Cuts in bus service made by the MTA are singling out and punishing low-income residents, communities of color, students, the elderly and disabled, according to a panel at a recent forum on public transportation. The meeting, sponsored by the Bus Riders Union, along with over 30 other organizations, featured testimony from a panel of...
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Live old-time music and free goods brought a number of Angelenos in Eagle Rock together on Saturday, Nov. 13, to practice the art of sustainable living in the parking lot of Casa Princesa Café, turned trading post for the LA Freestore. The fundamental idea behind the LA Freestore was to bring what you can...
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Streets across Los Angeles were closed Sunday, Oct. 10 in celebration of CicLAvia. It was an open-street festival inspired by the Ciclovias of Bogata, Columbia, where thoroughfares that are usually packed with congested traffic become temporary parks for exercise and community entertainment. Many activists used the opportunity of wide, open spaces to stage action...
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Seize BP, an activist organization, held a public forum on June 29 at the offices of Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER). Members of Seize BP and ANSWER explained the nature of their cause and answered questions from the audience regarding facets of their strategy. Organizer Peta Lindsay explained that the...
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On June 26, a variety of activist organizations joined together to participate in Hands Across the Sand, a public demonstration against the use of fossil fuel in America. Over 500 participants joined hands along the coastline
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On June 17, the ANSWER Coalition, along with other activists, urged the public to honk against British Petroleum. The activist organization chose that corner to protest against inaction over BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
“We don’t stand with BP like the government does,” said ANSWER Coalition organizer and anti-war activist, Michael Prysner....
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