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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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Keep Cops Out of the MLK Day Commemoration This Year

Martin Luther King Day Organizers Say No Cops in the Commemoration The reckless killing of Valentina Orellana-Peralta, a 14-yr-old struck down by an LAPD stray bullet from an assault rifle shot in a crowded store has further steeled the determination of a coalition of community and grassroots organizations to ensure that Dr. King’s legacy not be tarnished by any further inclusions of police, ICE or military contingents on the day of his [...]

By |2022-01-05T14:07:48-05:00January 1st, 2022|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, Events, Garcetti, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Police, Police Brutality, Protests and Rallies|0 Comments
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#EndPoliceAssociations

To Help End Racist Police Murders with Impunity #EndPoliceAssociations Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and their allies, especially family members of people who have been killed by the police and sheriff’s deputies, hold a vigil every Wednesday afternoon at 4 PM outside the LA Police Protective League (LAPPL), one of a number of local police associations that defend criminal and corrupt cops, and work to prevent any accountability for law enforcement killings. [...]

By |2022-01-01T01:31:44-05:00January 1st, 2022|Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, Events, Garcetti, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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AUTOMATING BANISHMENT

AUTOMATING BANISHMENT The Surveillance and Policing of Looted Lands   Report Summary   Automating Banishment was researched and written by dozens of community members collaborating through the Stop LAPD Spying Coalitionʼs Land and Policing Workgroup. Over the past decade, the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition has been building community power to abolish LAPD surveillance. This report grew out of that organizing and examines the relationship of data-driven policing to real estate development, displacement, [...]

By |2021-12-02T01:36:53-05:00December 2nd, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, California, Garcetti, Gentrification/Displacement, Hamid Khan, Homelessness, Independent Journalism, Indigenous Nations, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Police, Politics, Psy-Ops, Solidarity, Surveillance|0 Comments
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Free Public Transit Now! End Anti-Black Policing & Policies on Metro!

The Bus Riders Union Calls on the Metro board to cease and desist all Anti-Black policies Immediately! Fight on the side of the BRU This Thursday Dec 2nd at 10am At the Metro Board Meeting This Thursday, December 2nd, 2021 at 10 AM the Bus Riders Union will be introducing the following motion and asking MTA board members to send it to the CEO for implementation “The MTA Board acknowledges that after [...]

By |2021-12-01T22:52:24-05:00December 1st, 2021|Activism, Black Lives Matter, Commentary, Democracy, Eric Mann, Gentrification/Displacement, Homelessness, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, News, Police, Police Brutality, Poverty, Protests and Rallies, Public Transit, Solidarity, Surveillance|0 Comments
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Grassroots Community Radio Coalition candidates for KPFK LSB

-Paid Political Ad - Vote for Grassroots Community Radio Coalition Candidates for LSB Defend Democracy, Diversity, Accountability & Community Radio! Money Out of Pacifica Politics - Keep Pacifica Whole and Committed to Peace, Justice & Self- Determination! Grassroots candidates are predominantly Black, Indigenous & People of Color, and majority women, reflecting the community. In alphabetical order: Deidra Bynum, Marisol Cruz, Fernando S. Fernando, Kelly Flores, George Funmaker, Rob Macon, Jack Neff, Michael [...]

By |2021-09-03T02:37:58-05:00September 3rd, 2021|Activism, Ads, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Cuba, Elections, Free Speech, Human Rights, Humanism & FreeThought, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Latin America, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Homeowners, Lydia Ponce, Michael Novick, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Peace and War, Police, Politics, Poverty, Protests and Rallies, Public Radio, Unions, Unity, Voting|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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The COVID Pandemic Is Still A Public Health and Economic Threat

Although upwards of 70% of adults in LA County have now received at least one vaccine shot, and a generalized re-opening is taking place. COVID-19 remains a threat to public health, and to economic well-being, with thousands facing eviction as restrictions and moratoria are lifted and rent subsidies expire. The spread of the more highly contagious Delta variant, whose symptoms are also particularly deceptive and less likely to show the tell-tale loss [...]

By |2021-07-01T23:53:32-05:00July 1st, 2021|Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Police, Politics|0 Comments
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The People’s Budget for Los Angeles 2021-2022

https://peoplesbudgetla.files.wordpress.com/2021/05/peoplesbudgetreport2021_firstedition.pdf [Excerpts] The People’s Budget LA Coalition, led by Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles, undertook an urgent public process of participatory budgeting to solicit input from Angelenos about their priorities for the city and how they would like public resources to be invested. This participatory project exposes the secretive and undemocratic processes that shape Mayor Eric Garcetti’s draconian spending plans year after year. We know that budgets are moral documents. Despite this, the [...]

By |2021-05-29T23:47:29-05:00May 29th, 2021|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, Democracy, Garcetti, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Melina Abdullah, Movements, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Protests and Rallies, Public Transit|0 Comments
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PDF of June 2021 print edition of Change Links

By |2021-05-29T23:46:02-05:00May 29th, 2021|Activism, Ads, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Biden, Black Lives Matter, Calendar, California, COVID-19, Events, Garcetti, Health, Housing, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Indigenous Nations, Israel and Palestine, Justice/Injustice, Latin America, Movements, Palestine, Peace, Peace Vigils, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Social Media, Socialism|0 Comments
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Radical Queer Organizing Against Racist Police Terror

Radical Queer Organizing Against Racist Police Terror https://outfm.org/liberation/index.php/home/internship-application/464-queer-resistance-in-minneapolis-to-police-terror (Excerpts) I'm Bob Lederer. We're recording this segment on April 18, as the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd moves to a conclusion and perhaps a verdict may be announced by the time this program airs. Community resistance grows in the nearby suburb of Brooklyn Center in response to the outrageous murder of Daunte Wright. It's critical to speak to [...]

By |2021-04-30T18:37:17-05:00April 30th, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, LGBTQ+, Movements, Pacifica/KPFK, Police, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Don’t Let Them Use “Domestic Terrorism” to Criminalize Our People Again

Senator Biden speaks at the signing of the 1994 Biden Crime Bill as Attorney General Janet Reno, President Bill Clinton, and local law enforcement officials look on. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) By Shakeer Rahman, Pete White, and Hamid Khan Joe Biden returning to power in this moment is ominous. As Democrats retake the presidency, Trump devotees have shown they can supplement their harm toward Black and brown people with violent defiance of the [...]

By |2021-01-30T04:17:20-05:00January 30th, 2021|Activism, Biden, Commentary, Gentrification/Displacement, Hamid Khan, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Movements, National Security, Police, Politics, Solidarity, Surveillance|0 Comments
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