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Whole Foods Market to Pull POM Wonderful Products Off Shelves Unnecessary Animal Cruelty Cited as Reason for Compassionate Decision...
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 7:00pm PST
Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) Year-End Report, 2006 The year 2006 was a fruitful and a meaningful year for Filipino World War II Veterans and their advocates.
The Justice for Filipino American Veterans (JFAV) started the year with a collective action and ended it with a Christmas celebration.
JFAV was formed in December 16, 1998 in Los Angeles. It took over from the December 7 Movement (D7M) that started the veterans movement gfor recogntion, justice and equity campaign with the first mass action infront of the Westwood Federal buildin...
Posted: Tue, Jan 16, 2007 11:02am PST
The AJLPP-USA Year End Report, 2006 The SolCom was able to gather more than 5,000 petitions, sent more than 2,000 signed postcards to the Europe, sold more than 500 books, issued thousands of postcards, hundreds of posters and buttons in its three years of action until AJLPP came into existence.
It is worthwhile to look back and retrace the steps the AJLPP has taken during the last year 2006 so it can look forward in this current year 2007. It is but fitting to move forward with greater zeal and determination to serve the F...
Posted: Sun, Jan 14, 2007 11:49pm PST
Orchestrated Mindanao bombings to push ATB The NDF condemns the recent bombings in key cities in Mindanao and highly suspects the war dogs of the Arroyo regime to be responsible for these atrocious acts....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 11:01pm PST
Orchestrated Mindanao bombings to push ATB The NDF condemns the recent bombings in key cities in Mindanao and highly suspects the war dogs of the Arroyo regime to be responsible for these atrocious acts....
Posted: Sat, Jan 13, 2007 5:49pm PST
On the US-Wide Anti-War Mobilization against the Bush “Iraq Troop Surge” The Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the Philippines (AJLPP) - USA, a member of the national steering committee of the International A.N.S.W.E.R., stands with the American people not only in opposing all unjust wars and racism being perpetrated by the imperialist system. For the Filipino American community, all imperialist wars are not patriotic crusades and a worthy cause to die for. We vehemently oppose Bush’s new policy of the “Iraq troop surge” or the Iraq alternative, for this is j...
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 3:15pm PST
Iraq vets,Cindy Sheehan, Chomsky tell Bush: Out of Iraq Now! Iraq Vets, Cindy Sheehan, Chomsky and others tell Bush:
U.S. Troops Out of Iraq Now!...
Posted: Thu, Jan 11, 2007 4:04am PST
Migrant workers spark debate in Asean meet The rights of Southeast Asia’s vast army of migrant workers are proving to be a source of dispute for regional nations looking to agree a labor deal this week, an official said Wednesday. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) plans to issue a declaration at its annual summit aimed at shoring up the rights and working conditions of the bloc’s migrant labor force....
Posted: Wed, Jan 10, 2007 3:00pm PST
Millions Struggling to Survive On Low Wages The 110th Congress is now in session and congressional leaders are expected to move on a broad range of critical matters that are a vital concern to the entire nation; topping the list is the Iraq War, the national debt, the balance of trade, affordable health care, immigration, solving the nation’s energy crisis, the environment, and minimum wage. Congress is expected to move quickly to raise the federal minimum wage from the present rate of $5.15 to $7.25 per hour by 2009; it will be the f...
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 7:58pm PST
AFP: Peace pact with MILF by April A peace agreement with the separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is expected early this year, Armed Forces chief Gen. Hermogenes Esperon Jr. disclosed yesterday. "A final peace agreement with the MILF would be signed by March or April," Esperon told a press conference held at the AFP Eastern Mindanao Command headquarters here. The contentious issues affecting the peace negotiations, particularly disputes over ancestral domain, are now being discussed by both panels, said Esperon, wh...
Posted: Tue, Jan 9, 2007 11:29am PST
Know Your Rights & Resist the Police State 
In a police encounter these rules will help protect your civil rights and improve your chances of driving or walking away safely. From here on out, we are talking about your legal "rights" guaranteed by law....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 12:10pm PST
US- RP Balikatan( Shoulder to Shoulder) War Exercises to resume in February The BALIKATAN (Shoulder to Shoulder) joint war exercises between Filipino and American troops will resume in February, an official of the US Embassy in Manila said Monday. "In February we will start again the Balikatan, US " Charges d'Affaires Paul Jones told reporters here after attending a military command conference presided over by President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Jolo, Sulu....
Posted: Mon, Jan 8, 2007 10:08am PST
POM Wonderful Vice-President Resigns Under Siege Animal Activists Applaud Her Decision to No Longer Advocate For Animal Abuse...
Posted: Thu, Jan 4, 2007 9:36am PST
Activist Clarity Through Law School Applications Applying to law school is not for the weak of heart...I find myself laboring through the applications' hard questions. These are big "life" questions, and trying to answer them, really does take one on a sort of inner spiritual journey. At this point, I would even recommend just trying to complete a law school application, for your own spiritual clarity, if you are an activist! To get more clarity and direction, a Raja Yoga, of sorts......
Posted: Tue, Jan 2, 2007 9:03am PST
EZLN, 2007: Plan de acción nacional e internacional Discurso del Comandante David del Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, sobre el plan de acción del EZLN en los ámbitos nacional e internacional...
Posted: Mon, Jan 1, 2007 4:02pm PST
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT: CRUELTY AND COST The recent execution of Angel Nieves Diaz in Jacksonville, Florida has outraged opponents of capital punishment nationwide due to the unusual length of time of the procedure and the apparent pain and suffering Angel Diaz appeared to experience. Stewart Alexander, with the Peace and Freedom Party, says, “The whole process of capital punishment is flawed and the PFP wants federal legislation to band capital punishment in all 50 states; too many mistakes have been made, it’s cruel and inhumane.”...
Posted: Sun, Dec 24, 2006 5:04pm PST
Long Beach Hate Crimes Trial Bares Juvenile Justice Flaws The ease with which prosecutors in many states can try juveniles as adults puts kids in a legal limbo and denies them fundamental legal rights. In Long Beach, Calif., a high-profile hate crimes trial is spotlighting the need for juvenile justice reform. New America Media Associate Editor Earl Ofari Hutchinson is author of "The Emerging Black GOP Majority" (Middle Passage Press, September 2006)....
Posted: Fri, Dec 22, 2006 6:59am PST
Justice Alert!! Demonstration in front of San Bernardino Courthouse Demonstration planned in front of Courthouse to protest "soylent green" operation--turning the elderly into cash for predatory lawyers and guardians....
Posted: Thu, Dec 21, 2006 1:03pm PST
Cliques Retard Growth Hippies get mad at my anarchist tendencies. Anarchists get angry at my feminist leanings. The feminists are angered by my class politics...I learned long ago that you cannot please everyone and that one clique is too restrictive for my character. And it appears the alternative to clique mentality is individualism. I would prefer to be an independent agent, moving freely where my interests lead me, than to restrict myself to one prescribed clique and its agenda. And I have yet to find one cliq...
Posted: Mon, Dec 18, 2006 8:41am PST
Pursuit of Happyness: The American Nightmare Portrayed As The American Dream A Movie Review of Pursuit of Happyness - Starring Will Smith...
Posted: Sun, Dec 17, 2006 12:31pm PST
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