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Labor Stops Work, Takes a Knee for Justice

The People’s Strike Supports ILWU, ILA and Teamsters’ Action in Honor of George Floyd, Fallen Brother of the Working Class by Frances Madeson On June 9, members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters laid down their tools in a work stoppage for eight minutes and 46 seconds, the precise measure of time that George Floyd, handcuffed and helpless to resist, was forced to endure a policeman’s lethal knee on his neck. Killed by Minneapolis [...]

By |2020-06-09T15:31:33-05:00June 9th, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, California, Economy, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Movements, News, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity, Unions|0 Comments
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100,000 People Killed by COVID-19 in the US

Don't Mourn, Organize! by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action L.A. The command to devote ourselves to getting organized in the face of death and repression rather than spending time in lamentation,  was attributed to Joe Hill in a farewell letter while facing execution, Mother Jones, discussing others rather than herself, said "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." Either way, it has never been more pertinent than today, in the face of the mass murder at the hands of the settler colonial-capitalist system in the US [...]

By |2020-06-14T14:44:29-05:00June 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, China, Commentary, COVID-19, Disability issues, Economy, Editorial cartoon, Health, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Journalism, Indigenous Nations, Jails, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, Unity, War|0 Comments
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June 2020 Community 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 are encouraged to donate $5 (per event), payable to AFGJ, mail to Change Links, PO Box 34236, LA 90034. It helps keep this publication solvent. Thanks in advance.   In light of the current COVID-19 [...]

By |2020-06-23T13:12:20-05:00June 1st, 2020|About, Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Calendar, COVID-19, Events, Independent Journalism, LGBTQ+, Michael Novick|0 Comments
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Global Pandemic: Notes From Italy’s ‘Red Zone’

Notes From Italy's 'Red Zone' by Anthony Cristofani, Special to Change Links I moved to Italy two months ago because I thought it would be a more reasonable government under which to live and work for change.  After the COVID-19 outbreak friends and family started writing and calling me with great worry in their voices, asking how bad it was here.  In truth, I’m all the more grateful I moved here, and far more worried about my old home, the USA.       Let’s start with the government’s response [...]

By |2020-03-25T17:09:42-05:00March 25th, 2020|Beyond Capitalism, COVID-19, Economy, Europe, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Homelessness, Independent Journalism, Italy, Jails, Labor, News|0 Comments
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Sanctions Kill at All Times – End the Sanctions on Iran, Venezuela

Why Sanctions During a Pandemic are Cruel by Vijay Prashad – Paolo Estrada - March 18, 2020 Swiftly moves the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), dashing across continents, skipping over oceans, terrifying populations in every country. The numbers of those infected rises, as do the numbers of those who have died. Hands are being washed, tests are being done, and social distance has become a new phrase. It is unclear how devastating this pandemic will be. In the midst of a pandemic, one would expect that all countries would collaborate [...]

By |2020-03-23T15:27:04-05:00March 23rd, 2020|Activism, Commentary, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Peace and War, Russia, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Venezuela, Vijay Prashad|0 Comments
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Pacifica Bylaws Revision Update

Vote No on Pacifica's Undemocratic Bylaws Revision by Michael Novick If  you are a member of KPFK (or another Pacifica station) you should already have received a link to the ballot for a referendum on new Bylaws for the 70 year old foundation and radio network. If you believe you are a member and haven't received an email or postcard with instructions, or an actual paper ballot, contact nes@pacifica.org ASAP! Are you surprised that, at a moment when democracy, human rights and racial and economic justice are [...]

By |2020-02-20T02:21:48-05:00February 20th, 2020|Beyond Capitalism, California, California, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Los Angeles, News, NPR, Pacifica/KPFK, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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Vote “NO!” on Pacifica’s Anti-Democratic Bylaws Revision

Vote "NO!" on Pacifica's Anti-Democratic Bylaws Revision by Grassroots Community Radio Coalition www.gcrc-socal.org A court in Berkeley has ordered the Pacifica Foundation to conduct a vote on a total Bylaws revision, masquerading as an amendment, and because of financial and other issues, Pacifica is unable to contest the order, brought by the same hijackers who recently took WBAI in NY off the air, replacing local programmers with piped in content from KPFK and KPFA, and seriously damaging the NY station and its fundraising until the national Board [...]

By |2020-01-03T00:10:44-05:00December 30th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Commentary, Elections, Free Speech, Fund Drives, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Public Radio, Social Media, Sustainability, Unions|0 Comments
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Lebanon and Syria: The Manufacture of Dissent

Lebanon and Syria: The Manufacture of Dissent By Rania Khalek httpss://thegrayzone.com/2019/12/11/us-parties-lebanon-protests-pushing-country-war-roadblocks/#more-17767 The US is desperate to ride the revolutionary wave in Lebanon, hoping it can fracture a governing coalition that includes Hezbollah, a top target of the Trump administration and its friends from Tel Aviv to Riyadh. To this end, political figures Washington has cultivated and parties the US backs have penetrated the protest movement that has swept the country and are now on the frontlines of blockades obstructing roads around the country. In the first part [...]

By |2019-12-30T22:40:21-05:00December 30th, 2019|Activism, Commentary, Independent Journalism, Israel and Palestine, Movements, Palestinian, Politics, Protests and Rallies|0 Comments
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Narrow Impeachment Focus Shows the Problem is Not Just Trump

Op-Ed: Narrow Impeachment Focus Shows Problem Is Not Just Trump by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-L.A.   The impeachment inquiry in the augmented House Intelligence Committee has focused its attention exclusively on Trump's attempt to coerce or convince the Ukraine to dig up dirt on Joe Biden and his family, in particular by holding up military aid Congress had authorized. It may be that there will a broader focus once the panel submits its report to the House Judiciary Committee, which would draw up Articles of Impeachment (and [...]

By |2019-11-28T23:42:09-05:00November 28th, 2019|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Democracy, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Peace, Police Brutality, Politics|0 Comments
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Grand Jury = State Terrorism

Grand Jury System = State Terrorism By Chelsea Manning httpss://www.aaronswartzday.org/chelsea-manning-asd-2019/ (As read on Saturday, November 9 at the Aaron Swartz Day Event, in San Francisco.) I wish I could be there in person, but I appreciate this opportunity to summarize for you my letter to the court that ordered me to be confined, explaining why grand juries are so dangerous. I am not alone in objecting to the grand jury as a dangerous relic that has evolved in ways that increase its power without increasing its protections. [...]

By |2019-11-28T23:41:23-05:00November 28th, 2019|Activism, Chelsea Manning, Constitution, Free Speech, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Jails, Justice/Injustice, LGBTQ+, Movements, National Security, Obama, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Prisons, Psy-Ops, Solidarity|0 Comments
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December 2019 Community Calendar

Change Links cannot publish without your support. Send events, articles or poetry to changelinks2@gmail.com or via https://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 Links, PO Box 34236, Los Angeles 90034. It helps keep this publication solvent. Thanks in advance.   Peace vigils: https://change-links. org/ongoing-peace-vigils-and-community-programs/   [...]

By |2019-12-12T05:37:21-05:00November 28th, 2019|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, Editorial, Education, Elections, Environment, Events, Gentrification/Displacement, Independent Journalism|0 Comments
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