Ed, please direct people to the IMC site for the full, updated
story on the farm, plus pics, video, and audio.
www.la.indymedia.org Thanks, -Anna
Hi, all. Check out the story on today's LA Times' front page,
and consider making a visit part of your Memorial weekend
agenda. It's a rare and refreshing alternative to the usual
picture of So. Central as well as a model for all parts of our
city and society. Natural foods grown by cooperating neighbors,
in the face of business as usual and the destruction of the earth.
As Daryl Hannah says in the story it's 'a situation of the needy
versus the greedy.' I'll bet you didn't know she's Haskell Wexler's
niece. Good stock.
Arlington West, next to the SM Pier and the films at the Watts
Towers Art Center also provide fitting, meaningful programs.
Do something different and interesting this weekend.
Ed
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Red Alert!
Encampment and tree-sit to resist the eviction and save the South
Central Farm has begun!! The L.A. County Sheriffs Department has
received notice to execute the eviction of the farmers and supporters at
the South Central Farm. The Farm and farmers need your help now!!
If you are willing to encamp with us our legal team will offer counsel and
you will also be given a, "Know Your Rights" Training as you will be risking
arrest. There is also a Unity Principles form which all participants in the
encampment must sign in order to be part of the community tree sit/
encampment. The greater the numbers encamped increases our chances
of success. Others have now joined Joan Baez, Julia Butterfly and
John Quigley in tree-sitting. They welcome your presence.
Those who cannot stay in the farm help by coming to daily vigils, becoming
legal observers and bringing supplies to those inside. Also, bring a chair
or anything you would need to be an active witness.
The time has come to show the politicians, developer and global community
that we are serious about environmental justice in South Central Los
Angeles. The greening of L.A. starts with the preservation of the South
Central Farm. Bombard the local officials with calls and emails to save this
oasis. We want a livable city!! We want the Farm!!
FYI: The contract has expired and we again stand with you defending our
dignity.
How can you help?
Send a letter to the politicians from our site:
http://www.southcentralfarmers.com/politicianform.php
Contact information for Los Angeles City Mayor and Council:
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or call (213)978-0600 for Mayor or Council
Office of Ralph Horowitz(developer evicting the families):
11911 San Vicente Blvd, Ste. 310
Los Angeles, Ca 90049
Intersection of San Vicente and Montana
Phone: (310) 440-7878
***
Three Days of Commemoration at
Arlington West: Iraq & Afghanistan War Memorial
Santa Monica Beach by the Pier
WHAT:
A Commemoration Honoring the Troops Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan for
Memorial Day Weekend, organized by the Veterans for Peace, Los Angeles
Chapter.
WHEN:
Memorial Day Weekend--Three Days of Commemoration--May 27-29th. Memorial
will be set up at sunrise on Saturday, May 27th and remain on display until
Monday evening, May 29th.
WHERE:
Santa Monica Beach next to the pier.
WHO:
Gold Star Families, who have lost loved ones in Iraq, Jane Bright and Berto
Figeroa will be present along with Iraq veterans and veterans from many past
U.S. wars (Gore Vidal<WWII Veteran, Ron Kovic<Vietnam War Vet and Jeff
Key<Iraq War Vet are all invited). Local public officials, congressional
representatives (Rep Maxine Waters & Santa Monica City Council Member Kevin
McKeown are firming up their schedules), the interfaith community (Rev Janet
McKeithen) and folk singers (Dennis Davis and Michelle Shocked) are also
invited to speak and/or perform informally through out the weekend. **More
notables to be announced**
MEMORIAL PROGRAM EVENTS:
Name Readings at the top of each hour
In commemoration of the fallen, names of the troops killed in Afghanistan
and Iraq will be read at the top of each hour, continuing throughout the
three days of the memorial. Veterans, military families and the general
public are invited to join in reading the names at the top of each hour.
Candle light vigils Saturday & Sunday night
Two evenings of candle light vigils will be displayed starting at sundown on
Sat, May 27th and Sun, May 28th. A tea-light candle for every 2,500 crosses
will remain lit through out most of the night. The public is invited to
help light the memorial candles an hour before sundown.
Flag Draped Coffin Procession
A flag draped coffin procession will proceed from the Santa Monica Pier at
1:00 PM on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29th. Coffin carriers will proceed
north along the Ocean Ave sidewalk to Wilshire Blvd. and turn south through
the Santa Monica Promenade to Broadway and return to the memorial by about
3:00 PM. The number of coffins to be carried will be determined by the
total fatalities of the previous week. Santa Monica City Council member
Kevin McKeown will preside over the procession. (WWII veteran Gore Vidal,
Vietnam veteran Ron Kovic, and Iraq veterans Jeff Key along members of the
interfaith community are invited to join the commemoration--stay tuned for
more details.)
Commemoration at Santa Monica Veterans' Monument
During the coffin procession on May 29th, the procession will pause at the
Veteran's memorial on Ocean Park (at Arizona Ave.) at approx. 1:45 PM.
Wreaths and photos will be placed in commemoration for all the branches the
U.S. military service. Commemoration speeches will be observed. (Standby
for an update on who will be speaking at the Veterans' Monument.)
FREE Solar Baked Snacks
Solar baked cookies and muffins will be provided FREE to the public through
out the weekend (sunshine permitting)
For more information:
Tonia Young - Arlington West Press Coordinator
310-455-2688 or 310-703-3964 - Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ed Ellis - Veteran for Peace - Co-director, Arlington West
818-312-2617 or 818-887-2593
***
Sunday Film Series at
Watts Towers Arts Center:
Films by Ashley Hunt
May 28, 2006, 1:00 - 3:30pm
Watts Towers Arts Center
1727 E. 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA
May 28, 2006
Films by Ashley Hunt
I won't drown on that levee and you ain't gonna' break my back
31 minutes . 2006
I Won't Drown on that Levee... chronicles the failed evacuation of the
Orleans Parish Prison during Hurricane Katrina and the building of a
makeshift prison behind the local bus depot, both set within the larger
environment of abandonment, criminalization and brutality that characterized
so much of the state's hurricane response. While centering on these prisons
and criminalization, the video also addresses the portrayal of the hurricane
as a man-made disaster, where fault lines of race and class draw
contridictions of saving lives versus saving property, of who is named a
"survivor" and who is named a "looter," of who the state saves and who is
left to drown.
Corrections
2001 . 58 minutes
Corrections is the story of justice turned to profit, of how the "war
on crime" has found new investors: venture capital and for-profit,
corporate -owned prisons. Taking you from a prison trade show to the
crumbling communities who will feed into and staff their booming industry,
it explores shows prisons have fast become the accepted solution to
unemployment and housing crises, crumbling schools, the loss of livable
wages and the destruction of the welfare state.
HIP HOP is Not a Crime!
Street Stencils
Blackbook Battle
MCs
B-Boys vs. the Governator!
DJ Handprints with performances by: Abstract Rude, Concrete All-Stars,
Open Mike, Parts Unknown & Tiger vs. Crane.
Brought to you by: 4 Real H.O.P., Activist Artist John Jennings,
Center for the Study of Political Graphics, GATS, JUICE, L.A. Cop Watch,
L.A. Local Organizing Committee, Project Blowed, Youth Justice
Coalition/Free L.A. & Zulu Nation
For more info call the Youth Justice Coalition - 323 235.4243, or
email them at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mother's Day Action (pdf flyer)
MUST SEE! Prison Nation: Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex
through June 4th at Watts Towers Arts Center
PRISON NATION: Posters on the Prison Industrial Complex...From the
archives of Center for the Study of Political Graphics!
March 19, - June 4, 2006
Watts Towers Arts Center
1727 E. 107th Street
Los Angeles, CA
Gallery Hours: Tues-Sat: 10-4pm & Sun: 12- 4pm
Powerful posters from artists, designers, activists, and organizations
around the country and the world, cry out against the devastating nature of
the rapidly growing prison system in the United States.
Take the Blue Line!
Parking on Avalon (directly behind Watts towers & on Graham (east of
the towers) Extra parking at the Metro Station on 103rd & Graham
PRISON NATION was funded in part by the Department of Cultural
Affairs, City of Los Angeles.
SAVE THE DATE!!
Join CSPG's 2006 pARTy AuCTion
This year's extraordinary honorees:
a.. Historian of the Lions Award: Moctesuma Esparza
b.. Art as a Hammer Award: Emory Douglas
c.. Culture of Liberation Award: Cynthia Anderson- Barker & Tim
Barker
VOLUNTEER for CSPG!
CSPG needs committed volunteers to help out with numerous
administrative tasks, event planning, and website maintenance.
Please contact Mary Sutton at 323 653.4662 or email
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