Oct 15: LA Citizens sit-in, risk arrest at Blue Cross (tags)
Citizens sit-in, risk arrest at Blue Cross insurance office in Los Angeles Sit-in is part of a national mobilization to end insurance abuse and win health care for all What: Sit-in at Blue Cross office to launch national campaign of nonviolent civil disobedience to end insurance abuse and win health care for all When: 10am, October 15, 2009 Where: 801 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90017 Who: Citizens and health care providers who are fed up with insurance company greed are calling for real reform, Health Care for All.
THE JULES VERNE ADVENTURES ORGANIZATION ANNOUNCES AUGUST 12TH OFFICIAL OPENING OF ‘THE JUL (tags)
ANNOUNCING THE AUGUST 12TH OFFICIAL OPENING OF ‘THE JULES VERNE FESTIVAL’S PORTHOLE’ AT 7+FIG! The Jules Verne Festival’s Porthole, a free-access permanent Screen Lounge, created by filmmakers, explorers and conservationists, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné, will bring the wonders of our Planet Earth to the children of Los Angeles! The official opening and ribbon–cutting of ‘The Jules Verne Festival’s Porthole’, the new cultural space created by The Jules Verne Adventures organization, is slated for Tuesday, August 12 at 4:00 PM at the site in the up-scale 7th + FIG, 735 S. Figueroa Street, downtown Los Angeles. The Jules Verne Festival Porthole opening will be co-hosted by Brookfield Properties, the founding sponsor of the site. The Jules Verne Festival’s Porthole, a free-access permanent Screen Lounge, created by filmmakers and conservationists, Jean-Christophe Jeauffre and Frédéric Dieudonné will bring the wonders of our Planet Earth to the children of Los Angeles and other visitors. The new space will present documentaries, movies, workshops, and meetings with the Explorers, Filmmakers, Conservationists and a great deal more.
Barnum and Bailey Circus Protest (tags)
Protest one of the largest traveling torture acts Barnum and Bailey!
South Central Farmers injunction to save community garden is reversed by Court of Appeals- (tags)
On June 30, 2005, the Court of Appeal reversed the Superior Court’s order granting the preliminary injunction. The South Central Farmers Feeding Families have 40 days from June 30 to petition the California Supreme Court to review the Court of Appeal’s ruling. If the Supreme Court declines to hear the case, the urban garden will be demolished in about three months. Concerned supporters our community is devastated by this result and we need your support. In the same manner that the Zapatista in Chiapas are being attack so will we. The Los Angeles Regional Food Bank has already begun to dismantle our leadership through low intensity cointel-pro strategies. We need you all to call and write letters to the following people we have attached.....
It's unclear how recognizing Limbaugh fits into the Claremont Institute's mission "to restore the principles of the American Founding to their rightful, preeminent authority in our national life."
Tommy Chong vs. Rush Limbaugh (tags)
Different strokes for different folks. Chong Chong does 9 months for selling bongs while Limbaugh, an admitted pill addict who bought in large quantities, is out free and speaking at events. Protest anyone?
Limbaugh to Receive Award 11/21 in LA (tags)
Protest Rush Limbaugh's "Award" in Los Angeles