Close to 500 people marched this Friday, October 22nd in downtown Los Angeles to protest police brutality and police murder. For information on October 22nd visit: october22.org
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Republican National Convention – New York City
The convergence on Manhattan by those opposed to Bush was widespread, peaceful and unfortunately harassed by a politicized NYPD.
Sunday’s march was the centerpiece of resistance as half a million people passed Madison Square Garden, site of the RNC. Acting as book ends to Sunday’s historic action satellite events scattered throughout Manhattan created another kind of convention as large as the Big Apple itself representing labor, pro choice, and the peace movement. In the end what will be remembered is the huge display of people power and a government more concerned with media appearance than civil rights.
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Bush attended a fundraiser last Thursday in Santa Monica. The event was held at the Santa Monica Airport in hanger #8 (Gunnell Aviation). A large crowd of people who oppose Bush and his policies came out to protest the visit. Also a large but smaller group of Bush supporters, bused in by party operatives, staged a counter protest.
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 Birth of A Nation Screening – CANCELLED! Los Angeles August 9th
The screening of "Birth of a Nation”, considered by many, more Ku Klux Klan recruitment film than 1915 silent movie classic was cancelled today. Activists groups including the Committee to Eliminate Media Offensive to African People and the International Action Center persuaded Charlie Lustman, owner of the “Silent Movie Theater” on Fairfax Ave. to drop the film rather than offend an outraged community.
Civil Rights groups set up in front of the movie house to voice opposition and greet movie fans. D.W. Griffith's flick lifted from a KKK propaganda piece entitled "Clansman" caused an increase in hate crimes against blacks after its debut and continues to spark controversy.
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Two years into the boycott suspended employees of Assi Market in Korea town have offered to settle out of court rather than continue with a million plus dollar law suit. Vi a spokesperson for Korean Immigrant Workers Advocate and the Immigrant Workers Union stated, “It Makes sense to settle, because if we don’t settle now we’re just going to get tied up in the courts. So it makes sense on both sides to settle, but sometimes Assi does things that don’t make sense .”
Until an agreement is reached workers will be picketing the market the first Friday of every month from 6pm to 8pm on the corner of 8th and Oxford. Audio and photos
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Eyewitness Report Back –
The event started on (7/23)Friday afternoon, and continued throughout Saturday and until Sunday afternoon. During the entire time 10 activists fasted in solidarity with our Palestinian brothers and sisters back home. A tent was set up in a prime spot near the Santa Monica pier and got great visibility by hundreds or thousands of passers-by. It included a mock wall with photos and information taped to it, an information table, and a projector and screen where documentary films were shown in the evening. Participants in this event held pro-Palestinian and anti-wall signs, and flyers were passed out. Various activists spoke on the p.a. system, and there was a candlelight procession in the evening.
The Zionists, as usual, arranged a counter-protest. They hired an airplane on all 3 days to carry anti-Palestinian signs... On Sunday afternoon, they came out in full force, with many racist signs and many of their hardcore members. A lot of friction resulted, in many cases very heated exchanges, including insults, and at least in 3 cases that I saw it turned physical. We chanted pro-palestinian and anti-wall slogans; they chanted their racist slogans.
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 Los Angeles Activist Webmaster Released From Jail!Los Angeles Webmaster, Sherman Austin, has been released from the Federal Corrections Institute in Tuscon, Arizona. He was sentenced to one year in August 2003, after federal authories raided his home in January 24, 2002. Most of the contents of his room were confiscated, including his computer equipment and literature, as innocous objects such as ice tea bottles and a toy car were painted as terrorist devices by the FBI and a joint task force of police officers. Added to these spurious charges was the fact that rudimentary bomb making information was posted on his server, not by Austin, but by an Orange County teen that was not charged with a crime.
The FBI also used the testimony of a militia man, who assisted them in their efforts to entrap Austin, to justify the January, 2002 raid. The Terrorism Enhancement Clauses enacted with the aid of Senator Diane Feinstein were interpreted by the prosecution to mean that Austin would be forced to spend a manditory twenty years in prison if he didnt plead out to a year in prison and an extremely restrictive three years probation which is still pending and fully in effect. Sherman is also regarded as one of the first casualties of the USA PATRIOT ACT. His case sparked controversy among those concerned with human rights and freedom of expression. Democracy Now, The Electronic Frontier Foundation, CounterPunch, Zach de da Rocha, the infoshop, and Not In Our Name, are just some of the activists and media venues that spoke out about Sherman's case. Austin will remain in a halfway house until sometime in August when he can finally return home! Sherman Austin's dynamic website, Raise the Fist has been forced off of cyberspace by the authorities.
For more info and to give much needed support, go to freesherman.org
San Fransisco Indymedia also has a feature on this story. Read the LA IMC Interview
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 Arlington West - America’s Wake Up CallSanta Monica CA - July 4th ’04
In contrast to the holiday’s doled out militarism via the 4th of July parade, Arlington West serves up the plain hard truth, our people are dying - feel the pain - what’s the reason?
“Veterans for Peace” doesn’t shape the message they merely provide the substance for thousands of passing beach goers to process the bleak information. Today the host cities' Mayor spoke. Since February hundreds of crosses have been added to the hallowed ground installation bringing the total to 800+. Vets for Peace will be out every Sunday next to the Santa Monica Pier until US soldiers stop fighting in Iraq.
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October 22nd National Day Protest Against Police Brutality
Immigrant Rights Marches
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