-------- Original Message -------- Subject: [cafeintifada] Arts and Activism: Action Alerts and Upcoming Events Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 19:58:40 -0800 From: emma rosenthal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: earthlink To: Cafe Intifada <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
CAFE INTIFADA Arts and Activism: Action Alerts and Upcoming Events a service of Cafe Intifada December 6, 2005 _______________________________ _________________________ __________ _ VISIT THE CAFE INTIFADA BLOG AT: http://cafeintifada.blogsource.com * Tenant rights in Los Angeles * Release Al-Arian * Immigrant Rights in the Congress __________________________________________________________________________________ >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Join the Lincoln Place And South Central Farmer's Protests Now!!! Yesterday at 10 a.m., 20 to 50 LA County Deputy Sherriffs evicted, en-mass, 60 people from their apartments in the historic Lincoln Place Community in Venice! These 60 people are now homeless and camped out and leading a highly publicized 24-hour protest vigil at the corner of Lake and Elkgrove in Venice since last night at `10p.m. --and many are vowing to throw their bodies in front of buldozers that may show up any minute now to tear down over 400 now empty and habitible low-income one and two bedroom apartments in Venice. We, along with the South Central Farmers, are now rising up and saying "Enough is Enough! Help low-income people unite! Come to Lincoln Place to help low income tenanats across this state demand Tenant Justice Now!! We are vowing we will stop the evictions at Lincoln Place! We are vowing we will take back Lincoln Place and the South Central Farms for the People! We now Urgently are asking everybody in LA to join us at the Lincoln Place 24 vigil --Come and help us link with the South Central Farmers! Come and help us launch a Statewide rentstrike to support them; and a new California ballot initative to immediately cut all California rents in half!!! What you can do: 1. We need suppport for sixty now homeless people at Lincoln Place; come down immediately and spend 4 hours with us at the vigil, today and each week until we win this victory --if you can! (It is at the corner of Lake and the 1000 block of Elkgrove Ave in Venice; Lake street is about three blocks north of the intersection of Venice Boulivard and Lincoln Blvd. And we are located right behind the Rite-Aid Shopping Center) 2. Bring food; tents; cellphone minutes and protest materials! Now! 3. Bring all your stories and music and ideas --to help us say enough is enough! Homes Not Jails! Homes not Homelessness! Video cameras are rolling and we are starting to preserve it all now!! Justice for People --End Landlord Greed! Also: Email and Call City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo immediately and demand that he stop taking developer money and uphold the law and immediatly give all Lincoln Place tennants their apartments back right now!! Email and Call Mayor Antonio Villirigos and demand that he stop dilly-dallying and just making pretty faces and that he must do something to save Lincoln Place and the South Central Farms now!! City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo: (213) 978-8100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Los Angeles Mayor Antono Villarigosa: 213/978-0600 ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Call the Lincoln Place Tenants Association 24 hour hotline --to Find Out More on How to Help Now: (310) 281-6877: Or, David Busch at (310)403-6883. http://www.southcentralfarmers.com http://www.lincolnplace.net/contact.htm ¡Si, Se Puede! www.Orgsites.com/ca/md ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ December 7, 2005 For Immediate Release ACTION ALERT: ASK THE DOJ TO DROP ALL CHARGES AGAINST AL-ARIAN ! Al-Awda, The Palestine Right to Return Coalition, congratulates Palestinian Professor Sami Al-Arian and co-defendants Sameeh Hammoudeh, Ghassan Zayed and Hatem Naji Fariz on the news yesterday that they were acquitted of key charges after a lengthy trial and thirteen days of deliberation by a federal jury. We also congratulate the defendants' families who have suffered immensely during this ordeal. Many innocent Arabs have been targeted by the U.S. government since September 11, 2001 often under the powers of the so-called Patriot Act. The acquittals yesterday represent a renewal of faith in the jury system, where average Americans were clearly able to see past the suffocating volume of propaganda directed against Al-Arian and the other co-defendants. Professor Al-Arian was found not guilty of eight of the 17 counts brought against him and the jury was deadlocked on the other counts. Co-defendants Sameeh Hammoudeh and Ghassan Zayed Ballut were acquitted of all charges against them. Hatem Naji Fariz was found not guilty of 24 counts and jurors deadlocked on the remaining eight. Professor Al-Arian and Hatem Naji Fariz are now waiting in prison while the Department of Justice prosecutors decide whether or not they wish to go to trial again on the charges on which the jury deadlocked. These charges are based on those of which the co-defendants were found not guilty. We ask all people of conscience to write and call Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales at the Department of Justice to demand that the government drop all charges and free Dr. Al-Arian and Hatem Naji Fariz forthwith. The defendants and their families have suffered for far too long and must be allowed to get on with their lives. E-MAIL, CALL and WRITE Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales E-MAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] PHONE: 202-514-2001 and 202-353-1555 MAIL: U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530-0001 Please cc your correspondence to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________________________ 12/8: URGENT ACTION ALERT: Disastrous Immigration Bill Vote Sarah Rose Weinman Policy and Program Liaison Midwest Immigrant & Human Rights Center www.mihrc.org <http://www.mihrc.org/> Dear colleagues, Yesterday, Representative Sensenbrenner introduced the "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act" (H.R.4437) in the House Judiciary Committee, which he chairs. This bill will have a sweeping and devastating effect on all immigrants, refuges, and asylum seekers, drastically increasing the number of individuals subjected to detention and deportation and eroding due process rights. This is is as bad, or worse, than the 1996 legislation and REAL ID and it is moving fast. **Please drop whatever you are doing and take action. There is nothing more important right now if we want to keep immigrants out of detention and protect their basic rights.** The Committee is expected to vote on this bill tomorrow, Thursday, December 8th, at 10 am EST. The version passed by the Committee will then appear for a vote before the House. NOW IS THE TIME TO ACT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WORST PROVISIONS OF THIS BILL ARE AMELIORATED BEFORE IT GOES TO THE FULL HOUSE. What you can do: <>Take a stand against this pernicious legislation. Call members of the House Judiciary Committee (listed below) TODAY and urge them to vote against the bill. Circulate this email widely and get your colleagues, friends, and family to call today. <> <>Among numerous other provisions, the bill: <>* Expands the expedited removal program <>* Drastically expands the definition of an aggravated felony<> deportable offense). <>* Requires mandatory detention for all immigrants apprehended at<> ports of entry or along international borders until removal or a final<> decision in their case. <>* Sets a minimum bond of $5,000 for anyone with a Notice to<> Appear. <>* Overturns the Supreme Court ' s ruling in Zadvydas which<> limits long-term detention. <>* Renders immigrants affiliated with gangs deportable and<> inadmissible, mandates their detention, bars them from asylum or Temporary Protected Status; gives the AG authority to designate gang members for immigration purposes. * Limits immigrants ' access to the circuit courts by creating a special review process for federal court appeals of immigration cases. And there is more. How to call: * All House Judiciary Committee members are listed below. Please call as many Committee members as you can before Thursday 10am eastern. * Note that your call will have more sway if the member is your representative (or represents a district where your clients or their families live), but we need to flood the lines for everyone right now. * State that: - I am against H.R. 4437, the "Border Protection, Antiterrorism, and Illegal Immigration Control Act" - This is unecessary legislation and skirts around the need for true immigration reform. - The past decade has shown that strengthened enforcement alone has not worked. - This bill erodes the rights of the most vulnerable - I urge you to oppose H.R. 4437 during tomorrow's mark up in the Judiciary Committee, and in particular to oppose Titles II ("Combatting Alien Smuggling and Illegal Entry and Presence"), IV ("Detention and Removal"), VI ("Terrorist and Criminal Aliens"), and VIII ("ImmigrationLitigation Abuse Reduction"). House Judiciary Committee members' name and phone numbers follow: House Judiciary Committee Members Republicans James Sensenbrenner (WI-5th)--(202) 225-5101 Henry Hyde (IL-6th)--(202) 225-4561 Howard Coble (NC-6th)--(202) 225-3065 Lamar Smith (TX-21st)--(202) 225-4236 Elton Gallegly (CA-24th)--(202) 225-5811 Bob Goodlatte (VA-6th)-- (202) 225-5431 Steve Chabot (OH-1st)--(202) 225-2216 Dan Lungren (CA-3rd)--(202) 225-5716 William Jenkins (TN-1st)--(202) 225-6356 Chris Cannon (UT-3rd)--(202) 225-7751 Spencer Bachus (AL-6th)-- (202) 225-4921 Bob Inglis (SC-4th)-- (202) 225-6030 John Hostettler (IN-8th)-- (202) 225-4636 Mark Green (WI-8th)-- (202) 225-5665 Ric Keller (FL-8th)-- (202) 225-2176 Darrell Issa (CA-49th)--(202) 225-3906 Jeff Flake (AZ-6th)-- (202) 225-2635 Mike Pence (IN-6th)-- (202) 225-3021 Randy Forbes (VA-4th)-- (202) 225-6365 Steve King (IA-5th)-- (202) 225-4426 Tom Feeney (FL-24th)-- (202) 225-2706 Democrats Trent Franks (AZ-2nd)-- (202) 225-4576 Louie Gohmert (TX-1st)-- (202) 225-3035 John Conyers (MI-14th)-- (202) 225-5126 Howard Berman (CA-28th)-- (202) 225-4695 Rick Boucher (VA-9th)-- (202) 225-3861 Jerrold Nadler (NY-8th)-- (202) 225-5635 Bobby Scott (VA-3rd)-- (202) 225-8351 Melvin Watt (NC-12th)-- (202) 225-1510 Zoe Lofgren (CA-16th)-- (202) 225-3072 Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18th)-- (202) 225-3816 Maxine Waters (CA-35th)-- (202) 225-2201 Marty Meehan (MA-5th)-- (202) 225-3411 William Delahunt (MA-10th)-- (202) 225-3111 Robert Wexler (FL-19th)-- (202) 225-3001 Anthony Weiner (NY-9th)-- (202) 225-6616 Adam Schiff (CA-29th)-- (202) 225-4176 Linda Sanchez (CA-39th)-- (202) 225-6676 Adam Smith (WA-9th)-- (202) 225-8901 Chris Van Hollen (MD-8th)-- (202) 225-5341 __________________________ Cafe Intifada an IHC Project PO Box 1664 Baldwin Park, CA 91706 818-404-5784 Send events and alerts to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information on Cafe Intifada please visit our web page: http://home.earthlink.net/~cafeintifada To make a tax deductible donation go to: http://home.earthlink.net/~cafeintifada/id3.html Or visit our wish list at: http://home.earthlink.net/~cafeintifada/id4.html Mission Statement: ¡Cafe Intifada! seeks to empower artistic self expression within a social/political context, to raise awareness and make connections through the arts, with cultural and human rights needs and programs internationally and connect artists with activists, community members and other artists currently engaged in progressive social change. 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