Where is Our Personal Freedom Going. – Robert Tronge (tags)
I think it is time to take a look at where our political leaders are leading us. America has always been based on the concept that all men are free and there should be no barriers put up barring a person’s liberty or freedoms regardless of any defining characteristics that a person has. The most obvious examples are race, color, creed, and religion but there are also others.
George Baliey, It's a Wonderful Segregated Life (tags)
Just thinking about residential segregation in South Gate circa 1920, and the ideology of It's a Wonderful Life.
Manzanar Committee Calls On JACL Board To Honor Intent Of Power Of Words Handbook (tags)
Repost of a press release regarding JACL wanting to tone down the language on a plaque at Manzanar concentration camp.
Student Activists Receive Gertrude Welch Peace and Justice Award (tags)
Student Advocates for Higher Education (SAHE) was honored by the San José Peace and Justice Center for the service, activism, tenacity, and courage of its students, and especially of its undocumented members. Representatives Mike Honda and Zoe Lofgren participated in the ceremony held at San José State University.
Political Washington Abolishes Due Process Protections (tags)
tyranny
Obama Approves Draconian Police State Law (tags)
police state
Indefinite Domestic Military Detentions (tags)
police state
Oakland General Strike a Success, but Cops Seriously Injure another Vet (tags)
With over 50,000 people protesting in the street in three major protests through the course of the day, massive labor participation, and a shut down of the Port of Oakland, there is no question that the general strike was a success. Yet the corporate media is now blowing up the importance of a few acts of vandalism by protesters and agent provocateurs.
Imperialist War, Mass Murder, and Torture, But Did September 11th Change ?Everything?? (tags)
"Americans watched in horror as the World Trade Center collapsed. Yet it was a horror no different from what the U.S. government has done with it's bombing of civilian populations in Iraq, Yugoslavia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, and Korea. The U.S. bombings of just these countries, not to mention many other U.S. acts of war, murdered millions of civilians. Terror against civilians is never justified. Now the U.S. government is preparing to terror bomb Afghanistan?" -Liberation News, September 11, 2001
What Passes for Journalism and Opinion in America (tags)
media
Obama?s Continued Failures on the Environment and Jobs (tags)
[Photo: Bridge in Felton, California built by workers in the Works Progress Administration which employed 3.8 million people from 1935 to 1941 and built 11,000 schools, 122,000 public buildings, 77,000 bridges, 285 airports, 24,000 miles of sewer, and 664,000 miles of road. Photo by Liberation News]
America's Total Surveillance Society (tags)
spying
Islamophobia in Western Media (tags)
Muslim vilification
Manzanar Pilgrimage 2010 (tags)
Seven Photos
America's Supremes: Court Over Constitution (tags)
America governs lawlessly
During WWII thousands of Japanese Americans were forcibly detained in camps. 11th
Struggle Against Anti- Immigrant Laws and Discrimination- CDIR (tags)
The Coalition in Defense of Immigrant Rights (CDIR)-USA expresses deep concern that while the presidential campaign is going to its high gear, the anti- immigrant advocates are on the offensive. According to the CDIR, the anti-immigrant forces are trying to frame the Republican Party debates to focus on illegal immigration and some elements in different states are passing discriminatory laws against immigrants. Candidate Mitt Romney kept on calling the McCain proposal an “amnesty”. At the same time, the Democratic Party is quiet on the subject.
Reviewing Michael Parenti's "Democracy For the Few" - by Stephen Lendman (tags)
America's democracy serves only the privileged.
Remembering the Maestro - Music Master, Anti-Fascist (tags)
Honoring Arturo Toscanini
Burning the American Flag because of What it Represents (tags)
The Senate will soon debate an amendment to ban flag-burning. As long as the U.S. flag represents a nation bent on dominating the world regardless of the human and economic costs, people both here and abroad will continue to burn it. Where there is oppressions there is always resistance.
Immigration Endgame: May 1st and America’s New Race War (tags)
Nothing has changed except this: Since the mass pro-amnesty marches in Chicago and Los Angeles our potential for mass resistance against mass repression is now on the table as an absolute factor in the equation. And that’s what the May 1st Huelga General is all about. It’s about our power and their vulnerability...
Bush's Immigration Trap (tags)
Labor: Organize the Unorganized!
Mass Deportation to Mexico in 1930s Spurs Apology (tags)
It was 1931. The administration of President Herbert Hoover backed a policy that would deport hundreds of thousands of Mexican Americans, more than half of them United States citizens.
WHY PAT ROBERTSON ISN'T TREATED AS A TERRORIST (tags)
ONE OF BUSH'S GOOD TERRORISTS
Stand Up For Justice: The Story of Ralph Lazo (tags)
Copied from aamovement.net. It will be of interest to folks from Boyle Heights, Japanese Americans, and anyone interested in the internment.
February 20th - National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab and South Asian Immigrants (tags)
We call on people everywhere to come together on the 3rd National Day of Solidarity to resist the scapegoating and criminalization of Muslim, Arab and South Asian immigrants! Take action and speak out on February 20th, 2004 as part of the National Day of Solidarity with Muslim, Arab, and South Asian Immigrants!
An Open Letter from the Arab-American and Muslim Community to the US Anti-War Movement (tags)
On March 20, 2004, the world will mobilize against war and colonial occupations. The significance of this historic day is evident to all and requires no further elaboration. The political clarity and character of this mobilization in the US, however, remains illusive.
Vote 2004: God's Champ & Internment Camps (tags)
"I really believe I'm hearing from the Lord it's going to be like a blowout election in 2004." -- Pat Robertson "Some of these Arab Americans are probably intent on doing harm to us." -- Congressman Howard Coble (R)
On War, Imperialism, Osama bin Laden, And Black-Asian Politics
GRASSROOTS REDRESS HERO BERT NAKANO PASSES (tags)
GRASSROOTS REDRESS HERO BERT NAKANO PASSES ON SEPT. 27 IN GARDENA
Warning! The USA Patriot Act and Other Dangerous Things (tags)
RW
This is just the latest and most egregious step in a fear campaign designed to prepare Americans to do whatever the administration wants us to do.
Media walk on Ashcroft's leash (tags)
On March 1, give or take a day, in Columbus, Ohio, the FBI arrested an American citizen it says is Iyman Faris. There wasn't a word uttered. He vanished. No lawyer was notified. He made no phone calls and wrote no letters. He was a U.S. citizen who disappeared without a trace into a secret metal world.
PHOTOS & REPORT: Press Conference to Stop the Deportations of 13,000 Immigrants (tags)
A wide range of organizations gathered in front of the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles at 10:00a.m., Thursday, June 19, 2003, to voice their opposition to a recent announcement by the government that 13,000 Muslim, Arab, and South Asian men who registered with the INS as part of the government's controversial Special Registration Program (NSEERS) will face deportation.
JAPANESE AMERICANS AGAINST WAR (tags)
Please join us ... Asian Pacific American Democratic Club & Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress (NCRR) 9/11 Committee. We are organizing an API contingent in the upcoming march on Sat., March 15, against the war on Iraq.
One More Casualty In the War on Terror? (tags)
Has Alireza Ghazi Zahedi's detainment by the INS in CA lasted so long because he is a peace activist?
Stop Congressman Howard Coble (tags)
Howard Coble is going around saying it was a good idea to intern the Japanese Americans. It's an argument for the incarceration of Middle Eastern and Arab Americans.
Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in Calif (tags)
Hundreds of Iranian citizens were in southern California jails on Weds after coming forward to comply with a new rule to register with immigration only to wind up handcuffed and behind bars.
Solidarity With Immigrants Under Attack: Demonstrate! (tags)
Protest- Fri., Jan. 10 at 8, 12 & 4:00 -INS office, Los Angeles & Temple St
Whole Lotta Lott Goin' On (tags)
Media Propaganda & Censorship 101
Seeping up from the depths...
Copied from the AZine. Information about Prop 40, a ref. that includes provisions to fund cultural preservation.
A short note about the DOR, and a link to a new website about internment.
ANTI-INTERNMENT EVENT IN LITTLE TOKYO (tags)
To commemorate the 1942 Internment of the entire Japanese American Community... and to Protest the current Detention of Arab American & American Muslims, a DAY OF REMEMBRANCE will be held February 16 on the very spot in L.A.'s Little Tokyo where Japanese Americans were rounded up and shipped off to Concentration Camps.
CIVIL LIBERTIES VS. NATIONAL SECURITY - A forum in Little Tokyo (tags)
1942 - 2002: What lessons can we learn from the WW2 Japanese American experience? On February 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066, which began the rounding up and internment of Japanese Americans. Some 120,000 people were stripped of their rights and incarcerated with no due process. Don't let this happen again!
December 10th Coalition For Human Rights-Public Statement And Call To Action (tags)
In response to the suspicious detainment of 1,000+ arab Americans, a new coalition has formed in NJ to organize for the nationwide day of action on December 10th. We will keep IMC updated on specifics of the action that the coalition plans, although we encourage organizations to organize autonomously as well. Please endorse this. This is the initial release, so very few, even some in the coalition, have not had the chance to fully confirm their endorsement. However, I can tell you members of the ARISE collective and New Brunswick-FNB are also involved. Onward!
Around 400 people gathered in L.A.'s historic Little Tokyo district Friday evening (28th), for a candlelight vigil against hate crimes.
Around 400 people gathered in L.A.'s historic Little Tokyo district Friday evening (28th), for a candlelight vigil against hate crimes.
Around 400 people gathered in L.A.'s historic Little Tokyo district Friday evening (28th), for a candlelight vigil against hate crimes.
Around 400 people gathered in L.A.'s historic Little Tokyo district Friday evening (28th), for a candlelight vigil against hate crimes.
Around 400 people gathered in L.A.'s historic Little Tokyo district Friday evening (28th), for a candlelight vigil against hate crimes.
A MESSAGE OF PEACE FROM THE CATHOLIC WORKERS (tags)
EVEN AFTER ALL THIS… We are Catholic Workers and we still are pacifists. We too are heartbroken over the events of September 11, 2001. We too grieve the horrific and untimely loss of thousands of livesEVEN AFTER ALL THIS… We are Catholic Workers and we still are pacifists. We too are heartbroken over the events of September 11, 2001. We too grieve the horrific and untimely loss of thousands of lives.
Pennsylvania ACLU Denounces Police Infiltration of Protest Groups (tags)
The following is the text of a press release from the Pennsylvania ACLU, issued on Sept. 7, 2000.