Elsewhere in the News – Tale of Two Ports
Tale of Two Ports: What's Wrong with LA https://www.randomlengthsnews.com/tale-of-two-ports-whats-wrong-with-la/ By Ricardo Pulido, Executive Director of Community Dreams
February 2016 Calendar
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The Mirage of Justice
By Chris Hedges "If you are poor, you will almost never go to trial—instead you will be forced to accept a plea deal offered by government prosecutors." — Chris Hedges Read Complete Article at TruthDig
Second Barrel of the Shotgun Aimed at labor, Consumer & Environmental Protections Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: “Free Trade” Agreement between the US and the EU GallerySecond Barrel of the Shotgun Aimed at labor, Consumer & Environmental Protections Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: “Free Trade” Agreement between the US and the EU
Second Barrel of the Shotgun Aimed at labor, Consumer & Environmental Protections Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: “Free Trade” Agreement between the US and the EU
By Vicente Navarro Lopez Source Kaosenlared.net / The Dawn / December 3, 2015 The aim of this treaty is not to facilitate the trade between the US and the EU, but to eliminate what the treaty defines as barriers to trade and investment, which refers to standards of protection of workers, environments and consumers that countries have developed in response to popular demands. In several previous articles I have warned about the [...]
Planet Earth to The Donald
From: Planet Earth To: Donald Trump; the Kochs; the Waltons; Ted Cruz; Ben Carson; execs of Wall St., Monsanto and the oil companies; et cetera; on the occasion of the COP21 Paris Agreement Dear The Donald et al., I'm pretty forgiving about most things, because I know someone only really learns something when they realize it and choose to change for their own sake, so I've let you continue with some rather [...]
Muma Report and Update
Badge of the Rapist-Racist © 2015 by Mumia Abu-Jamal [12/14/15] As the first phase of the trial of police officer Daniel Holdzclaw comes to a close, one is forced to take stock of what the trial and its (lack of) coverage means. Holdzclaw, a 28- year old white Oklahoma cop, was recently convicted of 18 charges of sexual assault, rape, sodomy and related offenses, the targeting and raping of some 13 Black [...]
March 2015 Calendar
Los Angeles Community and Activist Calendar for March 2015.
February 2015 Calendar
Malcolm X Black Power Conference sponsored by National Black United Front 50th Anniversary of the assassination of Malcolm X/El Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Fri, Feb 20, 6p - Sun, Feb 22, 6p (EST) Blackburn Center, Howard Univ., Washington, D.C. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/malcolm-x-black-power-conference-tickets-14206773843 nationalblackunitedfront.org nbufdc@gmail.com 301-836-1826 Feb 1 - Sun: Change-Links Distribution/Planning: Date changed from Jan 25. Normally last Sun 11a, Culver City. Feb 22, Mar 29. Peace Center, 3916 S Sepulveda Blvd (between Venice [...]
The Over-riding Urgency of Climate Change
by Charles Fredricks This year 20,000,000 people were displaced by climate events; more than by war (that's from the UN). In a few years, without prompt action, that number will increase tenfold, and from there the news will only get worse. This needs to remain a top-priority focus, educating the public and discussing steps that must be taken now to avert greater damage. To me Arun Gupta's article fails in this respect. [...]
September 2014 Calendar
Change Links Community Calendar for September 2014.
Workers in L.A. and U.S. are Fighting Back
By Paul Krehbiel Workers in Southern California and across the country are fighting to defend their wages, standard of living and rights against the three-decade-long corporate assault on working people and our unions. The giant corporations are unrelenting, but we're fighting back. Technical and professional workers at Boeing in southern California have just won a 14-year fight to recover lost wages and benefits, totaling $47 million. They are members of the Society [...]