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Rally in support of the people of Lebanon an Palestine, Aug. 12
2006
Short wrap-up video of the event
Marching in
The
Phillistines. Palestinian hip-hop.
Speakers
Yael
Korin. Women in Black
Jim
Lafferty. National Lawyers Guild
Nader
Abuljebain. National Council of Arab Americans
Ahmad
Azan. Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
Bill
Paparian. Former mayor of Pasadena
Press conference announcing lawsuits against LAPD, July 11 2006
Full
details
Video of the clubbing by LAPD
Jim Lafferty. National Lawyers Guild
Statement
Announces Lawsuit
Unlawful behavior of police
Muna
Coobtee. ANSWER LA / National Lawyers Guild
Statements by those who were beaten
Christen Westberry
Jose Villa
Natividad Carrera
Richard Becker. Western regional coordinator, ANSWER
Coalition
"Police riot"
"Severity
of the charges is correlated to the severity of the
beating."
Angelina Corona. executive director, Hermandad Mexicana
Nacional
Spanish
English
Juan
José Gutiérrez. Latino Movement USA
Sept. 24 promo video. Flash 1:30 min.
56k,
DSL,
Cable
Cindy Sheehan and others speak at a rally in Crawford, Texas.
Filmed by Gloria La Riva
of the ANSWER Coalition.
QuickTime video (12
min. 8 MB)
Audio (mp3s)
People’s
Victory in Lebanon, Imperialism and the “New Middle East”, Aug
26, 2006
Nader
Abuljebain, Palestinian author and historian,
National Council of Arab Americans.
History and political development of Lebanon.
mp3 (40:36, 13.4mb)
Muna
Coobtee, Free Palestine Alliance, Steering
Committee ANSWER LA.
Current developments in Lebanon.
mp3 (27:31, 8.91 mb)
Behind the
crisis in Palestine, July 7, 2006
Richard
Becker, the West Coast Coordinator for the
ANSWER Coalition,
has traveled to the Middle East many times. He spoke about
the history of Palestine, how the Palestinians were driven
off their land illegally by Israel with the backing of the
US, the goals of the US and Israel, and the current brutal
invasion of Gaza.He has a huge command of the facts and
eloquently details the history and the imperialist motives
of the US that fuel the current crisis.
mp3 (48:30 min, 15.5 mb) .
Immigrant Rights Movement, June 23, 2006
Juan Jose Gutierrez of Latino Movement USA details the birth and
growth of the immigrant rights movement starting in 1968, continuing
through the amnesty (signed by Reagan!) in 1986, to the huge, historic
marches of March 25 and May 1 of this year.
Gutierrez was a major organizer of the massive anti-Prop 187 march in
California in 1994, and played a leading role in organizing for March 25
and May 1. He discusses the history, the various groups involved, and
where the movement is going, with a perspective and knowledge that comes
from 38 years of organizing.
MP3 (54:28 min, 18.2 MB)
Eyewitness Syria: Resisting US aggression in the Middle East, Jan 6,
2006.
Richard Becker, West Coast organizer for ANSWER, spoke on Jan 6
about Syria. He attended an international conference in Syria in
December concerning Palestine and the Right of Return. He speaks about
the conference, on the increasing US threat to Syria, how Palestine,
Syria, and the war in Iraq are related, and what the anti-war movement
can do.
mp3 (54:28 min., 18.7 mb)
Antiwar protest vigil. Dec 17, 2005.
Hollywood
Ron Kovic. He said opposition
to the war is now mainstream, that the Bush Administration
is on the verge of collapse, and called on those breaking
the law on orders of Bush and the Pentagon to refuse to do
so further. We are winning the antiwar struggle, he said,
let’s keep organizing.
mp3 (8:39, 2.97 MB)
Blase Bonpane. says "the enemy is militarism," detailing
the endless wars and invasions of the US have destroyed the
public sector of the United States, pointing out that since
Korea, the United States has lost every war it has fought.
Except for Grenada that is, a country smaller than the city
of Santa Monica which has no army. The Pentagon did succeed
in blowing up their mental hospital though. We need health
care, better schools, and to "end the addiction to war."
mp3 (5:43, 1.96 mb)
War and Racism Forum. Oct 29, 2005. L.A.
Keisha Brunston,
aunt of Deandre Brunston who was brutally
murdered by Compton sheriffs in 2003, speaks about how
racist police violence has affected her family. She mentions the
need to continue to raise the issue of police brutality as a main
demand in the struggle against racism. Brunston details how she has
helped raise awareness about police brutality by mobilizing the
community to protest the murders of Devin Brown and baby Suzie Marie Peña..
mp3 (10:04 min. 3.4 MB)
Hurricane Katrina survivor Derrick Williams
recounts his families experience in New Orleans when
Katrina hit. He speaks of the lack of any help from local,
state and federal authorities, and blames the Bush
administration for criminally neglecting the African
American people of New Orleans. mp3
(4:25 min. 1.5 MB)
A.N.S.W.E.R. leader from San Francisco and union president,
Gloria La Riva, speaks about Katrina and screened her new
film "Heroes, Not Looters: Eyewitness New Orleans and Texas." La
Riva points out that the current system in the U.S. is racist to
its core. She discusses how A.N.S.W.E.R. is sending a delegation to
work in New Orleans with local organizers to help build a political
movement in the region against the racism and repression. She also
notes that, no matter how difficult the struggle seems, people
shouldn't lose hope. "We can organize ourselves and fight back
together. Only the people can force the changes we need," said La
Riva. .mp3
(28:50 min. 9.9 MB)
Reportback from the Philippines.
ANSWER Coalition
activist Preston Wood attended the international Muslims-Christian
Solidarity Conference in Mindanao, Philippines in August. The conference
was called to support the democratic movement in Mindanao,
self-determination by those under attack by the US and Philippine
government, and to combat current vicious anti-Muslim racism both in the
Philippines and worldwide. You can read more about his visit in
this
Philippines Sun Star article. Sept. 6, 2005.
mp3 (18:51, 6.47 mb)
Hurricane Katrina: The devastation. What activists can do. ANSWER
LA activists John Beacham and Mike Patin, a New Orleans native, discuss
the devastation, the appalling response by the government, and what
activists can do. Sept. 6, 2005.
mp3 (20:21, 6.99 mb)
Bush protest in Rancho Cucamonga. IndyMedia.org interview with
ANSWER LA organizer John Beacham. Aug. 29, 2005.
mp3 (4:55 min. 1.69 MB)
The Current Situation in Venezuela. Muna Coobtee. Reportback from
The World Festival of Youth and Students in Venezuela. Current political
situation, some history, what's coming, as well as reporting on speeches
by President Chavez and other ranking officials at the festival. ANSWER
LA Forum, Aug. 26 2005.
mp3 (28.41 min., 9.85 MB)
Iraq and the Anti-war movement. Richard Becker, West Coast
Director, ANSWER Coalition. ANSWER LA Forum, Aug. 12, 2005.
mp3 (49:01, 16.8 MB)
Extradite Luis Posada Carriles
press conference. Downtown federal building. June 13, 2005.
mp3 (37:45min. 12.9 MB)
Speakers:
Ian Thompson, A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition and National Committee to
Free the Cuban Five.
Maria Elena Chavez, daughter of Dolores Huerta, Dolores Huerta
Foundation.
Bill Paparian, former mayor of Pasadena.
Michelle Shocked, Singer/Songwriter and activist.
A statement from Francisco Letelier, son of Orlando Letelier,
former Chilean Foreign Minister who was assassinated in a
terrorist car bombing in Washington, DC.
Margaret Prescod, Global Women’s Strike and radio host on KPFK.
Jim Lafferty, Executive Director, National Lawyers Guild.
Joneric Concordia, Alliance for Just and Lasting Peace in the
Philippines.
Mario Cuellar, FMLN.
Linda Llamas, Pastors for Peace.
Mazda Majidi. U.S. Crisis in Iraq.
An informed, factual analysis of
the deepening US crisis in Iraq by a
Party for Socialism
and Liberation organizer. Recorded in L.A. at a PSL Forum on
June 3, 2005.
mp3 (6.34 mb, 18:28
min.)
Juan Jose Gutierrez. Immigration reform, the Minutemen, Real
ID, and organizing.
Gutierrez is an expert on immigration
reform from Latino Movement USA. He spoke at an ANSWER LA
meeting on May 17, 2005.
mp3,
(26:19, 9.03 MB)
Unite to Defeat the Bush Agenda
Community Meeting. Sunset Hall
Retirement Home. May 7, 2005.
mp3,
(1:20:55, 27.7 MB)
Speakers:
Louis Duran, Chair
SEIU Local 660 Seniors Association; President, Western Region,
Alliance of Retired Americans
Margaret Prescod, KPFK Programmer and Global Womens Strike
Hamid Kahn, South Asian Network
Juan Jose Gutierrez, Latino Movement USA
Jim Lafferty, National Lawyers Guild - Los Angeles
Ruth Tadasco, Global Women's Strike - Los Angeles
Christine Araquel, KmB - Pro-People Youth
Muna Coobtee, Free Palestine Alliance
Wendy Caputo, Executive Director, Sunset Hall Retirement Home
Laura Villegas, Progressive Alliance - Santa Monica College
Johnneric Concordia, Alliance for a Just and Lasting Peace in
the Philippines
John Beacham, A.N.S.W.E.R. Los Angeles
Forum on Lebanon, Syria & U.S.
Intervention in the Middle East. Apr.
19, 2005.
mp3.
(50:58 min. 17.5 mb)
Speech by Jaber
Suleiman, co-founder of Aidoun (Returnees) Group in Lebanon and
Syria.
Suleiman is a
Palestinian refugee who lives in Ein el-Hilweh, Lebanon. He has
been engaged in the Palestinian struggle in Lebanon for many
years. He was a researcher and writer with the Palestinian
Planning Center in Beirut, Lebanon through the seventies and
eighties. Suleiman has been with the international coalition for
the Right of Return since its founding.
Vernon
Bellecourt, Al-Awda, The Palestinian Right
to Return Coalition.
Apr 15, 2005.
mp3.
(24:17 min. 8.34 MB)
Vernon
Bellecourt, primary spokesperson for the
American Indian Movement,
addressed the Third Annual International Convention of
Al-Awda, The Palestinian
Right to Return Coalition at UCLA,
ANSWER LA Forum. Palestine:
Refugees & the Right of Return.
mp3 (1:17:00. 26.6 MB)
Speakers:
Nader Abuljebain: expert on the
Right of Return and refugee issues. He is a leader in the Free
Palestine Alliance-USA and currently serves on the Board of
Directors of the ADC-LA/OC.
Samera Sood: long-time Palestinian activist and member of the
Palestinian American Women's Association.
Ron Kovic. Speaking at the March 19 ANSWER LA antiwar rally. mp3
(6
min. 2.2 MB)
"Mission Against Terror"
Los Angeles premiere of the
new documentary about the Cuban Five, Feb. 26, 2005.
Speakers - part 1
Ian Thompson - Committee to
Free the Five.
Father Geoff Bottoms: Awarded Cuban Friendship Medal, Cuba
solidarity organizer in England.
Bernie Dwyer: Co-director of film, Reporter with Radio Havana.
mp3
(9.5 MB, 27 min.)
Q & A -
part 2
Father Geoff Bottoms, Cuba solidarity organizer in England, and
filmmaker Bernie Dwyer, who co-directed Mission Against Terror,
a documentary about the Cuban Five, answer questions from the
audience after the Los Angeles premiere of the film on Feb. 26,
2005.
mp3
(12.45 MB, 35 min.)
Jim Lafferty. What does the Lynne Stewart Case mean to the
movement?
Lafferty is the Executive Director of the National
Lawyers Guild in L.A and a long-time friend of Lynne Stewart.
ANSWER LA volunteer meeting, Feb. 15, 2005.
mp3,
(4.9
MB, 14
min.)
Ian Thompson. Free the Cuban Five.
Thompson, from the National Committee to
Free The
Five, speaks about their case, the appeals, and the new documentary
"Mission Against Terror.
The Case of the Cuban Five." ANSWER LA volunteer meeting, Feb. 8, 2005.
mp3,
(4.6
MB, 13
min.)
Richard Becker. How to fight the Bush agenda.
Becker is a member of the National Steering Committee of the ANSWER
Coalition. ANSWER LA Political Forum, Jan 28. 2005.
mp3,
(22
MB,
56 min.)
Articles
APEC and
the U.S. military threat. Presented by John Beacham, Pusan,
Korea, November 2005
ANSWER Forum. The Current Situation of Korean Peninsula.
From Minjok.com by Younghui Kim.
Eyewitness report from New Orleans Gloria La Rive,
Sept. 4, 2005.
A.N.S.W.E.R.
Coalition Statement Supporting Ex-Bracero Workers, Aug. 19,
2005.
Statement on
the 40th Anniversary of Watts Rebellion, Aug 11, 2005
Cuban
Five win a new trial. Aug 9, 2005
A.N.S.W.E.R. Condemns the LAPD Killing of Suzie Marie Peña
July 13, 2005.
ANSWER Coalition Solidarity
Statement with One Korea L.A. Forum, April 1, 2005.
KMB
Pro-People Youth statement about March 19 antiwar rally. (pdf)
Struggling for same sex
marriage rights, Feb 14. 2005
A.N.S.W.E.R. LA Statement
on the LAPD Killing Of Devin Brown,
Feb 2005.
January 20, 2005 Counter-Inaugural
demonstrations
Ramsey Clark’s
address in D.C.
L.A. counter-Inaugural
demonstration reportback, Jan 20, 2005
Iraq and the war at home.
Talk by Malena Hinze in L.A.
KMB
Pro-People Youth statement
(pdf)
Today a war criminal was crowned. Talk by Stefanie
Beacham of the Party for Socialism and Liberation in L. A.
Cuba and Venezuela:
Solidarity and fighting imperialism. Talk by Ian Thompson in L.A.
Peace Vigil
reportback
Hollywood, Dec 18, 2004.
Activists
participate in International Labor Solidarity Conference,
Dec 10-12, 2004.
Commentary on the
2004 Presidential Election Results, by Jim Lafferty, Nov. 4,
2004 Cuban
Five
The case of the Cuban Five: injustice at home and abroad.
Haiti
Haiti
Progres (Haitian weekly paper)
A History of the Haitian Revolution
The Class Dynamics of Haiti's Freedom Struggle
The IMF and Haiti
A New Phase of Haiti's Freedom Struggle
New Jersey Solidarity—Activists for the Liberation of Palestine
The 1936-1939 Revolt in Palestine by Ghassan Kanafani
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