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Open Letter to Pres. Joe Biden from Political Prisoner Sean Swain

Dear President Biden:   I write to implore you not to nominate Gary C. Mohr as director of the Bureau of Prisons. Mr. Mohr is a radical, right-wing extremist who, as director of the Ohio prison system, instituted a domestic torture program to silence and neutralize his critics and political opponents. He committed crimes against humanity that are now challenged in international court, in Sean Swan versus the United States, InterAmerican Commission [...]

By |2022-07-02T02:00:28-05:00July 2nd, 2022|Activism, Anarchism, Biden, Constitution, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Police Brutality, Politics, Prisons, Sean Swain, Slavery|0 Comments
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Peoples Summit for Democracy 2022

Peoples Summit June 8-10 at LATTC, in the tradition of each Summit of the Americas since the 2005 Mar Del Plata Summit, we, unionists, activists, grassroots organizations and progressive people of the Americas are calling for a People’s Summit to counter the 9th “Summit of the Americas” to be held in the US for the first time, here in Los Angeles, CA. The People’s Summit will host three days of art, music, [...]

By |2022-06-04T23:48:46-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, Black liberation, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Democracy, Economy, Films, Health Care, Homelessness, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Movements, Politics, Puerto Rico, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Unions, Unity|0 Comments
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PDF of June 2022 print edition

By |2022-06-03T02:01:44-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Abortion, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, China, Elections, Europe, Feminism, Free Speech, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Movements, News|0 Comments
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June 2022 Community Calendar

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 are encouraged to donate $5 (per event), payable to [...]

By |2022-06-04T23:52:45-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Calendar, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Climate Change, Elections, Justice/Injustice|0 Comments
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Buffalo Racist Massacre: Black Love Resists in the Rust

Black Love Resists in the Rust Responds to Racist Mass Murder in Buffalo Members of Black Lives Matter-LA have gone to Buffalo in the wake of the racist murders there, and are returning for a national conclave shortly to chart out national next step to upend and uproot white supremacy. Black organizations have been working to get resources to the Buffalo shooting victims’ families. Phylicia Brown, executive director of Black Love Resists [...]

By |2022-06-03T01:49:07-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Heroes and Whistleblowers, In Memoriam, Justice/Injustice, Movements, News, Politics, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Memorial Vigil Against Gun Violence: Where Do We Go From Here?

Memorial Day Vigil in L.A. to End Gun Violence: Where Do We Go From Here? by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action L.A. On Memorial Day May 30, 2022, from 10am until a little past 12 noon, the Black Jewish Justice Alliance (BJJA), Clergy & Laity United for Economic Justice (CLUE), SCLC, BEND THE ARC along with Clergy 4 Black Lives & NAACP-SFV held an Ecumenical and Interfaith community vigil to Honor the Lives [...]

By |2022-06-03T01:48:21-05:00June 3rd, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, California, Events, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Non-violence, Peace Vigils, Protests and Rallies, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Casualties of War

Casualties of War: Truth, Journalism and Critical Thought by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA While forces on the right loudly lament so-called cancel culture, the real censorship is coming from the corporate and even so-called progressive media and the state. Consider the recent decision by the British to allow the extradition of Julian Assange, after years of house arrest and incarceration, to stand trial in the US on charged related to his [...]

By |2022-04-30T18:02:42-05:00April 30th, 2022|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Drones, Free Speech, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Michael Novick, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Police Brutality, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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Another Life, Another Loss – by Mumia Abu-Jamal

“Another Life, Another Loss.” by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/commentary/another-life-another-loss/ They came to America to escape from inter-ethnic wars in the DRC, the Democratic Republic of Congo, in Central Africa. Like many refugees of war, they thought that America was the land of peace. The Lyoya family settled in Grand Rapids, MI and began living their lives as refugees have done for generations.   But something as small as a traffic incident revealed the [...]

By |2022-04-30T18:01:14-05:00April 30th, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, In Memoriam, Justice/Injustice, Mumia Abu-Jamal, News, Police, Police Brutality|1 Comment
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War and Human Rights

By Ajamu Baraka, Black Alliance for Peace https://blackagendareport.com/ukraine-war-and-challenge-human-rights-united-states-and-beyond Excerpt: War and Economic Deprivation: The Systemic Contradictions of the Western colonial/capitalist Project. The war being waged against global humanity by the U.S./EU/NATO Axis of Domination is a hybrid war that utilizes all the tools it has at its disposal – sanctions, mass incarceration, coups, drugs, disinformation, culture, subversion, murder, and direct military engagement to further white power. The Eurocentrism and “White Lives Matters [...]

By |2022-03-29T23:08:55-05:00March 29th, 2022|Activism, Africa, Ajamu Bataka, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Black liberation, Commentary, Donald Trump, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, War|0 Comments
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Poetry Corner: Matt Sedillo & Review of “City on the Second Floor”

POST (excerpt) By Matt Sedillo, from “City on the Second Floor)   Tomorrow doesn’t show up all at once But when it does Liquidate the pension Automate the factory Auction off the options Don’t worry bout me I worry free Free-lance contingency Smiling at your service to gig economy Side hustle, millennial, post industrial standard Hire me as an adjunct Fire me as contingent Into a city I cannot afford to live [...]

By |2022-03-29T23:05:46-05:00March 29th, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Matt Sedillo, Michael Novick, Poetry Corner|0 Comments
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30th Anniversary of Pan African Film Festival

https://paff.eventive.org/films It's a virtual film festival at first this year because of continued COVID restrictions, as the Omicron spike slowly ebbs, but they are having a phenomenal 30-year anniversary retrospective for Black History Month. They ae planning for a hybrid in-person and on-line festival in late April and early May at the Directors' Guild Theater and the Baldwin Hills-Crenshaw mall (including the art display). See details below. https://www.paff.org/ PAN AFRICAN FILM AND [...]

By |2022-02-08T15:49:23-05:00February 8th, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, Events, Film & Documentaries, Films, Gentrification/Displacement, Historical, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Movements, Theater|0 Comments
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THE BIGGEST LIE WE LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES

WHAT MOST AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T KNOW and DON’T WANT TO KNOW By Frank Dorrel Publisher of ADDICTED To WAR: www.addictedtowar.com My name is Frank Dorrel. Along with AK Press, I publish and distribute the popular anti-war comic book titled: ADDICTED To WAR by Joel Andreas. What is this BIG LIE that I am talking about?  Well, it’s not Donald Trump claiming that he won the 2020 election for President. He got something like seven million fewer votes then Joe [...]

By |2022-02-12T15:33:06-05:00February 3rd, 2022|Activism, Afghanistan, Beyond Capitalism, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Commentary, Drones, Film Reviews, Films, Frank Dorrel, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Iraq, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, National Security, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace and War, Peace Vigils, Protests and Rallies, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Veterans|0 Comments
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