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ICE is wrecking our communities, kidnapping our friends and family, and devastating the lives of working class Angelenos. Our political class hasn't done enough to respond to the needs of tenants, immigrants, and workers. L.A. needs an eviction moratorium - NOW!
56 years ago, July 18 1969, the Black Panther Party's three-day United Front Against Fascism Conference began in Oakland. The UFAF was an attempt to unite the disparate strands of the American left in order to combat what the Panthers saw as creeping American fascism
In LA the temporary restraining order has paused the day-to-day terror of being kidnapped by ICE - in its place is the terror of facing eviction and homelessness. After a month of ICE attacks, the most vulnerable tenants in LA don't know how they will pay the rent. (1/3)
Keir Starmer and David Lammy both belong in The Hague.
Hong Kong to add 4,000 sets of surveillance cameras within 2 years. In full: buff.ly/yNVVshN
‘Reclaimer’ Benito Flores dies while resisting eviction from El Sereno home. An organizer remembers Flores as “ a beautiful human being who wanted nothing more than to … not have to worry about being displaced.” lapublicpress.org/2025/07/reclai…
A victory for Omar Fateh will pose the question facing Zohran even more sharply. A socialist soulf be asked to administer the very police force that murdered George Floyd. To govern the city that was the heart of BLM and its counter-reaction.
Beautiful @SirRLH
🪑Organizing meetings aren’t glamorous (often the opposite). But behind the daily routines of meetings, one-on-one conversations, and follow ups, there is a real joy in having a say in decisions that impact your life. Pull up a chair. socialistcall.com/2025/07/18/why…
China is deeply complicit in the Myanmar junta’s non-stop massacres of civilians. If China didn’t decide to keep arming the genocidal Burmese military and sabotaging the Three Brotherhood Alliance, who knows how much more progress the resistance could have made. #NonInterference
"The bombs laying to waste to #Myanmar communities are manufactured w/ #China's help in DI 21," said Marzuki Darusman of SAC-M. "Is this the legacy China wants in Myanmar?” @tommywalkerco for @DeutscheWelle #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar #CutTheWeapons dw.com/en/chinese-fir…
A BIG part of the reason that the US continues to sanction Cuba is to integrate it into its preferred economic system — no matter the consequences for the people. As Cuba has had to grapple with multiple economic crises, opportunities for the private sector have expanded which
The State Department has added 11 hotels to its Cuba Prohibited Accommodations List. U.S. travelers are banned from staying at more than 400 hotels, guest houses and other lodgings in Cuba. state.gov/cuba-sanctions…
The death of Benito Flores is social murder. Benito was an extraordinary thinker with an incisive analysis of state violence and who fearlessly asserted his rights in the face of such violence. Rest in power dearest Benito. May we all continue the housing justice you taught us.
We unequivocally reject this line of argument from AOC, as should the broader Palestine movement and the Left. Israel is able to continue its genocide unabated precisely because of the endless flow of both offensive and defensive weaponry to its arsenal. That is because every…
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s amendment does nothing to cut off offensive aid to Israel nor end the flow of US munitions being used in Gaza. Of course I voted against it. What it does do is cut off defensive Iron Dome capacities while allowing the actual bombs killing Palestinians to…
RIP BENITO “With deep love, respect, and admiration, we mourn the heartbreaking loss of our beloved Reclaimer, Benito Flores… We hold the Housing Authority of the City of LA (HACLA), Caltrans, & LASD responsible for Benito's unnecessary and preventable death.”
WHY am I just now learning about this legend?!! The state of California owns a house. They left it empty. Benito Flores, a 70- year old man w/ diabetes, on SSI and nowhere else to go, moved in. They’re trying to evict him. He’s not backing down—he built a treehouse.