Action for World Liberation Everyday! Join thousands in Los Angeles to let the world know that business cannot continue as usual. We demand a total change of priorities from the production of things to the caring for people and the environment. Join us in marches, nonviolent direct actions and events.
We are calling A national day of multi-ethnic unity with youth, labor, peace and justice communities in solidarity with immigrant workers and building new immigrant rights & civil rights movement!
Wear White T-Shirt, organize local actions to support immigrant worker rights!
1) No to anti-immigrant legislation, and the criminalization of the immigrant communities. 2) No to militarization of the border. 3) No to the immigrant detention and deportation. 4) No to the guest worker program. 5) No to employer sanction and "no match" letters. 6) Yes to a path to legalization without condition for undocumented immigrants NOW. 7) Yes to speedy family reunification. 8) Yes to civil rights and humane immigration law. 9) Yes to labor rights and living wages for all workers. 10) Yes to the education and LGBTQ immigrant legislation.
We encourages everyone to actively linking our issues with different struggles: wars in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine & Korea with sweatshops exploitation in Asia as well as in Los Angeles, New York; international arm sales and WTO, FTAA, NAFTA & CAFTA with AIDS, hunger, child labors and child solider; as well as multinational corporations and economic exploitation with racism and poverty at home¡ªin order we can win the struggle together at this MAy Day 2009!
This is a hate-free city: Minutemen founder declared persona non grata
Monday, April 20 2009 CLAREMONT, California-- Despite the right wing"s efforts at deception and obfuscation, pro-immigrant, pro-human rights, anti-racist, and community activists organized strong opposition to the arrival of anti-immigrant extremist Jim Gilchrist to our neighborhood. It was no coincidence that the speech was set to take place on April 20, the biggest "holiday" of the year for white supremacists.
ICE Raids Continue to Devastate Inland Empire Families
RIVERSIDE, February 7, 2009 - In urgent response to the rash of Border Patrol raids across the Inland Empire, community members convened at Riverside City Hall to express frustration with the agency"s family-devastating policies. Raids in the area have been increasing since December, when Border Patrol agents visited the San Bernardino Greyhound station, targeting holiday travelers. The demonstration comes in response to the January 29 Border Patrol raids on several day labor sites in the area.
March on Riverside Border Patrol Office: No more quotas, no more raids, no more deportations
On March 21, 2009, a peace march was held in Hollywood. The goal was to bring about the end of war on a global scale. It was a call for solidarity amongst all members of the left. I had seen the posters for months. By D-Day, I could almost hear the footsteps of the march that was going to stop the war in my head. There was no way I was going to miss this.
I spent the first twenty-four years of my life in my mother¡¯s basement in Philadelphia, spinning old records, decorating my room with upside-down American flags, and reading the Communist Manifesto. Most of my youth, I dreamed of attending a massive peace rally. At last I would be given my chance to run through the streets with blood on my face. I was ready to stop the war.
Santee Teachers Strike in South-Central Los Angeles
Teachers held a one hour strike at Santee Educational Complex in South-Central Los Angeles on Friday, March 27, 2009 in protest of budget cuts and a disproportionate number of pink slips received by faculty (55 at Santee alone!). Santee is a Mayor Villaraigosa Partnership School. Teachers called upon the Mayor to provide leadership and funds in the way Mayor Newsom has done recently for San Francisco schools. Full Report: Santee Teachers Strike March 27, 2009 [South-Central Los Angeles] by Jason Edwards | VIDEO
College Students March on State Capitol to Protest Budget Cuts
SACRAMENTO March 16, 2009 - Students and educators from public colleges all over the state converged on Sacramento on March 16th to demand that California fully fund higher education and not raise tuition. An estimated 6,000 students, teachers, administrators, and education workers converged on the State Capitol. They came to demand, ¡°Keep the doors open,¡± ¡°No budget cuts,¡± ¡°Bail out colleges, not banks,¡± ¡°Fund education, not war,¡± and ¡°Money for schools, not prisons.¡±
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We want to invite community, labor and human rights activists to use our system to upload your video at our site and launch your video activism campaign, and embed/link our video to your site!
News from Around The World:
In Wake of US Supreme Court Decision, Abu-Jamal"s Appeal Supporters Mobilize around New Book, Birthday
On April 6, the US Supreme Court rejected radical journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal"s appeal for a new guilt-phase trial. The Court has not yet decided whether it will consider the Philadelphia District Attorney"s appeal of two lower court rulings that Abu-Jamal deserves a new sentencing hearing if the death penalty is to be re-instated. This means that if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the DA, Abu-Jamal could be executed without a new sentencing hearing.
In response, Abu-Jamal"s lead attorney Robert R. Bryan will be filing a "petition for re-hearing" at the US Supreme Court. Emergency meetings have been held in several cities (1, 2) to coordinate grassroots response, and over 3000 people have signed an online petition in an effort coordinated by anti-death penalty activists from Germany. Photo from December 2008 protest in Pittsburgh, PA.
The rejected appeal (technically called a petition for a "writ of certiorari") was based primarily on the US Supreme Court"s 1986 "Batson v Kentucky" ruling which stated that a defendant deserves a new trial if it can be shown that the prosecutor used peremptory strikes to remove otherwise qualified jurors simply because of their race. At Abu-Jamal"s 1982 trial, prosecutor Joseph McGill used 10 or 11 of his 15 strikes to remove otherwise acceptable black jurors. He was subsequently convicted and sentenced to death in the shooting death of police officer Daniel Faulkner. Listen to Abu-Jamal"s own response, interviewed by Noelle Hanrahan of Prison Radio. More Coverage: KBOO Radio, Uprising Radio, and DN! | WBAI | Democracy Now
[United for Peace & Justice] The Obama administration has asked Congress for an additional $83.4 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan for FY2009. On the table, too, is a request for $130 billion to fund the wars in 2010. This, despite the fact that 6 in 10 Americans believe the war in Iraq was a mistake and growing numbers fear escalating war in Afghanistan.
United For Peace and Justice opposes this supplemental request and urges you to call your Representatives and Senators today and tell them that you, too, oppose the FY2009 Supplemental and you want them to stand with constituents who want to redirect our funds to reconstruction and aid, not war.
To reach the Washington switchboard, call 202-224-3121.
It is at least 10 times greater than most estimates cited in the US media, yet it is based on the only scientifically valid study of violent Iraqi deaths caused by the U.S.-led invasion of March 2003. >> Read More
12/19: MUMIA ABU-JAMAL FACES US SUPREME COURT, AS SUPPORTERS MOBILIZE GLOBALLY
2008-12-23
On Friday, Dec. 19, 2008, death-row journalist Mumia Abu-Jamal filed his appeal to the US Supreme Court, asking it to consider his case for a new guilt-phase trial. One month before, the Philadelphia DA filed its separate appeal to the court asking to have Abu-Jamal executed without a new sentencing-phase trial....>> View More
12/21: AP STUDY FINDS $1.6B WENT TO BAILED-OUT BANK EXECS (TWO ARTICLES)
2008-12-21
Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals. Also, according to New York Times, E. Stanley O¡¯Neal, the former chief executive of Merrill Lynch, was paid $46 million in 2006, $18.5 million of it in cash....>> View More
Please join us as we: Reflect on last year's challenges and successes and discuss future plans, Provide a space for learning and technical assistance regarding immigrant issues, Build a shared vision for the immigrant rights movement in 2008!>> View More
9/8: CLEAN TRUCKS ALERT: ATTEND A CLEAN TRUCKS COMMUNITY EVENT
2007-09-06
Right now, Long Beach and Los Angeles officials are drafting what they're calling a "Clean Trucks Program" -- and which will claim to replace the 16,000 dirty diesel trucks at the Ports of L.A. and Long Beach with cleaner vehicles....>> View More
8/29: REMEMBERING KATRINA, RE-COMMITTING TO JUSTICE
2007-08-30
Today, August 29th, is the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Today there are still tens of thousands of families without homes. 30,000 families are scattered across the country in FEMA apartments, 13,000 are in trailers, and hardly any of the 77,000 rental units destroyed in New Orleans have been rebuilt.>> View More
8/26: ACTION NEEDED TO STRENGHTEN FARM BILL ANTI-HUNGER PROGRAMS
2007-08-27
Tell the Senators to vote in favor of a Farm Bill that reduces hunger by strengthening anti-hunger programs. Be sure and tell them why you think so.>> View More
The Governor is in the process of his final review of the state budget proposal, which includes $5million for the Naturalization Services Program (NSP). This vital program provides funds to local governments and community based groups to help immigrants through the naturalization process. Governor Schwarzenegger needs to hear from us now to protect and maintain this important program in the budget. >> View More
8/23: TELL BUSH TO SUPPORT CALIFORNIA'S UNINSURED KIDS
2007-08-23
In a callous and deliberate attempt to stop states from expanding the popular and successful Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), the Bush administration issued new standards to state health officials last week that would make it impossible for California to extend coverage to deserving kids.>> View More
3/29: CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES STRIKE SCHEDULE FOR WEEK OF APRIL 9-13
2007-03-29
Cal State Los Angeles, CSU Sacramento, CSU San Marcos, CSU Dominguez Hills, CSU East Bay, and the California Maritime Academy Would be First Campuses Where Faculty Will Strike.>> View More
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March 21st Hollywood Peace March (or) The Revolution Will Not Be Organized
Santee Teachers Strike in South-Central Los Angeles 
College Students March on State Capitol to Protest Budget Cuts
On April 6, the US Supreme Court rejected radical journalist and former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal"s appeal for a new guilt-phase trial. The Court has not yet decided whether it will consider the Philadelphia District Attorney"s appeal of two lower court rulings that Abu-Jamal deserves a new sentencing hearing if the death penalty is to be re-instated. This means that if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the DA, Abu-Jamal could be executed without a new sentencing hearing.
