[LAAMN] Phil Donahue on the Foreign Policy of the United States ~ Also Watch WAR MADE EASY - The Film Phil Mentions - Based on Book by Norman Solomon!
Phil Donahue on the Foreign Policy of the United States http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/9142.html Phil Donahue, an American media personality, writer, and film producer best known as the creator and host of 'The Phil Donahue Show', was interviewed recently and had some very common sense arguments against the next war. You can hear the drums in the background, says Phil as we listen to any one of the Presidential candidates on the campaign trail. You can't use an anti-war platform to get elected, so maybe that explains why it's so easy for us to go to war. Video: http://www.brasschecktv.com/page/9142.html Goodman Green - Brasscheck TV Also Watch WAR MADE EASY - The Great Anti-War Film Phil Donahue Mentions - Based on Book by Norman Solomon! War Made Easy (1 hour and 10 minutes) http://www.teachpeace.com/warmadeeasy.htm Watch Now! http://www.teachpeace.com/warmadeeasy.htm Brasscheck TV 2380 California St. San Francisco, CA 94115 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] domestic workers and their children march for rights
DOMESTIC WORKERS AND THEIR CHILDREN MARCH FOR RIGHTS Story and photos by David Bacon Working In These Times, 1/27/12 http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12631/domestic_workers_and_their_children_march_for_rightshttp://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12631/domestic_workers_and_their_children_march_for_rights SACRAMENTO, CA - Early Tuesday morning busses of domestic workers and their children began arriving at the huge grassy mall in front of California's state capitol building. Dozens of Mexican, Filipina and African American moms, kids in tow, poured out onto the steps leading into the legislature's chamber. When the crowd grew to several hundred, they took up their placards, pushed their strollers out in front, and began marching around the building. Some of the kids had clearly done things like this before. One five-year-old raised her fist in the air as the crowd chanted, calling on members of the state Assembly and Senate to pass the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. Another girl, who looked about three, knew the chant by heart: We are the children, mighty mighty children, fighting for justice and our future. She didn't miss a beat, and as one of the organizers held the bullhorn up to her mouth she did a little militant dance to accompany it. With balloons and even a couple of clowns, it all seemed very festive. But the happy atmosphere didn't hide a more unpleasant truth. Many of the moms there probably see less of their own children than the youngsters they care for. And in the case of those caring for the aged, sick or disabled, the conditions of that work can seem like something a century ago. Domestic workers often don't get a break to eat, even working many more than the eight-hour workday considered normal for most workers. Others cook for the families they work for, but can't use the same implements to cook for themselves. If they have to sleep in the homes of clients, they often have to get up during the night several times to perform basic services for them, like taking them to the bathroom, or giving them medicine. And the night is considered a rest period, for which they sometimes don't get paid. One Filipina caregiver from the East Bay explained that she sleeps in the same bed as her client. What I'd like would be a bed where I could sleep by myself, she said. Even at five or six, the kids marching with their moms are old enough to understand a little of those bitter truths. When one young girl, who looked about kindergarten age, held up a sign saying trabajo digno, or decent work, she knew enough to explain, she doesn't get enough money, and she works too hard. Last year the state Assembly passed AB 889, authored by Assembly members Tom Ammiano and V. Manuel Perez, that would give domestic workers some state-recognized rights in their efforts to curb abusive conditions. It would provide meal and rest breaks, overtime and reporting pay as enjoyed by other workers, and expand domestic workers' access to workers compensation. In addition, it would guarantee eight hours of sleep for those who work around the clock, and allow them to use kitchen facilities. The bill would affect the 200,000 people who work in California domestic service, who are almost entirely women, and immigrants or people of color. While domestic workers face the same excuses for substandard conditions faced by other women, namely that they're only working to supplement the income of men, most of them are either the sole source of income for their families, or are bringing home pay that their families can't live without. One woman explained that she was still working many more than 40 hours a week, and was in her 70s. The Domestic Workers Bill of Rights is modeled on one that was enacted in New York State in 2010. It is supported by dozens of statewide worker and community advocates, including the California Labor Federation and many other unions, Filipino Advocates for Justice, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, Mujeres Unidas y Activas, the Women's Collective of the San Francisco Day Labor Program, a number of churches and synagogues, and Hand in Hand, the Domestic Workers Employers Association. Its main opponent is the business association for agencies that provide domestic workers to clients. At the end of the last session of the legislature, the bill was in the appropriations committee of the state Senate. The marchers hoped to pry the bill loose, get it passed through the Senate, and convince Governor Jerry Brown to sign it. One of several legislators who spoke to the crowd, Watsonville Assembly member Bill Monning explained in Spanish, This bill is just, and we're going to make sure it becomes law and that domestic workers finally get the same basic rights as other workers. For more articles and images, see
[LAAMN] We the People, by Sen. Bernie Sanders and Roert Weissman
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/we-the-people_b_1219573.ht ml http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders/we-the-people_b_1219573.htm l http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman Robert Weissman http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-bernie-sanders Sen. Bernie Sanders http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman and Robert Weissman We the People Posted: 1/20/12 02:52 PM ET If you are concerned about the collapse of the middle class, you should be concerned about how American campaigns are financed. If you wonder why the United States is the only country in the industrialized world not to have a national health care program, if you're asking why we pay the highest price in the world for prescription drugs, or why we spend more money on the military than the rest of the world combined, you are talking about campaign finance. You are talking about the unbelievable power that big-money interests have over every legislative decision. An already horrendous situation was made much worse two years ago this month when the Supreme Court ruled in Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission that multinational corporations have a constitutional right to spend whatever they want to influence election outcomes. A bare 5-4 majority lowered the floodgates on unchecked, unlimited, unaccountable corporate cash in political campaigns. Corporations were equated with people. A century of laws regulating business spending on elections were upended. In one fell swoop, five justices fantasized for corporations a right never conceived by the founders whose preamble to our Constitution begins with the words, We the people... The ruling not only poisoned our political process. It contaminated the legislative process. It cast a permanent chill over all policymaking. Will the merits or the money tip the balance when an issue comes before Congress? What do you think? If the question is on breaking up huge banks, for example, every member of the Senate and the House, in the back of their minds, will ask themselves what the personal price would be for taking on Wall Street. Am I going to be punished? Will a huge amount of money be unleashed in my state? They're going to think twice about how to cast that vote. Not to put too fine a point on it, you will see politicians being adopted by corporations and becoming wholly owned subsidiaries of corporate entities. We already have seen what kind of damage Citizens United can cause. In the first election after the decision was handed down, corporations in 2010 poured hundreds of millions of dollars into independent organizations not formally affiliated with parties or candidates. About half of the $300 million spent by independent organizations came from undisclosed sources. In 60 of the 75 congressional races in which power changed hands, the unaccountable outside groups backed the winners. They spent freely and overwhelmingly on negative ads. The early phases of this year's elections bear witness to projections that the Citizens United effect will be much worse. Karl Rove has announced plans to raise http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/karl-rove-american-crossroads-haley-bar bour-fundraising $240 million. The Koch brothers promise to spend $200 million. It's fair to assume the Chamber of Commerce will spend at least as much. The Super PAC supporting President Obama, Priorities USA Action, aims to play in the same league. Hundreds of millions more will be in play. It's a virtual certainty that all of this spending will fundamentally distort our democracy, tilting the playing field to favor corporate interests, discouraging new candidates, chilling elected officials and shifting the overall policymaking debate even further in the direction of giant corporate interests and the super-wealthy. So now we face a choice. Americans can let Citizens United remain the law of the land, or we can have a functioning democracy. We can't have both. We choose democracy. With no reason to think that this court will reconsider its decision, we need a constitutional amendment. Yes, legislative reforms could mitigate the damage. We should require better disclosure rules. We should make shareholders approve corporations' political spending. We should provide public financing of elections, but entrenched money interests have thwarted that for decades. But nothing can truly cure the problem unless Citizens United is overturned with a constitutional amendment. The Saving American Democracy Amendment in the Senate and a companion proposed in the House by Florida Representative Ted Deutch would do just that. The amendment would establish that constitutional rights belong to real people, not for-profit corporations. The amendment would prohibit corporations from making election-related expenditures. It would clarify that Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign spending,
[LAAMN] Pacifica National Board Meeting ~ Friday, January 27th thru Monday January 30th, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ~ At Hotel Angeleno - Located just off the 405 Freeway at Sunset Drive
Pacifica National Board Meeting in Los Angeles Friday, January 27th 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Saturday, January 28th 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Sunday, January 29th 9:00 Am to 5:00 PM Monday, January 30th 9:00 AM to 12:00 Noon At Hotel Angeleno - 170 N. Church Lane, Los Angeles 90049 805-636-7524 ý- 310-476-6411 The next in-person Pacifica National Board Meeting will be held at the Hotel Angeleno in Brentwood from Friday, January 27, 2012 through Monday, January 30, 2012. The hotel is familiar to many who have driven on the San Diego Freeway. It's the circular building right off the 405 at Sunset. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Castro bashing in the debates - The Republicans in Florida
http://cubantriangle.blogspot.com/2012/01/republicans-in-florida.html Friday, January 27, 2012 The Republicans in Florida Lets start with Ron Paul who, asked in last nights debate what he would say if he found himself talking to Raul Castro in the Oval Office, responded: Id ask him what he called about. Apart from that, the Brian Williams question about Fidel Castros death in the first debate has continued to frame what has become an odd discussion. The question focused on what will surely be a big moment in history, but one that I do not believe to be foremost in peoples minds in Cuba, or in Miami for that matter. On Calle Ocho, after all, they celebrated Fidels death five years ago only to find that our Maker had a different plan. Nonetheless, we have had days of Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney talking about Fidel meeting his Maker, or not, verging on pop theology.http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mpKU35OkR4s/TyMARJLYjZI/B9A/8WGu9KN6agM/s1600/BartScream.jpg Heres Romney at a Miami eventhttp://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/world/castro-will-be-taken-off-this-planet-if-im-elected-mitt-romney-says/story-e6frf7lf-1226254510183on Wednesday:If Im fortunate to become the next President of the United States it is my expectation that Fidel Castro will finally be taken off this planet. I doubt hell take any time in the sky. Hell find a nether region to be more to his comfort Weve waited a long, long time for the opportunity that is represented by a new president, and by new leadership, or by old leadership finally kicking the bucket in Cuba. And I want to take advantage. I want to be the American president that is proud to be able to say that I was president at the time that we brought freedom back to the people of Cuba. With that, Romney also released a policy paper. Lifting a phrase from President Obama, who said in 2009http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/20/world/americas/20prexy.htmlthat freedom in Cuba is our lodestone, our North Star, Romneys paper declares: The North Star that guides Mitt Romneys policy toward the island is the realizable dream of a free Cuba. Romney sees Gingrich on the issue of travel (back to the Bush rules), Helms-Burton (allow Title III to go into effect), and looking into the possibility of indicting Messrs. Castro, and raises him on a few scores: · Romney will fully fund and effectively implement U.S. government democracy promotion programs · He will beef up broadcasting, Internet, and social media communications · He will publicly identify by name those police officers, prison officials, judges, state security personnel, and regime officials who mistreat, torture, and oppress the Cuban people so they know they will be held individually accountable. Gingrich, is youre still with me, elaborated on his earlier tough talk. From AFPhttp://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/newt-gingrich-prepared-to-bomb-cuba/story-e6frg6so-1226254677861 : Mr. Gingrich was asked to explain comments that if elected, he would not tolerate four more years of a Cuban dictatorship. If the US planes bombed Libya, should they do the same with Cuba? If there was a genuine, legitimate uprising, we would, of course, be on the side of the people, Mr. Gingrich told Spanish-language network Univision. In that sense, I dont see why Cuba should be sacrosanct, and we should say, Oh, don't do anything to hurt - you know, were very prepared to back people in Libya. We may end up backing people in Syria. But now Cuba? Hands off Cuba. Thats baloney. People of Cuba deserve freedom. The audience at the Miami venue where Univision held the interview broke into applause. Ernesto Hernandez Busto, Spain-based editor of Penultimos Dias, is following it all in Miami and attended the Romney event. He liked Romneys remarks and those of his wife, he found Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen enthusiastic and predictable, but found something lacking in the whole lineup and in all the other candidates: an understanding of the Cuban situation that goes beyond the traditional topics. Welcome to the club, Ernesto. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com
[LAAMN] I Forgot to Mention the Hit Man
The Columbus Day Parade. Cleveland, 1978. Yesterday, I told you how Dennis Kucinich single-handedly saved Cleveland?s public utility from a takeover by the banks. Even though it cost him a job he loved, being Mayor of Cleveland. But I neglected to mention that Dennis?s courage could have cost him more than his job. It almost cost him his life. When Dennis Kucinich refused to turn over Cleveland Public Power to the One Percent, they decided to kill Dennis. Not kill Dennis?s political career. Kill Dennis. You don?t have to take my word for it. You can read the chilling account in the Cleveland Free Times cover story, which includes quotes from the police interview with the hit man. The plan was to shoot Dennis in the head, during the Columbus Day Parade. The Cleveland Cosa Nostra brought in a professional hit man from Maryland to do the hit. The hit man bought an untraceable rifle, and came to Cleveland. Why didn?t the hit man kill Dennis? Because on Columbus Day, an ulcer in Dennis?s stomach burst. Dennis spent that day in the hospital, not in the parade. Or the morgue. The hit man then staked out Tony?s Diner, an old rail car converted into a greasy spoon restaurant, on the corner of Lorain Avenue and West 117th. Dennis liked to eat breakfast there. But then the banks found that they could force the City of Cleveland into bankruptcy, and force Dennis Kucinich out of office. So the hit was called off. (By the way, of the thousands of people who have served as mayor in the United States, only three have been assassinated. Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago, the hero of the Haymarket Riots, was killed by a disgruntled office seeker. Mayor Anton Cermak, also of Chicago, was killed by a bullet intended for FDR. And, as you may recall, San Francisco Supervisor Dan White killed Mayor George Moscone, and Harvey Milk.) In order to save Cleveland?s municipal power company, Dennis Kucinich stuck his neck out so far that the banks and the Mafia tried to kill him. For the people of Cleveland, Dennis put his life on the line. If the One Percent is so angry at you that they want to take you out, and they?re willing to enlist the Mafia to do it, then you are doing one heckuva good job for The People. So I?m asking you again, as I did yesterday. Please do whatever you can do to help Dennis Kucinich, before the absentee ballots get mailed out in his district next Tuesday. And click here to do it. Because Dennis Kucinich is a hero. A real-life hero. Courage, Alan Grayson Paid for and Authorized by the Committee to Elect Alan Grayson 8419 Oak Park Road, Orlando, FL 32819 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Dont Get Angry, Get Even]
I received this from Professor Acuna of the California State University of Northridge (CSUN), and with his permission am forwarding it along. I feel this is a well written bit on the dumbing down of America which results in more profit for the elite of the world. Those uneducated that don't support the prison industry, can support the perpetual war, international banking system, and people with a good education and good jobs rarely do that, unless that is who pays them. This really applies to all of us, not simply one community, as the war against education isn't simply against a single race, and it never has been. Scott Rough Draft Dont Get Angry, Get Even When Do You Start Counting By Rodolfo F. Acuña When the great Muhammad Ali was asked how many sit ups he did, he responded, I dont count my sit-ups, I only start counting when it starts hurting, that is when I start counting, because then it really counts, thats what makes you a champion. These words resonate in Tucson where Latina/o students are fighting for an education by sitting-in in the office of Tucson Unified School District Superintendent of Schools John Pedicone, walking out of classes, demonstrating, and taking to the streets. Students are dispelling the myth that Mexican Americans do not care about education; they have started counting because it hurts. They know the difference between being warehoused, sitting through classes where teachers go through the motions. They know when the subject matter is relevant; and the teachers believe in what they are teaching. At my own campus at California State University Northridge students are mobilizing. Up until now, a small minority protested the rising cost of tuition, which now tops $5,550 a year, promising to climb another 30 percent next year. Because of the lack of accessibility to education, they are growing disillusioned with our system of government. They dont believe the promises of President Barack Obama State of the Union. Desperate, many students are dropping out of school. The straw that broke the proverbial camels back occurred this week. CSU Chancellor Charles Reed issued a threat to all state campuses that any institution that exceeded its target enrollment by more than three percent would be docked $7 million. The CSUN administration panicked and froze classes, not allowing needy students to enroll in classes, even when professors agreed to take them as an overload. The result has been pandemonium. Many students are unable to get the requisite 12 units for financial and other scholarship aid. This action takes money out needy students pockets; the tuition for 12 units and 19 units is the same. Graduation will be deferred by a couple of years. For administrators earning $120,000 - $350,000 annually it is no big deal. But for poor and middle-class students it is a big deal. The freeze has forced many students to start counting. It has dawned on them that they are being shut out of what the Tucson students are fighting for, a college education. Conservatives have always maintained that everyone has an equal opportunity; tragically many poor people believed that the myth. However, this fairytale is being debunked by what is happening in Californias community colleges. Once a safety net where students could attend college almost tuition free and could live close to home and work, this is no longer the case. Although the fees are still affordable at the two year colleges, the campuses have been flooded consequent to the pushdown of students who qualify for the University of California and the California State University systems but cant afford it. Consequently, the problem for community colleges is not so much tuition but the flood of students that have drowned them. Filled beyond capacity their infra-structures have been inundated, and even when students are matriculated they face the impossible task of getting classes. This situation promises to worsen as the UC resorts to the vigorous recruiting of wealthy foreign and out of state students who are displacing residents. If by this time, we are not counting, we should be because the hurt will worsen. The challenge for students is to develop a strategy. It is not going to do us any good to say I told you so or to get angry. We have to get even. The reason the system will continue as if the crash never happened is because we did not get even. Very few people have gone to jail, and the gaggle of thieves on Wall Street and government were not stigmatized. Talk about class warfare, society differentiates between white and blue collar crime. Pure and simple, we are complicit and let the big ones get away. In Tucson, the rich benefit directly from the destruction of the Mexican American Studies program. Brutalizing immigrants and Latino students is part of the grand strategy to keep Mexicans in their place. The assassination of nine-year old Brisenia Flores in
[LAAMN] Hundreds of thousands of Protesters in Egypt turn out for 'Friday of Dignity'
*A live photo album of Tahrir Square as protesters en masse keep coming in to take part in the Friday of Dignity **http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/32956.aspx*http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/32956.aspx There have been more scuffles between Islamist and revolutionaries in Cairo, Egypt. Abdel Rahman Hussein describes the scenehttp://www.guardian.co.uk/world/middle-east-live/2012/jan/27/syria-egypt-libya-middle-east-unrest-live-updates#block-30in Tahrir for *The Guardian*: Anger spilled over at the Muslim Brotherhood stage after Quran verses from a loud drowned out chants against the military rulers. Protesters began chanting traitors at those on stage and threw garbage and bottles. Many speakers went onstage - not all from the Brotherhood - in an attempt to calm protesters but to no avail. Around the stage members of the Brotherhood held a cordon around it. They were asked to remove their green Freedom and Justice Party caps by those onstage. Even after some on the stage chanted against military rule they still were jeered. - *Protesters in Egypt turn out for 'Friday of Dignity'* Dina Samak, Randa Ali, Bel Trew, Zeinab El Gundy, Ayman Farag, Yassin Gaber, Sherif Tarek, Salma Shukrallah, Friday 27 Jan 2012 Follow our blow-by-blow account of Egypt's Friday protests, as revolutionaries take to Tahrir and squares across the country, following Wednesday's mass demonstrations, to demand a swift power transition to a civil authority 19:00Hundreds of thousands of protesters have again filled their streets and squares across Egypt, demanding an end to military rule and dignity, freedom, and social justice for all Egyptians. The revolution continues and so we leave it to 10-year-old protester Layla to close the day. It's the first time I'm in the square. I really wanted to come before but my parents said it wasn't safe enough. Today they thought I could, and should, join them. 18:42 In Tahrir, our correspondent spoke to Mina, a 21-year-old engineering student, about why he's protesting today. I'm here to communicate to the military that we are here and we want freedom and they don't understand us. Today won't be as big as January 25 because people are probably a bit bored. The Brotherhood have dominated the square, you can only hear them, they are the only sound! Our reporter also met Adam, 25, who works for a fast food chain located on Tahrir but has been sleeping in the square's central roundabout since the Cabinet sit-in was cleared forcibly on 16 December. I am from the association of defending the revolution. This tent is from the Cabinet sit-in, we've been sleeping here since then, for 70 days. Since Mohamed Mahmoud [19 November] I've been in the square. The pictures on the tent were taken from all the events we have encountered from all the footage that has come out. We know the situation of the Egyptian state media; they have been lying about events. So we have printed these pictures so visitors who visit can see the truth, it's part of the strategy to fight the lies. 18:09 Our sister Arabic site reports that a police officer in Alexandrias Moharam Bek police station made obscene gestures with his hand at a passing march, enraging some of the protesters to the point that they wanted to attack the building. The situation was contained by other protesters who chanted peaceful, peaceful while others formed a human shield around the police station. 18:00 It's not just in Tahrir that the Muslim Brotherhood are getting into fights. In Mansouras Thawra Square, members from the Brotherhood and a group calling itself the Independent Youth of Mansoura squared off with another. Tasers and large wooden sticks were involved. The fight, according to reports, was over who would take the microphone to lead the chants. 17:53 The calm was temporary. As soon as prayers end, chants resume for the Muslim Brotherhood to get down from their stage and get out of Tahrir. Their interpretation of Wednesday's anniversary of 25 January as an opportunity to celebrate has backfired, in the square. 17:45 Things have calmed down in Tahrir for now with sunset prayers being performed. Today is important because there were a lot of our losses were between the 25th and 28th [of January last year}, Anwan, a 46-year-old engineering professor told our correspondent in the square earlier today. We accept that the Muslim Brotherhood are in Parliament but they should follow us, the people. This is not a celebration. 17:38Back to the flashpoint at the Muslim Brotherhood stage where a sheikh from Al-Azhar stepped up in another attempt at diffusing the situation. He, too, was met with boos and calls to step down from the stage, even as he chanted pro-revolution slogans. A banner on the stage stating this to be the revolution's celebration has been covered up with a large drape. 17:30 Our correspondent in Tahrir has been speaking to people out protesting today. Ranya, a
[LAAMN] State of the Union 2012 - Hopin' Mic Night - GOP Response
State of the Union 2012 - Hopin' Mic Night - GOP Response http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-january-25-2012/state-of-the-union-2012---hopin--mic-night---responses-from-mitch-daniels---mitt-romney [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] Momentum Builds for Feb. 4 No War on Iran Day of Action, LA Protest
PEP Subscribe Forward this email Donate Momentum is Building! Sat., Feb. 4 National Day of Action: No Sanctions, No War Against Iran! Los Angeles Protest Saturday, Feb. 4, 12 noon @ Wilshire Western Metro Stop 3790 Wilshire Blvd, LA 90010 In his State of the Union address, President Obama made quite clear that no option is off the table, including war, regarding Iran. This should come as no surprise, as the U.S. government is currently hard at work ratcheting up sanctions, assassinating scientists and threatening military action. As the U.S. government leads the war drive against Iran, people across the country are responding as the Nation Day of Action against war with Iran builds momentum. In Los Angeles, there will be a protest on Saturday, Feb. 4, 12 noon at the corner of Wilshire Western, near the Metro Stop (3790 Wilshire Blvd., LA 90010). With the protest nearly one week away, there are several ways you can help make this important action a success. 1. RSVP to the event on Facebook, and invite your friends, by clicking here. 2. Download and print a pdf verson of the flyer for distribution. 3. Endorse this action by clicking here. 4. Forward this email, share on twitter and Facebook by clicking the above buttons share buttons. 5. Make an urgently needed donation to help organize the protests nationwide by clicking here. For more info and to volunteer: 213-251-1025 or answe...@answerla.org. NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION ENDORSED BY: American Iranian Friendship Committee • ANSWER Coalition • March Forward! •Antiwar.com • UPWARD• Bail Out The People Movement (BOPM) • Cindy Sheehan, National Co-ordinator of Peace of the Action • CODEPINK Women for Peace • ComeHomeAmerica.us • David Swanson, Author, “When the World Outlawed War” • Defenders for Freedom, Justice Equality-Virginia • Delegation’s Journey through the Islamic Republic” • George Phillies, Editor for Liberty for America • Granny Peace Brigade • International Action Center (IAC) • Karla Hansen, Producer/Director “Silent Screams” • Malcolm X Center for Self Determination • Minnesota Peace Action Coalition • Movement for a Democratic Society (MDS)• Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) • Peace of the Action • Phil Wilayto, Author, “In Defense of Iran: Notes from a U.S. Peace • Ramsey Clark, Former US Attorney General, awarded UN Human Rights Award • Ray McGovern, Veterans for Peace • Refugee Apostolic Catholic Church • SI! Solidarity with Iran • St. Pete for Peace • Twin Cities Peace Campaign • United National Anti-War Committee (UNAC) • Veterans for Peace – NYC Chapter 034 • Waco Friends of Peace • WAMM, Women Against Military Madness • We Won’t Fly • WESPAC Foundation • Workers World Party • World Can’t Wait Please make an urgently needed donation today to help the ANSWER Coalition carry out the critical work it does in opposition to war, intervention and sanctions. We are consistently mobilizing public opinion to say No to the threats against Iran, No to war in Afghanistan and NO to the lies that keep this country in a state of perpetual war. This is a central task for all progressive movements in this country. We can’t do this work without the generous contributions and self-sacrificing support from individuals like you. Please donate today! A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition http://www2.answercoalition.org/site/R?i=LGqDJrOJitqijNNVQuGG3Q answe...@answerla.org 213-251-1025 137 N. Virgil Avenue, #201 Los Angeles, CA 90004 Get involved in ANSWER's work today! If this message was forwarded to you and you'd like to receive future ANSWER updates, Click here to subscribe. Click here to unsubscribe from the ANSWER e-mail list. Having trouble viewing this message? Click here. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go
[LAAMN] CALL YOUR ASSEMBLY MEMBER TO SAVE WRITE-IN VOTING IN CALIFORNIA
PLEASE contact your Assembly member http://assembly.ca.gov/assemblymembers and ask them to vote 'no' on AB1413 unless it is amended to preserve write-in voting. Its going to the Assembly Floor next week, the week of January 30th http://www.ballot-access.org/2012/01/26/california-assembly-elections-committee-passes-bill-to-eliminate-write-in-space-on-general-election-ballots-for-congress-and-state-office/ California Assembly Elections Committee Passes Bill to Eliminate Write- in Space on General Election Ballots for Congress and State OfficeJanuary 26th, 2012 On January 26, the California Assembly Elections Committee unanimously passed AB 1413, which tweaks several aspects of the top-two system, and which also removes write-in space from November ballots for Congress and partisan state office. Some of the legislators appeared to believe that write-in space on the ballot is a good idea. But they still voted for the bill, apparently for two reasons: (1) California elections officials say the bill must pass quickly or they will not be able to administer the election. Some legislators fear that if the bill were amended to leave write-in space on the ballot and to provide that write-ins may be counted, the bill would lose support; (2) the proponents of top-two are vehemently opposed to allowing write-in space on the November ballot, at least in the 2012 election. The primary funder for the legal defense of the top-two system, Dr. Charles Munger, Jr., attended the hearing, along with four attorneys who are with the law firm that has been defending the top-two system in court. Dr. Munger did not testify. But after the hearing, he spoke of his great satisfaction that in 2012, California voters in the general election for Congress and state office will be forced (if they vote at all) to vote for one of the two candidates listed on the ballot. He spoke disparagingly of voters who persist in voting for candidates who can’t win. This is an authoritarian approach to voting rights, and Dr. Munger seems to have no empathy for voters whose political values are such that they may not be able to vote for either of the two listed candidates. Of course, this approach to voting has the effect of reducing voter participation. It is possible that a bill to restore write-ins will be introduced soon, but it could not take effect in time for the November 2012 election. http://www.foxandhoundsdaily.com/2012/01/ab1413-gut-and-amend-abuse-would-gut-voter-voice/ AB1413 “gut and amend” abuse would gut voter voice by eliminating write-in voting without a public vote By Michael Feinstein, co-spokesperson, Green Party of California and a former Mayor and City Councilman in Santa Monica, Calif. A bill about to be passed by the Legislature - AB 1413 - would rob us of our right to vote for write-in candidates, a right we’ve enjoyed and exercised since California statehood in 1850. With such a major change, one would assume it’s imminent passage is the culmination of a long public process, where the proposed change has been publicly vetted, with broad participation by civic and good government groups in debates, public forums, op/eds and talk shows. But AB1413 hasn’t gone through such a process. Instead it’s come through the back door in a gut and amend bill, gutted a few days before the end of the August 2011 legislative session and now back for a quick ‘emergency’ 2/3 vote so it can go into effect immediately. AB1413 is being pushed hard by the County Clerks, because it addresses ballot-printing requirements they believe could create an unnecessary burden and significantly increase election costs. Great, let’s address this. But there is no reason to mix such a technical fix with such a profound voting rights issue. Where is this coming from? There are currently both state and federal lawsuits challenging Senate Bill 6 (SB6); a federal appeals court will soon hear the federal lawsuit (Chamness v. Bowen). SB6 was the implementing statute for Proposition 14, which created the jungle primary/top two general election process for California and is slated to be tried for the first time this year. The authors of Proposition 14 specifically avoided putting the write- in question on the ballot before the people, by hiding it in SB6. What SB6 says is that even though voters’ ballots include a space to cast write-ins, such votes won’t be counted! This violates our state constitution, which guarantees the right for everyone to have his or her vote counted. This is one of the main points of both lawsuits. But instead of eliminating the portion of SB6 that deprives us of our ability to cast write-in votes and thus protecting our right to have our votes
[LAAMN] October 2011 movement, Police Crackdown
I found the included web site address really informative, and more educating them many of the occupy articles I've read recently. Scott *Police may try to crackdown at Freedom Plaza at noon on Monday * * http://october2011.org/blogs/kevin-zeese/police-threaten-two-dc-occupy-encampment* *This is a call to action for people to assemble there. If you live in Virginia, Maryland, SE Pennsylvania, Delaware, or further out and still might be able to make it, you would be welcome. We are asking you just to stand there and become part of a crowd big enough to persuade police to back off. We will not participate in violence and don't ask people to take risks.* *This group will be updated on Sunday to call it off if it can be resolved before then, so this is just a heads up for people who can to make plans and reserve a little time.* *Personally, the camps are just symbols, but they do keep the establishment tied up in figuring ways to confront them, which gives police something to do to avoid knocking down our doors, confiscating our stuff and that sort of thing which will probably start happening if they eliminate the Occupy camps, since the establishment appears to be in fear of a potential outbreak of democracy. * *Jack * --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] 2012-01-28: Twitter Blackout Saturday!!!
2012-01-28: Twitter Blackout Saturday!!! From: Rocio Hernandez djzeld...@gmail.com Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:00:10 -0800 To: occup...@lists.riseup.net Subject: [occupyla] Twitter Blackout Sat 1/28 Twitter has announced that it will begin to censor tweets in certain countries where the governments request it. A lot of twitter users are going to boycott Twitter tomorrow in response to Twitter caving in to governments that will limit free speech. Can you imagine what chilling effect this would have had in the Middle Eastern revolutions if this policy had existed a year ago? So if you use Twitter please consider participating in the Twitter Blackout tomorrow! Make sure to tweet that you're participating in the Twitter Blackout using #TwitterBlackout hashtag sometime today though so that people know you're boycotting tomorrow. Info: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/27/twitter-boycott-planned-t_n_1236573.html P.S. This is a global not just US blackout, you can see tweets in Spanish, Arabic, and other languages on that hashtag too. -Rocio ### --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
[LAAMN] YouTube videos on Egypt
These are two good reports on Egypt... well worth seeing. (Al Jazeerah) Inside Story - Egypt: A Year on and Unresolved? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RoBtyxsOG6A It is exactly a year since the Egyptian revolution began, and only the banners have changed. Protesters have converged again in Tahrir Square calling for the next phase. What next for Egypt? Guests are: Wael Eskandar, Nader Omran and Sharif Kouddous. (Al Jazeerah) Inside Story - Egypt's Islamists: Threat or Opportunity? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIbpSO1KOC0 As Islamist parties emerge from elections as the country's leading political force, we ask if Egyptians should be concerned. Guests: Joshua Stacher, Kent State University; Dia'a Rashwan, al-Ahram Center for Strategic Studies; Dr Sherif El-Haggan,AUC. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com --- Subscribe: mailto:laamn-subscr...@egroups.com --- Digest: mailto:laamn-dig...@egroups.com --- Help: mailto:laamn-ow...@egroups.com?subject=laamn --- Post: mailto:la...@egroups.com --- Archive1: http://www.egroups.com/messages/laamn --- Archive2: http://www.mail-archive.com/laamn@egroups.com --- Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/ * Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional * To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/laamn/join (Yahoo! ID required) * To change settings via email: laamn-dig...@yahoogroups.com laamn-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: laamn-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
