[LAAMN] No Doubt: The Murder of Oscar Grant

2013-08-22 Thread Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Jared Ball of Free Mix Radio, author of I Mix What I Like, was kind enough to ask me to say a few words about my upcoming book. http://imixwhatilike.org/2013/08/21/thandisizwechimurenga/ https://www.facebook.com/No.Doubt.OG?ref=hl @OscarGrantCover [Non-text portions of this message have been

[LAAMN] LOS ANGELES: Tribute to the Martyrs Mobile History Tour: Sites of Struggle and Sacrifice

2013-08-12 Thread Thandisizwe Chimurenga
or Thandisizwe Chimurenga, 323.434.0737.* [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] --- LAAMN: Los Angeles Alternative Media Network

[LAAMN] How the Media Tried to Assassinate Christopher Dorner

2013-02-25 Thread Thandisizwe Chimurenga
*How the Media Tried to Assassinate Chris Dorner* *Claims of ‘Mental Illness’ are in the Mind of the Beholder* * * * * *Thandisizwe Chimurenga* *Los Angeles-Watts Times Newspaper* *February 21, 2013*** * * Christopher Jordan Dorner is dead but his words and actions will continue

[LAAMN] In Celebration of Francophone Africa and the French-speaking Diaspora!

2012-04-16 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* * * * * *SIGGI DIMANCHE RETURNS TO LEIMERT PARK * *FOR 5TH STRAIGHT YEAR* * * *Hon. Cynthia McKinney, Actors CCH Pounder, Lorraine Toussaint and Richard Gant, and UCLA Scholars Polly and Allen Roberts scheduled will present at the only celebration of Francophone

[LAAMN] If You Don't Know, You Better Ask Somebody ... Who Does

2012-03-28 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
http://www.cybergroundrr.com/2012/03/24/if-you-dont-know-you-better-ask-somebody-who-does/ -- *The Cyberground Railroad: **Black Los Angeles' News and Views Source | * *cybergroundrr.com, facebook.com/cybergroundrailroad, twitter.com/cybergrrr* [Non-text portions of this message have been

[LAAMN] Bitch Ass Niggers and Fucking Coons

2012-03-28 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Oscar Grant, Trayvon Martin, and the Protection of 'Police Murder' in Amerikkka http://www.cybergroundrr.com/2012/03/23/%E2%80%98bitch-ass-niggers%E2%80%99-and-%E2%80%98fucking-coons%E2%80%99/ -- *The Cyberground Railroad: **Black Los Angeles' News and Views Source | *

[LAAMN] HEY PACIFICA! HEY AMY! LA Times editorial, Mar 8 on Lynne Stewart + LYNNE STEWART UPDATE

2012-03-16 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Original Message Subject: Fw: HEY PACIFICA! HEY AMY! LA Times editorial, Mar 8 on Lynne Stewart + LYNNE STEWART UPDATE Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2012 11:51:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Ralph Poynter ralph.poyn...@yahoo.com ralph.poyn...@yahoo.com Reply-To: Ralph Poynter

[LAAMN] Why Is an Exonerated DR inmate Refused Employment w/anti-DP Organizations?

2011-12-25 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: nattyreb natty...@gmail.com Posted by: Bro. Lawrence Hayes - ghana_ha...@yahoo.com I have an issue to make public with respect to the integrity of the major anti death penalty organizations. I have been a staunch death penalty abolitionist for

[LAAMN] The US Defeat in Iraq and the Persistence of White Supremacy

2011-12-22 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
The US Defeat in Iraq and the Persistence of White Supremacy By Ajamu Baraka ** ** “Iraq was always a war of choice. As I never bought the argument that Saddam had nukes that had to be taken out, the decision to go to war stemmed, for me, from a different choice: Could we

[LAAMN] Volunteers Needed!

2011-12-09 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Volunteers needed for 3-hour shifts @ the US Human Rights Network National Conference, Friday Saturday and Sunday. The Radisson LAX Hotel, 6225 W. Century Blvd. Holla! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[LAAMN] The 2012 Elections: Human Rights Here, Human Rights Now!

2011-12-08 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
The 2012 Elections: Human Rights Here, Human Rights Now! As calls to pull the U.S. out of the United Nations – and to de-fund the 66-year old world body – grow louder, and as more xenophobic politicians emerge as “credible” Republican presidential candidates, it is clear that the November 2012

[LAAMN] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH AND RALLY

2011-12-01 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*** * * *HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MARCH AND RALLY* *US** Human Rights Network joins local organizations to denounce impact of * *Secure Communities deportations on immigrant communities* * * * * *CONTACTS:* *Manuel Criollo Opal Tometi* *323.243.9304

[LAAMN] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: SOLIDARITY STATEMENT WITH OCCUPY L.A. IN RESPONSE TO PENDING REMOVAL BY CITY OFFICIALS

2011-11-26 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ** * *November 26, 2011* * * *CONTACT:* *Kali Akuno, 510.593.3956 (Cell Phone)* *kak...@ushrnetwork.org* * * *STATEMENT IN SOLIDARITY * *WITH OCCUPY LOS ANGELES *

[LAAMN] Human Rights, the Occupy Movement, and Lessons from the Ella Baker Model of Organizing

2011-11-22 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
*Human Rights, the Occupy Movement, and Lessons from the Ella Baker Model of Organizing* The financial and economic collapse that began in 2007-2008 became the essential catalyst, domestically and internationally, for the rebellion against neo-liberalism that we are witnessing today.

[LAAMN] SEXUAL RIGHTS AND GENDER JUSTICE ON TAP FOR NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE

2011-11-17 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
* FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE* *November 18, 2011** * * U.S. Human Rights Network Holds National Conference in Los Angeles* *Contacts:* *Serena Garcia, 404.756.2680 * *ser...@sistersong.net * *Kali Akuno,

[LAAMN] Fwd: Human Rights and Racial Justice: The US Human Rights Network and Stuggle to Implement CERD

2011-11-09 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
*Please Spread Far and Wide!! * ** *“If there is no struggle, there is no progress. Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet deprecate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground. They want rain without the thunder or lightning. They want the ocean without the mighty roar of

[LAAMN] NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE COMES TO LOS ANGELES

2011-11-08 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: United States Human Rights Network ushrnme...@gmail.com Date: Tue, Nov 8, 2011 at 10:19 AM Subject: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONFERENCE COMES TO LOS ANGELES To: tchimure...@gmail.com *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

[LAAMN] Keepin' It Movin'

2011-02-18 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: Some of Us Are Brave someofusarebr...@gmail.com Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 1:30 AM Subject: Keepin' It Movin' To: tchimure...@gmail.com *BRAVE NOTES * from Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women's Radio Program *Vol. 1, No. 6** 2**.18.2011* **

[LAAMN] L.A. FILM SCREENING: Justice on Trial: Mumia Abu Jamal

2010-11-19 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Justice on Trial: Mumia Abu Jamal L.A. PREMIERE - ONE NIGHT ONLY! On Nov. 9 a Federal court in Philadelphia again took up the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, journalist, author and former member of the Black Panther Party currently on death row. The results of that hearing, which will determine if

[LAAMN] Fwd: Request for your sign-on to Drop the I-Word campaign

2010-09-29 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: Rebekah Spicuglia rspicug...@arc.org Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:19 AM Subject: Request for your sign-on to Drop the I-Word campaign To: Hello media friends, thanks again for coming out to Facing Race! Looking forward to reading your pieces -

[LAAMN] Federal Justice for Oscar Grant

2010-07-21 Thread Thandisizwe Chimurenga
Hello, I just asked Attorney General Eric Holder to bring federal charges against Johannes Mehserle. When State courts fall short in providing true justice, it is the duty of the Federal Government to intervene on our behalf. Join me in calling on Eric Holder and US District Attorney for

[LAAMN] LOS ANGELES: Justice for Dontaze Story

2008-12-01 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Police involved *SHOOTING *in your Neighborhood! Family and Friends are searching for *JUSTICE * in the *SHOOTING DEATH *of *DONTAZE STOREY* Stop the Violence On November 11, 2008 Dontaze Storey was shot by the LAPD at 3rd and New Hampshire. His family needs your help to STOP the

[LAAMN] Celebrate Zumbi and Mestre Pastinha!

2008-11-25 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: Black August Los Angeles [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 1:42 PM Subject: Celebrate Zumbi and Mestre Pastinha! To: *CAPOEIRA CELEBRATION -* Ngolo Arts Preservation Society is hosting an afternoon of conversation, music and capoeira in

[LAAMN] TODAY on Some of Us Are Brave ...

2008-11-20 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Thandisizwe Chimurenga, today on *Some of Us Are Brave!* 2:00 pm Pacific / 5:00 pm Eastern 90.7 FM in Los Angeles 98.7 FM in Santa Barbara Worldwide @ kpfk.org *//\\\///\\\///\\\ * PROPOSITION 8 AND THE BLACK VOTE – Pollsters, Pundits and the Press are all echoing the same line - 70

[LAAMN] 30 years of solitude

2008-11-09 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
* Breaking Free of the Cages that Isolate Us * * [image: chains] **S**HOW UP AND PRACTICE COMMUNITY!* * FILM SCREENING** **THE ANGOLA 3: THE BLACK PANTHERS AND THE LAST SLAVE PLANTATION **November 15, 2008 **Saturday 3-6 p.m* Discussion With *Robert King Wilkerson*, one of the original

[LAAMN] Putting a Mirror on Critical Resistance:

2008-09-23 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Critical Resistance's 10 year Anniversary conference/celebration is this weekend. = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Date: Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 12:19 AM Subject: [incitebayarea] Putting a Mirror on Critical Resistance: Former Oakland

[LAAMN] An open letter to Pacifica and its listeners

2008-08-30 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY ** An Open Letter to Pacifica and Its Listeners August 28, 2008 As a programmer, listener and staff member at KPFA, Pacifica's flagship station, I have to publicly denounce the national coverage that was forced upon our listenership during the DNC. It is our duty

[LAAMN] Fwd: Fw: Coalition LA Ballot Issues Analysis Meeting

2008-08-30 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
- Forwarded Message From: Coalition LA [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:34:29 PM Subject: Coalition LA Ballot Issues Analysis Meeting *NOVEMBER ELECTIONS* [image: WHEN: SEPTEMBER 5, 2008 WHERE: COALITION LA 2500 Wilshire Blvd. (corner

[LAAMN] Ali sentenced to four years in prison for attempted bribery

2008-08-19 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
By Richard Winton and Andrew Blankstein, Los Angeles Times Staff Writers 4:30 PM PDT, August 18, 2008 Activist Najee Ali, known as an outspoken critic of law enforcement, was sentenced to four years in state prison today after pleading guilty to trying to bribe a witness in his daughter's

[LAAMN] LDIRS in Health seeking applicants!

2008-08-12 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
**TIME SENSITIVE ANNOUNCEMENT** You are invited to apply for the next cycle of the LDIRs in Health Program! For over 16 years, Leadership Development in Interethnic Relations (LDIR) has supported social/economic justice work through leadership development training and inter-cultural

[LAAMN] Fwd: Special Vigil for Haiti Aug 12, Tuesday

2008-08-08 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
-- Forwarded message -- From: sidney [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 2:31 PM Subject: Special Vigil for Haiti Aug 12, Tuesday To: Nana Gyamfi [EMAIL PROTECTED], thandi chimurenga [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- *From:* Global Women's Strike/LA

[LAAMN] TODAY on Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women's Radio Program

2008-08-07 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Sistahs declared Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock; you have dislodged a boulder, you will be crushed! All that today on Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women's Radio Program, with host Thandisizwe Chimurenga. 2:00 pm Pacific / 5:00 pm Eastern KPFK 90.7 FM Los Angeles 98.7 FM

[LAAMN] Resistance Films Every Saturday in August @ the AFIBA Center

2008-08-05 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Black August Resistance 2008 Resistance Films Every Saturday in August at The AFIBA Center (Afrikan Firefighters in Benevolent Association) 5730 S. Crenshaw Blvd. near Slauson 7:00 pm sharp! *The point is not whether you have seen the films before; the point is to watch them with other Black

[LAAMN] Today on Some of Us Are Brave: A Black Women's Radio Program

2008-08-01 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
everywhere it shows. It's called This is The Life, and we'll chop it up and 'freestyle' about The Life with the director, Ava DuVernay, and sample some of that music. Thandisizwe Chimurenga will have all-a-dat and more today, on Some of Us Are Brave. TODAY 2:00 pm Pacific / 5:00 pm East

[LAAMN] CORRECTION: Re: Black August 2008

2008-07-23 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
CORRECTED COPY ... AUGUST 17TH @ 12 NOON INADVERTENTLY LEFT OUT ... *Black August **Los Angeles*** * * *Black August 2008 Calendar of Events* * * * * *Aug 1st, **Sunrise**:* Opening Ceremony Dockweiler Beach, Playa Del Rey *Aug 1st, 7p:* Opening Program So Calif Library, 6120

[LAAMN] “Outreach” or Alliance Building?

2008-07-21 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
by Michael Novick, *Anti-Racist Action-LA/People Against Racist Terror (ARA-LA/PART)* At the end of June, I participated in the Los Angeles Social Forum, an attempt to hold a unifying gathering of people from many different movements and organizations in Los Angeles (and other parts of

[LAAMN] KPFK elections ...

2007-12-06 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
just in case you haven't voted yet ... or like me, ain't got ya ballot yet ... = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = by way of Leslie Radford at radiojustice.net ... #1 Kahllid Al-Alim Here's a brave man who's spoken against racism across the country and experienced

[LAAMN] Re: my bad, my bad ...

2007-10-25 Thread thandisizwe chimurenga
Please read the email on the SF 8 speaking in Los Angeles ... Obviously, i didn't ... they're not speaking this Thursday, but on a Thursday next month ... Guess i got excited ... On 10/23/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Come meet Hank Jones and Ray Boudreaux, two the SF