Fifty years after King’s historic march, the struggle for racial justice faces unprecedented challenges. They carried signs that demanded “Voting Rights,” “Jobs for All” and “Decent Housing.” They protested the vigilante killing of an unarmed black teenager in the South and his killer’s acquittal. They denounced racial profiling in the country’s largest city. This isn’t 1963 but 2013, when so many of the issues that gave rise to the March on Washington [...]
In recent months and years, fascism has strengthened its foothold in the US. The “unholy” alliance between corporate powers, government and right-wing religious sects has launched a sharp about face in rights and freedoms. Governor Perry of Texas is leading a right wing attack on abortion rights, cutting the number of safe clinics and restricting the services they can provide, thus increasing the danger to women. Similar new laws now sweep across [...]
Absolutely Nothing I was born as WWII was ending. One of my first social memories was when my parents and I were in the car on Burbank Blvd. in North Hollywood. Announcements came over the radio that the Korean War was officially ended. I could see and feel my parents’ happiness. When I was about ten, my friends and I were playing war in a large vacant lot near our house. The [...]
The Real Numbers: Half of America in Poverty -- and It's Creeping Upward The Census Bureau has reported that one out of six Americans lives in poverty. A shocking figure. But it's actually much, much worse. May 26, 2013 | The HYPERLINK "https://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/about/overview/" \t "_blank" Census Bureau has reported that 15% of Americans live in poverty. A shocking figure. But it's actually much worse. Inequality is spreading like a shadowy disease through our [...]
March 30th 6:30 pm — 10:30 pm The New Peace Center
It’s Election Time Again, Yea More ranting from John Johnson I participated in the 1964 election, having been involved in supportive actions for the civil rights movement that was taking place in the South. Some of us were already working in groups, including the Young Democrats. Our main target was the reactionary Birch Society’s candidate, Barry Goldwater. We worked for Johnson and local politicians going door to door. We worked for [...]
Yes Virginia, Lighting Strikes Twice By John Johnson For the past two months I’ve regaled you with my car accident and how I ended up with a cheaper older model that seemed to be in great shape. Or so I thought. On a mid-September Saturday while I was again doing errands in the Silver Lake area, I noticed coolant leaking and added some. Soon, all hell broke loose. I coasted off the [...]
National Security and Shirley Sherrod By John Johnson I was particularly irritated last month by the Shirley Sherrod story. Shirley Sherrod has worked in the civil rights movement since the Sixties, and was a member of SNCC. Her father was murdered by the KKK and her family harassed. She’s dedicated her life to helping Black farmers, first working in non-profits, later for the Department of Agriculture. A few years ago she talked [...]
By John Johnson There always has been wars between economic interest, in fact other than religion, this has been the prime reasons for war. In the United States one of the most vicious war was in the latter part of the Nineteenth Century of monopoly industries and robber barons in the new Industrial/Gilded Age. There was a very small middle class and conditions for most workers was abdominal. 14 hour work days, [...]
Ask the City Council and Sacramento to Not Balance Their Budgets on the Backs of the Poor and Working Class
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April PDF 3 Easy Ways to Samck Down Wall Street By Brad Reed No Banker Left Behind By Robert Scheer Looting Social Security By Paul Craig Roberts Who's Really In Control of theWhite House? Maybe Not Obama By David Sirota Howard Zinn the Historian Who Made History By David Zirin Tensions Between Venezuela and Colombia By Carlos Quintanilla Running on Empty By John Johnson Howard Zinn Presente Zinn Photos ———— March Calendar