Paid Ad: Nicaragua Support Fund U.S.A. International
--paid advertisement-- Nicaragua Support Fund U.S.A. International [In Spanish, Fondo de Apoyo a Nicaragua USA-Internacional (FAN)] 1226 N. Alvarado Street Los Angeles, California 90026 Since late 2014, our organization has been collecting voluntary tax payments, to be forwarded to the National Budget of the Government of Nicaragua. We have not yet forwarded any of the payments, because we’re still working on getting more people on board. At the present time, our project bank account has $8,508.00. This year, 2021, is an election year in Nicaragua. And [...]
Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over L.A. GalleryCorporate Landlords Are Taking Over L.A.
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Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over L.A.
Corporate Landlords Are Taking Over L.A. Will Politicians Do Anything About it? by Patrick Range McDonald https://www.housinghumanright.org/corporate-landlords-are-taking-over-l-a-will-politicians-do-anything-about-it/ A new, must-read report by Strategic Actions for a Just Economy (SAJE) has made one thing eye-poppingly clear: corporate landlords are taking over Los Angeles. With that, SAJE points out, L.A. renters are increasingly dealing with predatory practices — such as sudden evictions and unfair, excessive rents — that turn their lives upside down. The question now is, will Mayor Eric Garcetti and the L.A. City Council do anything about [...]
The Epoch Times, Trump’s Favorite Cult Propaganda Machine
The Epoch Times, Trump’s Favorite Cult Propaganda Machine Supporting the White House, and How U.S. Anti-COVID Efforts Have Been Derailed by Lee Siu Hin March 20, 2021 The Epoch Times, the propaganda arm of the U.S.-backed Chinese cult Falun Gong, has built an unholy alliance among anti-China, anti-communist Republicans, far right domestic terrorists, and Donald Trump by organizing carpet-bombing amounts of unlimited fake news coverage against China, as well as by creating a tsunami amount of Facebook bot pages and YouTube QAnon channels [...]
Open Letter: L.A. Needs Publicly-Owned Social Housing
Tackle L.A.'s homelessness catastrophe with publicly-owned social housing On February 19, the End Homelessness Now-LA campaign and 39 endorsing organizations sent a letter to city officials calling for immediate implementation of the kind of government-owned social housing that will bring unhoused people indoors and keep low income folks from losing their homes. (See letter below.) It has been over three months since the Los Angeles City Council passed a motion on November 4, 2020, asking city administrators to study types of government-owned social housing used in other [...]
Lolita Lebron: Paragon of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle GalleryLolita Lebron: Paragon of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle
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Lolita Lebron: Paragon of the Puerto Rican Independence Struggle
https://carlitoboricua.blog/2021/02/28/lolita-lebron-a-bold-fighter-for-puerto-rican-independence/ Lolita Lebrón, A Bold Fighter for Puerto Rican Independence February 28, 2021 By Carlito Rovira Throughout Puerto Rican history, women have played an exemplary and leading role in the struggle against colonialism and oppression. Political and military leaders like Mariana Bracetti, Lola Rodríguez De Tío, Juana Colón, Blanca Canales and many others, have been models of courage and devotion to the struggle for independence and self-determination. One of the most widely known and respected women from the 20th century Puerto Rican liberation struggle is Lolita Lebrón. [...]
The Envoy on Antisemitism, the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, the ADL and Me GalleryThe Envoy on Antisemitism, the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, the ADL and Me
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The Envoy on Antisemitism, the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism, the ADL and Me
by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA Rumor has it that Joe Biden is considering naming Abe Foxman, former head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), as his new Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, a position within the State Department that falls under the Under-Secretary for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights. This focused my attention both on the purpose of the office, which is related to US foreign policy, explaining why it’s an “envoy” (someone being sent elsewhere) and also on the ongoing controversy over the IHRA [...]
The Climate Crisis is Worse than We Can Fathom
The Climate Crisis is Worse than We Can Fathom https://peterkalmus.net/about/ My awareness of climate breakdown reached the point where I had no choice but to respond in some meaningful way... But, a meaningful response was a tall order: global warming is intertwined deeply with our lives, physically, socially, and spiritually. I asked myself, how can we respond, as individuals? What can we do right here, right now, with what we have? How can we live happy and fulfilling lives even in the shadow of global warming? I [...]
Mumia Abu-Jamal: The American Way of Fascism
THE AMERICAN WAY OF FASCISM [col. Writ. 1/30/21 (c) ’21 Mumia Abu-Jamal] Look at the crowds savaging the walls and halls of the U.S. Capitol. Who are they? Where did this mob come from? Well over a decade ago, an American journalist saw them and wrote about them. Chris Hedges, who once wrote for the New York Times as foreign correspondent covering wars, famine and fallen states, published a rather remarkable book in 2006 entitled American Fascists. Its subtitle? : The Christian Right and the War [...]
International Women’s Day: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world GalleryInternational Women’s Day: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world
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International Women’s Day: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world
International Women’s Day 2021 UN theme: Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world British proto-Feminist Mary Wollstonecraft published her book A Vindication of the Rights of Women in 1792. It was a commentary on the unjustifiable behavior of both men and women that were responsible for the marginalization of women. Wollstonecraft wrote the book as a rationalist and realist and told women they should not ask for rights and independence unless they stop depending on men in their daily business. “My own [...]
Save the AFIBA Center
PRESS CONFERENCE AND PROTEST “Gentrification Strikes Again “ A Historical Community Center in the Black Community The SECRET closing of a well-known center in the black community located in the Crenshaw District has been targeted for a project that Called “Destination Crenshaw”, feeds no one, houses no one, and assists no one. They wait until Black History Month, in order to slap the community in the face yet again, by the taking of more services. In 2018 AFIBA Center members joined with others in the community and [...]
More than 500,000 people in the US have died of COVID-19
Life expectancy in the US has fallen by a year in the past year. Half a million dead of COVID-19 Just for comparison, here's the population of some cities you may know, or live in. Fresno California 531,576 Mesa Arizona 518,012 Sacramento California 513,624 Atlanta Georgia 506,811 Kansas City Missouri 495,327 Colorado Springs Colorado 478,221 Omaha Nebraska 478,192 Raleigh North Carolina 474,069 Miami Florida 467,963 Long Beach California 462,628 Virginia Beach Virginia 449,974 Oakland California 433,031 Minneapolis Minnesota 429,606