LOS ANGELES, November 19, 2006 - Six UC students and three community members were forcefully dragged from the UC Regents board meeting on Thursday by police after they informed the Regents that they would not allow the board to convene its DOE lab oversight committee, the Regents’ body in charge of UC’s nuclear weapons research, design, and manufacturing labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico and Livermore, California. The civil disobedience action was conducted by The Coalition to Demilitarize, a group of students and community activists who seek to end the University of California’s participation in the production of nuclear weapons. From the Newswire Students arrested for blocking UC nuclear labs

LOS ANGELES, November 17, 2006 – This Friday students at UCLA protested the campus police use of high voltage electric shock guns by officers on a student last Tuesday night. A video of the police repeatedly shocking the student in the campus main library has caused outrage. Students are demanding the immediate suspension of the officers involved, an independent investigation into the incident, and that tasers are banned from the campus police arsenal.

About 500 students took part in a rally and march to campus police station. There were no uniformed police present at the rally and march. There were no arrests or violence from the police at this event. There were, however a number of under-cover police in the crowd and some students think they recognized a few of the under-covers as being the same officers that were involved in the attack on the student. From the newswire: UCLA Students March on Campus Police Station | | VIDEO: UCLA Students Protest Taser Use by Campus PD

LOS ANGELES, November 16, 2006 - A disturbing new incidence of police violence occurred on the UCLA campus last Tuesday night. A student who objected to showing his ID was repeatedly given electrical shocks and then dragged from the library Tuesday night. Video posted to this site appears to confirm witnesses reports of police brutality so extreme that some are describing it as torture.

VIDEO: UCLA Student attacked by campus police | | UCLA Student Tortured on Camera

Online investigation: Identity of cop that tasered UCLA student?

Los Angeles- Search warrants were served on the residences Tuesday of two North American Animal Liberation Press Officers by the Santa Monica Police Department. No arrests were made, and no reason was given for the warrants, signed by Los Angeles Appellate Judge Paul Turner. Thousands of dollars worth of private items were taken with no explanation, confounding animal activists in the Los Angeles area, which has seen increasingly effective animal advocacy in the last several years.

From the Newswire: Santa Monica Police Raid Homes of Two Animal Liberation Press Officers
Also: No Fear of Neo-Fascist AETA!!

And in related news: Animal Activist NOT GUILTY by L.A. AR Activists

MAYWOOD, CA. November 11, 2006 - Anti-immigrant groups returned to the City of Maywood today to protest against the city’s policy of support of the rights of immigrants. They were again greeted by hundreds of counter-protesters. Police openly sided with the anti-immigrant groups providing escorts to and from their cars and giving them a motorcycle escort out of the city at the end of their demonstration. Three arrests have been reported, two counter-protesters and one from the minutemen side. There are also reports that police fired rubber bullets and struck one of the counter-protesters. Witnesses report that in another incident that elderly man in his 70s was injured when police advanced on counter-protesters with their batons. From the Newswire: Area cops lead minuteman invasion of Maywood by Leslie Radford

Timeline of call ins: 10:45 am Protest going on in Maywood now

LOS ANGELES, 6 November 2006--Two hundred and fifty people marched Saturday through the streets of Los Angeles in unity with the people of Oaxaca, Mexico. At Saturday's Los Angeles march, word was that the march was unpermitted--a "sidewalk only" march, but that the police showed up and offered an "escort" through the streets.  With a PA system blaring liberation music, the march was on.  Behind the lead banner announcing APPO-LA (the Los Angeles group of Asamblea popular de Oaxaca) were the Aztec dancers, in traditional embroidered dresses.   With cries of ¡Oaxaca unido jamás será vencida!, the demonstration headed down Ardmore.  Three drummers brought up the rear, beating out the rhythm of "Somos un pueblo sin fronteras!"  Residents stood in doorways cheering on the demonstration, and marchers stopped to explain the the plight of the Oaxacans to pedestrians as we skirted the edge of Koreatown.  "The government is killing our brothers and sisters in Oaxaco!" they shouted. Full Article: ¡Oaxaca Valiente! by Leslie Radford

New Video: L.A. Oaxaca Community March & Rally by Maria Elena Cortinas & Terry Holzgreen

Also from the Newswire: Photo essay: March for Oaxaca & Video from Saturday's March for Oaxaca by A

LOS ANGELES, November 4, 2006 – Students at Los Angeles City College are demanding action against sheriff deputies over remarks they allegedly made to two female students during the investigation of a reported rape. Outraged students marched to the local sheriff’s station for an explanation and to file a complaint. Unsatisfied with the response from the sheriff’s department students are planning a demonstration this coming Monday. From the Newswire: Sheriff's Detective at LACC: people who report rape were "just drunk" night before by Julia Wallace

LOS ANGELES, November 2, 2006 – In response to the ongoing repression of the people of Oaxaca the Mexican consulate has been the site of continuing protests and vigils this week. A local coalition of diverse groups are coming together on the issue to demand that the Mexican government stop its campaign of violence against its own people in Oaxaca and elsewhere throughout Mexico. They are demanding that the current governor of Oaxaca step down and that the Peoples' Popular Assembly of Oaxaca, APPO, be recognized as the legitimate representatives of the people of Oaxaca.

The Bi-national Front of Indigenous Organizations FIOB and a coalition of other local human rights groups have called for a mass march this Saturday, see: Marcha por Oaxaca - Saturday 10 AM

Latest reports from the newswire: 11/01 Demonstration of Oaxacans and Supporters at Mexican Consulate, with Audio Interview | | Oaxaca Solidarity Demonstrations in the US on Thursday, November 2nd | | Weds 7:10 pm - Protest and Vigil at MX Consulate Happening Now

LOS ANGELES, October 30, 2006 – Oaxacans living in Los Angeles with friends and family under siege in their hometown staged a protest today outside the Mexican Consulate. Spokespersons from the local Oaxacan community say they will hold vigils at the consulate throughout the week and are organizing for a large demonstration at the consulate this Thursday Nov 2nd. They are demanding that the state violence against the people of Oaxaca stop immediately and that both sides work toward a peaceful solution to the current crisis in Oaxaca. From the Newswire: Photos: Protest at Mexican Consulate | | MP3 Audio: Protest at Mexican Consulate in LA

NEW: VIDEO: Oaxacans protest at MX Consulate

UPDATE: Full week of Protests Planned: Demonstrations and Vigils at Mexican Consulate

Independent journalists and media activists around the world are mourning the loss of one their esteemed colleagues. Brad Will fell victim to paramilitary forces of the Mexican government while documenting the current struggle of the people in Oaxaca. Brad was well known and respected within the Indymedia network. Candlelight vigils and demonstrations have already begun at Mexican consulates throughout the nation. A press conference is planned here in Los Angeles this Monday, (see: Oaxaca: Press Conference, Monday in LA) Indymedia newswires have been flooded with articles and commentary in response to Brad’s death. Below are a few selected articles from our newswire:
Reflections on Indymedia: Brad Will, Bravery, and our Common Struggle by salaud | | Commentary: A Lesson from Brad Will by Leslie Radford | Brad Will: El Jardín de la Esperanza by carlos vigueras | Photograper of Indymedia killed by Narco News

Link to the video Brad was filming when he was shot and killed Brad Will's Final Video

And from New York:
Bombs and Shields: Bradley Roland Will 1970-2006 | | NYC Vigil for Brad Will and Emilio Alfonso Fabian | | Bradley Roland Will, U.S. Journalist and Camerman, Killed By Oaxaca Paramiliaries

LOS ANGELES, October 28, 2006 – A march and rally against the US government’s continuing war on the people of the Middle East was held this Saturday in Hollywood. Speakers included Cindy Sheehan, Ron Kovic, Mike Farrell, Arun Ghandi. Estimates range from a low of 1,500 to a high of 5,000 people that took part in the march. Reports from the newswire:
Photos and videos by Susan Forest: images from the 10/28/06 march and rally in Hollywood. | | 10-28-06 Demonstration | | images from the 10/28/06 march and rally in Hollywood. | | images from the 10/28/06 march and rally in Hollywood. | | images from the 10/28/06 march and rally in Hollywood. | | 10/28/06 march and rally in Hollywood. | | video from from the 10/28/06 march and rally in Hollywood | | 10/28/06 Demo | | Speakers at the 10/28 Rally | | Speakers at 10/28/06
Photos by Don Hodges: Hollywood Peace March 10-28-2006 [Part 1/2] | | Hollywood Peace March 10-28-2006 [Part 2/2]
Photos by Michelle: Peace March Oct. 28 | | Peace March Oct. 28
Photos by Cornelius Cardew: Hollywood Peace March and Rally10-28-2006
Photos by Impeach07: Yet Even More Hollywood Rally Pics

Oaxaca City, Mexico - October 27, 2006 - A shooting occurred today in Oaxaca City, Mexico, leaving New York City Indymedia journalist Bradley Will dead after being shot in the chest. He died before reaching the hospital, according to La Jornada. A photographer from the newspaper Milenio Diario, who was at Will's side, was shot in the foot and reported injured, his status unknown.

Radio APPO, the radio of the Popular Assembly of the Oaxacan People, is reporting truckloads of armed paramilitaries entering the city. They are calling for people to reinforce the thousands of barricades that have been constructed for months as part of the statewide teachers' strike and popular uprising that has demanded the removal of PRI governor Ulisis Ortiz Ruiz. Oaxaca IMC

LOS ANGELES, October 22, 2006 – Victims of police brutality marched with their friends and families in downtown Los Angeles today. The march took a route down Broadway to the LAPD headquarters at the Parker Center where a rally was held. About 450 people took part in the march. No arrests or incidences with police have been reported at this time.
From the newswire: VIDEO: march against police brutality | | October 22 March | | October 22nd Costa Mesa | Photos: Protest Against Police Brutality by Marcus

Audio Interviews: Victims of Police Brutality Speak Out, part 1 | | part 2

Extra: POLICE BRUTALITY CAUGHT ON VIDEO