Pomona Rally for Breonna Taylor and George Floyd Hits Police Association and Mayor's House (tags)
[TW! Sexual abuse mentioned in this post as part of the story of what happened yesterday, about four paragraphs in. Incidents of police violence discussed in some detail toward the end.] One photo, by Jesus Sanchez
Jane Fonda Divests From Wells Fargo (tags)
The actress-activist celebrated her birthday by joining #BankExit. “Don't forget how successful the divestment movement was in bringing down Apartheid,” she said. Later, a round dance took place in the busy intersection of Sunset and Vine, paralyzing traffic in all directions for several minutes (pictures following article).
Happy 90th Birthday Bob Barker from Animal Defenders International (tags)
Animal Defenders International wishes one of their integral supporters a happy 90th birthday.
Chalking & the Disruption of Business as Usual in DTLA: (tags)
Chalking & the Disruption of Business as Usual in DTLA: It has never been about the sidewalk chalk on the sidewalks, that's a simplified interpretation of a more sinister picture.
Birthday Message from Leonard Peltier (tags)
Today is Leonard Peltier's Birthday. Happy Birthday to Leonard Peltier.
Happy Birthday, Agent Smith (tags)
Today is the birthday of someone you have probably never heard of.
Take Your Legal Holiday Today 1/18/10 King's Birthday & Remember the Struggle (tags)
You owe it to yourself and the struggle to take off work the federal and state legal holiday, Martin Luther King's birthday, celebrated today, January 18, 2010. If your reactionary employer does not provide it as a paid holiday, take it as a vacation day or sick day. Listen to King's speeches online. It is winter in most of the US, a good day to stay home and rest.
Happy B-Day to Haiti's Exiled Former President Arisitide! (tags)
Today Jean Bertrand Arisitide celebrates his birthday in exile years after the 2004 US supported coup that led to his kidnapping by US military forces after coup the against this former populist President of Haiti..
Happy Birthday to Queen of Uranium Poisening (tags)
"....the British Royal family privately owns investments in uranium holdings worth over $6 billion through Rio Tinto Mines." "The Queen's favorite American buccaneers, Cheney, Halliburton, and the Bush family, are tied to her through uranium mining and the shared use of illegal depleted uranium munitions in the Middle East, Central Asia and Kosovo/Bosnia." "God Save The Queen from the guilt of her complicity in turning Planet Earth into a "Death Star.""
Inaugural Peace Wheel awarded to Brett White, the hubmotor man downunder. (tags)
Never mind the Holy Grail. First 250 million-year-old peace award goes to cyberspace and airpond knight errant.