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Disband LA Schools Police Department

The Struggle for No Police in the Los Angeles Schools: a Great Leap Forward and Victory is in Sight by ERIC MANN, Labor Community Strategy Center On Tuesday, June 23, in Los Angeles, the decade’s long struggle for No Police in the Schools had a major breakthrough. Los Angeles School Board member Monica Garcia introduced the most structural and hopeful motion to make “defund the police” a reality. Her motion, expressing gratitude to the national Black uprising, called for cutting the $70 million budget of the Los [...]

By |2020-07-01T04:22:27-05:00July 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, Education, Eric Mann, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, People, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity, Unions|0 Comments
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Book Review: Mowing Leaves of Grass

Mowing Leaves of Grass by Matt Sedillo FlowerSong Books, McAllen, TX, 2019 ISBN 9781733809290 www.flowersongbooks.com https://www.mattsedillo.com/ reviewed by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action L.A.   If you haven't heard or seen Matt in person, you may not be able to hear the staccato machine gun cadence of his spit fire delivery leaping off the pages of this book of his recent poetry. Here's an example on-line: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQUAxBr1Kco of Matt presenting his poem "The Devil," which is on pages 18-22 of the book. Definitely check it out before you [...]

By |2020-07-01T04:15:29-05:00July 1st, 2020|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Book Reviews, Books, Donald Trump, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, Immigration/Migrant rights, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Mexico, Michael Novick, Movements, Peace and War, Poetry Corner, Poverty, Reviews, Writers|0 Comments
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In Memoriam: Frank Lieser Hill

FRANK LIESER HILL by Sheila Goldner and Steve Goldman Frank Lieser Hill, partner of Sheila Goldner, died on June 2, 2020 at the age of 86. He had been ill for some time, having been diagnosed with Stage IV lung cancer in November of 2016. When discovered, the cancer was also in his bones and lymph system. His oncologist in Los Angeles discovered that he also had Stage IV kidney disease. At one point, the cancer spread to his spine. He developed diabetes, adrenal insufficiency, arthritis, lumbar stenosis [...]

By |2020-07-01T04:09:08-05:00July 1st, 2020|About, Activism, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Obituary, Sheila Goldner|0 Comments
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F*CK CHRISTOPHER STREET WEST

F*CK CSW by Hannah Howard https://medium.com/@techgirlwonder/fuck-csw-12c6a11f88a9 The “All Black Lives Matter LA” march has been a shit show from the beginning. Originally announced as a “Solidarity Protest” by LA Pride, the march was later handed over, after much protest, to a “Black Advisory Board” appointed by LA Pride/Christopher Street West which called themselves All Black Lives Matter LA. At no point was Black Lives Matter Los Angeles directly involved. You can learn more about the history of LA Pride and anti-blackness here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1985563248242309 I had resolved to [...]

By |2020-07-01T04:08:15-05:00July 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, California, Commentary, Disability issues, Events, Hannah Howard, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Justice/Injustice, LGBTQ+, Los Angeles, Movements, Police, Police Brutality, Protests and Rallies, Reports|0 Comments
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Organic Strategies to Protect your Vegetable Garden

Organic strategies to protect your Vegetable Garden     Hi there, Bella De Soto here.  I shared content I compiled regarding easy ways to grow your veggie garden from your indoor sunny window… plant in pots first till they are strong enough to go on the ground.  When transplanting to soil, don’t forget to always water, and water some more anywhere until they reach sensible adulthood… Now I need to also let you know ways to protect that delicious veggie garden you have been growing so patiently.  But [...]

By |2020-07-01T03:59:18-05:00July 1st, 2020|Bella De Soto, Commentary, Ecology, Education, Food, Health, Health, Special Guides|0 Comments
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Tell the PUC: No rate Hike for So Cal Edison

Speak Up at the Public Utilities Commission To Stop The Outrageous So Cal Edison Rate Increase Requests! by Sheila Goldner Make your voice heard at virtual CPUC hearings. Edison has asked for a record-breaking 40% increase in rates by 2023.  That means paying $500 more a year for the same services you get now, unless we act now. Due to COVID‑19 and physical distancing restrictions, the CPUC will hold remote hearings, so that customers can voice their concerns and objections to Edison’s proposed rate changes. Children and [...]

By |2020-06-22T19:33:05-05:00June 22nd, 2020|Activism, Big Business, California, Capitalism, Democracy, Economy, Economy, News, Politics, Sheila Goldner|0 Comments
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The Power of the People is the Force of Life

The Power of the People is the Force of Life by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action-LA/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART) I was sent the following link to a piece worth reading by Henry Giroux: A searing and penetrating essay by Henry Giroux: https://truthout.org/articles/racist-violence-cant-be-separated-from-the-violence-of-neoliberal-capitalism/ Giroux is a powerful critic of fascist trends based on white supremacy and capitalism. But I don't know exactly why he often has a failure of nerve, or of something, when he draws towards solutions. For example in this piece, after the searing indictment, he [...]

By |2020-06-12T02:03:28-05:00June 9th, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Bernie Sanders, Black Lives Matter, California, Capitalism, Commentary, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Economy, Education, Elections, Garcetti, Gentrification/Displacement, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Indigenous, Indigenous Nations, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, National Security, News, People, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Poverty, Prisons, Protests and Rallies, Socialism, Solidarity, Unity, War|0 Comments
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100,000 People Killed by COVID-19 in the US

Don't Mourn, Organize! by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action L.A. The command to devote ourselves to getting organized in the face of death and repression rather than spending time in lamentation,  was attributed to Joe Hill in a farewell letter while facing execution, Mother Jones, discussing others rather than herself, said "Mourn the dead, fight like hell for the living." Either way, it has never been more pertinent than today, in the face of the mass murder at the hands of the settler colonial-capitalist system in the US [...]

By |2020-06-14T14:44:29-05:00June 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black Lives Matter, China, Commentary, COVID-19, Disability issues, Economy, Editorial cartoon, Health, Immigration/Migrant rights, Independent Journalism, Indigenous Nations, Jails, Labor, Michael Novick, Movements, Unity, War|0 Comments
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June 2020 Community Calendar

Change Links cannot publish without your support. Send events, articles or poetry to changelinks2@gmail.com or via http://change-links.org/submit/ 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.   In light of the current COVID-19 [...]

By |2020-06-23T13:12:20-05:00June 1st, 2020|About, Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Calendar, COVID-19, Events, Independent Journalism, LGBTQ+, Michael Novick|0 Comments
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Mumai Abu-Jamal: After One Hundred Thousand

After One Hundred Thousand © 2020 by Mumia Abu-Jamal https://www.prisonradio.org/media/audio/mumia/after-one-hundred-thousand-220-mumia-abu-jamal One asks, when the counter strikes 100,000, [what happens]? Nothing. One hundred thousand American dead. That means, for all intents and purposes, nothing much. But does the counter stop counting? Or does it continue rolling on, like the mighty Mississippi River?   Is one hundred thousand an end, or just another number?   And as summer begins to emerge, and people rush out of doors, to get some socializing in, what happens in the next two weeks? [...]

By |2020-06-01T00:48:17-05:00June 1st, 2020|Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Health, Health Care, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Mumia Abu-Jamal|0 Comments
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Healthy Nutrition for Your Pet

by Bella De Soto <bella@bellads.info> I recently researched this site for pets' health benefits, and was impressed, but you can check it out for yourself. You could also blend the long list of items yourself, but it could take time. However, if you do not want to spend the money thru this site, do it yourself, and just refrigerate to serve fresh.  Your pet(s) will thank you. Various elements of Western medicine combined with nutritional therapy to improve health and longevity for pets (dogs and cats) has [...]

By |2020-05-31T23:44:56-05:00May 31st, 2020|Bella De Soto, Food, Health, Special Guides|0 Comments
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