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Art and activism   What you can do! http://al-awda.org/alert-children2.html

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when the zionist jewish establishment descended on the teachers union in los angeles, after years of monitoring our activities, attacking a class taught at the union hall by the afsc, and attacking a meeting hosted by the human rights committee of the union (utla) to discuss bds, and specifically calling on utla to disassociate from [...]

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A recent L.A. Weekly article “addressed” the “problem” of getting rid of “bad” teachers.  (see link below)  As someone who retired from LAUSD with disability retirement after trying to get the most minimal of accommodations for my dis-ability and facing incredible harassment for such a request; As someone who requested basic accommodations, found ways to [...]

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A Cafe Intifada response to demands made by Stand With Us* ______________________________________________ This week, Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren spoke as a guest of the UC Irvine Law School.  Eleven students were arrested and may yet be EXPELLED because each uttered one sentence and then walking peacefully out of the hall. Zionist, right wing organization, “Stand [...]

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we wonder if any educators in l.a. would be interested in organizing an exhibit of the art work of the children of gaza?  maybe hosted by utla?  human rights committee? progressive educators?  the iso or solidarity?  the jewish labor committee? coalition against (oops, my bad, they changed their name) for alternatives to militarism in the [...]

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Cafe Intifada Commentary: This article is part of a new thread on this blog: Something about intifada- What’s in a name?  It is an examination of the contextual aspect of language, the war against language in the context of imperialism, colonialism and oppression, and the demonization of a language, a culture and a people. Intifada [...]

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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 [...]

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http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-professor30-2009apr30,0,7753995.story From the Los Angeles Times Professor’s comparison of Israelis to Nazis stirs furor The UC Santa Barbara sociologist, who is Jewish, sent images from the Holocaust and from Israel’s Gaza offensive to students in his class. He has drawn denunciation and support. By Duke Helfand April 30, 2009 Controversy has erupted at UC Santa [...]

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Please forward this to ALL Students and Teachers, Youth Organizers Student and Youth meeting! STOP the ICE RAIDS!!   Wednesday April 29, 2009 4:00PM Centro Cultural Francisco Villa 2100 Maple Ave. LA, CA 90011 (corner of 21st and Maple in front of Santee Education Complex) Students from the Southern California Immigration Coalition are calling for a [...]

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  Clark drops Holocaust scholar Schedule conflict, controversy cited By Matt ByrneGlobe Correspondent / April 10, 2009 Clark University canceled a campus talk scheduled for later this month by controversial Holocaust scholar Norman Finkelstein, saying his presence “would invite controversy and not dialogue or understanding,” and would conflict with a similar event scheduled around the same time. The [...]

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