[LAAMN] Reich: Why Obama's Proposal Is Risky, Bernie Sanders' List, Lila Garrettt: David Swanson, Rbt. Greenwald, John Nichols
From: Peter Koechley, MoveOn.org Civic Action [mailto:moveon-h...@list.moveon.org] mailto:%5bmailto:moveon-h...@list.moveon.org%5d Subject: This could be big Dear MoveOn member, A few weeks ago, Senator Bernie Sanders released a list of the 10 companies worst at paying their fair share in taxes. We liked it, and our designer Gabe quickly put it into chart form and put it up on our website. What happened next was exciting: Tens of thousands of people started sharing the chart on Facebook. Blogs started posting links to it. It began to really blow up-and that gave us an idea: What if we could get this popular chart in front of millions of people today as they're finishing their taxes? So here we go: We're going to try to saturate Facebook with the chart below, so that everyone sees the shameful behavior of these 10 companies. Can you join in? All you have to do is click http://www.moveon.org/r?r=207868id=27005-7187494-CVzeKxxt=1 this button to share it: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=207868id=27005-7187494-CVzeKxxt=2 Share This on Facebook http://www.moveon.org/r?r=207868id=27005-7187494-CVzeKxxt=3 Senator Bernie Sanders Guide To Corporate FreeloadersClick http://www.moveon.org/r?r=207868id=27005-7187494-CVzeKxxt=4 here to share: Bernie Sanders' Guide to Corporate Freeloaders Thanks for all you do, -Peter, Eli, Alicia, Jenine, Gabriel, and the whole MoveOn.org Civic Action team _ . CONNECT THE DOTS today: 7AM to 8AM. - Copy at the bottom *** From: Joseph Maizlish http://robertreich.org/ Why Obama's Proposal Is Risky But there's one big weakness. The whole thing depends on the recovery picking up steam. If the economy doesn't, the process could backfire - leading to indiscriminate budget cuts later on, as well as big cuts in Medicare. Indeed, if the recovery fails to fire up, Obama's own chance of reelection is dimmed considerably, as are the odds of a Democratic House after 2012. By Robert Reich, April 16, 2011 Paul Ryan says his budget plan will cut $4.4 trillion over ten years. The President says his new plan will cut $4 trillion over twelve years. Let's get real. Ten or twelve-year budgets are baloney. It's hard enough to forecast budgets a year or two into the future. Between now and 2022 or 2024 the economy will probably have gone through a recovery (I'll explain later why I fear it will be anemic at best) and another downturn. America will also have been through a bunch of elections - at least five congressional and three presidential. The practical question is how to get out of the ongoing gravitational pull of this awful recession without kow-towing to extremists on the right who think the U.S. government is their mortal enemy. For President Obama, it's also about how to get reelected. (Yes, we also have to send a clear signal to global lenders that America is serious about reducing its long-term budget deficit. But in truth, global lenders don't need much reassurance. Bond market yields in the U.S. are now lower than they were when the government was running a budget surplus ten years ago.) Seen in this light, Obama's plan isn't really a budget proposal. It's a process proposal. Stage 1, starting now and ending in June, requires that Republican and Democratic leaders devise a budget for 2012. Apparently they've already agreed to try. That budget would also include a framework for deficit reduction over the longer haul. But that framework will be mainly for show. It will give House Republicans enough cover to vote to raise the ceiling on the amount the U.S. government can borrow. (The vote has to occur before the Treasury runs out of accounting maneuvers, in early July.) And because the framework's details will be filled in after Election Day, it will give Obama wiggle room before the election to campaign on his priorities. If he wins big - and if Democrats retake the House - its details will look completely different from what they'd look like in the alternative. Stage 2 occurs in 2014 - fully two years after Election Day. Then, according to Obama's proposal, if the ratio of the nation's deficit to the GDP hasn't fallen to 2.5 percent (it's now over 10 percent), automatic across-the-board cuts will go into effect to get it there. Importantly, these cuts wouldn't apply to Social Security and Medicare, or to Medicaid and other programs designed for the poor. And they wouldn't be limited to spending. They'd also apply to tax expenditures - that is, to tax deductions and tax credits. The betting in the White House is that by 2014 the recovery will be in full force, and the economy will have grown so much that the ratio of deficit to the GDP will be in the range of 3 to 5 percent anyway. That means any across-the-board cuts wouldn't have to be very deep. The White House is also betting that a strong recovery will take the
[LAAMN] Unmasking the Costs of War, Racism Empire ~ With Chris Hedges, David Swanson Paul Chappell ~ Saturday, April 30th, 7:30 to 9:30 PM ~ At The University of Southern California ~ Other All
Sponsored by Interfaith Communities United for Justice Peace (ICUJP) The Peace Center of United University Church (UUC) Cost of War - Culture of Peace Saturday, April 30th - 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM Costs of War: Unmasking the Costs of War, Racism Empire A Panel Discussion with Prominent Anti-War Author-Activists Paul Chappell, Chris Hedges David Swanson Plus Local Community Leaders Rev. Lewis Logan Ameena Qazi At The United University Church at the University of Southern California (USC) 817 West 34th Street, Los Angeles 90089 Across from Taper Hall/USC $25 Adults, $15 Seniors/Students/Veterans in Advance; $30/$20 at the Door For Further Information About These April 30th Events, Please Visit: www.icujp.org United University Church: Contact: 213-748-0209 - Email: stouf...@usc.edu - www.uniteduniversitychurch.org All Day Events Peace Justice Book Fair Saturday, April 30th - 9:30 AM to 5:15 PM United University Church at the University of Southern California (USC) 817 West 34th Street, Los Angeles 90089 Admission Free to All. Snacks and Beverages Available All Day. Donations Accepted Family Peace Room Activities: 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM Peace and Justice Reading Room, with activities including readings, story-sharing circles, and writing workshops to contribute to our own book, Story creation workshop with Héctor Aristizábal of ImaginAction, Reader's Theater by Dramastage Qumran, Author Presentations: Gretchen Woefle (Jeannette Rankin: Political Pioneer) Soraya Deen (peacemoms.com) ... And more! Author Panels 11:00 - 12:00 Youth/Young Adult Panel on War and Peace Activists Today, Activist/Authors Tomorrow Alternatives to incarceration, gangs and the military 12:30-1:30 The Crime of Punishment, Torture the War on the Poor Steve Rohde - Author: American Words of Freedom Héctor Aristizábal - Co-Author: The Blessing Next to the Wound Jim Burklo - Author: Birdlike and Barnless Mary Weaver- Friends Outside in Los Angeles A Youth from Youth Justice Coalition Scott Horton - Antiwar Radio on KPFK Moderator: Eisha Mason 2:00-3:00 Interfaith Peacemaking: Hope for a New Millennium John Ishvardas Abdallah - Author One World Under God Sarrah Shahawy - Granddaughter of Hassan Hathout: Author of Reading the Muslim Mind Anthony Manousos: Author: Quakers the Interfaith Movement Philip Goldberg - Author: American Veda A Youth from Youth Leadership in Peacemaking Moderator: Grace Dyrness, USC School of Policy, Planning Development 3:30-4:30 Cultivating a Culture of Peace Stephen Longfellow Fiske - Author: The Art of Peace Joseph Prabhu - Author: Indian Ethics Soraya Deen - Author: Papa Teach Me Peace Linda K. Williams - Author: Chicken Soup for the Soul A Youth from Community Coalition Moderator: Andrew Manning - Director of USC Peace Conflict Studies 4:30-5:15 Film and Discussion from National Religious Campaign Against Torture (NRCAT) Dinner: 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM Dinner available for purchase for everybody downstairs in Fellowship Hall Garden Healthy, hearty, vegetarian, fundraiser for church Homelessness program and Peace Kids/Youth Leadership programs Suggested Donation $10 R.S.V.P: stouf...@usc.edu Co-Sponsors: The Regas Institute, All Saints Church-Pasadena, Call to Action, L.A., Progressive Christians Uniting, Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, L.A. Jews for Peace, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Council on American Islamic Relations, L.A., St. Camillus Catholic Center Pax Chirsti, Santa Monica Friends Meeting, USC Peace and Conflict Studies, Cal-Pac Peace with Justice Committee, Cal-Pac Methodist Federation for Social Action, First Congregational Church of Long Beach, St. Michael and All Angels Church For Further Information About These April 30th Events, Please Visit: www.icujp.org [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:
[LAAMN] GOOD READ: Libya: All about Oil, or All about Banking?
LIBYA: ALL ABOUT OIL, OR ALL ABOUT BANKING? Ellen Brown April 8th, 2011 www.webofdebt.com/articles/libya.php Several writers have noted the odd fact that the Libyan rebels took time out from their rebellion in March to create their own central bank – this before they even had a government. Robert Wenzel wrote in the Economic Policy Journal: I have never before heard of a central bank being created in just a matter of weeks out of a popular uprising. This suggests we have a bit more than a rag tag bunch of rebels running around and that there are some pretty sophisticated influences. Alex Newman wrote in the New American: In a statement released last week, the rebels reported on the results of a meeting held on March 19. Among other things, the supposed rag-tag revolutionaries announced the “[d]esignation of the Central Bank of Benghazi as a monetary authority competent in monetary policies in Libya and appointment of a Governor to the Central Bank of Libya, with a temporary headquarters in Benghazi.” Newman quoted CNBC senior editor John Carney, who asked, “Is this the first time a revolutionary group has created a central bank while it is still in the midst of fighting the entrenched political power? It certainly seems to indicate how extraordinarily powerful central bankers have become in our era.” Another anomaly involves the official justification for taking up arms against Libya. Supposedly it’s about human rights violations, but the evidence is contradictory. According to an article on the Fox News website on February 28: As the United Nations works feverishly to condemn Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi for cracking down on protesters, the body’s Human Rights Council is poised to adopt a report chock-full of praise for Libya’s human rights record. The review commends Libya for improving educational opportunities, for making human rights a “priority” and for bettering its “constitutional” framework. Several countries, including Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia but also Canada, give Libya positive marks for the legal protections afforded to its citizens -- who are now revolting against the regime and facing bloody reprisal. Whatever might be said of Gaddafi’s personal crimes, the Libyan people seem to be thriving. A delegation of medical professionals from Russia, Ukraine and Belarus wrote in an appeal to Russian President Medvedev and Prime Minister Putin that after becoming acquainted with Libyan life, it was their view that in few nations did people live in such comfort: [Libyans] are entitled to free treatment, and their hospitals provide the best in the world of medical equipment. Education in Libya is free, capable young people have the opportunity to study abroad at government expense. When marrying, young couples receive 60,000 Libyan dinars (about 50,000 U.S. dollars) of financial assistance. Non-interest state loans, and as practice shows, undated. Due to government subsidies the price of cars is much lower than in Europe, and they are affordable for every family. Gasoline and bread cost a penny, no taxes for those who are engaged in agriculture. The Libyan people are quiet and peaceful, are not inclined to drink, and are very religious. They maintained that the international community had been misinformed about the struggle against the regime. “Tell us,” they said, “who would not like such a regime?” Even if that is just propaganda, there is no denying at least one very popular achievement of the Libyan government: it brought water to the desert by building the largest and most expensive irrigation project in history, the $33 billion GMMR (Great Man-Made River) project. Even more than oil, water is crucial to life in Libya. The GMMR provides 70 percent of the population with water for drinking and irrigation, pumping it from Libya’s vast underground Nubian Sandstone Aquifer System in the south to populated coastal areas 4,000 kilometers to the north. The Libyan government has done at least some things right. Another explanation for the assault on Libya is that it is “all about oil,” but that theory too is problematic. As noted in the National Journal, the country produces only about 2 percent of the world’s oil. Saudi Arabia alone has enough spare capacity to make up for any lost production if Libyan oil were to disappear from the market. And if it’s all about oil, why the rush to set up a new central bank? Another provocative bit of data circulating on the Net is a 2007 “Democracy Now” interview of U.S. General Wesley Clark (Ret.). In it he says that about 10 days after September 11, 2001, he was told by a general that the decision had been made to go to war with Iraq. Clark was surprised and asked why. “I don’t know!” was the response. “I guess they don’t know what else to do!” Later, the same general said they planned to take out seven countries in five years: Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, and Iran. What do
[LAAMN] Syria: Protests spreading across whole country and involving new layers
http://www.marxist.com/syria-protests-spreading-across-whole-country-involving-new-layers.htm Syria: Protests spreading across whole country and involving new layershttp://www.marxist.com/syria-protests-spreading-across-whole-country-involving-new-layers.htm Written by a Syrian Socialist Monday, 18 April 2011 [image: Print]http://www.marxist.com/syria-protests-spreading-across-whole-country-involving-new-layers/print.htm[image: E-mail]http://www.marxist.com/component/option,com_mailto/link,701c093701a5729e941e0d18e6c9a3e6de7bd77a/tmpl,component/ Share http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marxist.com%2Fsyria-protests-spreading-across-whole-country-involving-new-layers.htmt=Syria%3A%20Protests%20spreading%20across%20whole%20country%20and%20involving%20new%20layers%20%7C%20In%20Defence%20of%20Marxismsrc=sp We have received two letters that give a very interesting insight into what is happening in Syria. In spite of the regime's combination of repression and concessions, the movement that initially began with the youth continues to build up and spread to other layers of society. [image: Solidarity protest, Milan. Photo: Milano 26 Marzo 2011]http://www.marxist.com/images/stories/syria/syrian_protest-Milano_26_marzo_2011.jpgSolidarity protest, Milan. Photo: Milano 26 Marzo 2011Letter 1) Dear Comrades, Two weeks have passed since the Friday of Martyrs and much has happened in Syria. The revolutionary movement is growing by the day and we have witnessed a number of interesting developments in the last two weeks. I will be reporting the events of the last two weeks here and send an update tomorrow to share with you what I think of the situation overall in terms of where different classes are standing as it is becoming clearer as events unfold. The week before last, leading to the Friday of Resilience, witnessed a major movement in the towns and suburbs surrounding Damascus including Douma, Kiswa, Mou'adamieyah, Harasta, Daraya, Arbeen and Kafar Batna. The security forces in Douma, as in Darr'a, although they had fled the city, remained besieging it and coming in and out to arrest people. Darr'a saw a general strike on April 5th and 6th. Two policemen were shot dead in Damascus and the government came out immediately to blame agents provocateurs and conspirators. Asad tried to contain the situation by sacking the cabinet and throwing some reforms to the religious sections of society by allowing veiled women back into education and closing a casino! He also invited to his palace the heads of both the Arab and Kurdish tribes of north-east Syria (Euphrates region) to discuss with them the latest developments in the country, or, in other words, to ask them to use their tribal influence to hold back their youth from joining the protest movement. In a last minute desperate measure, he enacted a decree on Thursday giving the Kurds Syrian citizenship (after being deprived of this for about 50 years) and trying to drive a wedge in between the Arabs and Kurds. All this was in in vain, as on the Friday of Resilience protesters came out in most cities, including a very strong participation in the Kurdish cities and towns. The protesters were thousands or hundreds, depending on the city, town or village. Demonstrations were seen in Darr'a, Jasem, Enkhel and other towns and villages in the Horan plains (southern Syrian), in many of the previously mentioned towns and suburbs surrounding Damascus with a quickly dispersed attempt to demonstrate in front of the Rifa'ie mosque inside Damascus, in Homs, Talbiseh and Hama (central Syria), in Latakia, Jableh, Banyas and Tartous (western coastal Syria), in Qamishli, Amouda (Kurdish cities) and Raqa, Bou Kamal and Der Alzor (North East Syria) and in Al Bab City and other small towns in the provinces of Aleppo and Edleb (northern western Syria). This widespread action was met by the regime's security forces with live bullets and many were killed. The same night, around a 100 Syrian youths and activists (including members of one of the communist factions) staged a sit down in a square in the Al-Slebeh neighborhood in Latakia, but were violently dispersed when the security forces opened fire (either directly on them or in the air, which has to be confirmed) and chased them down the streets while shooting in the air and throwing grenades to terrorize the city. By the end of the Friday of Resilience the estimated number of people killed since the beginning of the movement (a 3 week period) had risen to around 170, with hundreds injured and arrested. Last week, leading to the Friday of Persistence, witnessed a number of very interesting developments. The coastal city of Banyas had seen continuous mass protests for two weeks with no intervention on the part of security forces. This changed on Sunday [April 10] when the security forces and regime thugs decided to storm the city after ten army soldiers had been shot dead. The Syrian revolution Facebook page reported
[LAAMN] Fwd: Congressman David Price letter to Attorney General Eric Holder about FBI raids on anti-war activists
Congressman David Price letter to Attorney General Eric Holder about FBI raids on anti-war activists By Staff Durham, NC - Congressman David Price of North Carolina’s 4th district has written a letter of concern to Attorney General Eric Holder about the FBI raids on anti-war activists. It is the third such letter by members of Congress about the case. Representatives Keith Ellison (Minnesota) and Danny Davis (Illinois) wrote letters earlier. Rep. Price is the ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee. Joan Walsh, a Durham resident and member of the Triangle Committee to Stop FBI Repression, commented, “The letter is carefully but strongly worded, and coming from a highly-respected Congressman such as Mr. Price, should contribute to the swift termination of this unwarranted infringement on the rights of peaceful, conscientious activists. We wish to thank the Congressman for sending this letter and hope to continue working with him and others to end such abuses.” In the letter, Rep. Price refers to the fact that the subpoenaed activists have not been informed of the potential charges against them or the specific focus of the investigation. The letter highlights the lack of openness by the Department of Justice and the FBI in this investigation, and urges Attorney General Holder to “resolve the matter in a timely and transparent manner.” Price also cited the Department of Justice Inspector General report from September 2010, which found that FBI offices had conducted surveillance and spying on anti-war activists who had no links to any federal crimes. Rep. Price told Attorney General Holder that his constituents are concerned that the activists are being targeted for their political views. The letter to Attorney General Holder also expresses Price’s constituents’ concern about the chilling effect of the FBI’s actions on the broader movements for social justice in the United States. “We urge activists to contact their Congressional representatives now about writing similar letters to President Obama and Attorney General Holder,” said Tom Burke, a coordinator of legislative work with the national Committee to Stop FBI Repression. “Congressman David Price’s letter is just the latest example of the growing movement to stop the grand jury and FBI repression of the anti-war and solidarity movements.” Further information about work with Senators and Congress members around the September 24 FBI raids can be found at http://www.stopfbi.net/resources/legislators. Activists who want help in obtaining similar letters from their Congressional representatives should contact Richard Berg or Lucia Wilkes. Full text of the letter, dated April 5, 2011: The Honorable Eric Holder Attorney General U.S. Department of Justice 950 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20530 Dear Attorney General Holder: I am writing to convey the concerns of my constituents regarding the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) investigation of several individuals and organizations associated with anti-war activism. As you are aware, on September 24, 2010, the FBI conducted searches of seven homes and an office building in Minneapolis and Chicago and issued subpoenas to 23 individuals in Illinois, Minnesota, and Michigan. According to firsthand reports, the FBI also visited the homes of individuals in Milwaukee, San Jose, and Durham, North Carolina – which I represent in Congress – to question them in relation to the investigation. Although the FBI has refused to comment publicly about the investigation, media reports have cited documents indicating that the case is focused on potential violations of federal laws prohibiting the provision of material support to terrorist organizations. To my knowledge, however, none of the individuals who received subpoenas or were questioned in the case have been informed of the potential charges against them or the specific focus of the investigation. Several of my constituents have expressed concerns that the Bureau might be targeting these individuals and organizations because of their political views rather than their direct connection to a federal criminal investigation, citing a Department of Justice Inspector General report which found that FBI field offices have at times conducted law enforcement activities against domestic anti-war activists without evident links to a federal crime. In addition to their concern for the rights of the individuals in this particular case, my constituents are worried about the potential “chilling effect” that such investigations could have on the protected free speech rights of domestic activists. I am not in a position to judge whether or not these concerns are warranted, and I understand that the Department cannot comment on an ongoing criminal investigation. However, any information you can provide about the status of this investigation or the timeline for its conclusion,
[LAAMN] border communities are ground zero for hunger
BORDER COMMUNITIES ARE GROUND ZERO FOR HUNGER Photos and story by David Bacon New American Media, 4/18/11 http://newamericamedia.org/2011/04/border-communities-are-ground-zero-for-hunger.php TIERRA DEL SOL, CA - The tiny towns in the borderland of East San Diego County - Campo, Boulevard and Tierra del Sol - mark the road north for hundreds of migrants as they cross the border and travel on. Hardly any migrants stay -- just those who die in the crossing. Instead, for the people who live here, some with roots going back for generations, these tiny communities are home to growing hunger and poverty. The border fence is the main feature of the landscape, as it passes through the desert between the U.S. and Mexico, two miles south of Campo. A big Border Patrol station sprawls across several acres just outside this tiny town. Hundreds of people try to walk though the mountains here every month, and many die as they attempt to cross the border. The potters field graveyard in Holtville, a few hours away, is filled with hundreds of graves of those found dead in these hot dry hills. Up the road from Campo is Boulevard, another tiny town on the border highway. Near it sits Camp Vigilance, home to the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps, a rightwing anti-immigrant militia. The camp became notorious after Shawna Forde, recently sent to death row in Arizona for murdering a nine-year-old Mexican girl and her father, stayed there on her way to the shooting. Until fed-up locals recently stopped it, the Blackwater security company planned to open a clandestine training facility nearby as well. It presumably would have focusing on paramilitary action against the poor farmers and workers making the trek north from Mexico. When company mercenaries were charged with murdering civilians in Baghdad's Nisour Square, however, the training camp proposal was quickly shelved. Its little wonder that national media describe this section of the border as immigration ground zero, where border enforcement both by the official authorities, and border violence by right wing militias, is the big story. But for the people who actually live here, the real story is not having enough to eat. East San Diego County shares with other border communities, from the Rio Grande Valley in Texas to the Imperial Valley just hours east on the highway, the distinction of being the poorest communities in the United States. Every week, Ken Koppin leaves his shack here on Tierra del Sol Road, where an American flag in the window shades the interior from the sun's intense heat. He drives up to Highway 94, and there puts out a signboard telling his neighbors that the food pantry will be handing out bags that afternoon. Around two o'clock a large white truck with murals painted on its sides pulls into the open area beside Koppin's shack. Willie Mills, an African American driver, pilots it from one border settlement to another, from the suburbs of San Diego itself, through these mountain hamlets, to the border of Imperial County. Koppin says that it was hard at first to find a place for the truck to make its stop in Tierra del Sol, but his landlord finally agreed to let it park here. Mills and Koppin call for volunteers among the people leaning on their cars or sitting smoking and talking in the shade of a solitary tree. Soon folding tables are set up, and the area's residents begin parceling out food from bins into bags. Then they all line up, and each person gets whatever the truck is holding that day. Oranges. Canned milk. Potatoes. Bread or hot dog buns. Off to one side sits Jesus Rodriguez. He says he doesn't know exactly when he was born, but he's lived his entire life here on the border, over 80 years at least. My family has always been here, he says. We were probably here when this was Mexico. This land became part of the U.S. in 1848, after the U.S. army defeated the Mexicans, and General Santana signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo giving up what's now California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado and Utah. It was only Mexico for 27 years - until Mexican independence in 1821 Spain claimed it as its colony. But long before the Spanish conquistadores and their friars arrived in the 1700s, native people occupied the land for 10,000 years. The Kumeyaay and Cocopah Indians were its original inhabitants, as late as 1880 Indians resisted outside settlement. Fifteen were massacred that year by ranchers in nearby Jacumba. Today a number of small reservations are scattered through east San Diego County. The Manzanita Band of Diegueno Mission Indians has its tribal office in nearby Boulevard, and sometimes tribe members also get food from the truck. A Spanish-speaking neighbor has brought Don Jesus, as she calls him in respect for his age, down to the food
