Leimert Park This Saturday - January 4, 2002 2:00 p.m. @ Leimert Park
Leimert Park Sudden Rise in Rents Threatens Area's Identity (tags)
Sudden Rise in Rents Threatens Area's Identity Some merchants decide to move after new landlord raises rates, but others will fight to maintain the enclave as a center of black culture.
Pacifica Radio Archives to Host New Play About James Baldwin (tags)
Pacifica Radio Archives is holding a special event -- a benefit performance of JAMES BALDWIN DOWN FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP, a new one-man play written and performed by Tony award-nominated actor Calvin Levels, depicting the rich, impassioned life of the great novelist, playwright, essayist and civil rights activist.
Terrorists in Los Angeles attack novelist Kola Boof! (tags)
Controversial anti-Arab, anti-Islamic African women's writer KOLA BOOF was attacked by terrorists outside Los Angeles (in Indian Hills) this past Wednesay. Gunmen fired 4 shots!