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Handicap This! November-December 2012
From the November-December 2012 issue of News & Letters Handicap This! by Suzanne Rose London, England—A disability campaigner who set up an e-petition to stop government benefit cuts has vowed to continue her fight, after gaining more than 62,000 signatures. … Continue reading
Homeless chalkers demand recognition
From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: Homeless chalkers demand recognition Los Angeles—On June 28, 75 people from the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN)—a Skid Row organization that agitates for the homeless—and Occupy LA demonstrated outside … Continue reading
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Tagged Central City Association, chalkers, Code Pink, Downtown Los Angeles, homelessness, LA Art Walk, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Community Action Network, New Downtown, Occupy LA, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Wall Street, Pershing Square, repression, Skid Row
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Study/discussion series: Global Crises, Global Rebellion, and the Needed Philosophy of Revolution
From the September-October 2012 issue of News & Letters: You’re invited to a nationwide series of five Marxist-Humanist discussions on: Global Crises, Global Rebellion, and the Needed Philosophy of Revolution Central to today’s reality is the worldwide capitalist economic crisis, … Continue reading
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Tagged Arab spring, Black masses as vanguard, California, Chicago, Detroit, dialectics, feminism, Great Depression, Hegelian dialectic, Karl Marx, Los Angeles, Marxist-Humanism, New York, News and Letters Committees, Oakland, philosophy of revolution, racism, revolution in permanence, San Francisco, sexism, structural economic crisis of capitalism, women's liberation
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Carlos Montes claims victory
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: Carlos Montes claims victory Los Angeles—Carlos Montes was targeted by the FBI and charged with six felony counts in 2011 for his long history of anti-war and Chicano rights activism since the 1970s. … Continue reading
Commemorating the Los Angeles Rebellion
From the July-August 2012 issue of News & Letters: Commemorating the Los Angeles Rebellion Los Angeles, Calif.—On April 28, people from the Black community, some from Occupy LA, and others gathered at the 71st and Normandie Ave. block party on the 20th … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Black, capitalism, Cease Fire Committee, Damien Williams, Florence and Normandie, Immigrant Rights, Keith Watson, LA Black Workers Center, LA-4-Plus Defense Committee, Latino, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Rebellion of 1992, Marxist-Humanism, Maxine Waters, Mollie Ball, poverty, Project Cry No More, racism, Reginald Denny, Rodney King, South Central Los Angeles, Unemployment, Watts Labor Community Action Center, Youth Justice Coalition
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Readers’ Views, January-February 2012 (part 2)
From the January-February issue of News & Letters: Readers’ Views (part 2) FROM FUKUSHIMA TO NEW YORK Shut Down Indian Point Now! is calling a press conference immediately prior to a New York State Assembly hearing to determine energy alternatives … Continue reading
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Tagged African Americans, Airport Workers Unidos, American Economic Association, Arab spring, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Civil rights movement, CLEAN Carwash, deportation, economic injustice, Frantz Fanon, Fukushima, Good Jobs L.A., ICE, Immigrant Rights, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Indian Point, Indian Point Energy Center, Iskra, Justice for Janitors, La Placita, labor unions, Latina, Latino, lgbtq, Los Angeles, Mexican immigrant workers, NATO/G-8 Summits, New York City, New York State Assembly, Nigel Gibson, North Africa, Occupy LA, Pambazuka, prisoners, Shut Down Indian Point Now!, Synapse Energy Economics, The Wretched of the Earth, U.S. Labor Against the War, U.S. military occupation of Iraq, U.S. Postal Service, United Service Workers West, We are the 99%
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Dockers, Occupy close Western ports
From the new January-February issue of News & Letters: Dockers, Occupy close Western ports Oakland, Calif.–Following a shutdown of the Oakland Port on Nov. 2, whose success took the port and city authorities by surprise, Occupy Oakland called another shutdown … Continue reading
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Tagged American Licorice strike, California Governor Jerry Brown, EGT, General strike, ILWU, International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Jean Quan, labor, Longview Washington longshoremen, Los Angeles, Los Angeles non-unionized truck drivers, National Occupy Day in Support of Prisoners, New York City, Oakland, Oakland California, Oakland Port, Occupy Anchorage, Occupy Denver, Occupy Houston, Occupy Long Beach, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Oakland feminist/Queer bloc, Occupy Portland, Occupy San Diego, Occupy Seattle, Occupy Wall Street, San Quentin prison, West Coast port shutdown, workers
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Occupy everywhere, the whole world is watching!
From the new November-December 2011 issue of News & Letters: Occupy everywhere, the whole world is watching! Occupy Oakland Oakland, Calif.–As part of the autonomous but connected “Occupy Wall Street” movement, we organized here on Oct. 10, a rainy Monday … Continue reading
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Tagged David Rovics, Iraq war, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Hall, Minnesota, Oakland California, Oakland Public Library, Occupy Duluth, Occupy Los Angeles, Occupy Memphis, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Movement, Occupy Oakland, Scott Olsen, Tahrir Squares, We are the 99%
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