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ACLU Responds to Reintroduction of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act
ACLU Responds to Reintroduction of George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, Calls on Congress to Address Police Brutality...
Posted: Thu, May 23, 2024 4:35pm PDT
The Problem of Policing: A Primer, Part II
How slave patrols shaped modern policing and sparked the prison-industrial complex....
Posted: Thu, May 23, 2024 5:28am PDT
A Palestinian state is being recognized by Spain, Norway, and Ireland
Have You Ever Noticed That The Mainstream Media Never Asks If The Palestinians Have A Right To Fight Back Against The Illegal Occupation Of Gaza Or The West Bank?...
Posted: Wed, May 22, 2024 11:54pm PDT
California Assembly Passes First-of-Its-Kind Bill to Improve Wildlife Connectivity
SACRAMENTO, May 20, 2024 — The California Assembly passed the Room to Roam Act today, bringing improved statewide wildlife connectivity closer to reality. Assembly Bill 1889 now awaits state Senate approval....
Posted: Wed, May 22, 2024 11:27am PDT
Israeli Accusations Against UNRWA Debunked as Gaza Needs Grow
In examining its role in Gaza since the October 7 invasion into Israel by Hamas and its aftermath, on May 20 a distinguished panel of experts at the Stimson Center, a Washington think tank, stressed both the agency’s importance and how it has responded to Israel’s continued accusations of being complicit with the terrorist organization....
Posted: Tue, May 21, 2024 6:02pm PDT
Pride and Palestine
The 41st Pride Parade in Long Beach was generally a joyous occasion. But naturally, amid the party atmosphere was serious subjects like AIDS prevention/treatment, parents supporting their LGBTQ offspring, Planned Parenthood, and sobriety. There was also sponsorship by local businesses such as Hamburger Mary's as well as corporations including Disneyland, Walmart, Boeing, Gelson's, and major banks. But attention was also drawn by to Palestine (apparently by unaffiliated activists). See video a...
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 6:55pm PDT
June is the Beginning of “Fur Farm Raiding Season”
Historically, June is the beginning of “fur farm raiding season”, when mink born in March mature to a state where they can be liberated into the wild....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:24pm PDT
Colorado to Reintroduce Wolverines
DENVER, Colo., May 20, 2024 — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis will sign into law today a bill to reintroduce wolverines to the state and allocate $750,000 from the Species Conservation Trust Fund for the task. Wolverines are native to Colorado but they were wiped out in the state in the early 1900s by trapping and poisoning....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 1:11pm PDT
President and Vice President 2023 tax returns are released recently
President Joe Biden Having Fun At Work....
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 3:50am PDT
Framing Palestine
Israeli paranoia is minimized or even excusable, an expression of timeless vulnerability and absolute victimhood, and has nothing to do with Zionism’s management of Jewish supremacy over the Palestinians. So, I am inclined to say the opposite. I do not believe that we will get very far unless we repeat the formula that “Zionism is a form of settler colonialism.”...
Posted: Mon, May 20, 2024 12:02am PDT
The Dead End of Liberal American Zionism
"Pro-Israel, Pro-Peace" is an oxymoron...
Posted: Sun, May 19, 2024 11:32pm PDT
REI Union Chicago Workers Walk Out on ULP Strike
REI UNION CHICAGO WORKERS WALK OUT ON ULP STRIKE & RALLY WITH LABOR GROUPS & CO-OP MEMBERS OUTSIDE LINCOLN PARK STORE DEMANDING THAT REI REACH A UNION CONTRACT BY END OF 2024 AMID COMPANY’S LARGEST ANNUAL SALE...
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2024 6:20pm PDT
76th Palestinian Nakba: Commemoration, Resistance, Liberation
Palestinian activists and their supporters rallied at the National Mall on a wet and dreary day in observance of the 76th anniversary of the Nakba — catastrophe, in Arabic — by announcing that their assembly’s goal was “More Than Commemoration” it was “Resistance Until Total Liberation.”...
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2024 6:16pm PDT
An Introduction to Anarchism in Myanmar
introduction with resources to anarchist activities and groups in Myanmar...
Posted: Sat, May 18, 2024 12:49pm PDT
Solidarity means attack. Fuck France, free Kanaky
By attacking France, we support not only Kanaky's struggle for freedom but also that of many other peoples, including other French colonies in the South Pacific and Caribbean...
Posted: Fri, May 17, 2024 10:30am PDT
"California Journey from Slavery to Freedom" aligned to our Federal Juneteenth Holiday
2024 California Juneteenth is a quasi-optional holiday, where State employees must request a personal holiday and receive approval before enjoying our newest Federal Holiday, Juneteenth....
Posted: Thu, May 16, 2024 9:27pm PDT
Cannabis activist Jim Belushi has a birthday soon on June 15
Back in the late 60s and perhaps the early 70s, at times John and Jim Belushi used to go the "Lord & Lady Q Billiards," in Wheaton, Illinois, while they resided there....
Posted: Thu, May 16, 2024 4:58am PDT
CUCFA Statement On Campus Protests
May 7, 2024 - The Council of UC Faculty Associations (CUCFA) denounces the growing number of attempts to intimidate, repress, and criminalize campus protests of Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza that is supported economically and politically by the United States....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 11:41pm PDT
Southeast Asian Financial Scams Can Begin with a “Simple” Text
It may start out ubiquitous, but those innocent or inquiring text messages from unknown numbers that suddenly appear on your phone saying “Hello” or “Is this Stephanie’s phone number?” are a disaster lurking in disguise. Not to be left out of the equation, too, are Facebook, LinkedIn and other social media platforms that offer ads promising jobs working from home and investment opportunities, along with access to online gambling that are all part of scams run by Southeast Asian transnational ...
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 5:44pm PDT
UNRWA and Co: Netanyahu's war against the truth
Journalists and Israel critics as Hamas accomplices
The Netanyahu government has also been very successful in spreading narratives that declare anyone who supports the Palestinians in Gaza with humanitarian aid, reports on their suffering and criticizes the actions of the Israeli government as Hamas accomplices, Hamas misunderstanders and anti-Semites....
Posted: Mon, May 13, 2024 3:08pm PDT