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RaidWatch: Update on THC Raid
Earlier today, the DEA blazed into the doors of THC on Ventura street
in full riot gear wielding shotguns, purportedly as part of an
"unrelated criminal investigation."...
Posted: Thu, Dec 14, 2006 10:40pm PST
Documenting Baggage (video/quicktime 4.1MB)
On November 24th, 2006, I traveled to the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California, to observe and document how people were spending their time on “the busiest shopping day of the year,” the day after Thanksgiving. To narrow down the focus of my documentary, I decided to use photos of people and the bag or bags that they were carrying. The bag a person carries can lead to many assumptions about the person carrying the bag. In some cases, the owner of the bag may not be the person who ...
Posted: Wed, Dec 13, 2006 3:52am PST
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #464 (long version)
1. DRUG REFORM AND THE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS: WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN?
Will Democratic control of the Congress mean significant drug
reform progress next year? Drug reformers certainly hope so, but
the prospects are uncertain.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/464/drug_reform_democratic_congress_what_will_happen...
Posted: Fri, Dec 8, 2006 9:48pm PST
INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL IN DEFENSE OF RAZA this Saturday in San Diego
International Tribunal... which will put U.S. Capitalism and Imperialism on trial for the violation of the democratic, national, and human rights of the Mexicano-Raza communities living within the current political borders of the United States....
Posted: Fri, Dec 8, 2006 8:49pm PST
Gibson's Film is Far from a Tribute to the Mayas
Review written on Mel Gibson's "Apocalypto" from a Native woman's perspective....
Posted: Tue, Dec 5, 2006 10:35pm PST
Battery Bunnies
Media reports indicate the consumption of rabbit meat is on the rise. What is behind this disturbing trend -- and what can activists do about it?...
Posted: Mon, Dec 4, 2006 8:18pm PST
Palm Desert: Cannahelp Raided- Meetings to Protest It
This despicable raid will
be one of the major topics at our meeting this
Sunday, Dec. 3 at the Cathedral City Library. here is also the High Desert meeting at the
Joshua Tree Community Center, 6171 Sunburst Ave.
on Wednesday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m...
Posted: Sat, Dec 2, 2006 12:19pm PST
NLG on Tasers and UCLA Cops
November 29, 2006
THE NATIONAL LAWYERS GUILD CALLS FOR AN INDEPENDENT INVESTIGATION INTO THE USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE BY UCLA POLICE OFFICERS...
Posted: Wed, Nov 29, 2006 5:43pm PST
The Reich Gains Another Judge--Mark Mandio appointed to the bench
Following a cover-up of an attempted murder, Assistant D.A. Mark Mandio is awarded with an appointment to Judge of the Riverside Superior Court....
Posted: Fri, Nov 24, 2006 11:13am PST
PAHAYAG NG PESANTE SA PAGHUHUKOM SA KASO NI NICOLE
“Walang Pinakamahalaga sa isang Bansa kundi ang Kalayaan” Ito ang pahayag ni Ho Chi Minh na nagging gabay ng lahat ng makabayang Byetnames sa kanilang pakikibaka laban sa mananakop na Pranses at Amerikano. “ Aling pag-ibig pa ang hiigit kaya, sa pagkadalisay at pagkadakila, gaya ng pag-ibig sa sa sariling lupa, anung pag-ibig pa, wala na nga, wala.” Ito naman ang tula ni Andres Bonifacio na hanggang ngayon ay gumagabay sa mga makabayang Pilipino upang ipaglaban ang soberanya ng ating bayan. N...
Posted: Wed, Nov 22, 2006 3:48pm PST
California: UCLA student victim of police brutality
On November 14, police at the University of California’s Los Angeles (UCLA) campus brutally assaulted a student with a Taser stun gun as he was leaving the library....
Posted: Tue, Nov 21, 2006 7:54am PST
UCLA Police Repeatedly Taser Handcuffed Student For Refusal to Show ID, University Orders Outside Probe
Officials at the University of California in Los Angeles are launching an independent investigation into campus police officers' repeated shocking of an Iranian-American student with a Taser stun gun. The student was handcuffed the entire time. The incident was captured on video has and sparked outrage across his campus and the country....
Posted: Mon, Nov 20, 2006 7:00am PST
Brad Will ahogado debajo de las alas del Diablo
Brad R. Will opened to the sewer of Mexican justice with the aid of Guillermo Ruiz Avelino,
the doctor who assisted it in his death. Brad journalist of Indymedia NY was assassinated
again. The government of Ulises Ruiz invented a second firing with a purpose of blaming
the Popular Assembly of the Towns of Oaxaca (APPO)....
Posted: Sun, Nov 19, 2006 6:17pm PST
UCLA Taser Incident, LA's Cowboy Cops, Sherman Austin, and Copwatch LA
“We have tried civilian review boards, we have tried going to City Hall and going to the police and all we have seen is more brutality,” said Sherman Austin, 23. For backstory on Sherman Austin of Raisethefist.com, see http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2004/07/16/22932.php and http://tinyurl.com/ycl94p....
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 12:23pm PST
Students arrested for blocking UC nuclear labs
Six UC students and three community members were forcefully dragged from the UC Regents board meeting on Thursday by police after they informed the Regents that they would not allow the board to convene its DOE lab oversight committee, the Regents’ body in charge of UC’s nuclear weapons research, design, and manufacturing labs in Los Alamos, New Mexico and Livermore, California....
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 11:35am PST
Endangered Whales and Sea Turtles off California and Oregon Remain Protected
Whale and Turtle Killing Drift Gillnet Fishery Blocked for 2006; but Bush Administration Proposes to Bring Deadly Driftnets to Oregon and California in 2007...
Posted: Fri, Nov 17, 2006 10:43am PST
Close the SOA! This weekend: Converge on Fort Benning, Georgia
November 17-19, 2006: Vigil and Nonviolent Direct Action to Close the SOA!...
Posted: Thu, Nov 16, 2006 4:18pm PST
Remembering Pamela Sakuda (San Diego Patient)
It is with deep sadness that we note the passing of medical cannabis patient
Pam Sakuda, after a long battle with cancer. We will all miss her greatly....
Posted: Wed, Nov 15, 2006 3:32pm PST
San Diego Response Plan
SD ASA Chapter will meet to plan the details of
the local response to the San Diego, San Bernandino and Merced lawsuit
against the State's medical marijuana ID program hearing which will take
place Thursday, November 16 at 1:30pm....
Posted: Tue, Nov 14, 2006 1:10pm PST
THE VETERANS DAY PARADE IN HFT : JUSTICE FOR VETERANS, FULL RIGHTS FOR ALL IMMIGRANT
With the slogan" “”Family Reunification and Veterans Equity, Now! , Filipino Americans in Los Angeles are all set for the 6th PCORE/ JFAV Annual Veterans Day. The Annual Veterans Day Parade and Community Health Fair in Historic Filipino town in Los Angeles will be held on Saturday, November 11, 2005 from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm.The event will start with the unveiling of the Filipino World War II Memorial Monument at the Lake Street Park 227 N. Lake St. at 9:00 in the morning. The memorial monument...
Posted: Fri, Nov 10, 2006 10:22am PST