[LAAMN] Jeremy Scahill: Washington's War in Yemen Backfires

2012-02-20 Thread Ed Pearl
Hi. Jeremy Scahill is a younger, brilliant and fearless reporter and analyst. Here's his latest, from a relatively ignored but crucial front in the Middle East/No. Africa turmoil.. Ed http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/15-8 Washington's War in Yemen Backfires by Jeremy

[LAAMN] Supreme Court

2012-02-20 Thread scotpeden
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[LAAMN] Morocco: Feb.20th Movement demo's on first anniversary

2012-02-20 Thread Cort Greene
** ** * Some videos from today's events can be view here:* ** http://bambuser.com/v/2381070 ** ** *On Sunday February 19, 2012, the Moroccan pro-democracy movement « February 20″ will be celebrating its first anniversary. Prominent members of the movement have called for a nationwide, non-viole

[LAAMN] This Summer - food sovereignty, indigenous resistance, and more!‏ Delegation to Venezuela or Bolivia.‏

2012-02-20 Thread Williams Camacaro
Experience first-hand the change sweeping through Latin America in the areas of food sovereignty, indigenous resistance, climate justice, and human rights through a trip to Bolivia or Venezuela this summer. Delegation to Bolivia: Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Resistance, and Climate Justice
 


[LAAMN] Judges allow Indians to remain on ancestral land (Brazil)

2012-02-20 Thread Romi Elnagar
Judges allow Indians to remain on ancestral land  10 February http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/8088 Guarani girls © Survival Judges in Brazil have allowed a Guarani community to stay on its ancestral land, which it reoccupied having been forced to live in a http://www.survivalinte

[LAAMN] PRESIDENTS DAY GREETINGS

2012-02-20 Thread Jerry Rubin
PRESIDENTS DAY GREETINGS! If you were President for a day, and had one executive order, what would it be? Happy holiday. Keep up your ongoing good work. Jerry Rubin activistsupportcircle.org 310-399-1000 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -

[LAAMN] Inviting the Big Payback: War by Drones and Special Forces

2012-02-20 Thread Romi Elnagar
War by Drones and Special Forces Inviting the Big Payback by DAVE LINDORFF http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/02/16/inviting-the-big-payback/ The attacks and attempted attacks this week on Israeli embassy personnel in Georgia, India and Thailand should serve as a serious warning to the people of

[LAAMN] Honduras: Standard Fruit Uses the Army & Police to Attack Campesinos

2012-02-20 Thread Cort Greene
http://quotha.net/node/2132 Friday, February 17, 2012 Delegation Report: Standard Fruit Uses the Army & Police to Attack Campesinos

[LAAMN] Imagine A Better World! ~Saturday, March 3rd, 6:30 PM in Santa Monica ~ Join Hector Aristizabal for "A Night of Beauty" Benefiting ImaginAction ~ At The Church In Ocean Park ~ Art, Music, Thea

2012-02-20 Thread Frank Dorrel
Rev. Janet McKeithen, Blase & Theresa Bonpane, Sandra & Ulis Williams, Frank Dorrel & Andy Manoff Invite You To IMAGINE A BETTER WORLD! A Night of Beauty to Support ImaginAction's Local & Global Projects With Hector Aristizabal A Celebration of Life & Transformation Through

[LAAMN] Occupy Presidents' Day in Van Nuys, CA

2012-02-20 Thread scotpeden
OCCUPY PRESIDENTS' DAY "CRIMES ARE CRIMES NO MATTER WHO DOES THEM!" Who: OCCUPY SAN FERNANDO VALLEY What: OCCUPY PRESIDENTS' DAY More: MOCK TRIALS / MUSIC / HUMOR / PUBLIC INFORMATION & EDUCATION / SNACK BOOTHS Where: VAN NUYS COURTHOUSE PLAZA When: SUNDAY - FEBRUARY 20TH, 20102 Location

[LAAMN] Trouble In Paradise: Music and Los Angeles, 1945-1975.

2012-02-20 Thread Ed Pearl
The GRAMMY Museum, in conjunction with the Getty initiative: Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945 - 1980, will unveil its latest special exhibit, Trouble In Paradise: Music and Los Angeles, 1945-1975. Located on the Museum's fourth floor, the exhibit explores thirty years of the pop music

[LAAMN] Fw: USGP-INT GP RELEASE Green Party blasts Obama, NRC on approval of new nuclear reactors in Ga.; taxpayers to subsidize high cost & liability

2012-02-20 Thread Romi Elnagar
GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES http://www.gp.org For Immediate Release: Friday, February 17, 2012 Contacts: Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, cell 202-904-7614, mcla...@greens.org Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805, starl...@gp.org The Green Party blasts Obam

[LAAMN] Video - Syria: Iranian Rappers Sing for the People of Homs

2012-02-20 Thread Cort Greene
The top US military officer warned Sunday that intervention in Syria would be "very difficult" and said it would be "premature" to arm the besieged country's opposition movement. ... *my personal comment- the US and the West can not control the many different opposition groupings to the Assad re

[LAAMN] Bush-Obama legacy

2012-02-20 Thread scotpeden
This is quite educational. http://www.obamatheconservative.com/ Hope was sold. What changed? We have grown up knowing that if a Politicians lips are moving, that they are probably lying, unless they belong to our party.. It's what THEY DO not what THE SAY, or the Hope the talking heads sp

[LAAMN] U.S. Sends Drones over Syria as Fighting Spreads

2012-02-20 Thread Romi Elnagar
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2012/feb2012/syri-f20.shtml US sends drones over Syria as fighting spreads By Alex Lantier 20 February 2012 US military officials confirmed Saturday that US drones are flying over Syria, as fighting spreads inside the country and US officials discuss military or “hu

[LAAMN] The Audacity of Hype (CAUTION: Graphic Photo)

2012-02-20 Thread Romi Elnagar
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30575.htm [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network ---

[LAAMN] Spain: Two million march against labour counter-reform, the beginning of a prolonged struggle

2012-02-20 Thread Cort Greene
Spain: Two million march against labour counter-reform, the beginning of a prolonged struggle Written by Jorge Martin Monday, 20 February 2012 [image: Print]

[LAAMN] Cutting US aid to Egypt? Think again...

2012-02-20 Thread Romi Elnagar
Cutting US aid to Egypt? Think again...  By Jason Ditz http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_64308.shtml The multi-month row between the US and Egypt’s military junta has reached serious levels in recent weeks, astop US officials have openly threatened to revoke all aid from the junt