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Alternative Outlook Radio :: Episode 14 (audio/mpeg 54.9MB) Alternative Outlook Radio is a radical news and information radio program & podcast that brings you the latest in arts, activism, intellectual discourse, militant resistance, and beyond! Also, Alternative Outlook Radio is a collective media project, which means we depend on AND want citizen journalists and activists to appear and produce segments for this show on a rolling basis. Please email james@alternativeoutlook.org if interested....
Posted: Sun, Jun 22, 2014 1:23pm PDT
The law was struck down prohibiting people from living in vehicles in Los Angeles In the case Desertrain v. City of Los Angeles, the court sent a strong message all across the nation that cities cannot end homelessness, by making homelessness illegal with egregious city laws that essentially make it impossible for homeless people to survive by staying in their vehicles!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 20, 2014 11:59pm PDT
Call for Artists - Highway 2 - The journey and the destination 
Open call for artists focuses on the Angeles National Forest and Angeles Crest Highway, the fifty mile, two lane stretch of asphalt that connects people to land....
Posted: Fri, Jun 20, 2014 12:31pm PDT
Africans in America Juneteenth Myth or Reality ~ 149th Anniversary 
Kick-off for the California Sesquicentennial Juneteenth Celebrations begin with a formal request for an official cultural resource study (1840 - 1865 ) The myth or reality of enslavement of people of African ancestry and the participation of people of African ancestry from California in the bloody battles of the US Civil War remains an open secret. Stockton, California is sister city to Asaba, Nigeria and a fitting place to begin a global conversation....
Posted: Tue, Jun 17, 2014 10:15am PDT
Wildlife Groups and Sportsmen Petition Feds to End Lead Ammunition on Public Lands Animal protection and wildlife conservation groups, along with individual hunters and sportsmen, have petitioned the Department of the Interior to require the use of non-lead ammunition when discharging a firearm on the more than 160 million acres of federal lands managed by the National Park Service and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Each year, an estimated 10 to 20 million birds and other animals die from lead poisoning, either by ingesting lead shot or fragments directly or by feedin...
Posted: Fri, Jun 13, 2014 5:58pm PDT
Oil Companies Used 45 Million Pounds of Air Toxic Chemicals in LA Area Over Past Year 
LOS ANGELES— Oil companies over the past year used more than 45 million pounds of dangerous chemicals in Los Angeles and Orange counties that have a history of escaping into the air and posing serious health risks to people, according to a new analysis (see PDF). The data analysis examined “air toxic” chemicals used in selected oil and gas extraction methods monitored by the South Coast Air Quality Management District....
Posted: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 5:22pm PDT
Coastal Commission Urged to Consider Offshore Fracking's Threat to Huntington Beach HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif.— As the California Coastal Commission meets in Huntington Beach today, hazmat suit-wearing protesters with the Center for Biological Diversity and Food & Water Watch will urge commissioners to consider the threat fracking poses to the local environment because of the hundreds of active oil wells in the city’s coastal zone. The protest starts at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday outside Huntington Beach City Hall, 2000 Main Street....
Posted: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 12:42pm PDT
California’s Top-Two Primary Eliminates Third-Party Rivals 
By eliminating party primaries, Top Two increased the cost of running for office – and the need for early big money – for candidates from all parties. Candidates now have to campaign to the entire electorate in June as well as in November (assuming they manage to reach the general election). That means the role of money in California politics has only increased as a result of Top Two, making it even easier for “the 1%” to buy elections....
Posted: Tue, Jun 10, 2014 9:52am PDT
Save the Sespe Petition Draws 2,000 Supporters 
A controversial proposal to frack the Sespe wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest sparked a massive petition effort by local residents concerned about high-risk oil and gas drilling near the federally-protected wilderness area....
Posted: Thu, Jun 5, 2014 11:11am PDT
Proposed Fracking in California Condor Habitat Draws Protest 
GOLETA, Calif.— An oil industry proposal to drill and frack eight new wells and construct thousands of feet of new pipelines in the middle of Los Padres National Forest threatens the California condor and would generate fracking pollution dangerous to human health, two environmental groups said in a letter sent today to forest officials and the federal Bureau of Land Management (see PDF)....
Posted: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 7:17pm PDT
Obama Administration Agrees to Stronger Protections for Salmon From Pesticides A coalition of advocates for alternatives to pesticides, conservation organizations, and fishing groups have reached a significant agreement with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The agreement restores reasonable no-spray buffer zones to protect salmon and steelhead from five broad-spectrum insect killers – diazinon, chlorpyrifos, malathion, carbaryl, and methomyl....
Posted: Wed, Jun 4, 2014 4:48pm PDT
Cows, Rice Fields and Big Agriculture Consume Well Over 90% of California's Water 
Low-flow showerheads help save much less water than people think. Most people shower once a day and use an average of 14 gallons of water. You could save more water by reducing your beef intake by one pound than by not showering for six months!...
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2014 12:40pm PDT
Attack on Zaptista School in La Realidad: Protest at Consulado de México en San Diego 
On May 2, bad government sponsored paramilitaries attacked the Zapatista school and clinic in La Realidad, killing Maestro Galeano and injuring 15 others. Following a call for events and actions in the week May 18-24, a protest was held at the Mexican Consulate on Thursday, May 22. Photos and a 6 minute video from the event are attached. An event honoring Maestro Galeano will take place on Saturday, May 24 3-5pm at Chicano Park - flyer attached....
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2014 2:04pm PDT
Why the Green Party Opposes Proposition 42 "The Green Party is concerned that Governor Brown and the state legislature are using various tactics - like Propositions 30 and 42, as well as the termination of redevelopment agencies without backfilling funding for cities to meet their housing element mandates - to create the illusion that the state is fiscally sound, and its structural deficit has been addressed. In reality, the state too often shifts the burden for its responsibilities to local government, without ensuring funding for th...
Posted: Fri, May 23, 2014 11:21am PDT
PETA Buys Stock in Pharmaceutical Firm Arrowhead, Calls for Ban on Chimpanzee Experiments Pasadena, Calif. – PETA wants Pasadena-based pharmaceutical company Arrowhead Research to join Merck, GlaxoSmithKline, Novo Nordisk, and other drug companies by pledging not to conduct, commission, or fund cruel experiments on chimpanzees and is taking its campaign to the boardroom....
Posted: Fri, May 16, 2014 3:16pm PDT
May Day marches around the United States 
In recent years International Worker's Day, which originated in the United States, has been revived as a day of militant working class protest in this country. Following are reports from the streets from Liberation News reporters. (Photo: Washington, D.C. May 1, photo by Immigrants and Refugee)...
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 4:24pm PDT
Global Warming Is Worsening Water Scarcity in California Los Angeles, CA -- On Tuesday, the U.S. Global Change Research Program published the third National Climate Assessment. The report found that nationally, average U.S. temperature has increased 1.5 degrees since 1895, and global warming is worsening water scarcity in California....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 4:09pm PDT
Santa Barbara Looks to Revamp New Desalination Plant, Residents Call for a Ban on Fracking As California continues to suffer through one of the worst droughts in recorded history, local cities like Santa Barbara are struggling to figure out how to keep clean water flowing to their residents. Santa Barbara and others are looking at desalination as a way to keep the water flowing in their cities....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 4:08pm PDT
US Congressman Cedric Richmond Introduces Bill to Reform Solitary Confinement 
Below is the full text of a statement published today, May 8 2014m, at Cedric Richmond's website. A PDF of the bill itself is included as an attachment....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 2:11pm PDT
Federal Court: West Hollywood Prohibition on Fur Sales Stands A federal court has upheld the City of West Hollywood’s municipal prohibition on the sale of animal fur apparel. Chief Judge George H. King wrote the opinion for the United States District Court for the Central District of California, dismissing a constitutional challenge filed by a retailer to the ordinance....
Posted: Tue, May 6, 2014 7:40pm PDT
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