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Pacifica Pirates At It Again

Do NOT sign the "New Day Pacifica" Same Old Anti-Democratic Agenda Petition   THEY'RE B-A-A-A-C-K!   Just as Pacifica is gearing up to cover the critical 2020 election, the same people who brought us the costly shut-down and take-over of WBAI last fall, who forced Pacifica to waste over $150,000 to conduct a Bylaws replacement referendum, and who were rejected by nearly 2-1 margins of both listeners and staff around the network who voted a resounding "NO!" on that Bylaws proposal, are singing another verse of the [...]

By |2020-09-02T01:41:39-05:00September 2nd, 2020|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Arts, Democracy, Independent Media, Michael Novick, Movements, News, Pacifica/KPFK, Politics, Public Radio|0 Comments
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Peace Center on the Chopping Block

SAVE THE LOS ANGELES PEACE CENTER! Update: CA Attorney General has blocked the sale. Since 1989, the Peace Center, created and funded through the generosity of Aris Anagnos, has provided rent-free offices and meeting spaces to diverse peace and justice groups throughout Los Angeles, enabling them to focus on the work they do best: educating and organizing for justice. The Peace Center’s continued existence is now being threatened. The building is for sale, and all the tenants have been told to leave.   To ensure that the [...]

By |2020-09-07T22:31:25-05:00September 2nd, 2020|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Aris Anagnos, Beyond Capitalism, California, Commentary, Free Speech, Gentrification/Displacement, Human Rights, Independent Media, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, News, Peace, Peace and War, Social Media|0 Comments
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A Little Matter of History by Mumia Abu-Jamal

A LITTLE MATTER OF HISTORY {col. writ. 7/26/20 ©’20 Mumia Abu-Jamal   When I was a young man (a boy really), I found barber shops to be fascinating places, for there, men gathered in an air of relaxed familiarity, and discussed things they didn’t do elsewhere.   I heard tales of ancient African empires, of unknown roads of Black history, and often the name of the brilliant self-taught historian, J.A. Rogers. I’d later search many a bookstore for his work, often without success.   I thought of [...]

By |2020-09-02T01:35:28-05:00September 2nd, 2020|Activism, Anti-Racism/Racism, Mumia Abu-Jamal|0 Comments
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Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor from Ray Jones Still alive and well??? ...  “Trump still does not comprehend the seriousness or the urgency of the health and economic crises facing working families,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Saturday evening in a joint statement. “We’re disappointed that instead of putting in the work to solve Americans’ problems, the President instead recently chose to stay on his luxury golf course to announce unworkable, weak and narrow policy announcements to slash the unemployment benefits that [...]

By |2020-09-02T01:30:21-05:00September 2nd, 2020|Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Ray Jones|0 Comments
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Mumia Abu-Jamal: Children of the Corn

CHILDREN OF THE CORN {col.writ.7/13/20} © 2020 by Mumia Abu-Jamal   When we think of politicians, we too often see them as great, even mighty figures, seemingly larger than life. That’s because of how the media projects them - and far too often, protects them. But in times like these, times of plague, crises, massive failures of institutions, and yes, of death, we begin to see them differently. For some, the spell is broken. We see them as they are, flawed beings, driven by ambition and hunger [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:30:22-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Anti-Racism/Racism, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Education, Health, Health Care, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Politics, Poverty|0 Comments
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In Memoriam: Mimi Soltysik

Mimi Soltysik, a committed socialist with the Socialist Party USA, passed on June 28, 2020 from fatal liver cancer. Born September 30, 1974 in Reading, PA, he was the son of Mark S. and Beverly M. (Camilli) Soltysik. His loving wife and partner of 13-1/2 years is Lynn M. Lomibao. Mimi was a 1992 graduate of Schuylkill Valley High School. He received his BS in Political Science from Troy University, Troy, Alabama and Master of Public Administration from Cal State Northridge. At the time of his passing, [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:27:02-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Anti-capitalism, Bella De Soto, Elections, Health, In Memoriam, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Movements, Obituary, Politics, Socialism|0 Comments
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Talkback to MoveOn

From: Greg Foisie Sun, 4 Jul 2020 5:26:02 PM +0000 (UTC) To: Talkbacks@Moveon Org   Dear Kelly, Oscar, Rahna, Jennifer, and the rest of the MoveOn team - Biden was opposed to busing during the 60s civil rights efforts to end segregation. Biden has been accused of sexual harassment & sexual attack.  His hands are all over women on numerous videos displayed on the internet. As Vice-President, Biden supported the Iraq War based on lies that killed over a million Iraqi's, the invasion and occupation of Afghanistan killing [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:25:09-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Afghanistan, Biden, Commentary, Donald Trump, Economy, Elections, Greg Foisie, Health, Health, Health Care, Healthcare, Human Rights, Iraq, Movements, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Syria, Unity, Voting|0 Comments
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Kosovo: Key US Ally Indicted for War Crimes at Hague

Key U.S. Ally Indicted for Organ Trade Murder Scheme by Nicolas J S Davies   When President Clinton dropped 23,000 bombs on what was left of Yugoslavia in 1999 and NATO invaded and occupied the Yugoslav province of Kosovo, U.S. officials presented the war to the American public as a “humanitarian intervention” to protect Kosovo’s majority ethnic Albanian population from genocide at the hands of Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic. That narrative has been unraveling piece by piece ever since.   In 2008 an international prosecutor, Carla Del [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:24:28-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Europe, Historical, Human Rights, Justice/Injustice, Movements, National Security, Nicolas Davies, Peace, Peace and War, War, Writers|0 Comments
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King Joe and the Round Table: Biden’s USA in a Multi-Polar World 

King Joe and the Round Table: Biden’s USA in a Multi-Polar World  by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas J S Davies In an article in Foreign Affairs in March titled, “Why America Must Lead Again,” Joe Biden claimed that “the world doesn’t organize itself,” and promised to “put the U.S. back at the head of the table” among the nations of the world. But the premise that the world can only organize itself under the direction of the United States and Biden’s ambition to restore the U.S. to [...]

By |2020-08-01T18:23:50-05:00August 1st, 2020|Activism, Afghanistan, China, Donald Trump, Economy, Europe, Historical, Latin America, Medea Benjamin, National Security, Nicolas Davies, Obama, Palestine, Peace, Peace and War, Politics, Russia, Solidarity, Syria|0 Comments
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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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