[LAAMN] Juan Cole: Top Ten Myths about the Libya War
Hi. Juan Coles opening, introductory paragraph has a factual error, written before Saif al-Islam turned up alive. This will likely be seized upon by the relative few who have seen this massive, popular uprising largely as a U.S. intervention. They are wrong. That the major capitalist nations want control of middle-east oil and have supported dictators for the past hundred years, until the Arab spring, is indisputable, as is their hypocritical support for whomever is ascending or in power. As that will continue, it cannot be the basis for opposing these wars of liberation from merciless dictatorships, even when they welcome air support to prevent mass murder. Cole doesnt deal with this as an ongoing concern, but has much to offer, otherwise. Please read on. -Ed http://www.juancole.com/2011/08/top-ten-myths-about-the-libya-war.html http://www.juancole.com Top Ten Myths about http://www.juancole.com/2011/08/top-ten-myths-about-the-libya-war.html the Libya War Posted on 08/22/2011 by Juan The Libyan Revolution has largely succeeded, and this is a moment of celebration, not only for Libyans but for a youth generation in the Arab world that has pursued a political opening across the region. The secret of the uprisings final days of success lay in a popular revolt in the working-class districts of the capital, which did most of the hard work of throwing off the rule of secret police and military cliques. It succeeded so well that when revolutionary brigades entered the city from the west, many encountered little or no resistance, and they walked right into the center of the capital. Muammar Qaddafi was in hiding as I went to press, and three of his sons were in custody. Saif al-Islam Qaddafi had apparently been the de facto ruler of the country in recent years, so his capture signaled a checkmate. (Checkmate is a corruption of the Persian shah maat, the king is confounded, since chess came west from India via Iran). Checkmate. The end game, wherein the people of Tripoli overthrew the Qaddafis and joined the opposition Transitional National Council, is the best case scenario that I had http://www.juancole.com/2011/08/rebels-claim-leader-of-feared-khamis-brigad e-dead.html%20 suggested was the most likely denouement for the revolution. I have been making this argument for some time, and it evoked a certain amount of incredulity when I said it in a lecture in the Netherlands in mid-June, but it has all along been my best guess that things would end the way they have. I got it right where others did not because my premises turned out to be sounder, i.e., that Qaddafi had lost popular support across the board and was in power only through main force. Once enough of his heavy weapons capability was disrupted, and his fuel and ammunition supplies blocked, the underlying hostility of the common people to the regime could again manifest itself, as it had in February. I was moreover convinced that the generality of Libyans were attracted by the revolution and by the idea of a political opening, and that there was no great danger to national unity here. I do not mean to underestimate the challenges that still lie ahead mopping up operations against regime loyalists, reestablishing law and order in cities that have seen popular revolutions, reconstituting police and the national army, moving the Transitional National Council to Tripoli, founding political parties, and building a new, parliamentary regime. Even in much more institutionalized and less clan-based societies such as Tunisia and Egypt, these tasks have proved anything but easy. But it would be wrong, in this moment of triumph for the Libyan Second Republic, to dwell on the difficulties to come. Libyans deserve a moment of exultation. I have taken a lot of heat for my support of the revolution and of the United Nations-authorized intervention by the Arab League and NATO that kept it from being crushed. I havent taken nearly as much heat as the youth of Misrata who fought off Qaddafis tank barrages, though, so it is OK. I hate war, having actually lived through one in Lebanon, and I hate the idea of people being killed. My critics who imagined me thrilling at NATO bombing raids were just being cruel. But here I agree with President Obama and his citation of Reinhold Niebuhr. You cant protect all victims of mass murder everywhere all the time. But where you can do some good, you should do it, even if you cannot do all good. I mourn the deaths of all the people who died in this revolution, especially since many of the Qaddafi brigades were clearly coerced (they deserted in large numbers as soon as they felt it safe). But it was clear to me that Qaddafi was not a man to compromise, and that his military machine would mow down the revolutionaries if it were allowed to. Moreover, those who question whether there were US interests in Libya seem to me a little blind. The US has an interest in there not being massacres of people for merely
[LAAMN] Brian Willson's BLOOD ON THE TRACKS Southern California Book Tour - September 1st thru September 11th ~ The Life Times of S. Brian Willson - Saturday, September 3rd at the Dorrel's in Culv
Brian Willsons Southern California Book Tour The Unimaginable Journey of An American Peacemaker September 1st thru September 11th BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: The Life Times of S. Brian Willson www.addictedtowar.com/SBWillson.html Thursday, September 1st 7:00 PM - Saint Matthias Church, 7056 Washington Avenue, Whittier 90602 Whittier Peace Justice Coalition Call: 562-587-6270 562-233-8579 or: chare...@aol.com Friday, September 2nd 7:00 PM - Ventura Unitarian Universalist Church - 5654 Ralston Street, Ventura 93003 - Call Cindy Piester: 805-407-7997 or: work4peace...@gmail.com Saturday, September 3rd 6:30 PM - Frank Jane Dorrels - 3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232 Call: 310-838-8131 or: fdor...@addictedtowar.com Sunday, September 4th - 5:30 PM - Joyce Beers Community Center - 3900 Vermont Street, San Diego 92103 Contact Nelisse Muga: 619-222-2120 - tm...@aol.com Monday, September 5th Labor Day - OPEN Tuesday, September 6th - 7:00 PM - Methodist Church, Friendship Hall - 580 W. Sixth Street, San Pedro San Pedro Neighbors for Peace Justice - Contact Chris Venn: 310 567-3332 - diggo...@aol.com Wednesday, September 7th 7:00 PM Activist Support Circle - Friends Meeting Hall - 1440 Harvard Street, Santa Monica - Call: Jerry Rubin: 310-399-1000 or: jerrypeaceactivistru...@earthlink.net Thursday, September 8th 7:00 PM - Revolution Books 5726 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles 90028 Call: 323-463-3500 or: revolutionbook...@gmail.com Friday, September 9th 7:00 AM - Immanuel Presbyterian Church 3300 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles 90010 - Interfaith Communities United for Justice Peace Call: 310-704-3217 or: a...@icujp.org Friday, September 9th 6:45 PM - Anaheim Unitarian Universalist Church 511 South Harbor Boulevard, Anaheim 92805 Call Ruth Shapin: 714-758-1050 or: r...@shapin.org Saturday, September 10th 11:15 AM to 12:45 PM - Orange County Progressive Summit http://events.ocregister.com/santa-ana-ca/venues/show/3982485 Delhi Community Center - 505 E. Central Avenue, Santa Ana 92707 714- 481-9600 - thepeace...@gmail.com Sunday, September 11th - 10:15 AM - Church In Ocean Park 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica 90405 Call: 310-399-1631 or: jgmckeit...@hotmail.com Sunday, September 11th - 2:00 PM - The Arlington West Memorial Just next to the Santa Monica Pier Brian will be at the table to sign books. Sunday, September 11th 7:00 PM - All Saints Church - 132 N Euclid Avenue, Pasadena - The Urgency of 9/11/11: Challenging U.S. War-Making: www.icujp.org - Contact: 213-748-1643 - ic...@pacbell.net Brian will have a table to sell sign his book at this event. He will not be on the program. Frank Dorrel will be introducing Brian at most of these talks. To Order a Copy of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS go to: http://addictedtowar.com/SBWillson.html In Peace, Frank Dorrel 310-838-8131 THE UNIMAGINABLE JOURNEY of An American Peacemaker BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: The Life Times of S. Brian Willson A Talk Book Signing with S. Brian Willson Saturday, September 3rd - 7:30 PM At Frank Jane Dorrels 3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232 Doors Open at 6:30 PM ~ Program Starts at 7:30 PM Special Guests: Ron Kovic Blase Theresa Bonpane Music by Ross Altman Drinks Desserts Served $5 Donation at the Door Copies of: Blood On The Tracks - Will Be Available for $20 at this Event. Buy a Copy at the Door and Get Free Entry to Event. RSVP to Frank at: 310-838-8131 or: fdor...@addictedtowar.com - fdor...@sbcglobal.net To Order a Copy of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS go to: http://addictedtowar.com/SBWillson.html Endorsements A remarkable and exceptional book! Brian Willson is an American hero, citizen of the world, and passionate man of peace. His extraordinary life is an inspiration to us all! - Ron Kovic (Vietnam veteran; author, Born on the Fourth of July, anti-war activist) There are few peace activists who have the dedication of Brian Willson, as there are few activists who inspire me more. I hope Brians story can inspire a new generation of activists to fight with all they have for peace, justice, our planet and humanity. Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Mother, Peace Activist) _ In a world filled with violence, oppression, the madness of war, and the destruction of the environment, many are searching for hopeand those individuals who give us hope. This is where Brian Willson comes in. Like many of us, he bought into the lies of war and violence. But something happened along his journey, and Viet Nam was only the beginning. He discovered the truth and he followed it, no matter the cost. I
[LAAMN] S. Brian Willson at The Dorrel's ~ Saturday, September 3rd, 6:30 PM ~ Brian Will Speak Sign Copies of His New Book: BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: The Life Times of S. Brian Willson ~ Special Gues
THE UNIMAGINABLE JOURNEY of An American Peacemaker BLOOD ON THE TRACKS: The Life Times of S. Brian Willson A Talk Book Signing with S. Brian Willson Saturday, September 3rd - 7:30 PM At Frank Jane Dorrel's 3967 Shedd Terrace, Culver City 90232 Doors Open at 6:30 PM ~ Program Starts at 7:30 PM Special Guests: Ron Kovic Blase Theresa Bonpane Music by Ross Altman Drinks Desserts Served $5 Donation at the Door Copies of: 'Blood On The Tracks' - Will Be Available for $20 at this Event. Buy a Copy at the Door and Get Free Entry to Event. RSVP to Frank at: 310-838-8131 or: fdor...@addictedtowar.com - fdor...@sbcglobal.net To Order a Copy of BLOOD ON THE TRACKS go to: http://addictedtowar.com/SBWillson.html Endorsements A remarkable and exceptional book! Brian Willson is an American hero, citizen of the world, and passionate man of peace. His extraordinary life is an inspiration to us all! - Ron Kovic (Vietnam veteran; author, Born on the Fourth of July, anti-war activist) There are few peace activists who have the dedication of Brian Willson, as there are few activists who inspire me more. I hope Brian's story can inspire a new generation of activists to fight with all they have for peace, justice, our planet and humanity. - Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Mother, Peace Activist) In a world filled with violence, oppression, the madness of war, and the destruction of the environment, many are searching for hope-and those individuals who give us hope. This is where Brian Willson comes in. Like many of us, he bought into the lies of war and violence. But something happened along his journey, and Viet Nam was only the beginning. He discovered the truth and he followed it, no matter the cost. I encourage you to read this book about a great peacemaker and a great lover of mother earth. You will be filled with hope. - Roy Bourgeois (Maryknoll Catholic priest, founder SOA Watch) Brian Willson is one of a few modern men for all seasons. His memoir is an introduction to a way of living that could save a planet perilously drifting toward extinction. He takes the philosophy nonviolence or 'Do no harm' and applies it to the violence we are doing to the planet and one another. (Personal note: perhaps we are a species that should be extinguished. At least 99% of us.) Caution! Read at the risk of being inspired. - Charles Liteky (Viet Nam veteran, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, peace activist) The 1960s to the 1980s...for progressive activists in the United States there perhaps was never a period quite like it-Viet Nam to Nicaragua to El Salvador, one long protest against the barbarity of American imperialism. S. Brian Willson was there, here and everywhere, devoting his life, sacrificing his legs to a munitions train. A marvelous journey he calls it, for the boy who was convinced that the United States could do no wrong, a loyal anti-communist, who served in Viet Nam, then traveled the length of Latin America to oppose US foreign policy and support the numerous victims of that policy. Sadly, that policy continues, but Willson's memoir can well serve as a guide and inspiration to a new generation of progressive activists. We've learned a lot. - William Blum (author, Killing Hope) S. Brian Willson is an American hero who gives me inspiration and hope. In this book, he takes us on an amazing journey through his life as an All-American young man. He was an excellent student, an all-league athlete, a Conservative Baptist, a Republican and a strong believer in the American way of life. In 1969 he had an epiphany in Viet Nam that changed his life forever. He has had many incredible experiences along the way, including being run over by a U.S. Navy train, where he lost both of his legs while protesting U.S. foreign policy in Central America. Brian now stands for peace, justice and fairness for all people of the earth. I love his mantra: 'We are not worth more, they are not worth less.' This book should be required reading for all high school and college students in America. - Cynthia McKinney (former US Representative from Georgia; Green Party presidential candidate) This Brian Willson is no throwaway American. This was a soldier in wartime, this was a protester after war taught him its lessons and finally, this was a sacrificer in carrying protest to the nth degree. I was busted with him but I never gave the ultimate as he gave. This book is about a patriot, the kind of patriot you don't find anymore, the kind of patriot who loves and believes in his country so much he surrendered his legs in telling his country it's wrong. Read this book. - Edward Asner (film television actor) Brian Willson has lived one of the more interesting and inspiring lives of any peace activist in recent American history. His story deserves to be read and absorbed by people of all persuasions: militarists as well as anti-militarists. - Peter Dale Scott (historian, poet and author) Brian Willson's life story teaches us
[LAAMN] fighting the firings
FIGHTING THE FIRINGS By David Bacon In These Times web edition, 8/23/11 http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/11857/fighting_the_firings After years of 'silent raids' and federal workplace audits, unions and community allies are going on the offensive. BERKELEY, CA -- When the current wave of mass firings of immigrant workers started three years ago, they were called silent raids in the press. The phrase sought to make firings seem more humane than the workplace raids of the Bush administration. During Bush's eight-year tenure, posses of black-uniformed immigration agents, waving submachine guns, invaded factories across the country and rounded up workers for deportations. Silent raids, by contrast, have relied on cooperation between employers and immigration officials. The Department of Homeland Security identifies workers it says have no legal immigration status. Employers then fire them. The silence, then, is the absence of the armed men in black. Paraphrasing Woody Guthrie, they used to rob workers of their jobs with a gun. Now they do it with a fountain pen. Silence also describes the lack of outcry on behalf of those workers losing their jobs. No delegations of immigrant rights activists have traveled to Washington DC to protest. Unions have said little, even as their own members were fired. And undocumented workers themselves have been afraid. Those working feared losing their jobs. Those already fired worried that immigration agents might come knocking on their doors at night. Over the last few months, however, a wave of protest is starting to break that silence. In Berkeley, California, workers facing firings at Pacific Steel Castings, the largest steel foundry west of the Mississippi, have sought community support in a fight to keep their jobs. City councils in Oakland and Berkeley have passed resolution asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to back off efforts to force the company to terminate them. Churches and immigrant rights activists have sent her letters with the same demand. In Los Angeles, 1400 janitors marched among the Bunker Hill skyscrapers, blocking downtown traffic at lunch hour. They protested a wave of similar firings by Able Building Maintenance, California's largest privately-held building services contractor. The two protest campaigns come after two years in which dozens of other employers have fired workers in response to DHS demands. John Morton, head of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, a division of DHS, has made serial announcements of the number of companies being audited to find undocumented employees - citing figures from 1000 to 1654. There is no master list of how many how many workers have been fired. Over the last two years, however, it's at least many thousands. In Minneapolis, Seattle and San Francisco over 1800 janitors, members of SEIU union locals, lost their jobs. In 2009 some 2000 young women laboring at the sewing machines of American Apparel were fired in Los Angeles. At one point Morton claimed ICE had audited over 2900 companies. President Obama says this workplace enforcement targets employers who are using illegal workers in order to drive down wages-and oftentimes mistreat those workers. An ICE Worksite Enforcement Advisory claims unscrupulous employers are likely to pay illegal workers substandard wages or force them to endure intolerable working conditions. Curing intolerable conditions by firing workers who endure them doesn't help the workers or change the conditions, however. Instead, the administration's rhetoric has fed efforts to blame immigrants for stealing jobs and for undermining wages. In a bid to oppose support for Pacific Steel workers, one local city council member wrote, every job given to an undocumented immigrant is a job denied to an American citizen, and citizens won't work for the low wages undocumented immigrants will work for. In reality, the DHS workplace enforcement wave is focusing, not on low-wage employers, but on high-wage, and often unionized ones. Fired janitors around the country are almost all members of SEIU. Workers at Pacific Steel belong to Local 164B of the Glass, Molders, Plastics and Pottery Workers (GMP). In this council member's own city, dozens of workers were terminated at a Sealy mattress factory, where they belonged to a furniture workers' local of the Communication Workers of America. There is a long history of anti-union animus among immigration authorities. Agents have set up roadblocks before union elections in California fields, conducted raids during meatpacking organizing drives in North Carolina and Iowa, audited janitorial employers and airline food plants prior to union contract negotiations, and helped companies terminate close to a thousand apple packers when they tried to join the
[LAAMN] Know Your Rights Forum in LA: Secure Communities and LAPD Checkpoints
Please help us spread the word to people in our communities who need this information! Ron Gochez Social Justice Educator/Community Organizer == WHAT: Community Forum: Immigration Know Your Rights (Police Checkpoints and Secure Communities) WHERE: Centro Cultural Francisco Villa, 2100 Maple Ave. LA, CA 90011 WHEN: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:00PM WHO: Organized by Union del Barrio and the Frente Contra las Redadas. EVERYone is welcomed. FREE EVENT!! [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] Action against Secure Communities in LA! Wed at 12pm!
Hope many of you can make it to the Downtown LA Action against Secure Communities! Ron Gochez Social Justice Educator/Community Organizer [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] Fw: Stop the privatization of California's public libraries
Stop the privatization of California's public libraries. A vote in the state senate to protect our libraries is coming up soon. Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to your state senator Public libraries should be operated for the public good, not private profit. So I urge you to vote for AB 438. Automatically add your name: Learn more about this campaign Dear Daniel, We can't sacrifice our public libraries to corporations looking to make a buck. Public libraries provide tremendous value to our communities. And it's not just about books. Whether it's access to the internet or a safe place to study after school, libraries create a civic space that impacts everyone from children to seniors. But this vital role is threatened when the operation of public libraries is handed over to private corporations that seek to run the libraries first and foremost to maximize their profit. Click here to automatically sign our petition telling your state senator to support AB 438 and stop the privatization of California's public libraries. In the midst of successive budget crises, California has seen a number of communities consider turning over their public libraries to private corporations, often without the type of public dialogue and considered analysis such an impactful decision merits. One of the central problems with privatization is that claims made by corporate privateers often have little basis in reality. Or hidden costs become apparent only after a private company has taken over. Local officials have a duty to ensure taxpayers don't get a raw deal. But slick sales pitches, budget shortfalls or conservative ideology can entice elected officials to rush headlong and embrace risky privatization schemes. If that's not enough, right now there's no requirement that the public be given a meaningful chance to weigh in before a public library is privatized. AB 438 — which was passed in the California State Assembly in June and will soon get a vote in the State Senate — will protect our libraries from privatization. It will give taxpayers the information they need about library privatization efforts in their community, and shift the burden of proof to require credible evidence that the community will benefit from privatization. The bill requires that a city or library district that intends to employ a private contractor to operate a library shall require 1) a fair cost analysis, 2) proven savings to the taxpayers, 3) competitive bidding, 4) proven qualifications of the contractor, 5) no displacement of current employees, and 6) performance and financial audits. Or as Assemblyman Das Williams, who wrote the bill, said: All of the things that [a company] promises to the public for cost savings should have proof. And it should be proof that is presented to the public in a public meeting with adequate notice. That's what I view as the core of this bill. These are rather modest requirements given the central importance of public libraries to local communities. Click here to automatically sign our petition telling your state senator to support AB 438 and stop the privatization of California's public libraries. The state senate will be voting on AB 438 soon. So speak out today and tell your state senator that public libraries should be operated for the public good, not private profit. Thank you for standing up for California's public libraries. Matt Lockshin, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets Share on Facebook Post to your wall Tweet this Post to Twitter This is a message from CREDO / Working Assets. © 2011 CREDO. All rights reserved. Questions? Send us an email or write us at: 101 Market Street, Suite 700, San Francisco, CA 94105. [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
[LAAMN] Fw: update on NoAZ Indigenous land struggle:Hopi lawsuit nonviolent actions
Yesterday, I received this email from a friend who has done a lot of organizing in the Green Party. Please let me know if you want to get in touch with her. Romi/Blue Hello everyone, I wanted to give an update on the Indigenous struggle going on here in northern Arizona. Below is an article in the Flagstaff paper today. For the Hopi, their Katsinas live on the sacred Peaks, which they call Nuvatukaovi. The Dine'/Navajo call the mountain Doo’ko’oosliid, and it is the western mountain of their 4 sacred mountains. In total, 13 tribes from this area hold this mountain sacred, with some believing it to be the origins of their being. We are up to over 30 indigenous and ally activists that have been arrested in the past 3 weeks, including Huluapai, Navajo/Dine', Yavapai-Apache, Havasupai Hopi. Protests centered around Forest Service offices have now spread to Albuquerque, NM and Gallup, NM. Yesterday, many activists protested outside of the City Hall in Flagstaff, which was led by chanting and drumming by Navajo/Dine' healers. There are also over 20 campsites/basecamps that indigenous activists have established across the western side of the mountain, using the 2 week legal camping permits allowed by the US Forest Service. This past week, the USFS police have began harrassing the campers, so there are expectations that they will soon attempt to disrupt these peaceful and prayerful campsites. I have been volunteering sporadically at the cookshack, and plan to be there again with my kids on Friday. These campsites can use supplies, camping gear, and food donations. All donations should be sent to: Taala Hooghan Infoshop 1700 N. 2nd St. Occupied Territories Flagstaff, AZ, 86004 There is a link for online donations here, which you can specify is for the Peaks http://www.taalahooghan.org/supportdonate/ I also will be participating in a Women and Children's March this weekend for the Peaks and will report back. I have attached a film about the Peaks made a few weeks ago by Dine'/Navajo middle schoolers as part of the actions to stop the desecration by the Amerikkkan government, which continues to destroy Indigenous culture and lifeways for profit. For the wild, Leenie Venet Halbert AZGP Doo’ko’oosliid: What the San Francisco Peaks Means to the Dine’ http://intercontinentalcry.org/dookooosliid-what-the-san-francisco-peaks-means-to-the-dine/ Background on the land use conflict over the San Francisco Peaks: http://www.sacredland.org/san-francisco-peaks/ AZ Daily Sun 8/24/11 article Hopi Tribe sues Flagstaff over snowmaking http://azdailysun.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/hopi-tribe-sues-city-for-selling-reclaimed-water-to-snowbowl/article_b5532e2c-cdd8-11e0-b0dd-001cc4c002e0.html Hopi Tribe sues Flagstaff over snowmaking CYNDY COLE Sun Staff Reporter | Posted: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:15 am The Hopi Tribe has filed suit against the city of Flagstaff for the city's sale of reclaimed wastewater to Arizona Snowbowl. The tribe is asking a Coconino County Superior Court judge to find that the city's contract to sell water is illegal, and to declare it null and void and/or award the tribe unspecified financial compensation for suffering it says it will experience if the plan goes ahead. The lawsuit says the city's water sale will create a public nuisance and violate state laws about where reclaimed water can be used. Notably, the tribe raises future plans for city water sources at Red Gap Ranch, ties it to the reclaimed water sale, and says Flagstaff is doubly infringing upon the tribe's water rights. The law governing tribal water rights dates to a 1908 case where the U.S. Supreme Court found that tribal reservations were guaranteed water rights sufficient to meet the needs of the reservation. If a reservation was established to give a tribe an area to grow agriculture, for example, there must be enough water to irrigate crops on it. The city has an agreement to sell up to 1.5 million gallons of reclaimed water daily to Snowbowl from November through February. This comes as a second lawsuit questions the possible human health risks of using reclaimed water to make snow for skiing, and as contractors working for Snowbowl install water pipeline along Snowbowl Road. Federal courts ultimately sided with the U.S. Forest Service in a previous lawsuit that asserted snowmaking would violate tribal religious freedoms. In this lawsuit, the Hopi Tribe asserts the water sale for making snow: -- Is contrary to public policy because it will result in unreasonable harm to the environment and public health -- Was null and void because Snowbowl's contractual agreement to buy city water expired in 2004, when Snowbowl had not yet obtained all necessary approvals for the snowmaking project -- Is against state law because reclaimed water is not allowed to run off of the site for which it is intended, and run-off is expected here -- Goes against city and state requirements that
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[LAAMN] OC Progressive Summit Sept. 10th in Santa Ana
OC Progressive Summit September 10 9 am to 5:30 pm Delhi Community Center 505 East Central Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92707 Registration: http://www.ocprogressivesummit.org $15 online $20 at the door Includes: continental breakfast, lunch, 2 drink tickets to be redeemed at the �Progressive Happy Hour� immediately following the summit. workshops, inspiring speakers, and exhibiting organizations Speakers: Jim Hightower Christine Ch�vez Schedule: 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Registration / Breakfast (Exhibitor Viewing) 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Opening Plenary with Christine Ch�vez 11:15 AM - 12:45 PM Workshop I 12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Lunch (Exhibitor Viewing) 1:45 PM - 3:15 PM Workshop II 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Closing Plenary with Jim Hightower 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Progressive Happy Hour (Exhibitor Viewing) Volunteers are needed the day before the event and the day of the event. To volunteer, please email i...@progressivesummit.org with your name, phone number, and email address Questions? contact Daniel Shad (714) 420-4098, i...@ocprogressivesummit.org 57-Year-Old Mom Looks 25 Mom Reveals $5 Wrinkle Trick That Has Angered Doctors! http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4e55870d5a65875ff2st05vuc --- 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] DN Interview Today: Who Are the Libyan Rebels?
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/8/24/the_1_billion_dollar_question_who The One Billion Dollar Question: Who Are the Libyan Rebels? Amy Goodman interviews Gilbert Anchar Democracy Now: August 24, 2011 Gilbert Achcar http://www.democracynow.org/appearances/gilbert_achcar , professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. He is author of several books, most recently, The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives. He has published a long essay, NATO's 'Conspiracy' Against the Libyan Revolution, on Jadaliyya.com. AMY GOODMAN: Libyan rebels have consolidated their grip on the capital of Tripoli by capturing Muammar Gaddafi's main compound, a hugely symbolic victory that appears to put an end to his 42-year-long rule, but the whereabouts of Gaddafi remain unknown. He spoke Tuesday night on a poor phone connection to a Syrian-based television channel. MUAMMAR GADDAFI: [translated] All the tribes in Tripoli, out of Tripoli, youths, senior people, women, men and armed communities must attack Tripoli and comb the streets and eradicate the traitors and rats. They will slaughter you and desecrate your bodies. AMY GOODMAN: That was Muammar Gaddafi speaking from an undisclosed location on Tuesday. The Libyan leader said he had retreated from his Tripoli compound in a tactical move after NATO air strikes reduced it to rubble. In his address, Gaddafi vowed his forces would resist the aggression with all strength until either victory or death. Reporters in Tripoli say heavy gunfire could still be heard nearby the area of the Rixos Hotel, where dozens of international journalists are trapped. The hotel is guarded by heavily armed Gaddafi loyalists. Former U.S. Congress Member Walter Fauntroy is one of the 35 people stuck in the hotel. He told the Daily Telegraph, quote, Right now we are in a precarious situation with some of our friends from the media, because we fear that unless we are able to relocate, we may all be in danger. Meanwhile, Libya's U.N. envoy, Ibrahim Dabbashi, predicted Tuesday the country would be liberated within 72 hours. IBRAHIM DABBASHI: We expect Sirte, which is the natal city of Colonel Gaddafi, to fall in the hands of the freedom fighters within the next 48 hours. Our forces are coming from both sides, from the west starting from Misurata and also from the east starting from Ras Lanuf and Brega. They are moving now toward Sirte, and we expect them to capture Sirte very soon. We expect also the population of Sirte to join the revolution soon. For Sabha, also we expect it also to join the revolution in the next 48 hours. So, we expect Libya to be totally liberated and totally calm and peaceful within the 72-the next 72 hours. AMY GOODMAN: That was Libya's U.N. envoy Ibrahim Dabbashi. He had represented Gaddafi but was one of the first diplomats to defect. He said Gaddafi and other top officials may be scattered in houses across Tripoli or in an underground shelter. The Arab League said Tuesday it will meet this week to consider giving Libyan rebels the country's seat at the League after it was taken away a few months ago from the Gaddafi government. [Corrected for accuracy] This is [Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs], speaking at a meeting in Qatar, one of the main backers of the Libyan rebels. HAMAD BIN JASSIM BIN JABER AL-THANI: [translated] Libyan brothers who have died so far, what we hope for now is stability and consensus in Libya, and we also hope that wisdom, forgiveness and the rule of law will be adopted by all Libyans. One war is over, but the next has just begun, that of building and forging consensus amongst Libyans. And I think this is just as important as the previous war. AMY GOODMAN: That was [Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, Qatar's prime minister and minister of foreign affairs]. Today, Britain's National Security Council is meeting to discuss welcoming the National Transitional Council. Talks have included how to send humanitarian aid and medical supplies. Ministers also discussed working with the U.N. to unfreeze Libyan assets to financially assist the council. For more, we're going to go to London, where we're joined by Gilbert Achcar, a professor at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, author of a number of books, including The Arabs and the Holocaust: The Arab-Israeli War of Narratives. He published a long essay http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/2401/natos-conspiracy-against-the-liby an-revolution last week on NATO's role in Libya. Welcome to Democracy Now!, Professor Achcar. Can you talk about what's happening in Libya today? GILBERT ACHCAR: Hello, Amy. Good to talk to you. Well, what is happening now in Libya is what you described. I would say I don't have more news than you do. But basically, the fight is going on until they can catch Gaddafi and subdue the remaining cities which are pro-Gaddafi or dominated by pro-Gaddafi
[LAAMN] Fw: AWKWARD (Kira and Devin's two bass hit) debut gig 8/28
(JAI: Devin is a most talented bassist and a good friend who is back in LA at last.) - Original Message - From: devin hoff To: dvnh...@gmail.com Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 3:03 PM Subject: AWKWARD (Kira and Devin's two bass hit) debut gig 8/28 Sunday, August 28 The Blue Star 2200 East 15th Street Los Angeles, CA 3PM Door 4PM: Zinngeschrei 5PM: Anglo Jackson 6PM: Awkward 7PM: Dali's Llama ...8PM: The Shrine the blurb (by the venue) about the band: AWKWARD is the bass assault of former Black Flag goddess - Kira Roessler and free jazz-avante garde rocker - Devin Hoff. Together, they will debut a marriage of organic power of arco double bass with the monstrous electric power of punk. Kira's Rickenbacker infused sound and playing are clean, full, and propulsive. Devin Hoff's upright attack harnesses the energy and freedom of Albert Ayler and Ornette Coleman. Together, they will simultaneously invent a new sound that is certain to blow the roof off every concept you ever had about music that exists on the lower regions of the music stratosphere. www.bassplayer.com/article/21st-century-upright-punk-rock-etude-kira/4856 the blurb about the event: From Rock n Rolls sonorous sanctuary, aka downtown LAs Blue Star Bar, Armadillicious Music proudly brings you a Summer Rock and BBQ blowout. Prepare to have your mind blown as we present some of the most unique and original bringers of volume. Besides feeding your mind with sonic ecstacy, there will also be cheap, tasty eats to satisfy your stomach as the blistering rock satisfies your soul. This is an event not to be missed. How can you miss it? See you there!! xo- dh -- http://devinrayhoff.bandcamp.com/album/bhaile-as-bhaile http://luciferthelightbearer.bandcamp.com/ [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] Economic Justice L.A.
Economic Justice L.A. is a group of workers, neighbors and students networking with other community members to stop the California Bubget cuts by taxing wealth, corporations, and generating jobs. Check out and likeour facebook page:http://www.facebook.com/pages/Economic-Justice-LA/198731903522366 and send to your friends. [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/
