[LAAMN] Join the Party for Socialism and Liberation!

2008-10-08 Thread Chris Ellis
The antidote to neo-liberal crisis/disaster capitalism is here-the Party for Socialism and Liberation! For more info visit http://www.socialismandliberation.org/ To further support Economic Democracy, learn about worker-owned cooperatives: http://www.prout.org/ -- Powered By Outblaze

[LAAMN] Fw: Worldwide boycott of Coca Cola in support of Venezuelan workers

2008-02-14 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute worldwide: In Venezuela and elswhere in Latin America, Coca Cola(we obviously know how they got the first half of their name, don't we?) is notorious for its often deadly repression of workers.: http://www.killercoke.org/ In Venezuela, workers sacked by the U.S. corporation

[LAAMN] Help Support Economic Democracy in Venezuela!

2008-01-23 Thread Chris Ellis
We can help support Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution at the grassroots level by supporting PROUT(Progressive Utilization Theory) organization as it assists Venezuelans hoping to form worker-owned cooperatives as a democratic alternative to U.S.-backed predatory corporate capitalism. Visit

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Cancel Haiti's Debt This Summer

2007-08-04 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely- Half-Hour for Haiti: Cancel Haiti’s Debt This Summer Update: First of all, I’d like to welcome everyone who has joined the Half-Hour for Haiti program over the last few weeks, especially all the folks who signed up at the U.S. Social Forum. We’ll look forward to

[LAAMN] Fare-free transit works! Study proves fares result in loss of ridership

2007-07-29 Thread Chris Ellis
L.A. Bus Rider's Union please take note-new study shows that not only does raising fares actually put transit agencies in the red, they shouldn't be charging fares at all-Commerce already has eliminated them. MTA should eliminate fares entirely as well! Complete article follows:

[LAAMN] Daily newspapers lie-don't buy them

2007-06-07 Thread Chris Ellis
In addition to turning off T.V. lies, we must stop buying the lies of corporate newspapers. We must confront and oppose the pathological and chronic lies of the corporate media, we need to depend more on alternative sources of information to get the truth about what is happening in the world.

[LAAMN] Turn off TV lies

2007-06-05 Thread Chris Ellis
The media today is totally dominated by a few corporations that only allow us to hear and know what they want us to know. Freedom of expression does not exist in the corporate media. We the people effect how much control the corporate media has through ratings. Turning the T.V. off will send

[LAAMN] Christian Fundamentalism and American Empire

2007-06-01 Thread Chris Ellis
Christian Dominionists are behind PNAC, neo-liberal globalization and U.S. desires for world domination. http://www.worldproutassembly.org/archives/2006/09/christian_funda.html = Dog Clothing Accessories Pawnique offers dog clothing, collars, beds and more.

[LAAMN] And God said:Let There be Markets.

2007-05-26 Thread Chris Ellis
No need to speculate any further about who is behind the New World Order, otherwise known as neo-liberal capitalist globalizarion. Rather than blaming Jewish bankers or some phantom Illuminati, it is clear that the parties responsible for the present global pillage and plunder are U.S. based

[LAAMN] Global Afrikan Congress Calls for International Reparations for Slavery

2007-05-18 Thread Chris Ellis
The Global Afrikan Congress is leading the way for international pressure on the U.S. and other nations that participated in slavery and the slave trade to repay the descendents of slavery and their home nations to the best of their ability with Reparations.:

Re: [LAAMN] Everything you need to know about the Three Stooges of Corporate Folly

2007-05-15 Thread Chris Ellis
The Three Stooges of Corporate Folly are the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Everything we need to know about them can be found here: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/IMF_WB/IMF_WB.html Their ideological backers in the U.S.:

[LAAMN] Everything you need to know about the Three Stooges of Corporate Folly

2007-05-14 Thread Chris Ellis
The Three Stooges of Corporate Folly are the World Trade Organization, International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Everything we need to know about them can be found here: http://www.thirdworldtraveler.com/IMF_WB/IMF_WB/.html Their ideological backers in the U.S.:

[LAAMN] Boycott World Bank Bonds

2007-05-11 Thread Chris Ellis
The World Bank along with its international partner in crime, the IMF, is nothing but an international loan shark. The problem with Paul Wolfowitz right now is extremely minor compared with the pillage and plunder this criminal institution brings to its victims-billions of innocents in other

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Justice for Slain Journalists

2007-05-06 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely and inform Amnesty International about the flaws in its report and to please correct them: May 4, 2007 Half-Hour for Haiti: Justice for Slain Journalists Update: No good news on political prisoners this week like the last two, but we are still working. Rep.

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Celebrate, then Write

2007-04-22 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: April 19, 2007 Half-Hour for Haiti: Celebrate, then Write Update: Thanks to everyone who wrote and called last week in support of Temporary Protective Status for Haitians in the U.S. Six more legislators have signed on as co-sponsors in the last week, for a total of

[LAAMN] Democracy at work: Worker owned co-ops

2007-04-17 Thread Chris Ellis
This is how We the People can build economic Democracy from the ground up by following the example being set in Venezuela: form worker owned co-ops! Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Venezuela's Cooperative Revolution-the Hidden Story

[LAAMN] Chavez in Haiti-Hugo Chavez's March12 visit to Haiti an eye opener

2007-04-13 Thread Chris Ellis
President of Venezuela Hugo Chavez visited Haiti on March 12 during his tour of Latin America and the Carribean which he conducted to counter Bush's propaganda tour of the same region to promote the FTAA(Free Trade Area of the Americas) among other unwanted things. It was a dramatic display

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Organize a Haiti Solidarity Event

2007-02-03 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: January 31, 2007 Half-Hour for Haiti: Organize a Haiti Solidarity Event Update: Thanks to everyone who wrote to the U.S. Congress about the Haitian Protection Act of 2007. That bill is listed as having only 17 co-sponsors, I suspect it has not been completely

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: What Should A Billionaire Give, What Should You?

2006-12-20 Thread Chris Ellis
Happy Holidays-please distribute widely: December 19, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: What Should A Billionaire Give, What Should You? Update: CONODDH, the Coordination National des Organisations de Defense des Droits Humaines, a progressive human rights network, was launched in Haiti on December

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour fo r Haiti: Where i s René Civil's File?

2006-12-13 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: December 12, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Where is René Civil’s File? Update: We have some incremental good news this week. Nothing worthy of a celebration, but steps in the right direction. On debt relief, soon-to-be-powerful members of the U.S. House of

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Read Paul Farmer's Never Again?

2006-10-20 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: October 18, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Read Paul Farmer’s Never Again? Update: Some bad news first: political prisoner Rene Civil was formally charged last week, for car theft and for illegal weapons possession. As we discussed in our August 31 alert, the charges

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Voting for Hope in Haiti

2006-08-24 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: August 23, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Voting for Hope in Haiti Update: On August 17, former political prisoners Annette Auguste (So Ann), Georges Honoré, Yvon Antoine (Zap Zap) and Paul Raymond gave an inspiring press conference in Haiti. Despite all the injustice

[LAAMN] Fd: Time to Celebrate! Annette Auguste Released!

2006-08-15 Thread Chris Ellis
Annette Auguste(So-Anne) finally is free! Many thanks to all who helped! Please distribute widely: August 15, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Annette Auguste Released! Update: It worked! Annette Auguste, who has spent the last 826 nights sleeping in a prison cell, will spend tonight home with

[LAAMN] Fd: Insist on a Fair Trial for Annette Auguste and Her Co-Defendants

2006-08-09 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: August 8, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Insist on a Fair Trial for Annette Auguste and Her Co-Defendants Update: Some good news in the case of Annette Auguste and the five other defendants charged in connection with the December 2003 events at the State University:

[LAAMN] Fd: Ask President Preval To Ensure Justice For Political Prisoners

2006-07-20 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: July 18, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Ask President Preval To Ensure Justice For Political Prisoners Update: We do have some good news this week: Political prisoner Jacques Mathelier was released on Thursday, July 13, after being acquitted at trial. Mathelier, the

[LAAMN] Haiti'a Grassroots Activists Persecuted by Justice System

2006-06-17 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely: Latest news from Haiti-grassroots activists are persecutued by a Haitian justice system hi-jacted by the U.S. coup/occupation of February 2004: http://www.haitiaction.com/News/IJDH/6_14_6/6_14_6.html -- ___ Graffiti.net free

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Free Political Prisoners By Constitution Day

2006-03-25 Thread Chris Ellis
From: Brian Concannon, Director-Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti Please distribute widely: March 21, 2006 Half-Hour for Haiti: Free Political Prisoners By Constitution Day Several groups in Haiti and abroad are calling for the release of all of Haiti’s political

[LAAMN] Invitation to attend International Tribunal on Haiti

2006-02-22 Thread Chris Ellis
The International Tribunal on Haiti will be held in Miami, Florida on March 11, 2006. Former political prisoner Father Gerard Jean-Juste will be testifying as a witness. The Tribunal is gathering evidence of crimes against humanity committed by troops from the U.S., France, Canada and U.N.

[LAAMN] Fd: Fr. Gerry Finally Released!

2006-01-30 Thread Chris Ellis
- Original Message - From Brian Concannon, Director-Institute for Justice Democracy in Haiti-please distribute widely! Fr. Gerry Released! January 29, Noon ET We have great news: Political prisoner Fr. Gerard-Jean-Juste, “Fr. Gerry” is right now on a plane in the air from

[LAAMN] Father Jean-Juste in critical medical condition-he needs to be released immediately!

2005-12-10 Thread Chris Ellis
Please distribute widely-the link below contains information on the medical emergency for Father Jean-Juste who is being illegally held by the U.S. puppet regime in Haiti. He needs to be released and given immediate medical treatment!: http://www.ijdh.org/Med%20report%2012-05.doc --

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: MINUSTAH Attacks in Cite Soleil

2005-12-02 Thread Chris Ellis
From Brian Concannon, Director-Institute for Justice and Democracy in Haiti Please distribute widely- MINUSTAH at it again! November 29, 2005 Half-Hour for Haiti: MINUSTAH Attacks in Cite Soleil Thank you to everyone who signed the Petition asking the U.S. Catholic Bishops to support

[LAAMN] Fd: Half-Hour for Haiti: Protest Illegal Arrest By UN Police

2005-11-16 Thread Chris Ellis
From Brian Concannon Jr., Director Institute for Justice Democracy in Haiti Please distribute widely November 15, 2005 Half-Hour for Haiti: Protest Illegal Arrest By UN Police Sorry we missed the alert last Tuesday- we are in the midst of 5 weeks of busy travel. This week is one of

[LAAMN] BOYCOTT Get Rich or Die Tryin!

2005-11-07 Thread Chris Ellis
The Black Community should boycott the film from thug rapper 50Cent(that ain't worth one)! Thug crappers like him disrespect the Black Community by promoting Black on Black violence and misogyny! Don't he know the KKK and nazi thugs applaud this? Don't he know he's catering to white supremacy?

[LAAMN] Renewed Call for U.N. Human Rights Commission to monitor Haitian police and U.N. troops

2005-08-21 Thread Chris Ellis
This is a re-post of an earlier call for the U.N. Human Rights Commission of Geneva, Switzerland to send observers to Haiti to monitor and document the actions of Haitian police and U.N. occupation troops. It appears that they may be planning an even worse mass murder than that

[LAAMN] Please sign petition to Free Annette Auguste Political Prisoner in Haiti

2005-08-11 Thread Chris Ellis
On May 10, 2004 U.S. Marines assaulted the home of Haitian folk singer and activist Annette Auguste(So Anne) with grenades and plastic explosives. No actual charges have been filed. More follows: http://www.haitiaction.org/News/SK/7_6_5.html Please sign petition calling for her freedom:

[LAAMN] Respect and Protect the Black Woman-Boycott Hustle and Flow!

2005-07-26 Thread Chris Ellis
What has gotten into John Singleton? Why has he produced a movie that perpetuates White America's stereotypes of both Black Men and Black Women? The worst thing about Hustle and Flow is, that it is riddled with misogyny against Black Women. This is as disgusting as the current degredation of

[LAAMN] Call for U.N. Human Rights Commission to monitor Haitian police and U.N. troops

2005-06-15 Thread Chris Ellis
I have sent a request to the U.N. Commission on Human Rights on behalf of an organization of which I am a member, the Human Rights Defence League, requesting the CHR to send observers to Haiti to monitor the conduct of Haitian police and U.N. troops concerning their

[LAAMN] Paul Wolfowitz and the World Bank

2005-03-21 Thread Chris Ellis
The World Bank along with its partner in crime, the IMF are already notorious for their extortion of nations around to the world into accepting U.S. style free market policies through draconian structural adjustment and privatization policies imposed in exchange for accepting economic aid from