PDF of June 2023 print edition of Change Links GalleryPDF of June 2023 print edition of Change Links
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Taste of Soul Came Back to Crenshaw
Taste of Soul LA 2022 by Nia Asante Where else can one find all in one place skate boarders and grandmothers; toddlers and teachers; ball players and bakers; concert goers and church members; ministers and musicians and oh yeah, THE BEST SOUL FOOD IN LA!? No better place does all this come together with some of the most phenomenal family fun. Nowhere else but one of the most legendary streets in the [...]
Books: No Pasaran! Anti-Fascist Dispatches GalleryBooks: No Pasaran! Anti-Fascist Dispatches
Activism, Anarchism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Book Reviews, Books, COVID-19, Free Speech, Historical, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Labor, LGBTQ+, Movements, Police Brutality, Politics, Prisons, Protests and Rallies, Psy-Ops, Reviews, Solidarity
Books: No Pasaran! Anti-Fascist Dispatches
No Pasarán! Antifascist Dispatches from a World in Crisis Shane Burley (Editor); Tal Lavin (Foreword); David Renton (Afterword) Publisher: AK Press https://akpress.org Format: Book Binding: pb Pages: 564 Released: October 25, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781849354820 Now available for preorder. Order your copy now and receive a ¡No Pasarán! enamel pin with your copy. Both will ship as soon as the book is released! ¡No Pasarán! is an anthology of antifascist writing that [...]
Books: The Story of Anti-Racist Action
We Go Where They Go: The Story of Anti-Racist Action Authors: Shannon Clay, Lady, Kristin Schwartz, and Michael Staudenmaier • Foreword by Gord Hill Series: PM Press/Working Class History Published: 11/29/22 Format: Paperback/Hardcover Size: 6x9 Pages: 320 What does it mean to risk all for your beliefs? How do you fight an enemy in your midst? We Go Where They Go recounts the thrilling story of a massive forgotten youth movement that [...]
Book Review: Border Crossings by “Manuel Tiago” (Alvaro Cunhal), reviewed by Peter Lownds
‘Border Crossings’: Small episodes of the epic fight against fascism in Europe by Peter Lownds Local L.A. activist and writer Eric A. Gordon’s recent translation, Border Crossings (New York: International Publishers, 2021) is one of a series of fictional books written by Manuel Tiago, the nom de plume of Álvaro Cunhal (1913-2005), a beloved radical who held various posts in the Portuguese Communist Party, both before and after the fall of the [...]
30th Anniversary of Pan African Film Festival Gallery30th Anniversary of Pan African Film Festival
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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 [...]
THE BIGGEST LIE WE LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES GalleryTHE BIGGEST LIE WE LIVE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
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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 [...]
The Reincarnation of the Westside’s UnUrban Coffee House
by Greg Foisie - staff writer and distributor, Change-Links There are few businesses that exist to selflessly serve the needs of the community. One of those is the extraordinary UnUrban Coffee House, recently reopening in the midst of the COVID-19 Omicron pandemic and struggling to regain an economic footing during these difficult times for all of us. While stalwarts like the Talking Stick and Café 212 Pier have unfortunately departed, the UnUrban [...]
Fungi’s Lessons for Adapting to Life on a Damaged Planet
Fungi’s Lessons for Adapting to Life on a Damaged Planet Book review: Entangled Life: How Fungi Change Our Make Our World, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures, by Merlin Sheldrake, Random House https://getpocket.com/explore/item/fungi-s-lessons-for-adapting-to-life-on-a-damaged-planet EXCERPT: Merlin Sheldrake’s new book Entangled Life looks at the complex world of fungi, its adaptive ability, and its interconnectedness with all other forms of life. He spoke with Robert Macfarlane,author of Underland, (see [...]
Murder Incorporated: Book Three-Perfecting Tyranny GalleryMurder Incorporated: Book Three-Perfecting Tyranny
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Murder Incorporated: Book Three-Perfecting Tyranny
MURDER INCORPORATED: Empire/Genocide/Manifest Destiny Book Three: Perfecting Tyranny by Mumia Abu-Jamal and Stephen Vittoria, Foreword by Angela Davis Prison Radio, San Francisco CA, 2020, 420 pp., $20, ISBN 978-7346489-1-1 (softcover) also available as hardcover and e-book (softcover $25 including shipping from Prison Radio, PO Box 411074, SF CA 94141, https://prisonradio.org Reviewed by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action LA-People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) The culminating third volume in the history of US empire and [...]
Kiss the Ground: Eco-Optimism on Netflix
Movie Review Optimistic film proposes solutions to climate change by Christine Browning Freedom Socialist newspaper, Vol. 42, No. 1, February-March 2021 www.socialism.com The Kiss the Ground documentary, now screening on Netflix, is a breath of fresh air amongst the constant bad news about climate change. Not only is it highly informative and educational, it also reveals a plausible solution to the global warming crisis. While the film does not recognize capitalism as [...]
Incarcerated Women Confront COVID, Forced Sterilizations GalleryIncarcerated Women Confront COVID, Forced Sterilizations
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Incarcerated Women Confront COVID, Forced Sterilizations
PBS recently released a documentary on the forced sterilization of women in CA prisons, as they struggle for accountability by the state and the CA Dept. of Corrections and Rehabilitation for the consequences of the practice, which went on for years. Although it has now been outlawed, there has been no justice or recompense for the hundreds of women who were affected. the PBS Independent Lens documentary is no longer available for [...]