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Israel, Rwanda and the African Union

by Ann Garrison, Black Agenda Report Contributing Editor https://blackagendareport.com/israel-africa-0  On February 18, at the annual summit of the African Union, AU security personnel removed an Israeli delegate who had arrived without an invitation. In 2021, the AU granted Israel observer status, but outcry among members led to suspension of the decision and formation of a committee to review it. Israel, with colossal arrogance, sent its envoy, Sharon Bar-Li, to the 2023 annual [...]

By |2023-03-02T01:38:08-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Africa, Ann Garrison, Anti-Racism/Racism, Historical, Human Rights, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Israel and Palestine, Movements, News, Palestine, Palestinian, Peace, Politics, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, United Nations, War|0 Comments
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Who’s winning and losing the economic war over Ukraine?

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Photo: Half a million tons of methane rise from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipeline. Photo credit: Swedish Coast Guard With the Ukraine war now reaching its one-year mark on February 24, the Russians have not achieved a military victory but neither has the West achieved its goals on the economic front. When Russia invaded Ukraine, the United States and its European allies vowed to [...]

By |2023-03-02T01:32:57-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Capitalism, China, Climate Change, Ecology, Economy, Europe, Medea Benjamin, Movements, National Security, News, Nicolas Davies, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Russia, Security and Insecurity, Solidarity, Ukraine, United States, War|0 Comments
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US-Cuba Normalization Conference

US-CUBA Normalization Conference Sat. March 11th - Sun. March 12th REGISTER HERE In person at the Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus, Lowenstein Building  113 West 60th Street @ Columbus Avenue in Manhattan, NYC - with all plenary and workshop sessions live streamed across the US, Canada and beyond To educate, organize, and mobilize against Washington’s brutal and criminal economic and political war against Cuba - demanding: Take Cuba off Washington’s List of [...]

By |2023-03-02T01:29:06-05:00March 2nd, 2023|Activism, Calendar, Cuba, Events, Latin America, Mark L. Friedman, Movements, National Security, Peace, Politics, Solidarity, United Nations|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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Lawrence Phillip Reyes, Presente!

In Memoriam July 7, 1958 - December 31, 2022   Lawrence Reyes, Boricua independentista, revolutionary internationalist, father, labor organizer, mental health social worker, practitioner of the "Red Road" of Indigenous traditional spiritual practice, KPFK Local Station Board listener delegate and Pacifica National Board director, passed away December 31 due to complications of diabetes. His death is an incalculable loss to all who knew his warmth, heart, dedication and passion personally and to [...]

By |2023-02-02T19:49:04-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Disability issues, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Historical, In Memoriam, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Labor, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, Obituary, Pacifica/KPFK, People, Politics, Poverty, Prisons, Public Radio, Puerto Rico, War|0 Comments
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News on Climate Action Around the World

Summary of reports on DEMOCRACY NOW! by Terrie Brady On Democracy Now! on December 23 there was a report about an effort by Exxon Mobil to start off shore oil drilling off Guyana.  There is a lawyer, Melinda janki,  who is from Guyana trying to stop this. Antonia Juhasz wrote in WIRED magazine about this.  Antonia Juhasz also wrote a book , The Tyranny of Oil  on this subject. Also on Democracy [...]

By |2023-02-02T19:48:31-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Activism, Banks, Beyond Capitalism, Biden, Climate Change, Ecology, Energy, Environment, Environmentalism, Movements, News, Politics, Terrie Brady, Venezuela|0 Comments
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What Can the US Bring to the Peace Table for Ukraine?

by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has just issued its 2023 Doomsday Clock statement, calling this “a time of unprecedented danger.” It has advanced the hands of the clock to 90 seconds to midnight, meaning that the world is closer to global catastrophe than ever before, mainly because the conflict in Ukraine has gravely increased the risk of nuclear war. This scientific assessment should [...]

By |2023-02-02T19:47:58-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Activism, Biden, Commentary, Drones, Europe, Medea Benjamin, Movements, News, Nicolas Davies, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Russia, Ukraine|0 Comments
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MEMOIR FROM A LONG TIME VOLUNTEER AT PACIFICA FOUNDATION-KPFK 90.7 FM

WHAT THE HECK IS HAPPENING at PACIFICA RADIO TODAY ? by Bella De Soto Pacifica Radio is possibly the last Non-Commercial Broadcasting Radio Bastion on the FM dial! I first joined Pacifica-KPFK 90.7 FM Radio Station in 1995, when I sent my $25.00 annual membership subscription check. Since then, I have been involved as a volunteer with KPFK through different committees of the LSB-Local Station Board.  But these LSB Committees were not [...]

By |2023-02-02T19:47:15-05:00February 2nd, 2023|Anti-Racism/Racism, Bella De Soto, Commentary, Free Speech, Historical, Independent Journalism, Independent Media, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Peace, Protests and Rallies, Public Radio, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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LAPD Chief Moore Must Go!

Tell Mayor Bass: Chief Moore Must Go by Michael Novick, Anti-Racist Action As Change-Links was going to press, LA Chief of Police Michel Moore filed a request for re-appointment to a second five-year term, and newly-elected Mayor Karen Bass announced that she would be meeting with him to discuss it. Moore was first appointed in 2018, supported by the Police Commission (which rubber-stamps almost everything the LAPD and its chief do). Last [...]

By |2023-01-02T19:21:09-05:00January 2nd, 2023|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Black Lives Matter, California, Gentrification/Displacement, Historical, Homelessness, Housing, Human Rights, Independent Media, Justice/Injustice, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Michael Novick, Movements, News, People, Police, Police Brutality, Politics, Protests and Rallies, Solidarity|0 Comments
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After Quiet Quitting, It’s a New Year for Labor

Amazon Labor Union Organizing Drive in Inland Empire By Mark Friedman Bolstered with supporters from Los Angles, Amazon Labor Union organizers held a successful information distribution at the Amazon ONT8 warehouse during shift change in Moreno Valley Wednesday, December 14. Activists from the LA Tenants Union, ILWU/IBU members, other unionists and Hands Off Cuba committee members assisted the ALU organizers. Also participating was ALU president, Chris Smalls who has been centrally involved [...]

By |2023-01-02T02:30:29-05:00January 2nd, 2023|Activism, Heroes and Whistleblowers, Labor, Los Angeles, Mark L. Friedman|0 Comments
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THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE DIGITIZED (2022)

THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE DIGITIZED (2022) By Kevin "Rashid" Johnson   Revolution won't happen in Virtual space The oppressed communities, Where it must take place. For all the Social media clout chasers GoFundMe grifters Mass line fakers Political shape shifters And Posturing pixies In costumes From the 60s. The people's struggle Won't be made with your mouth, Where the people live Is where shit plays out. You can't impose Things you [...]

By |2023-01-02T02:24:12-05:00January 2nd, 2023|Activism, Africa, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Black liberation, Jails, Justice/Injustice, Ken Rashid Johnson, Movements, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prisons, Slavery, Socialism, Solidarity|0 Comments
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The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic “Security Dilemma”

The Ukraine Crisis Is a Classic “Security Dilemma” by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J. S. Davies Photo: Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) meets in Lodz, Poland, on December 1, 2022. Photo credit: OSCE On December 27 2022, both Russia and Ukraine issued calls for ending the war in Ukraine, but only on non-negotiable terms that they each know the other side will reject. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Kuleba proposed a [...]

By |2023-01-02T02:23:26-05:00January 2nd, 2023|Activism, Biden, Commentary, Europe, Human Rights, Medea Benjamin, Movements, National Security, News, Nicolas Davies, Peace, Peace and War, Russia, Solidarity, Ukraine|0 Comments
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