Carlos Montes was not expecting visitors at five a.m. After a confusing shuffle of flashlights, badges and broken doors, he ended up in the back seat of a police car in his pajamas, and with no idea of what was going on. They mentioned something about gun possession but it wasn’t clear. It was...
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Due to the passage of a controversial immigration bill in Georgia, the U.S. Human Rights Network will hold its national conference in Los Angeles next month for “Human Rights Weekend.” In April, Georgia passed HB 87, a similar bill to Arizona’s SB 1070. The law grants Georgia police to check the immigration status of...
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Pro-immigrant advocates rallied yesterday at Florence Avenue and Main Street to warn drivers of a police sobriety and driver’s license checkpoint. Standing down the street from the checkpoint, members of the Southern California Immigration Coalition, or SCIC, held placards warning motorists of the police stop. Their signs read “checkpoint” in both English and Spanish....
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Supporters of the California Dream Act participated in a 50-mile bike ride from Los Angeles to Orange County today to raise awareness for their cause. The bill would open the door to student financial aid for children of illegal immigrants. Bicyclists departed Boyle Heights for Santa Ana after a 9:00 a.m. news conference. An...
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On Sunday, Nov. 14, Revolutionary Autonomous Communities of Los Angeles, a organization that promotes a communal effort of aid and self sufficiency, celebrated its third-year anniversary in MacArthur Park. The special event commemorated the organization’s food distribution efforts, as well as its volunteers. Mauricio, a Revolutionary Autonomous Communities (RAC) volunteer, who asked his surname...
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The Los Angeles March 4th Committee to Defend Public Education and Social Services demonstrated yesterday against layoffs and budget cuts. Although a local action, it was coordinated with similar events around the nation and conducted in solidarity with international movements. Assembling in front of the LA Unified School District building in downtown, they marched...
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A candlelight vigil was held last night for Manuel Jamines, the Westlake man who was shot and killed by police Sunday, Sept. 5 for allegedly coming after officers with a knife. Participants held Styrofoam cups with lit candles inside, marched down Sixth Street and demanded justice for what they see as an illegitimate use...
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The Los Angeles Police Department is once again finding itself immersed in controversy. This time it is over the killing of Westlake resident Manuel Jamines, a Guatemalan-born day laborer. According to police, Jamines...
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Noel Perez sits in the office of the Freedom Socialist Party in Los Angeles. The space is part meeting room, part library, part war room and part kitchen. Perez is enjoying a bowl of posole, a Mexican soup, that FSP members are serving up. It is the FSP’s monthly meeting. The atmosphere is friendly,...
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With a police escort, they marched down Whittier Boulevard in East Los Angeles yesterday, just like their predecessors did nearly 40 years ago. Their was a sense that history is repeating itself. Back then it was about ending the Vietnam War. Now, it’s about ending the Afghan War. And just like then, it’s also...
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