[LAAMN] Join RAC-LA on Xmas Day to Pass Out Food and Toys-4 Years 2 Months of Food Distribution
MacArthur Park SW corner of Wilshire and Parkview LA 90057 11-2 (shortened day as one of our pickups is not available) [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] Chris Hedges: Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord?
http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/where_were_you_when_they_crucified_my_mo vement_20111205/?ln Where Were You When They Crucified My Lord? By http://www.truthdig.com/chris_hedges Chris Hedges Truthdig: December 06, 2011 Chris Hedges gave an abbreviated version of this talk Saturday morning in Liberty Square in New York City as part of an appeal to http://www.trinitywallstreet.org/about/ Trinity Church to turn over to the Occupy Wall Street movement an empty lot, known as Duarte Square, that the church owns at Canal Street and 6th Avenue. Occupy Wall Street protesters, following the call, began a hunger strike at the gates of the church-owned property. Three of the demonstrators were arrested Sunday on charges of trespassing, and three others took their places. The Occupy movement is the force that will revitalize traditional Christianity in the United States or signal its moral, social and political irrelevance. The mainstream church, battered by declining numbers and a failure to defiantly condemn the crimes and cruelty of the corporate state, as well as a refusal to vigorously attack the charlatans of the Christian right, whose misuse of the Gospel to champion unfettered capitalism, bigotry and imperialism is heretical, has become a marginal force in the life of most Americans, especially the young. Outside the doors of churches, many of which have trouble filling a quarter of the pews on Sundays, struggles a movement, driven largely by young men and women, which has as its unofficial credo the Beatitudes: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall possess the earth. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for justice, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons and daughters of God. Blessed are they who suffer persecution for justice sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. It was the church in Latin America, especially in Central America and Augusto Pinochet's Chile, which provided the physical space, moral support and direction for the opposition to dictatorship. It was the church in East Germany that organized the peaceful opposition marches in Leipzig that would bring down the communist regime in that country. It was the church in Czechoslovakia, and its 90-year-old cardinal, that blessed and defended the http://archiv.radio.cz/history/history15.html Velvet Revolution. It was the church, and especially the African-American church, that made possible the civil rights movements. And it is the church, especially Trinity Church in New York City with its open park space at Canal and 6th, which can make manifest its commitment to the Gospel and nonviolent social change by permitting the Occupy movement to use this empty space, just as churches in other cities that hold unused physical space have a moral imperative to turn them over to Occupy movements. If this nonviolent movement fails, it will eventually be replaced by one that will employ violence. And if it fails it will fail in part because good men and women, especially those in the church, did nothing. Where is the church now? Where are the clergy? Why do so many church doors remain shut? Why do so many churches refuse to carry out the central mandate of the Christian Gospel and lift up the cross? Some day they are going to have to answer the question: Where were you when they crucified my Lord? Let me tell you on this first Sunday in Advent, when we celebrate hope, when we remember in the church how Mary and Joseph left Nazareth for Bethlehem, why I am in Liberty Square. I am here because I have tried, however imperfectly, to live by the radical message of the Gospel. I am here because I know that it is not what we say or profess but what we do. I am here because I have seen in my many years overseas as a foreign correspondent that great men and women of moral probity arise in all cultures and all religions to fight the oppressor on behalf of the oppressed. I am here because I have seen that it is possible to be a Jew, a Buddhist, a Muslim, a Christian, a Hindu or an atheist and carry the cross. The words are different but the self-sacrifice and thirst for justice are the same. And these men and women, who may not profess what I profess or believe what I believe, are my brothers and sisters. And I stand with them honoring and respecting our differences and finding hope and strength and love in our common commitment. At times like these I hear the voices of the saints who went before us. The suffragist Susan B. Anthony, who announced that resistance to tyranny is obedience to God, and the suffragist http://www.biography.com/people/elizabeth-cady-stanton-9492182 Elizabeth Cady Stanton, who said, The moment we begin to fear the opinions of others and hesitate to
[LAAMN] Tea Party Rally (video)
Tea Party Rally (video) http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/04/meet-the-gop-rump.html [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] Syria Teeters: 25 Dead in Protests, 40 Killed in Bombings
filmed on Friday in Hamas Helfaya shows thousands of people gathered chanting against the regime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlP7iz8ERVIfeature=player_embedded#! filmed on Friday in Hamas Hamidiyyah http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Oel9d3fGKUfeature=youtube_gdata_player --- *Breaking: Syrian Muslim Brotherhood claim of carrying out bombings 'fake' * Yasser Seddiq, Saturday 24 Dec 2011 *Islamist group quashes media reports it was involved in Fridays bomb attack in Damascus that killed 44 people and injured 166 others, accusing Syrian intelligence of fabricating earlier statement * The Syrian Muslim Brotherhood has denounced a statement on its website claiming responsibility for Friday's suicide attacks in Damsacus as fake, reports the Al-Arabiya TV channel. AFP had earlier today reported that the group had claimed responsibility for the attrocities in which 44 people died, contradicting the Assad regime's accusations that the attacks were the work of Al-Qaeda. *According to a source close to the Brotherhood, Syrian intelligence is behind the fraudulent statement. The regime's original accusations of Al-Qaeda involvement were seen by Syrian activists as an attempt to undermine and tarnish the protest movement against Bashar al-Assad's government.The opposition Syrian National Council blamed the bomb attacks on the regime. * The AFP report had quoted the alleged admission which stated that the Brotherhood was able to target the state security building in Kfar Suseh in the heart of the Omayyad capital Damascus in a successful operation carried out by four of our kamikazes drawn from the best of our glorious men, leaving many dead and wounded from the ranks of the Assad gangs. http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/30107.aspx *Free Syrian Army Chief of Staff blames regime for twin blasts * Free Syrian Army Chief of Staff, Colonel Ahmad Hijazi told *Al-Rai* Kuwaiti newspaper on Saturday that the twin blasts that rocked Damascus on Friday were the work of the Syrian regime [that were committed in order to blame] oppositionists [of involvement in] terrorism, score points in front of international public opinion and portray itself as the victim [before the eyes] of the Arab observers. He also accused the Syrian regime and the Lebanese government of paving the way to the two blasts through announcing that Al-Qaeda members infiltrated Syria. Earlier this week, a report quoted Lebanons Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn as saying that Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist cells infiltrated Syria through the Bekaa border town of Aarsal. Ghosns statements were followed by twin suicide bombingshttp://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=345716against security service buildings in Damascus on Friday which left over 30 people dead. Syria blamed Al-Qaeda for involvement in the attacks. The blasts came as an advance team was in Damascus to prepare the logistics for an Arab League observer mission to oversee a plan to end nine months of unrest, which has killed more than 5,000 people, according to the United Nations. Damascus blames the unrest on armed terrorist groups and has unleashed military operations against border towns and protest hubs. -*NOW Lebanon *For live updates on the Syrian uprising, follow @NOW_Syria on Twitter or click here http://www.nowlebanon.com/NewsArticleDetails.aspx?ID=253828. -- http://www.juancole.com/2011/12/syria-teeters-25-dead-in-protests-40-killed-in-bombs.html Syria Teeters: 25 Dead in Protests, 40 Killed in Bombingshttp://www.juancole.com/2011/12/syria-teeters-25-dead-in-protests-40-killed-in-bombs.html Posted on 12/24/2011 by Juan On Friday afternoon and evening, Friday protests continued in Syriahttp://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/342731, according to al-Hayat writing in Arabic. The opposition maintains that the Syrian army killed some 25 of the protesters on Friday around the country, who were demanding that the ruling Baath Party relinquish power. The hot spots are by now familiar Homs, Hama, Deraa, and the outskirts of Damascus. Two suicide bombers had detonated car bombshttp://www.daralhayat.com/portalarticlendah/342728on Friday morning in downtown Damascus, killing some 44 persons and wounding 150 according to al-Hayah writing in Arabic. The bombers appeared to have been targeting Syrian domestic intelligence buildings, but many civilians were among the casualties. This sort of massive, targeted violence has been rare since popular protests began in Syria last spring, though military convoys have sometimes been targeted by defectors. Aljazeera English http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlB3tVKsQIo has a video report: The regime accused al-Qaeda of being behind the bombings, but it is not clear what that could even mean in a Syrian context. France declined to speculate on the origins of the attacks, but it
[LAAMN] How to decorate your local Obama campaign office for Christmas [1 Attachment]]
(Ah yes, it's what they do, not the sweet 'nothings' they whisper in our ears at sElection time, that matters - Scott) How to decorate your local Obama campaign office for Christmas http://warisacrime.org/content/how-decorate-your-local-obama-campaign-office-christmas SOURCE h/t Coleen Rowley who FaceBooked: We went to Obama's Campaign Headquarters in the Twin Cities to speak out against the NDAA and ask Obama to veto this codification of unconstitutional war on terror tactics. We don't need a police state for Christmas!! After the rally, everyone taped their signs to the outside of Obama's campaign office windows. -- David Swanson is the author of When the World Outlawed War, War Is A Lie and Daybreak: Undoing the Imperial Presidency and Forming a More Perfect Union. He blogs at http://davidswanson.org/ and http://warisacrime.org/ and works for the online activist organization http://rootsaction.org/ ___ Activists mailing list Post: activi...@lists.mayfirst.org List info (to subscribe or unsubscribe): https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/activists To Unsubscribe via email Send email to: activists-unsubscr...@lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/activists/markadamsjdmba%40hotmail.com To Subscribe via email Send email to: activists-subscr...@lists.mayfirst.org You are subscribed as: markadamsjd...@hotmail.com ___ Activists mailing list Post: activi...@lists.mayfirst.org List info (to subscribe or unsubscribe): https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/listinfo/activists To Unsubscribe via email Send email to: activists-unsubscr...@lists.mayfirst.org Or visit: https://lists.mayfirst.org/mailman/options/activists/markadamsjdmba%40hotmail.com To Subscribe via email Send email to: activists-subscr...@lists.mayfirst.org You are subscribed as: markadamsjd...@hotmail.com [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] Fwd: Retenes Navideños/Christmas Checkpoints
Fwd: Retenes Navideños/Christmas Checkpoints Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 15:33:50 -0800 Subject: Retenes Navideños 2011 / Christmas Checkpoints 2011 (22-31/dec/2011) From: Checkpoint response norete...@gmail.com http://la.indymedia.org/news/2011/12/250598.php Retenes Navideños 2011 / Christmas Checkpoints 2011 (22-31/dec/2011) by Checkpoint response Thursday, Dec. 22, 2011 at 3:23 PM norete...@gmail.com ¡Felicidades compañerxs! Seguimos en la lucha y en apoyo de todos los plantones de la movida Occupy en todo el mundo. Ojo--la revolución ha comenzado y por lo tanto, las autoridades ilegítimas del estado corporativo tomará cualquier pretexto para detener a nuestra gente--seamos activistas o no. Con más razón hay que poner atención a los retenes, evitarlos, y luchar contra ellos más que nunca. Ahí les va la información (incompleta, por seguro) para los retenes de estos días para que nos pongamos listxs y sigamos todxs en la lucha! Happy holidays comrades! We continue in the struggle and in support of all Occupy encampments worldwide. Caution--the revolution has begun, and therefore, the illegitimate authorities of the corporate state will use any pretext to detain our people--be they activists or not. We have more reason than ever to pay attention to these checkpoints, avoid them, and fight against them. Here is the information (incomplete, certainly) about the checkpoints in the coming days so we can get wise about them and continue in the struggle! checkpointxmas.jpg, image/jpeg, 592x584 Jueves / Thursday (22/dec/2011) SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES (CA) - Sobriety Checkpoint from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Imperial Highway at Main Street in Southeast Area (http://hollywood.patch.com/articles/sobriety-checkpoint-announced-in-hollywood) NEWPORT BEACH (CA) - The checkpoint will operate from 4 p.m. to 11 p.m. on northbound Dover Drive at 16th Street (http://coronadelmar.patch.com/articles/dui-checkpoint-scheduled-thursday-in-newport-beach) SAN LEANDRO (CA) - The first checkpoint is scheduled from 8 p.m. to early Friday morning in the 14800 block of East 14th Street, near 148th Avenue, in San Leandro. (http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19586299) SHASTA LAKE (CA) - The checkpoint will be held from 5 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. (http://www.redding.com/news/2011/dec/21/dui-drivers-license-checkpoint-be-held-thursday-re/) Friday/ Viernes (23/dec/2011) BEVERLY HILLS (CA) - DUI sobriety/drivers license checkpoint is taking place on southbound La Cienega Boulevard and Gregory Way from 9 p.m. Friday, Dec. 23. until 3 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 24. (http://beverlyhills.patch.com/articles/dui-checkpoint-scheduled-for-friday-and-saturday) BUENA PARK (CA) - Multi-agency DUI TASKFORCE, 2000-0300 (http://egov.ocgov.com/vgnfiles/ocgov/Sheriff-Coroner/Content/Press%20Releases/2011/2011-12-15_Winter_2011_DUI.pdf) CHINO HILLS (CA) - DUI Saturation Patrol on Friday, December 23, 2011, from 9:00 pm to 3:00 pm (they probably mean 3:00 am - http://www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/sheriff/public/pressreleases/PRDetail.asp?PRID=4371) FOUNTAIN VALLEY (CA) - DUI/drivers license checkpoint within the city limits between the hours of 9 p.m. Friday and 3 a.m. Saturday. (http://fountainvalley.patch.com/articles/dui-checkpoint-scheduled-for-friday) GUAM (US colony) - Counter Drug DUI Program (Check Point) 2200hrs-0300hrs (http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_contentview=articleid=19528:gpd-dui-checkpoints-friday-a-saturdaycatid=45:guam-newsItemid=156) HAYWARD (CA) - The second checkpoint is slated Friday night at an undisclosed Hayward intersection. (http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19586299) HOLLYWOOD (CA) - Sobriety Checkpoint from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Santa Monica Boulevard at Bronson Avenue in Hollywood Area (http://hollywood.patch.com/articles/sobriety-checkpoint-announced-in-hollywood) IRVINE (CA) - DUI/CDL CHECKPOINT, 2000-0300 (http://egov.ocgov.com/vgnfiles/ocgov/Sheriff-Coroner/Content/Press%20Releases/2011/2011-12-15_Winter_2011_DUI.pdf) NORTH HOLLYWOOD (CA) - Sobriety Checkpoint from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. at Ventura Boulevard at Big Oak Drive in North Hollywood Area (http://hollywood.patch.com/articles/sobriety-checkpoint-announced-in-hollywood) PALM DESERT (CA) - DUI/Driver's License checkpoint on Friday, Dec. 23, from 9 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. within the city of Palm Desert. (http://www.kpsplocal2.com/news/local/story/Police-to-Hold-DUI-Checkpoint-in-Palm-Desert/q1BViwsmz0K-F5F6F1aiiw.cspx) POWAY (CA) - DUI/Driver license checkpoint in Poway on December 23rd beginning around 7:00 p.m. to approximately 2:00 a.m. (http://apps.sdsheriff.net/press/Default.aspx?FileLink=47160d3b-63a1-43ad-bc12-5f6eecfcab91) REDLANDS (CA) - Checkpoints are scheduled beginning at 10 p.m. Friday through 4 a.m. Saturday in the westbound lane of Brookside Avenue, between Eureka and Grant streets.
