[LAAMN] Celebrate LGBT Pride with Radical Women at the Workmen's Circle tonight

2005-06-23 Thread lafsprw6
Radical Women has been invited to be part of the panel. Hope to see you there! Celebrate LGBTQ Pride! “Gay Liberation Today” Wednesday, June 22, 7:30 pm Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30 pm Is There a Future for Gay Liberation? Speakers from diverse strands of the GLBT movement will come

[LAAMN] Free screening of documentary Maid in America

2005-06-23 Thread Joan Sekler
DUE TO AN OVERWHELMING RESPONSE, THERE WILL BE A SECOND SCREENING OF MAID IN AMERICA AT THE LOS ANGELES FILM FESTIVAL. THIS DOCUMENTARY REVEALS THE ANGUISH AND ANXIETY WHICH MAIDS EXPERIENCE AS THEY WORK IN PRIVATE HOMES IN LOS ANGELES FOR LOW WAGES AND NO BENEFITS. SATURDAY, JUNE 25 at 12:30 PM

[LAAMN] Garden Grove Police Lt. Mike Handfield sends me a message about Theresa Dang

2005-06-23 Thread Duane Roberts
On Wednesday, June 15th, a couple hours before I found out that my good friend Theresa Dang received a letter from the Orange County District Attorney's Office charging her with a misdemeanor offense for something she allegedly did at the May 25th demo against Minuteman founder Jim Gilchrist, I

[LAAMN] Labor Movements: Is There Hope?

2005-06-23 Thread John A Imani
http://www.monthlyreview.org/0605gapasinyates.htm Labor Movements: Is There Hope? by Fernando E. Gapasin and Michael D. Yates For the past thirty years, the class struggle has been a pretty one-sided affair, with capital delivering a severe beating to labor around the globe. When economic

[LAAMN] *LA PALESTINE LABOR SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE PLEASE FORWARD!!!!!!!

2005-06-23 Thread Emma Rosenthal
JOIN THE L.A. PALESTINE LABOR SOLIDARITY COMMITTEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIAN WORKERS!!! (Scroll down for an important article on labor conditions in the territories occupied in '67.) * The Palestine General Federation of Trade Unions issued a direct appeal to the labor movement, calling

[LAAMN] Baghdad Burning, Last Throes?

2005-06-23 Thread Ed Pearl
Hi. For recent receivers of my emails, the chronicler is a young Iraqi woman who has been sending out revealing stories of life and insights for a couple of years, anonymously. I believe you'll find them inspiring. The 2nd article, Last Throes, is short, bittersweet and on point. . Ed

[LAAMN] Fw: [imc-la]my thoughts about the red alert in chiapas... (fwd)

2005-06-23 Thread anna kunkin
-Forwarded Message- From: .:.:cburn:.:. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Jun 22, 2005 4:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [imc-la]my thoughts about the red alert in chiapas... (fwd) Fyi, for those interested in an analysis of what's happening in Chiapas right now, please read Hilary's

[LAAMN] OC WEEKLY makes fun of Garden Grove police over flashlight raid

2005-06-23 Thread Duane Roberts
OC WEEKLY Vol. 10 No. 42 June 24 - 30, 2005 Diary of a Mad County by STEVE LOWERY Thursday, June 16 I feel the earth move under my seat while eating lunch in the office. “Oh man, that’s an earthquake,” says Theo Douglas, but I don’t pay much mind to Theo, and I mean ever. But when I see the

[LAAMN] Sunday, June 26 - In Support of Torture Survivors

2005-06-23 Thread desilef
L.A. Takes Part in Global Observance to Support Victims of Torture UN International Day in Support of Victims of Torture Date: Sunday, June 26, 2005 Time: 2:00 - 4:00 pm Location: Marymount High School, Cantwell Hall 10643 Sunset Blvd. (north of UCLA, east of the 405), Los Angeles ADMISSION:

[LAAMN] On Africa: More than Aid, and Klein - A Noose, Not a Bracelet

2005-06-23 Thread Ed Pearl
Hi. The two articles provide different emphases, background and analyses of this critical and most-deserving area. Ed ***I just got notice of a special on the Iranian Election, today, 3-4pm on kpfk's Radio Intifada. The copy was too long to add to this email, but looked interesting and

[LAAMN] Program With Chemical Weapons Expert Iran/Iraq

2005-06-23 Thread CISPES-LA
[wrong subject line on last CISPES post; was meant to announce this important Peace Center event with Dr. Kadivar, an expert on the issue of chemical/biological weapons... sorry, CISPES-L.A. At the Los Angele Peace Center: a meeting with Dr.Hooshang Kadivar on Iran-Iraq War chemical/biological