[LAAMN] Well, It Is an Occupation
Bill Fletcher: Whatever the original ambitions of the Israelis in the aftermath of the June 1967 War, it is clear that the settlements are no longer a bargaining chip but are there as part of a process of annexation. READ MORE http://eepurl.com/eUaSI [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: Question: Why did President Obama put Social Security and Medicare on the table in the budget negotiations when 80% of the people oppose cuts to these programs?
--- On Sun, 7/24/11, Elizabeth Allen spktruthtopower...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Denver Media Service r...@denvermediaservice.com To: 1TPU truepatriotsun...@yahoogroups.com Sent: Fri, July 22, 2011 9:56:37 PM Subject: Question: Why did President Obama put Social Security and Medicare on the table in the budget negotiations when 80% of the people oppose cuts to these programs? Question: Why did President Obama put Social Security and Medicare on the table in the budget negotiations when 80% of the people oppose cuts to these programs? Answer: The president is not in office to represent those people. He was selected, funded and carried over the finish line by corporate America. Look at the appointment of Wall Streeter Timothy Geithner, the bailouts, and the failure to prosecute any of the crooks who caused the current recession. He’s serving the people who put him in office. Those people don’t need Social Security and Medicare. Q: Doesn’t the president need to worry about reelection? Why would he risk that by going against such a large majority? A: President Obama has no personal or financial risk if he loses his job.. He has a tidy lifetime pension and will, no doubt, be on plenty of corporate boards, not to mention the opportunities for huge speaking fees. There is less political risk than you might think. The only Republican presidential candidate who might be other than certifiable is the largely unknown John Huntsman, former governor of Utah and Obama’s ambassador to China. The rest would do much more harm to seniors than Obama concessions this time around (if they materialize) and people know that. Q: The national debt is at $14 trillion. Doesn’t Obama have to do something decisive now? A: If you assume that reducing the national debt is the primary challenge facing the nation, yes. But why do we have out of control spending? Social Security pays for itself. If Obama truly wanted to help Medicare, he would lift the ban on medicare negotiating 40% to 60% discounts on prescription drugs. If the president wanted to cut the budget now,everything would be on the table. He would cut military spending and end the wars. He would demand an end to outsourcing and the multilevel scheme to give away the jobs of the citizens of the United States. He won’t even consider and discuss these high yield options. Without any doubt, the president would never have allowed the Bush tax cuts to carry forward, if he wanted new revenue from those who could pay. He is not serious about lowering the national debt. Q: Isn’t Obama forced to negotiate some budget cuts due to the Republican threat to vote against raising the national debt ceiling? A: Failing to raise the debt ceiling is pure insanity. The good faith and credit of the United States would be shattered. The AAA credit rating would drop, everything that the government does would be more expensive, causing even more debt. In addition, the impact on the US and world economy would be catastrophic, like a global tsunami. This is well known. Only the delusional believe otherwise. Q: So why isn’t the false drama between Republicans and Democrats made clear? A: The corporate media has no interest in debunking this false drama. Their owners benefit greatly from this sort of contrived crisis. The drama by no-drama Obama and the shrill voices on the right in are in complete alignment with the very big money interests. Those interests can force cuts in Social Security and Medicare (already begun with cuts to the employee payroll rax). They can protect the Bush administration’s tax breaks, a major factor in the deficit. They can sneak in all sorts of legislative and regulatory changes while the focus is on this false drama. This is a time honored technique. For example, the real threats from the 9/11 attacks were never addressed. Instead, the turmoil after the attack became the pretext for war against Iraq invasion and opened the door for huge increases in military spending. They do this whenever they have an opportunity. Q: Aren’t you saying that the president doesn’t care about the typical citizen struggling through this serious recession and those who have lost their jobs, homes, and futures A: Yes, that is exactly what I’m saying. The president might call it “shared sacrifice” or some other corny term. But, in fact, he is willing to to see people thrown out of their homes with few if any resources, denied medical care, and stay jobless for months and years. His first term in office has demonstrated that in the clearest terms. This president will never do a single thing to oppose the the agenda of the ruling financial elite unless, of course, members of the ruling elite tell him to oppose something meaningless just for the sake of appearances. Q: So there is no hope? A: There hasn’t been much hope for a long time. There will never be any change as long as just about everybody in elective office and much of the
[LAAMN] Control Cuban Style
[image: author photo] *Daisy Valera:* Until the middle of 2010, I was a university student. Today, at 22, Im a graduate in nuclear chemistry and have joined the ranks of the Cuban work force. I love the cinema, books and architecture even of the collapsing buildings. I like doing craftwork using thread, stone and metal. I fear monotony and Im committed to the aim of building a better society. http://www.havanatimes.org/?p=47327 *Control Cuban Style* Posted By *Daisy Valera* On July 23, 2011 @ 6:49 am In *Daisy Valera's Diary * | *2 Commentshttp://www.havanatimes.org/?p=47327print=1#comments_controls * - Share http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php [1] - Tweet http://twitter.com/share [2] - - Share http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php [1] - Tweet http://twitter.com/share [2] - *Daisy Valera* http://www.havanatimes.org/?attachment_id=47329 [3]The Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) concluded a few months ago, but people still have ideas to contribute as well as suggestions and concerns that need to be continually shared, whether such individuals are in line at a bakery or at a bus stop. The congress was not the balm that healed the economic wounds of the last couple decades. It was more like the same old pill demanding additional effort and sacrifice. Its only that now without subsidized toiletries, with the ration book bidding us farewell, and growing numbers of the unemployed that pill is going to be more difficult to swallow. All bets are being placed on private initiatives, once viewed so judgmentally but now accepted as necessary and inevitable. Its in this context that the word control appears, plaguing conversations and the pages of newspapers. I then noted that over these past 50 years of what has been called a socialist system, we Cubans have adopted various theories about control and how things should be controlled. *The leaders role* One of the most widespread theories is that a leader (a member of the PCC in the overwhelming majority of cases) plays the fundamental role. According to a not insignificant number of Cubans (from my point of view), control over workers should be the responsibility of those who manage. This boss should be the one in charge of demanding punctuality, discipline, the fulfillment of objectives and more. Conclusions: the job of managers consists of guaranteeing that wage earners work. To achieve this, they receive salaries above those of their employees and they enjoy better working conditions (air conditioning, a car and perhaps even trips abroad). *Sanctions and firings* Its not unusual to hear that everything in this country would be solved if loafers were sanctioned or fired from their jobs. It seems that some people have forgotten that transportation is terrible, making it difficult for workers to make it to their jobs on time. Plus, all stores and agro-markets are only open during working hours. Therefore not arriving to work on time or being forced to skip out of necessity turns you into poorly behaving, undisciplined worker subjecting you to the mercy of your boss. It also seems that some people have the gall to think that when someone steals from their job, theyre not doing it out of necessity or because of their low wages, but to get some cheap thrill or because they romanticize being a thief. I think that when the workers steal from their workplaces, theyre only taking a part of the wage theyre not paid. Its the only way possible for them to be compensated for their labor, the only commodity that workers possess. *An alternative* Everything indicates that some ideas (Marxists?) on this island have been tossed into the garbage despite the possibility of these being useful in addressing complaints about idlers, ultra-conservatives and bureaucrats. *Some of these could be:* *- Workers electing their representatives at each workplace, with the ability for those same workers to revoke those elected at any moment to prevent the monopolizing of power and benefits. - The rotation of workers in different activities of the workplace to prevent the alienation that is produced by work when it doesnt include creative processes. - The design of working plans by the collective instead of these being imposed by higher authorities. - Control of intellectual and material production by the workers themselves. * *We do not have to forever continue on with the methods of control handed down to us by capitalism and perfected under Stalinism. We Cuban workers must become our own bosses and work towards the objective of being less exploited every day. * [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network --- Unsubscribe: mailto:laamn-unsubscr...@egroups.com
[LAAMN] Honduras:Another campesino leader from the MUCA murdered
http://quotha.net/node/1893 Another campesino leader from the MUCA murdered Mon, 07/25/2011 - 11:59 AP URGENT, Another *campesino* leader from the MUCA, Left Bank, is murdered Notice from Wilfredo Paz, FNRP Colón translation V. Cervantes July 23, 2011 The National Front of Popular Resistance in the department of Colon dennounces that today (July 23) at 11:50 am, a *campesino* leader from the MUCA, Left Bank, was assassinated, *compañero* Julian Alvarenga leader of the *campesino* cooperative, La Isla UNO, from the *campesino* settlement of Nueva Marañones, also found near death, gravely wounded is the *campesino*Santos Dubón who was riding with him on a motorcycle. They were fired on from a vehicle in front of the municipal market in the city of Tocoa where they supposedly bought some food. Last weekend the leaders Luis Alonzo Ortiz and Constantino Morales from the same settlement were assassinated, meanwhile all the leadership of the 14 cooperatives are under death threats, apparently paying with their lives that fact that they did not accept the impositions of the government and did not sign the recent agreement to fix the agrarian conflict in Aguán. We condemn the policy of extermination that is being applied to the the MUCA, Left Bank of the Aguán River. Tocoa, Colon, July 23, 2011. FNRP-COLON . Blood of Martyrs - Seed of Liberty. -- [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] : Tues 7/26 - Using Data/Mapping for Community Based Participatory Action Research
EASTSIDE LOS ANGELES NETSQUARED: Using Data/Mapping for Community Based Participatory Action Research http://www.meetup.com/n2eastsidela/events/24173681/ Tuesday, July 26, 2011, 6:30 PM Location: Advancement Project, 1541 Wilshire Blvd # 508, Los Angeles, CA (map) Help us spread the word via Facebook event listing! http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=255006921182032 As a program of Advancement Project’s Healthy City, the Community Research Lab partners with community-based organizations to develop, implement, and disseminate data/mapping projects, tools, and workshops that promote community knowledge and Community Based Participatory Action Research. Staff will discuss how the Lab supports CBO strategies by combining mapping technology and a Community Based Participatory Action Research framework that democratizes how research is conducted in communities. Presenters: Janice C. Burns: Community Research Lab Manager Research Analyst – Healthy City Janice conducts GIS mapping research and analysis and helps develop and coordinate community-focused research tools and projects such as Healthy City’s Community Research Lab and Community-Engaged Mapping. She has provided mapping research and technical assistance on many projects that have informed the policy, organizing, advocacy, and other strategies of community-based organizations throughout Los Angeles County. She applies her teaching skills as a healthycity.org website trainer and Community Research Lab workshop facilitator. With a background in the youth development field, she is interested in youth engagement in neighborhood planning and research. She holds a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA and a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and Black Studies from UC Santa Barbara. She enjoys travelling and salsa dancing every place she travels. Tahirah Farris, AICP: Project Manager As a Project Manager for Healthy City, Tahirah is responsible for the Projects core work area. She manages the direct technical assistance process for engaging with project partners and is responsible for designing and implementing research and data analysis projects that include community engaged mapping and participatory action research to improve policies and resources in underserved neighborhoods. Some of her past research topics include public safety and the built environment, gentrification and displacement, as well as access to healthy food options and safe spaces for recreation and physical activity. Tahirah is also a member of Healthy City’s Community Research Lab, in which she facilitates workshops and that aim to build and sustain the research capacity of community based organizations. She hopes to bring a sustainable perspective to addressing the challenges social equity, economic vitality, and environmental justice for Los Angeles’ communities. Tahirah received a Master of Planning degree with a concentration in Social and Community Development as a Dean’s Merit Scholar from the University of Southern California. She is also a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP). --- 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] Special Screening of Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up - Tuesday, July 26th, 7:00 PM at Laemmle's 4-Plex in Santa Monica ~ Q A with Director Saul Landau ~ Film Shows US-backed Violen
Special Screening of Will The Real Terrorist Please Stand Up Tuesday, July 26th - 7:00 PM Laemmle's Monica 4-Plex 1332 2nd Street, Santa Monica $10 Entrance Fee at Box Office Directed by Emmy Winner Saul Landau, Will the Real Terrorist Please Stand Up shows that US-backed violence against Cuba continued for decades. Some Bay of Pigs participants and the most well-known terrorists appear on camera to boast of or re-evaluate their activities over the years. Orlando Bosch, Jose Basulto, Luis Posada Carriles and Antonio Veciana discuss assassinations and other actions they took to bring down the Revolutionary government. The new film, featuring Danny Glover, Cuba's top counter spy and Fidel Castro himself (filmed recently) is combined with fascinating archival footage and a rare recorded interview from prison with one of the Cuban 5. These men are serving long sentences in US prisons for trying to stop terrorism against tourist sites in their country. *** Screening in Los Angeles on July 26th, which marks the anniversary of the onset of the Cuban Revolution as well as the nationwide release of the film on DVD and digital platforms. **Arrive early. Seats are limited. With a special appearance by legendary cinematographer Haskell Wexler, QA to follow with Saul Landau ** Let us know you are attending on Facebook (confirmation on Facebook does not constitute a ticket) Details: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184919488234064 http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184919488234064 Buy your advance tickets by clicking https://laemmle.com/purchasetickets.php?m=NzI4MC0wMDMtMDcyNjIwMTEtMTkwMC00 here This event is organized by Cinema Libre Studio and co-sponsored by the International Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five and the Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law with endorsements from Center for Human Rights and Constitutional Law, El Rescate, Office of the Americas, Law Offices of R. Samuel Paz, National Lawyers Guild Los Angeles Chapter, Operation USA, Mexican American Political Association (MAPA), Film4Cuban5 and the Socialist Workers Party. Saul Landau has produced over forty films. He has received numerous awards, including an Emmy with Jack Willis for Paul Jacobs and the Nuclear Gang, the Letelier-Moffitt Human Rights Award, the George Polk Award for Investigative Reporting, the First Amendment Award, and the Bernardo O'Higgins award from the Chilean government for his human rights work. He is a senior fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies. [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] The political crisis and the crisis of capitalism
*To read the appeal and to donate via PayPal or mail, please go to the url below:* http://www.marxist.com/summer-appeal-2011.htm Support In Defence of Marxism this summer!http://www.marxist.com/summer-appeal-2011.htm Written by In Defence of Marxism Monday, 25 July 2011 10:58 [image: 6668_imt-manifesto-on-crisis-part-one-thumb]2011 has already been a year full of developments: the Arab Revolution, the crisis of the Euro and mass struggle against austerity around Europe and the United States. In these times of crisis and struggle, we ask for your support in spreading Marxist ideas around the world. http://www.marxist.com/political-crisis-and-crisis-of-capitalism.htm The political crisis and the crisis of capitalismhttp://www.marxist.com/political-crisis-and-crisis-of-capitalism.htm Written by Adam Booth Monday, 25 July 2011 [image: Print]http://www.marxist.com/political-crisis-and-crisis-of-capitalism/print.htm# *As the earthquake of economic crisis sweeps across the globe, the political establishment in country after country is being shaken to the core. Strong governments have been exposed as, in fact, being extremely weak, both at the ballot box and on the streets. The ruling class is beginning to lose its political grip on society and people are beginning to question the traditional pillars that society has rested upon for centuries. * At its heart, this political crisis is a reflection of the deep crisis of capitalism, which leaves no rock unturned as its tremors spread across the world. Marx and Engels explained in their writings that at the heart of society is the economic base: the mode of production and distribution; the relationship between the different classes and the means of production. Upon this base is built the superstructure of forms and ideology within society: the state, the law, the family, religion, morality, culture, etc. As a result, changes to the economic base are, in the long run, generally reflected by changes within the superstructure. In normal periods, when the productive forces are developing and living standards are improving, societys economic base is generally speaking not questioned by the majority of people. Up until recently, capitalism was, for many, a sacred cow. All of that changed with the current economic crisis, which has thrown society backwards. As people begin to question the fundamental base of society capitalism itself they are led, inevitably, to question everything else that once seemed unquestionable: all the old morals and ideas; the various arms of the state; the political establishment and even our so-called democracy. As Marx and Engels put it in the Communist Manifesto: All that is solid melts into air, all that is holy is profaned, and man is at last compelled to face with sober senses his real conditions of life, and his relations with his kind. (*The Communist Manifesto;* Chapter One; Marx and Engels) This questioning is nothing new, and is a symptom of a social and economic system that is in decay that has entered its death agony. A similar process occurred in the later stages of feudalism, which was reflected in the art of the time (Hieronymus Bosch and the art of the death agony of Feudalism http://www.marxist.com/bosch-art-of-death-agony-of-feudalism.htm), and during the decline of the Roman Empire, when all the traditional culture, morality, and religion was suddenly thrown into question (Class struggle in the Roman Repulichttp://www.marxist.com/class-struggles-roman-republic-eleven.htm ). The current crisis of capitalism has already shaken many pillars of society. In Britain, the establishment has been rocked on numerous occasions over the past few years, beginning with the MPs' expenses scandalhttp://www.marxist.com/britain-political-crisis-deepens.htm. Splits in the ruling class have emerged recently, with members of the church and the army speaking out against the coalition governmenthttp://www.marxist.com/britain-splits-in-the-establishment.htm, and now all the sordid links between the media, the police, and politicians have been exposed by the revelations of the phone hacking scandal (see Phone hacking scandal rocks establishmenthttp://www.marxist.com/britain-phone-hacking-scandal-rocks-establishment.htmand News of the World Scandal: the ugly face of Capitalismhttp://www.marxist.com/britain-news-of-the-world-scandal.htm). Internationally, people have been stunned and governments have been rattled by the invention of WikiLeaks, which has helped to play a major role in exposing the backroom deals and machinations of international diplomacy and foreign affairs http://www.marxist.com/wikileaks-exposes-washington-hits-back.htm. The ruling class is finding it increasingly difficult to rule. All of the usual mechanisms of the state the media, the police, the army, etc. are in crisis. Faced with the prospect of having to carry out the most severe austerity programme in the history of capitalism, the
[LAAMN] Reich: The President's Jobs Plan (Not), NEW: Rival Debt Plans, Obama and Boehmer agreement
Some have said lighten up, Pearl. As spake, I heedeth. Check item 3. (and just one emailing, today. Ed/lite) From: earthactionnetw...@earthlink.net The President's Jobs Plan (Not) http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011072813/president-s-jobs-plan-not By Robert Reich RobertReich.Org: July 13, 2011 What did the President do in response to last week's horrendous job report - unemployment rising to 9.2 percent in June, with only 18,000 new jobs (125,000 are needed each month just to keep up with the growth in the potential labor force)? He said the economy continues to be in a deep hole, and he urged Congress to extend the temporary reduction in the employee part of the payroll tax, approve pending free-trade agreements, and pass a measure to streamline patent procedures. To call this inadequate would be a gross understatement. Here's what the President should have said: This job recession shows no sign of ending. It can no longer be blamed on supply-side disruptions from Japan, Europe's debt crisis, high oil prices, or bad weather. We're in a vicious cycle where consumers won't buy more because they're scared of losing their jobs and their pay is dropping. And businesses won't hire because they don't have enough customers. Here in Washington, we've been wasting time in a game of chicken over raising the debt ceiling. Republicans want you to believe the deficit is responsible for the bad economy. The truth is that when the private sector cannot and will not spend enough to get the economy going, the public sector must step into the breach. Cutting the deficit now would only create more joblessness. My first priority is to get Americans back to work. I'm proposing a jobs plan that will do that. First, we'll exempt the first $20,000 of income from payroll taxes for the next two years. This will put cash directly into American's pockets and boost consumer spending. We'll make up the revenue shortfall by applying Social Security taxes to incomes over $500,000. Second, we'll recreate the WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps - two of the most successful job innovations of the New Deal - and put people back to work directly. The long-term unemployed will help rebuild our roads and bridges, ports and levees, and provide needed services in our schools and hospitals. Young people who can't find jobs will reclaim and improve our national parklands, restore urban parks and public spaces, recycle products and materials, and insulate public buildings and homes. Third, we'll enlarge the Earned Income Tax Credit so lower-income Americans have more purchasing power. Fourth, we'll lend money to cash-strapped state and local governments so they can rehire teachers, fire fighters, police officers, and others who provide needed public services. This isn't a bailout. When the economy improves, scheduled federal outlays to these states and locales will drop by an amount necessary to recover the loans. Fifth, we'll amend the bankruptcy laws so struggling homeowners can declare bankruptcy on their primary residence. This will give them more bargaining leverage with their lenders to reorganize their mortgage loans. Why should the owners of commercial property and second homes be allowed to include these assets in bankruptcy but not regular home owners? Sixth, we'll extend unemployment benefits to millions of Americans who have lost part-time jobs. They'll get partial benefits proportional to the time they put in on the job. Yes, most of these measures will require more public spending in the short term. But unless we get this economy moving now, the long-term deficit problem will only grow worse. Some in Congress will fight against this jobs plan on ideological grounds. They don't like the idea that government exists to help Americans who need it. And they don't believe we all benefit when jobs are more plentiful and the economy is growing again. I am eager to take them on. Average Americans are hurting, and their pain is not going away. We bailed out Wall Street so that the financial system would not crash. We stimulated the economy so that businesses would not tank. Now we must help ordinary people on the Main Streets of America - for their own sakes, and also so that the real economy can fully mend. My most important goal is restoring jobs and wages. Those who oppose me must explain why doing nothing is preferable To be on our list: email earthactionnetw...@earthlink.net For info on Earth Action Network www.earthactionnetwork.org http://www.earthactionnetwork.org/ * * * http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/us/politics/25debt.html?_r=1 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/25/us/politics/25debt.html?_r=1nl=todayshea dlinesemc=tha2 nl=todaysheadlinesemc=tha2 Rival Debt Plans Being Assembled by Party Leaders By JENNIFER STEINHAUER http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/jennifer_stein
[LAAMN] Fwd: Native American Political Prisoner Leonard Peltier in the Hole at Lewisburg Prison
Leonard Peltier in the Hole at Lewisburg Prison Levi Rickert, editor-in-chief in Native Briefs. http://www.nativenewsnetwork.com/leonard-peltier-in-the-hole-at-lewisburg-prison.html#leonard-peltier-in-the-hole-at-lewisburg-prisonDiscussion » Free Leonard Peltier Leonard Peltier NATIVE BRIEF: LEWISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA - Leonard Peltier, the American Indian activist, who has been in federal prison for over 35 years has been in Administrative Detention - the hole - since June 27 for two minor infractions. Peltier was placed in solitary confinement for allegedly a woman in the UK mailed a silver coin which was actually delivered to him by prison officials, and a light switch that had been tampered with by a cellmate some time ago, according to his attorney, Robert R. Bryan of San Francisco. Peltier is serving a life sentence in the US Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He was convicted of murdering two FBI agents on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Peltier is considered to be a political prisoner of war by many American Indians throughout the United States and others worldwide. I wonder if it would be different if Leonard were not a prominent American Indian activist who keeps fighting after decades of imprisonment, said Bryan in an email to the Native News Network late Wednesday night. This present situation is greatly exaggerated by the prison officials. I view this as another attempt to break and intimidate Leonard. Eariler on Wednesday, Bryan was advised that the lesser of the two charges has been heard and sanctioned. He was not fully apprised of the details. A hearing for Peltier is pending with the Discipline Hearing Officer as to the other allegation, but Bryan did know when that will be. Bryan will be in contact with the Warden's office today. Peltier's health is poor because of decades of imprisonment. He needs to be placed back into the general population, but there is no way of knowing at this point what will happen, continued Bryan. He cannot presently call me so communication is slow. -- Vicente Panama' Alba mailto:panama.a...@gmail.companama.a...@gmail.com Tel # 917 626 5847 Lets Be Realistic Lets Do The Impossible Ernesto Che Guevara --- 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] WIRED belatedly reveals ethics violations, broken confidentiality in exposure of Bradley Manning
By Joe Pompeo | The Cutline Thu, Jul 14, 2011 http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/cutline/full-bradley-manning-chat-logs-reveal-broken-confidentiality-202943975.html Last June, the former hacker and sometimes-self-described-journalist Adrian Lamo spoke with Yahoo! News about his decision to turn in Bradley Manning, the 23-year-old Army intelligence analyst accused of providing a trove of classified United States military and diplomatic data to the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks. At the time, Lamo told John Cook (now a reporter at Gawker) that he didn't employ any subterfuge in getting Manning to discuss his activities: Lamo says that he spelled out very clearly in his chats with Manning that he wasn't affiliated with WikiLeaks or acting as a journalist. Lamo even offered, he says, to speak to Manning as a reporter and to protect his identityand Manning refused. I told him, 'Look--I am a journalist, and California [where Lamo lives] has a shield law,' Lamo says. I asked him if he wanted that choice, and he did not. The chats Lamo was referring to, in which Manning claimed responsibility for the blockbuster leak, were excerpted June 10 last year on Wired.com--several weeks after Manning was detained by Army authorities. Wired explained at the time that it had redacted portions of the chats that discuss deeply personal information about Manning or that reveal apparently sensitive military information. Wired has now published the full chat transcript--because, as the magazine explains, the most significant of the unpublished details have now been publicly established with sufficient authority that we no longer believe any purpose is served by withholding the logs. However, the fuller record of the Manning-Lamo chats also supplies a portrait of Mannings' sourcing agreement that's markedly different from how Lamo had characterized it to Yahoo. I'm a journalist and a minister. You can pick either, and treat this as a confession or an interview (never to be published) enjoy a modicum of legal protection, the chat logs reveal Lamo to have said. And later during the encrypted online conversation: (1:54:55 PM) bradass87: but im not a source for you im talking to you as someone who needs moral and emotional [expletive] support (1:55:02 PM) bradass87: :'( (1:55:10 PM) i...@adrianlamo.com: i told you, none of this is for print (1:55:16 PM) bradass87: ok, ok These new revelations show that Manning clearly seemed to believe that Lamo was someone he could trust, and they have some spectators all riled up. So Lamo lied to and manipulated Manning by promising him the legal protections of a journalist-source and priest-penitent relationship, and independently assured him that their discussions were 'never to be published' and were not 'for print,' writes Salon's Glenn Greenwald, who's been one of Manning's most aggressive advocates in the press. Nor did Greenwald let Wired off the hook: Knowing this, Wired hid from the public this part of their exchange, published the chat in violation of Lamo's clear not-for-publication pledges, allowed Lamo to be quoted repeatedly in the media over the next year as some sort of credible and trustworthy source driving reporting on the Manning case. And this from Gawker's Adrian Chen: Regardless of what you think of Manning's alleged leak, or Lamo's turning him inand reasonable people disagree!Lamo is objectively a scumbag for r having repeatedly reassured a troubled 22-year-old that he was speaking to a journalist off the record, then turning around giving the scoop to his buddies at Wired to fulfill his well-documented love of the spotlight. And luckily for him, Wired left out all the parts that made him look bad when it went initially to press so he was able to run around lying to pump himself up as a hero who'd saved the country from a madman bent on America's destruction. But there is, of course, a broader digital-age moral to the story: It's nearly impossible to expect that anything you write or say to someone is ever truly off the record. --- 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
[LAAMN] Fwd: Danny Glover and Saul Landau on Visiting Gerardo Hernandez of Cuban 5
PROGRESO WEEKLY Tuesday, 12 July 2011 23:02 By Danny Glover and Saul Landau 6:50 a.m. Plane leaves Oakland California airport. 8:05 a.m. Plane lands in Ontario, California, wait for the rent-a-car bus, pick up the rental and drive northeast toward Las Vegas (how else to explain heavy traffic on Saturday morning?). 9:30 a.m. We step from the air-conditioned rent-a-car into the burning sun of the Mojave Desert, the landscape for the U.S. Correction Complex in Victorville, California. The guard at the desk gives us forms. We fill out forms and wait with several women in the waiting room. There's a sign missing in the gray metal room: Unfriendly. 10:30.a.m. Saul asks the desk guard how much longer we'll have to wait. They're counting the prisoners, he replies. 11:30 a.m. A guard calls our numbers. We pass metal detector and pat-down tests. A guard stamps our forearms. We are only permitted to carry quarters in our pockets; nothing else the coin accepted by the venomous food machines in the visiting room. A handle-less door opens. Danny, Saul and five women enter another chamber. An unseen prison guard inside a heavily sealed, thick glass office electronically closes the heavy metal door; another guard passes an ultra violet light machine over the invisible stamp on our arms. We wait. Moments later the invisible guard electronically opens another solid metal door. The visitors stand outside in a naked passageway between grey concrete bunkers and enough barbed wire to seal some national borders. The scorching desert sun alerts us to the surroundings and the contrast between what the prison architect has done and the landscape on which the immense concrete bunkers got built: brooding mountains, desert, cactus, and unseen bones of dead pioneers and Indians. One electronically sealed chamber later, we enter the visiting room and wait. NOON We sit on miniature plastic chairs even Kmart wouldn't sell. A door opens; Gerardo Hernandez emerges. In the 1990s, Cuban intelligence sent him to run an infiltration group in south Florida. Bombs in hotels and restaurants don't exactly draw vacationers and Cuba's economy depended on expanding its tourist sector. In 1997, in order to stop the wave of Havana hotel and restaurant bombings, Gerardo's group penetrated violent exile groups. Gerardo's predecessors began infiltrating such groups before he was born. In 1959, former Batista officials and other anti-revolutionary exiles started their Florida-based air attacks against Cuba. Cuba complained to Washington. President Eisenhower quipped: Why don't the Cubans just shoot the planes down? asked Ike. But Washington didn't stop the over flights. Three plus decades later, Jose Basulto formed Brothers to the Rescue to spot rafters miles between Cuba and the Florida Keys. After the 1994-5 Migration Accords eliminated the need for such an operation, Basulto changed his mission. He convinced wealthy right wing exiles to fund the Brothers to enter Cuban air space and drop provocative leaflets. The Cuban infiltrators also discovered that Basulto had developed some weapons he planned to drop. Gerardo, Havana's control agent, helped one agent, Juan Pablo Roque, slip out of Miami. Back in Cuba, Roque held a press conference and revealed he had also doubled as an FBI informer. He offered eyewitness details of Basulto's plans for violence against Cuba. This dashing young pilot had fooled the Brothers to the Rescue and the Bureau. He also became the darling of ultra right Congresswoman Ileana Ros-Lehtenin (a photo shows her slightly more than casual interest in Roque). Shortly after Roque's press conference, Basulto announced his intention to fly over Cuban territory. A White House official and the FAA knew of the plans, but the government eventually charged Gerardo as Havana's source of the Brothers' flight plans three planes that allowed Cuban MiGs to shoot down two of them on February 24, 1996. Basulto's plane returned to Miami. After Roque had revealed his true identity, Miami's right wing radio commentators began claiming Castro had taken over the FBI. In 1998, partly to undo that image, Gerardo thinks, the FBI busted him and other Cuban agents (The Cuban Five), despite the fact they had provided the Bureau with details of hidden explosive and arms caches and other relevant information to stop terrorism. The U.S. case relied on the supposition that the MiGs fired missiles over international airspace. Cuban vectors indicated the action occurred over Cuban airspace. The U.S. government has not released its satellite images on national security grounds. Gerardo's trial lawyer did not demand them as evidence for the defense. Why, asked Gerardo, would the U.S. government not use these images available if they validated the prosecutor's argument? If the shoot downs occurred over Cuban air space, he emphasizes, there would have been no
[LAAMN] Fwd: Murdoch Media Empire Scandal, Capitalism, White Supremacy
From: Benjamin Prado bpra...@yahoo.com http://uniondelbarrio.org/articles/MurdochMediaEmpireScandal_rpma.html MURDOCH MEDIA EMPIRE SCANDAL, CAPITALISM, AND WHITE SUPREMACY A RAZA PRESS AND MEDIA ASSOCIATION PERSPECTIVE July 19, 2011 A major media scandal is rocking the global capitalist-imperialist world. Rupert Murdochs News Corporation, one of the six corporations that control ninety-five percent of the worlds media, was exposed for illegally spying (telephone hacking) on hundreds of people and of corrupting/bribing politicians and police in England. As a result, Murdoch has been forced to close its most profitable tabloid in England (News of the World), laying off hundreds of workers. Key executives of News Corporation and police agents have been arrested or forced to resign the (Scottland Yard) police commissioner and his assistant have been forced to give up their posts. The sparked that brought about the current capitalist crisis was an article published in a rival newspaper (The Guardian) which detailed how, in their drive to produce attention grabbing headlines and gossip, the Murdoch-owned tabloid engaged in the mass hacking of phone messages of a 13-year-old kidnap and murder victim, as well of those of families of 9/11 victims and British soldiers killed in Afghanistan. In addition, mysteriously the News of The World reporter who blew the whistle on the phone hacking, Sean Hoare, was found dead on July 18th only days after the scandal was made public to the masses. The exposé has outraged thousands and forced the government after years of knowing about the criminal activities of Rupert Murdochs media outlets to press charges against Murdochs employees and associates. ATTEMPTING TO HIDE THE CRIMES In an effort to save his media empire, Murdoch has begun damage control. Besides shutting down the News of The World, he is attempting to hide his crimes from public view by running full-page apologies in all of his newspapers and meeting with the family of the murdered schoolgirl whose phone was hacked. Rupert Murdoch has been reported to be 13th most powerful person in the world. He began to construct his media empire in Australia (where he was born) upon the extensive media assets left to him by his rich father. During 1960s, with help from the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), he extended his media holdings to Europe, Asia, and the Americas. His fortune includes hundreds media outlets such as book publishing (book), magazine, newspaper, film/movie production and distribution, radio, internet, television/cable stations, and satellite services, etc. In the United States alone, his $33 billion media empire includes U.S. Fox TV/News, The Wall Street Journal, New York Post, 20th Century Fox, and HarperCollins publishing company. CAPITALISM IS THE PROBLEM The current scandal is nothing less than another indictment of the capitalist and imperialist system. It is part of the general crisis of imperialism and like all recent developments (bank bailouts, home foreclosure, unemployment, etc.) it is tearing apart the legitimacy of institutions of the state that are used by the ruling class to control society. Like any corporate newspaper, the News of The World existed to serve three purposes: (1) to bring profits and power to its owners (rich capitalists); (2) keep the masses asleep and confused, and thus out of struggle; and (3) to attack and neutralize anyone considered to be a danger to fascism (corporate control of the worlds natural and human resources). As the Raza Press and Media Association (RPMA) and other organizations have said in the past, the media is an important weapon in the arsenal of the capitalist-colonialist system. It is a means by which the ruling class imposes its ideology upon the worlds masses: the workers and the poor. What the scandal has done is to once again reveal the capitalist medias use of corruption and crime to control the politics and resources of as much of planet earth as they can. History informs us that the medias use of spying, blackmail, bribery, murder, and false propaganda to influence the political economy of the world is the norm and not the exception. To the extent the current scandal terrifies the bourgeoisie (ruling class) is made obvious by The London Evening Standard editorial (July 7, 2011) where it states: ...what is most troubling is the way that the scandal is affecting public faith in the police, the press and politicians, all of whose basic honesty is central to democracy. What the Standard means by democracy is not what the masses of the people understand it to be. For the bourgeoisie democracy does not mean democratic or human rights, but its ability to exert power over the wealth and control of society. RUPERT MURDOCH AND THE CORPORATE-ELITES SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES The following briefly sums up the ideological
[LAAMN] CA Prison Hunger Strike solidarity demos to press prisoners' demands
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 14:46:56 -0700 (PDT) From: Keith James keithjame...@yahoo.com Dear Friends, I hope you are well and look forward to seeing you Thursday, July 28 when we'll be in front of the State Building in LA (10am to 5pm) and at LA County Jail (7pm to 9pm) to demand an end to torture in CA prisons and support for the 5 demands of the hunger strikers. Press Conference @ 11am. Best, Keith --- 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: URGENT: Republicans out of control
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Rep. Cassidy and his Republican colleagues are threatening to force the U.S.
into default, all to cut programs for working families
and protect the richest few from one dime of tax increases. Can you call right
now and tell Rep. Cassidy you'll hold him accountable for his efforts to
destroy the American Dream?
Representative Bill Cassidy
Phone:202-225-3901
Report your call
Dear MoveOn member,
House Republicans are out of control.
With just 24 hours left to strike a deal that would prevent the U.S. from
defaulting on its debts, Republicans
have walked away from the negotiating table.1
The president has already offered them unthinkably deep cuts—even to Social
Security, Medicare, and Medicaid.2
But they refuse to even negotiate. Either 100% of their demands are met—not one
more dime of taxes on rich, savage
cuts to programs for working families, and even a repeal of key parts of last
year's health care reform law3—or they'll force the U.S. into default.
It's really beyond the pale. And sadly, the only way they'll come to their
senses is if they see that
they'll pay a steep political price for their irresponsibility. So we need to
let Rep. Cassidy and his colleagues know
that the American people will hold them responsible for their hostage-taking.
Can you call right now and tell Rep. Cassidy you'll hold him accountable for
his efforts to destroy the
American Dream?
Representative Bill Cassidy
Phone:202-225-3901
Then, report your call by clicking here.
The Republicans have created this crisis, and they'll be responsible for the
consequences. Raising the debt ceiling
is a routine part of American politics. Republicans raised it seven times under
President Bush. And President Reagan raised
it 14 times.4
But today's tea-party Republicans decided to use this must-pass bill as a way
to take the American economy
hostage. And they're intent on preventing anything that might be seen as a
victory for the president, even after he's
agreed to their extreme demands.
We need to expose their outrageous tactics, and make it clear that this is a
crisis entirely of their own creation.
Congress could pass a clean debt ceiling bill tomorrow and continue
negotiations on the deficit without
putting the world economy at peril. But Republicans will only act responsibly
if they face enormous anger from their constituents.
Can you call Rep. Cassidy right now to let him know you'll hold him personally
responsible for putting the
economy at risk?
Representative Bill Cassidy
Phone:202-225-3901
Then, please report your call by clicking here:
http://pol.moveon.org/call?tg=FHLA_06cp_id=1619id=29179-3339930-cf6nhYxt=3
Thanks for all you do.
Daniel, Stephen, Elena, Adam Q., and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. Obama criticizes Boehner for walking away from talks, NBC News, July 22,
2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=261829id=29179-3339930-cf6nhYxt=4
Small debt scheme as elusive as a grand one, The Washington Post, July 24,
2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=261831id=29179-3339930-cf6nhYxt=5
2. Boehner and Obama Nearing Deal on Cuts and Taxes, The New York Times, July
21, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/22/us/politics/22fiscal.html
3. Ibid
4. Democrats invoke Reagan in support of debt-ceiling increase, The Hill,
July 16, 2011
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=261830id=29179-3339930-cf6nhYxt=6
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[LAAMN] The New McCarthyism: Oregon Tea Partiers invade quiet MoveOn picnic, break it up with threats -- and boast about it
The New McCarthyism: Oregon Tea Partiers invade quiet MoveOn picnic, break it up with threats -- and boast about itJuly 22, 2011 12:00 PM By David Neiwert Video of the incident is at http://crooksandliars.com/david-neiwert/new-mccarthyism-oregon-tea-partiers- Probably the most disturbing aspect of the multifarious effects of Fox News' right-wing propaganda machine and its Tea Party offspring is the way it has utterly taken over the lives of so many senior citizens, who lap up every word as the gospel truth and have become increasingly radicalized by talking heads like Glenn Beck. Even as they project their own intentions onto the likes of the unions, the Fox acolytes and the Tea Partiers have effectively become a brownshirt corps of mean-spirited, vicious thugs. It's deeply disturbing to watch people in our parents' generation viciously attacking liberals with increasing venom and violence. The latest example took place last weekend in the quiet little retirement town of Roseburg, Oregon. It's a pretty little burg on the I-5 corridor in western Oregon that is mostly populated with senior citizens of various stripes. Via Carla at Blue Oregon, we happened upon this story in the local paper: A small political gathering of about 18 liberal thinkers at River Forks Park Sunday afternoon erupted in conflict when about 35 members of the conservative tea party intruded upon the meeting, waving flags and holding signs accusing the rival group of being communists, Marxists and socialists. The liberal group — organized by MoveOn.org — decided to leave the park and move its potluck to a nearby home. Members of the conservative group followed, parking at the entrance of a private lane leading to the home to continue their protest. Roseburg Democrats Dean and Sara Byers said Monday they told tea party members who followed that they were not welcome to drive down the lane to their home. The Byerses said they got out of their car to stop vehicles from entering the driveway and one tea party member almost ran them over. Sara Byers said she was so shaken she called 911. She said a Douglas County deputy called about an hour and a half later and said he had been unable to respond because of other incidents. Byers said she was still considering filing a criminal complaint against members of the tea party for harassment. A leader of the tea party group, Rich Raynor of Roseburg, disputed the liberal group's version of events. “They are liars,” said Raynor, director of Douglas County Americans for Prosperity. “That is what communists do.” The latter confrontations were not videotaped, but the Tea Partiers themselves proudly posted the video of their invasion of the MoveOn picnic. Moreover, it clearly documents how they effectively broke it up -- by threatening the attendees with intimidating speech and making it clear they wanted the group to clear out. What it doesn't show, of course, is that they followed these folks to someone's private home and tried to invade the gathering on private property as well. Here's the script the proud authors of the video provided: Self professed communist Van Jones teams up with MoveOn.org to promote the American Dream Project, aka I want what you have worked for. Promoted here by the Douglas County Democratic Central Committee members. Challenged by Americans who love freedom! I have an idea. Let's end class warfare. If you want more, get up earlier and work harder. It works wonders for your self-respect. We had to disable comments. They were vile, vulgar, threatening...typical Chicago thuggery stuff. One thing that's clear from both the script and from the video is that what has the Tea Partiers especially exercised about MoveOn is the fact that Van Jones is now working with them to promote his Rebuild the Dream project. The Tea Partiers kept repeating Van Jones! Van Jones! almost mantra-like, and then calling MoveOn a bunch of communists. This is the New McCartyhyism at work, thanks in no small part to the effective work of Glenn Beck during his misbegotten tenure at Fox News -- the apotheosis of which was his successful attacks on Van Jones. We discussed this at length with Jones himself recently. And while he's right that we can't let these kinds of smears deflect or distract us from what we're trying to achieve, there's no doubt he also understands that they need to be knocked down fiercely and effectively. And the claim that Van Jones is a Communist is simply a baldfaced lie. Maybe every MoveOn member is now going to have to equip themselves with the words of Jones' attorneys, in their letter to Fox News, on this matter: Mr. Jones is not a member of any Communist Party or Marxist organization whatsoever, and has not expressed any support for any form of Communist or Marxist ideology for many years. In the same 2005 article in which he Mr. Jones discussed having had such notions as a young man, he also
[LAAMN] US Islamophobes Try to Change Subject on Anti-Muslim Norwegian Mass Murderer
US Islamophobes Try to Change Subject on Anti-Muslim Norwegian Mass Murdererhttp://news.firedoglake.com/2011/07/25/us-islamophobes-try-to-change-subject-on-anti-muslim-norwegian-mass-murderer/ By: David Dayen http://news.firedoglake.com/author/dday/ Monday July 25, 2011 10:50 am [image: Tweet]Tweethttp://news.firedoglake.com/2011/07/25/us-islamophobes-try-to-change-subject-on-anti-muslim-norwegian-mass-murderer/# [image: digg]http://digg.com/submit?phase=2url=http://fdl.me/okNHWwtitle=US+Islamophobes+Try+to+Change+Subject+on+Anti-Muslim+Norwegian+Mass+Murderer [image: stumbleupon]http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=http://fdl.me/okNHWwtitle=US+Islamophobes+Try+to+Change+Subject+on+Anti-Muslim+Norwegian+Mass+Murderer http://news.firedoglake.com/?p=20945akst_action=share-this Anders Behring Breivik, the man who orchestrated the horrific attacks in Norway on Friday, appeared in courthttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14280210for the first time today, and claimed that he has two more cells working in concert with him. Mr Breivik had earlier said he had acted alone. Prosecutor Christian Hatlo said police could not rule out that someone else was involved and confirmed an investigation was underway into Mr Breiviks claims that he had worked in a cell, or group, and that there were two other cells. Mr Breivik has been charged under the criminal law for acts of terrorism. The charges include the destabilisation of vital functions of society, including government, and causing serious fear in the population. The judge said that Mr Breivik had admitted carrying out the attacks but had not pleaded guilty to the charges. Norway has a maximum prison sentence of 21 years, but those deemed to pose a risk to society can be detained longer. Breivik is unlikely ever to leave prison. The death toll has mercifully declinedhttp://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/26/world/europe/26oslo.htmlto 76 from 93, but its still a horrific tragedy, one of the worst mass killings in postwar Europe according to the New York Times. Breiviks manifesto, which showed a hatred toward multicultralism, Muslim infiltration and also womenhttp://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/07/24/norway-massacre-anders-breivik-s-deadly-attack-fueled-by-hatred-of-women.html, revealed a noxious strain of European anti-immigrant nationalism, which is mirrored here by Islamophobes in the United States. Predictably, they are engaging in the time-honored tactichttp://mediamatters.org/blog/201107240004of calling for nuance after someone ideologically aligned with them commits an atrocity. Among the conservative to rush to judgment were Jennifer Rubinhttp://mediamatters.org/blog/201107230006of the Washington Post, CNN contributor Erick Erickson, and Andrew Breitbarts BigPeace.com. The Breitbart website surmised that the attacks could have meant that Norways big Muslim problem had just blown up in its face. Erickson wrotehttps://twitter.com/#!/EWErickson/status/94414102562226178via Twitter: Terrorist bombing in Oslo. I bet you it was not Lutherans who did it. Now that their uninformed and ideologically motivated guesswork has been proven wrong, these same conservatives are adopting the No True Scotsmanhttp://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FNo_true_Scotsman fallacy and claiming that Breiviks abhorrent behavior was not that of a Christian, but more akin to that of a Muslim. Erickson writeshttp://mediamatters.org/rd?to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.redstate.com%2Ferick%2F2011%2F07%2F23%2Fgod-and-oslo%2F%3Futm_source%3Dtwitterfeed%26utm_medium%3Dtwitterthat while he was wrong, he was nonetheless justified in his assumption because Christians, unlike Muslims, do not commit politically motivated violence: With Christians, it is rather rare to see a self-described Christian engage in heinous terrorist acts. In fact, in as much as there is an Arab Street filled with muslims [sic] more often than not cheering on the latest terrorist act of radical Islamists, you will be very hard pressed to find a Christian who does not condemn the act regardless of the faith of the person doing the killing. Right-wingers have a concerted strategyhttp://www.pfaw.org/press-releases/2011/07/pfaw-report-the-right-wing-playbook-anti-muslim-extremismwhen it comes to hyping Muslim extremists. When some facts enter that dispute their pay hypotheses, they tend to put the facts on trial, rather than alter their views. Charlie Pierces spectacular piecehttp://www.esquire.com/features/homegrown-terrorism-us-0811-2reminds us that this could happen here, and in fact has happened at least thirty times in the last several years. Right-wing terrorism remains a threat to peace and security. Anger, demonization and the characterization of Muslims and liberals as illegitimate is a toxic mix. When it manifests itself as it did in Norway, the bigots who promote the same hate speech here want to drop the subject. They shouldnt get away with it.
[LAAMN] Please Support Anti-War Chicano Activist Carlos Montes!
Call Out to Continue to Help the Case of Carlos Montes!! Hi, please support me and the 23 other activists in this fight. One way you can help us is by distributing this email to your listserves and by making a donation of any kind. Another way you can help is by joining me and other allies in this struggle against FBI/Police repression and intimidation. My next court date is on August 12, 2011 and we have attached flyers in english and spanish regarding my case and court support for AUGUST 12, 2011. Gracias, Carlos Montes carlosmmont...@aol.com Support Carlos Montes' legal defense. Thousands are needed to keep Carlos out of prison. Is this email not displaying correctly? http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227id=cde43f915e e=2236bdad06 View it in your browser. Please Support Anti-War and Chicano Activist Carlos Montes! August 12, at CCB LA, court date is fast approaching for Carlos Montes, and we urgently need your support. Thousands of dollars are needed to put on a strong legal and political defense. You can help keep Carlos Montes out of prison. We are asking you to donate to Carlos Montes' legal defense by clicking http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227; id=39efc5bdcde=2236bdad06 here. For donations by check, there is information at the bottom. Carlos Montes is a longtime Chicano activist known for his leadership of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school education reform movement (see the film http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227 id=c1d33c2d20e=2236bdad06 Walkout), the historic Chicano Moratorium against the U.S. war in Vietnam, and the recent immigrants rights mega-marches of 2006. More recently in September 2010, Carlos Montes' name appeared on the FBI search warrant for the Anti-War Committee office in Minneapolis - the organizing center for the 30,000 protesters at the 2008 Republican National Convention. The attack on Carlos Montes is part of a sweeping government campaign tied to 23 Midwest anti-war activists raided or subpoenaed by the FBI - as the http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227 id=91875ece73e=2236bdad06 Washington Post reported. In May, Los Angeles Sheriffs broke down Montes' door, arrested him and ransacked his home. They took political documents, a computer, cell phones and meeting notes having nothing to do with the legal charges. The FBI tried to question Carlos regarding the case of the 23 anti-war and solidarity activists. Sadly, we have seen this repression before. As Congressman John Lewis (D-GA) said in a recent letter to Attorney General Eric Holder about the current FBI and grand jury repression: I am writing because I am reminded of another time and another period in our history, during the Civil Rights Movement, when Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and I and many others in the movement, were investigated in an attempt to silence our voices. If you know this history, you understand the repression Carlos Montes now faces. Thank you for your donation and your solidarity. The anti-war and immigrant rights movements will not be silenced, we will continue to organize for meaningful change. For peace and justice, Tom Burke, for the Committee to Stop FBI Repression http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227; id=ba86d25580e=2236bdad06 www.StopFBI.net To Donate by Check Mail: http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227; id=b1e82b1823e=2236bdad06 Committee to Stop FBI Repression PO Box 14183 Minneapolis, MN 55414 To Donate Online http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227 id=427672772be=2236bdad06 click here. or paste http://www.stopfbi.net/donate in your browser. For Tax Deductible Donations For larger tax deductable donations going to the legal defense fund, please make them out to the National Lawyers' Guild Foundation and write CSFR in the message line. These donations must be $100 or more. Please mail to our office at the address above. For Los Angeles meetings and events: www.stopfbila.net http://www.stopfbila.net/ For questions or information: mailto:i...@stopfbi.net i...@stopfbi.net or call tel:612-379-3585 612-379-3585 http://www.twitter.com/stopfbi/ follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | http://us2.forward-to-friend.com/forward?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227id=cde 43f915ee=2236bdad06 forward to a friend Copyright C 2011 Committee to Stop FBI Repression, All rights reserved. Thanks for your ongoing interest in the fight against FBI repression of anti-war and international solidarity activists! Our mailing address is: Committee to Stop FBI Repression PO Box 14183 Minneapolis, MN 55414 http://stopfbi.us2.list-manage.com/vcard?u=8b7315d854bc40ca9fa6dd227id=fcc 74ff0cd Add us to your address book [Non-text portions of this message have been
[LAAMN] Can you help send L.A. delegation to national political prisoners conf in DC?
The date is fast approaching for the founding meeting in Washington DC of a National Confederation to Free Unjustly Incarcerated and Political Prisoners. The Los Angeles chapter of the Jericho Amnesty Movement is seeking financial support to help send a delegation from our area to this important national gathering, which is seeking to unite all forces involved in the struggle over political prisoners and for justice in a principled united national formation with an accountable work plan and timetable. Comrade Laalaa of the Black Riders Liberation Party, a member of the local Jericho Amnesty Movement chapter, is the national youth coordinator of Jericho and it is vital to ensure her participation at the National Confederation meeting. We would also like to send another member of the BRLP, along with Lawrence Reyes of the Puerto Rican Alliance, Guillermo Suarez of the Movimiento de Liberacion Nacional Mexicano, and Michael Novick of Anti-Racist Action (ARA-LA/PART) to the founding meeting in DC. But to do so, we urgently need financial contributions (or possibly the donation of frequent flyer to cover one or more tickets. Air fare is approximately $400 per person round trip. Transportation and frugal accommodations in the DC area for the 3 day gathering will be provided by the hosts. If you can help in any way with a donation toward this cause, please get in touch ASAP via email, or call 310-890-7104. This conference is an opportunity to bring significant national momentum to bear on the cases of political prisoners here in CA, including Ruchell Magee, Hugo Pinell and Romaine Chip Fitzgerald, some of the longest held political prisoners in the world, Gerardo Hernandez of the Cuban 5, Comrade Noor and General T.A.C.O. of the Black Riders (Noor was sent back to state prison after resisting police abuse outside the trial of killer cop Johannes Mehserle; T.A.C.O. is still forced to wear an electronic GPS ankle monitor [21st Century slave shackle] off a frame-up conviction). Numerous of the prisoners involved in the hunger strikes at Pelican Bay, Corcoran, Tehachapi and other CA prisons have been in communication (before and since) with LA Jericho and its constituent groups, particularly the BRLP. Please help us bring their message of unity, solidarity and struggle to the National Confederation founding meeting in D.C. Aug 19-21 by making a generous financial contribution today. We know that all grassroots peoples' organizations are strapped for funds these days, but we believe this significant initiative for justice and liberation merits your support! Thanks in advance. Michael Novick for Jericho Amnesty Movement to free all political prisoners, LA chapter (please forward!) --- 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] 2011-07-30..31 Benefit: Church in OP 120th Anniv.
2011-07-30..31 Benefit: Church in Ocean Park 120th Anniv. Music, Movement and Community - Art, Music, Movement and the Spoken Word; Healing and Community Gathering http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=240397925981533ref=notifnotif_t=event_invite Music, Movement and Community TimeSaturday, July 30 at 9:00am - July 31 at 5:00pm LocationChurch in Ocean Park, 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica, CA Created By Janet Gollery McKeithen http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=546626037 For Church in Ocean Park http://www.facebook.com/groups/89589950040 More InfoA week-end of Performances and Open Workshops... Links: 1) https://sites.google.com/site/churchinoceanpark/Home/120th-year-anniversary-benefit 2) https://sites.google.com/site/churchinoceanpark/Home 3) https://sites.google.com/site/churchinoceanpark/support-the-church Come, SAMPLE a TASTE of WHAT GOES ON AT OCEAN PARK A non-traditional interfaith community, famous for it's warm embracing inclusion of All people, and a Flashpoint for Art, Music, Movement and the Spoken Word; Healing and Community Gathering. Join us for one or more of our Spirit-infused Arts Offerings, all proceeds restoring and renewing the drained coffers of an otherwise Rich 120 year old Historical Icon of Santa Monica, and still on the Cutting Edge of Sacred Space, Creativity and Activism. $20 per event or unlimited access to all (both days!) for $30! If you cannot attend any of the events, but would like to make a tax deductible contribution: Church In Ocean Park, 235 Hill St. Santa Monica, CA 90405 Saturday, July 30th 9:00-12:00 Medicine Dance with Fred Sugerman, (circle and Simone's horn) 12:00-1:00 Potluck 1:00-2:00 Area History Talk/Discussion with Mike Snow of the Heritage Museum 2:30-5:30 Movement Workshop with Simone Forti 6:30-8:30 Sanctuary with Mikel Farber, the Nostatic Jazz Band and Ahkiyyini Sunday, July 31st 9:15-10:00 Singing Group 10:15-11:45 Interfaith Service: words by Rev. Janet McKeithen and Peggy Dobreer 11:45-12:30 Potluck 12:30-12:45 Dance Performance with Suchi Branfman 1:00-2:00 Concert with Stephan David Hewitt 2:30-4:00 Yoga with Jasmine Lieb 4:15-4:30 Bird of Peace Dance, Solo performance by Joie-May Silvers Co-creators, Joie-May Silvers and Paula Perlman Fred Sugerman is a movement artist and teacher, workshop designer and facilitator, energy wrangler, container and releaser. He is the creator and founder of Medicine Dance, which he has been teaching in Santa Monica 11 years. Saturday morning session will be physically, mentally, spiritually exhilarating. Verbally guided and music accompanied, the workshop is an exploration of capturing present moment thoughts, feelings and sensations and allowing them to be expressed through the body. No dance experience necessary. Simone Forti is an internationally loved dancer and educator. She has performed at REDCAT Theater and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and teaches a yearly class at UCLA.. Her Movement Workshop will emphasize improvisation and will be geared alike for people with little or no experience, or quite a bit of experience. Simple warm ups will get our juices going and thoughtful game structures will support our explorations together with energy and delight. Rev. Janet Gollery McKeithen understands that there are many ways to see and be in the world and had sampled a variety of spiritual paths before being ordained in the United Methodist Church. She has worked with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees as the Immigration and Refugee Coordinator for UMCOR. She has worked for the County of Inyo with mothers addicted to drugs, and with the Inyo County Office of Education, directing a program for at-risk students. Janet is an advocate for people who are oppressed, understanding that we are all connected through our sacredness. She has lead both urban and rural churches to create positive change in their communities for over 28 years. Suchi Branfman, choreographer, performer, educator and activist, has worked nationally and internationally throughout Europe, Latin America, Canada and the Soviet Union. She worked for many years with Wallflower Order Dance Collective, then co-founded Crowsfeet Dance Collective, both women's multicultural dance companies. From the women's prison in Corona to Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre and to the dirt fields of Nicaragua, her interest is in telling people's stories through movement. Her faculty work has included City University of New York, Long Island University, UC Irvine, Cal Poly Pomona and Art Center College of Design. Suchi currently teaches Modern Dance, Improvisation and Dance Composition at Scripps College and directs Music Together of Santa Monica. She recently retired from serving on the City of Santa Monica's Art Commission, after ten years. Stephan David Hewitt will present Dancing to the Love Songs; playing (and singing from the piano)
