I recently learned that last August, the FCC approved deregulation (https://www.fcc.gov/document/fcc-grants-relief-outdated-burdensome-phone-industry-regulations) that allows telecom companies to shut down their copper wire landline phone service, and replace it with internet-based phone service. This decision affects California’s most vulnerable groups, and if the federal Government won’t look out for their interests, the state Government should step in. According to the FCC Order, because landline service require infrastructure that’s expensive to maintain, it’s existence is [...]

PEACE WEEK, NOT FLEET WEEK: Countering US Navy Militarism at the LA Harbor THURSDAY MAY 25 Party for Peace, Not for War Tabling and literature Canvasing during the "fleet week" 6th St. welcome party JDC Records 447 6th St. San Pedro 6-8pm FRIDAY MAY 26 Lobby for Peace! @ the political office of Rep. Nanette Barragan Corner of 5th St. and Centre St. San Pedro 4-5pm Vote NO on H.R. 314 in [...]

by Pavlo Kuliuk There has been no war on the continental US territory in the past 150 years. There has never been a full scale enemy invasion of the US. People here don’t know what it's like to have Silicon Valley, Wall Street, or a Ford plant taken over by the enemy. And this is very bad! Because US law is not ready for such an event. Laws are usually passed to [...]

MARISSA RUBIN OBITUARY - October 16, 1939 - July 28, 2022 Marissa Rubin has spread her butterfly wings and transitioned peacefully to the 'other side' after struggling with the devastating effects of terminal stage-4 pancreatic cancer. Marissa was truly a wonderful mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, friend, artist, poet and creative activist working on behalf of Mother Nature and Mother Earth. Marissa was born Maxine Goldgraben to her parents Lawrence and Ann Goldgraben [...]

May 1 - Sun   May Day - International Workers’ Day Events May Day Migrant Workers’ March & Rally, 11a, Olympic & Broadway in DTLA. May Day Coalition-Essential and United for Justice. https://www.facebook.com/events/5162329530455267   Boyle Heights May Day March & Rally, 12n, E. Cesar E. Chavez Ave & N. Matthews St., centrocso@gmail.com, 323-943-2030   Revolutionary Internationalist May Day March, Rally, followed by Picnic, 2p, Assemble at the corner of Wilshire and Alvarado, [...]