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USC grad student workers win unionization vote

We are an organization by, of, and for Graduate Student Workers (GSWs) who want to unionize in order to improve our teaching, research, and employment experience at USC. Our work as Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants, and Assistant Lecturers not only benefits the university and the California economy, but also has positive impacts worldwide. We work in many different fields and have varied experiences, but our dedication to teaching and research unites us [...]

By |2023-03-02T01:30:03-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Beyond Capitalism, California, California, Disability issues, Economy, Economy, Education, Elections, Housing, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Politics, Solidarity, Voting, Women|0 Comments
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Package of Anti-Racism Bills introduced in CA Legislature

Anti-Racism Package of Bills introduced in CA Legislature by Perla Brito https://www.davisvanguard.org/2023/02/anti-racism-bill-package-introduced-aimed-to-address-systemic-barriers-faced-by-communities-of-color-in-california/ Assemblymember Corey A. Jackson announced in February the introduction of an “Anti-Racism Package” he said is designed to address the “systemic barriers faced by communities of color in California.” The package includes four measures directed at promoting “equity and justice across the state,” said the lawmaker, starting with ACA-7: “Increasing Life Expectancy, Education and Economic Opportunity.” The legislator said the [...]

By |2023-03-02T01:27:55-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, California, California, Independent Journalism, News, Perla Brito, Politics, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Involuntary Servitude in Prison is Slavery

They Killed ACA3 But Prison Slavery Continues in CA by SF BayView Editor Nube Brown https://sfbayview.com/2022/08/they-killed-aca3-but-slavery-still-lives/ Last month [SF BayView] ran an article about the killing of ACA3, The End Slavery in California Act. To be clear, just because legislators allowed themselves to be strong-armed against their better nature and fear-mongered by the governor to ensure the bill didn’t make it to the floor for a last and final opportunity to [bring [...]

By |2022-08-12T11:31:00-05:00August 12th, 2022|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, California, California, Commentary, Democracy, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Justice/Injustice, Movements, News, Politics, Prisons|0 Comments
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Assembly Defeats AB1400: CalCare – Guaranteed Health Care for All

by Maureen Cruise Health Care 4 All-Los Angeles Assembly Bill 1400 Guaranteed Health Care for All, otherwise known as Cal Care, was the 7th attempt at securing California single-payer legislation. The problem has not been policy or finance. Those are clearly achievable with very favorable results for our population's health and for the state’s economy. Twenty-two financial analyses of US single payer proposals over the past 30 years have concluded substantial savings [...]

By |2022-02-01T16:22:44-05:00February 1st, 2022|Activism, Beyond Capitalism, California, Disability issues, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Labor, Maureen Cruise, Movements, Politics, Unions|0 Comments
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Interview with the General Manager: On the Future of KPFK

THE FUTURE OF LISTENER-SPONSORED KPFK Change Links Exclusive: Interview with new KPFK General Manager Miquel Calçada Listener sponsored free speech community radio station KPFK 90.7 FM, part of the Pacifica Foundation, is a unique democratically governed media institution. After an extensive search, a new General Manager was recently hired and started his tenure in mid-September. Change Links got a chance to conduct this interview with him to give our readers more of [...]

By |2021-12-02T01:40:17-05:00December 2nd, 2021|California, Democracy, Features, Free Speech, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Internet, Internet, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, News, NPR, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, People, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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On the Recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom

by DSA-LA Electoral Committee, Aug. 12, 2021 On September 14, voters will decide whether to remove Gavin Newsom as governor. As socialists, we are no fans of Gov. Newsom. We'd much prefer the option of replacing him with a socialist. However, this isn't the election we're faced with. Instead, we’re looking at a fascist, reactionary, capitalist rebellion against the belief that government has any responsibility or right to improve living conditions. Newsom [...]

By |2021-09-03T02:34:10-05:00September 3rd, 2021|Anti-capitalism, California, California, Climate Change, Commentary, COVID-19, Economy, Housing, Movements, News, Politics, Socialism, Voting|0 Comments
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Evictions Wrongfully Proceeding in LA Courts

Evictions Proceeding in LA Courts Despite COVID, Moratorium By Ray Jones and Michael Novick Earlier this year, Public Counsel filed suit on behalf of itself and numerous LA-area legal aid organizations, to demand the LA Superior Court shut down, rather than continuing civil trials on traffic citations and “unlawful detainer” – eviction – proceedings. Their claim is that the needless court actions endanger the health of the poor people being dragged into [...]

By |2021-09-03T02:31:31-05:00September 3rd, 2021|Africa, Big Business, California, COVID-19, Democracy, Gentrification/Displacement, Health, Homelessness, Housing, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Low income, Movements, News, Politics, Poverty|0 Comments
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Housing & Gentrification Issues

Community Control of the Crenshaw Mall! Fight Gentrification! The major players involved in the sale of the Crenshaw Mall trying to gentrify Black L.A. are some of the world’s most powerful people and shady characters. It can get complicated, so we broke it all down. Several of America's largest public pension funds #LACERA #NYCERS #UCRegents #TRSNYC #TexasTeachers are the investors in Capri Urban Investors, a private equity fund that owns the Crenshaw [...]

By |2021-08-01T02:20:26-05:00August 1st, 2021|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Banking Reform, Banks, Big Business, Black Lives Matter, California, California, Gentrification/Displacement, Housing, Los Angeles, Low income, News, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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Systematic over-crediting of Forest Carbon Offsets in CA

Systematic over-crediting of Forest Carbon Offsets in CA By Grayson Badgley, Jeremy Freeman, Joseph Hamman, Barbara Haya, Anna Trugman, William R L Anderegg, & Danny Cullenward https://carbonplan.org/research/forest-offsets-explainer [Excerpts] Carbon offsets are widely used by individuals, corporations, and governments to mitigate their greenhouse gas emissions. Because offsets effectively allow pollution to continue, however, they must reflect real climate benefits. To better understand whether these climate claims hold up in practice, we performed a [...]

By |2021-04-30T18:35:35-05:00April 30th, 2021|California, Climate Change, Ecology, Economy, Energy, Environment, Sustainability, United States, Whistleblowers|0 Comments
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Biden Administration Day One Immigration Actions

by National Immigration Law Center https://www.nilc.org/biden-administration-day-one-immigration-actions/ Excerpts   On January 20, 2021, just hours after being sworn in, President Joe Biden took several immigration-related actions that together signal a new era for immigration policy. They comprise an important first step towards redressing some of the ways in which immigrant communities have been profoundly harmed — in particular, over the past four years — and towards the United States becoming more welcoming of [...]

By |2021-01-30T04:18:15-05:00January 30th, 2021|Activism, Biden, California, Chican@-Mexican@-Latinx, Human Rights, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Movements, Politics|0 Comments
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L.A. County New Epicenter of COVID Crisis

Public Health Reports 44 New Deaths and 13,580 New Positive Cases of COVID-19 in LA County in a Single Day The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) today released the latest data on COVID-19. 13,580 new COVID-19 cases (719,833 cases to date) 44 new deaths due to COVID-19 (9,482 deaths to date); deaths are under reported due to holiday and weekend reporting delays 6,815 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19 [...]

By |2020-12-31T02:49:06-05:00December 31st, 2020|California, California, COVID-19, Disability issues, Health, Health, Health Care, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, News, People, Resources|0 Comments
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California Court of Appeal Orders 50% Cut of Prisoners at San Quentin

California Court of Appeal Orders 50% Cut of Prisoners at San Quentin by Hadar Aviram https://www.hadaraviram.com/2020/10/20/breaking-news-california-court-of-appeal-orders-50-population-reduction-at-san-quentin/ [Excerpts] We won In re Von Staich, the habeas corpus case challenging CDCR’s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis at San Quentin. Justice Kline wrote: “We agree that respondents–the Warden and CDCR–have acted with deliberate indifference and relief is warranted.” Here is an analysis of the opinion. Justice Kline begins by stating the magnitude of the San [...]

By |2020-10-29T17:55:47-05:00October 29th, 2020|Activism, California, California, Constitution, COVID-19, Disability issues, Education, Health, Healthcare, Human Rights, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Movements, News, Police Brutality|0 Comments
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