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 »
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 [...]
Following the Thread: Anatomy of a Blacklisting
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Cross Referencing Emmalandia, Needs Link, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For those following; Anatomy of a Blacklisting, a thread in two blogs, return to my other blog, In Bed With Frida Kahlo, and follow the thread, starting where you left off. It’s not perfect chronological order, though if you wanted to you could take the time to follow both blogs that way. I think you’ll get [...]
Fiesta Shalom: Sponsored by the Israeli Consulate
Posted in Dissident Jewish Voices, Human Rights, Human rights rhetoric in the service of empire!, Immigrant Rights, Indigenous Rights, International Solidarity, Israeli Apartheid, Latin America, Military Recruitment, Palestine, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on May 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Fiesta Shalom, in celebration of Israel’s 61 years of colonialism, will take place on Sunday at the restored Breed Street Shul in East Los Angeles. It promises to be a celebration of Jewish and Latino culture.
This event includes students from LAUSD, involved in LAUSD programs, such as the Roosevelt HS mariachis!!! (With all the insistence [...]
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
Wildcat Strike: Teachers Strike for Student Rights
Posted in Education, Full Inclusion, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, The war against the children, UTLA on March 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
F O R I MM E D I A T E RE L E A S E
Teachers Strike for Students Rights!
from Santee Education Complex High School will stage a one (1) hour morning
strike during the normal school day to fight against teacher layoffs that will
disproportionately affect socio-economically disadvantaged students
and thus violating their civil rights. Santee teachers have [...]
Don White Presente!
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Don White, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Obituary, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
An Evening to Celebrate the Life of Our
Compañero Don White
PRESENT
Sunday, August 10th
6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Immanuel Presbyterian Church
3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles 90010
(Corner of Berendo Street, 2 blocks west of Vermont Avenue)
SPEAKERS and [...]
Compañero Don White Film Tribute
Posted in Art and Activism, Building Community, Don White, Human Rights, Obituary, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA on July 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Compañero!
Don White Film Tribute
Don’s contribution to the Human Rights Movement was so far reaching that we are creating a 10-minute film called
COMPANERO!
For Don’s August 10th Memorial we’re collecting visuals of Don from everyone, editing footage,
and adding Spanish subtitles.
Could you please donate to the budget for his film?
[...]
¡Don White Presenté!
Posted in Anatomy of a Blacklisting, Building Community, Disability Rights, Education, Human Rights, Indigenous Rights, Israeli Apartheid, Obituary, Palestine, The Americas, U.S. empire, UTLA, Zionist Campaign Against Free Speech on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
¡Don White Presenté!
We were shocked and saddened to hear of the death of Don White, revolutionary dreamer and activist. He seemed imortal. What a hole he has left in the Los Angeles Peace and Justice movement. Don was a tireless activist and advocate, an internationalist who understood the connections between racism, imperialism, [...]
