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UCLA Palestine Solidarity Encampment Press Release
April 30, 2024 - The life-threatening assault we face tonight is nothing less than a horrifying, despicable act of terror. For over seven hours, zionist aggressors hurled gas canisters, sprayed pepper spray, and threw fireworks and bricks into our encampment. They broke our barriers repeatedly, clearly in an attempt to kill our community....
Posted: Wed, May 1, 2024 6:09am PDT
Escalation and Orientation
Let's strive to deepen the political horizons of this moment as much as the tactics....
Posted: Tue, Apr 30, 2024 4:29pm PDT
The Do-It-Yourself Occupation Guide 2024 Edition
Buildings are easier to defend than outdoor camps AND they can be more disruptive. For anyone ready to escalate for Gaza, check out this re-issue of a text that has been used in previous movements....
Posted: Mon, Apr 29, 2024 1:57am PDT
NLG Condemns Attacks on Gaza Solidarity Encampments
April 25th, 2024 - The National Lawyers Guild (NLG) unequivocally condemns the ongoing repression of pro-Palestinian activism taking place on university campuses across the country. The NLG is firm in its support for a free Palestine, and is against Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza and occupation of the West Bank. The violent and unprovoked attacks by police on student encampments at Columbia, Yale, NYU, University of Southern California, Emory, University of Texas, and other universities ex...
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 11:36pm PDT
Columbia Students File Civil Rights Complaint After NYPD Arrests, National Guard Threat
April 25, New York, NY – Today, Palestine Legal filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), demanding an investigation into Columbia University’s discriminatory treatment of Palestinian students and their allies, including by inviting NYPD officers in riot gear — for the first time in decades — to arrest over a hundred students peacefully protesting Israel’s genocide last week....
Posted: Thu, Apr 25, 2024 3:55pm PDT
Pro-Palestinian Campus Encampments Spread Nationwide Amid Mass Arrests at Columbia, NYU & Yale
April 23, 2024 - Palestinian solidarity protests and encampments are appearing on college campuses from Massachusetts to California to protest Israel’s attacks on Gaza and to call for divestment from Israeli apartheid....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 10:50am PDT
California Juneteenth U.S.C.T. remain "hidden figures" who served during the US Civil War
U.S.C.T - United States Colored Troops from the State of California remain "hidden figures" yet 1,918 served and countless U.S. Navy personnel. As we research our unique California Juneteenth Journey from Slavery to Freedom, those who paid the price is a good place to take a deep dive....
Posted: Sun, Mar 17, 2024 9:48pm PDT
LAVC Media Arts Department - Full-Time Phantom Professor
The Los Angeles Valley College Media Arts Department offers training in Cinema, Media Arts, Broadcasting, Journalism, or does it? News coverage raises questions about racketeering, fraud, fake degrees, fake credentials, etc . . . Now the problem may be broader than just Los Angeles Valley College....
Posted: Tue, Feb 13, 2024 9:51pm PST
LAVC Full-Time Faculty Running Off Students – Preventing Graduation
For nearly two decades Eric Swelstad, Department Chair of Los Angeles Valley College has used his position to run off students, sabotage their education and prevent graduation – all with the former Campus Omsbudsman Annie G Reed's collusion....
Posted: Mon, Feb 5, 2024 7:20pm PST
24th Annual, CA Rosa Parks Day - celebrating her birth and lifelong legacy of service
Auntie Rosie, born as World World I just getting started, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her profound life legacy continues to help shape the world.
As Patron Saint of the Women's Political Council of Montgomery, Alabama their long planned boycott changed global intermodal transportation systems, we call Transit Equity today....
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2024 9:36pm PST
Letter To NEA President and Officers On Palestine
NEA members are circulating a letter to the NEA president and officers on Palestine....
Posted: Sun, Dec 10, 2023 11:43am PST
2024 California Black History Month - Pan African Presence in Early California History
Pan Africans migrated to California in significant numbers. By 1790, they made up nearly 20 percent of California’s population, or one out of every five residents. More importantly, the concept of “race” had far less significance in California than in the United States. While European-born Spaniards controlled California society, Afro-Latinos and mestizos did manage to gain political and economic influence during the Spanish and Mexican periods of California history. African Cuban, Danish Je...
Posted: Sat, Dec 9, 2023 6:53pm PST
CA Congressional Delegation: 2024 Justice For Black Farmers Act - Kwanzaa 365
Our California Grown - Pan African Global Holiday has 7 principles, 7 symbols, for 7 days. Let's consider Kwanzaa 365 in the 2024 US Farm Bill - Matunda Ya Kwanzaa, First Fruits of the Harvest....
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2023 12:25am PST
25th Year, CA State Capitol Kwanzaa, reflecting upon Ancient Kush Ethiopian Empire
Together, we continue to lift up the creator of Kwanzaa, Dr. Maulana Karenga in a good way, while providing a solid path toward sharing new global agricultural opportunities rooted in wisdom from our Ancient Kushite Ethiopian Empire shared long ago by Drusilla Dunjee Houston, showcasing #Womanity, a positive new way forward upon the Ancient Lands of Califia....
Posted: Wed, Nov 29, 2023 3:07pm PST
Pro-Palestine Student Group in Florida Sues University System to Prevent Deactivation
University of Florida’s Students for Justice in Palestine is represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Florida, and Palestine Legal...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2023 11:23am PST
Open Letter to UPTE
Open letter to UPTE union leadership from UPTE member and candidate denouncing UPTE president Dan Russell for suppressing Resolution in Solidarity with Palestine and for not calling for a CEASEFIRE....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2023 5:40pm PST
DeSantis’ order to deactivate National SJP in Florida
Palestine Legal issued the following statement regarding DeSantis’ order to deactivate National SJP in Florida:...
Posted: Thu, Oct 26, 2023 2:03pm PDT
2023 Intenational Underground Railroad Month: 1854 Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar
Discover the 1854 Gold Mining District of Negro Hill, Mormon Island and Negro Bar as we featured this 2023 International Underground Railroad Month...
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2023 10:16am PDT
State of California recognizing our 2023 International Day for People of African Descent
The State of California is poised to join the efforts to elevate International Day for People of African Descent and utilize the influence from the 5th largest economy on earth to align... ``all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights and have the potential to contribute constructively to the development and well-being of their societies''....
Posted: Sun, Aug 20, 2023 9:53pm PDT
Breaking: CALTECH Hires LAVC Stalker as Labor Consultant
CalTech (California Institute of Technology) is a prestigious research institution in Pasadena, California. Like many larger institutions, CalTech has been embroiled in a series of legal issues. To combat them, Cal-Tech has employed a consultant who stalked and retaliated against student whistleblowers at Los Angeles Valley College....
Posted: Sat, Aug 19, 2023 5:51pm PDT