[LAAMN] Israel Bars German Laureate Grass Over Poem

2012-04-10 Thread Romi Elnagar
Israel Bars German Laureate Grass Over PoemBy ETHAN BRONNER and NICHOLAS KULISH http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/09/world/middleeast/israel-bars-gunter-grass-over-poem.html JERUSALEM — Israel’s interior minister declared Günter Grass, one of Germany’s best-known authors, unwelcome in Israel on Sun

[LAAMN] Why the Syrian Regime Will Abide By the Cease-Fire This Week

2012-04-10 Thread Cort Greene
*Syria and the International Left* http://translationexercises.wordpress.com/2012/03/12/guest-post-syria-and-the-international-left-2/ -- Why the Syrian Regime Will Abide By the Cease-Fire This Week

[LAAMN] "QUIT MITT" as progressive election campaign slogan!

2012-04-10 Thread Jerry Rubin
"QUIT MITT" A new bumper sticker slogan in the same spirit as previous sticker slogans such as: "MUTE NEWT" "FLUSH RUSH" "BUCK FUSH" Keep up your ongoing activism! Jerry Rubin 310-399-1000 www.activistsupportcircle.org [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -

[LAAMN] Dave Zirin: Big Trouble in Little Havana, "Woody Guthrie's LA" (this Saturday)

2012-04-10 Thread Ed Pearl
From: Mitchel Cohen [mailto:mitchelco...@mindspring.com] Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 10:34 PM Subject: [alliance] Dave Zirin: Big Trouble in Little Havana Even if you don't know baseball from bratwurst, this is a great column! - Mitchel From: "edgeofsports" http://www.thenation.com/blog/167

[LAAMN] Violence Against Women News and Reviews

2012-04-10 Thread rdjustice
~ Daily Violence Against Women News and Reviews ~ Some in English * Some in Spanish http://www.justicewomen.com/news ~ Noticias y reseñas sobre la violencia contra las mujeres ~ Algunas en inglés * algunas en español http://www.justicewomen.com/news Women's Justice Cente

[LAAMN] "CHAIN REACTION" LANDMARK COMMISSION MEETING UPDATE

2012-04-10 Thread Jerry Rubin
> UPDATE: On "Chain Reaction" issue discussed at Santa Monica > Landmarks Commission public meeting April 9, 2012 at City Hall. > > Landmark nomination application discussion continued to: Monday, > May 14 next Landmarks Commission meeting 7PM at City Hall. > > Commission unanimously supported

[LAAMN] Volunteers Needed! May Day Community Outreach!

2012-04-10 Thread Ron Gochez
Hello everyone. As you all know, the May 1st march is right around the corner! Like every other year, we, the Southern CA Immigration Coalition are once again organizing the May Day march and we are now asking for your help. We are hitting the streets of LA to pass out fliers for the march. Any

[LAAMN] Perspectives for world capitalism 2012-Latin America

2012-04-10 Thread Cort Greene
http://www.marxist.com/world-perspectives-2012-draft-6.htm Perspectives for world capitalism 2012 (Draft discussion document) – Part Six – Latin America Written by International Marxist Tendency Tuesday, 10 April 2012 [image: Print]

[LAAMN] Fw: CISPA

2012-04-10 Thread Romi Elnagar
Romi, Here's their next move: The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, would obliterate any semblance of online privacy in the United States. And CISPA would provide a victory for content owners who were shell-shocked by the unprecedented outpouring of activism in opp

[LAAMN] Seymour M. Hersh: Our Men in Iran?

2012-04-10 Thread Ed Pearl
http://www.readersupportednews.org/off-site-opinion-section/138-138/10824-fo cus-our-men-in-iran Our Men in Iran? Posted by Seymour M. Hersh The New Yorker, April 6, 2012 hersh-iran.jpg

[LAAMN] 4/8 FIDEL CASTRO: Stephen Harper's Illusion

2012-04-10 Thread SIUHIN
_FIDEL CASTRO: Stephen Harper's Illusion_ (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/CubaNews/message/132234;_ylc=X3oDMTJzdm5iZXJwBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE1BGdycElkAzIxODIwM jIEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDYzOTg1BG1zZ0lkAzEzMjIzNARzZWMDZG1zZwRzbGsDdm1zZwRzdGltZ QMxMzM0MDIxOTE3) (Don't miss the last two paragraphs, but to