For those seeking to shift politics and economics away from corporate capitalism and militarism, the means to their ends are often demonstrations, campaigns, movement building and, for those who think big, revolution. Electoral politics on the other hand is often considered a stifling sell-out, a symptom of the status quo, that leads only to...
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Activist Jerry Rubin has announced his run for an open spot on Santa Monica’s City Council. This is his fourth run for City Council in ten years. “It’s part of my activist responsibility,” said Rubin. His platform has a heavy emphasis on environmental and sustainable issues. He plans to propose a Santa Monica Tree...
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While most Los Angeles residents celebrated the Fourth of July by throwing parties, attending fireworks displays and expressing their national pride via red-white-and-blue accoutrement, another group had a different theme: revolution. The Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP) hosted an “Anti-Fourth of July Picnic” in Echo Park today. It was one of many held around the...
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