[LAAMN] AK Press author, Ward Churchill, embroiled in bitter controversy

2005-02-02 Thread Michael Novick
AK Press Author Under Attack After finding himself at the center of a media firestorm--and receiving a barrage of death threats--AK Press author, Ward Churchill, has stepped down from his position as Chair of the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of Colorado. Not satisfied with this,

[LAAMN] 2/2 Action Alert! ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION TO BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK

2005-02-02 Thread SIUHIN
ANTI-IMMIGRANT LEGISLATION TO BE VOTED ON NEXT WEEK! CONTACT YOUR CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES! From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) National Immigration Forum February 2, 2005 A vote on anti-immigrant legislation, introduced by House Judiciary Chairman James Sensenbren

[LAAMN] Tomorrow, Thursday! Defend Venezuela! Defend Hugo Chavez!

2005-02-02 Thread CISPES-LA
MOBILIZE TO DEFEND VENEZUELA! ALL ARE WELCOME! DEFEND HUGO CHAVEZ! ~ DEFEND VENEZUELA! DEFEND THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION OF VENEZUELA! A city-wide planning meeting will be held to organize a mass mobilization to support the people and the government of Venezuela.  All are welcome! This is a cr

[LAAMN] So, Exactly What's Changed, by Ariana Huffington

2005-02-02 Thread Ed Pearl
Los Angeles Times 2/02/05 Op Ed, by Arianna Huffungton Quick, before the conventional wisdom hardens, it needs to be said: The Iraqi election was not the second coming of the Constitutional Convention. The media have made it sound as if last Sunday was 1776, the fall of the Berlin Wall, Pragu

[LAAMN] L .A. INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER PRESENTS "OUTFOXED"

2005-02-02 Thread anna kunkin
PLEASE FORWARD TO YOUR LISTS! JOIN THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTER FOR A SCREENING OF THE DOCUMENTARY FILM "OUTFOXED". An examination of how media empires, led by Rupert Murdoch's Fox news, have been running a "race to the bottom" in television news. This film provides and in-depth look at Fo

[LAAMN] Deja Vu: Election in Vietnam in 1967 and Election in Iraq in 2004

2005-02-02 Thread Joan Sekler
>From Professor Peter Dreier at Occidental College regarding a NYTimes 1967 >article: U.S. Encouraged by Vietnam Vote : Officials Cite 83% Turnout Despite Vietcong Terror by Peter Grose, Special to the New York Times (9/4/1967: p. 2) WASHINGTON, Sept. 3-- United States officials were surpris

[LAAMN] Jesse Jackson/Greg Palast on Jim Crow in the Voting Booth

2005-02-02 Thread Ed Pearl
Hi. Here's an essay particularly appropriate not only for Black History Month but without question relevent to the election in Iraq. The betrayal goes beyond race when it comes to keeping power. Ed "This racial bend in vote spoilage is not unique to Ohio. A U.S. Civil Rights Commission i