[LAAMN] U.S. Hands Off the Arab Revolution

2011-02-08 Thread Freedom Socialist Party LA
U.S. Hands Off the Arab RevolutionStatement by the Freedom Socialist Party February 2, 2011 Since January 25, the streets of Cairo, Alexandria and Suez have been occupied by ever-growing crowds of protesters demanding the end to the despotic 30-year regime of U.S-backed Hosni Mubarak in Egypt.

[LAAMN] 1/30: UK Immigration officer fired after putting wife on list of terrorists to stop her flying home

2011-02-08 Thread Lee Siu Hin
Immigration officer fired after putting wife on list of terrorists to stop her flying home By Steve Doughty 30th January 2011 Sacked: The UK Border Agency official was fired for gross misconduct, having placed his wife's name on a list of people not allowed into Britain An

[LAAMN] Black Brown Unity! Black Panther Film Showing. This Saturday!

2011-02-08 Thread Ron
Hope you can make it out to this very important event THIS SATURDAY! Join Union del Barrio, the South Central Neighborhood Council and the Southern CA Immigration Coalition as we celebrate the living legacy of the Black Power movement! Please help us spread the word about this FREE event. All

[LAAMN] A Villa in the Jungle? -- Brilliant analysis of the Egyptian eruption by Israeli commentator Uri Avnery

2011-02-08 Thread Ed Pearl
Hi. Last Saturday, I went to the discussion between Richard Falk and Jeffrey Sachs on Israel/Palestine. Though both speakers were strong; Sachs, looking at the bright end of gloom and Falk, more realistic, the great revolution/evolution in Egypt and its resonance throughout the Middle East and

[LAAMN] Fisk: The wrong Mubarak quits, Herbert: A Terrible Divide

2011-02-08 Thread Ed Pearl
http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/fisk/robert-fisk-the-wrong-mubarak-quits-soon-the-right-one-will-go-2205852.html The wrong Mubarak quits. Soon the right one will go Protesters in Tahrir Square are right to be sceptical despite the apparent shake-up in Egypt's ruling party By

[LAAMN] Trinidad and Tobago Newsday - CIA terrorist on trial

2011-02-08 Thread Cort Greene
http://www.newsday.co.tt/sunday_special_report/0,135310.html *CIA terrorist on trial* By Andre Bagoo Sunday, February 6 2011 *AT A COURTROOM at El Paso, Texas, the trial of an ex-CIA agent last month commenced. Luis Posada Carriles, 82, who once escaped from a prison in Venezuela disguised as a

[LAAMN] Fiber Optics Arrive to Cuba

2011-02-08 Thread Cort Greene
*- Havana Times.org - http://www.havanatimes.org -* *Fiber Optics Arrive to Cuba* Posted By *Havana Times* On February 8, 2011 @ 5:04 pm In *Business Economy,Recent Posts,Updates* | *No Commentshttp://www.havanatimes.org/?p=37402print=1#comments_controls * The cable began to be laid on January

[LAAMN] 'Sheik al-Torture' is now a democrat

2011-02-08 Thread Romi Elnagar
'Sheik al-Torture' is now a democrat By Pepe Escobar

[LAAMN] 2/8 Egypt: As Expected, Obama Won't Calls For Immediate Resignation Of President Mubarak

2011-02-08 Thread Lee Siu Hin
Obama Administration Won't Endorse Calls For Immediate Resignation Of President Mubarak The Huffington Post - February 8, 2011 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/08/obama-egypt-mubarak_n_820103.html WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is urging Egyptian leaders to include more people

[LAAMN] Peoples' Justice Conference planning committee meeting Sat Feb 12, 2 PM, So Cal Lib, 6120 S Vermont, LA

2011-02-08 Thread Michael Novick
A planning meeting for a Peoples' Justice Conference in Los Angeles, focused on issues of police abuse/racial profiling, political prisoners/political repression, the prison industrial complex/mass incarceration, juvenile justice and opposition to the death penalty will take place on Saturday,