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The 17th Many Winters Gathering of Elders

October 12-15 at Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA The Many Winters Gathering of Elders (MWGOE) Organizing Committee is excited to announce its 17th MWGOE, scheduled for Thursday, October 12 through Sunday, October 15, from 11 am to 6 pm at Angels Gate Cultural Center (AGCC) in San Pedro, CA on Gabrielino-Tongva territory. The MWGOE is a four-day gathering where Native/Indigenous Elders and knowledge-keepers from across the country gather to share [...]

By |2023-10-01T00:33:40-05:00October 1st, 2023|Ecology, Events, Food, Historical, Indigenous Nations|0 Comments
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Two-Tiered Justice System?

A two-tiered justice system? © by Mumia Abu-Jamal As soon as the latest charges against former U.S. President Donald Trump were announced, Trumpist acolytes began making claims about a two-tiered justice system ostensibly against Republicans. Such a claim can only be made by those who are blind, deaf, or dumb. They seemingly are blind to the many Black and Browns, who have peopled the phenomenon known as mass incarceration for at least [...]

By |2023-09-03T16:36:08-05:00September 3rd, 2023|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Florida, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Politics, Prisons|0 Comments
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Six Tropes to Look Out for That Distort Israel/Palestine Coverage

Lara-Nour Walton [Excerpt] https://fair.org/home/six-tropes-to-look-out-for-that-distort-israel-palestine-coverage/ “This is quite something,” remarked Nadi Abusaada in a May 8 tweet. As many of us have done, the Palestinian academic found himself experimenting with the seemingly boundless powers of OpenAI’s ChatGPT software. But during this activity, he uncovered something disturbing. “I asked @OpenAI whether Palestinians deserve to be free,” he said. The natural-language processing tool responded to Abusaada’s query ambivalently: As an AI language model, I do [...]

By |2023-09-03T16:31:34-05:00September 3rd, 2023|Activism, Historical, Human Rights, Indigenous Nations, Israel and Palestine, News, Palestine, Palestinian, Peace and War|0 Comments
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The First Black Physician in the US Sought to Heal its Social Wounds

from the Smithsonian Magazine by Meilan Solly [Excerpt -- full article at link] https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/james-mccune-smith-america-first-black-physician-180977110/ James McCune Smith was not just any physician. He was the first African American to earn a medical degree, educated at the University of Glasgow in the 1830s, when no [US] university would admit him. For this groundbreaking achievement alone, Smith warrants greater appreciation. But Smith was also one of the nation’s leading abolitionists. In 1859, Frederick Douglass [...]

By |2023-07-08T16:23:50-05:00July 8th, 2023|Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Education, Historical|0 Comments
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In Memoriam: Bruce Barthol

Bruce Barthol was the resident songwriter for the Tony Award winning San Francisco Mime Troupe for over three decades. His songs have been recorded by Country Joe and the Fish, the SF Mime Troupe, the Human Condition, Ozay Fecht, the Edlos, the Funky Nixons and the Original Country Joe Band. Bruce wrote for the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Borderlands Theatre (Tucson), the Working Theater (NYC), the Curious Theatre (Denver), San Francisco State [...]

By |2023-07-08T16:23:10-05:00July 8th, 2023|Activism, Aging, Anti-capitalism, California, Historical, In Memoriam, Music, Obituary|0 Comments
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Zapatistas Resist Paramilitary and State Attacks

In the celebration for its 25th anniversary, between December 31, 2018 and January 1, 2019, from the Caracol de La Realidad, in Zapatista Chiapas, the EZLN sent a clear and powerful message. After thousands of Zapatista militiamen, men and women, marched demonstrating their discipline and coordination, Subcomandante Moisés gave a speech that would resound to the National Palace. In addition to ratifying the anti-capitalist position and the commitment to the autonomy of [...]

By |2023-06-02T18:30:55-05:00June 2nd, 2023|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Historical, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Latin America, Mexico, Movements, News, Solidarity|0 Comments
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PDF of May 2023 Change Links print edition

By |2023-04-29T01:38:23-05:00April 29th, 2023|Activism, Ads, Anti-capitalism, Arts, Calendar, Editorial, Events, Features, Films, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Indigenous Nations|0 Comments
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Zionism and the Nakba at 75

Zionism and the Nakba by Donna Nevel   As Israel and many of its supporters prepare to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its settler colonial foundaing, and Palestinians mark the anniversary of the Nakba (atastrophe and ethnic cleansing), we are reprinting excerpts from this Jewish critique of Zionism as a contribution to international solidarity with the just struggle to free, free Palestine. See calendar listings for pro-Palestine actions around May 15. The [...]

By |2023-04-29T01:35:30-05:00April 29th, 2023|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Historical, Indigenous Nations, Movements, News, Palestinian, Peace and War, Peace Vigils, Security and Insecurity, United Nations, Veterans, War|0 Comments
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Israel, Rwanda and the African Union

by Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report Contributing Editor https://blackagendareport.com/israel-africa-0  On February 18, at the annual summit of the African Union, AU security personnel removed an Israeli delegate who had arrived without an invitation. In 2021, the AU granted Israel observer status, but outcry among members led to suspension of the decision and formation of a committee to review it. Israel, with colossal arrogance, sent its envoy, Sharon Bar-Li, to the 2023 annual [...]

By |2023-03-02T01:38:08-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Africa, Ann Garrison, Anti-Racism/Racism, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Israel and Palestine, Movements, News, Palestine, Palestinian, Peace, Politics, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, United Nations, War|0 Comments
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March 2023 Community Calendar

March 2023 Change Links Community Calendar Women’s History Month See continuing and ongoing events at the end of the calendar. 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 [...]

By |2023-03-16T03:27:03-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Ads, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Calendar, California, Climate Change, COVID-19, Disability issues, Ecology, Events, Feminism, Films, Free Speech, Healthcare, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Movements, Music, News|0 Comments
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PDF of March 2023 issue of Change Links

By |2023-03-02T01:34:01-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Africa, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Calendar, California, Classified Ads, Climate Change, COVID-19, Disability issues, Editorial cartoon, Environment, Events, Features, Feminism, Girls, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Immigration/Migrant rights, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Peace, Peace and War, Peace Vigils, Poetry Corner, Wall Street|0 Comments
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