More pragmatism in dealing with Corona (tags)
It is more important than ever that we are not only stubbornly clinging to concepts, but that we are prepared to break new ground. Also new ways of communication. A Corona traffic light would make both possible as a first step.
One Cup Of Toxic Brew: Side Effects Of Coffee (tags)
Coffee is correlated to pancreatic cancer, causes frequent urination, speeds up the heartbeat, harms the optic nerves, is a factor in placental abruptions, makes people angry in traffic etc. Coffee's dixoypurine is addictive. It acidifies the body causing ulcers. Nevertheless Tara Narula on CBS Morning News shilled for coffee industry related studies alleging up to 8 cupsof coffee a day are good for a person.
Paying More for Being Poor — Bias and Disparity in California’s Traffic Court System (tags)
California's traffic fines and fees are some of the highest in the country, and new data shows that current California policies disproportionately impact people of color. Two bills before the California Legislature (SB 185 https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB185 and AB 412 http://cts.vresp.com/c/?LegalServicesforPris/6211c91da4/TEST/7c77ea8fd3/bill_id=201720180AB412 ) would address many of the disparities.
San Gabriel Valley Anti-Repression Committee Action (tags)
San Gabriel Valley Anti-Repression Committee responds to fascist threat.
Staggering Turnout for Women's March L.A. (tags)
At one point, organizers reported a police count of 500,000. Later estimates were significantly higher. Messages on signs included, “See Jane overthrow patriarchy”; “Our descendants are looking back on us” (sign shaped like a pair of eyes); “Life is easier because of my white male privilege. That's not right”; “Stop Tweeting, start listening”; and “Abort Trump.” A number of signs had images of Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia; captions included references to rebellions being founded on hope. Some, including small children, even dressed as Princess Leia. (Additional signs are pictured following this article.)
NJ Gov. Chris Christie's GWB-Gate Traffic Jam Shows Narcissistic Traits (tags)
The recently exposed recorded statements made by NJ Gov. Chris Christie's staff show a climate fueled by narcissism that enabled the retalitory actions against the Fort Lee Mayor in the form of several days of severe traffic jams. This unnatural traffic obstruction across the bridge resulted in the death of an elderly lady who was being transported by ambulance. As usual the narcissist does not care how their actions effect others and can scapegoat lower ranking staff as the culprits while escaping responsibility themselves.
Sheriff Joe guilty of profiling Mexicans (tags)
Arizona's racist Sheriff Joe Arpaio found guilty of profiling Mexicans and Latinos
Phoenix Police to encrypt radio transmissions making them secret (tags)
Phoenix Police to encrypt radio transmissions and make them secret.
Jets Fly Over Residential Neighborhoods, So, Will DRONES Be Accepted? (tags)
News reports say that DRONES wil be flying in the same domestic air space as passenger jets. Is that O.K. with you? Is a DRONE just an up-graded super-cop helicopter with missles instead of guns?
DREAMers confront Sheriff Baca on Deportations, 6 arrested (tags)
Thursday, September 6, 2012
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.
It's time to take action
Occupy The Ports Long Beach (tags)
Occupy Movement Rises Again Photo Essay 2 of Two Photo Essay one can be found at.http://la.indymedia.org/news/2011/12/250375.php
Occupy The Ports Long Beach (tags)
Occupy Movement Rises Again Photo Essay 1 of Two Photo Essay 2 can be found at... http://la.indymedia.org/news/2011/12/250396.php
OWS Must Engage In Non-violent Civil Disobedient Traffic Blocking Now! (tags)
OWS Must Engage In Non-violent Civil Disobedient Traffic Blocking Now! http://occupywallst.org/forum/ows-must-engage-non-violent-civil-disobedient-traf/
Occupy Demands And Civil Disobedience Guidelines (tags)
Demand one: Restoration of the living wage.
Want to get out of traffic tickets (tags)
Slip the mayor a $1,000 political contribution (the same as a bribe but legal) and get a VIP Gold Card which will get you out of traffic ticket fines in Los Angeles
A biased test designed to help defeat Prop 19? Probably! (tags)
We don't need no stinking double blind test to prove that marijuana is a dangerous drug. We will do anything to keep the drug war which is really a jobs program for overpaid cops!
QUEZON CITY’S NORTH TRIANGLE RESIDENT FIGHTS WB-IMF LANDGRABBING/DEMOLITION (tags)
PESANTE Bulletin based in Los Angeles learned today that more than 8,000 residents of North Triangle , Quezon City ( formerly the capital of the Philippines) fought the demolition teams of the MMDA and the Police to a stand still and stopped the demolition of their homes yesterday. The PESANTE BULETIN said that rocks rained on the northbound lane of Edsa and traffic stood still on the busy thoroughfare for several hours as thousands of residents in Sitio San Roque, Barangay Bagong Pag-asa, Quezon City, thwarted a demolition team’s efforts to tear down their shanties Thursday morning.
Internet ShutDown comming (tags)
Internet ShutDown comming
Cinco de Mayo Street Celebrations Shut Down by San José Police (tags)
During Cinco de Mayo celebrations, residents of San José faced daytime checkpoints, citations, and arrests on a scale not matched by any other festival of the year. By 10 pm the focus appeared to be diverting cars and mostly-Latino youths from the downtown area, effectively evacuating the city center and shutting down street celebrations on two nights.
West LA Community Fights to Stop Corporate Jets at Santa Monica Airport (tags)
WEST LOS ANGELES, April 20, 2010 – Residents of West Los Angeles neighborhoods impacted by the increase in corporate jet traffic at the Santa Monica airport held a press conference and marched to the airport this Sunday. The 70 year old Santa Monica airport which was once a relatively quite airport for small single engine private planes has become the nation’s busiest small airport for large corporate jets in within a densely populated residential area.
Eclectic Los Angeles Tea Party Stages Tax Day Protest at Feinstein's L.A. Offices (tags)
On Deadline Day, A potpourri Of West L.A. Tax Revolters Railed Against Massive Deficits and the Cost of Social Welfare Programs as Possible Candidates Rally For November Elections / Photo Set 1 of 2
Breaking: Students bloking traffic into UCLA (tags)
Caller to IMC newsroom reports five students blocking traffic at UCLA's eastern entrance.
Lessig Leaves LiveJournal Under Cloud of Libel (tags)
Harvard's Lawrence Lessig has left LiveJournal's advisory board over disputes regarding their pro-libel and pro-defamation policies.
Checkpoints tonight (19/jun) and tomorrow night (20/jun) (tags)
KARMIC JUSTICE -- 4 KILLED COPS! (tags)
It’s KARMIC JUSTICE that, just as many Blacks in America have been murdered by the police -- the historical street enforcement arm of white racism in AmeriKKKa -- during a “routine” traffic stop, 4 Oakland, California, cops were killed during a “routine” traffic stop. Ha-Ha.
Guatemala and other central American countries becoming more violent than Mexico (tags)
Two armed U.S. DEA helicopters intercepted and fired on a smugglers operating from a light aircraft in far eastern Honduras, causing the aircraft to crash killing the lone pilot
Mass Transit Advocates Action: 100 foot banner drop over 405 Freeway (tags)
A group of mass transit activists calling themselves, West LA for Change, hung a 100 foot banner over the 405 freeway on Friday to advocate for a mass transit rail system for the Los Angeles area. Motorists struck in traffic responded positively with waves and honks.
International Internet Traffic Now Being Routed Around the United States (tags)
The International Internet Community is Voluntarily Routing Traffic Around the United States, as a direct result of the Bush Administrations Patriot Act.
AFSCME service workers demonstrate in Westwood too (tags)
Westwood & Wilshire was closed down Westwood & Wilshire was closed down Thursday a few hours by groups of green-shirted AFSCME chanting sign holders - But with police action deterring all traffic elsewhere the streets were bare
Mesa Photo Radar beefed us - Their losing money (tags)
Tom Rawles says they ain't cherry picking to raise revenue - “I don’t want to create the impression that the contractor or the city is trying to cherry pick the locations in order to get revenue up"
Flies In The NAU Oinkment: BRIDGES (tags)
Evidence of increasing international trade truck traffic on Interstate 35 through Minnesota raises concerns that NAFTA Superhighway traffic contributed to last week's collapse of the freeway bridge in Minneapolis.
Pilots for Truth Describe 9/11 Inside Job (tags)
A detailed explanation of how air traffic control normally works and how the government story about what happened on September 11 is impossible and points to high level, internal interefence with the system.
COMMUNITY GROUPS CONFRONT LAPD AND CHIEF BRATTON ABOUT MAY DAY POLICE RIOT (tags)
“If the LAPD acts like this in broad daylight in front of cameras, what do they do at night?”
Truckers picket West Coast intermodal hub (tags)
The Industrial Workers of the World organized an owner-operator protest Dec. 7 over traffic tickets issued by the BNSF Railway at its Los Angeles-area facility.
Illegal collection and traffic of cats and dogs in Bulgaria (tags)
Letter to the Supreme Prosecutor of Bulgaria
“Warrantless Search Law Deskbook” (tags)
This is an interesting book of 601 pages which mostly explains why the 4th Amendment is more or less 99 percent null and void.
Benicio del Toro calls for respect for Cuban sovereignty (tags)
Hollywood actor, Benicio del Toro, winner of an Oscar for best supporting actor in Traffic, by Steven Soderbergh, has called for respect for Cuban sovereignty
Lt. Governor Candidate: No Tunnel, No Quarry (tags)
Stewart Alexander, Candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, is opposing two projects being planned for west Riverside County; a ten mile tunnel that will move traffic beneath the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains, and a quarry that is being planned near the boarder of Riverside and San Diego County. Alexander says these two projects are the results of irresponsible planning that will cause long term damage to our environment and will have a negative impact on the lives of millions of Californians.
NPAs attack Sorsogon police station; 5 killed (tags)
coastguardsman and four communist guerrillas were killed when the rebels raided the police station in Matnog, Sorsogon, before dawn Saturday.
They use close circuit cameras to control the traffic lights (tags)
f they can use cameras to control traffic they can use the same cameras to let the police spy on you
two wheels = the only solution
Not so secret address of REDFLEX TRAFFIC SYSTEMS, INC. (tags)
The Arizona Republic ran an article about the secret offices in Scottsdale, Arizona of Redflex Traffic Systems which makes photos radar systems
Mayor Crosby knows that traffic tickets are for raising revenue!!!! (tags)
The mayor is also accused of ordering police officers to ticket soldiers and Hispanics for speeding because he thought neither group would contest the fines in court.
Santa Cruz, CA actions in solidarity with South Central Farmers (tags)
In the days following Tuesday's police raid on the South Central Farm, many people in Santa Cruz have learned of the recent turn of events in LA and expressed their outrage and concern through awareness-raising direct action.
COP WATCH REPORT: stand-off with LAPD and Sheriff's on Alameda and 41st (tags)
On the morning of the eviction during rush-hour traffic demonstrators decided to occupy the intersection of 41st and Alameda.
EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROTEST FARM EVICTION (tags)
Picketing on foot at the Farm is ineffective.
As Immigrants Strike, Truckers Shut Down Nation's Largest Port (tags)
By Chris Kutalik - June 2006
Lt. Gov. Candidate Opposing Tunnel Project (tags)
Stewart Alexander is opposing plans to construct a 10 mile tunnel beneath the Cleveland National Forest and the Santa Ana Mountains to relieve traffic congestion between Riverside and Orange Counties. Alexander believes any future for this project should rest with California voters and not with government agencies and corporate executives.
Another POV on flight 93 (tags)
Given the disinformation about 9/11 that is emerging on the IMC, it would be good to take a moment and read this perspective from flyingimam blog.
Lt. Governor Candidate Proposes Rail System (tags)
The Peace and Freedom Party candidate for California lieutenant governor, Stewart Alexander, is proposing an elevated twin rail system to move commuters between Riverside and Orange County. This is a plan to reduce traffic congestion and pollution in Southern California. The candidate is opposing the present plan, to build a 10 mile tunnel, drilling holes in the Santa Ana Mountains and the Cleveland National Forest.
Oil Addiction? - The Quickest Reduction (tags)
What has been termed "kindergarten traffic management" [this group move 2 blocks forward and stop......now children. this group move 2 blocks forward and stop] could provide, if abandoned, a 10 to 20% reduction in oil usage in a matter of months.......the largest and quickest reduction possible.
No War for Oil - Ride a Bike (tags)
What better way to demonstrate against the Bush regime's war for oil and against it's deception on climate change and environmental issues, than on a bike?
Human Traffic Denounced (tags)
Human Traffic Denounced
Two Editorial Structures (tags)
Another view on editing and their operational qualities in these darkening times.
Reclaiming City Streets for People: Chaos or Quality of Life? (tags)
This book is available for free online in PDF format.
The Solution to the Gasoline Crisis and Other Problems (tags)
An article which discusses the current gasoline crisis and proposes a solution within the context of what is politically possible in California. Incorporates quotes and statistics provided by the California Energy Commission and the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.
Peace Activists Arrested at NTS (tags)
A pacifist Priest and Catholic anarchist were arrested for trying to communicate with workers at the Nevada Test Site this week. Four people were part of the new vigil for peace and disarmament called the Easter Desert Witness, which ends on Pentacost (May 15th).
Support the Troops; Jail a Veteran (tags)
The "trial" of Rosemarie Jackowski, a 67-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran and antiwar activist in Vermont
Fake Terror on Congress Last Week- Patriot II Next Week (tags)
Last Thursday air traffic controllers guided a plane near the Reagan Memorial Event, but they did not tell the security on the ground, who thought it was a terrorist attack. Cops were screaming, "run, run run!" and had some members of Congress, the Supreme Court and even Rupert Murdoch running for their lives. 'Someone' intentionally created this terror scare for Congress- how do we know? Because the FAA spokesman was caught in an outright lie. Hundreds of people were terrorized for no reason.... well there may be a reason, but the FAA knew the plane was not a threat.
Baby Bush made an appearance in the City of The Angels the day after Super Tuesday; rolling out his campaign tour at the historic Shrine Auditorium. His visit did not go unnoticed by the activist community, and the best and the brightest were there to make sure his visit would not go unheralded
Racial Profiling Proven in Mass. (tags)
The Globe reported last January that blacks and Hispanics statewide were 50 percent more likely than whites to be searched during a traffic stop, although whites were more likely, once searched, to be found with drugs.
A Baghdad Thanksgiving's Lingering Aftertaste (tags)
More Fall-out from Duhbya's Thanksgiving Photo Op at the Baghdad Airport. It seems that a lot of hungry soldiers were turned away from Chow because they did not meet the "profile" that the Bush Junta wanted for the Photo Op. They were allowed the opportunity to come back and eat - at 9 P.M..
A public scoping meeting about Wal Mart is happening at the Rosemead Doubletree over by the MTC.
A Request for Research Help from the IMC Community (tags)
Members of the Tallahassee-RedHills IMC Collective in Florida are working on several research projects on the Global Indy Media network. Please read this request and if possible….help out.
Why aren't buses free? They benefit auto drivers most, they should pay for them.
carbon monoxide poisoning from fossil fuel combustion (tags)
Exposure to low levels of carbon monoxide from fossil fuel combustion can cause symptoms of depression/fatigue often misdiagnosed as mental illness. People (especially children) in urban areas are at great risk from CO poisoning due to large volume of traffic and continued petroleum dependence
From Palestine, the Next Revolution in File Sharing (tags)
From the legacy of Napster comes ES5 - the product of an international team dedicated to the success of Peer-to-Peer file sharing. Built with great attention to privacy and stealth, the group cleverly positioned themselves in a place of few intellectual property laws - Palestine.
Art photo and article. The LA Times online story about the protest is totally inaccurate! I describe my experience.
Pics of Westwood Anti-War Rally, More Civil Disobedience Arrests Thurs. 03-20 (tags)
We did it again, but we did it better this time. And we will do ever better tomorrow and after tomorrow. Hundreds of protesters sat on Wilshire boulevard, stopping the traffic for nearly two hours. This time we held our ground for nearly 2 hours. The Police didn't drag us to the sidewalk this time.
Target SUVs in Traffic Blockades (tags)
If we block traffic, we should focus on the SUVs that demand more oil!
What Happened in Westwood/405? (tags)
SF IMC posted some crazy goings on in Westwood, what happened? Nothing posted and sights been down?
OC Register report on F15 (tags)
Excerpt from the Orange County Register report on protests Feb. 15th
Report on Orange County Protest (tags)
One person's perspective of the 2/15 protest
Santa Ana Anti Police Brutality March Goes Off Loud (tags)
This is a long description of what happened down in at the oct 22 police brutality protest in Santa Ana. Photos and another article about a victim of the SAPD are forthcoming. Please follow up with photos and comments if you have them!
Where was air traffic control, when (flight 73) circled DC for more than half an hour. mabie telling F15s to leave the area and not force the jet to land.
Sklyarov and Elcomsoft Indicted on Five Counts of Copyright Infringement (tags)
A U.S. grand jury yesterday indicted Sklyarov and Elcomsoft on five counts of trafficking and conspiracy to traffic in a copyright circumvention device.
Tell America You Do'nt Support Genocide: The Bridge Project (tags)
We are announcing a massive protest against US aid to Israel.
UCSD students and workers stop traffic in La Jolla (tags)
Students and workers carried out a civil disobedience action in the middle of la Jolla Village Drive today, stopping traffic for more than 30 minutes. Several students and workers were arrested.
The L.A. County Bicycle Coalition Demands to MTA, SCAG (tags)
The following statement includes a list of demands directed toward the MTA and SCAG (Southern California Association of Governments). It provides a clear blueprint for action to fully realize the potential for bicycle transportation as a fully integrted part of LA's transportation system.
(Ironic) LA Mayor Riordan rides bike today (tags)
Los Angeles Mayor Richard Riordan rode a bicycle this morning, hoping to encourage drivers to carpool, use public transit or bike to work to lessen traffic
West Los Angeles is experiencing traffic blocks.
going to be hot in Los Angeles (tags)
Weather temp's going to be hot starting Sunday. DON't lay on the pavement it will burn you.....
Some lessons from Philly RNC (tags)
A few personal tactical/strategic observations from the Philly protests
Fwd:PhillyIMC what about the non activists? (tags)
Excerpt "Without hesitation, he said that he did not feel that demonstrations accomplish anything and that politicians, who make the decisions, respond to whoever gives them the most money. He further contended that the demonstrators had no business blocking traffic, that if they wanted to demonstrate, they should do it in a place where the demonstration would not disrupt peoples’ lives. "
The things you need to know before protesting at the DNC.