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Urgent Appeal to So Cal’s Civil Society and Creative Communities

Urgent Appeal to So Cal’s Civil Society and Creative Communities on Behalf of KPFK by Michael Novick I am writing as the chair of the Local Station Board, a listener member elected to the governance of KPFK, listener-sponsored, non-commercial educational Pacifica free speech community radio (90.7 in L.A., 98.7 in Santa Barbara, 93.7 in San Diego, 99.5 in Ridgecrest/China Lake, and world-wide at kpfk.org). I am writing with a simple and immediate [...]

By |2022-05-18T14:45:17-05:00May 18th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Commentary, COVID-19, Disability issues, Economy, Elections, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Low income, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Poverty, Public Radio, Social Media, Solidarity, Unions, Voting, War|0 Comments
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What the Monroe Doctrine Signifies to Latin America

By Prof. Cisco Drake For the people of Latin America, since December 2, 1823, when then U.S. President James Monroe established a Doctrine that would always identify its rule over the vast region then classified as Latin America, it is impossible to understand why the economic and political conditions in the Countries of Latin America have compelled so many to migrate to other lands, usually to the U.S., since this Doctrine was [...]

By |2022-01-01T01:25:26-05:00January 1st, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Economy, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Indigenous Nations, Latin America, Solidarity|0 Comments
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December 2021 Calendar of Community Events

December  2021 Change Links calendar development file Change Links cannot publish without your support. Send events, articles or poetry to changelinks2@gmail.com or via http://change-links.org/submit/  Please subscribe as well. Subscriptions to the print edition are $12/25/50 a year, low income, regular or sustainer (sliding scale), Payable to “AFGJ,” our fiscal sponsor, with “Change Links” in the memo. All events announced are encouraged to donate $5 (per event), payable to AFGJ, mail to Change [...]

By |2021-12-02T01:37:48-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Calendar, Climate Change, COVID-19, Ecology, Economy, Events, Featured|0 Comments
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On the Recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom

by DSA-LA Electoral Committee, Aug. 12, 2021 On September 14, voters will decide whether to remove Gavin Newsom as governor. As socialists, we are no fans of Gov. Newsom. We'd much prefer the option of replacing him with a socialist. However, this isn't the election we're faced with. Instead, we’re looking at a fascist, reactionary, capitalist rebellion against the belief that government has any responsibility or right to improve living conditions. Newsom [...]

By |2021-09-03T02:34:10-05:00September 3rd, 2021|Anti-capitalism, California, California, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Housing, Movements, News, Politics, Socialism, Voting|0 Comments
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Fauxgressives on Neighborhood Councils: Liberal Slogans Encasing Developers’ Agenda

Fauxgressives on the march, winning recent Neighborhood Council elections By Dick Platkin* https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/cw/los-angeles/22421-fauxgressives-on-the-march-winning-recent-neighborhood-council-elections Planning Watch: Lately my in-box has included emails from local community activists dealing with “progressives” who won recent Neighborhood Council elections.  One email included a recent on-line article from Knock-LA, written by an LA Forward organizer who spearheaded these successful election campaigns.  This article, however, revealed little about what these winners hope to achieve through LA’s Neighborhood Councils. Do [...]

By |2021-09-03T02:29:10-05:00September 3rd, 2021|Banks, Big Business, Capitalism, Democracy, Dick Platkin, Economy, Elections, Gentrification/Displacement, Homelessness, Housing, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Homeowners, Low income|0 Comments
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NATO in “Latin” America

by Rick Rozoff https://antibellum679354512.wordpress.com/2021/07/14/natos-800-mile-border-with-south-america/#comments The website of NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) in Mons, Belgium featured a story on Bastille Day in which it interviewed a French officer with the SHAPE military police.  SHAPE had been based in France until Charles de Gaulle evicted it in 1967 when he withdrew from NATO’s integrated military structure. The interview was unremarkable until the Frenchman was asked what were some aspects of France [...]

By |2021-08-01T02:33:42-05:00August 1st, 2021|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Big Business, Brazil, Canada, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Columbia, Cuba, Donald Trump, Economy, Haiti, Historical, Latin America, Movements, National Security, News, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Puerto Rico, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, War|0 Comments
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Mike Hall of Venice was murdered June 25

A houseless man was murdered on Venice Beach. There's more that needs to be said about what’s happening there. by Peggy Lee Kennedy Mike Hall, a 49 year-old Venice local, was murdered on Dudley hill next to the Venice Boardwalk on June 25. He was previously living in a vehicle by Electric and Venice Blvd.. His RV got towed and he came to the boardwalk because he heard people were getting housing [...]

By |2021-07-02T00:00:51-05:00July 2nd, 2021|Activism, COVID-19, Economy, Garcetti, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Low income, Movements, Peggy Kennedy, Police|0 Comments
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PDF of July 2021 print edition of Change Links

By |2021-07-01T23:57:34-05:00July 1st, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, COVID-19, Economy, Environment, Events, Features, Gentrification/Displacement, Human Rights, Independent Media, Indigenous, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Letters To Editors, LGBTQ+, Los Angeles, Movements, Music, News, Peace and War|0 Comments
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A People’s Vaccine Against a Mutating Virus and Neoliberal Rule

by Nicolas J. S. Davies Photo credit: UNICEF Teachers and students were able to return to school in Lao Cai, Viet Nam, in May 2020 A recent Yahoo News/YouGov poll found that worries about the COVID pandemic in the United States are at their lowest level since it began. Only half of Americans are either “very worried” (15%) or “somewhat worried” (35%) about the virus, while the other half are “not very [...]

By |2021-07-01T23:56:44-05:00July 1st, 2021|Activism, Biden, China, COVID-19, Economy, National Security, Nicolas Davies, Politics, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Another Honey Bee Die-Off Threatens Food Supply

https://petpedia.co/bee-statistics/ Did you know that if the bees disappeared, it would leave us with minimal food sources at skyrocketing prices? Bee statistics reveal that these creatures may be small, but they’re some of the most essential little workers in the world. Most Crucial Bee Statistics and Facts to Know There’s a 2.96 million decline in honey bee colonies over the years in the US. US beekeepers lost an average of 40% of [...]

By |2021-07-01T23:52:02-05:00July 1st, 2021|Climate Change, Ecology, Economy, Environment, Food, Movements|0 Comments
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Is a Network of Major Donors Neutralizing Activism in The Peace Movement?

Peace-Washing: Is a Network of Major Donors Neutralizing Activism in The Peace Movement? With Democrats in Power (for now), Powerful Funders May Be Trying To Tame or Silence Progressive Peace Activists By Dave Lindorff Peace-washing: Is a network of major donors neutralizing activism in the peace movement? Salon - June 2, 2021 During the four years of the Trump administration, resistance and even revolutionary talk were in the air as organizations with names like The Resistance and Our Revolution brought together liberals, Democrats [...]

By |2021-06-02T23:31:56-05:00June 2nd, 2021|Capitalism, Dave Lindorff, Donald Trump, Economy, Historical, Movements, National Security, Nuclear Power, Peace, Politics, Protests and Rallies, War|0 Comments
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