when the human rights committee of united teachers los angeles agreed to host a meeting to discuss bds, we were attacked by the zionist establishment. most activists capitulated, and i was blacklisted when “jewish” organizations met with utla president duffy, demanding that he disassociate himself from my organization cafe intifada and me (a union [...]
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Jstreet succumbs to the lobby it claims to replace!!!!
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on October 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Accessible Event Planning
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Disability Rights, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Women's Lives on September 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCESS LIES WITH THE EVENT PLANNERS. IT IS NOT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE INDIVIDUAL ATTENDING THE EVENT.
The issue of disability rights is often either ignored within the larger human rights dialogue or treated with outright hostility. Too often events are either held in inaccessible locations, or the way space is used, in [...]
Anatomy of a Blacklisting: A Thread in Two Blogs
Posted in ADL, Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Calling out neo-liberalism, Calling out the liberal left!, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Disability Rights, Dissident Jewish Voices, Don White, Education, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, Israeli Apartheid, Palestine, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Stand With Us, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 28, 2009 | 5 Comments »
For the last three years I have been documenting a series of events within United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA), around disability rights, Palestinian rights, union democracy and blacklisting, which started as a strange power play within the Human Rights Committee apparently around disability rights, but in my estimation, may have merely been the utilization of [...]
A Reflection on “the Left” and my Arrest by Joaquin Cienfuegos
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Calling out the liberal left!, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Now who's the terrorist?, Prison Industrial Complex, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on April 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Emma’s Notes (Joaquin’s message to follow)
One of the most important lessons of my early activism: when i was 16, working in the dc boycott house, which attracted a number of activists from a variety of tendencies, came from a veteran black panther, named paul (i forget his last name.) he left the house one night [...]
Santee Education Complex: LAUSD: ONE HOUR WILD CAT STRIKE!
Posted in Building Community, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Privatization, The war against the children, UTLA on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_Hakrq3nT0
Calling for Submissions! URBAN REZ issue!
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Calling for Submissions! URBAN REZ issue! Hey SNAG Fans…. WE’RE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR OUR NEXT ISSUE!
We’re seeking writing & photos related to modern Native culture, youth culture, movements/organizing going on that youth have thoughts on…
OUR THEME AS DECIDED BY OUR YOUTH STAFF is “URBAN REZ.”
Whatever that means to you – send [...]
LET GAZA LIVE: DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY!!!!
Posted in Building Community, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Israeli Offense Forces, Now who's the terrorist?, Palestine, U.S. empire on January 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
ALL OUT For Tomorrow’s Mass March in L.A.
“LET GAZA LIVE!”
National Day of Emergency Action
Saturday, January 10, 12 noon
Westwood Federal Building
11000 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles (at Veteran)
Click here for map and directions
(Updated carpool, parking & other logistical info below)
Momentum is building for L.A.’s Regional Mass March and Rally to Let Gaza Live. Help us show the [...]
SATURDAY AFTERNOON POETRY IN PASADENA
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Poetry on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hey So Cal Poets,
Here’s the schedule of featured poets for Saturday Afternoon Poetry during September, October, November, and December in the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.
September 27th – Emerging Urban Poets (Lynn Allgood, Michelle Angelini, CaLokie, Don Kingfisher [...]
Saturday Afternoon Poetry in Pasadena
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Cafe Intifada Advisory Board, Poetry on September 6, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This message comes from Cafe Intifada Advisory Board Member, Don Campbell
Hey So Cal Poets,
Here’s the schedule of featured poets for Saturday Afternoon Poetry during August, September, October, November, and December in the backroom of the Santa Catalina Branch of the Pasadena Public Library on 999 E. Washington Blvd.
September 6th – Andrea Carter Brown
September 13th – [...]
¡Don White Presente! images from the memorial
Posted in Building Community, Don White, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Obituary on August 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
“”An activist I believe has to be one who moves away from narrow single issue focus and links up with other people in a larger struggle. Th challenge to poor people, working people, immigrant people, people of color, the challenge against youth, the challenge against gays and lesbians, is not a single issue any more [...]
