Oregon: the toughest heat protection law in the US (tags)
Heat waves are becoming more frequent and longer. Farm workers, people on construction sites, and even firefighters have been largely dependent on the goodwill of their employers during a heat wave. How long Oregon's heat protection law will remain in effect is unknown.
Farm Animals Can Catch Covid-19, The Vaccine Court, RFK V Fauci (tags)
Farm animals, hunted animals, and horses sometimes sent to European slaughterhouses can contract Covid-19. The abuse of the Vaccine Court RFK Jr exposes Anthony Fauci's corruption
United Farm Workers has support in AZ,CA and WA 2019 part of national transportation of fo (tags)
The group could shelve a nuclear bomb and do this with salt on arable farmland.
Setback for Developer of SC Farm Land (tags)
Judge: Environmental Impact Report of PIMA warehouses must be revisited.
Ohio Governor Race: Dennis Kucinich & Richard Cordray Run Against Mike DeWine (tags)
John Kerry in 2004 through myriad crimes. Robert F Kennedy Jr, Congressman John Conyers, and Free Press of Columbus have written books or articles about the theft.
Restore Mexican-American Studies in Tucson Arizona 2017 (tags)
A long time member of SW USA both when it was Mexico's northern states and now when it is part of Colorado, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California, the SW area rings with the labor,experiences and sometimes tears of the Mexican-American or Chicanos
Anti-Mall '16: Buy Back the Farm! / Stop DAPL / Free Peltier (tags)
The winter 2016 Anti-Mall was in solidarity with Stop the Dakota Pipeline and Buy Back the Farm! (and there were multiple ways for guests to support them). Clemency for Leonard Peltier was also promoted. And as always, the Anti-Mall was a chance for shoppers to put their money into the activist-artist community and practice sustainable living (e.g., repairing more and throwing away less).
NPR's David Greene & Alison Aubrey along with David Ludwig Shill For Factory Farm Eggs (tags)
Both National Public Radio and Harvard University are heavily invested in slaughterhouses and factory farms. Factory farms are concentration camps whose egg and chicken flesh products have many toxins
In 2000, A Tornado Hit Ohio Factory Farm.. Hundreds Of Thousands Of Chickens Bulldozed (tags)
In 2000, A Tornado Hit Ohio Factory Farm.. Hundreds Of Thousands Of Chickens Bulldozed Alive Into Graves This is the story of what happened next.
6 Articles On PBS Promotion of Animal Products, War Propaganda, Deforestation Etc (tags)
PBS is aligned to the Pentagon agenda and corporate America
Emails Needed by Thursday, July 17 to Save the South Central Farm (Again) (tags)
The L.A. Planning Commission is again planning to put a sweatshop and warehouses on the South Central Farm site, and this time they're doing an end run around public comment.
Public Comment on South Central Farm Site (tags)
Received from Jack Neff of SCF.
The Farm Bill passed with cuts in food stamps for the poor. 50% of the food stamp cost is for toxic meat, fish, and dairy. It's time to eliminate food stamps for animal products and expand rather than contract the program.
class war
Activist Sentenced to 2.5 Years for Wire Cutters (tags)
Los Angeles activist Kevin Olliff receives 30 month sentence in Illinois for possessing fur farm "burglary tools".
How Innocent Birds Are Treated In Many Factory Farms (tags)
9 birds to a 3x1 ft cage, deaths by roasting or freezing with power outages in metal sheds, tornado vulnerability, never spreading their wings pollution, toxins to workers, 6 month old eggs sold, etc
Villaraigosa: The Myth of The Progressive Mayor (tags)
While Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa disappointed supporters and failed to deliver any progressive policies whatsoever, he was hardly a failure to those he really serves. Indeed, for developers, real estate tycoons, billionaires, and school privatization profiteers, Villaraigosa's eight year reign was a smashing success.
Chicken Haiku: A List Of Factory Farm Atrocities (tags)
From baby chicks in California sent through a chipper to chickens baking to death in an electricity outage in an Arkansas factory farm
The South Central Farm: A New Battle Begins... (tags)
The fight to save the South Central Farm is still going strong. As one activist said, “A people united will never be sub-divided.”
Join Demo At Farmer John Slaughterhouse (tags)
Farmer John, the largest LA slaughterhouse killing 6000 pigs a day, has murals of happy pigs hiding the murder of terrorized pigs.
ALF Frees Dozens of Pheasants from Oregon Game Farm (tags)
Animal Liberation Front frees birds from farm outside Portland.
Leaked Document: ALF-Prevention And Security Manual For Fur Farms (tags)
20-page document gives inside look at how fur farmers prevent raids by the Animal Liberation Front.
Yes, Virginia, There ARE Gay Men in Kansas! (tags)
Most Queer people, unless they actually came from Kansas, think of it as the place Dorothy Gale was lucky enough to be flown out of by a cyclone in "The Wizard of Oz." But San Diego's Diversionary Theatre is producing an original musical, "Harmony, Kansas," a touching comedy/drama about Gay men in Kansas who come together and form a singing group just to have one place where they can be who they are.
Occupying an urban farm in Albany, CA (tags)
For three weeks, Occupiers farmed a bit of ground in Albany, CA (it's north of Oakland in the SF Bay area)
BTL:Farm Workers Union Co-Founder: Together Progressive Activists can Advance Social Justi (tags)
Excerpt of speech by Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers union, recorded and produced by Melinda Tuhus
BTL:Palestinian Women's Center Faces Many Obstacles to Provide Technical Training to Those (tags)
Interview with Jihan Nasser, women's center computer technology trainer, conducted by Melinda Tuhus
Report Back: City Council Unanimously Supports “Turning Land into Cash” (tags)
Various people said that Jan Perry was using the ancient "divide and conquer" strategy and that she succeeded in dividing the community in and around 41st and Alameda. Both Perry and Eric Garcetti (District 13), who presided over the meeting, are planning to run for mayor. It seems unlikely that LA will have a decent mayor within our lifetimes, but a Mayor Perry or a Mayor Garcetti would be one more major injustice.
Editorial: Jan Perry's Latest Offensive Against the South Central Farm Land (41st & Alameda) (tags)
Tomorrow morning, October 15, City Council is scheduled to vote on Jan Perry's proposal that would release developer Ralph Horowitz of the 2.6-acre green space requirement and make it easier for him to sell the property. And so the future of the 14-acre plot of land, at 41st and Alameda is once again under dispute. Previously the site of the famous South Central Farm, once known as the largest urban farm in the country, if the not world, the land has become the most disputed plot of real-estate in the city. (At the time of its demolition circa 2006, there was a massive community mobilization to save it, and the goal of the farmers to reclaim the land has not died.)
When Goliath Wins: The Triumph of Redevelopment in Los Angeles (tags)
On Tuesday at 8:00 a.m., the South Central Farmers, their supporters, and the residents of the Central-Alameda neighborhood will confront the Los Angeles City Council in its chambers one more time to try to save the Farm and save the neighborhood. in the unlikely event they succeed, they might save the City.
Jan Perry's Attempt to Remove Green Space Requirement Gains Steam (tags)
After 90+ minutes of open discussion, City Council’s Budget and Finance Committee unanimously approved Councilwoman Jan Perry's proposal and made the announcement quickly and quietly. Perry was not present herself but filled the room with residents of the low-income housing project Pueblo Del Rio (who were bused in and treated to a free lunch) and employees of PIMA, the company which hopes to develop the entire property. The measure will now be reintroduced to the full City Council, probably in mid-November. The South Central Farm is calling on Angelinos to contact their City Council members (contact info. at the bottom of this article).
SCF to Occupy LA City Hall (tags)
Farmers Join with Central–Alameda Residents and OccupyLA To Halt Sale of Last Piece of Urban Farm
Riots in England/Uprising of the unheard (tags)
In contrary with the mainstream media and the British politicians, the 2011 riots in England are no ''mindless violence'', but a clear protest against the years of social unjustice and racist police violence
Jan Perry Proposes Waiver of Green Space Requirement for South Central Farm Land (tags)
What was probably intended as a quiet move by Jan Perry gets media attention and puts two organizations with an adversarial history on the same side. Four companies are named in regards to Ralph Horowitz's sale of the land (now in escrow). People are encouraged to print out copies of a petition against this plan and gather signatures.
Farmers Fighting for South Central Again (tags)
The Farmers defend the last vestige of the Farm against City and development. Join them Thursday morning, 8:00 a.m., at the Port of Los Angeles Administration Building, 425 S. Palos Verdes St., San Pedro, CA 90731
"Underground: The A.L.F. in the 1990s" book published (tags)
Animal Liberation Front (A.L.F.) history book is out
Illegal Labor on the Farm Produces Big Profits for Agribusiness (tags)
NAFTA induced illegal immigration is providing agribusiness corporations with incredible profits, while legal workers and consumers reap few rewards. At some point people need to face the reality that the U.S. must withdraw from and repeal NAFTA!
Natalie Portman?s $600 Carton of Eggs: The Black Swan and The Chicken (tags)
I am an animal rights advocate like Natalie Portman; and recently heard of the vegan actress? dilemma: she wanted to consume eggs during her pregnancy. Portman is a compassionate soul, so I wanted to help her with a compassionate alternative.
The South Central Farmers: The Dream Reborn (tags)
The fight for the Farm is on again
More on Obama's Capitulation and Betrayal (tags)
capitulating to Republicans
The Great American Paper Boycott Guide Lines. (tags)
Join The Great American Paper Boycott.
BTL:Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining Opponents Work to Generate Clean Energy (tags)
BETWEEN THE LINES Syndicated Radio Newsmagazine
Obama Supports Food Inc.'s World Domination and All We Get Is the White House Garden? (tags)
While Michele Obama took the needed steps in tearing out the White House lawn and planting an organic garden, her husband isn't so quick to drop the old pandering to biotechnology habits of big agribusiness corporations. With Obama's chosen staff of Tom Vilsack, Rajiv Shah, and Islam Siddiqui we have a continuation of the revolving door between corporate agribusiness, biotechnology and government regulators.
GIVE BACK HACIENDA LUISITA TO THE FILIPINO FARMERS! (tags)
The Philippine Peasant Support Network(PESANTE)-USA stands solidly with peasant organizations in the Philippines in their call: GIVE BACK THE HACIENDA LUISITA to the farmers! Pesante supports the call of former KMP chair PAeng Mariano . Anakpawis party-list Rep. Rafael Mariano said that Senator Noynoy Aquino’s statement that they will give up Hacienda Luisita is just ruse to further evade his duty to give the land to the farmers. He said the Aquino-Cojuangco family could just convert the estate into other uses (such as the Luisita Mall and the Luisita Industrial Park) to raise money and pay its debts, which do not comply with their obligations under the agrarian reform program. “For generations, the Cojuangcos have benefited greatly from the Hacienda and labor of the farmers. It’s time they give it away, selling it or converting it will only aggravate the problems,” said Mariano.
HR 2749 - A Stealth Agribusiness Empowerment Act (tags)
Obama targets small farmers for destruction
Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah Join the South Central Farmers To Take Back the Farm (tags)
***Breaking News*** Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah Join the South Central Farmers To Take Back the Farm Saturday, June 13, 6:00-11:30 p.m. Reunion at the Farm Update to Press Release SAVE THE FARM SAVE THE WORKERS SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOS ANGELES--On Saturday, June 13, Julia Butterfly Hill and Daryl Hannah, both luminaries in the South Central Farm encampment and environmental activists, will join the South Central Farmers and Farm supporters at a reunion and recommitment to the Farm at 41st and Alameda
June 12th, 2009: South Central Farmers rally at City Hall 8:00 am (tags)
South Central Farmers Return to City Hall! Friday, June 12, 9:00 a.m. Press Conference at City Hall Saturday, June 13, 6:00-11:30 p.m. Reunion at the Farm LOS ANGELES--On Friday June 12, at 8:00 a.m. the South Central Farmers and their supporters will return to City Hall to demand fair and equitable treatment for South Central residents and Farmers in the face of continuing City privileges for developer Ralph Horowitz. The following day, Farmers and Farm supporters will hold a reunion on the third anniversary of the destruction of the Farm for all interested in restoring the South Central Farm.
The Big Lie of Schwarzenegger and Corporate Agribusiness: Fish Vs. Jobs (tags)
Bill Jennings, chairman of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, has caught the Department of Water Resources, Governor Arnold Schwarznegger and Corporate Agribusiness in yet another "Big Lie."
Complaints of Unsanitary Conditions at U.S. Owned Pig Farm in Mexico (tags)
Mexican villagers and employees had complained about pollution, and unsanitary conditions to managers at a pig farm co-owned by U.S. company
TO REALIZE OUR SITUATION AND OVERCOME IT (tags)
HIERARCHY, COMMODITY, MONEY, THE NATION-STATE, are not mere social institutions. They are DOCTRINES OF A SECULAR RELIGION. The believers are the overwhelming majority of people...
Never Forever 21 Action: Round 3 4/25/09 (tags)
The South Central Farm is the people's land, given to us by Mayor Tom Bradley, in 1993 after the Los Angeles Uprising. The people built an inner-city paradise, the nation's largest urban farm. In 2006, Mayor Bradley's promise was broken: the Los Angeles City Council took the land away and gave it to a developer to build a mammoth shipping center for the sweatshop clothing manufacturer Forever 21. We're here today to tell Forever 21 that we won't work for sweatshops, that we are Farmers. We are the people: the Farm is our land!
Ebola Virus in the Philippines (tags)
In the last couple of weeks, news broke out about the presence of a strain of the "ebola virus" here in the Philippines and the infection of a pig farm worker in Bulacan. Upon inspection, the DOH and WHO declared all the pigs in that farm infected with the "ebola virus". Because of this, all the pigs in that farm will be slaughtered to control the spread of the disease brought about by the "ebola virus". A person with "ebola virus" can die by hemorrhage. "Ebola virus", is one of the viruses invented by the U.S. Army Biological Facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland, U.S.A.. This is now being run by the World Health Organization (WHO). Among the viruses the US Army made were ANTHRAX, AIDS virus and "mad cow disease".
Actions Against Forever 21 Continue (tags)
“What's going on here is environmental racism. Why are we always putting warehouses or pollution in certain areas? Why don't they put the warehouse here [in Old Town Pasadena]? We know that they're not going to put a warehouse here where they're going to have diesel trucks—50 an hour—coming in this area raising the asthma rates, raising the cancer rates. They're not going to allow that here, but they're going to allow it in our community. And they're going to say, 'That's what they're used to, that's what they deserve, that's what it's zoned for.'” -- Rosa, South Central farmer/Food Not Bombs
Feb 21, 2009 Protest Forever 21 in Pasadena (tags)
The South Central Farmers have joined forces with student groups California Statewide MEChA and D-Q Unity to force the international teen clothing corporation Forever 21 to end plans for construction on the site of the South Central Farm and demand fair wages for its workers. The SCF Action Committee will lead a rally to kickoff a national boycott until the Farm is restored and stop worker abuse ended on Saturday, December 13, at noon at the Forever 21 "superstore" at 35 N. De Lacey Avenue in Pasadena, one block north of Colorado Avenue.
Juan Santos: Im Memorium (tags)
To Walk in Beauty More than just a Dream: The South Central Farm is Everywhere The Declaration of the Leadership Council of the South Central Farm Movement The Spirit cannot be uprooted. That’s the most fundamental truth of the matter. It was heart breaking to have the Farm stolen from us, to be driven away from it by a small army of police like chattel slaves being driven to the slave ships; to have to re-live what our ancestors faced, what indigenous peoples have always faced at the hands of this system. But we know that it is not the tragedies of our lives, but, rather, the choices we make in response to them, that have to power to shape who and what we become, and that shape what we are able to realize in our futures. No one but each of us, individually and collectively, has that power, it is not the tragedies and oppressions that are scripted into the system that are decisive, but the choices we make about our lives as we encounter them that ultimately decide the matter.
Never Forever 21 Coalition, South Central Farmers Rally, Saturday, December 13th, 12PM-3PM (tags)
ECOLOGY + JUSTICE NO FOREVER 21 SAVE THE FARM SAVE THE WORKERS SAVE THE NEIGHBORHOOD LOS ANGELES--The South Central Farmers have joined forces with student groups California Statewide MEChA and D-Q Unity to force the international teen clothing corporation Forever 21 to end plans for construction on the site of the South Central Farm and demand fair wages for its workers. The SCF Action Committee will lead a rally to kickoff a national boycott until the Farm is restored and stop worker abuse ended on Saturday, December 13, at noon at the Forever 21 "superstore" at 35 N. De Lacey Avenue in Pasadena, one block north of Colorado Avenue.
Vote Green! Piera-Avila for Council (tags)
For 3 decades, LINDA PIERA-AVILA has been a passionate environmental, social justice, electoral reform and peace activist. Now she is putting herself on the line and running for Santa Monica City Council to put the public back into public service!
Federal Government Border Patrol Checkpoints on Olympic Peninsula (tags)
I think people at these Federal Government Border Patrol Checkpoints, should be forced to produce a valid Federal Income Tax Return from the previous year. If you can not produce this document (FEDERAL INCOME TAX FROM PREVIOUS YEAR) you should be arrested and put in an internment camp and forced to work for the Federal Government.
Free Reception and Closing Exhibit of Allensworth: 100 Years of the California Dream (tags)
National Black Farm leaders travel to Los Angeles to celebrate Gumption at the Junction: Allensworth and connect the historical legacy of Black Farmers in California to the new released report "A Seat at the Table: Diversity and the 2008 Farm Bill. New opportunity to grow fresh fruits and vegetables in our communities expanding job creation, technical education and economic development in partnership with USDA, CDFA and regional organizations.
South Central Farmers Demand Ethics Investigation of Local Officials (tags)
Citing an apparent conflict of interest, the South Central Farmers are demanding that California's State Attorney General investigate the sale of the site of the South Central Farm by Los Angeles city officials to local developer Ralph Horowitz for a trucking center for women's clothing manufacturer and retailer Forever 21.
Save the Farm. Deadline: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 (tags)
On July 2, Angelinos overcame the City-planned divides between rich and poor, cultural differences, and even broke through language barriers in the fight to restore the South Central Farm. When the developer proposed a diesel-spewing warehouse distribution center for the site, Farmers and Farm supporters threw a wrench in the cogs of City Hall and won a round in the fight to force Horowitz to do an Environmental Impact Report: they forced a twenty-one day delay for more public comments, and gained a glimmer of hope to restore the Farm. The fight between the people and developers' grip on City Hall could be decided by this Wednesday, July 23, 2008, the new deadline for public comments and the second hearing, a week or two later on the tenth floor of City Hall, in front of a small advisory board.
Saving the South Central Farm: Listening to the Land (tags)
To many, it looked like the Struggle to Save the South Central Farm was defeated, a dream buried beneath the treads of the bulldozers that plowed the Farm under following the brutal invasion of an army of LA County Sheriffs crushed the resistor's encampment, turning the land from a liberated zone into an oppressive, occupied one. But all that could change. Here's why, and how you can help make it change.
South Central Farm Shows Alternative to Industrial Ag's Monocultura (tags)
The farming methods using crop diversity were evidenced at south central farm prior to the destruction by the L.A. Sheriff's bulldozers. SC farm's 'milpa' method is our escape from dependency on increasingly toxic petrochemicals used by industrial agribusiness monoculture plantations.
VIDEOS: South Central Farm - Feinstein, Piera-Avila oppose warehouse at Farm (tags)
testimony at LA City Hall to support South Central Farm
Horowitz moves to put Polluting Warehouse on the Farm (tags)
Two years after the destruction of the farm Horowitz moves to put a polluting warehouse on the farm. CEQA hearing to be held on July 2, 2008.
Prevention of Farm Animal Cruelty VOTE November 2008 (tags)
November 2008 vote to help pigs, veal calves and egg-laying chickens this is so exciting!!!! my friend Kath Rogers of Animal Rescue and Protection League worked so hard gathering 800,000 signatures to get this measure on the ballot. let's get out there and vote for more humane standards and bring California into the future with at least the European standard as a minimum!!!! This is a consumer safety issue!!! Don't be confused by the language on the ballot! vote yes! to end cruelty! don't sit at home, go vote November 2008! get registered and figure out where to go!!!!!
UFW Tells EPA to Stop Use of Deadly Organophosphate Pesticides! (tags)
Help support the UFW campaign to tell the EPA to stop allowing use of organophosphate pesticides that cause neurological damage in farm worker children and nearby rural residents.
World says ‘No bloody thanks!’ to Australian sheep cruelty (tags)
World consumers are turning away in their droves from blood stained Australian wool. Horrific farm practices in Australia are being exposed thanks to the work of animal welfare groups including PETA and more recently the Swedish media. One of the current issues is the barbaric practice of muelsing, ripping the skin off the backside of live sheep to prevent flystrike which diminishes the export value of this woeful trade. At the same time we witness corruption of Australian government officials and a representative of Australian Wool Innovations, Kevin Craig.
"Migrant March III" Marches Through Los Angeles (tags)
Enrique Morones launches new caravan movement to raise awareness of humanitarian tragedies along the US-Mexico border.
ALERT: Military Recruiters & Police Harassing Steve (from the farm) (tags)
Military Recruiters & Police Harassing Steve (from the farm)
Oct 28 Noon Press Conference re Forgotten Fire Victims (tags)
Noon, Sunday, Oct. 28, Downtown Federal Building--Join us for a press conference in support of migrants, farm workers, and the people on our streets and reservations--the forgotten and invisible victims of San Diego's firestorm.
Public Hearings on Sacto/San Joaquin Delta Crisis (tags)
This includes a reportback of the recent public hearing (10/4) and info on the next public hearing (10/8) in Sacto Capitol to save the Sacramento and San Joaquin delta smelt from extinction, ideas for water conservation, etc..
what made Addington a fascist? (tags)
His abusive, authoritarian father, of course. And now we have to suffer the consequences.
Camp Justice for Farmworkers Rights in Delano, CA (tags)
Farm workers gather at second Camp Justice event in Delano, CA to organize and share skills to fight poverty wages, pesticide exposure and other abuses faced daily by farm workers in CA's central valley..
Brazil, Paraná: Syngenta's GMO alert! (tags)
The farm is located in the band of ecological protection of the National Park of Iguaçu. "In case that it begins again to be used as field of tests toward research with GMOS, it will demonstrate that the Swiss company really wants to make, at Paraná, what it would never make in the Swiss city of Basel, headquarters of the company" affirmed Silveira.
Alert: South Central Farm Walnut Trees Will be Moved Today (tags)
Video from South Central Farm Reunion Party (tags)
Video from South Central Farm reunion party
The South Central Farmers: No derrotados! (tags)
The Farm, the Farmers, their supporters and a new promise.
MP3 Audio: John Quigley & the Farm 1 year later (tags)
I had the chance to speak with one of the tree sitters of the South Central Farm encampment, environmental activist John Quigley, at the one year reunion of the farmers this last Wednesday. Uploaded is an excerpt from the recordings.
South Central Farm: Encampment Reunion 2007 (tags)
LOS ANGELES, June 13, 2007 – One year to the day after the forced evictions of the South Central Farmers from their land by a small army of Sheriffs and LAPD the farmers held a reunion in the streets outside the now barren land.
The South Central Farm: The Struggle Continues (tags)
June 13, 2007: Today is the one-year anniversary of the eviction at the South Central Farm. A reunion was held just outside the now-barren farm space. Throughout the evening, the continued determination to restore the farm was emphasized repeatedly.
Photos from South Central Farm re-union (tags)
Pictures from the South Central Farm re-union
South Central Farmers: Displaced, NOT Defeated (tags)
This month marks the one year anniversary of the brutal and violent eviction of the South Central Farmers. Today, they gather for a special monthly gatheringi at their Tianguis to reflect and celebrate moving forward.
June 19th: SAVE THE DATE Courtroom support for Robert, SCF defender (tags)
Call for courtroom support for South Central Farm defender. June 19, 2007 @ 8:30 AM. The address is 210 West Temple Street, Division 56
Esperon, other officials say Davao prison warned of NPA raid (tags)
Officers of the Davao Prison and Penal Farm in Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte had been warned of a possible assault by New People’s Army (NPA) rebels, Armed forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. and other security officials disclosed yesterday. This came after media sources reported that an NPA band led by Mindanao Regional Guerrilla Unit-Pulang Bagani Command commander Leonardo Pitao ransacked the armory of the penal farm and took over 100 guns in a pre-dawn raid on Easter Sunday. The guerrillas carted away 50 M-16 and carbine rifles, 46 shotguns and seven pistols from the prison armory after disarming four guards, police said. They did not attempt to free any of the about 4,000 convicted criminals detained in the prison complex during the 20-minute raid that was staged without a shot being fired, police said, adding there were no injuries.
Ted Hayes and Border Brothers (Audio) (tags)
Video/Audio was recorded last spring (2006) at the South Central Farm. The video was taken at night, thus you can’t really see anything. The audio is good though.
ASK CONGRESS TO FUND NEW INITIATIVES IN THE FARM BILL! (tags)
Take action and send a message to your representative to urge support of new Farm Bill provisions for conservation, rural development, research, organics, beginning farmers, and community food security.
The Winter Harvest of the South Central Farmers (tags)
The Farmers open a new center and a new farm, ready to bring their organic produce to South Central. The rest of us might get a taste, too.
The South Central Farmers opened their new community center today, across the street from the bulldozed site of the South Central Farm
Protest KNBC Ana Garcia's attack on migrant workers (tags)
KNBC TV reporter has done a biased, one sided attack on migrant farm workers living in Mcgonigle canyon near san diego. Please respond to this report, called "The Village." (two part series)
SOUTHCENTRALFARMERS Monthly Solidarity and Friday Vigil (tags)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS EVENT! A special Friday vigil is scheduled for THIS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29TH AT SOUTH CENTRAL FARM BEGINNING AT 7:30PM. Religious/spiritual groups and community activists will be coming in delegations to visit the Farm. All friends and supporters are invited at the Farm to welcome our visitors!
Call for October 22nd, 2006 in LA (tags)
Call for October 22, 2006: Eleventh Annual National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and the Criminalization of a Generation
National Latino Congreso Delegates put Councilperson Jan Perry on Notice (tags)
Delegates unanimously endorsed a resolution specifically calling for the City of Los Angeles, City Attorney, Councilperson Perry, Mr. Horowitz to 1) drop all charges against the non-violent civil resisters; 2) for Councilperson Perry to cease her political black mail of Mr. Horowitz, and 3) that all parties should come to the table and negotiate “in good faith” to restore the South Central Farm to the South Central Farmers and the community.
CWLA Update: Court Support for Defenders of the Farm and CWLA Website (tags)
CWLA Update: Court Support for Defenders of the Farm and CWLA Website
South Central Farm Vigil (pix) 8-18-06 (tags)
As one of their signs said, "We are Rooted." Despite the great destruction of crops, the farmers and their supporters are continuing the fight. Their focus is on Councilperson Jan Perry.
South Central Farmers: “Back in Action” (tags)
A well-attended vigil was held (the first of several) to draw attention to Councilperson Jan Perry and her role in the mass-destruction of plant life and eviction of farmers.
South Central Farmers and Supporters Back In Action! (tags)
The media and the politicians would have you believe that the struggle of the South Central Farmers has gone and disappeared! We have re-organized and are back on the scene to fight injustice and the lack of consideration for the South Central Farmers by the City of Los Angeles and its Politicians.
SUPPORT THE SOUTH CENTRAL TEN (tags)
On July 5th of this year ten courageous environmental activists took direct action in an attempt to stop the destruction of the South Central Farm. Their actions were non-violent, yet they received injuries from police violence. Now they are facing excessive charges from the Los Angeles District Attorney office. The hearings for three of these defenders of the farm begin this Thursday. Supporters of the fight to take back the South Central Farm are asked to attend the hearing to show support for those who put themselves on the frontline in the fight for environmental justice.
Support needed for the South Central Farm activists in L.A. (tags)
Support needed for the South Central Farm activists in L.A.
Save The Farm (live panel discussion CD w/ IMMORTAL TECHNIQUE) . download now (tags)
Save The Farm (live panel discussion CD :: April 9, 2006)
native song at south central farm (tags)
native song at south central farm
Global Trade Talks Break Down Over Farm Issues (tags)
Trade negoatiations aimed at reaching a new global trade agreement collapsed today, dealing a blow to the Bush administration’s international economic agenda and touching off a bitter new round of recriminations between the United States and Europe over farm trade barriers. After two days of discussions, the director general of the World Trade Organization, Pascal Lamy, formally suspended the talks. American trade officials said there appeared to be little prospect of resuming the talks any time soon, probably dooming the chances of a trade accord during President Bush’s remaining time in office.
South Central Farm 2005 Live Concert CD , Zack De La Rocha, Son De Madera, and more (tags)
Save The Farm (live concert compilation CD - NOVEMBER 2005) Zack De La Rocha, Son De Madera, Los Cojolites, Quetzal, and more..
South Central Farmers and International Supporters Prepared for Judge to Rule on Facts of (tags)
outh Central Farmers and International Supporters Prepared for Judge to Rule on Facts of the Law Daryl Hannah, Farmers and their supporters express hope for victory and vision for a healthy future of Los Angeles
Was Destruction of South Central Farm a Crime? (tags)
California state law provides for prosecution for destroying "standing crops"
Seeds of Hope, Seeds of War: Race, Class and the Battle for the South Central Farm (Final) (tags)
The world is literally watching. Media worldwide have covered the case of the South Central Farm, the largest urban garden in the United States, the efforts of the city's elites to drive the farmers from the land, and the farmer's remarkable resistance. On June 13th, the County moved to evict, concentrating a massive police presence in the area to uproot the resistor's encampment on the land. The South Central Farm arose from the ashes of the 1992 Los Angeles rebellion, and stands as a symbol of hope to millions. Despite the eviction, the struggle continues, with a court hearing this week challenging the City's sale of the land to a private developer. When the Los Angeles City Council sold the 14 acre plot called the South Central Farm to developer Ralph Horowitz, they sold land they didn’t own.
Horowitz Watchman Brutalizes Farm Supporter Days Before Hearing (tags)
Horowitz Watchman Brutalizes Farm Supporter Days Before Hearing Recovery of South Central Farmers' Personal and Religious Objects Denied
Representative Maxine Waters Speaks At South Central Farm (tags)
Representative Maxine Waters Speaks At South Central Farm International Solidarity Days Sunday July 9 Against The “Unconscionable Act” of Bulldozing the Farm; Links City Council Member Jan Perry and Developer Ralph Horowitz “In Business Together”
Solidarity from Canada for the South Central Farmers' (tags)
Solidarity from Canada: Never Give Up! We live in a time of great crisis, in which the very life support systems of the planet are under threat. South Central Farms offers a model that needs to be replicated everywhere, a model of restoration, of healing both the land and the human community, of urban sustainability, of possibility in a place where possibility is precious and rare.
Visiting the SCF: Report Back (tags)
Impressions from my second visit to the farm (I'm from Sonoma County)
(English) Atenco Sends Solidarity to South Central Farm w/ fotos (tags)
"From the love arising from the fiery edge of the machete" (see also fotos of Atenco receiving Seeds from SC Farmers, T-shirts after presentation about FArm in San Salvador ATenco)
Santa Cruz Solidarity With South Central Farmers (tags)
Solidarity with the South Central Farm
MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY FROM VENEZUELA WITH THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS (tags)
Statement of solidarity from Venezuela with the South Central Farmers obtained through a transmission made between Los Angeles and two Venezuelan radios: Radio Nacional , and radio YVKE/MUNDIAL as part of the international solidarity events to take place between July 7 and July 10, 2006.
SCFs have won the political dialectic! (tags)
“First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi
News Video and Pic From Action to Save Farm (tags)
See the link for video and pictures from yesterday's action to save the farm.
De Norte o Sur, Este Oeste, Campesinos venceron, Cueste lo Que Cueste (tags)
. Back ground of Farm and more photos of the destruction, grief, pain and rage as the bulldozers started again today. International Days of Solidarity to begin Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
ALERT: 6:15 AM - More Bulldozers back on Farm (tags)
Horowitz has started bulldozing Southern half of farm. caller reports lots of tractors and bulldozers.
FARM UPDATE: 7:30 AM - Only One Bulldozer, still on North side (tags)
Caller from farm reports only one bulldozer in operation, working North side of farm at this time
MARCH TODAY 5:30PM TO SAVE THE S.C FARMS! (tags)
a march through the neighborhood in support of the farm to build local community support and solidarity.
Photos: Farmers Stop the Destruction (tags)
South Central Farmers Stop the Destruction of the Farm
Arrest update from the farm (tags)
Ten people arrested at the South Central Farm today.
South Central Farmers International Solidarity Days (July 7-10) (tags)
CALL TO ACTION Support the South Central Farmers! Save the South Central Farm & Support Small Farms Worldwide! South Central Farm International Solidarity Days July 7-10 “You are never strong enough that you don't need help.” - Cesar Chavez
VIDEO - South Central Farm: Direct Action Disables Bulldozer (tags)
Direct Action Disables Bulldozer South Central Farm July 5, 2006
UPDATE: July 5th, 1pm: Farm Supporters Dragged Out, Arrested (tags)
URGENT! As of 1pm, farm supporters are being dragged out of the farm and arrested for practicing civil disobedience to stop the bulldozers. Community members needed at farm to witness and stop this injustice!
ACTIVISTS HAVE JUST JUMPED THE FENCE AND ARE ATTEMPTING TO DISABLE BULLDOZER!
12:15pm update South Central Farm (tags)
MAYOR'S OFFICE LIES TO FARMERS!
10:10am SOUTH CENTRAL FARM ALERT UPDATE!!! (tags)
FARMERS WATCH WHILE LARGE BULLDOZER DESTROYS NORTHERN PART OF FARM.
Bulldozers Move In to Destroy the South Central Farm!!! (tags)
Bulldozers Move In to Destroy the South Central Farm!!!
URGENT: South Central Farm Under Attack (tags)
Cops and bulldozers at the South Central Farm. Ugrent action needed. Call the media, friends, etc. 41st and Alameda in LA
MARCH FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARM . THIS THURS . 7/6 . IN SOUTH CENTRAL! (tags)
support the south central farm. join the outreaching march through the local south central community this thursday.
Isn't corporate welfare great!!!! (tags)
How can a farmer afford his BMW if the feds don't give him corporate welfare.
July 2006 South Central Farmers Stand (tags)
updated June 19, 2006 leaflette in Word .doc with important July 2, 2006 additions
South Central Farmers Parade Saturday, 1 p.m. (tags)
July 12 Trial To Contest Legality of Sale To Horowitz – Media To Cover Event South Central Farmers and Supporters Host Westside Parade This Saturday, 1 p.m.
Indynewswire: South Central Farm Update (tags)
Interview with Watsonville Brown Beret organizer, Jen, who has been taking part in the encampment outside the gate of the South Central Farm in LA. The 14 acre urban garden was forcibly evicted on June 13 after a long struggle to save the farm and buy back the land. Jen discusses some of the history of the South Central Farm, and updates us on the current situation. TRT- 12:39 and 11.5 MB
Jewish Journal Clears South Central Farmers of Anti-Semitism (tags)
Did Anti-Semitism Take Root at the South Central Farm?
SCF Farmers Market and Music Extravaganza Sunday (tags)
Julia Butterfly Hill Returns As Farmers and Supporters Maintain Vision For Saving The Farm
Friends of the Farm Parade in Venice (tags)
VENICE BEACH, Saturday 24, 2006 - Farmers and their friends paraded down the Venice Beach Boardwalk today to let people know that despite their eviction last week from their farm they are not giving up the fight to save the farm and return to their farm.
TAKE BACK THE FARM Actions for this weekend June 23-25 (tags)
TAKE BACK THE FARM Actions for this weekend June 23-25
Encampment at South Central Farm Persists Steadily (tags)
Spirits are high South Central Farm. Encampment persists, and strategies in play to win back the farm~
Here are the main points in the continuing fight to save the South Central Farm:
South Central Farm report back-- (tags)
Hey all, I came down from SF to visit the farm this weekend...This is my brief report back I posted to Indymedia in the Bay Area.
The Language of Life: Reflections on the South Central Farm (tags)
"...The root cause of the problems that threaten life on earth is the concept of land title acquired and maintained by force. Since modern civilization is based on this concept, it does not hold the key to peace." - Hopi Elder Martin Gashweseoma
South Central Farm: A community Outreach (tags)
An essay regarding the South Central Farm and how it is helping to ease gang and inter-ethnic tensions. Also addresses the farm's ability to allow the community to interact with Chicano and Mexican culure, despite the fact that the farm is not anywhere near Mexico.
Navajo says evictions of farmers from urban farm sends a message (tags)
" Klee Benally, Navajo from Arizona, was at South Central Farm and said the creation of this oasis - an urban garden - and the arrests and evictions should send a signal to Indian country and the nation. "
"Y Si Nos Echan----Nos Regresamos!" (tags)
We are Here, and We are Not Going. And if you take us Away-- We will Return!
FATHER'S DAY protest at Mayor's Mansion (tags)
PROTEST THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGLES, BRING YOUR KIDS!
VIDEO--RAID ON SOUTH CENTRAL FARM (tags)
first half is an intro to the sturggle, the 2nd half is footage of the civil disobedience and police brutality while police attempt to roll in bulldozers into our south central farm.
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.
today at city council with south central farmers (tags)
strong and united front at city hall today in defense of the south central farm
SCF solidarity from Santa Cruz (tags)
At 8:30 am Friday morning, demonstrators staged a blockade at a central Santa Cruz intersection (at Laurel St. & Mission St/Hwy 1) as a gesture of solidarity with the hundreds of families who lost their land in Tuesday's forced eviction of the South Central Farm in Los Angeles. Holding signs both large and small, the 30 or so demonstrators blocked traffic at the intersection with A-frames, a stray sofa, and at least four dumpsters rolled in from nearby businesses. Flyers explaining the legacy of the Farm were distributed to the delayed drivers with responses ranging from enthusiastic interest to violent threats. No one was injured, nor were any citations or arrests made during the action.
Korean Farmers in Solidarity with South Central Farmers (tags)
You Sang Woog, part a delegation visiting from Korea speaks to the South Central Farmers on June 14th one day after the sheriffs raid and bulldozing of portions of the farm. He expressed his solidarity with the South Central Farmers. The fight to save the farm is not over.
POLICE VIOLENCE AT FARM: Interview with Sam Sanchez, defender of the farm (tags)
This last Tuesday during the sheriff’s raid on the farm Sam was one of the people who engaged in non-violence resistance in defense of the farm. In this interview Sam describes his ordeal and brutalization by officers of Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department.
Response to the L.A. Times' Steve Lopez's trashing of Farm supporters. (tags)
In this piece I address the many errors and generally shoddy reporting in Steve Lopez L.A. Times column about the "eviction" on June 14, 2006
This is a collection of all the local newswire stories about the SCF, so far.
South Central Farm Crisis in Los Angeles (tags)
Willie Nelson, Darryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Danny Glover, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly-Hill support farmers in the struggle to save the nation's largest urban farm. Darryl Hannah appears on Larry King Live with Willie Nelson to show footage of eviction. Danny Glover calls eviction a Day of Mourning, a Day of Shame
VIDEO - South Central Farm press conference at night (tags)
Press conference by Darryl Hannah and John Quigley across street from farm, at night on day when farm was raided by police, Tuesday June 13th
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.
Messages from the Occupation (tags)
what some those who are defending the Farm want to say
UPDATE FROM FARM, 7:40 p.m. Wednesday (tags)
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AUDIO: Eye Witness to aftermath raid on farm (tags)
Linda Piera Avila of the Los Angeles Green Party describes the scene of destruction after the raid on the farm.
South Central Farm community model for when Peak Oil hits (tags)
In many ways, I think the community at the South Central Farm was a model of what could be, and what might be when peak oil hits and what should be, so that resources are avaiable to all and no one has to starve.
FARM UPDATE news on arrests at farm (tags)
Known number of arrests stands at 40. All those arrested are believed to have been released. Charges are said to be misdemeanor, violating a court ordered eviction, not trespassing. Unknown if there are any additional charges for those in lockdown.
AUDIO: Witness of Raid on Farm (tags)
Recorded live via cell phone from the farm during the raid. Caller to LA-IMC describes the scene.
The Farm: Before and After (tags)
By nightfall on June 13, the Farm had been transformed.
FARM UPDATE: 1/3 of farm plowed under (tags)
Number of reliable sources have reported at least a 1/3 of the farm looks to have been plowed under by Horowitz contractors. Caller did not see any bulldozers active this morning (10:30 am Wed.)
Fotos from Wednesday actions to save the farm.
Bulldozing the South Central Farm (tags)
Bulldozing was started by the L.A. county Sheriff's department and continued by Ralph Horowitz.
Nightfall Comes to South Central Farm (tags)
Still present after a long terrible day farmers and supporters hold a candle light vigil.
EFFECTIVE WAY TO PROTEST FARM EVICTION (tags)
Picketing on foot at the Farm is ineffective.
Statement on Farm from Tezozomoc (tags)
South Central Farmers June 13, 2006 Greetings!
SC Farm 4pm press conference (tags)
Photos from the June 13, 4:00 pm press conference at the South Central Farm
VIDEO: Indymedia reporter gets across police line, but denied access to farm (tags)
Note large cut through farm made by bulldozers near end of video.
Photos (2): South Central Farm Police Raid (tags)
Photos (2): South Central Farm Police Raid
South Central Farm Raid (tags)
Photos: South Central Farm Police Raid
Horowitz Unleashes Sheriff (tags)
South Central Farmers learn bittler lesson of the role of the courts and politicians.
VIDEO - South Central Farm press conference (tags)
This is a video of the press conference that I took today, featuring South Central Farm representatives Rufina Juarez and Tezozomoc, together with South Central Farm attorney Dan Stormer, today at about 1:30pm, at 41st/Long Beach, across street from the South Central Farm
The Farm: Dia de Resistencia (tags)
A brief report on the action to save the Farm this morning. Farm supporters and organizers promise more to follow.
Live News Feed From So. Central Farm (tags)
News Raw NBC4.tv Live From So. Central Farm
10:26 am UPDATE FROM FARM (tags)
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Emergency Alert: Police Evicting South Central Farmers - Take Action (tags)
The A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition is calling on all progressive people to mobilize support for the South Central Farm. If you can come to the Farm, please protest the unjust eviction of the Farmers today.
Police begin Arrests of supporters at the farm (tags)
reports from the south central farm are that the police in riot gear are now arresting and using batons against the supporters of the farm.
Quick News from the Farm (tags)
what's going on at the farm
The Farm is under Siege!! Mobilize to the Farm (tags)
Arrests have already been made. It is still unconfirmed but there are also reports that a protester was carried out on a stretche. Bulldozer positioned nearby have began breaking through the fences.
EFFECTIVE PROTEST TO FARM EVICTION (tags)
Instead of traditional picket, make use of more effective means of forcing public to confront wrong eviction of South Central Farmers.
S o u t h C e n t r a l F a r m: It takes a community to fight development (tags)
Saturday June 10th, 2006 - 7pm - candlelight vigil - DAY 19 of the encampment to defend the farm: 200 supporters sang, ate, marched, prayed, and stood in unity to resist forced eviction and keep watch against police raids. Located at 41st and Alameda, the 19 block/14-acre of the threatened South Central urban garden farm is under threat by developer Ralph Horowitz. The ransom is 16.5 million to 20 million.
Report from the Farm for the weekend June 9,10,11 (tags)
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Video: Willie Nelson visits the South Central Farm (tags)
June 11, 2006 - Willie Nelson down on the farm, the South Central Farm
Willie Nelson Visits South Central Farm (tags)
Report from the farm
COP WATCH REPORT: Sheriffs Helicopters More Frequent Over South Central Farms! (tags)
Within the past few days Sheriff helicopters have been seen more frequently over the South Central Farms..
My letter to the Mayor about the farm (tags)
The city of Los Angeles has a solemn legal and moral responsibility to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its residents. That responsibility demands the city's immediate intervention on behalf of the South Central Farm.
VIDEO: 750 Midnight Ridazz Show Solidarity at the Farm (tags)
750 midnight ridazz show solidarity at the farm, 11 p.m. Friday, June 9, 2006. Midnight Ridazz meet the second Friday of every month at Echo Park Avenue and Sunset Blvd at 9:30 p.m. The ride starts at 10 p.m.
VIDEO: Midnight Ridazz Circle South Central Farm (tags)
An estimated 750 cyclists from the Midnight Ridazz. road around the South Central Farm last night in a show of support.
Farmers Say Talks Are On With Developer (tags)
From the Farmers Press Release:
SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS: Media Advisory (tags)
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM: Annenberg Foundation Makes Offer to Developer to Buy Land (tags)
The Annenberg Foundation made a surprise announcement today that they have made a proposal directly to developer Ralph Horowitz to buy the land on behalf of the farmers.
The Developer vs. the Nation's Largest Urban Farm (tags)
The Battle for South Central Farm By RALPH NADER
UPDATE from the Farm Tuesday, 6:30 pm (tags)
Farmers and their supporters are expressing concern that the sheriffs may come tonight or tomorrow morning.
Update from the Farm, Tuesday, 1:00 pm (tags)
There are reports of an incident this morning with the sheriff helicopter.
a vicious campaign of calumny (tags)
Taking time out from organizing today's visits to the South Central Farm by Ralph Nadar, Peter Camejo, and Donna Warren, Dele Aileman, co-coordinator of the South Central Farmers, issued a statement in response to concerns that African-Americans are not among the Farmers working the land. First, he noted the appearance at the Farm of Danny Glover, Evelyn Knight, and Maxine Waters, the highest ranking government official to walk on the farmland. Then he continued:
El Campo Continúa: Visitors and Visitations (tags)
"Negotiations" with the sheriffs, more celebs, and daily life. All to save the South Central Farm.
South Central Farm 6-2-02 (tags)
Friday, June 2, 2006. Julia Butterfly Hill at the South Central Farm.
South Central Farm v. California Attorney General Primary Election (tags)
LOS ANGELES, June 2, 2006 – Contrary to common view, the ongoing SOUTH CENTRAL FARM issue and next Tuesday’s primary election for Attorney General are far more related than most citizens see.
SC Farm Update, 6/2/06, 10:40 am (tags)
SC Farm Update, 6/2/06, 10:40 am
SCF - Eviction Imminent! (tags)
The eviciton could happen at any time. SCF asking the community to increase their presence and support at the farm.
Sheriffs come to the farm to threaten the South Central Farmers!! (tags)
--Breaking News-- Sherrifs met with farmers today, said they need to get out, and they (the sherrif's) will be coming soon. Calling all those in solidarity with tha farm out TONITE tonite TONITE outside or inside the farm! 41st and alameda st. los angeles, coming from 10 frwy, exit alameda and go south roughly 2 miles, farm on right hand side.
FRSC: Interview with John Quigley at the South Central Farm (tags)
John Quigley is one of several people working to protect the South Central Farm in Los Angeles by occupying a large old walnut tree in the farm. On Wednesday night, May 31st, John was the guest of Ms M. on her Free Radio Santa Cruz show, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Listen to the interview for background information on the South Central Farm and the latest news in the struggle to save the farm. (22:05 minutes / 10.2 MB)
VIDEO from the farm - May30 (tags)
May 30, 2006
Cop Watch LA and the South Central Farm (Trainning and Report) (tags)
Cop Watch LA will be having a training today, Wed May 31st for the South Central Farm and supporters who are doing security for the farm.
The Most Important Place (tags)
"They can’t take away the Farm”, a child had told her, “because where will the lizards go”?
Encampment at the Farm – Day 8 (tags)
Monday, 5-29-06 - Encampment at the South Central Farm – Day 8
Medics needed for Encampment at SC Farm (tags)
There are currently no medics at the South Central Farm encampment.
Joan Baez To Return to the Farm Today (tags)
MONDAY May 29th - 9:15 am: Joan Baez will return to the farm today. There is a press conference today at 11:00 am
VIDEO: SuperBroke Marching Band, every day there is magic on the farm (tags)
The SuperBroke Marching Band came to the farm Saturday to give everyone an extra dose of the SuperFlow and to ward off the Evil Anti-Groove of those who would see the farm plowed under. The farm is already saved. The war is over. The good shall prevail. Long live the South Central Farmers.
Strengthening community ties to SAVE THE FARM
Farm photos. If you've been there, you've seen the real thing. Come to the Farm.
Tell MoveOn to help raise funds for the South Central Farm (tags)
If enough people vote for the proposal for MoveOn to help the farm, it could expadite the fundraising.
Community support getting stronger at the farm (tags)
Photo: South Central Farm, Saturday, May 27, 2006
Big concert tonight at South Central Farm (tags)
Aztlan Underground, Bombachente, Kanari, Xochisoneros, Cihual Tonali and others
California Greens join celebrities, tree-sitters in 'solidarity' with South Central LA far (tags)
Green Party of California Press Release
Until the Farm Is Secure (tags)
On living with Julia, John, Joan, and now Daryl
Worries of sheriff raid today have passed Farmers still encamped.
UPDATE - SC farm - 7:10 am (tags)
7:10 am - Caller reports NO sheriffs have come yet. Rumors of dawn visit made have been false alarm. All is calm at farm right now.
The Beautiful Community at South Central Farm (tags)
My update from South Central Farm
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM: Sheriffs expected to attempt evictions tomorrow at daybreak, Sat. morn (tags)
SOUTH CENTRAL FARM: Sheriffs expected to attempt evictions tomorrow at daybreak, Sat. Morning May 27.
Farmers to be evicted by??? (tags)
Tezo says reason to beleive farmers will be evicted
A Short Interview with Daryl Hannah at the South Central Farm (tags)
Encampment at the farm: Day 4
Friday today: Save the farm rally Pershing Square at Noon today (tags)
Friday today: Save the farm rally Pershing Square at Noon today
www.southcentralfarmers.com
On an Altar of Dust: Lessons from the Farm (tags)
She thinks, “This is all we need: Land and community. It doesn’t matter what we believe, or what our differences are; if we can listen, the land itself will teach us what we need to know.”
The FARM - EVERYONE OUT TONITE! (tags)
Protest Villaraigosa + Fox, then head to the South Central Farm
UPDATE FROM THE ~occupied~ SOUTH CENTRAL FARM (tags)
refusing to accept illegal eviction process, farmers and supporters instead -occupy- the farm and its perimters in its defense.
Strong community support at the farm (tags)
On Wednesday, May 24, over 200 people were at the Farm at Alameda and 41 Street to show their support to the farmers of the South Central Farm. When I got there at 8:30 PM, I couldn’t see any Police at all, but there were farmer vigilantes with walkie talkies at the 4 corners, some listening to
Photos of evening concert vigil at the largest urban farm in the United States. Supporters patrol area into the night, calling all to participate in a 24 hours a day vigil to protect the South Central Farmers from the sheriff's eviction.
Mayor Antonio: eminent domain now for the farm. Feed the people - protect the farm (tags)
mayor antonio - thank you for representing the great city of los angeles. you must be very confident of your skills, wanting to be mayor and take over the school district. if you can't be bothered to care about how people feed their kids, why should anyone believe you about the schools?
Wed. 7:45 pm Latest News from the Farm (tags)
Wed, 7:45 PM
RED ALERT!! Encampment and tree sit to resist the eviction and save the South Central Farm (tags)
RED ALERT!! Encampment and tree sit to resist the eviction and save the South Central Farm...
Partial Video from 5/25 Press Conference to Save the South Central Farm (tags)
Partial video of today's press conference to Save the South Central Farm
ALERTA ROJA/RED ALERT: Sherriff's OFFICE has OK to Evict South Central Farmers ACT NOW (tags)
Subject: ZAPA-CALIFA: ALERTA ROJA/RED ALERT: Sherriff's OFFICE has OK to Evict South Central Farmers ACT NOW THE LOS ANGELES SHERRIFFS OFFICE HAVE GOTTEN THE OK TO COME AND EVICT THE FARMERS
THE FARMERS ARE CALLING FOR A LOCK-DOWN!!!!
South Central farmers resist eviction (tags)
Farmers and community activists have established an encampment on the South Central Farm to resist eviction from it’s owner Ralph Horowitz. The South Central farmers were unable to raise 16.35 million to save the farm and face eviction this week. Joan Baez, Darryl Hannah and Julie butterfly hill joined in calling for the mayor’s last minute efforts to save the farm. Christina Aanestad reports.
VIDEO: Julia Butterfly Hill - Tree Sit (tags)
Uploaded is video of Julia Butterfly Hill climbing up ropes to begin a permanent encampment in the trees of the South Central Farm.
Mobilization at the SC Farm (tags)
activists throughout LA are being contacted about mobilizing at the South Central Farm
AUDIO: Press Conference to Save the South Central Farm (tags)
SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, May 23, 2006 – A press conference was held today at the South Central Farm. Pictured from left to right, Daryl Hannah, John Quigley, Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, Byron De Lear and Master of Ceremonies and defender of the farm: Dele
Two weeks ago they came for Atenco Now they come for the South Central Farm (tags)
We, members of the Autonomous Peoples Collective (APC) and the Eastside Café (ESC), as subscribers to the Sixth Declaration of the Lacandon Jungle and the "Other Campaign" denounce the imminent eviction of over 300 families who currently work the 14 acres of land considered the largest urban farm in the U.S., located in South Central Los Angeles, California.
Farmers holding Vigil at the Farm Now: (tags)
Update 7:50 pm - A caller from the farm reports:
Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly & John Quigley Begin Tree Sit at South Central Farm (tags)
Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly & John Quigley Begin Tree Sit at South Central Farm
Living in Trees at South Central Farm (tags)
Environmental/social activists turn out for the South Central Farm press conference on May 23. 2006. Julia 'Butterfly' Hill and John Quigley climb trees at the farm and vow to live there until SCF is saved from demolition by developers. Joan Baez and Daryl Hannah were there to give their support.
THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARMERS STAND UP TO EVICTION. JOAN BAEZ TREE SITS. (tags)
Tuesday: 2:20pm Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly Hill, and John Quickley have climbed into the biggest Walnut tree at the farm and have pledged to hold a sit in the tree and support the farmers against an eviction.
Breaking News: Press Conference About the Eviction of the Farmers (tags)
12:25 PM It has just been reported that a press conference was given at the South Central Farm today, Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 12 Noon. One of the South Central speaker said that at the court hearing tomorrow, Wednesday
Cop Watch Report on the South Central Farm (tags)
Reports from the Vigil at Antonio Villaraigosa's house on Tuesday May 16th, 2006 and the benefit concert at the South Central Farm on Friday May 19th 2006. Police intimidate the community and Prepare to Attack.
student gardens support food banks (tags)
School children are setting up organic gardens to feed the poor and to give fresh produce to food banks. Volunteers needed from around the country. Please Help. Thank you.
Ron Kovic joins Los Angeles Farmers in a "Spiritual Procession" to encourage saving the South Central Farm.
Save the Farm - Night Watchman (tags)
South Central Farm. May 19th, 2006
SouthCentral Farm. Friday May 19th, 2006
Hope Springs . . . at the South Central Farm (tags)
Last month, the Trust for Public Land negotiated purchase option with developer Ralph Horowitz that depended on the City coming up with a $5M match for $6M raised by the South Central Farm. Five days ago, the City reneged on the deal. Friday, with three days left, the Farmers and their supporters, ever hopeful, demanded that Mayor Villaraigosa step up to support the Farm.
Green Party calls for City of Los Angeles to preserve South Central Farm (tags)
Press Release by the Green Party of Los Angeles County
S. Central Farmers' Actions this Week (tags)
The South Central Farmers and their supporters are gearing up for busy week of actions to 'save the farm' . The South Central Farm, at 14-acres, is believed to be the largest urban farm in the U.S., and thrives in one of the poorest areas of the country.
south Central Farmers: MEDIA ADVISORY (tags)
L.A. City Mayor Villaraigosa Fails to Raise Matching Funds to Save 350 Poor Families, in South Central Los Angeles, >From Brentwood Developer
Leonardo DiCaprio Joins Fight to Save the South Central Farm (tags)
Known as the largest urban farm in the country, South Central Farm provides food and sustenance to some of the most underserved residents in Los Angeles. "The farm," says DiCaprio, "holds a remarkable array of biodiversity and, because of its size, functions as a carbon sink, a natural environment that stores more carbon than it releases into the atmosphere, and this helps reduce global warming. We have to start acknowledging that every action counts."
Filipinos—Forgotten Heroes of the UFW (tags)
Filipino labor leaders played pivotal roles in organizing labor unions and fighting for farm workers’ rights
Save the South Central Farm - Photo Essay (tags)
The city of Los Angeles is in the final stages of their effort to take the collective South Central Farm away from the community. HELP SAVE THE FARM!
DEADLINE LOOMS ON OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARM! (tags)
The South Central Farm, located at 41st and Alameda Streets in South Los Angeles, is thought to be the largest community garden in the United States. After a contentious three-year land-use battle that made news around the world, the Trust for Public Land intervened and secured an opportunity to save the South Central Farm. Within the confines of a tentative purchase agreement, an opportunity to purchase the farm now exists from stakeholders and the Los Angeles community.
School children set up gardens to feed the poor and give fresh produce to food banks. Volunteers needed around the country.
18 Days Left to Save The South Central Farm (tags)
There are only 18 days left to fundraise for the Purchase of the South Central Farm. If the money is not raised Horrowitz has already gotten the court order to begin eviction as soon as this purchase option fails. He has more interest in having fail because he stands to make up to 25 million dollars if he sells the land to other developers.
THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND SECURES OPPORTUNITY TO SAVE THE SOUTH CENTRAL FARM (tags)
After a contentious three-year land-use battle that made news around the world, the Trust for Public Land (TPL) has secured an opportunity to save the Farm.
Tax Deductible Donation to Save the South Central Farm (tags)
We are still under threat of eviction if we don't raise some of the money to help purchase the farm away from Horrorwitz.
Drive-By Councilman Dennis P. Zine 3rd District (tags)
Dennis P. Zine drunk with police power decides to do a drive by on the South Central Farmers.
Community Response to Mr. Zine (tags)
Community response to the "Angelino of Retribution"
Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis P. Zine does a drive-by in South Central (tags)
An update on the situation due to the late night harassment of the South Central Farm by the Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis P. Zine.
Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis P. Zine does a drive-by in South Central (tags)
This is a rebuttal to Mr. Zine's Press Release.
This Monday: Farmers Day in Court (tags)
Monday 17th, 2006 @ 8:30 in the morning in Superior Court Dept. 1.
LAPD Internal Affairs Launches investigation into Zine‘s Visit to South Central Farm (tags)
SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES, April 14, 2006
Punk benefit at the South Central farm earth day. (tags)
The Seventh Generation collective is organizing an event on earth day April 22nd at the South Central Farm. It will be a conscious anarco-punk/grind/crust show including Resistant Culture, Sin Remedio, Industrial collapse and more. Please join us in our efforts to bring conscious punk and this struggle to defend the land together.
Councilman Zine’s Unexpected Visit to South Central Farm Provokes Angry Exchange. (tags)
Uploaded is an MP3 file of the farmers comments in council chambers today and Council member Zine's response
SMALL TOWNS COMING OF AGE DURING THE IMMIGRATION STRUGGLE (tags)
WHILE THE MEDIA FOCUSES ON URBAN CENTERS, SMALL TOWNS IN THE NATION TAKE TO THE STREETS AS WELL; A FIRST-PERSON, PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF ONE SUCH TOWN, COMING OF AGE DURING THE IMMIGRATION STRUGGLE
Los Angeles City Council Member Dennis P. Zine terrorizes South Central Farmers. (tags)
How the Weekly Brews a Tempest in a Teapot (tags)
Let me be clear that I know nothing more about the internal workings of the South Central Farm than the L.A. Weekly reported in its March 15 muckraking article, "Bushel of Complaints" by Daniel Hernandez. So I've borrowed those facts and added a somewhat different spin. Here's my version.
Manifesto Workshop - Fundraiser for South Central Farmers (tags)
On Sunday, April 2, come join Matt and Haruko of M-Y-manifesto.net at the South Central Farm to write your own manifesto. Manifestos are not only for Karl Marx, Valerie Solanas, and the Unabomber. We each have a spot within ourselves that craves to be heard. Now is your chance to extract that truth within yourself. Noontime, Sunday April 2nd, come take a walk through the farm, breathe the fresh air, eat lunch from the market stands, and get energized for the work you're about to do. The workshop will begin at 12:30. Here we shall dive into traditional and unusual manifestos, view the world in a new way, and help spark ideas for your own manifesto.
Fandango, Pinatas, DAnza y Mas at South Central Farm (tags)
Today's "Bring a Friend to the Farm" event was fabulous!
SouthCentral Farm 3/19/06 (tags)
South Central Farm. March 19th, 2006
A couple links to important stories.
SUNDAY MARCH 19th BRING A FRIEND TO THE FARM! LIVE MUSIC! (tags)
Come Out And Have A Good Time...
SAVE THE FARM: Protest at Horowitz House tonight 7 pm (tags)
To date Horowitz has not signed any agreement for the buy back of the land. And the progress of the negotiations is unclear. The Friends of the Farm are calling for a protest at the gates to Horowitz estate tonight at 7:00 pm at the Intersection of N. Woodburn Dr. and W. Sunset Blvd. in Brentwood
South Central Farmers Court Date: Monday March 20th, 8:30 am (tags)
South Central Farmers Court Date: Monday March 20th, 8:30 am Los Angeles Superior Court downtown at 111 North Hill Street
Bring a Friend to the FArm 3/19 (tags)
Havent' had a chance to visit the South Central Farm Yet??? Want an excuse to bring your friends or family to the Farm? CARPOOL FROM SANTA ANA and Riverside. Carpool leaves at 11am from Centro cultural de Mexico in Santa Ana or 11am from Riverside, email for details.
CommonVision Plants Fruit Trees at South Central Farm (tags)
CommonVision Plants Fruit Trees at South Central Farm
A Magic So Strong: The South Central Farm Must Live (tags)
This weekend the LA Times issued a deadly editorial attack on the South Central Farm, justifying the destruction of the land and the community, overtly using the theme of "property rights" to do so. Such assessments cannot be allowed to hold sway. Too much is at stake, for all of us.
Why the Farmers Must Win (tags)
In its Saturday editorial, the Los Angeles Times reduced virtually all the civic concerns of the historically neglected South Central to “niceties” and condemned a swath of the district to being a “concrete-and-asphalt” wasteland,“ "a seemingly endless sweep” of “industrial warehouses, packing plants, and junkyards.” It proclaimed that developer Ralph Horowitz must triumph, and the South Central Farm must be razed. The Times was wrong.
REPORT BACK FROM THE FARM: (tags)
REPORT BACK FROM THE FARM:
Community pressure moves the Farmers cause forward step by step.
Letter to LA Times re: South Central Farm (tags)
Apparently, the L.A. Times is okay with eminent domain when it's used to benefit the L.A. Times itself, but not when it's used to benefit economically disadvantaged workers who've committed the unforgivable act of growing food.
VIDEO: Save the Farm Demonstration (tags)
LOS ANGELES, March 10, 2006 - About 300 people held a demonstration at city hall today to put pressure on the mayor and the city council to save the South Central Farm. Here is a short video from the event:
Local & State Green Party in solidarity with South Central Farmers (tags)
Green Party stands in solidarity with South Central community farmers against urban farm eviction and ‘environmental racism'
Update on the current situation of the South Central Farm (tags)
Update on the current situation of the South Central Farm
SCFs, Zack de La Rocha, Julia Butterfly, and supporters at City Hall tomorrow 9am (tags)
SCFs, Zack de La Rocha, Julia Butterfly, and supporters at City Hall tomorrow 9am....
Farmers Protest at Gate to Developers Estate (tags)
About 30 farmers and their supporters protested tonight outside the entrance to the gated neighborhood in Brentwood where the man who wants to destroy their farm lives.
Gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo at South Central Farm, Mar 9 (tags)
Green Party Gubernatorial candidate Peter Camejo to urgeLA Mayor to intervene Thursday, March 9, 2006 on the eviction of 350 families at South Central community farm
Common Vision 2006 Tour at South Central Farm (tags)
The Common Vision veg-oil fueled bus caravan arrived at the South Central Farm this past Sunday. They will be living at the farm all this week as part of their 2006 tour to plant 1,000 fruit trees and educate children about the environment and caring for the earth.
This week's Protests to Save the Farm (tags)
This week’s schedule of actions to save the farm: Flyer:
VIDEO: Community unites to defend their farm land (tags)
LOS ANGELES - 3/5/06 Faced with an eviction notice, the South Central Farmers and their supporters held a meeting Sunday to find ways to save the farm. The eviction will be appealed in the courts. After the meeting there was a march around the farm and vigil at the gates to the farm.
Photos and report from the farm (tags)
LOS ANGELES – March 5, 2006, Over 200 people attended an emergency meeting and planning session to mount a campaign to fight the eviction and save the South Central Farm. The end of the day saw the formation of a solid coalition of activists and local groups coming together united in the single goal of saving the farm.
An oasis in the middle of Los Angeles' industrial zone
With the moment of crisis at hand, the South Central Farmers call on supporters to save the Farm.
UPDATE FROM THE FARM The situation as of 9:15 pm Saturday, March 4th
The South Central Farmers Push, and City Hall Budges (tags)
City Council proves fallow, but the Mayor's office has initiated negotiations to save South Central Farm. The Farmers still have a long row to hoe--they need to raise $7.35M to save the Farm.
Txtmob action alerts to save SCFarm! (tags)
Receive action alerts to save south central farm via text message! Just created a group at txtmob.com
Action Alert -EVICTION NOTICE POSTED!! At South Central Farm (tags)
Only Five days left to save the farm
Green Party Hosts South Central Farmers Presentation (tags)
Tonight the Santa Monica Greens hosted a presentation and fundraiser for the South Central Farm. A short video about the farm was shown.
Florida's ecosystem, civil rights under attack (tags)
Florida's ecosystems, human and civil rights all coming under attack by corporate influenced development. Some ideas for local communities in FL to regain their health, land and dignity from profit hungry corporations.
The Farmers Hold Their Ground (tags)
and tell the Mayor and City Council, "Thanks, but no thanks" to private buyers
The Farmers Hold Their Ground (tags)
and tell the Mayor and City Council, "Thanks, but no thanks" to private buyers
The Farmers Hold Their Ground (tags)
and tell the Mayor and City Council, "Thanks, but no thanks" to private buyers
Villaraigosa interrupted during speach (tags)
Protestors interrupted a speech this morning from Mayor Villaraigoso, challenging him to take action to save the South Central Farm.
Phone interview with Fernando Flores, support coalition to save the South Central Farm (tags)
Phone interview with Fernando Flores, co-chair of the support coalition to save the South Central Farm. Recorded Thursday, February 9, 2006
Don't send Mayor McQueso $$--put PRESSURE on him (tags)
On Friday February 3, Members of the community staged a protest in front of the Brentwood offices of Ralph Horowitz , demanding that he void the sale from the city of the 14 acre farm at 41st and Alameda. This is the statement that was read to the press.
south central farm~~Nunca Mas una Lucha aislada! (tags)
Supporters of the South Central Farm continue to prepare for potentially increasing intensity in protecting the land and her people.
Petrocollapse and Food Security at the South Central Farm (tags)
Jan Lundberg, oil industry analyst, founder of Auto-Free Times and www.culturechange.org came to Los Angeles last weekend to speak on the issues surrounding peak oil. I attended the Sunday afternoon talk on “Petrocollapse and Food Security”, an appropriate title for the location, the South Central Farm.
South Central Farmers picket office of developer, Ralph Horowitz (tags)
About 50 supporters in the fight to save the South Central Farm picketed today outside the offices of the developer, Ralph Horowitz who wants to raise the farm and build a warehouse on the site. Here are some photos from the event.
LA Green Party endorses campaign to save the South Central Farm. (tags)
Emergency Action for the SC Farm (tags)
Emergency action called to save the South Central Farm which is currently under the threat of being demolished
URGENT ACTION: This Friday Protest to Save the South Central Farm at developers office (tags)
What: Hundreds of community supporters demand that the developer keep from destroying one of the most unique landmarks of Los Angeles: The South Central Farm, the largest urban farm in the U.S.!
Court Rules Against South Central Farm, Immediate Support Needed! (tags)
SCF to be Evicted
Stand by South Central Farm---the time is NOW! (tags)
TIME IS NOW, prepare for civil disobedience.
Peak Oil and the South Central Farm (tags)
Jan Lundberg and Tezozomoc join in Defense of the South Central Los Angeles Community Farm
“Recycle Your Money” - Report Back from the Anti-Mall (tags)
This Winter’s 2005 Anti-Mall was held at the South Central Farm on December 18th.
Protest is on at Horowitz (tags)
A, from IMC reports.
Solidarity Action in Boston for the South Central Farmers (tags)
Coast to Coast Solidarity with the South Central Farmers.
Report: Screening of The Take/La Toma at the South Central Farm (11-17-05) (tags)
A film about worker-run factories in Argentina parallels the situation at the south central community farm in Los Angeles. Also, is there a solution to the land issue in south central?
The farmers and the community get down so they don't get plowed under.
South Central Farmers Phone Tree (tags)
The South Central Farmers are asking members of the progressive community to establish phone trees to mobilize activists across the city to defend their beloved and family-sustaining 14-acre farm at 41st and Long Beach Ave. For the last 13 years, these working class Latino families have tilled what was once an abandoned, garbage- and rat-infested lot into a inspirational garden that feeds and sustains over 360 families!
BUY NOTHING DAY SPECIAL SCREENING (tags)
-Celebrate Buy Nothing Day with two kick-ass, anti-capitalist sci-fi gems! -Enjoy this free screening under the stars at one of LA’s greatest treasures: The South Central Farm! -Avoid the shopping malls! Avoid your annoying family on the holidays!
Concert to Support the South Central Farmers (tags)
Zack de la Rocha, members of Ozomatli, Quetzal, and others perform to support the struggle of the South Central Farmers
Concert for the South Central Farm (tags)
Zach de la Rocha, Members of Ozomatli, Quetzal and others join 350 Families in South L.A. to Defend Community Farm Concert to save the community farm @ 41st & Alameda. Nov. 22nd event will mobilize the community in Support of the South Central Farmers
From South Central to Palestine: Land Confiscation knows no borders (tags)
Making connections between South Central and Palestine
The time is NOW--the urgency is BOILING over, to make a stand for LAND and DIGNITY.
The farmers are on RED ALERT (tags)
The farmers are on RED ALERT!! On Tuesday, November 8, Ralph Horowitz will most likely get full property rights to the farm, and he told the LA Times recently that he would get the sheriff to "throw off" the farmers from the land. He plans to destroy the farm and build a warehouse, despite the fact that the farm has fed low-income families for 13 years.
ALERT! South Central Farmers in Danger of Being Forcefully Removed (tags)
On October 19, the Superior Court of the state of California declined to hear the petition of the South Central Farmers against the city of Los Angeles, and the real estate developer, Ralph Horowitz.
Interview & Photos from the South Central Farm (tags)
Since 1992, the 14 acres of property located at 41st and Alameda Streets in Los Angeles have been used as a community garden or farm. The land has been divided into 360 plots and is believed to be one of the largest urban gardens in the country.
Building Bridges Radio: Jesse Jackson on Reconstruction & Farmworkers Organize (tags)
Building Bridges: Your Community and Labor Report presents this 28 minute radio program - To Listen click on Media Link
Endangered South Central community farm--meeting tomorrow (9-14-05) (tags)
Update on endeavor to save urban farm which is scheduled to be destroyed by a developer.
Help save the South Central Farm (tags)
“The protection of the health and the safety of the people; the right of people to produce their means of subsistence" -- Lil' Joe
There’s a farm in the middle of the city! A real farm; where people grow food to eat and plants to heal. A place where people feel connected to the earth and to their community.
National Grassroots Animal Rights Conference (March 31st - April 3rd, NYC) (tags)
This national conference (March 31st through April 3rd in New York City) will be the first of its kind. It intends to: empower the grassroots; promote discussion and skill sharing; be affordable, accessible, and inclusive; challenge oppression WITHIN the animal rights movement; have an open and participatory structure; develop a broader analysis of the social and economic context of animal oppression; promote abolition, not reform; and support cross-movement alliances.
National Grassroots Animal Rights Conference, March 31st - April 3rd, NYC (tags)
This national conference (March 31st through April 3rd in New York City) will be the first of its kind. It intends to: empower the grassroots; promote discussion and skill sharing; be affordable, accessible, and inclusive; challenge oppression WITHIN the animal rights movement; have an open and participatory structure; develop a broader analysis of the social and economic context of animal oppression; promote abolition, not reform; and support cross-movement alliances.
JEWISH GREEN DAY IN ISRAEL (tags)
This article describes the love between a people and its homeland, and how it's realized through "Green" techniques, technologies, and farming.
No Human Being is Illegal
Washington and the opposition are behind the terrorist plot against Chavez (tags)
solidarity with Venezuela
The rural movement to oust Bush (tags)
There’s more than bridges in Madison County
Historic Victory for Pictsweet Mushroom Farm Workers in Oxnard, CA (tags)
After years of nation-wide boycotts, protests, and activist campaigns, Farm workers at Pictsweet Mushroom Farm in Ventura, Calif. have won their 17-year battle for a United Farm Workers union contract.
In Defense of Polluters: Howard Dean's Vermont (tags)
Tremblay contends that Dean "is a business man with big money. He is not a farmer. He doesn’t care about the people or the environment. He doesn’t care that the air stinks or that there are flies everywhere. He doesn’t care that his trucks ruin the roads and make it unsafe for your children to ride their bikes. He doesn’t care that he destroys your way of life, and unfortunately the state of Vermont doesn’t care either."
BTL:FTAA Summit in Miami Greeted by Massive Protests Opposing... (tags)
...Anti-Democratic Corporate Agenda for the Americas. Interview with George Naylor, president of the National Family Farm Coaltion, conducted by Between the Lines' Scott Harris
Fascism, Farm Subsidies and Suicide (tags)
As the fascists in the White House celebrate the success of the tragedy they helped make happen on 9/11 (September 11, 2001) on this day September 11, 2003, Lee Kyung-hae, a Korean farmer (who has been put out of business in Korea by cheap imports from the U.S. Global Economic Dictatorship) lies dead in a hospital morgue in Cancun, Mexico.
Over ten thousand people have so far gathered in Cancun Mexico to protest against the WTO Ministerial Conference of blood suckers. The top photo shows protestors with a large painting of Mexican peasant revolutionay hero Emiliano Zapata, who fought for the seizure of lands from the wealthy and their distribution to the landless poor farmers. Bottom photo shows Farm activist Walden Bello speaking to a gathering of farm protesters on a stage bedecked with portraits of revolutionary heroes Che Guevara, left, and Agusto Cesar Sandino. Sandino, a Nicaraguan nationalist and patriot... fought a long guerilla war against the U.S. Army, who occupied his country in the 1930's. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
Israeli Army Destroys Buildings, Farms As It Leaves Gaza (tags)
Ali Zaaneen, 35, stood in the ploughed-up fields where he and his seven brothers grew cucumbers, tomatoes and okra. His four-acre farm was levelled, and nothing remains of his glasshouses. "Now I am able to go every day to my farm," he said, "but I will find nothing to harvest ... and to take to the market. What is the guarantee they will not change their minds and come back again?" he asked of the departing Israelis. "They are not far away."
Gather 'round, children
Farm Labor Leaders Slam Bush over Mexico Pressures at UN (tags)
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the United Farm Workers of America; Arturo Rodriguez, president of the UFW; and Baldemar Velasquez, president of the Farm Labor Organizing Committee, tell Bush to stop pressuring the Mexican government to vote at the UN for a war the Mexican people overwhelmingly oppose.
CIA funded cartoon of Animal Farm (tags)
An article in the Guardian (UK) newspaper reveals the early days of CIA involvement in media manipulation. This story centers on the creation of the animated version of Animal Farm which was actually made in Britain (with some help from our democracy lovin' chums in the CIA).
The needs of the few apparently outweigh the needs of the many when it comes to quenching California's thirst
Animal Liberation Front: UPDATES FROM THE FRONTLINES! (tags)
Some recent information gathered from the web (mainly from www.arkangelweb.org) on various actions carried out by the A.L.F. on behalf of the earth and animals. Thought I'd share this with others who may not have heard of or are familiar with the tactics of the Animal Liberation Front. Interesting to see what the FBI had to say in a meeting on Sept.10 2001 (info. near bottom of post. Re:. Homeland Security)
Freedom Bus on its way to California! (tags)
Serviced Bus New Freedom Bus delayed. The bus was serviced and repaired after being without heat for 36 hours. This delayed the arrival of the freedom riders in Kansas.
At long last, victory for the farmworkers! (tags)
It took a public appeal to the conscience to get the governor to drop his checkbook!
NOON TODAY: UFW Rally in Downtown LA (tags)
TODAY - rally with the UFW at Governor Davis's LA office and urge him to sign SB 1736.
Help California farm laborers, now more than ever! (tags)
You can do something RIGHT NOW to improve working conditions and the standard of living of the people whose hands harvest your food!
Farmworker March for Equality begins tomorrow (tags)
The California legislature just passed a bill that will help level the playing field between growers and farmworkers, but Gov. Davis is threatening to veto it. Tomorrow the UFW starts a 10-day "March for Equality" from Merced to Sacramento, ending with a big rally on Aug 25. Please join the rally in Sacramento, if you can!
Black Supremist Mugabe blinded by anti-Whte hatred (tags)
Zimbabwe White Farmers Face Fight-Or-Flee Decision
March 10-11 Taco bell Actions in Los Angeles/Irvine, please come! (tags)
*Living wage for immigrant workers! No immigrant bashing! Support farm workers' rights!** ***Would you be willing to pay 1/4 of 1 penny more for your Taco Bell's chalupa if it meant that Florida and California farmworkers who pick tomatoes and other farm products for Taco Bell and other restaurants could earn a living wage?**
Free Speech Radio News Reports on Taco Bell Truth Tour (tags)
Yesterday, March 5 2002, Free Speech Radio News aired a story on the on-going Taco Bell Truth Tour, which is headed to Southern California for two days of action on March 10-11.
TACO BELL TRUTH TOUR COMES TO LA (tags)
Florida Farm Workers Leave Soon On Nationa Truth Tour! The fifteen city caravan ends with a huge rally at Taco Bell corporate headquarters in Irvine March 11 JOIN IN THE ORGANIZING! Support Farm Worker Justice.....L.A. meeting is February 20th at 7:00 p.m.
CO-FOUNDER OF UNITED FARM WORKERS JOINS KPFK PROTEST (tags)
CO-FOUNDER OF UNITED FARM WORKERS JOINS KPFK PROTEST Dolores Huerta, who along with Cesar Chavez, founded the United Farm Workers (UFW), came out to protest KPFK's pulling of the "Seditious Beats" radio program.
Health Tips for Angelenos: from America with Love (tags)
Packet includes FARM AID INFORMATION, anti-smoking news and tips on diabetes type 1 and 2.
Pictsweet Rally in Ventura (tags)
Hundreds attended a rally Sept 1 supporting the efforts of farm workers employed by the Pictsweet company as they attempt to negotiate a union contract.
WRFG 89.3 FM 100,000 Watts Airs Key News in Farm Crisis:Middle America's Crisis! (tags)
This is a rough transcript from today's broadcast of our 100,000 watt radio station. Heather Gray has done work in interviewing a wide range of human-rights activists. Including people who work with her at the 12 state Federation of Southern Cooperatives: an outgrowth of the Civil Rights Movement that took seed in 1967.
Up to 5,000 Wash. state apple workers march for better pay (tags)
11 a.m. press avail., 1 p.m. rally Sunday Aug, 5 in Yakima Up to 5,000 Wash. state apple workers march for better pay, push UFW bills to legalize undocumented farm laborers
News from the Farm Worker Movement (tags)
News from the Farm Worker Movement(www.ufw.org)
Top U.S. rabbi presents check in Oxnard to promote Pictsweet mushroom boycott (tags)
Top U.S. rabbi presents check in Oxnard, uses D.C. connections to promote Pictsweet mushroom boycott
Say Goodbye to the Family Farm (tags)
Panel discussion featuring farmers Percy Schmeiser, John Kinsman and Bill Christison and Farmer-to-Farmer Campaign attorney Bill Wenzel on the ongoing economic and ecological crises facing U.S. and Canadian farmers, and the ways in which genetic engineering may deal the death blow to the family farm. They also discuss the heavy-handed tactics of multinational corporations seeking absolute control over the food supply and the farmers that create it.