Charles Dickens as Economist (tags)
Ultimately the whole industrial revolution appears like a fairytale that becomes true. At the end of the 19th century, the GDP in England was six times as high as 1834. Human possibilities of life and consumption improved to a tremendous extent. Dickens described this exciting process.
Israel
Austerity has never worked (tags)
It’s not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession [...]
$2.5 million loan to affordable housing developer places low-income renters into debt (tags)
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation (EBALDC), one of Oakland's largest non profit housing developers, places low-income renters at risk of high rents or displacement by borrowing $2.5 million to renovate the 21 unit building they reside in!
LA People's Campaign Kick-off Sat 8-7-0 (tags)
Kick-off Campaign to run working-class candidates for public office in LA.
Call to Action: Funk the War 9: Bad Romance (tags)
Come to Washington DC on March 19th to protest 7 years of war and occupation! Make a ruckus with DC SDS and Funk the War!
Please post this information, we are trying to get people to go to the event in LA and in Pasadena.
aWearness Call to Action--Support the Angola 3 (tags)
host a solidarity birthday party for Albert Woodfox of the Angola 3 on Feb. 19th. Enter our cake contest. www.angola3action.org
Whittier Really Really Free Market (tags)
Really Really Free Market now happening in Whittier First one to be scheduled October 19th in conjunction with Whittier Food Not Bombs the same day which serves food the the hungry the first and third sunday of each month.
Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba Aid Seized at Texas-Mexico Border (tags)
50 donated computers have been seized so far as volunteers attempt to cross the U.S.-Mexico border with humanitarian aid
Pastors for Peace L.A. Send Off Tonight! (tags)
Don't Miss The BUS! Welcome and Send off TONIGHT for the 19th Friendship to Cuba!
Doug Dowd's "At the Cliff's Edge" (tags)
an indictment of imperialism
Anti-Authoritarian Call to Action for March 19th (tags)
We are calling on West Coast anti-authoritarians and anti-capitalists to join us on March 19th, and help us bring the operations of these war profiteers to a standstill. We will be meeting on March 19th at Market and Sansome in San Francisco, beginning at 7:30 AM. Actions will be ongoing throughout the day.
ANTI-AUTHORITARIAN CALL TO ACTION (tags)
We are calling on West Coast anti-authoritarians and anti-capitalists to join us on March 19th, and help us bring the operations of these war profiteers to a standstill. We will be meeting on March 19th at Market and Sansome in San Francisco, beginning at 7:30 AM. Actions will be ongoing throughout the day.
Are Conspiracy Theorists out of Their Gourds? (tags)
Conspiracy theories are rampant!
Sun. 8/19 conf. call for Oct. IMF/WB actions (tags)
Conference call at 7 pm ET, Sun. 8/19, to plan national outreach for October 19-21 mobilization against IMF and World Bank annual meeting in Washington DC.
Tom Tancredo's grandfather was an illegal alien (tags)
by GREGG KNOWLES from Bakerfield
This Tuesday: Trial for South Central Farm Supporter (tags)
Please come out this Tuesday, June 19th at 8:30am and show your support for Robert who is the last person arrested from the July 5th action to go to trial. All other cases have been settled. Robert needs your support. He could be facing jail time.
Upcoming Events and Worldwide Direct Action in Support of Oaxaca on November 20th (tags)
"On November 20, blockades will be set up to show the Mexican government we mean business. We are calling upon YOU to join in these blockades. That could mean blockading the consulates’ websites, jamming their phone lines with calls about the conflict in Oaxaca, occupying the offices of the consuls, or shutting down the roads around the consulates in whatever way you see fit." - EZLN
please add more events as a comment
Donate in Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://elenemigocomun.net/donate
Oaxaca is calling for US to get Organized
http://elenemigocomun.net/442
Global Solidarity with Oaxaca
http://vientos.info/cml/?q=node/6340
EMERGENCY DEMO AT THE ISRAELI CONSULATE, Today, July 19th, 4-6 PM (tags)
EMERGENCY DEMO AT THE ISRAELI CONSULATE, Today, July 19th, 4-6 PM
LA Greens Earth Day Speakers -Run Your Car on Biofuels, A19 (tags)
On Wednesday, April 19th, Los Angeles is invited to come learn how to run cars on alternative fuels and peek at cars with “Wessonality”… vegetable-oil-powered automobiles. Hosted by the Los Angeles Greens.
SUNDAY MARCH 19th BRING A FRIEND TO THE FARM! LIVE MUSIC! (tags)
Come Out And Have A Good Time...
*Protest* Ruthless YESSI Clothing Illegally Fires Worker (tags)
YESSI clothing, a business in the L.A. Fashion District, fired a worker for calling in sick last Saturday. We will meet to protest the business at 11:30AM on Sunday MARCH 19th at the corner of 12th and Santee at the Taco Bell/Pizza Hut there.
A number of photos from the action against the war in and occupation of Iraq on March 19th in Los Angeles.
Cops Disrupt Anti War Meeting (tags)
On Saturday March 12, the Pasadena Anarchist Collective was having a meeting to plan for a March 19th Anti-War protest at a gathering in South Pasadena when two cops in their uniform disrupted the meeting.
Pasadena Anarchist Collective (tags)
Pasadena Anarchist Collective is a new group of anarchists from the pasadena, california area.
Call to Action: Jackets for the Holidays (tags)
Please donate your spare jackets to one the drop-off spots in Orange County!
Day of Action at the Olympic Games (tags)
Day of Action at the Olympic Games
Call for Nonviolent Direct Action as part of the May 19 Halliburton Shareholder's meeting (tags)
Call for Nonviolent Direct Action as part of the May 19 Halliburton Shareholder's meeting Mobilization in Houston TX Form your affinity groups for creative autonomous action now!!!
(2) Pirates Inland Against the Empire (tags)
Two hundred people showed up at the demonstration against the war in the Inland Empire, Riverside, on March 19th from 6 PMto 8:30 PM...SIX PICTURES AND A 35 SECONDS VIDEO
S.F. BRING THE TROOPS HOME (tags)
BRING THE TROOPS HOME IN SAN FRANCICO
GAO report: Some Army troops unpaid for weeks, denied medical care (tags)
In an attempt to correct overpayments made to 34 soldiers from Colorado’s 5th Battalion, 19th Special Forces, finance officials instead inadvertently billed an average of $48,000 each, or a “largely erroneous total debt of over $1.6 million,” the report states. The "Support Our Troops" Cretins are still A.W.O.L.
WEDNESDAY: Help Save Recordings of 50 Years of Voices of Dissent (tags)
Half Century of Leading ‘Voices of Courage and Dissent’ To Air in Marathon National Broadcast to Benefit the Preservation of the Pacifica Radio Archives One of the Nation’s Oldest and Most Valuable Audio Collections Historic Rare Recordings will Air on 5 Stations Wednesday Nov. 19th
(2) Photo: Jesse Jackson supports Vons' Strikers (tags)
Jesse Jackson supports Vons' Strikers in Santa Monica, October 19th
Buried in the 19th paragraph of the article below: " ... one in 10 people who voted Tuesday reported problems with voting equipment or the ballot's length." http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/apmethods/apstory?urlfeed=D7U1JO080.xml
S.F. Valley Peace Protest - Fri. Sept 19th. (tags)
87 BILLION FOR WAR!? WE WANT JOBS, SCHOOLS, HEALTHCARE! NOT ONE MORE DEAD BRING THEM HOME NOW OCCUPATION IS NOT LIBERATION
Change the Game PSA Filming in LA SATURDAY APR 19th (tags)
Change the Game invites LA organizers to PSA filming SATURDAY APRIL 19th... Change the Game is the vehicle through which today’s youth will foster change in response to the social injustices that plague our global community. Utilizing a network of inter-activists, this organization will execute cutting edge actions and create a guerilla media campaign that will generate awareness by targeting all media outlets. Change the Game’s mission is to affect public opinion and to redefine activism as cool, current, and essential to the lives of today's youth.
PROTEST WED., MARCH 19TH (tags)
LET'S KEEP UP THE PRESSURE! NO WAR ON IRAQ!
Progressive events in Riverside Co. on Oct 19th (tags)
Oct 19th: Green Garden Party hosted by Progressive Candidate, and Hemet Greens to show video. PUBLIC WELCOM!
Garden Party for Green Party candidate Oct., 19 (tags)
Green Party Event: On Saturday, October 19, Phill Courtney, the Green Party candidate for Congress in the 44th district, will be holding a Garden Party for his campaign.
No More Starbucks! Protest in Point Loma, SD(today) (tags)
May 19th, 2001 11am Point Loma Starbucks, 3305 Rosecrans