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Pax Silica

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) https://antiracist.org/pax-silica/ Talk about Orwellian Double-Speak. Pax Silica is a US-led initiative to put Artificial Intelligence, which is still primarily driven by military and surveillance tech, at the center of an international geo-strategic economic development and national security alliance directed at countering China and protecting US economic, political and military dominance in the second quarter of the 21st Century. It is being [...]

By |2026-05-30T17:00:41-05:00May 30th, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Activism, Afghanistan, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Artificial Intelligence, Asia, China, CIA, Donald Trump, Drones, Economy, Energy, Environmentalism, Immigration/Migrant rights, India, Labor, Marco Rubio, Michael Novick, Palestine, Peace and War, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Security and Insecurity, Surveillance, Tech, Ukraine, Venezuela, War|0 Comments
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Giant Georgia data center secretly used 29 million gallons of water; avoids fine

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/georgia-data-center-used-29-million-gallons-of-water by Luke James An AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water use. County's soft touch is attributed to the data center being 'our largest customer, and we have to be partners.' Fayette County, Georgia, was telling residents to stop watering their [...]

By |2026-05-30T16:35:46-05:00May 30th, 2026|A-I Artificial Intelligence, Anti-capitalism, Climate Change, Ecology, Energy, Environmentalism, Movements|0 Comments
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San Gabriel Valley Residents Unite Against Data Centers – Rally May 2

Last month, a proposed massive A-I data center in Monterey Park was scuttled after united community opposition in the San Gabriel Valley, particularly by immigrant residents in some of the unincorporated areas. The Monterey Park City Council approved a ballot measure for submission to voters in June that would ban data centers in the city. But the issue is still a live one in many other area cities. The City of Vernon [...]

By |2026-04-30T17:13:18-05:00April 30th, 2026|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Artificial Intelligence, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Climate Change, Democracy, Ecology, Economy, Economy, Energy, Environment, Environmentalism, Health, Immigration, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity Economics|0 Comments
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COP30 Flames Out on Fossil Fuel Phase-out

by the Center for Biological Diversity The COP30 UN climate summit ended in Belém, Brazil with the establishment of a first-ever "just transition" mechanism for workers, Indigenous peoples and frontline communities transitioning to renewable energy economies. But the agreement lacks vital funding commitments from wealthy countries to the Global South for climate adaptation. The final agreement, which came two days after a fire at the summit venue, failed to include a roadmap [...]

By |2025-12-01T02:38:24-05:00December 1st, 2025|Activism, Brazil, Capitalism, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Economy, Energy, Environment, Environmentalism, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Labor, Latin America, Movements, News, Politics, Sustainability|0 Comments
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Every Day is Earth Day

High on the list of the crimes against humanity carried out by Donald J. Trump and his administration in the few short months of his second regime, along with unleashing and rearming a new Israeli genocide in Gaza, the bombardment of Yemen, the effort to destroy Social Security and the rest of the social safety net, the deportations and criminalization of hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees, and the attack on [...]

By |2025-03-29T12:48:40-05:00March 29th, 2025|Abolition, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Climate Change, Decolonization, Donald Trump, Ecology, Editorial, Energy, Environment, Environmentalism, Fascism, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous, Michael Novick, Movements, Palestine, Peace, Peace and War, Politics|0 Comments
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Gov. Newsom Attacks Rooftop Solar

Governor Newsom’s California Public  Utilities Commission (CPUC)  has proposed to break the state’s contract with nearly two million solar customers, slash their solar credit, and slap them with a solar tax. These changes would apply to ALL solar customers who signed up for solar before April 2023 (NEM1 and NEM2).   What they are proposing California currently requires PG&E, Edison, and SDG&E to sign an “interconnection agreement” with solar customers. For consumers [...]

By |2025-03-29T12:43:09-05:00March 29th, 2025|Beyond Capitalism, Big Business, California, California, Climate Change, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Environmentalism, Los Angeles Homeowners, News, Newsom, Politics, Sustainability, Voting|0 Comments
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Letter to Editor: Cultivated pork fat nearing market

By Jon Hochschartner I was pleased to learn cultivated pork fat produced by Mission Barns has gained the approval of the Food and Drug Administration. For those who don’t know, cultivated pork fat, like other cultivated products, is grown from animal cells, without slaughter. Once the offering gets the go-ahead from the Department of Agriculture, Mission Barns will introduce it at select restaurants and stores. “First and foremost, consumers won’t eat food [...]

By |2025-03-29T12:40:27-05:00March 29th, 2025|Beyond Capitalism, Big Business, Ecology, Economy, Economy, Environmentalism, Food, Health, Health, Letters, Letters to the Editor, Recipes|0 Comments
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One Struggle, Many Fronts!

One Struggle, Many Fronts - Uniting the Many to Defeat the Few! by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles (ARA-LA/PART) https://antiracist.org Just over a month in power, the Trump-Vance-Musk regime and its acolytes and minions are continuing their rapid-fire and relentless assaults on labor, immigrants, Black, Indigenous, Raza, and Asian-Pacific Islander people, women, LGBTQIA+ people, public health, education, freedom of speech and the press, the environment, and international solidarity, while encouraging other fascist [...]

By |2025-03-01T02:39:23-05:00March 1st, 2025|Abortion, Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Climate Change, Donald Trump, Ecology, Education, Environmentalism, Fascism, Health, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Journalists, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, Peace, Peace and War, Police, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Public Radio, Repression, Reproductive Rights, Socialism, Solidarity, Unity, War|0 Comments
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What Massive Fire Losses Mean For Angelenos 

"When “I" becomes “We", even Illness becomes Wellness.” --Malcolm X by Maureen Cruise It is deeply saddening to lose our Palisades home of 50 years and everything in it, except for a car, cell phone, a computer and a gym bag of clothes. Some of those things lost in the fire were irreplaceable, attached to deep memories and had special meanings. We loved that home and neighborhood where we raised a family [...]

By |2025-02-07T00:52:32-05:00February 7th, 2025|Anti-capitalism, California, Climate Change, Ecology, Environmentalism, Gentrification/Displacement, Housing, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Homeowners, Maureen Cruise, Peace, Politics, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, War|0 Comments
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Capitalism & Colonialism are the Disaster – Solidarity & Liberation are the Solution

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-Los Angeles/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) https://antiracist.org/rebuilding-los-angeles/ The incineration of large parts of the Los Angeles area represents the extent to which settler colonial capitalism has sown the wind and reaped the whirlwind. It is the outcome of generations, centuries, of exploitation, land theft, genocide, privatization, gentrification, fossil fuel extraction and other social ills, economic crimes, and political malfeasance. In the wake of the massive and ongoing destruction, [...]

By |2025-02-07T01:07:17-05:00February 7th, 2025|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Banks, Bernie Sanders, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, California, California, Climate Change, Commentary, Democracy, Ecology, Economy, Economy, Education, Environment, Environmentalism, Fascism, France, Gentrification/Displacement, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Homeowners, Low income, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Politics, Poverty, Repression, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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January 2025 Community Calendar

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.   Please contact the event by phone, email or [...]

By |2025-01-02T01:45:25-05:00January 2nd, 2025|Activism, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, Education, Environmentalism, Events, Films, Human Rights, Indigenous, Movements, Peace Vigils, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Counterpoint: No Peace with the GOP or Dems!

by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action Los Angeles I agree with Steve Edinger about the warmongering and imperialist nature of the Democratic Party, the Biden-Harris administration, and the Harris-Walz campaign, and the threat Democratic Party forces pose to Pacifica. But to see the Republican Party, or figures like Marjorie Taylor Greene as legitimate opponents of war or intervention, or worthy of our support, is a dangerous illusion. As Steve himself acknowledges, only 21 [...]

By |2024-11-30T20:55:21-05:00November 30th, 2024|Activism, Alex Caputo-Pearl, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arlene Inouye, Banks, Bernie Sanders, Betty Forrester, Black liberation, California, Carlos Quintanilla, Cecily Myart-Cruz, Charles Fredricks, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Climate Change, Colleen Schwab, Commentary, Daniel Barnhart, Democracy, Education, Elections, Environmentalism, Fascism, France, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Journalists, Juan Ramirez, Justice/Injustice, Kamala Harris, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Mark Lipman, Movements, Mumia Abu-Jamal, National Security, News, Obama, Palestine, Palestinian, Paul Cleveland, Peace and War, Peace Vigils, People, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Prisons, Puerto Rico, Robert Reich, Ron Scherer, Sue Sturgis|0 Comments
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